rriday September 6 1974 The police wife’s lot '' ^Ol^Jo 59,185 is not always jPrice six pence; THE TIMES a happy one, page 9 Slpir Keith ^Joseph blames :j full employment ^policies for inflation [,.l i6ir Keith Joseph yesterday rejected Heath and Mr Carr, the shadow ' the full employment policies of the Chancellor, will be willing to follow ■ I'^itwo main political parties since the Sir Keith in giving absolute priority ' •V.^jwar and blamed those policies for to conquering inflation at whatever , .^causing inflation which threatens temporary cost to employment, ■«.':‘l *! ;full employment, economic growth living standards and political v-M^y-and the expansion of the social support. l 1 '^services. The speech, at Preston, may u.yit remains to be seen, our Econo¬ embarrass the Conservatives on the mics Editor writes, - how far Mr probable eve of a general election. Economic strategy condemned ''r,rV■ • i-.l¥ «* By Peter Jay live ness over such a universal ernmems, sound money may frustration of expectations have seemed out of date; we ' s o M,.r Sconomicst—_____j: Editor ■ .V ’l,eSu^nt‘^S?^dS^SI?°K0eiS ‘Se 'cost uncmplo^"^ 5 nceirtag an oration after his speech to the Trades Union Congress in Brighton. Behind him is Mr Callaghan. iVfoseph, the Conservative MP, of freedoms. which made us turn our hack _ _ _ ^^Srst^iHSSKsSSrS Mr Wilson almost names the day and signals poll battl m*®**,. Jon-,**®.!.-**Jones, general secretary™. of? the «w«icoalition to oppose the Govern-»»«• »to counter» the*. c-Conservatives’™™* Mr Wilson said Threshold zSozss zsss/z zisr'-^jsssxz* •sas^^.-sr'iJSSsj; »?- Transport and Genera] Workers’*, ment-'s »«!»«.*.parliamentary pro arguments in the next few agreements giving yurur. >:;c pay Union, pleaded with the unions, gramme. He spoke of ‘votes weeks by reminding rhe nation rises as the cost of rosy ! everything but even those without political ties they thought they could get that Conservative policy culmin- steeply had forced " i parties, of the general with the labour Party, to work away with because they weie a tins in the three-day week and increases in casts” to industry, how far speech to ‘-the for the return of the Labour protected by the safety net of the darkness in our streets and the social ■ services a .id l-i-.il Pnrn-Mc in AdminisTrarinn. in factories,Factories, the electoralelermral doserinse season. Now offices was 100 peroer cent unsuc- government,novernment. s. He des- they know that their safety net cessful. He said: Where in villing to follow him in faring such governments “ for the last They were imaginary be- tne mooiiizanon or Lne cnoea it as a non-parasan□on-partisan has gone.” “1 believe that an essential increases in prices\ have ger.er.i- . ibsolute priority to conquering SCore years, led by well inten- cause since the war there had J*£our ^ electoral appeal1)11,1(1 the Arguing that Labour had pro- part of the social contract is ted compensation by means of ceeded from the standpoint of pressing on with productivity threshold payment*, there must •. , nflarion by controlling the dotted and intelligent people been virtually no unemployment entPrt* . „ - h Je5rr w«*«. m- w®. , • .budget deficit and the money advised by conscientious offi- in Keynesian terms on a nano- In a long exposition of the Mr Jones’s rallying cry was uniting the country by a social agreement”,agreement”. Mr Wilson added, be no seeking to meet these "r "lupriv at whatever temporary rials • and economists, took a nal as opposed to a regional GovernGovernment’s men rs achievements in contrast roto the Prime MinMin- contract “ between all our The rigidities of the last govern- costs a second time over, In- 1 ” • -:-»oS to employment, living Course which ledSmSrably and scale. The real involuntary uo- since tatayctaking office six months ister’s curiously low-key speechspeech, people ”, Mr Wilson said: menr's counter-inflation policy demanding or exacting wage ' tandards, investment and Sedicablv to Se present bight- employed had fluctuated. Sir hinted heavily several which drew him a fractional!? SutiSnunnSt prenictaoiy to uie present mgni Keith maintained. between times that polling day was only shorter standing ovation that • • • ■' fflnJSSTf bound to pro- w ^ heen known 1°0.000 and 300,000 or so since a of weeks awav- and *e one accorded t0 Mr CaI ' nU6 'rfllnr.p^ithin^'e “11 ^as aIways bee? ^nown the’ war*10 ’ °r S° S1BCe made a spirited defence'of the lagban, the party chairman, ? create too much money “As against these, there have soda]social contract that underlined two days before. His audience settlements. democracy should be the cut pher Bailey, chairman of a 1 • 6 D°cnwW^ ' W -s to_court of •en something like a million Labour’s evident intention to hung on every reference, ** That was not what it was and thrust of a general election. Cardiff