ATTLEE & CHURCHILL ON ELECTION TOURS
Different strategies of the rival leaders
“BLITZ” BY WINSTON
London, February 8.
Winston Churchill thundered today that the Labour Party has marched into the General Election campaign behind a smoke- screen of lies.
The Prime Minister Mr. C.R. Attlee, declared: "This country has during
the past four years made greater progress to recovery than any other." For this he gave the policies of the Labour Government full credit. Mr. Churchill spoka at 'Cardiff in the formor:Liberal Party stronghold of Wales where Labour won 25 seats in the 1945 general election and the Conservatives only three.
nine-
Mr. Attee, starting a day. 1,000-mile bour of the natinn, addresoed meelings at intiustrid Watford, on the out-
skirts of London, and Wolver ton, a railway town to miles Nart: West of London.
The wide gulf in the strategies of the rival lenders in their bid for power at the February 23 general election was never more plainly seen.
DOLLAR A DAY FOR EX-POW'S
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Mr. Churchill made a ripping, 031 the Labour tearing attack
and is Party's political morals Socialist theory of government.
Mr. Attlee defended his regime with a homely man-to-man up- proach.
Mr. Churchill asserted that the Socialists, oping the Nazis and Communists, bre proceeding on the theory that if an untruth is told often enough and widely enough, it becomes as good as the
truth.
tried
to
He said they have create the false impression. That his Party believes "empty bellies are the one thing that will make Britons work."
"Propaganda of
falschood"
Washington, February 8, All Americans who were prisoners of war in Germany and Japan will get one dollar for every day they spent in prison, under a ruling by the War Claims Commission to-áll directions by day.
ruling states that all The
ter- prisoner-of-war camps in
Japan were sub- and many standard, The War Claims Act provide for the $1-a-day pay- ment for day during
which a POW did not get food of the quality and quantity established by the Geneva Convention 1920.
of
The Commission hus not ruled yet on POW's who were hell in other countries, but it is generally believed that they will get same payment for all time spent In enemy hands.
the
More than 75,000 claims have heen received by the Commission out of an expected total of 120,- 000.
Cleary, Commission Daniel Chaleman, hopes payments will begin around, March________{}} POW's put in claims, he said, the total cost will about $108,000,- 000.
The average length of confine- ment for prisoners in the hands of the Japanese was 1,110 days. and for those held by the Ger- mans, 400 days. So far, he said, the average clan is running around $800.-Associated Press.
.Dr.
DR. JESSUP IN
RANGOON
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sident Hurry
Pre-
He accused them of spreading the story that he sent troops to shoot striking Welsh con minera when he was Home Secretary in 1010, although he actually used only unarmed. London policemen. "An extraordinary propaganda of falsehood has been spread in the Socialist Government," Mr. Churchill said, Great Britain, mainly witler "about the lamentable conditions Conservative Parliaments between die wars."
He claimed that in fact Britain was making tremendous progress in home building, reduction of the working week, child welfare and freedom of labour to bargain for more money when the war
1939. broke out
Instead of the old ideal of up- lifting the submerged one-tenth of the nation, Mr.: Churchill wait, the Labour Party was aiming at submerging the other nine- tenths down to their level." Attloe defends controls
Buftrapoken "Me:"Attlee, who, at 67. right years.younger than his opponent, said that Labour, planning used to be in terms of welfare for the under dog. Now, he said, the aim is to help all classes.
He strongly defended the mesu of Government controls which some Britons regard as galling and the Conservatives have pledged to case.
greal many although we get a speeches urghig that we do away with controls, those on the other stile ask for controls in their own interests.
this country "One minuat run effectively if one merely takes a bundle of contending interests and tries to play up to these interests. What one has to do is to dent will the affairs of this notion as a co-ordinated whole and try to give fair and square steals to all.
"When
you get fair shares, some people will get less, but, broadly speaking, the great mass of the people are beiter off, and this country has never been so healthy as it is today."
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1000..
No change in policy on Taiwan
Washington, February B. The Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs-Gom mittee, Reprocentative "Kao, -cald - today that no major change in United States polloy on Taiwan is being contem plated.
