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CHURCHILL'S ATTACK Another ON ECONOMIC POLICY
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'Blood Donors On A Tremendous Scale"
THE STERLING BALANCES
London, September 28.
Mr. Winston Churchill, leader of the Opposition, contended in the House of Commons today that Britain's war expenses in defending India, Egypt and other countries should be set against their Sterling balances.
"We are not in a state of health to become blood donors on a large
scale at the present.time," he said.
"We are already blood donors on a tremendous scale through our un- requited exports to Indian, Egypt and other countries to whom we became indebted for focal supplies while we were defending them from being attacked by Italians, Germans or Japanese.” -
Mr. Churchill was moving an to the Opposition amendment Government's motion asking, in effect, for a vote of confidence in its devaluation and economic po-
Churchill added: "The Manchester Guardian has estim- ated these unrequited exports at nearly one-fifth of our total exi -parts. This is lot.
"Many hundreds and thousands of our skilled от semi-skilled wage earners are toiling today to make desirable things for these
which countries
are paid icr simply by someone extracting something with his pen from
LABOUR DEFEAT IN LORDS
London, September 28.
The Governmerit was defeated on-devaluation policy in the pre- dominantly Conservative House
of Lords tonight by 93 votes to
The debate in the Lords was on
a Government motion asking, in effect, for a vote of confidence in its financial and economie policy.
This defeat does not affect the Government's position 2$
the! power
House of Lords has no over Anancial matters.
These powers are reserved to
the House of Commons.
But observers consider that it will further embitter the already tense atmosphere between the the two Houses over the powers of the House of Lords.
The Lords recently threw out the Government's bill to na- tionalize the
what is described by the mislead- ing
tern 'Sterling balances which really means British debts.
"Nothing comes back or turns to nourish the productive energies of this Island.
re-
EX-
Trade is an exchange but here is neither trade nor change. Intense effort goes nut end nothing comes back."
Government Policy
"
Mr. Harold Wilsen, President of the Board of Trade, made na reference to this subject when he spoke for the Government
WINSTON CHURCHILL
then
which
Bomb Story
Amsterdam,
The Catholic afternoon newspaper "De Tijd” said to. day that Russia's "atom city" exploded "with tremendous force In the spring of this. year.
killing all Russian and nen-Russian scientists.
The newspaper gave us ita source an "extraordinary car- respondant.”
It mid: "It would be pre- mature yet to reveal in what way this explosion occurred and how it was caused. The rasult however, WHE that humanity was freed from one of the gravest dangers which ever threatened her.”—United Press.
UK WAGE INCREASE REJECTED
London, September 28.
wages
ALLIES CEASE NEGOTIATIONS OVER BERLIN
Beslin, September 28.
The Western Allies told the Russians here today that they cannot continue four-power nego- tiations with them in Berlin so long as the Russions fail to observe the agreements which have already been made.
The British, French and American Commandants addressed a letter to Major General Alexan- der Kotikov, the Soviet Military Commandant of Berlin.
ta the
*Any
talks
at
They said that they had been
four-power asked by the High Commissioners other levels will not necessarily
discontinue negotiations on be affected," he stated
"nortnalisation" of life in Berlin a recommended in the ·In - Washington, in a letter to PANCAIS redefine this the Defence Secretary, Mr. Louis Johnson, President Truman con- They said that there was no gratulated the Army for resisting point in carrying on the talks the Soviet blockade of Berlin since the Russians had failed "fearlessly and successfully" and to observe the railway agreement for restoring and preserving" of July and had victimised large peace in Germany. numbers of West sector strikers.
