HC Deb 24 March 1949 vol 463 cc557-8
55. Wing-Commander Hulbert

asked the Economic Secretary to the Treasury the object of a cartoon pamphlet entitled, "Your Prosperity Depends on Full Employment," its cost, how many copies have been produced and to whom it has been distributed.

Mr. Jay

I think the hon. and gallant Member must be referring to a small poster, distributed, as a part of a continuing fortnightly series, to factories and other places of work. Its cost of production was £200, and 42,000 copies of it were distributed. Its object is, of course, to assist in extending knowledge of the need for increased productivity as a means towards securing Britain's economic future.

Wing-Commander Hulbert

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that one copy, and one only, of this Socialist Walt Disney was sent to a firm employing 20,000 people? What were they expected to do with it?

Mr. Jay

I am sure that if that particular firm cares to apply for further copies, we will do what we can to let them have them.

Wing-Commander Hulbert

That firm has not a nursery.

Air-Commodore Harvey

Would not it be of more use to use some of the 7,000 members of the Institute of Production Engineers in connection with this problem?

Mr. Jay

I think it would be a good thing to do both.