RESOLUTION SUBMITTED TO AND ADOPTED AT PUBLIC 
MEETINGS HELD IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND, 
MIDDLESBROUGH, - SHEFFIELD, WEDNESBURY, 
WARRINGTON AND BRiToN FERRY (SOUTH 
WaLES) DURING THE WEEK-END, 
Mav 16—18. 1931. 
“That this meeting regards the serious position of the 
ron and steel industry as a matter of fundamental national 
importance. The extent to which it enters into the economic 
life of the country, the communities which have developed 
around its activities, the large number of workpeople 
dependent upon its progress and stability, and its position 
in relation to our export trade, make it imperative in the 
national interests that immediate steps should be taken 
to secure the necessary conscious planning, organised control 
and the financial means for its rehabilitation and progressive 
development. 
As it now appears that the attainment of these essential 
conditions and objectives is being prevented by the obstacles 
arising from the conflicting interests of private enterprise, 
we commend the proposals of the Iron and Steel Trades 
Confederation to Parliament as the only practical alternative 
means of dealing with the situation.’ 
NOTE,—The above resolution is being submitted to a further 
series of public meetings arranged in important in- 
dustrial eentres throughout the country. 
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