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4d, fYance has put mo £14 milion of the £90 million. 2 Six dispuss Britain's Common , as ‘an \Interested party.” will be able to make a/righteous assessment of the British So once again, whe, Market application! economy. - TRADE GAP came to power. at £518 million, Reaction "Mr. Dere! Pritchard, chairman lof the National Exports Coungil :"“ A conservative estimate is that the dock troubles/cost us £100 million In) knife wound to Britain's economy which n septic with loss of by OSBERT LANCASTER “If Harold Wilson’s got any sense of personal gratitude, Jack Dash should be getting his life peerage any minute now !’? Express Industrial Reporter NHE coal industry {s in danger of “ being almost frightened’ to death.” Minister of Power = Mr. Richard Marsh warned last night. “ . Who by? . . He mentioned no names, but there Was no doubt that he was Febuking Coal Board chairman Lord Robens for forecasting last Week that today’s 387,000 miners will be cut to 85,000 by 1980. The Minister, faced with a revolt over the running down of the industry, was 5 figures record, £66 million to £956 million — the IMPORTS were do’ he figure being of higher-priceg oil supplies. anker Rudolph Peterson, herica, said In London that the U.S. would p support Britain. But helad@ed : “We may reach a pgint where prudence would nob indicate con- pport, but this is a stage which we would ; approach ; Bow be slowed, vere the worst on‘ XPORTS dropped lest since Labour be only £10 million r by the arrival sident of the bel reluctantly.” Abroad FRENC trade figures expected dnd qredicted another tise In the British Bank rate. GENEY, or the European | Free| Trade Assocla- ton, of i whic tain ere Brita] bjnkers said the sumet~ jspending:| and building ail rising. - Unempioy- tuent too was beike checked. REVOLT againsd Government economic policies built up last night as Labour M.P.s_ reeled under the news the trade ap and the coal industry run- lown, writes Arthut Buller. Thirty-six M.P.s of Rigbt, Left, and Centre told party officers they wanted a ‘debate on unemployment at next week's meeting of the parliamentat Party. They fear refation, will COMMENT last night on the Labour M.P.s' revolt from Tory Party airman Anthony Barber ; “ When it comes to the crunch they will never sacrifice their seats for thelr principles.” Opinion > Page 1 tae "From ROY’ time he answered puzzling the world _ Philby, - quipping, Joking, and snapping his fingers, told me in nervous Sstammers :— “My purpose became the fight for Communism. | I was prepared to sub- ; jugate everything in pursuit of that purpose. “That Is why ! did it. 1 would still do It if f were young again in Britain today. And tam = | sure there are such men,” Philby, looking well for his 55 years, wore a red tie and not- too-well-ftuing Russian — suit, when we met by appointment. “It ia‘ time you talked,” 1 said. He replied : “ Maybe it is —everybody seems to have been doing “lt,” s+ . " Origin And taik Ne did, Between {-drasis-of-yodks and glasses of- Georgian white wine Phub y traced the origins of his beliefs, the central driving force in a remarkable career of 30 years’ epying (or Russia. “It was te 1931 elections that, | Gnally did. dw ne explained. * When the Socialists split I became intensely angry at the whole futlle business. “1 cannot say thal my con- version happened at any fixed point of time. but 1 do know that after two years of painful thoucht I had made up my mind’ by June 1933.” Lighting a cigarette—Russia’s cheapest. 20 for 10d.—Philby explained how. after being a war correspondent in Spain in the ‘thirties, he returned to Britain even more determined to achieve the task already set for him by Soviet Intelligence—— Kim, Philby—pictured -during BLACKMAN: N a secluded Moscow restaurant with double agent Harold “ Kim sdme of the since his defec @Phiiby ti traitor —yeste - | day gave ti , first newspap interview sin he defected the Sovls Union. @ The intervic could not ha been’ give without t approval of t! ussia authoritic whose moliv: for discreditit the British an | Western Intel oh gence servicer are obvious. @The Dail Express pub lishes this inter view, howeve: because Philby owno word reveal a vahi able insight int the mentality o a_ traitor an his reasons fo betraying bi country. infiltration of British gence. One of the more episodes in hs ass:duc ton to that lask was 1 qiation with the Angic- Society i the. immed. war eae, Ue peopic ! * he exela: were dreadful—s Philby sald thai sense had been writte how he wheedled his v British intelligence, bev. was not so difficult . . timate | beyon that “ natury wastage from dedth and retife- ment” will account for 29,000 miners a year out othe annual drop of 35,000 in the umber of men: needed. Mr. Marsh pointed Out that £130 million Worth of special aid is to be pumped into areas Be implications for coal not be dodged any longer, taik of the Government . aking “slashing cuts” in demand could not be sustained. Mr, Marsh sent out a personal message to the miners assuring them that “despite the present difficulties we shall need a lot of, coal for a long time to come.” The ticked-of Lord Robens, usually quick to react, for once discreetly declined to comment in advance of the Commons debate on the issue. hard-hit by colliery closures. He claimed that the advance of nuclear power and natural wae hald..puh helobk spenen ent. Meanwhile his relations with Mr. Marsh are near rock bottom, }, But the Minister who believes | ready to figh of manpower cuts, ku needs to keep him in t to help him see the 3 throug the difficu:t time ‘Mr. Marsh announced is ready to fight for hic at miners’ meetings. r He seems assured 01 a e. Sir Sidney Ford, pres:c the: National Union ot workers. protested last This White Puper. rathe encouraging the developn an efficient coalmining in could completely underm: future.” ‘The miners’ general sec : |