Improved Position Of Stalin Given "HANDS OFF TUNISIA STAR
Britain's
Finances
Outlined By Butler
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Planes?
Amsterdam, Oct. 7.
KLM Royal Dutch Air- Hines may have one, por" sibly two, alom-powered planes costing 100,000,000 Gullders each. by 1907, the President and Director, Mr Albert Plesman, sald today. Their use would yield 00,000,000
Guilders an- nually, he added.
Mr Plesman was address« ing K.L.M. ¡lying personnel
on K.L.M.'s 33rd anniver- sary-Reater.
Tory Delegates Gather For Conference
Scarborough, Dei, 7. Conservative delegates are arriving here tonight for the Party's annual conference, which is likely to prove a
affair after sedate
the battles of their Socialist rivals last week.
The publicity given to the Labour conflicts at Morecambe could not have been botter timed
Conservatives. for the
The Socialists admit that on a short term view their conference was a first-class "gift to the Tories.'
Whereas Labour's annual con- rence is the final arbiter of long-term policy, Conserva-
tho five constitution gives the last word to the leader in this case Mr Winston Churchill though his supporters views aro re- flected in party's
policy,
serious serious
Pin the Possibly the only Ureat to the conference calm comes from a largo batch_of provisional resolutions attacking
BUT NO RELAXING' IS. CHANCELLOR'S WARNING
London, Oct. 7.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr R. A, Butler, said in London tonight that Britain's financial situation is a good deal less inflationary than it was a year ago.
He was giving the traditional speech at the
annual banquet given by the Lord Mayor of Lon-
don to bankers and merchants of the City Of London at the Mansion House.
He said: "The efforts which we and the other Sterling Area countries have made, coupled of course
Ovation
London, Dok, 7. Marshal Stalin wakt greclod with tumultuoUM and prolonged cheerk when he attended' tonight's session of the Communit Parly Congress
the Kremllo
Delegates rose to their and shouted "Long
Live Comrade Stalla” and
“Murrah for Stalin”,
Moscow Radio, reporting the Premier's arrival, said Foliibuto member Lazır Kaganovich Wan in the chair at the time.
The concluding speech was made by "a, fraternal Kwent frem Poland- President Boleslaw Bierut -whone words wore repeatedly interrupted by applause."-Renter.
RETURN NORMAL
DECISION BY
FRANCE
No Interference By United Nations
Paris, Oct. 7.
France will ignore any United Nations recommendations or stric- tures on North Africa and will not admit any enquiry committee into French North Africa, the Cabinet decided today.
In effect France told the United Nations: "Hands off Tunisia and Morocco."
After weeks of hesitation, the French Cabinet at its meeting today decided that it would permit no inter- ference. The official communique said simply:
"The French telegation (at The French United Nations U.N.O.) will not admit any in- delegation, it was tearned from terference in these questions Government sources, will be which derive essentially from instructed, entegorically to op- the national competence of posetio efforts to placé the France
Tunisia and Morocco questions
fees would bo admitted to nevertheless,
theso
questions French North Afrien Marshal are voted on the agenula and a Alphonse Juin, one of the mest debate takes place, the French Influential men in France today, delegation will
TO This mosus that no commit on the Assembly a agenda. It.
IN
with defence aid from the United States, have enabled VENEZUELA
us to staunch the wounds from which we were losing-
so much of our life blood and then to keep our gold and dollar reserves at about the same level over since my Budget last March,
"In the last half of last year the United Kingdom ran a do- ficit with the whole of the rest of the world at a rate of £800,- 000,000 Year.
"Second, there has been a considerable Improvement in the mobility of labour. The most striking example of the benefit this has brought is in the coal industry.
"Third, wages and prices have increased by only about half as much as last year. Much of the increase in prices has been dud
Budget changes."
to the
Mr Butler added: "Taking all
In the frst half of this year we have earned a small surplus on current account excluding | United States defence ald
also carned in "WC have September our first surplus with the European Payments Union since April 1051. This is an achievement of which we can indications together, I do not all be justly proud, Eut the in-think it can be denied that our dications show that we must not situation is a good deal less in relax for a moment."
