In GLascow? 1828 from a Glasgow correspondent
About 12,060 of Glasgow's municipal tenants believed to be earning more than £20 a wok will have to pay ‘economic! rents if a plan prepared by Councillor Tom Creaney, convenor of that corporation's property mar snent committes, is accepted by the Labour—controlled corporation,
4s the election draws near pressure from the 'Progressive' group on tho Council and from the Tory Scottish press has been concentrated on this issue and the old slogan of the 'exploited! ratepayer revived, The situation is complicated by the known cases of corruption in the allocation of Council houses,
The possibility of acceptance of Cllr, Creaney's scheme is also complicated by the opposition of the Lord Provost, Mr, Peter Heldrum, who belioves the system. would be too complex to administer and advocates the designation of the whole of certain new schemes as areas in which the economio ronts could ba charged for all the houses,
Reactions in the Labour Party to the proposals have been rapid and Yoodside ¢.L.2. has. tabled a resolution for the Scottish Labour Party Confer ence drawing attention to the necessity to tackle the question of interest as the major burden on local authorities housing budgets and calling on all Labour-contpolled councils to refuse to increase rents or rates until there has been a substantial reduction in interest rates, =