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This Plan Will Moslem League Faces
Not Mean
Cheaper Suits
Washington, Mar. 7. Agriculture Department spokesmen said today they do not expect the administration's
new wool support programme to man chraper suits, costs other woollens.
Test At
East Bengal Elections
Karachi, Mar. 8.
The Moslem League Party, which has ruled Pakistan since the birth of the country six and....a half years ago, faces the greatest challenge to its be savings to the tax-power today when East Bengal goes to the polls
paid out to elect a new provincial legislature,
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Important issues have raised the election to a national status The new wool programme dubbed by some officials as the for the lush jute fields and green Brennan Pan in Sheep's Cloth forests of East Bengal are the Ing was approved this week home of more than half Pakis by the Senate Agriculture Comtan'a 76 millon people, and the before province is a major source of nittee and la pending
economle wealth. But of the 20 the House Committee.
millions who will vote today only about 20 per cent can read, and even tewer can write.
Under the
the programme, Government would support wool
by prices
direkt payments when need-
to wool growers financed
The Prime Minister of Pakis- wool riftian, Mr Mohammed All, who is by 10 cents PER WORD OVER 2013,
1cccipts. Currently, the govern also the President of the Moslem Births, Deaths, Marriages, ment buys wool from producers League, has personally led his
It had lost party's election campaign sup Personal $5.00 per insertion to support prices.
by every prominent not exceeding 25 words, 25 US$92 million on the operation ported
Miss member and
Fatima sisler Jinnah,
of the Jute cents each additional word,tip to Jan. 1.
sald even Mohammed Ali Jinnah, founder
drops the
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of Pakistan. domestic Wool
prices "a few cents" the decrease likely would
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The economic situation and first constitution the country's are two of the main issues on which the East Bengal election There is also is being fought. tho national language con- want The Bengalis troversy. the Bengal tongue to be a no- tonal language on a par with Urdu, the main tongue of West Pakistan,
SERIOUS PROBLEM Although through the system of communal representation the Moslems are assured of a major- ity in the House of 300 sexta, there are some Moslem candi- dates who are in opposillan to the Moslem League.
Then ton minion Hindus of the province, who choose their own reserved for representatives seats, are an important factor. Should considerable number Sh
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not be passed on to connumerluctant to predict the outcome of the election, though it was
felt the of The price
raw wool Be- generally
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on woollens, with a majority. $1 spent The rest
for marketing, pay's
The election gives an opportu manufacturing and distribution nity to the opposition parties to make an effective bid for power costs.
It is a first ilme. The reason
removal of for the
the between fight price supports, as such, is not straight expected to cause such change Moslem League, standing on its in domestic wood prices is that record, and an Opposition front free market prices are "iggling" of Moniems, Hindus, Commun- wingers, united along generally above the suplats and left
solely to defeat the League, port price. United Press.
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The Jute trade is a prominent issue in the election campaign. Most of the Opposition parties are demanding its nationalisa- tion. The 1952 collaps: of world commodity prices and the falling 17th demand for Pakistan's jute to the 22nd brought great hardship
small peasant growers.-Reuter,
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
STRANGE-I THOUGHT I DID. I'M GETTING HIS THOUGHTS AND HE HE TALKED TO ME
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