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CRIPPS OUTLINES CRISIS POLICY
(By ROBERT LLOYD)
London, Sept. 12.-For the first time since the start of the dollar crisis, Britain's Labour Govern- ment today announced a number of vital decisions. on crisis policies on which it was hitherto divided. The targets and measures, the utmost us they alone will provide outlined by Sir Stafford Cripps, rue multilateralism, at least within
of President of the Board Trade, to representablves of both sides of British industry, went far beyond a mere export
programme,
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Observers felt that they sounded the death knell of the period of healtation and ushered in an era of thorough-going economic planning following, in a number of points, of the Government's the demands Left Wing critics within the Labour movement.
The policy decisions contained in the Cripps speech can be listed as follows:
Export Drive
con-
1. Short term closing of the dollar gap by an all-out export drive nt the expense of home sumption, rather thon rely on the timely arrival of TOW American help.
In this decision, the desire "nol to be tied by economic strings to the
political policies. of other countries, however friendly", played an im- portant role in overcoming the opposite tendency 10 regard the short term problem ay insoluble by
wa unaided forces. Britain's own
2.Bilateralism and Common wealth development,
The Cabinet has accepted that, for
| the sterling area.
The
As corollary, British exports will be deliberately directed into markets where they can pay for the needed sood overall direction of the ex- port drive wilt be in the hands of a
comprising representa committee tives of the Foreign, Commonwealth Relations and Colonial.Offices, along with those of production depart ments, under the chairmanship of the 31-year-old Secretary.for Over- Wilson, Trade, Mr Harold Beas regarded as one of the most bril Kant younger Socialist intellectuals in the Cabinet.
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Priorities
3.-Order of priorities.
Exports have been recognised as first charge on British productive capacity, labour and material re- sources, with the expansion of coal and power production and essential transport safeguarded, and all other Industries taking what is left.
be
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CMIYONG PREIS STURILE, MLS
"The warden's wife insisted I take Fifi along!"
Tonkinese
Ask Return
Of Bao Dai
American Concessions
To Small Nations
· Lake Success, Sept. 12-Reliable quarters reported to. day that American policy-makers at "Inat are willing to consider fundamental concessions to the small nations on the controversial great power veto in the Security Coun- cil.
·
The new 'American attitude; He was greeted at La Guardia Koo, is said to bo tentative and aub- airport by Dr Wellington
United the Chinese Ambassador to the in ject to modifications
States, Mr Victor Hoo, United coming weeks. It represente Nations Assistant Secretary-General, an important break in the solid Mrs Que Tai-chi, Mr T. C. Talang, front which Russia and the Ambassador to Canada, Mr Liu Chich United States have maintained and others. against all attempts to tamper with the Big Five voting privi lego.
ΠΟΥ
how
Persons familiar with the State Department's proment view of the matter say the United Staten appears "willing to consider" the veto, might be eliminated so far Bottlement activities of
Unibed
harity Council are concerned
the
the
would, in The veto States view, still apply in its on tiroty to all actions under Lho punitive chapter of the, Charter- ότια
providing for economic sanctions and
the use of force against aggros- ROTE.
ht
The United States always hus - *listed on this protection against Paris, Sept. 12.-More than the day when it might be outvoted
today including consistently as Russia is 10,000 Tonkinese
straw-hatted United Press. hundreds of
French Opposition To free the necessary resources
women and children in rags--
Paris, Sept. 12. He would oppose for the export drive, new cuts will
made, not"
in only
goods massed outside the town hall
losing her
of veto in the available for the home consumption of Hanoi, the capital of French any move which would mean France but in the size of Britain's armed Indo-China, to demonstrate in United Nations Security Council, M. Georges Bidault, forces and in the capital
expenditum
favour of the ex-emperor, Bao declared
French
Foreign Minister, safeguarded industries. outside
Affairs against Dr Ho Chi-int to the Foreign One wrap in the Cripps announce Dal, and ment concerned
how minh, President of the Viet Commission of the French National the question much of the projected rechtues cute a 200,000,000
more source PX Namh Republican Government Assembly today, according to a year will fall respectively
industrial machinery, public schools, and on the housing pro gramme, an issue apparently still
the time being, Britain will be forced non-prings like hospitals
Iriter
"harge degree of bilateral that Connionwealth trading", and trade relations must be developed to
BLACK MARKET
SHAKE-UP IN GERMANY
under review,
And
Allocation Of Reserves 4.-Method of allocations, The Government has maintained Ita policy of making the necessary. te-allocation of reserves,
not by deftationary measures in the mone
sry field but by the use of physical tory controls.
