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Mental Health A Major
US Problem
1
San Francisco, May 24,
Mental health is a major problem in the United States.
At a recent Western Interstate Conference an Mental Health it was dicicsed that mental therapy required to treat the Increasing
number of the
Patlon's citizens who are in need
of it could cost over 1,000 million acilars (about £340.000.000 sterling) a year it the misney were available.
Mr Goodwin J. Knight, Governor of California, in a Speech opening the conference, told the scientist-delegates:
"One cannot escape the fact that mental illness is the greatest single problem in the nation's
health picture.
beds
by
"With 50 por cent of all hospital
occupied psychiatric cases and over
owding present in practically all of our psychiatric hospital facilities, the need for great knowledge in this field is obvious
to all
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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1955.
COMMERCE SECTION
TRADE and
BRITAIN'S ECONOMY-1955 Kolar Mines May
NEW YORK Higher Living Standard
STOCK
MARKET
New York, May 24, Interest in stocks dwindled to a minimum today, holding prices in a narrow range and activity to the lightest level
оп
since last Oct, 12.
Turnover totalled
only 1,550,000 shares, 250,000 below yesterday.
All major
groups--the in- dustrials, rails and uities closed fractionally higher average and there were only a few special issues which moved outside the narrow range.
Wall Street chalked down the lethargy to the normal present hesitation after recent wide market swings and in absence of any fresh incentive- and to the advent of weather which arrived in. New York in carnest today.
Out of a total 1,187 issues "It is cheaper to keep a com- munity
appearing on the tape, 483 were "In
good health
than to provide care after illness sets in."higher, 446 lower and 258 un-
"We must
learn more about the cause of this.great health problem. With the development of preventive techniques which normally flow when causes are known, we will reduce the in- cidence of mental and emotional illness and handicaps
DR. H. Felix, director of changed..
the
Fecerai
the National Institute of Mental Health, an agency Government
the
told the BD
the 80 re-
of
the
warmi
Than Ever Before
By CHARLES LUCEY
London, May 24.
Ten years after World War II and four years out of the tight control of state socialism, Britain in 1955 is a land of prosperity and the shining happiness of peace.
A gentle spring has set cherry and almond trees in flowers, hedgerows are lush green again, the earth furrowed brown in new planting, factory chimneys are smoking and English hearts are lighter after years of pinching drudgery.
World Cotton
Markets
Cotton tinued to progrcks
Mcst Englishmen are at are pacing a new British chal- higher standard of living than lenge in overseas markets. The chemical industry has increased ever befort.
A record. 22 million are work- | productivity amazingly by ing. Unemployment, at annealy one-half in six years. almost irreducible minimum, is In Jower proportionately than the US.
A nation in which one of New York, May 24.
three houses was destroyed or futures today con-
was damaged by bombs make unusually slow two
new two million for the fourth session lagged badly
in a row.
Fluctuations were correspond-tiens lifted by the
as the rank and Government 700,000 ingly - narrow swingsfile of traders continued to are going up in the two-year where make wailing for new incen- 1954-55 period. points;tives. around!
market interest.
worth of
STEEL INDUSTRY
The total value of all that has Britain makes or supplies trebled.
Cotton Subsidy
to
Committee
ما
·
Washington, May 24. The Secretary of Agri- culture, - Mr" Benson, an nounced the establishment of an eight-man cotton export advisory committee
bim help
decide whether
#ubaldise United States cotton ex- paris in the new season starting on August 1
Mr Benson said the STOUD,
comprising pro- ducers,
And exporters textile manufacturers, will shortly to aid him in meet announcing
export policy "before July 1.′′
The cotton committee was named, he said, "to facilitate disposal" of Government-owned cotton thecoming marketing year. Emphasis will chiefly be on exports--Reuter,"
In
an
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HONGKONG
STOCK EXCHANGE
Be Nationalised
Bangalore, May 24. The Mysore State Minister of Industry, Me H. Siddaveerappa, has told the State Assembly:
| "It should not be difficult for us" to work the Kolar 'mines." (These are the British-owned mines situated in the Mysore Platean).
