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Delegates From Asia
Hold Talks
Lake Success, October 2
A meeting of all the 13 Asian delegations to the United Nations was held at United Nations bead- quarters here this afternoon to discuss the question of the former Italian colonies.
St. Paul, Minnesota, October 2..
Officers of the American Federation of Labour. indicated today that labour's next big con- tract demand would be a shorter work day and shorter work week.
The AFL's Executive Council comprising the union's 15 highest officers-told the conven- tion that reduction in working hours would be at least a partial answer to growing un- employment.
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Communism and backing it up with "economic ald and co- operation similar to what we have given Europe."
The Executives warned. the union's 7,241,000 members, how- ever, that demands for a cut in working time would be won from industry only "through aggressive and forward-looking trade union
Declaring, The power-mad action," but added that a reduced clique in the Kremlin has been work week was worthwhile end in itself
an entirely frantically engaged in instigating chaos and civil wars throughout in Ieper The Convust that the "focal point of the world South East Asia, the Council said the Council:
Sir B.N. Rau, India, who pre-g sided told Reuter that there was an exchange' of views and he thought that this would be help ful to the Indian delegation shaping its resolution on the lian colonies.
Ita-
Sir Benegal said that the con- ference went off smoothly and showed a common line of a proach to the question the delega-
tons had in view.
This final resolution on Italian colonies, the Indian delegate said, would more or less be on the same
lines as the ones he had indicated In his speech before the General Assembly.
1. Called the 81st Congress crisis" now lay in the Far East and just as difficult" as the 80th and the US.. must take immediate said the major portion of Presi-positive steps to block the spread dent Truman's air deal" pro-
of Communism in that area. gramme probably could not be enacted until after 1950.
2. Reiterated the AFL's long- standing opposition to Communism both at home and abroad.
Union officers did not say just how many hours, they believed should be lopped off the present standard working week. They said the AFL's research staff was "studying currently conditions bearing on the question
report its findings.
economic
The report took note of the fact Southern Korea had urged a Pac- that China, the Philippines and de pact against Communism and added: "Our nation, with so much at stake in
ing friendly in maintaining relations with Asia, should take an active part in promoting this
constructive movement to
secure
general participation. No one country can block the machina-
On that occasion be had sug- gested a United Nations Commis sion to get up a Constituent As sembly for Libya and to prepare of shorter hours” and would soon operation for united defence
constitutions for any of the other territories that might be placed under the trusteeship system.
A Energy Issue
New Era
tions of the Kremlin, burt
irresistible
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We Musicians Must Stick Together!
Yehudi Menuhin, the world famous violinist, rewards a Berlin barrel organ player with a large tip for his serenade at the former leaves the Titania Palace Theatre, after a rehearsal with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Menuhin arrived in Berlin for a concert tour. At right is Mrs. Menukin-{Associated Press Photo).
STEEL, COAL STRIKES COSTING U.S. MILLIONS
"We are living in a new era The Council also took a slap at 1 and ол 2 higher plane of the Administration's policy
"The Far East- activity and our standarde must China, declaring advance with the times, aldera Division of the State Depart- The the report. "Not only must past ment seemed to favour the Com- gains be preserved but new munist 'cause in China and used its gains must also be made. influence to prevent Congress from.
To this
voting further aid to the Nation- end the AFL.
should its drive for a shorter standard once more consider the value of alist Government"-United Press. work week and shorter standard work day. Reduction in the hours
Regarding his proposal for transferring the atomic energy discussions to the International Law Commission, Sir Benegal said that he had seen a report that the United Statees delega- Dich would not support. it. He had not given up hope, however, of work will be necessary over the he said.
coming years to keep up national
"I think with a slight modifica-productivity in line with our na tion here and there, we might tional income. This is essential if still be able to present a formula that would carry all round sup- port," he said.
The meeting of Asian delegations was attended by the chief dele- gates of each country except in the case of Egypt and Pakistan whose permanent delegates were
Dideployment is
to be
The
Dismantling Programme In Germany
au-
strikes in two giant American industries, steel
Pittsburgh, October 2.
and coal, in which nearly 1,000,000 men are idle, are costing millions of dollars in wages and profits.
