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In Rome, there were demonstrations outside the Spanish embassy to the Vatican and trade union leaders called for national protest actions, while the French trade unions called a 30-minute national stoppage against death sentences. A £1‡ MILLION 'crash courst' on decimal currency begins today. It will do nothing to allay the fears of millions of vorkers that they will be forced to bear the burden of the changeover through higher prices.

The mountain of material to be issued between now and D-Day-February 15, 1971— as revealed yesterday at th Decimal Currency board' London press conference.

But nowhere is there to be found a mention of decimalization's impact on the cost of living.

Answering questions, DCB chairman Fiske stated that 'the fear of rising prices has been submerged by price rises themselves'.

No checks He admitted that there would be no checks on price trends, other than those carried out by ten million housewives.

It would be 'unfair to use the force of law', he added. In some cases manufacturers could be bankrupted if their prices were rounded down!

don't think we'll see shopkeepers trying to make quick profit, he said, but admitted that the Board would not be making any price surveys after D-Day.

It's not our job, he said.

To cope with the changeover, banks are closing after February 10 until D-Day and Post Offices are closing from Friday, February 12. _ Advertisements in national and provincial newspapers will include nine different fullpage displays. There will be six 30-second television commercials transmitted at 60 peak viewing spots Posters will be displayed on 10,000 sites in 950 towns and cities.

Womeu's magazines will try to convince housewives of the simplicity of it through cartoons with titles like 'Mum gets the messa DC's hopes are expressed in Mum's comall right in the end work out I suppose it'll all Meanwhile real Tory message is buried beneath an avalanche of paper and a barrage of TV commercials.

Uneasiness over prices will be compounded by the absence of any mention of wage rates.

Earnings of 10s an hour arr easily converted to 50p a hour. However, 10s 3d has n exact equivalent in the new currency.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING East India Hall

The latest edition of the Transport and General Wot. kers' "Union journal 'Record' •Whether the new rate is 51 new pence loss of just over fd, or 51t new pence a gain of just over id is going to have to be negotiated between managements and unions ...

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it will be essential when the new rates are negotiated tr. get an allowance to cover increased cost of living.' 'his is absolutely correct a: : trade unionists must use the organized strength • to i ke sure that the necessary ir eases are achieved when egotiation of wage rates = place.

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