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NE Important reapon- sibility which the Rent Control Committee assumed was to endeavour to "find ways and means of both simplifying and tightening up the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance in order to make It a strument of the law. particularly in protecting the rights and welfare of tenants und sub-tenants. With some significance the report observes that "The fact of the matter is that It is not the business of
Any
particular person
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department to offences. against the Ordinance are investigated and culprits brought to
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result is that the Ordinance may be regarded virtually as a dead letter as far as the penal sections are concerned." It is A nice example of the law defeat ing its own ends, and if the provisions of the Ordin- ance are to mean more than high-falutin legal phrases, Government and the general public obviously have to do something. The point is further
emphasised another part of the report which reads: "Nevertheless we think that part of the blume for the rent situation which has arisen can be with. renson laid at the door of the sub-tenant. If. the sub-tenant cannot or will not make any attempt to stand up for his rights he must shure the blame: if he will not help himself there is little or nothlag that can be done for him.' The observation tends to substantiate an impression that tenants who feel they are being exploited are more content to write com- plainingly to newspapers In generalised terms than to seek proper redress through the terms of the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance,
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RESUMPTION OF TRUCE TALKS The Gru
OFFER BY UN COMMAND AMERICAN
Meeting Of Liaison Officers Proposed
LETTER HANDED TO THE
REDS THIS MORNING
Panmunjom, Apr. 17.
The United Nations Command told the Communists today (Friday) that UN liaison officers will meet with them on Saturday or as soon thereafter as agreeable to discuss re- opening of the armistice talks.
The UN Command in a letter given the Communists at Panmunjom this morning suggested that prisoners who do not wish repatriation should be turned over to the custody of Switzerland as a neutral nation, but remain in Korea.
The letter warned that "the United Nations Command is of the opinion that unless meetings of full delegations indicate that an accept- able agreement will be reached in a reasonable time it will be advisable to recess the meetings again."
The letter, from Lt-Gen. William K. Harrison, Jr.,, Chief of the Allied Truce Delegation, to Gen: Nam II, Senior Delegate for the Reds, suggested "that in the interest of practicality, prisoners of war who are not directly repatriated be released to custody in Korea of the neutral state,”
The letter further suggested that "after allowing a reasonable time, such as 60 days during which opportunity has been afforded by the neutral state to parties concerned to determine attitudes of individuals in its custody with regard to their status, the 'neutral state will make arrangements for peuceable disposition of those remaining in its custody."
Nam 11 had requested that full-scale armistice talks be resumed and pro- posed that the question of overall prisoner exchange be settled this way:
1. That war prisoners wishing to be returned to their homelands be exchanged immediately.
2. That all other war prisoners should be turned over to a "neutral' state.” The Communists did not name the neutral state they had in mind.
Harrison told the Communist "it is assumed that you are prepared to accept the UN Commund proposal or make a comparable constructive proposal of your own which would constitute a valid basis for resumption of meetings."
Under the UN plan, Switzerlund or the neutral state agreed on would be allow- ́ed 60 ̄daya" to determine the attitude of those" prisoners refusing to go back to Com
munism and then “make arrangements for the peaceful disposition of those remaining in custody."
About 50,000 of the 132,304 prisoners held by UN forces have said they would resist repatriation to Communist soil. The Communist previous demand that they be moved by force if necessary caused complete collapse of the armistice talks last October:-Associated Press.
Soviet Bloc Makes Another
Gesture Of Conciliation
United Nations, Apr. 16.
The Soviet bloc stretched out the hand of conciliation again to- night and agreed to drop for the time being its demands for world peace on Russian terms.
The sudden concession led to what United Nations officials said was the first unanimous, vote on a major issue since the organisation was born.
Thorez Back In France
Maurico Thorez, French Communist chief, leans on
a stick and smiles at the end of his long train journey from Russia to France which he completed last week. Ho is pictured at St Quentin with his wife, Jeanette and (right) his son, Maurice, Thorez had spent 29 months in Russia following a paralytic stroke,· « AP Photo.
Fire Badly Damages Ship
CREW RESCUED
Long Beach, Apr. 16. The British freighter ssi Monestheus, was damaged' severely by fire 70 miles off the coast of Mexico today, but all the 80 crewmen have evidently been rescued "without Injuries", the Coast Guard announced,
The Pacific Far East Lines' freighter Navajo Victory res- ponded to radio distress calls shortly after midnight and pick- ed up the. crewmen who had takeri 10 lifeboats when fire swept through the ship.