Mr. Philip Murray, President of the Congress of Industrial Organisations' Steelworkers, and Mr. John L. Lewis, chief of the United Mine- workers, are leading labour's fight.
Their demands for benefits and Į **60001 industry's refusal led to a walk- out of 513,000 steelworkers and 400,000 soft coal diggers.
Apparently written before the recent wave of current devalua- tien, the Council's report called for
Mr. Murray wants pensions and a "multilateral arrangement to get
Duesseldort, October 2
social insurances to be paid by the currencies on a sound basis. It
British occupation said it was vital to get the most thorities, pulling down more than company. He says he will take cficient production and
step two hundred German factories, nothing less. It is learned that the elections overvalued currencies. The next British fear of German competi- their
the water out of indignantly denied squeeze
today that The big steel companies want to the Security Council that were
employees to contribute step, according to the Council, tion motivated the be held next week would be to work out plans for programme.
dismantling something in support of the per- expected to have been postponed still further. "universal
sion programme. to be currencies. now expected
presert
They are held the week after.
Reuter.
CHINESE PACKING
25 to
one
exchangeability"
2
Fight To Finish
Negotiations in the steel dis Pute have been broken off. Noi new meetings are due. Who will make the first movej is not known.
Mr. Murray says he is prepared
a fight to
to the finish. Industry is of the same view.
Naples Flood Drowns 25
Naples, October 2. About 25 people are dead in floods in Naples Province caused by sudden heavy rain storme
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In the town of Benevento, kilometres Inland from Naples, about 20 people were killed by failing houses.
The town was cut off from all rall and telephone com munications.
Four others, were drowned in a stable in which they were living in the village of Nocera, ngår Salerno, when the banks of the river Argine gave way. --Reuter.
Prague Red Officials Arrested
Powerful New Jet Engine
#
London, October 2. British science has developed a new jet engine reported to be so powerful that war planes using it can climb vertically like roc kets.
An authoritative though non-4 official source today described this new power plant as having more than twice the thrust of engines now in regular production and
DISE
Its exact details and perfor- Imance are still secret but one
qualifed source said it developed, a thrust of more than 10,000f- pounds. Most British jets now in service have rated power of 5,000 pounds while the American Al- son 400 develops erly 5,500.
For the first
time, this author= tative source said, it will be pos sible to give normal fighter plänes more power expressed in pounds of thrust
their overali weight
dhaa
There appears to be no rea son why such planes should not climb vertically like rockets, def pending on the threst of their jets to more than balance their weight," said one expert.
The latest British jet discussed
the publicly is
Rolls Royce Avon", rated at 7,500 pounds of thrust. A pair of them give Bri- tain's first jet bomber, the "Can- berra I, its almost phenomenal performance.
Ranking British officers made Mr. Lewis wants a new contract: Reporting specifically on Ger- their denial to six American cor- for his workers. But he has never The delay has been caused by many, the Council said there had respondents who have just com publicly disclosed his specific de- the differences of opinion among been some economic recovery but plated a tour of the factories bemands. delegations over Yugoslavia's can this was handicapped by the "uning razed. The tour was sponsor The miners walked out on Sep- didacy and President Romulo is certainties of dismantling". Ited by the giant coal, steel and tember 19 after Mr. Lewis had said to be desirous that the dele-zid
an integrated European iron combine, Vereipugtge Stahl afbounced the suspension of pay- gates should have enough time to economy would provide Safe-Werke, as part of its campaignments from the Mineworkers ponder all the issues involved guard against war production in against further dismantling.
pension and welfare fund. Germany.
He said the fund was nearly Co-operation With India
Brigadier K. H. Noal, economics empty because some Southern The Council said the AFT had administration, was the principal 20 cents per ton royalty.
adviser to the British occupation operators had failed to pay their withdrawn from the Communist- dominated World Federation of spokesman for the dismantling Trade Unions and the next step programme. He denied German was to form a democratic interna charges that the British were tional group which the AFL would that would make goods to sell in deliberately dismantling factories Moscow, October 2. Soviet recognition of the Mao 2010
Recommendations made in the competition with British-made regime caused no surprise to di-
the dismantling Chinese report called for close America goods. He said plomatic observers here. Embassy members had expected co-operation with India, declaring programme was agreed upon and that that country was "great is being carried out by Britain, such action, and have been quiet- Asiatic nation able to take effec-France and the United States.
for tive leadership in blocking Com-
He said, "The condition in
Mr. Lewis resumes talks with aggression.
