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(Continued from, Page 5.); document?-1 checked them from the books.
Which books? The books In which Government omelals made entries,
Yout méan you looked
into the books which the foremen kept to see whether the figures here tallied with those? Yes.
You didn't make any Inquiries from the dynamite store to check off as to whether that amount had nclusily been issued?-No.
Or whether more than that had
Orders
been issued?-No.
Ceremony
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September 24, 1941.
Pres. Roosevelt
Wants Ships Armed QUEEN'S
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power to arm ships and proceeded to do it. He asserted that in effect, bo Formations of R.A.F. bombers had reached the end of quibbling over the detalls of attacks on and fighters swept over Flagstaff American commerce on the high seas House, home of the General and that his main objective is the omcer Commanding, Malayn, defence of the new world and the defent of those who are attempting to Lieut.-Gen, A. E. Percival, dominate the world. cently in tribute to a significant:
Repeal Advocated and symbolic. "Victory" cere
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ., Sept. 23 mony which was enacted on the (Reuter). The repeal of the Ameri- lawn by a delegation of well-can Neutrality Act was advocated to
day by Mr John Green, President known Chinese in Singapore. of the Industrial Union of Marine
Demonstrating their unity with the Shipbuilding workers So the position comes to this: You
In America: took the word of the Government British people and also the apprecia- Speaking ut the Union's National foremen as to the amount of ex-tion of the Chinese in Malaya of the Convention here, he said "We support plosives used during that day. In security afforded by the large mill-President Roosevelt's foreign policy. that right? Yes, but there were tary and air forces sent to the coun- We agree with his pronouncements. orders.....
try, .the delegation, representing al-Wo
1 Chinese! We agree with the eight-point pro- Did
you
every dinleatle group of Chinese gramme ever see these orders? mont
that President Roosevelt and Sometimes.
in the country, presented "Victory" Mr Churchill gave to the world, and But sometimes you didn't?—Yes.
pennants to Lieut. Gen. Percival and And this amount of explosives to the Air Omeer Commanding, Faro agree with his actions to imple- ment these pronouncements, and we used was certified by you, sent in to Eust, Air Vice-Marshal C. W. H say that there is no turning back. the Government and on that.the Gov- Pulford.
If the Neutrality Act is in the These pennants of gold slik bearing! let it be wiped oft the Statute Books, ernment paid for the work done?-- What is the procedure for payment a red-white-and-blue "y" will later) after I have signed that, I don't be replaced by larger dags and will know.
probably be placed in the Imperial War Museum,
What do you get a month?—I gel $4 a day.
you
And you say that sometimes don't check off the reports because you were too busy?--Yes,
Too Busy
What were you busy doing?—I had a lot of work to attend to.
What?--I had to look after the five sites and every morning I had to go uncl examine the tunnels.
That was in connection with the signing of the .
morning reporis, wasn't it? Yes.
what was Then, what
this other work that you
were sometimes busy on? I find to examine all the tunnels, to see whether the workmen were doing the work properly and to supervise the work. Sometimes when I was 100 busy on
this mes
I could not and time to check before signing the reports, So the position is: You were paid $4 a day by Kin Lee for the
specifie duty of checking off tunnelling work SDs to enable you to sign the morning reports. That is the posi- tion as I see it. Correct? Yes.
European At Site
If that is 80, why did you noti check the work every morning before you signed the reports?--Sometimes there was a European at the site....
Which European?-Mr Dailey, a Government supervisor. Sometimes he would go round the tunnels with me, and so I had no time to check the reports before I signed them.
What did Mr Bailey do, go round the tunnels?Yes.
Why didn't you tell him that your first job every morning Was Lo check up the morning reports?—I did not tell him because I did not occur to me.
Is that how you are signing the reports now-when you are too busy you sign without checking?—Yes,
even now.
Admonition
You take it from me, stop that at once. Very good, Sir.
And see that you check every morning report made by the Govern- ment foremen, not only the number of men employed but also the amount of explosives used-Very good, Sir.
And don't ever put your signature to a a document, the contents of which you ore not in a position to say are correct. Very good, Sir.
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Isolationists Oppose SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UP).— President Roosevelt's remarks have The pennants are to be sent to aroused instantaneous opposition by England as an indication of the unity the non-Interventionists of Idaho. of the Chinese in Malaya and their Senator Bennett Clark sald, "The support for the cause for which President will have his hardest fight British is fighting.
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The delegation comprised Mr Tan Senator C. W. Tobey said that the Kah-kee, chairman of the Federation, arming of merchantment is "another Dr Lim Boon-keng. Mr Ching Kee-step in the pattern leading towards sun. Mr Yong Yit-lin, Mr Yang Sin- war." hun, Mr Han Chlinu-toon, Mr Heah The House Foreign Affairs Chair- Wing-chew, Mr Lee Choon-seng and man, Representative Sol Bloom, how- Mr Yap Pheng-neck. They formed ever, said that he was prepared to a "Y" on the lown in front of Lieut. offer legislation to carry out the Gen. Percival and Air Vice-Marshal President's programme as soon as he Fulford,
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sald. He was very emphatic con- cerning the great superiority, espeel-' ally in quality, of Russian artillery. This, he said, was master of the field whereas the diffuseness and inac- fcuracy of the German, fire is striking.
The Germans ma:n losses In this sector, totalling tens of thousands of men, had largely been infleted by artillery, he said.
At present the Russian air foren also holds superiority en this front and enemy plants we evading air battics.
Weakness of Rear
A factor of great importance in the German failure on the Smolensk front was the weakness of their rear as a result of guerilla activity and the hostility of the local populations, the General explained. This weak- ness is increasing, he said. A large number of troops must have been sent from the front to take care of the rear.
"Only the main roads such as the Minsk
Orsha - Smolensk Road are properly under German control. Off the main roads the Germans hesitate. to venture except in large forces and guerillas are continually altacking their columns and convoys,”
Mr Churchill Warden -Of-The-Cinque-Ports-
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The Lord Warden of the Cinqué, Poris is an honorary historie office dating from the time when the ve ports on the southeast const were of great importance to British defence.
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