Mr Butler gave the following flationary than it was encouraging signs Inside Britain and, as I intend, we have
not swung into an unwise de that the overload on the economy fation." is being reduced.
BPENDING LESS
Ho said:
"First. people have been spending less than last year on many types of goods for their own personal use.
Yugoslavia's Problem
New York, Oct. 7.
Deputy Foreign of Yugoslavia,
first The
M.
a year
BUDGET WORKING Speaking of how his Budget of last March was working, Mr Butler pointed out that most of the additional revenue for which he budgeted would not be re celved until late in the financial year, und that the full effect of the reduction in food subsidies. to the benefit of the Exchequer` was still to come. At the came time defence spending was run- ning at a much more reasonable level.
The
Exchequer, defeit for the first half of this year, much lower than the previous year, was, to an abnormal extent, due to special or temporary factors, He lid not belleve that any short-fall on the estimates ho made last March would be so Conservatives about independence and the' pence of serious as to defeat the ends he
the Government's publicity Minister machine.
A number of them Veljke Vlahovic, said here to-
the world.
Caracas, Oct. 7.
Venezuela's legally-established political parties were told today that they could resume normal election activities, interrupted last week after reporia of - volutionary attacks on army garrisons in severat
Parts of the country.
News that the ban on political meetings was suspended why given to Republicana and Copel (Conservative) Party leaders by Colonel Luis Llovera Pacz, the Interior Minister,
Five Cabinet changes were announced after a reshuffle last night. usbour
Aurellano Otanez is the new Foreign Minister:
Silvio Gutlerrez gets the Development Portfollo;
Luis Eduardo Public Works;
Edmundo Luongo Mines; and
Alberto Arvelo Agriculture.
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Danes Not Afraid
Of Threats
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Copenhagen, Oct. 7.
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probably walk The Danish Foreign Minister, as the Inspector-General of the out of the debate after de-Ole Broem Kraft, addressing a French armed forces, said
cently
that it would be beclaring the United Nations' in- Conservative meeting here to to F. The Seventh Vell
night, said: "Those who bellavel B. for France to leave the United competence in the matter. .. BRITISH SUPPORT
the Danish Nations rather then permalt that
people.. ear b. Bons of the Musketeers
1 M. 12 O'Clock High body to Interfere in Tunisia and
The French Government has threatened or frightened away the T. No Highway is the, skr Morocco. But so drastic step received assurances of support from the policy they have 17, W. As Young As You Feel
decided, upon - freely. and was not apparently envisaged by from the British Government, voluntarily do
nót know: our the Cabinet today.
Germany To French decisions.
Resume
Civil Flying
art-
.
the
it. was lourned, tonight.
The American Government people." has been informed of the Referring to a 'recent Soviet
nota protesting against Although the American Affi-stationing of Allied forces in bassador told the Foreign Minis- Denmark, Mr Kroft said: ter, M. Robert Schuman, last
"We have had our lesson, week that the American Gov-Past history has not failed to ernment would support France cave its mark upon us. The on the basic issue if France did events of the last 20 years have. not object to the questions being influenced our actions today. placed on
"What we have resolved to on the agenda, French quthorities continue to be un- easy about the underlying trend Wwe of American policy towards convinced that this mrves, the North Africa.
chital purposes of It
freedom.
do in building up our defences shall do because we are
Gad
Cologne, Oct. 7. The West German Transport Minister, Herr Seebohm, nounced today that the pro-
is rumoured here that Jected German Civil Aviation Premter Pinay may write per- "The stationing of Allled 'ntrá Company was expected, to start sonally to President Truman men in Denmark in peacelimo about the situation. He would no has not yet been finally decided. operations next Spring. Chataing,
doubt argue, us Marshal Juln did "The question is whether. If audience at
Herr Seem, adresiversity, recently, that a strong French will not be better to have Allied
Cologne said the company's routes would position in North Africa is essen-help here in peacetime instead extend from New York and Rio fial to Atlantic defence and that of seeing help come too late in de Janeiro to Calcutta. and everything to prevent the French
France's Ailles ought to do the event of war.Reuter, ** Bangkok.
position being undermined there.
