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Government Move
To Assist
Rubber Planters
Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 26.
Malaya's Federal Government today proposed a £33 million Government aid scheme to help dollar-earning rubber planters here fight the threat of synthetic rubber.
years
The money would be used over the next 11. to encourage replanting with" newly- developed strains of rubber tree which give high yields of latex.
The proposal will have to be submitted
the F:derl Legislative Council.
HARD TIMES
To protect planters in hard times the Govern- ment also proposed to cut export duty from Ove to four per cent whenever the male price of natural rubber fell to 60, Malayan cents
(about 17.pence sterling) a pound or below.
・Above 80 cents a pound ex- port duty would be raised though much less steeply than was proposed by last year's fact-finding mission headed by Sir Francis Mudie,
At price levels above SSI (28.4 pence sterling) a big slice of the higher rate of duty would go into a fund for helping the In- dustry at times of low prices and hardship.
a surprise here by
total abolition of the "schedule
"The future of Malaya is at stake and half measures will Dot da. Nor will divided counsels. Success can only be achieved if Government and the in- dustry
co-operate closely
and wholeheartedly. There na reason why they should not do no
"The writng is on the wall jand they do not differ as to its
interpretation."Reuter,
Prudence Advocated
At SEATO Talks
Baguio City, Apr. 25.
Sir Laurence Olivier and his wife, Vivien Leigh, head the company of the 96th Shakespeare Season at the Memorial Theatre, Stratford- on-Avon. This is their first appearance at Stratford, and the opening production &
"Twelfth Night directed by Sir John Gielgud, who will be
versing the position of
weeks
The United States, France and Great Britain But the Government created are urging prudence in the military organisation
few schedule of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation, at the two cess." This is a tax levied meeting of military, experts of the eight member on sales and repaid to planters nations which began here today, an informed and planting new ones with Source said.
for cutting out their old tires
higher yields.
would be too small to help.
The three Western Powers are resisting de The Government said its yield mands of the Philippines and Thailand for a tight Today's official statement military organisation of member nations, the stressed the urgency of tackling source said.
rubber's problem for this in-
dustry faces a crisis. without Other SEATO members are precedent in its own chequered Pakisun, Australia and New. history."
Zealand.
About 80 per cent of Malaya's
The source said that today's total rubber acreage was covered meeting of military experts. with old low yielding trees, which was held in secret, showed
Yet experiments suggested three things: that if only new high-yielding trees were planted estates could sell natural as cheaply or even more cheaply than synthetic at present prices,
To maintain Malaya's natural rubber as one of the sterling area's biggest dollar earners the
THREE POINTS
I. Most of the SEATO Powers, and particularly the three Western Powers, are anxious that SEATO retain its defensive character—particularly following the Asian-African
Government proposed a $$280 | conference" at Bangestion of a
million
(£33,333,000) Federal 2. There is no
aid programme.
The money would be divided between big estates and small holders in the ratio of three to two which is roughly the ratio of present sales from these two scetions of the industry..
unifled military command for SEATO forces, similar to that of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
3. France is particularly an- xious to avoid all provocative actions of the part of SEATO,
Estates would get S$400 an in an effort to reconcile its acre for replanting under the obligations under the Geneva scheme up to a maximum of 21 armistice agreements on Indo-
Chiza and the SEATO pach per cent of the planted acreage of the estate.
3500 PER ACRE The
salú лnouncement smallholders now get $500 per acre and it was at present belag considered whether an increase in this rale would retult in increas- ed planting.
The Federal Government said the Malayan Rubber Producers Council was prepared to give these proposals Its general support.
However, the Council had recorded its opinion that taxation imposed on the rubber industry was excesive and could only be justified because of the high costs of the fight against Com. munist terrorists. It therefore claimed the right to raise the matter again in fixture.
csc
Decisions taken by the experts bere will be submitted to the military advisory group
set
up by SEATO nations, This group," which meets at Bangkok later this year, will then make the final
decision on the military organisation of SEATO, taking Erio account the situation in Southeast Asia at the time." France-Presse.
CHURCHILL
PREPARING
BIG SPEECH
Tire statement said the Gav-)
London, Apr. 25. erument could not accept the Sir Winston Churchill, who“ Mudie Mission's recommendation winds up his Sicilian holiday that all export duty should be tomorrow, is preparing to make, cut at prices of 60 cents and a big electoral speech in this below. This would the Essex constituency of Woodford Government about $340 million cn Monday May 18.
He has been Parliamentary a year.
The
Government also thought Member for Woodford for the relief should be more closely past 30 years. linked with replanting than the Sir Winston is not expected Mudi Mistic proposal.
to take a very active part in
But it entirely agreed with the election campaign outside
વર
VES
an
the Mission's two main andings of his own constituency and
replanting
there is even SCIne doubt immadinte necessity; and that a whether he will appear in the low sickding estate could not pay
House of Commons before, its export duty and put money side dissolution in two weeks time for replanting of rubber was
France-Presse. selling for 60 cents or less.
The Government's statement quoted the conclusion of the Mudle report which it said <xactly expressed its own attitude.
This said: "In spite of the age of her trees and the competition of synthetic rubber Malays can continue to prosper and her output of rubber can
be increased but only it vigorous and united action is taken pow.
"The key to the problem replanting and it is seven years tefors replanting shows, any result except indeed a reduction of output.
Decisions must therefore be taken now and carmot be post- poned until competition with synthetic becomes more acute.
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Vicia (Vivien Leigh) dreased as a boy, in a scene from the
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NOT OUR FAULT
SAY INDIANS
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ernment New Delhi, Apr, 25, The Indian Government today disclaimed responsibility for the breakdown of the pro- posal for
talks
with the Seath African Government on the treatment of Indians In South Africa.
openly and persistently criticised the treatment to which people of non-Europes origin in the Union are being - subjected, They have also been unrelente. Ing in their efforts to bring the condition of these people to the notice of the world."
The South African Government,
which proposed the talks. It continued: "The Union Gov- Raid In F telegram Jast Thursday that two recent
speeches by Premier Jawaharlal Nehru atlacking South Africa's racial policies were in effect a rejection of the proposal for the talks. The Indian Government's telegram in reply published today said: “The Indian Gov-
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