THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY,' APRİL 24, 1947.
DALTON DEFENDS BUDGET Message "We're Buying All The Empire Tobacco To Guide
We Can Get"
Not Backward In
Purchases
London, Apr. 22.
With his hand in a sling-he had a polsoned finger over the week-end-the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, Mr. Hugh Dalton, today defended in the House of Commons his Budget proposal to increase the rate of duty on tobacco, which he had described as the first step in checking dol- lar expenditure.
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He gave particular attention to the question of preferences raised by Mr. Charles Hale, u La- bour Member, who had said that the difference between "imperial rates and,hard currency rates is wholly insufficient today."
which existed before Mr. Hale hud anked the Cian, ammant cellor to examine the amount of his Budget was introduced and tobacco heing con-which was being maintained and sumed in the United States, and stabilised in this Budget. added
The that "it in remarkable
present proference
Lobneco WIH derived that a great volume of Empire Empir tonecu la being sold in the from the 1938 agreement, and kittted States while We jate Laver and above that there WAR buying United Slates tobaren the undertaking mode to the for consumption in the run House is a preliminary to the Trade talks any proceeding at try."
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"It may be", he added, "That this is part of the heritage of the trade agreement in Atd part of the amwritten agreement behind th Ameri ran loan,"
Mr. Baltan ngreed thai the 1938 Anglo-American agre meni did reduce the preference Empire tobar to
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MONTY'S INVITATION
Moscow, Apr. 22: Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery
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has set
time in June as the time he would like to play host to the Soviet Chief of Stof, Marshal Vasilevsky, the Unit. ed Pren learned today. The Soviet Marshal has replied that he will glue hir anawer some time next month.
Field Marshal Montgomeru invited Marshai Vasilevsky to visit England, as his quest. during his own trip to Russia in January-United ProXX.
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"All We Can Get" "We are buying all the Em- pire toluero we ran gel,” Mr. Dalton continued. "We Juve been doing this for some time and there is an intention to de- part from that.
"It would be the wrong idea The that there
quantity
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-AND AN ANTI- CLIMAX INTO THE BARGAIN!-WHAT'S
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some
Back From 'Devil's Is.'
All R.Cs.
London, Apr. 22. The growing interna- tional tension and acute which hardships from Paria. Apr. 22. After 30 years in the dread-the British people is suf- ed Devil's Island of French fering as the inevitable
Guinna, several Moroccan
ciergy and
TEXAS CITY GRAIN LOSSES
New York, Apr. 22. According to advices from Fort Worth, Teras, the grain in trade estimates the lon Government-stored flour and rice in the Texas City diana. ter will probably exered $3,- 000,000.
The losses are said to in- clude 30,000,000 t. of flour, valued at $2,000,000, and 12,- 000,000 b. of rice valued at 81,700,000.-Reuter,
Superfort's faithful a Crash Toll
convicts were back with their result of total war, "im- families and friends today.pel us to give to the) while many Algerians and few Frenchmen who also had completed "life" torn awaited message of repatriation in specini camps Says a
in Casablanca,
guidance,
Guam, Apr. 22. statement issued
The 20th Air Force Hys, an- by the Roman Catholic nounced today that 16 officers The men were
were killed part of Hierachy of England and and enlisted men group of 623 former mates
in the crash of a Superfortress Wales. of the Frene island prison)
which plunged into the Pacifle who arrived yesterday at Casa- The statement continued: near Kwajalein early on San- blanca in the cargo ship "Howe make an energette protest day, logne-sur-Seine," from New
Officials Bull religinis, racial
plane, Orleans.
ts which was on a routine flight The Moroccans, after medical political persecution, which
even encouraged from Kwajalein to Guam, tolerated and and documentation,
parently caught fire and ex- were allowed to return imme: by leaders of certain nations;
hose of rivalry ploded after only a few minutes free the dintely to civilisation as
in the ni--United Press. men, while the Algerians-who fand discontent is the lack formed the bulk of the party-charity. Politicni
Empire tobacco lying about in any part of the world which wel are not prepared to purchase."
of parta
India, he Empire, especially added, there was a tendency for much more of the product to be consumed within the Cointry.
Not Backward
checks
seninst
"The root
an
of
convictions
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| and a few native Frenchmen and patriotism are not
were housed in special camps enough to form the foundations to await Transportation home of peace and justice,
complete freedom. Reu- "The law of God and mutual į ter.
love of members of the haman family are alone capable of re.! storing the bruken frust tween nations.
le ansured the House that the Government would not be Imckward In purchasing anytioning or restriction of surplus supplies there might be of Empire tobacco.
The difficulty had sometimes been, he said, to peraunde the manufacturers to buy Empire tobacco and blend it with their other tobacco.
He refused to consider
HELP!-
MY CUSHIONS!