Socialist Opposition leader. Mr J. Mohammed Iman, agreeing with the Minister, called on the Government to take immediate steps to nationalise the mines. The stage had now been reached when it was impossible for, the Government to carry on with the companies, he added.
Mr Pattabhirammon, Indepen- This month, he said, he would dent member, said the Govern-discuss the Issue with the ment should "accept the com- ministers of the Union Govern panies, challenge and ask them ment-China Mail Special. to quit."
The matter was raised in the New York Sugar
Assembly when the Minister ot" Industry moved consideration of
a report of the Mysore State Govenment's gold mining com- mitice, set up nine months ago to consider the working of the
between 1949 agreement Government and the
companies involved.
the British
ROYALTIES INCREASE
The committee recommended a 100 per cent increase in the royalties payable by the com- panies to the Government.
Market
1
New York, May 24, World No. sugar futures to- day closed 2 points lower to 1 point higher with sales of 10 contracts.
Domestic No. 6 sugar futures. closed point higher to 1 point. lower with sales of 133 tracts,
con-
There were two main facets of built the socialism fastened on Eng- dwellings. land by a Labour Party victory under in 1945-the welfare state and controls; with restric-nationalised Industry. CHEMICALS SWING
World futures ruled quiet and Churchili
mostly featureless. Dealers new units The welfare state remains
Mr Siddaveerappa said that if understood that Holland yester- Some of the biggest
diverted into the structure of
the Assembly felt the 1949 day bought 4,000 tons of Cubas came in chemicals
agreement was hot in the in- Monsanto
British line and will stay there. gained 2
The Conservative Government
terests of the State there was pound, tob.
at a price around 3.38 cents a Allied, Dow and Du Pont
News of The U.S.-Itálian
(From Our Correspondent)nothing to prevent them inter- not only
has accepted the a point each,
accord en farm surplus deal
In domestic raws, dealers re- fering with it by means of suit-ported- grave Among steels, Bethlehem and involving $50,000,000
principle The basic steel industry, freed cradle-to-the
Business done on the Hong able legislation."
limited offerings of Armco fell 14 points
Stock Exchange this
Philippines: for late May arrival while US Steel improved frac-buy 200,000 batas, highlighted servative Party victory late in economic security but claims to morning amounted to $699,390. Afference of opinon in regard positions held at 6.05 cents a
The Minister said there was no each raw cotton, a sum sufficient w from nationalisation by the Con- of a state guarantee of life-long kon
at six cents with sugar in late have thought of it first. More Noon quotations and the morn 1951 and now being restored to More favourable crop news,
private ownership is expanding over, the Tories have cleared up
and modified the national healthing's transactions: pointed up by the Government's its capacity to double that of plan, washing out almost fantas- SHARES BUYERS SELLERS SALES weekly summary..
along with prewar
tie early abuses. Such
newe industries 25 renewed quietness in the tex- tile markets, and farm legisla- chemicals, autos, and electronics Lion uncertainties, dealing with price supports and export sub- sides, cooled aggressive buying interest.
weekly substantially improved progress in the main belt during the week following generous rains.
BestCUP
presentatives of Governors the eleven Western states, law- makers and professional men, that
Post: of providing adequate care for victims of mental illness could hardly be estimated.
THE care
individuals Honally. afflicted with dementia praecox North American Aviation, up has cost the nation's taxpayers more than 2, and Douglas, more 'more than 700,000.000 dollars, than a point higher featured (about £240,000,000 sterling), their Dr Felix said.
the ralis came gains in "We know,"
he added, "It outside the average group cost another 400,000,000 where Missouri Pacific pre. dollars to
500,000,000 dollars ferred rose more than 3 and more before these patients die. Northern Pacific almost a point. That's a lot of money to spend Activity centred in F. Jacobs, and get nothing back except a 4 to 59: Sunray Mid-Cont. corpse."
up to $23 and Common patient who enters wealth Edison, up 2 points to United States. mental health $41, the last responding to a hospital under presen: conditions dividend increase. has only a fly-dity chance of emerging alive during the first year. Dr. Felix sald
will
a
"The odds are 18 to one against him getting out alive he is there two years, and after five years, it is better than 99 to one against his walking out
well man."
