BRITAIN EXPECTS TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING WITHIN TWO YEARS
Washington, February 22.
The Marshall Plan chief, Mr. Paul Hoffman, said today that both the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bovin, and the Chancellor of the Excho- quer, Sir Stafford Cripps, had told him that they expect Britain to bo on a self-supporting basis by 1952 when the the Marshall Plan onds. Mr. Hoffman was giving evidence in the Senate on his request for a new appropriation of $2,950,000,000 for the third year of European re- covery aid.
His statement was made in response to a question from the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mr. Tom Connolly, who ask- od whether the nations of Europe truly realised that aid would and
in 1952.
Earlier, Mr. Hollman's assis-raid when testifying on proposed || "This is an earnest of our hopes tant, Mr. Richard Bissell, told allocatione for the third year of for peaceful and constructive as- the Senate Committee
sociation of Germany in the West- that Marshall Akl. Britain expects shortly to be
are concerned with the en European community," he tree of United States crude oil future of 275,000,000 people" he said,
Mr. Harriman sald. "We are concerned with an
noted that · In
"Wa
the
imports, and that she expects| nren whose industrini output is Westem Germany the Commun to be getting along on her own second only to ours and for ex-ists had failed to achieve any in- Easter and Caribbean proceeds that of the Soviet Union fluence in the trade union move- duction by 1952.
nel its satellites."
ment. Mr. Bissell was replying to Mr.
At the Mr. Marshali said that
convention held last Henry Lodge (Republican Sena-strengthening of political stability October in Western Germany, at for) who suggested that, Britain and democracy throughout West-
which trade únions formed might close her dollar gap if she ern Europe has been demon-single federation, the Communists did not have to pay for imports strated in one national election could muster only a handful of of United States oil,
delegates," he after the other.
Bald.
Mr. Lodge said that the Amer}- can oil industry is now sending
all worth $600,000,000 to Briinin each year and he objected to what he called the American tax- payers' subsidy to pay for this by Marshall Ald.
Mr. Hoffman estimated that If Britain did not buy any American Bhich the needed her dollar gap would still be only about. 10: per cent less.
The Inbour movements in Italyern
and France had been captured by Far only
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1950.
Death toll in air raid on Shanghai
London, February 22. The Communist Now China News Agency ́reported to- night from Shanghai that 55 caople were killed when Na. tionaflat planea bambad Shanghal on Sunday.
Five olvillans
The report said that three aircraft dropped bombs on the city's commercial district, and orowded workers' homes.
ware killed and 10 injured, the Nowe Agency said, when three Na- tionallat planes raided the harbour district, of Nanking. on Monday.
Bhanghai ́was also raided the same day Reuter.
|"FLYING SAUCERS ARE REAL"
New York, February 22. A U.S. Navy commander
convinced is
that flying saucers are real space ships piloted by strangers from other planets,
White
one
Power plant at Hangchow bombed by Nationalists
Taipeh, February 23. Pressing its campaign to black out Communist China, the Nationalist Air Force reported that its planes smashed the power plant at Hang- chow, 100 miles South West of Shanghai. |The Air Force had reported on Tuesday the knock- ing out of the second of three power plants in Shanghai and the complete wrecking of Nanking's power installations.
privately in China
The raid on Hangehow was part of olls and fats, which is by four E-20 medium bombers. handled Eight Mustang fighters simul- proper. |taneously attacked a train bound from Shanghai to Hang- chow and key points along that rail route.
The broadcast said that the fwo)
Nationallat delegates to the Geneva Provisional Frequency Board of the International Com- munication Union have resigned and joined the Peking Central People's Government.
The radio criticised the Union
Thunderbolt fighter-bombers hit the ports of Swatow and Amoy, on the mainland opposite Taiwan, while fliers based on Halaan
and reported sinking Com as being "under the control of the munist junks.
United States delegates. So far it has achieved nothing. This results One-fth of a group of 500 from the arrogant demand of the were US. delegates that other coun- several trics should reduce their fro- quencies." The Soviet Union and is satellites have already with- drawn from the Union-Associa= tion Press and United Press.
reported killed, while Reds in Junks near Macao
hundred were listed as casualties in air attacks on junks in the Chuson Island group.