Industries and individual firms are will find labour warned that they and materials withdrawn if they do not fulfil their respective export targets ns set out by the Board of Trade and passed through the Trade
regional machinery.
Frankfurt, Sept. 12. - The Military Police announced today that they had smashed "one of
At the same tline, the Government the most flourishing black seems determined to work as far as market enterprises In Ger- possible in agreement with, and by, many," and were continuing in- the means of industries' own organ- sations, possibly delegating Gome vestigations involving
nation
In
the
4
0
Wang told reporters that he bo- leved this Assembly session would decide whether, the United Nations
. Wwill rise or fall.
"We must all do our utmost make it rise," De Wang sald.
to
Asked when peuce will be stored in China, Wang said that it must be restored soon Europo and Asia alike, or the situation may that deteriorate to auch an extent it will get beyond the control of the major powers-United Press.
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Monday, Reptember 15
M. Bidault, who is due to leave Viet Minh Party, a Hanoi mes
of the sage reaching here today re-tor Lake Success on Monday, made
these points in a review
situation. it International
wat ported.
The crowd cheered a succession of understood:
1-Marahell plan aid. If the 16- speakers who approved the French
conference's report in reply plan for Indo-China announced by
High to the
the Marshall aid offer did not M. Emile Bollaert, French Commissioner, on Wednesday, and exactly correspond with American demanded unity, Viet Namhese in- opinion, the dimculties were dependence and the fall of the Ho result of a question of form.. Chi-minh Government.
The United States was not refusing Bao Dal, the exlied Emperor of to support the Marshall plan, but Annam, is in Hongkong forming, the Americans were saying: "Help
help you". With French approval, a provisional us to
2.-Germany. to take over
No question of fusing national
Kovernment
UB.A. with the joint power in Indo-Ching on the basis of the French zone unity and Independence within the Anglo-American Zone. French Union.
Dr Ho Chi-minh heads the Viet hamh nationalist group which has resisted the French in Indo-China for the past nine months-Reuter.
until
Nothing could be decided precise proposals had been made and not in any case before the November meeting of the Big Four Foreign Ministers-Reuter.
Wang Shih-chich
New York, Sept. 12.-China's
Si
BANDITRY IN Foreign Minister, Dr Wang high-allocation functions to them and to
•
ranking. German and American use its powers of compulsion only as
a Inst resort. officials.
Manpower 5.--Labour direction. While confident that the measures
sufficient adopted would prove
at
new
scale.
10
into
4
the
MALAYA
he
chich, arrived today for what called the "most important Assem- bly meeting of them all."
BIG DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
Under arrest as the brains of the rocket is Mrs Ann llachmann, born In New York City in 1913, but regis-
Penang, Sept. 12-Bandits, tered with the German police as a
who killed 11 persons and German citizen since 1940. Recent check the drift of manpower
1 occupations without more wounded 12 others in an ambush ly, she stabbed a tax-driver in theunessential
Govern- the temple with an uncapped fountain positive
compulsion.
of a bus and truck near the pen in a street argument, and in- ment apparently has worked out
Rangoon, Sept: 12-Threo armed scheme for achieving
Siamese border on Wednesday, vestigation led to discovery of many
between documents
in- pinned a note to the body of a gangsters today got away with 200,- her transfer of labour as Incriminating
000 rupees in a daring daylight dustries which will become necessary police constable repeating a de- robbery in the heart of Rangon. home.