Committee received answera from the State De- partment to a series of ques tlons posed in # resolution, Introduced by Representative J. Lodge, concerning Talwan And the entire Far East ques- tion.
Mr. Kee sold the answar would be included in a Com mittee report on the recolu tion, which will, probably.be available tomorrow. But he revealed that the Administra- tion le standing firm on its
not to occupy Tal
· United Was with
Blaten troops to protect it from the Communists-United Press.
NO MORE CUTS IN U.S. OIL
Washington, February 8. Britain, which has slashed dollar ofl imports, has agree not to make any further cuts until 1952, according to the Wall Street authoritative Journal.
This is said to be one of the points in a new British compre- mise plan on the oil dispute.
American negotiators, the Jour- nal said, are not pleased with the plan, but they believe that
night leati to an agreement.
The plan is sold to include the following points:
(1) American companies will be allowed to sell oil for Sterling over and above the restrictions provided that they can use the
Meanwhile the Labour Party has issued to general election "Who's
Who" llating biogra- phical details of 547 of its 612 candidates. The biographies listed house-Sterling, wives, miners. builders, accoun
the Church, Sants, Ministers of
artists, farmers, Journalists, rail way workers, dockers, architects, insurance workers, printers and trade union officials in Parlimen. tory hopefuls.
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SOUTH CHINA REGIONAL BODY ESTABLISHED
San Francisco,, February, 8.
The Chinese Communist radio reported the establishment of the Central and South China Military and Administrative Committee.
This is one of the five regional "administrations into which the Chinese Communists have carved the Chinese sub-continent.
The radio anid the Committee f
·will rulo over a 140,000,000 population of six provinces.
CHINESE BONDS
IN U.S.
"The Committee is headed by General Lin Pino, the brilliant young Chinese Communist.
com mander whose troops spearheaded the Roda drive from Manchuria to the North me of the "Fungie.
The radio carried Tais re
visit on port on Mao Tse-tung's
Stalin Tuesday to the Moscow
New York, February 8, Automobile: Plant where, workers ·Peter Byrne, spokesman for greeted the Chinese Communist the United States Securities Lander with prolonged applause and Exchange Commission, and cheers."
The Tass dispatch said that announced today that the the Commission will soon start an Mao was accompanied on two-hour inspection by the usual investigation into reports that Foreign Ministry galaxy, Premier Mao Tse-tung agents, in Now and Munchuribu York have already illegally
BC-
Chou #En-lal, and Sinklang officials,
Red guerillas in South Korea sold $0,500 of Chinese Com- during December knocked out munist. Government bonds. almost 2,000 of Syngman Rhoe's
Reports said that part of the troops, mobilised 44,000 persons, and fought 660 engagements, Bonds" issue has been
$100,000,000 "People's Victory sold to cording to the brandcast.
The
radio mald the East Chinese sympathisers of the Red Jaw China Military and Administraregime in violation of the tive Committee was told after tered with SEC. Violaters can that all securities must be ·regls- an 11 day setalon that its tanks be punished with fines and Im- wilt be liberating Talwan and prisonment. preparing for land reforms,
"Before long"
09 (2) American subsidiarles sel- ling oll in the Sterling Arca must be incorporated under British laws and would be subject to Britisht taxation.
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Should the Communists attempt to get around the law by asking for "donations", the Courts would inquire as to whether these "donu - tions"
were actually such whether a promised return on the money was clearly implled Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank "Bldg. United Press.
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The Communists will probably not be able to register securities until the United States recognise The Committee's Vice-Chair- them, and even then they will run man said: "Assisted by the people into great difficulties getting the in Talwan and on the mainland, securities approved under string-
certain that
ent laws which require a bond we are fully
and the issue to be conclusively proved shall liberale Taiwan
South
East sound. Islands along the coast of Ching before long."
He described, the proposed in yasion of Taiwan, "the biggest campaign of modern warfare ever seen in Chinese war history."
