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LABOUR'S FOREIGN POLICY
Sharp Criticism At Margate Party Conference
Jinnah's Idea
Conscription Approved
Margate, May 26.
'Fantastic' The Labour Party conference opening today,
New Delhi, May 26. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Home Minister in
Indin's in in terin government, said today. fluit Moslem Longue Jender Jinnah's "idea of a 1,000-mille CAIRO—connerṛlons with Cen- | long corridor through a hostile;
tral and South Africa | non-Musdem arra is, on the face of it, such fantastic nonsense ne not to be taken, meriqusly at all."
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Mr Patry said that Mr Hoh's "Jematad itself
promptly rebelled against Party authorities, vote defeating them decisively on the first taken, on the question of housing. the revised-but still crowded agenda, all hous- ing resolutions had been left to Friday, the last day of the conference. But when the ques- tion of adopting the agenda was put, a women delegate made a fiery little speech of protest, demanding that the Standing Orders commit- tee bring the housing debate up earlier in the week.
Paris Transport Still Moves
Paris, May 26. Huge holiday crowds were able to leave Paris by electric trains today. Power supplies in the cartal wei still normal at noon.
The Metro-Parla Underground was running normally after two yesterday, power breakdowna This was carried by a roar, these 41 resolutions have ELC-
and gas and electricity supplies dis-of "nye",
repted the altuation, but Wed-for cooking were normal. Plones ihr sponsor's lack of Encouraged by this, other dc-nesday's big debate is neverthe
F the Pakistan legates raised various objections lesa expertel to prove critical
to the way the week's program in tone. Answering questions alia? me had been telescoped together, the possibility of a sovereign but in the end a conciliatory ex-j Pakistan nunking agreementaj
planation pacified the objectors. with foreign Powers without reference
Hindustan, Mr.
unfidence seltme."
to
Patel said, "The need for joint
fence and external relatigna bas already been conceded by Mr. Tinnak It is therefore incun- veivable that concessions of ex tra-territoriality or external ar- rangements will be made with
Foreign Policy
Tony is the date set by the Federation of Gas and Electrical Workers for a full stoppage of all gas and power supplies ex- cept for absolute necessities.
Premier Paul Ramadier's or der conscripting the gas and electrical workers
commanded
issued three
The prevailing mood of the Publtention this morning of
ference seemed to be one of compuslie resolution on foreign pride in the Labour Govern polley, drafted by Konnie Zil- to "go slow" by their union, was conmlation on matters of dement's progress mixed with con- lacus and a group of local par-proclaimed and posted through-
siderable concern about the ties, shows that all reference to out France tony. futere, especially if there "isPrealdent Truman's polley In Despite the belligerently word- flop. Forty-one Greece and Turkey" have beened communique an American resolutions on man-power and withdrawn, but since Zilliacus nights ngo in which they production have been bolled will be allowed to speak, indica- threatened progressive power ut the consultation of Hindu- down to a few, but they have tions are that what delegates reduction at "any moment" and would be lost in the procras much of call "Trumanism" will be ven. promised complete stoppage, the hostile."—United] their punch.
workers enrried on ns ustial.
Although the "go-alow" move- ment has not, so far, transpired. the nation remalna uncosy lest complete cents-except for e4- sential service, such as- Етано pitala-should be put into force on Wednesday. Reuter.
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TRUMAN PLAN FOR HEMISPHERE DEFENCE
Washington, May 26. President Truman today urged Congress to enact legislation for a programme of full military cooperation with Latin-American countries, including the sale of arms, standardisation of weapons and training of naval and military personnel.
"Collaboration authorised by the proposed bill
•
Ulated.
of
revised
The keynote of the resolution is: "The conference believes that subservience fo capitalist America will inevitab ly draw us into an anticipated flop and that the only way avoid this is to cooperate with all Quntries with Sociallat- planned economy",
Mr. Philip Noel-Baker, retir- ing chairman, listed the objec- tives for which the Labour Party should strive in foign affairs and warned: "Unless democratic nations can lead the world to full employment and
RAIN MAKING AS A SCIENCE
(Continued from Page 6) About 100 pounds of dry lee were dropped into a cloud, the top of which was slightly be low general level. After five
on
to a stable peace, democracy will] minutes no visible results were fall". He urged the world to observed. Aircraft flew make the United Nations work and made another test 20 miles and thus end the threat of war. away, dropping 150 pounds of
dry ice into B second cloud. Within livo minater rain changes from within the cloud were recorded in the aircraft's radar equipment.
Conscription
Forty-five minutes after the second cloud WON "infected"! the aircraft dived to 8,000 feet, well below the cloud base and a pillar of rain covering at least 20 square miles was reach the ground.
