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42. The Conservative Central Office is distributing a specially prepared four-page leaflet on the Common Market. 43. It is, of course, perfectly true that much of the political debate in Parliament is a sham fight. It is also true that the real distinction of point-of-view often seems to be between those in office and those out of office. 44. The major reason why the people of Africa have taken over the running of their countries is the ambition to lift their homeland out of the category of "economically underdeveloped" regions, to raise their material standards of living and provide adequate social and cultural facilities. 45. Education is seen by the council as having a key role to play in increasing the economic effectiveness of the West Midlands and it urges the fullest use of the region's facilities. 46. In the field of industry special emphasis has been placed on the heavy industries, such as coal, steel and cement, but consumer goods facilities such as sugar refineries and textile plants have also received attention. 47. Growth has proceeded on all fronts in an un-coordinated manner, stimulated and directed by the compulsion to build factories, to develop transportation and electric generation facilities, and to improve productivity on the farm. 48. "Welfare conditions should be brought up to 20th century standards with proper heating, ventilation, locker accommodation and facilities for drying clothes after inclement weather, be made compulsory by law," said a unanimous resolution. 49. "Facilities for retraining need to be developed to enable regional industry and the people employed in industry to cope with the technological and economic changes that are certain to be encountered," the report says. 50. Although the British authorities and the British Broadcasting Corporation had accorded all facilities for preparing the tape for the broadcasts, no explanation had been forthcoming from the British High Commissioner later as to why their statement was not broadcast. 153
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