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CONTROLLING OF PROFITS Wage And Price Freezing Campaign Manufacturers To Absorb Costs
* London, Feb. 24.
Mr. Harold Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, announced today that he had signed 14 orders designed to assure that there would be no provocative increase in prices or profits that would strengthen demands for increased wages.
The new orders follow the announcement by Sir Stafford Cripps, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on February 12 thof the Government would put a price ceiling on a large range of goods based on the December-January levels as one step in its "freeze wages, profits and prices" pro- gramme to check inflation.
goats,
U.S. BAN ON CZECH VISITS
Frankfort, Feb. 24. American Army head- quarters today announced that had temporarily
It suspended all recreational travel by military and civi-_- lian personnet to Cxecho- slovakia,
:
The action, the Army said, resulted from a not- fication sent today by the Czechoslovak mission ta Frankfurt to the Army's re- creation division.
No reasons were given.-- Reuter.
Scandinavia Joins In
Officers' Improper Conduct
London, Feb. 24. An accusation that British and Allied of- ficers, used third degree. methods against Ger- mans at the Bad Nenn- dorf interrogation camp in Germany was made in the House of Com- mons today by a Labour Member, Mr. Richard Stokes.
ite said he himself had visited the
camp, where her found men in cells 10 degrees below zero.
Oslo, Feb. 24. Norway, Sweden, Denmark Mr. Wilson told a press con-7 Nearly one-third of the Bri and Iceland have decided to frence that the new orders tish-built ships were sold take part in the Marshall ald covered two main classes of abroad. the highest proportion plan and in the proposed Work- one man
"To-my-certain---knowledge, for many years and three times ing Committee for furthering off"
had his legs frozen 70% brought under up-to-the previous year's Agure-economic cooperation between date prive ontn:1 inessential Reuter.
Four British Allied officers the 16 countries which attend- concerned with the allegations KOKIS formerly under only
ed the Paris Economic Confer- of treatment Tuose control and laid down the
aro awaiting ence, the Nordic Ministers an court martial. rule that manufacturers, who,
nounced tonight at the end of under n "enst plus" system,
Another Labour Member, Mr. their meeting here. had previously been Able to
Thomas Drlberg, asked what These four Scandinavian disciplinary action had been Governments agreed that a taken against a British officer, successful Marshall Plan "wil and non-commissioned emcers be of decisive importance for who had "beat up" Herr Wor. European reconstruction." ner Kleindienst, a 20-year-old
German student.
British
pass on the east of wages in. Economic
Preases to the consumer, could not held
any costs resulting From we agrements reached after February 4. 1948, unless the Board of Trade specifically agreed.
Struggle
London, Feb. 24. Umbrellas, typewriters, The keynote of Bri- cameras, colas, radio, gamtain's economic policies phones, television sets, toilet | articles and stationery
this year come
must be to under the new controls.
make sterling strong and More
160 items of stable as a contribution everyday us and their neces to the British economy Kuries will be pegged under the 14 orders, which will come into and to a great part of the rest of the world as well,
effect on March 15.
Shipping Boom Meantime, boosting her ship. imilding last year to one of the highest levels since the first World War. Britain took over a bigger share of the total world production than for 34
years,
Lloyds Register of Shipping today, in its annual, summary of mercantile shipbuilding for 1947, shewed that British ship yards turned out 1.202.000 tons, representing 66.9 per cent of the world output.
Both figures were up on the previous year when they were 4.333,000 fons und 53.3 per cent respectively.
Their representatives the Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, the Foreign and Trade Ministers of War Minister, replied that the each country, the Danish Min-officers' conduct was "improper ister of Economies, and the and unworthy of the British Norwegian Minister of Indus. Army." try, agreed that they "shared They had been reprimanded the same view on the problems and transferred to other duties the Marshall Plan seeks to or in one caso released from solve."-Reuter,
the Army.-Reuter.
Sir Stafford Cripps Chancellor of the Ex- chequer said here to- night.
Korean Elections Called For
Addressing a National-Sav- ing rally, he emphasised that, during Marshall aid, British would need the backing of a The United States today called for an immediate
Lake Success, Feb. 24.
election in South Korea to establish a Nà- tional Government despite the United Nations Korea Commission report that it did not sup- port such a step.
reserve of gold or dollars for the trade of the sterling area because she must maintain the confidence of the 'reat of the sterling area and the world, essential to any world stability in trade,
The American delegate. Mr. Dr. T. F. Tsiang, the Chinese "There Is
really hard
Philip Jessup, told the Little delegate, said: "Members of struggle before us-I do not this will provide the
Assembly: "We believe that the Commission feel that they: say a desperate struggle, beeple with their best chance the division between the North Korean should do nothing to crystallise cause that would imply there was no way out."
to establish a stable Govern- and the South. We should be; Not since 1913. when the It was a struggle, he added.ment, reflecting the will of the very careful in our examination figure was-58.per-cent, has Bri-of-tremendous-world--import- majority.
of any course of action which tain had 6 large a share of ance and "of the most adven-third of the seats should be re-reference to this
Mr, Jessup urged that one-we may adopt with particulari the world's shipbuilding. turous possibilities."-Reuter.
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served for the representatives Korean unity."-Reuter. of North Korea, the Soviet-oc- cupied zone.
"If it should unhappily prove to be the case that the Commis- sion could not continue with observations of the elections north of the 38th Parallel, due to the opposition of the Soviet authorities, the result would; nevertheless be that two-thirds
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"The Korean people and all the world would know who had. denied them that opportunity."
Mr. Jessup submitted a -olution to the Assembly, de- claring, that it was encumbent on the Commission to Imple ment an election programme In such parts of Korea as are accessible to the Commission.
Elections In Kenya
London, Feb. 24. The Kenya Government is seeking to solve the problem of Moslem re presentation on the Legislative Coun. cil by reserving for the Moslem com taunity, two of the five ponta which the Indian community have in the legulature.
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will be
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Tread of being able to vote for both candidates, they will only be catided to vote for one and thus the Government, expect that Moslerna will support the Moslern candidate and the Hindi thely ow
This Is purely temporary ex pedisot until the end of dext year and in: intended to cavold communst con trovany daring Sthis year's "generat utéctlah, ft "éxpected"that' the Alim dus will oppose, thei. CavernitDent"" Governor having failed, thus adubori Eles følt! Imballed to Imposé a solution
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