The Air Force asserted that In one weak, ending February 15, It had sunk or damaged more than 900 Communist small craft.
"Malicious assault”
CALL FOR RETURN TO GOLD
Commander Robert McLaugh Communism had experienced Mr. Harriman also noted that in, guided missiles expert and its most notable setback in the in Norway all Communist repre-current skipper of the destroyer. European trade union movement.sembly were defeated in the last to sue of "Trac Magazine" in the National As Bristol, said in an article in the Optimist's viow
election. He said that in West-Ma
that he is convinced 15 of 402
that, these the Communists before the Mar- Communists in the elections last other planet operated by animate
ocats went to the discs are space ships from an
last intelligent beings. shall Plan took shape and now August, and that Belgium,
The Com→ inmander was their control was losing its grip voting last June, reduced Com-magazine as head of a Navy unit Nationalist ralds on Sharghai and
identified by the
The Peking radio described the In other countries like Austria, munist seats in the Assembly Belgium
and Norway,
where from
to 12 and in the. Senate working on classified projects at Nanking on February 10 and 20 as 23 to One of the major questions, he Communists had once been strong, from 17 la seven,
Sands proving grounds, a malicious assault, and salda New Mexico. said,
Was the dollar content of their Influence in organised In- Mr. Harriman recalled that,
United Press despatch from Tai-. Sterling 21.
This often repre-bour hatt diminished to insigni-even with part of Austria under
Chicago, February 22, McLaughlin said he saw
wan dated February 13 reporting sented about 75 cents in ench ficance.
Soviet domination, only five per saucer at the White Sands base Americas Admiral to the Na- Republican, today called for Senator Cain, Washington a pep-talk delivered by a retired dollar's worth of oil produced in
A particularly significant fen- cent of the volers voted
Com-in May, 1940 as he waited for a fionalist airmen who had bombed the United States to return to Some British nelds
missile to be fired. In royalties and special equipment Mr. Harriman said, was the very
Aprit, Shanghai,
proves at White Sands tean Imperialists are the sponsors that it has "honest dollars."
that the Amer-the gold standard to assure sent
weather balloon and of the recent Kuomintang bomb- up B.
Instrument called
ing of Shanghai, 1 theodolite
Mr. Cain said that during and The Admiral said: "Now is the after the they found themselves tracking
war the nation's "It we have reasonable breaks
time. Your worki most critical saucer, he said. I am an optimist-we will
will be recorded in history for distortions. Not the least of these, economy suffered unprecedented Common purpose and Europe generally to be self- sustaining by 1952," he added.
Mr. Harriman said that the na- Computations made by the in-hundreds of years to come.").
he continued, is the great The broadcast said that air-crease in the public debt "The attitude of European Gov. 10 of the OEEC had made pro-strument and stopwatch showed
in precautious ernments is not to depend on a
gress without precedent in their that the saucer was discus-shap-
Shanghal the prodigious growth in money dole. would shift jjike depending oh us and that is of trade ilberalisation. The OEEC an altitude of 56 miles at a speed and "there is even one ambulance
The British people do not approach to problems in the field ed 105 feet in diameter, Dying at comprise 134 ambulance stations, supply.
lover 100 mobile surgical teams, he true of other Governments."
of five miles per second.
cost, dollars.
because ture of Europe's economic efforts, munay, two major non-Com-1948, observers
large share of Europe's total eco-munist labour federations have
le resources going into Inbroken away from
Statement by Harriman vestment rather than current con-munist federation and are
the Com white plotting its course with an
of Represent-sumption. In the House ativos, Mr. Averel! Harriman, roving Marshalf Plan Amand bassador, told the Foreign Affairs Committes that Europe could never achieve self-sup- port it Marshall Aid were out too much.
*The programune
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In the following month he saw a amaifor saucar loafing along at
relatively slow speed, perhaps one mile
por second.