Cabello,
Torrealba,
The Government, a civiliani- military Junta under President Saurez
Flomerich,
came
power in 1948-Reuter.
Austin Plans
In Japan
to
Too
an
fast airports to which the
would
SAAR QUESTION- company would fly be New York, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Karachi, Calcutta,
The French Government has Bangkok and Tcheran,
Ilkowise taken suffer altitude Routes
and towards Germany. In a letter to Capetown Indonesia and Japan would be to the West German Chancellor,
TRIBUTE FROM. CHURCHILL
London, Oct. 7..
added later, the mid-Reuter. Dr Komed Adenauer, last night. The Prime Minister, Mr
Foreign Minister, M. Robert Winston Churchill, has write
Kennan's Future
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tha
Schumati, on behalf of his Gov-in his own handwriting"" to ment rejected German pro-Squadron-Leader Noville "Duke posals for a temporary solution praising his courage. In flying Tokyo, Oct. 7.
Washington, Oct. 7, of the Boar question
through the sound barrier in a Representatives of the Austin The State Department spokes- This stiffer tono in Fratice-Hawker Hunter immediately
McDennott, Geman talks has already pro- Motor Export Corporation of than, Mr. Michael
after John 1 Derry's DH-110 Had that England are here to discuss said today
Mr George duced a more conciliatory at-broken up in the air. at Barme plans for the local assembly Kennan, American Ambassador, titude from Bonn. It was leanborough. and production of Austin cars whose recall Russia has demanded here that Dr Adenauer has Mr Duke told none of his by the Nissan Automobile Com-ed, might remain in Europe tem- let Parla know that his proposals friends about the letter. Mir pany, the Japanese Ministry of porarily as an adviser on Russian were hot to be taken too literally Churchill's praise only became before returning to and that the German Govern-known when Mrs. Duke men- International Trade and Indus-IK
America for "consultations,
ment was willing to consider tioned it to her husband's secre sald today.
Mr McDermott added that the modifying them. The Ministry want the con- Seretary
tary,Reuter. tract to stipulate that Japanese Acheson, had not yet written his
of State, Mr Dean Meanwhile the Star Govern- materials must be used in the
reply to the Soviet Government has expressed its willing- of the cars after an manufacture
Maess to postpone general elec- ment's note demanding
tions "for initial period in--which ther Kennan's recall. Reuter.~-
a short time" (they are due in December) in order give the Franco-German ед official assembled locally,
a further chaned to reach. talks
allege that "inept" propaganda day that Yugoslavia's main is lem now was to preserve its cost the
municipal inde 1,500 seats in the
then had in mind. elections lost Spring.
M. Vlahovic arrived today 1 fed with the symptom that has "Nevertheless I am not satis- The average Conservativo is satisfied with the work of the the liner Queen Mary to head the
the begun to show itself, and I am delegation At administration, but many Chur- Yugoslav
determined that the movement chill adherents
Nations feel that the United
General in our finances shall not be pre- emment has failed to con- Assembly,
Judiced by any slipping away vince the public why austerity
added
The Exchoquer to explain the bonefits already ble threats of Soviet aggression.
dofelt had Asked it Marshal gained by them..
Tito been financed by an increase The Conterence proper opens intended. to visit the United of the floating debt. on Thursday but will be pre- States, he said it was hard to ceded tomorrow by a whole tell now because of the pres day meeting on local govern- sure of work in Yugoslavia on the forthcoming changes in the the constitution. conference on Saturday with a ton had yet been issued by the
He said that -his-country's "costly army" was due to passion the homie front," Mr Butler would be imported in parts and Į
measures were necessary
ment problems,
Mr Churchill
will end
major speech. — Reuter.
and
No Meiul invita-
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An Austin official would not comment on the report-Reuter.
