20 SEPTEMBER 1930, Page 3

The discussions on unemployment between repre- sentatives of the Government

and the Liberal Party are continuing. The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says that certain plans presented by the Liberals have been passed on for the examination of the Departments. So far, apparently, the Depart- ments have not been ealled upon for much advice, but what they have given has damaged the provisional agreements reached between the negotiators. The Liberals want a great expansion of the telephone service. Lord Lothian and Mr. Seebohm Rowntree have expressed the opinion that the expansion contemplated by the Post Office would not satisfy any private company. They believed that at least 1,500,000 new telephones could be worked at a profit. We are not told what was the answer of the Postmaster-General.

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