India will fall the brunt which the world Ands itself is the management on Wednesday. nese consuls in various parts of of
The United States has estimated the Soviet Union began to arrive cratic control of Asia."
Germans. They twice turned a that it has a 45 day supply of coal in Prague had been arrested on no direct connection with deve- Aeronautical experts who bad in Moscow with their families The
charges of fraud. and arranged for eventual deper- cracies Council said that the demo-lost war into a satisfactory end- at present.
With the Suppose for the moment
steel industry no
lopment of the new jet engine From the same sources came speculated that its Brst tise would ture, the majority going to Stock Soviet aggression in Europe pri- their cry of victory is right. Is longer devouring supplies, stocks reports of the dismissal and ar- be in fast climbing interceptors. eventually to go to the United reconstruction. It said, however, Are we entitled to any fruits of keeps the household use of fuel ly been attached to the regime of holm and Paris and many hoping marily as a result of economic there anything wrong with that? are likely to last longer.
rest of four officials of a GovernAssociated Press. Relatively mild autumn weather ment Ministry, who had previous States.
that further economic progress in victory? I think so. We are doing Europe was being handicapped "by no more than we have every right to a minimum. the absence of a unifying political to
do...If
we had gone through federation with uniform trade con- their factories with high explo trols",
sives in
1945 it would have been It said the Brussels treat exactly what they would have lieve that several government, Council of Europe, falls far short expected a conquering power to
which set up the consultative In addition to the East Euro-Count
Dr do."-United Press. pean nations, will soon grant of anything like a political federa-
tion which could the Mao regime recognition.
unify and Andrei, Vyshinsky is expected strengthen Western Europe to
ly
liquid Preparations
about a dozen cai-sibility for future demo- purely and simply a result of the
The East European countries are expected to follow suit and recognise Mao Tse-tung this week
Forelan observers
here be-
world had blocked ing 01 102
for
Pall Of Gloom
Recently a Meteor fighter using Prague, October 2
two AVONS
was said to have Unofficial but reliable reports reached 40,000 feet from the said today that seven Communist ground in four minutes. officials of a government agency
and
Rival Consulates Closed
in due course to support Chou Provide free markets within its CHINESE REACT TO Fabricating business may be outing property looted by the Gsulates ceased business in Alex).
En-lai's request that the United jurisdiction"..
Nations disaccredit the Canton delegation and accept represent- atives of the new government-i- United Press.
Pacific Pact
The Council called for the United States to take the lead in promoting a Pacific Pact against
Grain Race Ends At Falmouth
Falmouth, October, 2.
Two of the last full-rigged sailing ships in active sea service arrived in England today carrying grain from Australia,
The Finish barque Pamir dock-/ Officer and Mrs. Smythe of Auck- ed here and her sister ship, the land, New Zealand, wife of the Passat, at Penarth, 150 miles to Second Officer.
the North, completing what may
be one of the last "grain TRCES” from the Commonwealth.
The Pamir and her sister wind- jammer left Port Victoria, Aus- tralia, on May 28, each carrying some 4,000 tons of wheat.
The Finnish Captain of the
the late President Eduard Bener..
These were the latest in a crop of arrests which indicated that the Czech Government might be A pall of gloom hung over Plate and plotters
new trials of alleged American industry tonight.
Other thousands in related in-
The seven Communists report-. dustries were being laid
were identified as off ed arrested rapidly. The figure is expected to
officials of a national
agency for
Cairo, October 2 reach
100,000 in several days. restitution
reconstruction
Two rival Panamanian com- Another half-million men in the They were in charge of recover-
andria on Satuday night. RECOGNITION
by the end of the month.
mans during the occupation and A third Panamanian consul- The only foreseeable break in restoring it to former owners or real one-arrived and told police New York, October 2. the depressing picture will come placing it in a government repo- that both were legal centres of Mr. T. F. Tsiang, chief Chinese tomorrow with the return to work zitory. Nationalist delegate in the United of Pennsylvania's 78,000 anthracite
an international racket in forged They were reported he have South American passports and Nations General Assembly, today miners and 21,000 soft coal diggers been accus of embezzlement] visas. Issued this statement on
and accepting bribes.
