Show LABOR PLANS BIG I j BUILDING t r r CI CHARLES ARLES J 1 United l Press res Staff Correspondent LONDON Feb 13 By ny U. U P T p.-T The The e new labor government of ot England has for one of ot Its Us leading plans the building of houses to shelter half halt halfa a million people It is planned to build these in a a. year I Whether the plan will go through I will depend largely on the life lite of ot the labor Jabor government and the degree degree de degree de- de gree of or cooperation it can command from the liberals and conservatives No one can guarantee the question of ot the tho life of or the tho MacDonald government gov gov- As far as s cooperation is concerned concerned con con- however the labor leaders claim they have been Jeen promised the help of the liberals e while t they say rh they will gain r In some wp Tory help it hep-it r it r wont won't be much but Lady Astor and the Duchess of ot Atholl are said to have promised their personal aid to the plan and will draw some personal personal personal per per- support to the plan from party friends I IThe The housing program will probably probably I ably be changed from time to time but roughly rough at the start It Is about as follows 1 1 Gently persuade the various building material rings rings' to reduce their prices 2 2 If 11 obdurate then In Ramsay MacDonald's MacDonald s 4 own wn language break them 3 3 Encourage municipalities to togo togo togo go ahead with building letting contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts directly under government guarantees 4 or Where municipalities or local authorities feel it to be necessary give Ive them power to purchase brickyards brickyards brickyards brick brick- yards and make their own materials mate mate- rials 6 5 Contractors who are willing to work in cooperation with the government government gov gov- showing their books and andr I their r costs and accepting ep a reasonable reasonable reason reason- fedea able profit to be preferred over those contractors who decline to todo todo todo do so At present the building unior Great Britain have 13 per can Cel their mem members totally As soon soon as the building prop pro I takes up these Idle workers train unions in have the building agreed g gt gr t to trades r soldiers ex-soldiers to guarantee ag lack of ot workers to carry out program If To Insure governmental fu fund rtin aid t this program the la labor ga cat a has decided to either I r scrap s I gether or greatly reduce then the theft of or a number of ot projects which bor regards as or of enc ency Included is the prop naval station aJI at rS Singapore O Or j T oa h Town and two or three h whose aggregate cost many millions of 01 pounds p The program If It supported 1 J enough members of Darlian could be carried out in a a. year I cording to Premier MacDonald I |