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mi THE-GUARD1AN-: Wednesday -Nov ember 27, 1983 Mr-'Heatfr laitinlSW Hew poweri for the lazy firms j-iMicate task for deeming jbusis for peace By TERENCE PRITTIE, bur Diplomatic Correspondent Treasury FROM OUR; OWN RfepORTER Eastbourne, Tuesdav'. iriis it On'thoir I The National Productivity Conference was told here" own advantage 'In -It. ThewlUrag-fi: i -J chance must' start-from'-' today that to keep up lhe wntefdown Britain's planned expansion, through the whole organisation." we must increase our i goal 4 pericent a-year tivity by 25 per cent in Bve; omic. growthover -years. These "figures were period could be rJ given by Sir' Robert Shone, booking -ahead -five.

general of the" would thlnk -it -rational Ponnnmir-' sW" reasonable rLn. t0- sustain growth the: 4- per menc into' the two extra years Mr Edward Heath, 'present which Secretary of State foe Industry' had'-barely years- tb'run. Tradeand Regional Development, and President of; theJBoard -of More, jpff Jt, Trade had shown, his teeth.Firms Looking" fu'rtherVln'toIthe 'sevViK'-' which heLairt -thrftiMMon'wa's' -along, must either rousejsrhem; selves, "or we must" finfl 'means 'more pompier. The; growth. of, to prick them into said.

might There were still" far too manjr pother 'toget-'-rate ioffmwth? 7 Art treasures worth 3 millions arrived at the Royal Academy last nieht from the Prado Museum, Madrid.1-Two workmen are carrying in the "Maja des huda" in preparation for the Goya exhibition which opens on December 6 managements in Britain, he said, fantnriPK Thic was sn. in snitp British example for Russia and US For; one Britain has lost a 'close. "and valuable link with the" head of the American which was supplied. the remarkably cordial personal relationship between' President Kennedy and the British Ambassador in Washington; Sir- David Ormsby-Gore. Such a relationship is rare and will scarcely be repeated.

In the second place, Britain's position in the Western Alliance is not always- the orthodox one oE -supporting, majority interest. This is certainly not the. case over East-West' trade, where Britain is standing out for the' right of. firms' to trade with the Soviet Union a normal commercial basis whereas the majority of NATO countries want long-term, credits for trade with the Soviet block restricted. It is not altogether the case over East-West relations in general.

Britain may now find herself in a more advanced position with regard to the taking of steps to lessen East-West tension than her allies. It is already being forecast that President Lyndon Johnson may not favour so flexible and imaginative an approach to the Soviet Union as his predecessor Consolidation What looks most likely is that the British Government will have to' spend much time in the month's lahead consolidating its relations with the States and West Germany." Any question of building a bridge between America and Europe means, while President de Gaulle's mood remains unhelpful, building it' between the United States and West Germany. This is already, very clearly understood by Germans it Is probably not so obvious to. the Americans. This is why the British Government will have to move with tact and "delicacy in the months ahead.

A bold tabling of British plans and ideas would be inopportune while the new -American President is taking stock of the situation. From Christopher Driver. of had already been our target we achieved this year in increasing in j.to production- with we should to; "Too many firms are reasonably increase the national output'by, -happy to coast along, moderately something over' 25 pert cent successfully without exerting.them-. the year period-, the- -selves too strongly. are just of 1963 to 'the middle good, enough, to survive.

50 -long of as the atmosphere is one of mild T. K(lit cir and genUe competition. Either they The ability said Sir must rouSe themselves, or we must Robert, depended, firstly, ..00 the 1 find means to prick thera into, determination to" otm activity. Nobody can just sit back 'goal: For too "long'" we'h'ad 'been -and wait for somebody else to influenced" by ithe authority, of plan him into growth. eminent Victorian, -economists Readiness to chiintre which resulted in a Keamness ip tnanKe acceptance of the vie w-thaf mar- The industrial results of scien-, ket forces.

