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countries. 2. With only the railway men’s delegation voting against, the 27th annual youth conference of the Scottish T. U. C. condemned the wage freeze here today. 3. With the Government doing its utmost to keep wages down, and with price increases due to Market membership coming on top of price increases arising from Government policy, the standard of living in this country would be given an extremely serious setback. 4. With sterling staging its recovery on the foreign exchanges it has been easy for markets to lose sight of what is happening to the economy in the meantime. 5. However with an ever-widening band of economic and trade issues appearing in the spectrum of 11. N. activities, Western meetings began to follow a pattern of economic rather than political alliances. 6. The idea was taken up in the Anglo-Soviet communiqué published after the Soviet Premier's visit to Britain, both sides agreeing on the usefulness of such a conference. 7. He declared that at the next sitting of the peace conference the proposal should be made to conclude peace, all theoretical questions being excluded. 8. The conference gave a rousing reception to a delegation from the Hungarian Steel and Metal Workers' Union, delegates standing and applauding as the visitors walked the entire length of the hall to the platform. 9. The T.U.C. pay vetting committee will have about 80 claims to consider when it meets for the first time tomorrow. Submissions are reaching Congress House daily, the latest being 36 from the Transport and General Workers' Union. 10. England emerged from the war only a formal 'victor', its economy shaken and entering a period of permanent stagnation and decline. 70
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