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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1049.
Senator wants a big reduction in ERP funds
Washington, December 27.
The Republican Senate leader, Kenneth Wherry, today advocatod a cut of US$1,500,000,000 in the Marshall Plan appropriation for the next fiscal year instead of the expected $1,000,000,000 cut.
In a statement to the Press, Senator Wherry said: "Congress should take a firm hold on ECA."
VICAR TESTS A PARABLE
"We should be thinking of procedures for transition from the present
gifts and
grante polley out of the pockets of American taxpayers to resump- tion of private enterprise."
He
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He said production 1 now above pre-war levels in ECA countries, whose problems can be solved only by themselves. Earley, December 28.
added: "A reduction When the Vicar, Stanley
$1,300,000,000 In the ECA ap- propriation for
the v
next Local Robinson, tested St. Mal-
Jek is amply guaranteed thew's "Parable
by of the conditions in EA countries and Talenta" on 15 parishioners, the defeit of the United States he found they had better business heads than the three servants in the Bible.
To raise Church funds, he gave each a shilling-just as the para- ble's hero gave one servant five (alents, another two, and a third
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the parable, two servants doubled their capital and the Third brought back only the ori ginal talent.
servista
budget
Senator Wherry also accusad the United States administration T "1 "Lengte blunder" In poltey Toward China.
As an illustration of the lack of non-partisan approach in fur- vign policy, Senator Wherry said
"Neither Congress
nor the American people were consulted in the Administration's betraya
Chino files the hands of the Moscow-chested Communists
+
"Appalling failure"
But Vlear Robinson "good and Chine thithful
turned £10:14. on the 137 investment
manage spent thulling on petrol and changed hi friends for lifts.
bark
A tailor bought a
zip fastene stark resale pouch that sold for
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Others
mię Ap
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Lodern, on ballt up by skifle
sidelines
In cigarette Idades, papers and flowers
finly one fulled the Chuch ergmuist, Lastie Pratt tid Barnett
beng teyoud of pleas" we'd he
Associated Pred
# clas fo
French budget debate
Paris. December 27. Compromise was in the air tonight as the Freach National Assembly prepared to continue throughout the night and all day tomorrow the clause-by- clause stage of the 1950 budget debate.
The Finaner Minister, M Maurice Petsche,
this afternou
made tentative offers to euch n the Parliamentary groups of fur- ther reductions in new taxation and further economics.
The latest Government offer, it was learned, included an agree ment to drop the tax on heavy lorries and to substitute for it i Lax
on wheels.
All
contentious
On
clauses which the Government may want to put a vote of confidence are by agreement with the Assembly and left to be dealt with at the end of the debate.
Whether
the Government will survive the debate depended, was greet In the lobbies, whether the Radicals (Liberals) would be content In wrest the maximum Concessions from the Government or whether They really wanted to bring about its; fall at once-Reuter
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"Some say our country and
the world may pay dearly for this tragic blunder, this cod diing of the Communiste.
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T hope in the forthcoming ses- son of Congress there will thermagic wandlar ca the
ме про flag failure of the Administra find with respect to Chana aut our votal ipleristy on the Orient
When
41
More Plan fraufs Senate Waren
E the people of She Bited States, must have a
complete Recounting +
very dollar spent as the thou mari millions of these money Ri
has been sculleret over half the
Every
knows it in vantage to
enlightened
person
to our country's ad
see the tren world prosper, We want to do all we thr to further this If we a
Any country
prosperity, bankrupt our United Press,
XMAS TOLL OF
THE ROADS
Chicago, December 27, Christmas week-end acci- dents killed at least 581 in the United States, a United Press survey showed today.
Between 6 p.m. on Friday and
midnight on Monday, 399 were
wer
killed in traffle
accidents, 03 burned to death, six killed in plane crashes and 113
killed in miscellaneous
accidents. Th. dead include 77 children.
Delaware and Montana the only States which did not re- port any accident fatalities ove the three-day week-end.
Forty holiday deaths were re parted in Canuda during th rame period, including 23 traffic fatalities.United Press,
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Ten people, aged between 16 and 28, were drowned in the Rhine last night when a small boat capalzed crossing the Alver.
white
others afso #beard were rescued.
The party, according to the petios, had coma
from + Christmas celebration And were trying to cross the Rhine In. boat built eight people only.
for
Strong currents In the mia. dle of the River Rused it to overturn, the police said,
The bodies of the drown ed have not been recovered yet. Reutor.
SWEDES LEAVE PRESS BODY
As-
to with.
Stockholm, December 27. The Swedish Journalista #ociation today decided draw from the International Or- ganisation of Journalists which has its headquarters in Prague.
Dutch, Norwegian, Belgian and British Journalists' unlons
have already withdrawn from the Or- gitisation.-Router.
U.S. TO BEGIN ARMS AID IN FEBRUARY FEBRUARY
Washington, December 27,
•
American officials bóliovo United States anns and
military equipmont will bögin moving to Western Europe about February 1—a month or so behind schodulo.
This delayed start means that the Administration will have only five months to use the $1,000,- 000,000 Congress, appropriated to re-arm the Atlantic Pact countries.
ald
that economie recovery will have priority over the mutual aspects of the military pro gramme. "
In addition, the State Depart- ment told Britain informally, it was learned, that It would omit any written ban against sending home-mado military equipment outside the North Atlantic area.
Unless the money ts spent States nearly three weeks pre-v or earmarked by June 30, when viously. the fiscal year ends, it will go back to the United States Treasury.
Officials expressed confidence however, that the fund could be apent or allocated within th
Most of the already been
time limit. work hod they said.
paper done.
Much of the delay stems from the unexpectedly long
discus- alons with the British Govern- ment over explicit terms,
can
ms
Each of the eight Atlantic Pact countries that are to gel Ameri- must sign separate #greements with the United States specifying how American equipment is to be used in de. fence of the North Atlantic area.
Britain last week objected to the wording of the draft agree- ment suggested by the
United
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days.
State Department officials are
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In the original 'American draft, the United States had suggested that each country agree to con sult first with the United States before making плу important military shipments outside the North Atlantic arca,
Britain thought that this might interfere with sending military equipment, when needed, to such areas as Malaya and the Middle East.
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ence to this all. It is taking hoping to wind up the British the position that it can always talks quickly aince the other
object' through its representative
seven
Atlantic
Pact countries on the North Atlantic Counell are holding up their algnatures when it belloved such shipments until the British are ready to
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