THE REASON
-The reason for these long odds for cure and survival of mental hospital inmates in the United States is probably the fact that administrators of such hospitals are just
new beginning to receive sufficient funds to use modern humanitarian hopital methods in caring for and curing patients.
tion
Reporting on the modernisa- programme of the mental health programme of Kansas State, Dr George Jackson said; in Kansas a few years ago were not unlike those in many
states of the Union,"
*Conditions
other
Enumerating some of changes which have been made in the administrative plans for the operation
of the Kansas
Up
The Government
summary
cotton
noted
World Rubber
."
Markets
At the close the list ruled up to off 2 points. The market up 3 points. was $3,- opened off 2 to
New Orleans closed up 5 to off with little 4 points.
The New York Stock Ex- change bond volume $20,000.
The American Stock Exchange volume was 880,100 shares.
"
Trading volumes interests in the day were:
NOT ANSWER
Nationalisation of industry has been a vast disillusionment 10 many of its old adherents. It is' plain now that nationalisation cannot be the Socialists' easy panacea for the country's prob iems. Had it not been for pressure from the leftist Ancurin Bevan wing of the Labour Party, prob- Singapore, May 24.
ably little would be heard of it The rubber market, was quiet!
Railroads and coal, the chief inclination of trade nationalised industries, were on with small Australian accep- bargain for Britain under pri- and open tances. Futures:
vate ownership. In coal. Exchange to-
for No. 1 rubber per 15. June 914-91 especially absentee owners
July 91-91 years had taken everything out Aug. usqucted of their holdings that could be No. 2 rubber per lb. Jure 89-taken; No. 3
Little
to was done 872-88 35-2534
modernise mines and maintain 024-921% production. Today. coal and 31-42
railroads may be doing as well 90-99
or better under Government operation than if they had re- mained in private bands.
No. 4
**
Spot rubber unbaled
NEW YORK
YESTERDAY'S PRICES
Month
Volume
Open interest
Alden Inc. Acy.
$23
July
2,700
324,300
Allied Chemičnis
112
Oct.
8,200
$89.200
Alted Mills Inve
Dec.
17,500
519,200
Allis Chalmers
123:
Mar
4,200
221,900
Anterican Airline
26:
May
5.200
234,000
American Cyanainide Co.
July
800
..15.300
Blanket crepe
American Melal
024%
Total
59,700
No. 1 pale crepe,
2,206,000 baler,
America Smelting
48
American Tel & Tel
284 1/7
NEW YORK
American Tob. "3
Anaconda Copper
GO5%
today as follows:-
15
Spot
34.85n
Futures today closed 5 to 10 points higher with sales of 9B contracts.
July
34.00
Get
34.20
Dec.
34.23
sides of the
Mar
34.18
May
34.27
July
33.69
Annco Sicel Armour
Badwin-Lima-Ham.
Baltimore & Ohio
Bendix Aviation Corp.
Benguet Cons.
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Airplane Borden (The) Co. Burroughs
Canadian Pacine R.
Case (1.1) Co.
C. I. T. Financial Corp.
Cuban Amer. Sugar
Prices of cotton futures closed
NEW ORLEANS.
Prices of cotton futures today as follows:-
་་
NEGATIVE STANDARD
But this is a negative stand- Trade interests were on both ard the fact is, coal production market. The is a major national disappoint- smell trade included exchanges ment. There are constant plead- of Sept./July "contract points and May/March at 35 points. In addition, ten lots of closed Sept, contracts were exchanged
"
34.00 34,0%
74.22
11.20
21.34
for physical rubber.
dre
at 15 ngs from London to get out
more coal but the miners often adamant and slowdowns are frequent Coal is vital for powering all British yet in 1954 the Pastenallised mines were able to produce just The spol market were described
one quarter of a ton per man RS "fat" withles
more than in the previous year. business at standstill No 1 Yet everyone agrees the egg that rubber sheets were quoted 31% is coal cannot be unscrambled cents a pound, Nominal, Futures; as was steel; the process
gone too far.
