Churchill as "Germanized" Trade Unionist


	Churchill as "Germanized" Trade Unionist

Teosoma

12-16-2007 12:12 AM

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Teosoma says:

... kind of a national socialist, huh ? ...

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              labor exchanges: he wrote to Prime Minister Asquith of the need 
              to "spread . . . a sort of Germanized network of state intervention 
              and regulation" over the British labor market. But <LAYER id="google-toolbar-hilite-68">Churchill</LAYER> entertained 
              much more ambitious goals for the Board of Trade. He proposed a 
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              Board of Trade was to act as the "intelligence department" of the 
              Government, forecasting trade and employment in the regions so that 
              the Government could allocate contracts to the most deserving areas. 
              At the summit . . . would be a Committee of National Organisation, 
              chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to supervise the economy.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/raico-churchill1.html"><FONT size="3" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">It 
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