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THE "CHINA" MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1947.
Importance Of The Press Labour MP Guilty
Commons Debate On Cuts In Newsprint
One-Sheet Paris Newspapers
Paris, July 30.
All Paris evening papers ap- peared on a single sheet of two pages today as the Government axe Tell on French consumption of newsprint.
The ent was announced by the syndicate of the Parks presa on Juy 23.
It required all French newK-
enpers to use a single sheet
once in July, six times during August and once in September. and to publish no newspaper at. al' on August 15,
"Give The Public What It Wants"
London, July 30.
Lord Layton, Chairman of the London Liberal dailles "News Chronicle and “Star” and until recently Chairman of the British Newsprint Supply Company, accused the Government in the House of Lords of committing "grave errors," both at home and abroad by their decision to postpone newsprint Imports from Canada and reduce newspapers to their wartime low of four pages.
Initiating a debate on newsprint, Lord Layton de-
clared that the Government had underrated the importance of the Press today in a demo-
MR. BELCHER AGREES
London, July 20 Afr. J. W. belcher, Parlia mentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, agreed yes terday in the House of Com- mone to consider any practie- able proposal on the lines anggested by two Labour members to take delivery of Canadian newsprint to the extent to which Britain had contracted and sell the next six months' entitlement 10 hard currency areas.-United PreRZ.
cratic community and deprived it of adequate Silent
means of doing its job.
Warning of the necessity of Government was "Imperilling" Soviet
Sages?
Of Contempt
London, July 30.
The House of Commons Committee of Privileges reported today that Mr. Garry Allighan (Labour) admitted having provided accounts of a secret meeting of the Parliamentary La bour Party to the "Evening Standard” and re- ceived payment for his services.
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PRICE ON HIS HEAD
Athons, July 30. The Greek Government, in
The Committee found Allighan guilty "of aggra- vated contempt of the House of which he is a member and of gross breach of privilege.” The Lord President of tho Council, Mr. Herbert Morrison, announcing publication of the Committee report, told tho "Tho House, amid laughter:
the matter is complicated by absence of Mr. Allighan who, I am informed, is on his way to | South Africa on medical advice.” The Committee report, sold Herbert Gunn, editor of the "Evening Standard”—in which newspaper
account of a private meeting of the Labour Party last August 23 gave rise to wide demands for investiga- tion of the leakage — admitted his newspaper paid £30 weekly for reports of such meetings and other political matters.
on
a decren today, put a price of 20,000,000 drachmas on the head of Marko Voñadee, alias "General Markos, leader of the guerillas.
Markos was described as a "brigand" and charged with "rebellion against the state and criminally working on behalf of foreign posuere.?--- Reuter.
After September 4, the news.
will consist of four) papers pages daily,
honouring long-term contracts one of the few pieces of con- Most of today's morning
structive planning.... the Government'a Lord Layton said a newspaper, which appeared in made with
Gallup their regular four-page forin, sanction
the News-poll between
(run by the "News printed apologies for the cuts print Supply Company and the Chronicle") recently disclosed which wiź require them to pubs. | newsprint_mills of Canada and that 58 per cent of Britons re- Hah ane sheet tomorrow.-ken- | Newfoundland, he declared that|fied on newspapera 'in the
postponing imports, the formation of their public opin- told to "guard jealously all Soment was the author of such was first examined, Allighan by
Jons, 41 per cent. on the radio. 13 per cent, on books and eight per cent on magazines and
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He emphasised that sports newa, na woll as Parliamentary reports, had to be published.
"You have to give the public what it wants to read if you are going to induco it to read what you want it to read."
Lord Layton declared that in every newspaper office, execu- tives were examining their em- ployment sheets and costs to see what they could do to econo- mixe.
Gunn told the Committee the Parliament divulged secret in- report was received from an formation when piled by news- agency called the Transatlantic papermen with money, drink, or London, July 30.
Press and that he had known a the promise of favours to come.
particular Member of Parlity
Soviet intellectuals have been viet scientific and industrial secrets and not disclose dia. coveries and inventions made in our country to the capitalist work." Moscow Radio suld to day.
reporta.
Quoting a lecture by the So-"Evening News," admitted to viet Minister for Higher Educa the Committee tion. M. S. V. Kaftanov, the
The report said that when ho
however, he told the Committee
the Committes the author was
Under examination, Gunn told Bald he knew of no member who supplied secret news to the
supplied regularly. Allghan and reports had been press. After Gunn's admission, Guy Schofield, editor of the private meeting "In obedience to he had supplied a report of the
what he conceived to be his duty that his news- na n journallat which....ho had radio said that he urged intel-weekly to a Member of Parlia as a Member of the House".
paper had regularly paid 5 regarded as superior to his duty close relations with foreign, in- ment who regularly supplied accounts of private meetings. tel'cetun! circles," and "prevent Schofield and his political cor- appeared to have a controlling our young people from any respondent, Stanley Dobson, re-interest in the ideological contamination from fused to disclose the member's Press Agency." outside."
lectunts to "abstain from top
They must realise "the over- whelming superiority of sur so- cialist culture over the culture of the capitalist countries" and mus: wage an "incessant and energetic fight against capital- because ist ideology," according to M. to print Kafanov.-Reuter.
