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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1952.

“Great Clock” Overhauled

Lorton, Feb. 19.

Bir Ben stopped strikin today for the Brat sinca 1930.

time

334

the

Four men climbed steps to the top of famous Clock Tower Houses Westminster's Parliament to give the bell an overhaul and to replace tho rubber buffers which the glani hammers fall.

The bell is 04 years old. lia real name is "The Great Clock," but -derived ita nickname from Sir. Ben- iamlu Hall, who installed je in 1859. Its chimes sty known around the world from the feature part it al- ways plays in broadcasts of State occasions.—Reuter.

CIVIL SERVICE SCANDAL

Wider Reform Urged By Ex-President

Washington, Feb. 19. Former President Herbert Hoover said tonight that the nation could have been spared the "humiliation" of the current Government scandals if Congress had approved the civil service reforms proposed by Hoover Commission.

Wartime Inventions

Now Being Used To

Aid Industry

London, Feb. 19.

News that a portion of the famous wartime Mulberry Harbour is to be used to improve the Northern Ireland port of Larne, calls to mind that the British Commonwealth is still beating its swords into ploughshares.

So far as Mulberry Harbour is. concerned, this will not be the first time that Its components have been put to peacetime work.

In 1950, its 1,000-ton pierhead was towed 9,900 miles out to the Banka Strait in Sumatran waters, lo Į;serve as a tanker terminal.

American

Theory Expounded

FAR EAST MAIN SOVIET TARGET Washington, Feb. 19. Representative W. J. said in a speech on Bryan Dom (Democrat) the House floor today: "If we allow the Middle East and And so, the plerhead through Another group of civilian- Far East to fall into Rus which once poured the vital sallore bought a fleet of assorted sian hands, we could not stores for the Allied armies on Admirally small craft and co hold Western Europe with the Continent is now helping to verted them into attractivo

man in Moored at speed the all of the East to the houseboats.

an every able-bodied estuary holiday resort,

United outside world,

theso Europe - and the houseboats became very popu States." lac with visitors.

KW,

on the

Russian

In Giritain horsels, what was once part of the wartime Pluto sys system-the pipelines strung Yet another enterprising type.

Mr Dorn sald Western Europe under the English Channel that this time a Soho waiter, bought was not the No. 1 target of the kept dowing the oil for the in-a troop landing craft for a few Kremlin but the Far

East, vading Liberation Army-is now pounds and converted it into South Asia and the Middle East being used to stop up oil pro- glorified floating ice-cream bar- duction at home.

His trade on the upper had priority The United States

time-table. For Pluto's pumps, installed in reaches of the Thames on nine was pursuing a dangerous policy in the Near East and going the Nottinghamshire oll-feld of summer week-end carns

walter's wages through endless negotiations and Eakring, are deeding thousands more than his

during the remainder of gallons of water into the sub-

of the inexcusable appeasement in the week. terranean strata of part of a

Orient. And all along the Thames,

forces repressurisation

The United Nations ssurisation programm.c. Off the coast of Louisiana and various lands of small, one-time

had the North Korean and in the shallows of the Gulf of Naval and Air Force craft have Chinese Communists beaten last the

pressed into profitable Mexico, other wartime "stores",

year, but fell into a trap when this time, converted U.S. tank service. As floating cates,

overaight "hostel" for hikers, the Communists asked for truce In order to gain The former President. told a landing craft, are being used by

or as full-time holiday accom-negatlallons meeting of the Citizens Com- the oll mon as mobile drillingmodation hat can be hired by time for repairing damage, he mistee for the Heover Report: barges or as houseboats for the week or month, they "I am convinced that had these crews working on the drilling providing good incomes for the "We gave them the precious

reforms been' years ago, they

enacted

would haYO

* been

are claimed. three platforms.

enterprising who scized a buy-time they needed. It was more The "little man," too, is pro-ing opportunity-Landan

than Ex-infamous appeasement saved great grief to our counting from his purchases of war press Service.

Munich and the surest way to stores.

st World War II.

