KOREAN WAR HEROES AT THE PALACE Britain Will Cut
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Her Majesty the Queen recently held an Investi turs at Buckingham Palace when she present- ed awards to members of the Services for heroism
in the Korean war.
In
upper picture Private S. Williamson, 1st Royal
Leicestershire Regiment, with his fiancee and sister leaving the Investiture after he had been, pre- sented with the Military Medal. He won the award in action in Korea in November, 1931. In lower picture is seen Sergeant G. Whitmore, King's Shropshire Light In- fantry, who received the Military Medal for gal- lantry on the Western froht in Korea in October, 1951.
U.S. Policy
Towards Yugoslavia
Korea Service
"Pays Off" Medal Approved By The Queen
Belgrade, Mar. 19. American policy toward Yugoslavia has paid off, U.S. Ambassador George V. Allen said ni the end of his three- year service in Belgrade.
He told the United Press: "I om convinced that the policy we have adhered to strictly of full respect for Yugoslavia's In- dependence and sovereighty has paid off.
with
"The Yugoslav break the Cominform was, in my opinion, duc to the fact that national Independence, of least in this country, is a stronger argument than any ideology economic,
or what- political, ever it may be."
He added, "The Yugoslav regime has been subjected to the heaviest barrages of Com- Inform
picturing propaganda the United States as a ruthless imperialist power. They are convinced today by experience that
this propaganda Wis entirely false.
London, Mar. 20,
The Queen has approved the design of the medal to be awarded to members of the forces of the British Commonwealth and Emplee for service In Korea,
The obverse
the of medal la no uncrowned effigy of the Queen, similar to the effigy recently ap proved for the colunge.
The reverse design alow Hercules
REFUGEES
WARNED
BY POLICE
Spending On Ministry Of Food
London, Mar. 19.
The Government is to cut spending on civil and revenue departments by about £257 million in the next financial year.
The biggest factor will be a reduction from £275 million to £1091 million, a drop of £1651⁄2 million, at the Ministry of Food.
The Ministry's estimate allows shown on the Vote on Account, for a full year of food price includes £19 million (this changes announced in this year £174__million) for the financial year: It also allows Ministry of Defence. This figure for the effect on subsidies and was included in the £1,03034 alocks of the decontrol of eggs, million estimated defence ex- feeding stuffs, wheat and flour.penditure, outlined in the state-
Based on the assumption that ment on defence. the present retail price structure will be maintained, the estimate
of £100 milion corresponds to subsidy level of £22111⁄2 mil- Ilon.
1911.
438
A Vole on Account published as 0 While Paper showed that total estimated expenditure of the civil and revenue depart- ments for 1953-54 Is about £2,-
million
with compared about £2,605 million in this financial year, Including supple- mentary and revised
The Ministry
ised estimates.
of Education's estimate is £227 million, about £12
12 million more than in 1932-
and
Russians Nominate
Indian Delegate
United Nations, Mar. 19.
Russin today formally
Mrs
Vijaya
53; public education in Scotland will cost about £3 million more. Provision for universilles colleges is up from £2534 mil-nominated llon to over £27 million. Housing Lakshmi of India to be will cost £70 million compared Secretary-General of the with over £84 million.
A cut of over £1 million, made United Nations, but in what in the total of Government was interpreted as a stall. grants to the B.B.C, this year, is ing move, suggested' that being restored. This makes the the Security Council post- estimata for 1953-54 £171⁄2 mil- Ilon, about the same as in 1951-
pono vating on the nomina- tion.
52,
Mr Trygve Lle.
STATE ASSISTANCE
The Council met in its third
seeking agree The cost of national assistance ceret session, ia also rising steeply. The Gov-ment on a candidate to succeed ernment yesterday
had to ask for a further £20 million in the
After almost three hours in current financial year because of
tho
locked session room, mem- higher standards of assistance bers of the Council appeared no approved last April and the Jar- closer to agreement than betero up the subject They Arst took ger number of applicunts.
Expenditure of the Notional eight days age informed sources Assistance Board next year is sik likely to be nearly £128 million. This con
this
Savings
year
At one point, according to In-
to ru
los comes with £125 mil-formation leaking out
porters gathered in a body out- elde the guarded baserrizat con- £22 of more than
ference room, the Council, was, million are forecast in the Na-n the point of adjourning with- tional Health Service. The stock-out taking any action..
piling of strategic materials will
cost £52 million compared with over £60 million.
