The Swiss Federal Councilor Dr. Max Patitplarre (right) shows Soviet General Nikotal W. Blawin where to place his algnature as he signs the Geneva agreement for the protection of war vlotime during a ceremony in Berne, Switzerland. Ukranian and White Rusalan dolegates
Also algned on behalf of their atales, [Associated Press Photo).
Russians celebrating
of Stalin birthday of
London, December 20.
A vast hoard of tribute from Russia, from friend and from the conquered-wos piled up at the Kremlin tonight as birthday gifts to Premier Joseph Stalin, who is 70 on Wednesday. Communist China, whose Mao Tse-tung is in Moscow for the celebration, sent rare books and silk banners.
Thousands of parcels and] The Communist Pity ws- crates, Trainloads of merchun- | Popes, "Pravdu," Kreete the dise, whole exposition halls Generalissimo 16 an article head-
of trinkets ani pictures, fac torles and socks, books and horses, toys. delicacies and Vors were funnelled toward Mostow from the Elbe to China, from the Arctic to the Black Sen.
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The that of winlation wit lugh
Hours, pledges of
Five-fast shelves Tekst greetings, poems, duys, march and patriots the heated t Feize, magars and eities and
Of The Working!
People Of The World." 14: "Futher
"Hope and pride"
in the Soviet trade unisti ew-
paper "Trud," M P. De IHII. General Secretary of the French | Communist-Jert General Con-f federations t Labour, deset klied i Stalle as "The hope and pride of the whole of working mankind." to an article eonveying birthday
Kreetings.
la Museow and throughout thei
for how all these were hemped Soviet Union art exhibitions have
at the fret of the glant of Combeen planned to mark the anal-
myttrist.
No man eold ever use nil the gifts, trac n the honour Probably in sine man mistid ever distribute them
For
versary
Reuter Correspondents in other centres
Rave these reports of Torthday celebrations:
Prague: Its Prague and other |vities and villages and along the Ite Communist vonds pictures
of Stalin from Press and radio has been report- miniatures and busts to portraits ing the rivalry of Choumurtint with 20 foot-1
-tong moustaches leaders everywhere in contribute | have been put up in preparation impoeng tekens to Premier Stalin for birthdny relebratlims.
Stain looks enormously down Wenceslas Square in Prague from
o the three score and tet - niversay
What it is all worth le anyone's yuess, but certainly millions of dollars
Millions of plaçards Millems of Soviet citizens are) tonight completing preparations
tra
celebrate the birthday of Stalin, described in the Press and radio as "Father of the workers" and "Leader
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Thai to buy rolling stock from Japan
Bangkok, Decembar 20. The Government of Thal. land decided today to buy $4,000,000 worth of new call. way rolling stock from Ja-
pan.
Action was taken by the Cabinet after studying bida from manufacturers in nine countries.
The
purchase will be made under 4 trade arrangement recently negotiated with mission from General Douglas MacArthur's токуо head. quarters.
ba
Purchase order placed for
locomotives, BU 30 pase
passenger coaches and 500 froight cars. Under the trade agreement, Japart promissa delivery within four youre- Asociated Press.
ther development of Soviet eco- nomy in the post-war period."
The decree was signed by the President, M. Nikolai Shvernik.
Moscow Radio also announced
ilve to that
10 world prizes would awarded each year on Marshal Stalin's birthday.
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1049,
NECESSARY FACTORS IN DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE UNIONISM
London, Decembar 20.
A fair standard of education among workers and the control of unions by the workers them- solves at all stages are indispensable factors in the healthy and successful devolopment of the trade union movement in a country. This is according to Mr. P.S. Arumugam, Assis- tant Labour Commissioner of the Indian Ministry of Labour,
PLANE SABOTAGE THEORY
Mr. Arumugam has just completed a study four of this Country on a United Nations scholarship, studying in- dustrial welfare and industrial relationis...
between
em- the
He has visited a score of indus- tries in various parts of the coun- try studying over four months the London, December 21.
working of British trade unions The question of sabotage and the relations was very carefully consider-ployers and employees In
various industries, ed in a searching inquiry into the disappearance of the Giving his impressions to Hep- Tudor airliner Star Ariel be-tors, Mr. Arumugam said: "The success of the British trade union tween Bermuda and Kinga-movement in mainly due to the ton, Jamaica, on January 17 high literary standard of labour in with 13 passengers and a the country, the absence of the crew of seven, it was human element in production."
Important role played by tho nounced today.
Air Commodore Vernon Brown,
TEXTILE
MISSION TO JAPAN
Manchester, December 20. Leaders of the Lancashire
cotton industry today ap- proved a plan- to send an Anglo-American industry to investigate the revival of the Japanese tex- tile industry.
mission
Sir Raymond D. Streat, Chair- man of the meeting here and tea- der of the party which returned talks with American textile chiefs, from New York last week after
wired the decision to the United States.
Both British and American tax-
tile leaders have been concerned about competition from Japanese mills, which have cheaper la- bour supply than la available in Britain and the United States.
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technical sold in his report, issued
and higher education today: "While trac
among the ordinary workers, the poraihility of the
Ilteracy and indeed, the general planting of an infernal
machine
knowledge, outlook and political connol, of course, be entirely pliminated, it can be said that no so high that the workers not only consciousness of the workers are evidence has been found to sug-Aght for their rights but are alive gest that sabotage had anything to their responsibilities. to do with the loss of the ofr-
An Important feature of the craft"
trade union element in Britain is The Star Ariel was owned and that anyone who had worked in operated by the British South any industry for at least two or American Airways Corporation. three years could become an off-
clal of a union.