They were doing this because If they were to have four-page newspapers for two years, they knew for certain that overseas offices which had been built up must be demobilised there was no room what they sent.
There was nino a Anancial During the same week
reason.
in which the cut was announc- ed, he said, there was also a
rise in the price of home news- print, which added about £2,- 000,000 to the bill of the press
at home. The individual Inde- those pendent newspapers and with the smallest circulation would "feel the pinch." Frustration
The result БУДА Д sense of frustration in the newspaper in- dustry, Lord Layton continued.
"It closes the door for two years on any serious intake in- to a profession which could play a very great role in national life."
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"Money Or Drink"
It said also
that
Allighan
"Transatlantle
It pointed out the "general effect of evidence....by editora, journalists and others represent-
Paradoxically, the investiga-ing various
tion stemmed from an article indignation newspapers, was published by the "World's Press that the press sought or obtain. at the suggestion News," a trade magazine, oned confidential information from April 10, in which Allighan Members of Parliament either charged that members
by paying them, in money or in kind or when Members were undor the Influence of drink". -United Press.
of
Cause Of Explosion
Paris, July 30,
lighted cigarette end may have caused the ex- plosion in Brest harbour two days ago, accord- ing to unconfirmed reports circulating in the port today.
The explosion which occurred in the Norwegian nitrate ship "Ocean Liberty" caused 21 deaths, Unofficial estimates put the number of injured at 500, with damage estimated at over £2,000,000.
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No Evidence
The committee considered that there was no evidence" whatever to justify Mr. Allighan's general charges, and they constituted a grave breach of privilege, which was aggravated by the fact that he was seeking to ease auspicion in others in respect of the matter of which he knew himself guilty.
The commitice also considered that Mr. A. J. Heighway, editor and publisher of the "World's Press
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Rhould be ro primanded,
very
The committee said they were Referring to Canadian con-
The Norwegian Consul today fed with sacks of ammonium glad to know that journalists tracts, he sale that the press placed the Norwegian ting on the nitrate, outside the harbour as a generally held the view that surh
coffin of Captain Holtz, Master of precautionary measure.
transactions between newspapers had counted on Canada for the "Ocean Liberty," who
In Brest itself, communications and Members of the House were third of their supplies.
killed in the explosion. The vic- have been partly restored and an quite out of accordance with the "Simple common sense insur-tims of the disaster will be buried official inquiry into the cause of best standards of, journalism.-- ance indleates that we ought to tomorrow after a special service, the explosion opened.—Reuter.
Reuter. draw at least one-third of our in the Church of St. Michel at basic supplies of an essential Brest industry from alternative
of The import
nitrate into source to North Europe."
Franco by sea will be banned He said that Canadian manu- Government decided today.
until further notice, the French The facturers had naked British Government has also decided to newspaper owners to sign request Parliament to vote 250,- twelve-year contracts, and most 000,000 francs for relief and re-. of them had done so.
construction work at Brest. Lord Layton declared that he did not know on what sort of grounds he could go back to
ла
Ship Moved
Canada and ask for the reopen- Earlier today, the port autho- ing of negotiations if those rities at Le Havre moved the contracts were not being kept 2,210-ton United States cargo and honoured.
ship "Arthur P. Fairfield," load-
He accused the Government of scuttling the proportions fix- ing to what was the mini- mum for the British press and what was needed for food, gano- line and raw materials.
"We......Insist" ·
in the light of circumstances next January.
"Action must be taken before September," Lord Layton de- clared.
the
He asked the Government to "We therefore insist that fix six pages as the "bed-rock these long-range contracts, both minimum" and eight pages ns in the interest of the press and the normal standard for in the interests of the credit of next two or three years. the country as a whole, should Lord Balfour of Inchrye, be maintained."
Conservative, told the House Lord, Layton said that reproof Lords that he had just re- sentatives of the presa had yes turned from Newfoundland. terday discussed the position There was a real danger that with Sir Stafford Cripps, Presl Britain would not get back her dent of the Board of Trade, newsprint contracts if the cut who had sald that he was pre- was prolonged too long-Reu- pared to reconsider the problem. ter.
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