The radio said that the Vlee Premier, Tung Pl-wu, cabling (3) American companies will condolences to the Shanghal be allowed to share in any in population on the occasion. of
cused oil consumption in the the
heavy. Nationalist The best woy to women, and 23 of these are mar Sterling Area according to the mids, advised,
proportion of Sterling Area ollprevent
chemy bombings sales they provide under the new Shanghai is The youngest candidate is a 21-
10 liberate the American oll firms say that Chusen Islands and Thiwan."
which He called for greater efforts in "the British restrictions,
the People's Navy come into effect on February 19, building up will cost them 4,000,000 tons of and Air-Force to help the Army In the Invasion. He charged export oll every year. Meanwhile Britain will release "direct participation of Americat £12,000,000 of Israel's blocked imperialism and Japanese aggres- Sterling balances during 1960, ive elements" in the Shanghal British business circles said in raids-United Press. Half today,
Forty-two of the candidates are
ried.
Ian
year-old
Mr. Scotsman, Nicholson..an economics_and__Jaw student atending for Argyli,
Shaw endorses Labour MP
Mr. George Bernard Shaw gave a Labour candidate for Parlia ment a pat on the back but lold him the people he wanted to re present were largely "politieni nitwits,"
Mr. Archibald Fenner Brock. way, who will run for the Ilouse
the
of Contmons from the Bucking humshire Constituency of Elon and Slough made public an CX- change of messages with 93-year-old playwright.
Mr. Show, a veteran Sociallyt. endorsed Mr. Brockway's candi- inture but had nothing good to which Includes the famous publie say about his chosen constituency school of Elon.
"Slough and. Eton." he salt, "are inhabited largely by poli- "Without controls," Mr. Attlee ticul nitwits who read nothing told his Watter audience; "we but betting pools and simply- could not possibly. have got souled stick-in-the-mudx who through this difcult, time.
dread reformers more than scr. "Another thing we could not pents and dragons." have got the without is the magnificent-spirit of the British people."
Rangoon, February 8, Philip C. Jessup,
said the people have been Truman's Reving spurred by the Socialist principle Ambassador, arrived here today of fair shares through rationing, drom Singapore for two days of price control and subsidies, which folks with Burnu's leaders and is a cornerstone of Labour Policy. U.S. Embassy Oficials.
¿Fair deal
Later, at: Wolverton, Mr. Attlee
Creuse
restrictions.
The figure was agreed on at the current Anglo-Israeli Anancial talks in London.
British commercial circles wel come this outcome of the talks as British business in Israel had been almost at a standstill since last year's Sterling release ran out.
The Israel authorities have re- fused to spend dollars on goods for the Sterling Area-Reater
MARTIAL LAW OVER IN GREECE
Athens, February..8. Greece swept away martial lawy throughout the country tonight It had still been enforced in the Northern provinces until today. Mr. Brockway, also n veteran
The police restrictions son: the Socialist and a writer and eat-free movement of people were also, paigner for United Europe and lifted in preparation for the other reforms, replied: "Deeply general elections next-tenth grateful for message but you are wrong about Slough. We will show you on February
13." Mr. Shaw has also endorsed the Independent candidature of Mr. Konni
1 Zillacus in Gateshead, near Newcastle,
Mr. Zilliacus was expelled from
The Communist "Free Greek"! naws agency sold tonight that: the Greek Communists will stop their shooting war: against the Athens Government and concentrate : ac- tivity in the economic and polit!- cal-folds.
Adospatch distributed by the
Bald
He conferred at once with the Premier. Thank
Thankin Nu, On:Thurs day he is to see the acting For Bald: "Every control, although a the Labour Party last year for Czech news agency in Prague and rign Minister, S Sno
Hkunkio limitation on the freedom of not adhering to the Party's anti-datelined "Fred Greece" uad E Maung, Supreme Court someone, is an extension bf free- Cominform line. Chief Justice. He also met inom to other people. We judge
that, na a result of tho shift in He has since come out for the activity, open fighting will cease formally Rangoon's Indian and controls, therefore, insofar as they Yugoslav Premier, Marshal Tito, but: huge strikes will sweep the Chinese -leaders. Associated are useful to the community. It
is curious in the Commons that form Associated Press.
in his quarrel with the Comin country,Router and "United
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