'lf left to tific and technical advances." would: produce a- natural and might sometimes seem magical to desirable rate of This outsiders, but they were only- point view was ho" longer earned by. hard work, ingenuity, tenable and the readiness to change. The -impulse to change must come Conscious appraisal from top management in the Once7.we-began, to ask induatry, boardroom, Mr Heath said. whether unions or: management. "Managements.

I believe, must to choose, Itiat be self-critical. They must be pre- would' be in the public interest pared tp initiate change and. accept as well as ultimately in' -th i 'By 'our Parliamentary Staff Government proposals for introducing a dual interest rate system Government loans to local, authorities are contained. in the Public Works Loans Bill published yesterday. Following the proposals of the White Paper -i' Local Authority Borrowing" (Cmnd.

2162), the Treasury will be able to vary interest rates according to certain rules. On borrowed "from the Local. Loans Fund, the Treasury -will both be able to take into account the length of time for which the sums are borrowed and will specifically be "able 'to fix different rates, for different sums even if they are 'borrowed for4the same length- of -time. Greater freedom The. Treasury will have even greater freedom-when the sums are not borrowed on the security of local rates.

In particular, the Treasury may take into account the nature and value, of the security on which the sum is borrowed and: fix' the interest rate-accordingly. The Bill also increases the amount of money at the disposal of the Public Works Loans Board for lending to local authorities to a new maximum of 750 millions. It is estimated that the new provisions should meet needs for about two -years after the new arrangements aYe introduced. Modern homes 'in reach' by 1973 In 10 a modern or modernised house would be in reach" of every citizen, said Sir Keith Joseph, Minister of Housing and Local Government, in London yesterday. The key to better housing was management drive by local authorities, he added.

"They have not only ta carry out this huge task of building but also get their slums down, conduct a clean air campaign, and do many other things. It is management energy which is required," he said zt a Women's Gas Federation meeting. Sir Henry Jones, chairman, said that the Gas Council was planning to lower the costs of the gas supply, but new equipment needed would take time to instal. Meanwhile, boards had to balance their accounts. I 4 St Marylebone, Tuesday President Johnson's remark, televised by BBC last night, that he had never met anyone anywhere who did not envy the American way of life, was indirectly countered by Mr Quintin Hogg at his byelec-tion press conference here this morning.

The battle for the minds and hearts of men, he said, was not only whether there would be war or peace but how we organised our lives in society and we did this better than any country in the world. We are going to do It better stih, by-showing that private affluence is not necessarily accompanied by public squalor, and that public social services: can be combined with private We have a way of life which can well be copied both by the United States and by Russia. It is intrinsically better." Mr Hogg was addressing the Medical Research Council last night during the screening of the President's interview (which originally was given last week to a Texas television company for local consumption only). Nor did Mr Hogg think that the outcome of the next election would depend upon foreign affairs and the test-ban treaty. But he declined a challenge from his Labour opponent, Mr Plouviez, to visit with him a George Medal for explosives officer Lieutenant Kenneth Douglas Kempsell, RN, who" supervised the demolition of torpedoes which had been activated by an explosion some- of them were hissing and bubbling at the time has been awarded the George Medal for his "great skill and courage." Lieutenant Kempsell, from Currie, Midlothian, was bomb and mine disposal officer at the naval base at Port Edgar, West when an explosion' in the torpedo store at RAF Kinloss killed two men and brought down a stock of torpedoes and warheads.

These were crushed and at least ten batteries were activated, so that the whole stock was in an extremely dangerous condition. Lieutenant Kempsell' is now serving at HMS Vernon, the torpedo and anti-submarine establishment at Portsmouth, and lives with-' his' wife in Imhurst Avenue, WaterloovUle, Hampshire. Poison gas containers adrift in Channel Large containers of liquid poison gas are drifting up the English Channel just under the surface towards Dover. The highly dangerous containers are said to be. capable of sinking a small -fishing boat.