το
sary, before the nation's remain-wage in.idespread demand for "General Kotikov
is away
on
They pointed out that they The President said the mili The Government has turned had on many occasions written itary government of Germany down "suggestions for a national to the Soviet authorities protest- had saved millions of Germans minimum wage following deling against the breach of agree- from starvation in "perhaps the valuation of the Pound, informed meat and had either received un- greatest single mass reller task quarters said here today.
satisfactory answers or no an-in history." In a vigorous speech
Although the subject has been swers at all first amused and
ruffled raised in recent British
Mr. Truman asked that kis one occasion, the letter Government supporters, Mr. talks, it is considered to be con- stated, General Jean Ganeval, the thanks and the nation's be con- Churchill called the timing of de- trary to the spirit of Sir Staf-French Commandant, had
reveyed to all military and civilian valuation "the Chancellor'sford Cripps's appeal in Parlia-quested a meeting with General Personnel who participated in the blunder and said that it should ment yesterday that there should Kotikov, and had been told that government of Germany. Beuter have been done, I proved neces- be no
and United Press. lerve," yet on the same day ing gold reserves had drained It is held that a national mini-Major-General Geoffrey Bourne, mum wage would lead to griev- the British Commandant, sus- ances and new demands. Sections ceeded in having a conversation On Sir Stafford Cripps's of the public such as pensioners- change of view on devaluation, who are below or very near the with General Kotikov on a dif-
ferent subject. Mr. Churchill said: "Ordinary | national minimum-would. it is people find it difficult to under-assioned expert additions. stand how a Minister with all his knowledge and reputation for in- tegrity should have felt it right to tum completely round like squirrel in its cage and abandon
away.
his former convictions."
There were Labour shouts of "No" as Mr. Churchill added: "He stands woefully weakened in re- putation."
increases.
the Govern- Suggestions that
devalution ment will fellow up by measures for compulsory sav- ing to prevent inflation.are dis- quar- credited by authoritative
These suggestlana followed the statement by Sir Stafford
Parliament yesterday
in
Britain must do something to
diminish the demand for goods
En
Payments To Workers
In-
The Commandants structed the West Berlin Magis-
trat (Assembly) to stop paying the 40 per cent West Mark
PETROL BACK ON RATION
Melbourne, September 28.
troduced in Australia, Premiers Petrol rationing is to be re-in-
supplement to West Berlin and Ministers representing the six States agreed at a conference here rzliway
i today
morrow.
workers after 20-
On June 29 they undertook to
Petrol has bee unrationed since June 6, when the Australian High
Court ruled that the Com- monwealth Government's ration ing regulations were invalid.
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the salaries of these workers Recalling Sir Stafford's nine Authoritative quarters say that
West Marks as part of the denials
devaluation, Mr. Sir Staford's che-fifth increase in of
agreement to end the six-week
The Commonwealth Prime Churchill said: "It will be im.the British profits tax was not a
railway strike This undertaking Minister, Mr. Joseph Chifley, later last-minute device intended todd
tomorrow. possible in future for anyone consolidate Labour back-beachers Prada R. Benson, the Government could not
told the State Premiers that the to believe in statements he may who had been critical of the ef
increase make as Chancellor."
Peninsula Hotel Lobby of devaluation on lower-British Deputy Commandant, said petrol imports because of the dol- fect of
thát the decision to end the four- lar shortage, and asked them to Mr. Churchill declared that the paid workers.
at talks applied
consider means of re-introducing But is generally accepted that power whole policy of nationalisation was being proved every day to the move was political in inten- moment only to talks between rationing by States.
tion, as the amount
Commandants of money the four
of conditions
be a ghastly failure and "a fur-from the additional tax will be normalisation
ther drain on our life's blood."
Yet the Government still in- tended to nationalise steel, cement and sugar.
Fallacy of Socialism
The "fallacy of Socialism" 10. Churchill said, was in principle
human nature contrary to could only be enforced upon na- tions in its entirety in the
and
small-Reuter
Berlin.
the
on the
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Increase In Wheat
Prices Announced
London, September 28.
wholesale fashion of Commun-The International Wheat Council announced in
Nor did Mr. Wilson answer a question on Sterling balances put
ism. by Mr. Oliver Stanley, Conserva- steel industry. Live, who wanted some elabora- causing the Government-to-retion of a rather obscure passage" cast its plans for making it law in the Washington agreement The Government's motion asked
which deals with Sterling bal- the Lords, among other things, to approve its devaluation policy and the agreement reached in the Sterling-dollar talks in Washing- ton-Reuter.