At one time, the Council had before 1 Chilean proposal to
It is estimated that the Coro-submit to the General Assembly nation will cost £693,000
which
In
must elect Mr Lie's names of all 1953-54, £232,000 having al-successor the
three candidates rejected by the Counell last Friday.
ready been provided in the cur-
rent
year.
FOOD SUBSIDIES
These were Mr Lester Pearson
A supplementary estimate of of Canada, who received nine favourable votes but, a Russiara nearly £21 millions for the vete, Mr Carlos Romulo of the Ministry of Food trading corvless Philippines, who fell short of In the current year has also been the required majority of seven Stockholm, Mar. 10. Sweden's 25,000 refugees were ing the department's estimate to Minister, M. Stanislaw Skrzes
presented. This provision, bring- votes, and the Polish Foreign pabilely warned day against £275 million, is necessary
be-
zewski, who polled only the Imposters posing as plainelbthes policemen--and policewomen-cause of increased supplies and Russian vote.
carlier arrivals of some foods. to get Information escapo
The Chinese suggestion was Total subsidies in the financial withdrawn in the face of op- routes from Russia.
year ending next month are now position, the informants sald.-- Mr Frank
Winleef. Chief estimated at over £331 million. United Press- Commissioner of the Gothen burg, West Sweden, Criminal ministered Investigation Department, issued Food.
מס
the warning to the Press, slaying
the Hydra and the word "Korea",
The ribbon is of three yellow and two light-bloo vertical stripes arrayed alternately.—Reuter,
OPPOSITION
MPS
WALK OUT
Brussels, Mar. 19.
"Other satellite areas are stil under the same barrage, but I think the example of our policy toward Yugoslavia Is being watched closely in those coun- All opposition deputies walked tries. They can compare out of the Belgian Lower House our per- of Parliament today, thus Moscow's words with formance."
vetoing a Government request for an "advance" of Belgium's 1953 budget, which has not yet been voted.
She said the coins, which generally have punch-maxks in the middle, have been identified so-called as belonging to the
Mr Allen said that the re- Kushan period prior to 100 A. D.
completed Yugoslav- It has been the coins which cently have proved most helpful in Turkish-Greek pact was one of estublisting the antiquity of dis- the encouraging, if indirect, re- coveries made by the Royally-sults of the U.S. polley here. sponsored expedition.
The pact, he, calù, "is
The walk-out left 102 Catholic depulles (the Government Party) behind-six short of their full strength. But for a legal
This includes £297. million ad-
by the. Ministry of
The total net estimate of Refugees should not answer £2,457 million for 1953-54, any policeman's questions until
he had proved his identity,
He
policemen fald bogus speaking perfect Swedish werd sometimes accompanied by d woman posing as a police off- clal.
Adlai Stevenson Continues Tour
Tokyo, Mar. 20,
Me Adlai Stevenson left for
Republican Attacks Eisenhower
They asked refugees tromi Latvia, Estonia and Lithuanid Formos, today (Friday) on the
Washington, Mar. 19. the date and route of their third leg of his round-the-
Representative Daniel Reed escape to Sweden; the addresses world tour, after a nine-day (Republican, New York) today end work places
their inspection of the United abandoned his fight for early relatives remaining in
the Nations Command in Japan and House action on his 10 per cent Soviet-dominated countries and Karea.
tax cut bill with à hitter attack other questions.
A Northwest Airlines plane
cra
Earlier this year refugees in carrying Mr. Stevenson and his President Elsenfiower and Gothenburg complained to the party left Haneda International Republican, Congressional lead- police that repatriation ofßcera airport at 12:35 am. for Taipei from the Soviet Embassy had where it was due to arrive been pestering them to return 8:50 am. (Formosa time) to their own countries.-Reuter: United Press.
Britain Put In An Awkward Position
Colombo, Mar. 19.
A spokesman of the United States Embassy said
Afr Reed, thalman of the Ways and Means Committee. angrily accused... his Parly's leaders of betraying the people and winning office under fälso pretencès,
"They promised the people a tox cut in the political campaign and have how gone, back on their word," ho stated. "I am opposed to having, people be trayed, by individualà of by either of the major political Parties.
surrender
Mr Reed's abrupt
is a clear-cut victory for Mr
The team has been digging genuine and spontaneous Pro vote the Catholles had to have with the help of local village duct of those three countries. since early January-Associated At the same time I think the 107 members present, one more that Ceylon's rejection yesterday of a British request
- rows conferencë fald through than half the 212 members in to stop her rubbér exports to China put Britain in an groundwork was the respect which has been ac- the House.
