WORK FIGURES SUPPORT PM'S ELECTION PLAN
London, May 27.
The latest big drop in Britain's unemployment figures has swung many politicians around to the view that Mr Harold Macmillan was wise in ignoring pressure to hold a spring general election.
Provisional statistics issued Conservatives made supstan yesterday showed a 50,000 fail tial gains, capturing 50 many from mid-April, giving a new seats as they lost three years total of 480,000, compared with ago when the same vartunekta last January's unusually high were last considered. seasonal peak of 020,000.
But the swing. to the right fell far short of landslide pro
With further decreases ex-portions. peeled in the early summer months, the employment sitia- tion could
favourable by October,
It suggested that Conserva- reasonably tives would win a national elec- tion now but would have to rule with a much smaller House thuri or Commons injority their present 53 reata,
This is now considered the earliest dafe for an election -though next spring is not rule: opl.
A section of the Conservative Party was extremely keen that the Prime Minister should call a national contest in May.
Speculation was 30 wide- spread that Mr Macmiliun was eventually obliged to let be known he had no intention of risking the Government's late this spring.
Unemployment would have been a key issue in a spring contest and might have koel the Government many make. ginal seals In "black shots" acaltered over the country:
The Prime Minister's friends Gay, however, that this was not the consideration which weigh- ed against May election.'
They assert be was above all anxious that Britain's various the international Initiatives in Skilled elegiko campaigners held shound not hove their think his judgment was hand- continuity broken by the un- somely vindicated by the certainties of a dissution recent nation-wide municipal | Parliament.--China Mall Spe- voting.
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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1959,
K CALLS FOR AGREEMENT
Belgrade, May 27.
The Soviet Premier, Mr Khrushchev, now visiting Albania, said today: "We shall make every effort to ensure peace and we shall endeavour to come to an understanding with our partners at the Geneva conference."
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Increase In Britain
more
He was speaking at Sentari, on the Albanian-Yugoslav bor- der,
His speech was reported by ATA. the Albanlan News agency.
Mr Khrushchev added: "We are ready to conclude peace inraties with Germany, with Tho (WG German states, naturally, and I emphasise, with the two German states."
'The Soylet Prime Minister said the Soviet Union "has be- come great power in the world all 18 ato now has engaged
fforts in catching up with and overtaking the United States."
He also spoke of rocket | launching bases InstaBell in Italy and Greece and sold: "This endangers the people of
these countries."
Mr Khrushchev stressed "the force and superiority of Soviet rockets over American ones," and added: "The USSR has al-
an ways been and remains ardent defender of the cause of prace and the peoples' security,"
On Guard
GREEK CROWD
SEES VISION
Hundreds of fanatical followers of a woman who claims to have seen and talked to the Virgin Mary crowded on Whit Sunday into a small wood near Athens.
The Woma had pra- plicated that the Virgin would appear in the sky "within a bright circle by the Sun."
The woman, Athanussla Crikeltou, 40, defied a police ban by leading the crowil to the wood, where she says tho Virgin has ordered her to balid a church,
Holding a wooden cross and blessing the ignorant crowd, she suddenly fell on
the ground, started screamt- ing "There she int There she
Her outburst was · Infee- Ilous - most of the crowd also started screaming and shouting that the Virgin had appeared.
Picture shows the hysteri- cal crowd AS Alhandrala (white-scarved In ford- ground) collapses to the Kround. They call her the Dramatisirta — vislou-seeing woman-Exprem Photo.
THIRD POLITICAL GROUP
Mr
FORMED IN UGANDA
Kampala, May 27, Eridadi Mulica, a former leader of two Uganda poli- tical movements which have been banned during the past five days, tonight disclosed the formation of à third the Uganda Freedom Convention.
The first group, the Uganda National Movement, was bn- ned last Saturday on the grounds that its trade boycott campaign threatened peace and
order.
U.S. AIRMEN
The other group, the Ugands GET LESSONS
Freedom Movement, formed last Sunday and banned today, was declared illegal, because
it
alms were considered Identical with those of the National Movement.
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Crisis Is Looming Over The Comet 4
London, May 27.
A crisis is looming at the De Havilland aircraft factory over Britain's top jet airliner, the Comet 4.
The Comets are not selling at anything near the
numbers expected.
De Havillands recently sold their first Comets for nearly
a year three planes to Mexico.
One thousand factory em- "The Mexicon orders are the ployees, at a meeting to! we have had for nearly day, decided that
some. year." thing had to be done to revive
the interest of world airlines in the Comet and avoid an un-
employment threat at De Havillands.
The workers will send a de- legation to London to seek new orders for the Camet.
Do
a
Havilland announced de. earlier this month that, xplic concentrated Inic efforts, they and as yet been unable to achieve the volume of orders nOGOSRSTY to make the Comet 4 project pay.