PI ELECTIONS,
Manila, September 28. While returns are coming in slowly in connection with this week's registration of eligible voters for the November national elections an incomplete tabulation announced today by the city. Treasurer's Office showed tha Manila expects to have at least 250,000 voters, including some 40,000 more who are expected to register, on the final registration day, November 1-Beuter.
*** Laces."
It was suggested there, Mr. Stanley said, that some new ina- chinery was to be set up to make it more easy for the Government. to handle this problem.
The Opposition, he said, would like to know in more detail exactly what' the ma- chinery was and how it wit expected to be to Britain's ad- vantage.
"Squirrel In Cage"
had
Earlier, the Commons heard Mr. Churchill day the Gov- ernment for using up every
asset national
or reserve от which they could lay their hands.”
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A statement issued after today's conference said that New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia had decided to refer to the Commonwealth the power to re-impose rationing in those Sta- tex
Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania had agreed to “intro- duce legislation to give Common- wealth regulations the effect of State laws to enable a uniform system of rationing to become operative". Reuter.
London tonight that, because of the changeTHEY
-in-the-Canadian-dollar,- maximum-and- minie. mum wheat prices under the international agreement have risen by 10 per cent.
In Britain today only an op- peal to the people and a new Parliament eculd relieve the in creasing tension,
Mr. Churchill ended his 70- minute speech thus:
"It is my duty to warn the This increase was automatic, country in good time of the and was already known. dangers, but I thank God that in Canada raised its selling prices agreement and non- my old age I préserve an invin of both cible faith that we shall over-agreement by 10 per cent last week as soon as it had devalued come them."
Their obligation to Import
CUT AWAY HIS FAT
Wisconsin, September 28,
had 58
A 459-pound man the specified quotas does not pounds of fat cut away in a rare operation and is doing fine today, become binding unicas and
doctors reported: until they do ratify it.
Speaking for the Government, its currency. Its only unaltered Mr. Wilson said that he was par price was for the British contract, have undertaken fectly certain that Britain, with which is fixed in Canadian cur- devaluation, could, within a short | rency,
period, treble the rate of export All wheat agreement prices in of consumer goods to the United countries which have devalued States.
automatically rose by the full jamount of the respective devalua- tions, because the agreement's maxima and minima were, ten-effect, based on gold.
Tory Fears Dismissed
She could also increase fold her exports of capital goods to Canada.
in
This applies, of course, even to those countries which sell almost all their wheat to countries which have also devalued.
Dr James Jackson, Chief Sur- It is only at the minimum geon at Methodist Hospital, said prices that importing countries fatty tissue was cut from the ab
demon of Albert Bartels, aged 45, to buy their
of Rock F
Minols in a two- quotas, and no exporting ctantry hour operation.
Jackson said that Bartels once offering at the minima.
weighed 700 pounds but had, re At the maxima, it is the ex-duced to 459 pounds before the porting countries that have operation. The flesh was removed undertaken
has so far shown
ما
any
sign of
sell-but
to enable Bartels to "get around." they have still to, and buyers able and
The cause of Bartels', condition willing to pay the maximum is not known, according to Dr.
Jackson-United Press. prices in the sellers' currencies.—- Reuter.
Mr. Wilson dismissed the fears of a Conservative Member of
Rome, September 28. Parliament,
Mr. Cyril Osborne, Australia, is an example.
A gang of drug peddlers who that American trade unions and Exporting-countries will not sold cocaine, smuggled from employers would demand higher necessarily be able to sell their Switzerland for $6 a gramme has tarifis it British exports to the quotas at the enhanced maxi-been broken up, police reported United States were increased. mina prices. Thirteen of the 30 today. The announcement sald signatory importing countries that three were arrested--Asso- have still to ratify the agreement,ciated Press.
The trebling of British exports to the United States, which were now less than one-thousandth of the American product, should not have that effect, he said.
The debate continues.-Reuter.
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