Chase Nat. & Mar
Chrysler Motors
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Spot
Commercial Credit
5415
July
Commonwealth Elec.
4226
Oct.
the
Consoldiated Edison
Dec
Continental Oil of Del.
7937
Mar.
Continental Steel
May
Crane Ca
July
14.28 33.84
Crown Zellerbach
SAO PAULO Future closings, in cruzeiros per kilo were as follows:
July
July
Och
29.80 2030
March
Des
25
951
Mar.
30.10
Moy July
May
32.10
LONDON
The market
institutions, he continued:
"Activities are plazmed to it into the hospital's plan for treat- ment and rehabilitation of each individual patient Instead sitting on the ward and rocking all day, the patients are now busy at cccupational therapy, recreational therapy, Industrial therapy,
therapy,
music other prescribed activities.
have "Programmes instituted to re-examine
"
mentally
Curts Wright
Dupont de Nemours
Exsimman Kodak
El Paso National Gas
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors
Gillette Safety-Razor
Glidden Co... Goodrich (B. F
Co.
Interchemical Corp.
Goodyear, Me...
and
Homatake Mining Co. Inland Steel
been all
and
patients, both physically and plan for their treatment accordingly.
"Many patients have seen dentists for the first time and are now able to
eat properly. with
Others have been fitted glasses, so that they may enjoy reading, viewing television, sew- ing and other activities.
SOCIAL LIVING "Patients' canteens are in operation....where the patients may learn more of social living. Emphasis is being put on the importance of personal.... ap- pearance to the mental attitude of the patient. Men are given haircuts and shaves regularly. Women make regular trips to the hospital beauty shop.
Laundry
and dry clearing facilities have been expanded so clean clothes may always be available,
It' Business Machines Int'l Harvester
Intemational Nickel
International Paper Inti Tel 2 Tel
John-Manville, Co. Kennecott Copper
gett Meyers Tob. Co. Lockheed Aircraft Loews Incorp.
Lone Star Cement
Louisville Nashville R. Minnesota Mining Monsando Chemical Montgomery Ward National Co Reg. National Distillers National Lead National Steel Corp. New York Centra Otis Elevators Pace Gas & Elec. Packle Western Oil .... Pan American Airways Patrimoni : Pictures Parke Davis Co. Peony JC. Co. Philkos Petraietan Procter & Gamble Co. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Radio Corporation Reo Motorn Republic - Steel Shell O Co.
60%
In the United States, the average price of 15/16 middling
St34 cotton
September December
at ten designated spot steady. No. 1 markets was 33.66 cents. Sales quoted at 27%
at these centres totalled 6,909 Prices bales. United Press.
LONDON METAL
PRICES
London, May 24. Prices of metal closed today in sterling per long ton as follows: buyers sellers 7t5"
Tia spot
3-month Copper spot
3-month
Lead and half May
2nd half Aug. Zine 2nd half May
71434
718
717
3341
絶望す
318
21614
100%
104
10312
DOL
31.30
31.10
30.78
30.1
was quiet but Rss spot were pence per 3b.
41
22
Settlement house 'term:
July
27-2724
Auz
Sept.
July/Sept.
Oct./Dec.
Jan./Mar,
BANKS
.. 1570 1836
24
HK Bank East Asia INSURANCES Valon X AL Lombard... Underwriters
XD
SHIPPING
Asta Nav DOCKS, ETC.
K. Whart Dock
9.00
790
71 Provident O 1290 13.20 350 LAND. ETC.
21.40
.4300
19.90
to the gold mines between the pound. Futures:
Central Government
and the
State Government
Contract No. 4 (world) July Later the State Assembly Sept. Mar. unanimously approved the re-
May commendation of the gold mining July committed.
Sedi.
A
resolution was
passed urging the Government Spot-cents per b. fob Cuba) to "take such measures as they Contract No. 4 may consider necessary in the July
Sept. interests of the State."