In particular, they had not sold any Comets in The United Staics, The company El.- contribute Reuter,
They agreed to two shillings ach to the £200 expenses of a delegation of eight shop atmwards from all the unions in the factory.
The deligation will prest members of Parliament але Air Balsicy etiefs to help increase orders for Comels. A union spokesman said: "We want to make the future of the factory as secure as we can."
·
Họ mid the position In the works was "critical," although the males staff bad recently sold three Cometa to Mexico. None To U.S.
"In the near future there is going to be a crisis unless it is possible to get orders for the Comet," he added.
Doctor Restored
London, May 27.
A Ceylon doctor banned from practising in Britain four years age after being gooled for per- forming abortions today had his name restored to the medical register.
William Arthur The doctor,
Nason, was given Chamugan permission to practise again by disciplinary com- the generul mittee of the General Medical Council on his fourth applica- tion.-China Mall Special.
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The airmen, from a United
London, May 27. The Albanian Fumier, M a spirit of national feeling in American airmen who have achieving Uganda's inde- been drinking while People in Britain last year Shehnt, told the meeting: "We
and we stand for pendenco " smoked
Lipped have stood
normal relations with our neigh-
people want t,” and at pul- cigarettes than ever
bours, but we declare publicly
ting to the government the before and bought 260,- that we shall not tolerate infer-
needs of Uganda'a propic. 800,000 lbs of tobacco, the ference in our internal affairs,
Ho added that he had asked we shall not accept Str Frederick Crawford, second highest total ever, that
menaces, threats and Blackmail, Uganda's Governor, for an in- Statistics published by the and we shall guard carefully terview with the new group, States bomber base near here, Tobacco Manufacturers Staud over the independence of our
of our which would send a five-man were alleged by the vic Ing Committee showed that country a vastu Pape delegallon to Britain to inform Fenplain of any golf club to 18,200,000 Ius. of lipped
Mr Lennox Boyd, the Colonial lurve damaged the greens.. cigarettes were sold it 1050, "Our Government lue dotte Secretary, anti the British Another complaint _COMPACNE with just over 10 everything possible to main people of the "political cilmat" they played golf in unsuitablo
-labi pode in the alkane_bakuganda Dalitun aos. in 1947 and 6700 400 lb. h 1958.
we cannot remain with armis folded in the face of the menace aimed against us.
Men smoked o un average 10.1 lbs. of tobacco and women 3.3 b, in 1958, compared with 10 lbs. and 3.1 s. in 1997.
Boy smokers under the age of 10 were 26.0 per cent.
Altogether, 58 per cent of smokers, consuming 1.en were
"Those who want to play with tre should not forget that Albana is not an Isolated coun- try and that it will not bow
down.
is
"It onember of the Warsaw Pact, a member of the 130 cigarettes each a week. The
who. powerful cump of socialism 39.5 per cent of women
noty uned up 79 each a week.ulded by the Soviet Union" -Chlora Mall Special.
Reuter,
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The base commander, Colonel R. J. Clizbe, has responded to these protests and warned the offending airmen
London, May 27. Poets, writers
He said tonight; "I consider and scientists
military were among 580 people who met it to be not only. in Peking this evening to com- misdemeanour, but actually an memorate the 200th anniversary act of disloyalty on the part of of the birth of the Scottish poet, jour personnel, both to their Robert Burns, and the 150th country whose reputation they the birth of the jare prejudicing and to their anniversary of British naturalist, Charles Dar-associates whose privileges
the Newze the golf courses are put in win, according to China News Agency-Reuter. Jeopardy."-Reuter.
More Police Wanted In Race
London, May 27.
A delegation represent. Hate District
ing 40 African, West Indian and British organisations today demanded extra police patrols in the tense Notting Hill area.
It also urged legislation auf- lawing the incitement of ricial hatred.
The demands were voiced in talks with Home Office officials.
men: with
compatriots to be attacked by hooligans," George David, 20, told a meeting of the Colbur- cd People's Progressive Asso- clation.
House of Commons, and, one of the leaders of the delegations, told nowa "We are dealing throo things in Notting Hill: prejudice, The group voted to demonstrate for 12 hours outside the -of- cist residence of the Prime Minister.
violence and incitement to hatred."
Meanwhile, Negro residents of
Noting announced plans The mecting ball was decorated
for demonstration en Mon- day outside No. 10 Downing | Street over the murde West Indian Kelso Coobrane);
of
with a three-foot black coffin with D blood-red dugger through its lid and signs pro- claiming "No Little Rock
·HOTO"! and Thero -Is Only Dr David Pitt, a Labour we are not going to sit back One Race, Thẻ Human
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and allow our members and 1: Raco,”~~UFI,
Kelso Cochrane.
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