Manchester Socialist Conference on Incomes Policy

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from Colin Barker Thorc will bo an open discussion conforence on Incomes Policy in Manchcster on Sunday 27th February commencing at 2.30 psm. Tho conforencc will bo held in the A.E.U. rooms, 120, Rusholmc Rd,, All Saints, and the spcakers will be Tony Toph®™, cditor Humborsido Voice, and John Forrester, , Divisional Organiscr, D.A.T.A. In a leaflet explaining the purpose of the confcronce the organiscrs, the Manchester Socialist Confcre neo, say: "Employers make such large invcstme-= nts that thcy have to plan them wcll in advanco, They want to know what their costs are going to bo, so wo find they are proparod to acccpt a cortain amount of planning by the state, In particular they need to know what their wage costs will bc, That is why there has been a lot of t2lk now about an ‘incomes policy.' As the employers own most of industry, the Government has to scck their co-eperation and offer them inducements, Tho aim is that this should take the form of 4 controlled growth of wages, Thoy call it an incomes policy." The statcmcnt concludes with an explanation of the Manchester Socialist Conference's opposition to tho incomos policy,