from an Oxford correpsondent
Two moves are being made in fhe struggle over the rent increases imposed by Birmingahm corporation, One of the councillors who has opposed the scheno, BE. J, Haynes, argues that as the City Council has agreed that the new rents will be based on 0.9 times the gross rateable value, his rent cannot be fixed while there is any doubt about his rating figure. Therefore he believes that he is sntitled to rofuse to.piy the new increase until his appeal against his rating assessment is determined. The other move is the distrimition of 10,000 window bills for prospective rent strikers, These are being issued by the Birmingham Tenants’ and Residents! Association to popularise its campaign to persuade tenants to withhold the rent increases when they are introduced at the end of the year. The window bills read "le Pay No Rent Increases Here." TyO 'K,s! ee LORD HOME from a Croydon correspondent
| Ty z '/10/63 carried,without comment, the following items "Lord nie has Tecoived messages of congratulation fron akntennen and politicians all over the world, including President Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchov," Bd. Note: Khrushchov's message road, “Please accept my sincere congratulations and best wishes on the occasion of your taking office....We remember with pleasure our recent meetings and useful conversations with you in lloscow, and beleive that personal contacts and ties botwoen the statesmen of Great Britain and the Soviet Union will be succsassfully contimued.....™