Press,
Thanks For Rebuke
Paris, Mar. 10. The French Communist writer Louls Aragon today thanked the leaders of his party for their rabuko to him for Printing a drawing of Stalin by Pitaseo in his weekly
Lettres Francaises;
Lev
con
corded Yugoslav sovereignty The Government wanted, å and tho resulting entirely voluntary movement of the Tito credit of one-sixth of the budget
to cover April and May, regime in our (tho West's) direction. I have every
M. Paul-Henri Spank, former fidence that this movement will Socialist Premier, said his party
could not vote for the credit be contibue."-Unlied Presis,
cause the Government had hot made clear what financial policy it intended to follow.
When the Finance Minister,
Not In
Popular Darwin
to
embarrassing position;
Britin
Eisenhower, who hall told a Just a few hours earlier that he opposed tax reductions until a balanced budget was in sight.
The President Insisted
01
This raised a "Commonwealth problem," he told Reuter
The spokesman, said: "Cey this island to enter into a deal subsitute revenue, If the Reed
8 were passed now. lon is an independent, sovereign with Red China.
"within the country
Any step amounting to Mr Reed, words pouring trom is em "coercion" would, therefore, be his lips in angry hoste, asked: Commonwealth nudit barrassing for Britain to think repugnant to Britain,
"How long, will this Republic of the next step now,
-It is likely, therefore that function as a truly representa- We feel bad, however, to Britain will soon discuss with five government (IL) pledges to China lielps killing approach" so far as Ceylon is are not carried out?? United'
Press
M. Albert Edudi Janiseen, ro think that Ceylon's, export of the United States a "different | made by candidatest for añco
to reply, Socialist, Liberal and Communist deputies quietly walked out in a body.
The session was then closed unul next Tuesday, Reuter.
concerned.
Yesterday's announcement by
rubber our men,"
The question now raised herb Is whether Britain would allow the Ceylon
rice
assists the
Honoräty. Dédtessa
rice-rubber Barter
41
External Affairs
Darwin, Mar. 10.
her ships to, continue to bring Ministry of "no change" in the Tattoo To Go On Four Darwin hotels have
from Chinese gorls to China trade arrangements, soon accommodato
London, Mari But, contrary to party In-refused
due from
Colombe. Bringing in Fice ship after the British High Commis- sloner, Bir. Cecil, Bayern, talked ments
directly
mock ambush by Terri- structions, he failed to publish Japanese gearlers
WHH Premier Dudley Bemana- torials of the Special Air extracts
from letters which Tokyo on March 22. The Police
yake, led obrervers here to Service, scheduled as part of and British ship belleve that Ceylon must have a Coronallon Tattoo on Parlia party members are said to are trying to get them beds, have written protesting against
to bring Chinese got strong assurance ofment Hill Fields on June 6 was Tuts Japkineso arriving in the
London, Mar. 18. the drawing, N
Air Confumadors, Sir Frank rice, the United Kingdon would hampered rice shipments, trum described by Labour members the advance tidrty of 35 are going to In today's issue of the weekly Louis Aragon said ho Brooms Tree Hotels with beds whittle, inventer of the jet bes party to helping China get Chinag
Observers here, however say spokesman, referring to the Britain Is, more award of Sates Senanayake talks, said: solution to delete it from the the party secretariata rebuke, to give them to the Japanese.atomie energy expert, will bo aquin, I thank the leaders of The Chines proprietor of one made Honorary Doctors
Appreciation of the factă făreingida Unitali.is ous!! in these idim.zaitute. Proud cellUnited Fres -Dalér,, 19. Sacks, 20. Armed, 21 Soit, 22 Lean, 22-Toil, 24 Dulk; PTV; Packy főy haying. Expressed iBalet, id: A bà afer in Sèlence by --Eatbitidge Univer Ceylon's needs, and had, greater "Wo are much Brilain's friends celerations was
aily on Jing PRURIES.
20 Concelled (4).
YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD. - Across; 3 Followed,
of St. Patieras, Council as
feed,. . Reserved, 11 Comparel. 13 Urge, 15 Realised, 18 lilly, accepted the contents of Available for thé, Bartý refused | turbine end Sir John' Códkrött.rišiber from Ceylon An External Affairs Ministry Motification of war". Their re-
Director, 10 Stab, 21 Selected, 23 Composer, 20 Bill, 27, Side: line. Down: 1 Chic, 2 Deom, 4 Over, 6 Lied, 8 Waver, Dodge. Rapid, 10 Sower, 12 Overt, 14 Grope, 18-8ldes, 17
of
defeated