Im-
purts a a means to reducing Consumption. He said that films and tobacco hung together that they were unnecessary comparison
in
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with foodstuffs, and he had chosen toburro
were dealt will by other films ra-metlls.--Reuler,
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the continued detention of Ger- "We are gravely disturbed at
mak prisoners of war in Br taln and we urge the Govern ment in take further measures for their Immediate POLEPA home," Renter.
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U.S. Senate Stamps Its Approval
Washington, Apr. 23.
The Senate today stamped its approval by a 67 to 23 vote on a momentous new departure in United States foreign polley by voting a US$400,000,000 fund to stiffen Greece and Turkey against Communism.
The bill, which provides for financial and limited. military assistance to those two strategic na- tions, now goes to the House of Representa- tives where the Foreign Affairs Committee has approved a similar measure:
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Before the Senato vote, Sena- Ileans and seven Democrats op- tor Edwin C. Johnson, Democrat, posed it.
af Colorado, tried in vain to Through the five hours of tor
the voting, before strike out a provision authorising rid debate
assailed thu send mill“ began, opponents President Truman to
Truman programme as one which tary maslons to Greece and Tur-
the "destroy" armles in would
United key to instruct their
retaliation "by the use of the milltary equipment Nations, invite
Russia and roll up tremendous to be furnished,
which might The vale against him was 68 expenditures to 22*
bankrupt the United Staten, Arthur Van- Led by Senator
Red Light deuberg, Republican of Michigan. the Republican-controlled Senne overwhelmed numerically weak Opposition the new policy laid down by Mr. Truman in a March 12 dress to Congress.
On the al passage, 35 Repub-the red light." licans and 32 Democrats for the measure, Sixteen Repub-statements by Senator
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Parisians Queue. Up
For Bread
Paris, Apr. 22.
but te
voted
Paris housewives queued up for bread today and
the Ministry of Food Supply admitted that
wheat stocks were nearly gone.
"We are living from day to day by virtue of im
portations which are extremely irregular," a Ministry official told the United Press.
Bakers shops
Minister </ Agriculture, M. in Tanguy-Prigent, Francol washington last February, France was to import 553,000 tons of the first
foreign cereals during half of 1947.
the
several Paris to come up to expectations. Un- districts closed for lack of flourder ngreements oblined by the and officials said they may close at Omes until the harvest.
"I will be just us it was last summer when, due to lack of re serve stocks and slow deliverles, bakers were. It reed to close their doors occasionally for a day or Rome, Apr. 22.
From Actual deliveries The Yugoslav authorities|two at a time," the official sald. United States and other wheat. "We hope to keep metropolitan
been announced tonight that 26 ho-
supplying countries have dies were recovered after the centres such as Paris adequately 130,000 tons short of this figure. explosion of a carload of dy supplied, but provincial towns Premier Paul Ramadier' has ad- namite in Fiume railyards last may have to go without for cum-dressed an urgent request to the Friday.
paratively longer periods."
International Wheat Distribution The bread ration is expected to Italika news reports from
Board for a 40 por cent incrcass Trieste placed the toll as higli be reduced from 300 grams to 250 In allocations to France. as 70 dend and 300 wounded, grans per day on May 1. Before Increased imports will be necesi
piter the war, the daily bread consump-sury
the harvest, Yugoslavs announced
average Frenchman Ministry of all that
entertainment and in of the
Agricultura officials the destruction of said, due to sport events had been ordered was 500 grams (1 b.)
Blame U.S. suspended because of the dix-
more than one-third of France's aster. Debris from the blast Blame for the whent shortage winter wheat crop by freezing was hurled over a radius of one was placed on the fallure of wheat during the hardest winter in a mile. United Press.
imports from the United States generation-United Press.
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Replying. Senator Vandenberg told the Senate that if Congress falls to act, "aggression gets the green light and the rest of the world, including Amerien,
Vandenberg called "inflammable" *Johnson that the programme
con lead only to war with Russia.
hat statement.
whlett has been made repeatedly by the Senator from Colorado, is an in- vitation to the precise disaster that this bill seeks to prevent.”— Associated Press.
Portland. Strike Threat
Portland, Ore. Apr. 22.
A reduction in food ship- ments to this city of 450,000 persona is threatened aA the dispute between 1,200 Ameri can Federation of Labour Un- ion Teamstearrs and employers has brought commercial truck- ing almost to a standstill.
The Teamsters are seeking o' pay boost of US$1.50 a day and reduction in the work week from 48 to 40 hours. All 60 drayage firms belonging to the Portland Draymen and Ware. Association have housemen's
The firms stopped operations. do about 95 per cent of the city's hauling from freight car to warehouses,
The employers say it is "walkout" by the Teamsters. The Union say it is a "lockout" by the employers. - United
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