Get Pay "Increases.
BREATHING SPACE
the situation as it is today. I "This, then, is my outline of would summarise it by saying that in our external finances we have gained an invaluable breathing
end space,
that workers internally wo have succeeded supply industry in introducing
an clement of nounced today. Most will get flexibility.
between £10 and £20 per year extra-Router.
only
"Butwo sill have two in- perative tasks
or duties: first, ensure that
not we check inflation at home, there- by reducing costs, but also en-
to
sure that confidence In our
ability to pay our way is not sapped by a continuing distaste ford,
within our means; and
to establish balance of poyments atid our external anancial system on a sound and enduring basis."
our
Speaking of "the fight to maintala the strength ann
stability of Sterling Mr
Butler went on: "We shape our policies to that end, we mako sacrifices for it. Our OWN prosperity depends upon it; se too does the world. Without it the volume of world trade would shrinic sharply and a score of countries would stagger under a blow to their economic and social life from which some of them might not recover.
"Already London and. Sterling afe recapturing their good name and their proud position.... Reuter.
Ask Removal Of
Restrictions
Naples, Oct. 7,
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Pay rises for 41,000 clerical
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Smanent solution for the Paris, Oct. 7.
The tough line taken by the The French Communist Cabinet followed an energetic
Andre Headers,
Marty
cam- and Press and Parliamentary
Charles Tillon, dismissed from paign aimed ostensibly at the their top party posts last month; Foreign Minister, M. Schuman,
reality sat today in their usuni seats but in
at the Govern- alleged to have among other Communists when ment's policy,
met
the been too weak. after
Today's decision Art calcu Marty sat as usual next to lated to help Premier Pinay Jacques Duclos, acting party ward off any attacks in the Na- leader-Router.
tional Assembly which met lodoy again for the first time after the summer recess.-Reutor.
an summer recess,
Communist Party Annual Camp
Delegate Makes
Attack On "Ike"
London, Oct; 7.
Stalingrad's delegate to the 19th Soviet Com- munist Party Congress — first since the war - today blamed the Ministry of State Planning for failing to develop the city's resources and enable it to fulfil its, economic role, Moscow Radio reported.
Delegate Grishin' from Stalingrad blamed the "lack
Too Short?
London, Oct 7.
The Territorial "Army's annual training of two weeks should be doubled, asid Field-Marshal Montgomery, speaking in Len- don-, fast; - --night: ns Deputy Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Europe.
Reserve divisions, to said, should train in camp every year. The two-week annual camp of the British Territorial Army wis
reservists would willingly go
month
If they were told or a whitest estimated strength of the Territorial' Army
of preparatory work to enable the region to fulfil the task not enough. He believed that which its huge economic resources make possible.”
Ho sald: "The Ministry of The American Republican Pres
State Planning, must complete sidential candidate, Mr. Dwight
.
as soon as possible the full Eisenhower, came under attack
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plan for developing the econo at the Congress yesterday, 000, of whom just over half are ric and industrial resources A Lithuanini Communit of the southeast region of the
Party leader criticised the Republic."
former General In what was At the same time he praised taken in London to be an answer his August spach to the American Legion Convention the construction of the Volga-calllg for. the liberation of ch
was Don Canal, and said he "Bully region of the union had suffer-
the work already done, notably to
aware that no other Blaved Smerkus,
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Oranges From Japan
Yokahoma, Oct. 7,7
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Vainly the imperialist, Eisen-10,000-dob Danish ship Neroline tries, meeting in Naples today, Stalingrad. region.”
hower, barks at the Lithuanian Madrak. This is the first ship- will press for a reduction of
ment" of "Unia" year's oranges. Howover, "the huge economic people hoping to subjugate which ripened unusually, early. passport
and currency possibilities of our region have them," he said?
once Associated Prep not been exp
exploited to the
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