Fishing at Hastings; Dungeness and Folkestone have been warned; The Foreign Secretary, Mr R. Butler, T'speaking a Foreign Press Association, luncheon London, made two points' clearyfabout position following-President Kennedy's The first; was'-aware-nessrof the increased responsibilities' falling on all members of the Western Alliance the second "was that Britain favours fresh efforts to reduce Onrthisi'second Mr Butler, suggested that there -were still various'- potential? areas of agreement' Bast-; and West. those of establishing posts i against nuele'arjattackan agreement on nuclear weapohsV-'and a' non-aggression agreementi-presumably between Warsaw Pact Powers. The of these objectives suggests that the British Governments sees no reason to change thel 'policy of reducing East; West tension which 'President Kennedy was largely instrumental in initiating. The usefulness of this policy has already been underlined by, Prime Minister in" his preferences to' the, idle which -Britain can' play in securing a better, basis for world -peace.

On the question of Britain's future r01e in the. Western Alliance, Mr'Biitler'said "I am completely 'aware of the.responsi-. of. 'those of us in the when we have so many new- I- realise as British Foreign Secretary' what a great responsibility lies on, our shoulders' in the'' west to carry forward and maintain the ideals which were, held -by late President Kennedy." Speculation Mr Butler added that he would be seeing; the American Secretary of States Mr Dean Rusk, when-. -jthei" NATO," ministerial meeting' takes place' in Paris in mid-December, and he expected that thePrime would have -'aV meetings President i Lyndon 'Johnson early ih'the'new There has already been some speculation as to 'what Britain's r61e may be -now that -the! Western.

Alliance lost its accepted leader, i The is being aired inv diplomatic quarters that -Britain-; may -have to shoulder increased even have a chance play. -rdle In initiating Western policy. This sort of talk may be pre "-V4 1 V' 1-3. Liberal withdraws candidacy Sir Andrew Murray, senior treasurer of- the Liberal Party, has withdrawn as prospective parliamentary Liberal candidate for Rochdale so that he can help to organise a big money-raising campaign to provide general election funds for his party. His successor at Rochdale will be Dr Thomas L.

aged 43, principal medical officer for the Port of Liverpool. The doctor is also a' barrister, and a lieutenant-colonel in the' Territorial Army. "1 5 (ft a in tumbledown tenement in St Marylebone and explain the Government's policy of a separate modern home for every family in 10 years." Mr Hogg said that anyone who, like him, possessed a social conscience and had lived in London for a long time needed no guide or tutor to conditions in some parts of the city. The Liberal, Mr Michael Wheeler, lunged, more precisely this morning at chinks in the Government's armour. Owners of property, he said, should be compelled to register their names with the borough council.

This would get rid of a great many of the malpractices which have come under fire recently." An agent Mr Wheeler said he had tried persistently to discover the owners of some St Marylebone properties. The council did not know. They referred you to an agent who referred you. to an agent for a company which was acting for a solicitor for an unnamed client, and there it stopped. If what the Tory candidate has himself described as "Quintin Hogg magic" is to be as widely admired as Douglas-Home magic was after Kinross, a thumping majority is essential.

on December 5, but the' indications are that this low-polling borough will live up to its record. it 1M f. is- tfii 9 ure muiaeni-ne. uwusui As we were still oojectiyes and of the consequence of action in relation1! to those objectives: Fourteen European countries' had-adopted some form of forward The British form was purposive. It' involved conscious the Government in-collaboration with industry both on the management and labour side to aim at specific objectives.

It -involved a collective determination to aim at new -and more expansive objectives. This determination and its expression, worked "out: in some, detail in objectives and orr: the was. one of primary reasons for expecting- success achievine a faster rate of 1 growth', the UK. ft 1 V. Mi ma Woman on dump identified Scotland Yard yesterday identified the young woman found dead on a rubbish dump at.Mortlake (Surrey) on.

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