Nationalist Party Wins
Johannesburg. Apr. 10.
Nationalist The
Party today won 80 seats and thus wins the election.
State of the parties in the South African election at 9.45 p.m., South African time today was:
United Party eighteen unopposed),
50
Nationalisis 14 (two un-
opposed),
3:
Labour party 4.
Natives'
representatives
results were still outstanding. One will be declared after bye-election because of the death of candidate. - Reuter,
Twenty-three
PROPERTY · ATTACKED BY MOBS
Washington, Apr. 16.
The
State Department announced on Thursday that mobs have attacked American government offices and Amorizan homes in the city of Shiraz, but no Americans are known to have been killed or injured.
Shiraz, a city of 60,000 people, is in south Central Iran, 500. miles from Teheran.
The announcement said:
"The State Department. an- nounced that irresponsible Iranian mobs broke into Point Four offices at Shiraz en Wed- nesday destroying furniture etc."
This morning
the mobs at- tacked American homes ta the same city but it is officially re- ported no Americans are known to be killed or injured."
"The American Ambassador has made the most energetic protestations to Prime Minister Mossadegh who expreased deep regret and assured maximum protection to all Americans in the pres.
So far the State Department knows there are 12 American men, 11 women and 15 children in Shiraz, Sairaz is the centre of an Iranian agricultural area."
The Point Four Programme was started by former President Truman to aid underdeveloped loan of Amerienn areas by a experts and money to encourage self-development, — Associated
Press.
MARTIAL LAW
Teheran, Apr. 10. The Government today - posed martial law in Shiraz, South Persia, after on otlock by demonstrators оп American "Point Four" old officers and homes there.
The demonstrators stoned the American homes and offices and dest byed "Point Four" office files.
Earlier reports today said crowds also attacked the head- quarters yesterday.-Reuter,
Eisenhower Has Food Poisoning
Salisbury, Apr. 10. President Eisenhower hul a slight attack of food poisoning Pross today, according to his Secretary, Mr James Hagerty,
Mr Hagerly told reporters of the food poisoning as the Presi→ dent started to speak at
the 2000 anniversary of North
ter,
Wants Banned Corina's Rowan county. Reu-
Exports List Revised
London, Apr. 16,
At first the Navajo Victory radioed that the British ship "looks like a total loss". Hours later, however, she reported that she was attempting to take the Menestheus in tow.
That message
came shortly after the rescue ship radioed | that she was moving in close to investigate the possibility of Mr Harold Wilson, former Together with the nations it Brazil bad merely recommend home and transfer of the others stuvage.
Labour President of the had long opposed, the Eastered the Assembly, due to adjourn i to a neutral state.
The cause of the Bre, which Board bloc gave its approval to
"That
of Trade, tonight non Saturday, to be ready to re-
Is our duty to the started in the engine room, was mildly-worded Brazilian melion convene the situation in soldiers and the people et the not immediately known nor was urged revision of the list of noting recent events in Korea Koren warranted it.
world. Our duty is to welcome it determined how excessively strategic goods thai must with "deep satisfaction." Sixty
these proposals and Only yesterday afternoon, Mr
see that the ship or its cargo of rice was not be exported nutiens voted for, none abstain-
to Cum- steps towards Andrei Vyshinsky, leader of the
Implementation damaged. ed and none voted against.
be taken without loss of ilme," Soviet delegation, spoke at
Mr Menon said-Reuter. Mr G. N. Zarubin, the Soviet length and with much Batire delegate, said the unanimous against the Brazilian resolution. vote was "certainly helpful." After today's debate he was The first sign of this policy seen leaving the building smiling change came so suddenly and and clutching copy of a quietly that it tock observers by speech President Eisenhower surprise.
made today outlining a plan for work peace.