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open
"These cannot be restored to pre-war levels without deflation- as to ary pressures so rigorous undermine our economy," Mr. The Peking radio said Chinese ed "let gold for a period of time residents in Hong Kong are buy-be traded freely in the ing huge numbers of the Com- market. Let buyers
cra and
seliers He claimed that in June, Navy munist "Victory Bonds”.
world from all parts of the men who fired anı
Bond sales in Shanghal ré. upper atmo-
match values. Over a period of sphere missile two little celved an impetus from the recent me a price for gold will emerge saucers 20 inches wide start chas-Nationalist alr
It added.
has stood the test of ing the missile upward. While
spw
Citizens responded to the which heton. Let Congress take
Reduction would be fatal cially American investment--in Mr. Harriman said that any member countries and their over- drastic reduction In the funds seas territories. asked for the Marshall Plan
"This constant progress of would doom the programme. collaboration in every aspect of A drop in European relief be economic policy has helped to
bulld in
Western Europe vive
Western Communism's
growing sense of cammon pur- thrust renewed strength, he said.
and community of ECA asked Congress for $2,- Interest." D50,000,000 in new funds, plus the
"Despite
OEEC disputes that authority
to spend $160.000.000 have attracted publle attention, curried over from this year's op Mr. Harriman continued, "it is propriation to finance recovery fair to say that no important eco- during 1951.
nomie policy is now adopted by "Communism has experienced any one of the participating coun-would have to be tiny to ride in main exports bristles, soybeans, standard. A nation is on the gold
Admitting that the saucer crew ernment monopoly of China's United States was on the
gold Its most notable setback in the tries without serious consideration 20-inch space ships, the Com- European trade union movement of its repercussions in that coun- mander said, "It is staggering to tungsten, antimony, and tin. The standard when its money is re- which it tried to penetrate and try's OEEC partners and on the imagine Intelligent beings
purchasing and processing of deemable on demand at a fixed- control at all costs," Buld
Mr. progress of the European Re-small, but we must not disregard vate Arms, except in Manchuria,parture from the gold standard that bristles may be handled by pri-weight of fine gold. The de- Harriman.
any possibilities."—United Press.
the missile was climbing at 2,000 Kuomintang bombing by buying such price for gold and use it tå feet per second they accelerated, more bonds." The radio did not re-establish the dollar on a firm passed the Navy missile and sall-disclose how many bonds have base of gold.” ed-off upward and Eastward. been sold in Hong Kong.
The radio announced
"
a Gov- From 1873 until 1939 the
where the Government has also was an early move | taken-over-the-purchase-and-ex-D.-Roosevelt-in-the-depression.
of Franklin
made UNDERCOVER MEN
Al-
IN MALAYA
and
covery Programme, Mr. Harriman said: "Cuts In
Vital
progress towards a ford
and food imports would a healthy European-economy, with once reduce living standards and which our own long-term pro- farm output:
la bound up, s "A fateful downward spiral possible only by ERP aid.
sperity would be started.
most half of Western
Europe "Europe would again be faced needs the import of goods with the hunger, chaos and desservices which must at the pre-
in which Communism sent time be paid for in dollars. Malayan security forces are breeds."
Three-fifths of these dollars are now using undercover men who
pale
Ipoh, February 22.
A strong Western Europe is being supplied by American aid." Jain up with the terrorists to se- necessary to America, he said, bo-Reuter, Associated Press and cure valuable Information. cause the combined resources of United Press. these countries must remain on the side of freedom,
He added: "Any other out. como would spell disaster not only for them, but for free men everywhere."--Reuter and Asso- ciated Press.
Significant fact
DEATH OF RED ARMY GENERAL
Yap Heng-heng, a detective at-i tached to the Federation police, was awarded the Perak Distingu- Ished Conduct Medal for killing Zour
terrorists with whom he lived.
Moscow, February 22. Lieutenant-General Ivan Fedi- Yap and the four insurgents unkin, who entered
the
Red were ordered to carry out the Army as a private and rose to murder of police offers and on become one of Russia's most bril-agent. While the four men slept Mr. Harriman thought it signi- liant field commanders, has died, on their way to the mission, Yop disarmed them and shot them feant that the OEEC was the first It' was officially announced today. dead. He then returned to head- General Fedjunklo, born international organisation into! which the new German Govern peasant, distinguished himself in
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Ukraino and terrorists since 1948 without them Berlin. He Woa partner.
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