ILL-ADVISED

PAID OFF

The whole Federal personeel problem was now a matter of One trio of ex-Marine com- mandos recently bought a -tank- landing craft for the traditional song and put it into service, a a cross-Channel car ferry. It turned out to be a paying pro- position.

espeelal urgency, Mr. Hoover declared,

because the nation had a right to a better system management of one than the

these

of choice und 13 employees which

produced lad

months of humiliation.

For this reason, he added, the

Commission's proposed

개

ganisation of the Civil Ser-

vice Commission and the whole personnel system should top the reorganisation pro- 18 najor rosals pending in Congress, While approviprocedure

of current for service Ervil

employees, Mr choosing new Hoover said it was not enough. WIDER REFORMS "The reforms in personnel management ore wider than the initial choice if we are to have efficiency in government," he said.

"Our Commission...three vital years ago proposed such reforms in the whole personnel system. Your Committees have urged them upon Congress-so far without action.

Buffer Zone

Created

In Germany

Congress

Committee

Satisfied

Washington, Feb. 19.

Come

East the "In the Middle United States has so alienated the Arab and Moslem States that they would join Russia, although hey hate Communism, before they would back the United Nations and the United States in our ill-advised policy In

that aren."

on 'our

The United States should offer The Foreign Affairs Com-on iron-clad guarantee to the mittee of the United States Arab States that Israel would be House of Representatives re- no threat to them and should fused today to support a resolu- insist that both sides play it fair. tion calling on the State side to fight Coma

"We need those people on De-

Communism partment to provide Congress

They know with information on agreements becomes helt but if we purs reached in the recent

how to fight it, Washing-

pursue Berlin, Feb. 19.

ton talks between

President our present course it will not be Allied officials said today that Truman and the

British Prime

long before the restless move- Communist East German Minis.er, Mr Winston meow off the cloak of national- ments within those countries the Government le creating a "no-

The Chairman of the man's-land" along the border of mitter Mr J. Richards (Deism and stand revealed in their the American zone of Germany,mocrat: Sou Carolina), told true colours of Communiam."-

Officials said that a restricted Representatives after the meet-United Press. aren several miles deep has been ing that the Committee had established along the Soviet side voted overwhelmingly against. of the border and that special supporting the demand.

When the resolution was first "Daily Congress and Grand permission is required to enter Juries are turning up the sicken- the area. Several villages in the laid before the Committee, the

Depan ment civil area are reported to have been State

announced ing conduct of Federal

continued..

evacuated.

tha officials," he can

a letter had been sent the

London, Feb. 19. The Duke of Windsor wiit Committee Chairmon assuring him that no Secret milliary com make a short business trip next mitments had been undertaken week-end to Paris where he has

house in the Rue do by President Truman in his talks 12

ja with Mr Churchill,

Falsanderie.

hero A State Department spokes- He is expected back

and will spend man had also said the entire next Tuesday

his visit with his story of the Truman-Churchilti. the rest of meetings had been told in the mother, Queen Mary, three published communiques, | London home-Router.

"These exposures can mean only one thing: that our method to

It is believed that the move is make expanding uranium

of selection and organisation of mine operations in the mining

at region near the border. Federal

cral employees is badly

However, unconfirmed German fault somewhere."

suggested that the reports Russions are trying to establish buffer zone where Soviel troops and East German, Police would be stationed.

Mr loover also said there was e long paries of practical free- dem from dishonesty in the civil a service-a time during which the civil service grew in application through both Democratic and Republican United Press.

These reports sald that'some administrations. 200 villages will eventually be

evacuated.-United Preis,"

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Today Mr Richards sald the State Department letter would be included in the Committee report on the resolution to be presented to the House of Repre- sentatives on Wednesday.--Reu-

REPLICA IS RETURNED

Chichester, Feb, 19.

A silver replica cop badge, which was taken last week from the Royal Sussex Regiment's War Memorial in Chichester Cathedral, was returned to the

Regimental depot today.

Two elderly women walked Into the guard room and kanded a brown paper parcel, to the duty NCO: They said nothing and walked out.

The corporal opened. the found package and. the badge inside. It double-size replica of the Regiment's cup badge, The badge, which had been prised from the Memorial, is lightly bent. It will be repaired and replaced in the Cathedral. The police are trying to trace the two women-Reuters

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