Police said the are holding Ele Soviet recognition of Communist Biver, who were ordered back
John L Lewis
so as to have coal
former Honorary Panamanian American homes.
Consul General" in "preventive But more than 380,000 miners Vanek, once Benes
identified. by friends as Mohmir Police said they have evidence still on strike in the soft coal
Secretary. of "wholesale forging" felds, their contract nepotiz. Professor Stefan Jez la former Panamanian passports. Visas t member of Parliament from tions with Northern and South Benes National Socialist Party, a number of South American. ern operators hopelessly dead Vaclav Zatecky and Vilem Kra: countries, chiefly Venezuela, were
Jel not known and no oficial.com-
The reason for their arrest was appointed Panamanian consul and ment on the reports was availa ble-Associated Press.
China
The
four form ér allies ci
the in states West of the Missi by Benes were reported custed from Arvanitapoula, u o claimed to be.
markets and to provide heat for Unification of Laws. They were detention
the Government Ministry C
This so called People's Be public of China, being the child of Soviet Russia, would naturally be recognised by its father,
Mr. Telang presented the Chinese complaint against Russia to the U.N. Assembly last week, charging the Soviets with backing the Chinese Beds in their war against the Kuomintang Goyers out ment at Canton Associated
Press,
BLACK MARKET IN TIMBER
locked.
The same situation existed for 514,000 steel workers who walked
Same Causes
steet
also
forged, they said,
Alberto Alimana,
newly a real member of the Panamanian Foreign Service, uncovered the illegal operations when he began setting up alega consulate.— Associated Press,"
LIGHT - QUAKE IN CALIFORNIA
San Leandro, California, October 2. earthquake nudged
It will be "No. 3" for both
GERMAN REDS groups tomorrow: the third day
MESSAGE of the steel strike and the third week of the coal strike.
Berlin, October 2. Pamir, V. B. Bjorkscit,' said
Both strikes, which are costing Herr Wilhelm Pleck and Harr Liverpool, October 2.. the voyage, was, an unusually
workers US$11,000,000 a day in Otto Grotewohl, joint Chairmen long one, quite different from Wilson, tonight forecast tighter pates,
The Trade Minister, Mr. Haroldwages; started over pension, dis of the Communist-dominated 1939 when he brought the
Social Germen
Unity Party A light Pamir to England in 16 days cotrol of timber in Britain "to
Philip Murray ordered
(SED) in the Soviet Zone, tonight: The Passat put into Cork, Ire The
black market activities." of the Passat, 80-4 sald in skipper
workers out when he was unable addressed congratulatory mes- the East Oakland-San Leandro land, on September, 19 but the year-old Captain Iver Hagar-
speech to the Mer- to get the owners to pay for the sages to Mr. Mao Tse-tung, the area shortly after noon today. My Pamir came straight through. strand, said
his ship had a "good peyside Federation of the Labour entire cost of the pension plan, Chairman of the Chinese Com damage was reported but dishes Two women who signed on as but rather uneventful voyage." : League of Youth that measures to Coal miners struck after it was munist Party, on the formation of rattled and residents flooded the stewardesses for wages
The cargoes of wheat the two ghten timber controls would be announced that pensions were the Chinese People's Republic. of one
announced in a few days, a month also thought the ships carry have been bought by Black market shilling
activities are trip "quite an experience the British Ministry of Food, endangering the housing drive, They were Mrs. Nolly Liewen which hopes to use the two ves- ship building and other essential dahl of New Plymouth, New sels as store strips, at, least tema industries, Mir, - Wilson Zealand, wife of the ship's Chiar porarily——Associated Press
Renter
police department with calls, being halted because the welfare The message declared that the The University of California fund was too low. The UMW was German people would, “with the seismologist, Dr. Perry Byerly, reported to have decided to raize help of the great Socialist Soviet tied the quake at 12.36 p contributions to get more money Union gather the German na- and the shock was recorded on Into the fund Associated Press tional forces in order to win nu-his instruments for 30 seconds and United Press.
Itional freedom."Beater,
United Press.