The report said that through tack of evidence, as no wreckage was found, the chute of the ac- cident was unknown.
The last signal from the air- craft was at 1.42 p.m. on January 17. It informed Bermuda that the aircraft was changing to another frequency.
Employers' rolo
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There also have been expres; alons of concern on both sides of
MacArthur's recent decision to от Јарапско drup "floor prices" exports.
. Both Britons and Americans are
waiting for their Governments to
Tokyo. They also want assurances approve the project for an inves- tigation mission to proceed to that facilities will be provided for visiting Japanese mills and to in- vestigate the revival of the indus. try-Associated Press.
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Durig the disorders 20 minere human element in production, om- | Or
ployers do their best to provide were killed by 'police fire), ¡welfare amenities, facilities for higher education and health and |ponsion/schemes.
Air Commodore Brown stated in his report that the fact that the captain did not re-establish com- munications with Bermuda after failure to contact Kingston any other. Caribbean station must be assumed to have been cause of his loablity to do
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Ho raid that the police had fired when the miners were three Who State is helping to build or four yards awayThe miners the union along healthy lines by broke and at The firing went per legislation for regulating on for a few minutes but it was employer-employee relations in not a continuous fire.
"I shouted the codse fire above privato industries and adopting Milan, December 20. similar arbitration methods for the noise."" The trial of 30 people on labour employed by them,
He counted 14 bodies. Three of charges of complicity in the dis- Even the civil servants and these appeared to be dead. Reu- appearance of Mussolini's trea- white-collar workers of the Gov- ter. The Indian Prime Minister. Bure was indofinitely postponed ernment are organised in Whitley Jawaharlal Nehru, congratulated today.
Councils
"This Stain today on reaching the age The accused, most of them Mr Arumugara, said:
former partisans, were to hava healthy growth of trade unioniam own behalf, and on appeared before the Como Assizes in Britain today means that the bit of the Bohemian Nehru in n
message to Marsha' pected to provide some of the largely by men who have been Buchhreat: Workers through
Stalin,
"I send Your Excellency answers to the greatest mystery active trade unionists,"-Router. out Rumania have been work-
of port-war Italy-what happied on your birthday our cordial good
to Mussolinil's loot, valued at the ing "shifts of tour to fulf wishes for your long life."
Israeli Prime production
Minister, equivalent of £22,000,000, which Targeta by Stalin's birthday.
vanished after the escaping dicta- Dovid
ben Gurion, today esbted
tor was killed on the shores of The idea began among a group Marshal Stalin birthday congra- take Como teutet of miners and spread throughout
tulations, saying: "Please accept industry.
congratulations and best wishes, personal as well as of the Gov. erniment and people of Israel,
of 70.
"On y
12 canivar covering three storey beat of my country," said Mr. in February. The trial was ex-presen! Government is manned
rad
Museum.
their
Order of Lonin
The
CLASH IN INDIA
Calcutta, December 20.
May long life and good health Two were killed and several in- be granted to you and success Jured in an attack by a vilinge
A million portrults of Stalin Berlin: Huge portraits of have been issued, 500,000 copies Stailn decorate pubile bulidings
his blography printed and in Eastern Berlin tonight and nomic, culturai and social 2,000,000 celebration placards work
late into the is going on Moscow right,
Washington: The Russlan Em- publishers have brought out ape- bassy here will hold a small in
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MANSTEIN GOES TO PRISON
Hamburg, December 20. Field-Marshal Erich von Man- stein left the British Military Hospital hero early today by car for Werl Prison, cear Hamm, in in all your undertakings for eco- mob estimated at several hundred the Ruhr, to be handed over to RTess of your country node on a party of police about 80 miles the penal branch of the British
Control Commission. Inter- from Calcutta today. national co-operation in the cause
The trouble is sold to have been Confirmation of Manstein's 18 of peace."
coused by the arrest by the police | years' imprisonment sentenco will It is understood all the West-of a wanted Communist leader, shortly be Investigated by the more than 40 formal
diplomatic missions, includ-The vilingers attacked the police legul staff attached to the Com
with scythes and bamboo sticka mander-in-Chief of the British and all theatres have plan- row afternoon to celebrate Maring the American and British nod special performances,
Associated Press. have recommended their govern-
Rhino Army-Router. ments to despatch congratulations --Associated Press, Reuter and United Prese.
distributed throughout and towns and villages.
clul
editions of
Bongs
The
Music
diplomatic party tomor-
shai Stalin's birthday.
haa
Foreign Minister. Mr. Moscow Radio has announced Andrel Vychinsky, has invited that the Supreme Soviet the heads of al! Embassies and awarded the Order of Lenin to missions In Moccow to a great Marshat Stalin. An offelni cita- birthday reception,
tion said that the Order of Lenin Newspapers and radle through- was awarded to Marshal Stalin At the Soviet Union
rarried | in connection with his 70th birth-
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this
nate:
ern
POPE'S BROADCAST
Vatican City, December 20. inessages of greetings and praise day, "taking into account his ex-in response to greetings by the The Pope's Christmas message for Stalin
ceptional services In the Typical
con College of Cardinals will bo "If solidation and development of broadcast over the Vatican radio Stalin x with us, truth is with the Soviet Union, the building of at 11,00 am, (GMT) on Friday,
I Staith Is with us strong Communist in our country, the the newspaper "Osservatore Ro Are we if Stalin
with us organisation of the destruction mano" announced today. bravely flies the banner of of the German Fascist invaders Vatican radlo. will broadcast happy, powerful and sunny coun- and the Japanese imperialists, translations of the speech in 16
and the rehabilitation and fur-languages.--Associated Press.
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