нева to
Subsequent questioning of farmers in the vicinity confirm. ed the occurrence of an isolat-
could be extended also to Canada, whose co- operation with the United States in matters concerning their common defence is now of particular importance," the President said in
Mr. V.F. Yates, who introduc- a message read to the House of Representa-
ed u resolution expressing strong tives and Senate.
disapproval of conscription and This is the first time the Pre- and equipment as has been re urging Government to end the Hident has pubiley mentioned commended by the Inter-Amer
pollcy fia soon as possible, Canada in connection with hem enn Defence Board."
pointed out that the last of the Ispheric defence plans. Canada President Truman stressed:
conscripts would not be released has not previously been involv "It ta my intention that any
until 1961. He complained that ed in discussions, pure she operations under this bill, shall neither a member of the Pan-be in every way consistent with the country had never been told what is military commitments American Union nur a signatory the wording and spirit of the
were and that a voluntary of the Act of Chapultepec. United Nations Charter. Special system had never been
tried. "American Republics have as responsibility for lenderablp
Industry, he declared, could well sumed new responsibilities for rests on the United States
use manpower now tied up In their mutual defence and main-this matter because of the pre-Britain's armed forces. lenange of prare in the Act of ponderant technical, economie
Mr. J. Worrall, who seconded Chapulteper and the Charter of and military resources of this the resolution, said that
New Tests the the United Nations,” the
Scientists are now continuing mandate for conscription was auge enntinued. "The close en. "There is a reasonable ย
their rain-making experiments not received from the operation of American republics limited purpose for which arms the trade union movement
people, in aeveral ways, They plan to provided for in the Aș
military equipment
or drop into clouds other hydros- Can the Labour Party. Conscription, copic particles, from which it Chapultepe makes it highly de- rightfully be made available to he asserted, resulted from sirable to
the is hoped that better results may other American states.-Reuter. yigit of Field Marshal Viscount be obtained. standardise military organisation, training matters
Canadian Comment
Montgomery, Chief of the Im- perial General Staff, to the United States.
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cd rain-storm. From the air- craft no rain was seen within 100 miles of the two "Infected" clouds.
Teste will be carried out. we- ing. calcium chloride. They Ottawa, May 26.
realise that they cannot create Informed sources said that Answering critics, Professor rain from cloudless sky and for President Truman's proposal Harold Laski snid estimates of weeks on end over drought- for a brond
of the Ministry of Labour disclos- stricken areas all that could be programme military cooperation with Canada ed that voluntary recruiting expected would be small cotton.. and Latin America did not in. would provide only between wool puffa, of cumulus cloud. diente any change in Canada's 18,000 and 31,000 men in the Some method of boosting these pengetimo military commitments. next four years. "There is no Hittle clouda Into potential
These involve continued de possibility," he said, "of doing rain-makers is being sought. fence collaboration with the the work necessary in terms of Dr. Bowen, chief of the United States and the British figures of that size." He asked Radio-Physics Division of the Commonwealth but · no direct delegates to aupport conscrip- Council for Scientific Industrial contact. with Latin-America. | tion. "In order that those who Research, emphasised that de- Canada, traditionally, has held died this time shall not
tails of the process involved in
were cloud precipitation
not aloof from deep political or died to valo". military commitments with other
completely understood and un- countries in this hemisphere ex-
til they were it would be dim- Soviet Ties
cult to control rain-making. rept with the United States.
The work may take years of The Prime Minister, Mr. Mac- Earlier today, the conference
\painstaking Kenzie King, early this
defeated by a large majority n
research, many усаг
hours of fight tests, some of announced a programme of de- resolution which would have re- them extremely dangerous. It fence collaboration with the cognized the right of
Party is possible that rain can be pro- United States which will inmembers to join' the British-duced only over very limited volve the exchange of personnel Soviet Society. and bases, standardisation of The National Executiva of weapons and training methods, the Labour and joint development of nome bases in Canada's northland.
Keuler.
Strike Of India's Clerks
Bombay, May 26: Clerks and other lower group stair of the Accountant-Gen- cral's offices, in 22 Indian towns staged a one-day strikó today in protest against their "un- satisfactory" scales of pay. recommended by a recent Gov- ornment enquiry,
Strikern wont to their offices
as usual,' but inatend of work ing sat at their dooks reading nowspapera, or, løftered in cur ridors.
In New Delhi 2,500 were in- volved in the strike, in Cal cutta 6,000, in Bombay 1,200 and in Madras 800-Router.
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Party has ruled that Party members cannot be aliated with the British Soviet Society. Mr. EJ, Squibb, who Introduced the resolution, sakl he was not moving a motion in favour of Communist affiliation, but almply for those Labpurites who desired to join the Society All these, questions require ex SAN FRANCISCO in order to further understand.
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