Mr K. Hanumanthaiya, chie! Mar Minister, mold the Assembly that May
Government take action without loss of time.
Nev,
proposed to Spot-cents per lb of NY
ex-duty)
1000
23.41 13.10
he
Cersent
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Rope STORES, "Prc.
153
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23
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L, Crawford 20.30 COTTONS
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Yangiere Allied
5.65 91% 5000 @ 3.70
0.33 614 4.20 £3
Singapore Stock Market
Singapore, May 25, Brokers today, quoted the fol- has lowing stock prices:
Any accounting of Britain in must re- the postwar decade
Labour gard the fact that the Party came to power in 1945 at an almost incalculably dit- cult time. The havoc of war had left the nation exhausted, its economy crippled.
When the Conservatives came to power their whole approach Britain's massive of meeting economic problem was to give 2424-27 private industry its head. 243-2011 The change was one of mood 26-27 and emphasis. In housing. for 283-25-4
the Labour Govern- 25%-25%
example, ment had said the railo of 201-263% publicly built and subsidised 281-264 houses to privately built dwell- ings should be four to one. It decreed no one could build his own home privately unless he had Government permission. The Conservatives did
the. Government
General marketa, cif basis, ports:
Jure July
Estale crepe thick June" 2324
thin
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New York, May 24,
$2.01-17/32 2.79-7/16
out
not
Batu Lintang Rubber
Borneo British
Syndicate Consolidated Tia
Ord.
May 25
Opening Co. ... $1.60 Petroleum
wj 30/0dxd Smelters
30/-
81.70
$8.55
Fraser & Neave Ltd.
Ord
Fraser & Neave Ltd.
1% cum. pref Hongkong & Shanghat Bank,
ing Corp. Hongkong Tin Lid." Kempas Ltd. at Lunas Rubber Estates Lid.
Malayar. Breweries
New Serandah Rubber
Lid.
Fetaling Tin 145. Raffles Hotel .. Singapore Cold Storage South British Insurance
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London Wooltop Market
London, May 24. Wooltop future market tended easier today but the turnover was only 3 lots and movement had little significance. Futures:
housing programme, But they" said let private buliders get busy, too, so last gear, 90,000 private dwellings were bust,
THING OF FAST Rationing of food and cloth 2.78-3/16ing Is a thing of the past. July 2234
Stores generally are stocked." Sept. 2.7814 2.78-13/16 No longer do English, house-Det
In wives stand all morning United Press,
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Canada England-official New York, May 24,
30-day futures Prices of metal futures closed
90-day futures ... today in cents per. ib. as follows: Australia
14.306. New Zealand 14,00 South Africa 50.756 India
Sinclair DU
Socona VacuLTI
Southern Railway Com.] Standard: Brend
Lead May
Juve Tin May
June Zinc
May June Copper May
June
"Patients are now being served. Standard Où ĐI CH food that is nutritionally ade- Standard Oil of Ind.
quate, properly, prepared,
Standard Q of NJ,
at-Stockley Van Carep
tractively served and psycholo~ | Studebaker Packard Corp.
gically satisfyingTM
Swis & Co.
Texas Co, Union Carbide
This programme seems to have produced constructive results. Union Pacie Railway
"Of the patients admitted to Unked Aberatt
US. Gypsum our Kimses mental hospitals for 7.3. Line Co. the Arst time in 1953," Dr Jack-US. Rubber
on said, eighty-two and two US Smelling.
US Steel
tenths per cent of them had left Warner Bros.
the hospital within 12 maths | Westinghouse Mertrie of admission.” China Mall Hot Va. Pulp & Paper A Special
90,800
11.200
11.245
38.75
58.15b
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London Silver
Prices
-London, May 24.
2008
London Foreign
Exchange
New York Montreni
4 The price of silver, was today Brussels
quoted at 78% pence per fine Lisbon Gunce for spot #rick 78% per fine Stockholm bunce for forward. (against West Marks
Zurich ~78% and 77% pance yesterday.).
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