ship repairing com- tamg that will be inflation. But government after JSgifilled15 ™vacancies2ngJ lka ”- mmj0n -use that relationship with the humorous or serious, to the about. It was a way of life based But at least let this national. pany, with his board of direc- -■welcome on the eve of a general government chose to take the unniiea vacancies. I iminfic Of 9 m,in nlanV it* fArthrnmins alartinn an/* ftiai-o " j -|__ f . .1 ,ni --- --, ,7 .» ^ " lIHUlCUidLClJ tULCL LUC JCiUUC U1 LUC UOU UIU.UUVIULVU UIO L wmiuuuauuu niUl root and branch condem- assumptions were probably war period there were on a Minister’s address the confer- polling day will be announced and conciliation, and across industry. nationalize the shipbuilding and --ation of the whole economic always the same: that the national basis several times as „„ **nnt withnnt Mr wilmn “Our Comonvti aat period. encouraging growth and expand- absorb more than a million jow_Up to Mr Wilson, Mr Jack opposition parties working in can. And it will be our dutv duce a credible alternative”. Diary, page 14 ' It comes, moreover, from the mg the social services—all workers from overseas ? 1 "'ories* home affairs spokesman, highly desirable objectives.” , Although ail the special cate- • rho is thus trespassing on the “ We see now”. Sir Keith ad- gories of unemployed deserved • sm’tory of the party’s mined, “that inflation has concern and attention, “we have ccreditcd economic spokesmen, turned out to be a mortal threat brought upon ourselves over the Law is needed to fight Labour devolution proposals give !r Heath is bound to be asked to all three.” In part; he argued, last 20 years desperate inflation inf lation-Mr Heath Scots more power than Welsh "ationeerins—we, the Conser- and undue fears of the 1930s. unemployment The periodic jt be the height of a“ v-—-programme and —~~—Byconstitutes gv Michael Hatfield Wales and, indeed, are separ- formulation of which the ” -itives. are not without Experience has shown that far booms had been a cruel decep- irr_4ni.T1*thtHtv tn ™1p out the such a party. »y Michael Hatfield - ilemish ” ■ and whether he is more menacing tensions are Hnn of those whom thev were responsibility to rule oat the such a party._,__. Political Staff ately enacted for Scotland. Assembly will have a substaa- “ Tb«>ughout-the next weeks Dkwtlv e]prtPd a^pinblies Tr is proposed, therefore, that rial impact.” Vfcittt-calls a Qistmcuye t,-on- mat, uunrcum&rances oi excess Sir Keith, who appeared, to Liuuaiy u we shall be putting forward a forsSSLd 2d\V J^ould Ae Scottish Assembly “ wfll The assemblies would each srvafive approach ”, jvhich puts demand, ihey cannot be cured be addressing himself as much last night. programme to unite the people b -^-wished P<- sariv MS. have legislative powers within assume many of the present ::Hind money, before all other by incomes policy.” to his Shadow Cabinet col- Britain for the war against inflation. -bl - a.. Tjferime 0/the ipL those fields in which separate functions of the Scottish and JLf Britain is to succeed in win- r ahnUr government it was Scottish legislation already Welsh offices and the responsi- ■’lort-term economic priorities. Since the Conservatives had leagues as to criticism of Mr edge of a ning the war against inflation, , *terdav tuL nndertk- exists* such “ housing, health, biiities of man yof the norain- i preference to “ middle-of-tbe^ known and used all the argu- Healey and the Government. 0j= the Qpp as we must, then all our people - iTf'_ Partv education .and home affairs”, a ted authorities now operating t,liadad policies”.policies ments.roents against income,incomes policy in said : “We“ We cannot talk about £bi Elgin^TGTo!Elgin L murtmust be involvedinySved anda^d mustm^t ing was ^ven in aLabourPartyaithmieh bow- c Turningxur^'to to Wales,WalX thethesmte: state- within their boundaries, “Inflation is threatening to opposrnon during the years fighting inflation as the over- Moray and Nairn, which is held know what thevthey can do. And we f». Ecmenr- whii±,winds althoughof devolution bow- menc sasays:P : “WeWe “tendintend that There would be block finan- ■stroy our v.,.society —v ”,y Sir- Keith- 1966-70,-• . ’ Sir■ Keith« asked:_ “_^ Why riding ■priority__ and _ _then 1 _in die by thew Scottish National Party.V lUUhLmStmust fighttightUC11L with^thWILLI allOILaU theLUC weapons«CUUUH3 >ng wto thee wndswmds otof devolutionunon, ^ We£jsh Assembly should cial allocations to Scotland and jj air.A ,.no*ru did wp trv incomes nolicv samp or another sDeech sav thar « a, u-j " , also attacks the nationalist aid. The distress and unera- did_ we try incomes policy same or another speech say that “As a government, we had no aatt our command.command, oities ^d their demands for the Scottish counter- Wales, instead of, as at present, loyraenr that would follow again.