The Monestheus first radioed Munist countries, for help at 12.45 a.m. PST. The "It and when the fighting. call was heard by Globe Wireless In San Francisco and also by steps in Korea,
TIE #everal recommenda- THE
tions which the Control Committee udvanced for the purpose of trying to eradicate abuses of the Ordinance are not to be dismissed as futile simply. beenuse they necessarily fool-proof. They appeal as being reasonable, logical and, for the most part, practicable. The key to the particular problem, however, is the enforce. ment of the Ordinance whereby not only is action taken agains! transgressors, but who are, upon con. viction, punished in 4 mariner that will act as an effective deterrent to others. Thus one recom- mendation is as welcome na it is essential. It is that a special organisation be established charged with the sole duty of attending to the enforcement of the penal sections and to advise the public on their rights and obligations arising out of the Ordinance. Its existence should offer the necessary encouragement to vietimised tenants to fight for
.their rights, und Bihultaneously correct the ridiculous situation where enforcement of the law is
In the lobbies arul lounges, A reven-pound hook, swinging nobody's business. Govern
delegates clapped backs and on the end of a chain, caused ment has officially indicated
shook hands, brimming with | London's worst-ever smash that it is prepared to adopt
between two underground tralas Skrzeszeweki toodwill. some of the committee's of Poland, the next speaker on
Mr Skrzeszeweki did not go eight days ago, it was stated at
the Chancellor recommendations and 10 the list, got to his feet and
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of the Exchequer for being "loo approve in principle the briefly announced that lie would 56 for, as to drop his demands Government inquiry here th
they remainder. We believe that
BOAC PLANE optimistic in his budget about Eleven people died and 41
the economic position. an injustice would be caused peace, the Korean paragraph right to bring the resolution up
were injured in the crash, alnee again at the next Assembly. now appearing "superfluous"
the failure of a DUMPS FUEL Britain was dependent on if the proposals to raise
"Problems raised therein need uttributed to
record United States bcom. rents
implemented
I When the Ministry of Trans-
that ended, Manila, Apr. 10,
as most without at the same time
people Mr Menon had declared: "Weport opened the inquiry into the
It would
one day, A DOAC airliner left Manila expected giving effect to the pro-
today, П railway this morning The Brazilan resolution had have to lock at the problem of accident
for
they know Hongkon!
from experience position that the public been presented in the Political Korea on the basis of the silun-engineer, Mr A. W. Manser, said dumped 1,000 gallons of fuel that dollar carning from sterling should be fully informed as Committee 19
the cause of failure had been when one of its motors develop- totion as it is today."
rubber. wool and a counter
tin would to their protective rights the Polish motion, which con- He said that after agreement established.
ed engine trouble and limped collapse in a matter of weeks. and responsibilities under
demned the Atlantic Pact and on the exchange of slek and "A coupling safety chain, back here after only a half
in Kores, found hanging down on the last hour's flight.
If that happen the whole prisoners the Ordinance and that the called for an immediate end to wounded
economic polley of the Govern- hostilities,
train to pass a signal before it the with the next step was to answer a
The pilot, Captain J. Dment would collapse with . proper machinery be drawal
of foreign troops and letter to General Nam II, chief called, is belleved to have swung Gribben feared that owing to established for the fuli general world disarmament in North Korean negotiator, on out and smashed the head of the the airliner's heavy load it might The Government had falled to enforcement of the law cluding an unconditional ban April 9 proposing exchange of train stop device," Mr Manser not be able to reach Hongkong, provide for any change in the governing controlled rents, on the atom.
I al prisoners who wanted to go i said.—Reuter,
-Xeuter.
economic climate.-Neuter,
were
Mr Krishna Menon, of India, bad made a simple appeal for adoption of the Brazilian resolu- Lion.
"SUPERFLUOUS"
Mr Stanislaw
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BACK-SLAPPING
drop his resolution on world allogether.
He reserved
Swinging Hook Caused Crash
London, Apr. 10.
People not giving the debate further discussion," he said. neer foolproof safety device. keen attention failed to realise what he had done.
Korean
our
The Govern- the Navajo Victory. The latter ment should be ready to dis aped help the burning vessel mantle a large part of off the coast of Boju, Californio. strategle controls," he said in a The Navajo's first message to House of Commons debate on the Coast Guard here said that the budget. she had picked up most of the crewmen and that "no further assistance" was needed.
At that time about 20 men, including the captain of the Menatheus still were in a life- boat--Unfled Press.
The Government was doing the wrong thing at the wreng this moment time in choosing
to lighten up the blockade of China.
Ho criticised
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