The Mulinry Poilee said
many under the new priority ton made mand for tribute of $30,000
The money was destined for the expected were
horo Following the more arrests
border Mercantile Enak of India, and was and in the United States from some time ago by the miners' union, (Straits) to
inquiries. One suspect under the Government have recommended mining village from destruction, being taken by car to the Treasury. The gangsters, after holding up an American Army that workers-leaving their
police disclosed today.
the car, pushed the driver out-and priority take A master sergeant, who acted as chief tumury. Industry to
Two constables wounded in the drove away. contact for Mrs Backmann and her job under the new plan should be
attack died on Thursday. The police A bank employee, who was in the assured of the return to their former 45-year-old husband.
nee the emergency is
communique sald strong troop and car, was dumped on the outskirts Ман
Suchmann, using a War De- place of work.
police detachments were being sent of Rangoon. partment identification card and passed, on the principle applied to
No arrests have so far been re- travelling on Army orders dressed workers conscripted hito the armed
ported-Reuter. in a WAC-like
forces during the war. costume of olive drab, was able to swing deals in- By this means, it was hoped-to volving many thousands of dollars accomplish the necessary transfers
on a voluntary basis.-Reuter.
in items such as jewellery and opt!- cal glass, which then returned mul- Eplied amounts on the black mur-
Police The Military
caid Mrs Bachmann had recently applied for a passport to the United States- United Press.
SHOTS FIRED
cus-
U.S. ACCUSES
RUSSIA
Washington, Sept. 12.-The United tonight State Department States published a White Paper on
The United Nations and the problem of Greece" which accused the Russians AT CONSULS of thwarting the clearcut Will of
an overwhelming majority
of the of the Security Council. Batavia, Sept. 12. The Britis!; members
The White Paper accused Bul- Deputy Consul-General, Mr E. T. Lumbert, and his Australian col-garia, Yugoslavia, and Albania
"delaying,
sabotaging and obstruct- league, Mr Charles Eaton, were shot at by machine-guns of a Republicaning" the investigations of the United
Nations Balkans Commission fighting group near Singosari, in the insisted that these
countries had Malang sector in East Java, yester-
been giving definite encouragement. and assistance to the Greek guerilla movement.
day:
and
save a
to the threatened village of Klian for Itan, and that an intensive hunt the bandits was under way, near the Siamese border, Siamese ofeldis promised co-operation.
The demand upon the village originally was made last April. British authorities placed a strong military guard around it. The police sald they believed the gang, about 50 in number and armed with Sten guns and rifles, was composed of Chinese Communists who were sponsored by the Allies during the
B$ anti-Japanese, guerilina, Associated Presa.
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RED COUNTER- OFFENSIVE
San Francisco, Sept. 12-The Chinese Communist radio reported today that a "great counter-offensive" Chinese was in progress against Government forces across North and Central
of Chinn, with the aim wresting No more details or official informa-
from Generalissimo Chiang tion was available today apart from
The Uming of the pubication on Kal-shek all territory north of the last night's report of the shooting.
the eve of the United Nations General Yangtze River. The
consuls
were inspecting the Assembly at which the Greek Issue is The long broadcast, heard in. San Malang sector from the Dutch side to be discussed-was regarded as Francisco by the
Associated Press, as they had done a week ago from emphasising the report's
reiteration said that in numerous places we territory. Their investi- of the recent warning of Mr Herschel have already, fought into Chlang's ន part of д task given to the Johnson, the United States repre- rear areas" and they "are extremely
consuls in Batavia by the sentative at the United Nations. Security Council to report on the Mr Johnson said: "The United situation in Indones, particularly States will not hesitate to exhaust with respect to the carrying out of every available means within the the cease hostilitica order. United | tramework of the Charter of the Prc53.
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Mac West On Way To London
New York, Sept. 12-Curvaceous ne ress. Mao West today miled for London in the Queen Mary to play the lead in "Damont Lif” at the -Prince of Wales -Thentro-Aso
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hollow." Associated Press,”
Viking Crashes
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YESTERDAY'S SPORTS NEWS
(Continued from Paze 1) championship, will meet Norman Von Nida, the Australian who has proved successful professoinal the most golfer of the senson, on September: 24.
It will be an eighteen-holo match in the first round of the matchplay championship on the Royal Lytham and St. Anne's course in Lancashire. Sixty-four professionals had qualified in various sections of the country and then luck, or 1-duck according to the viewpoint, destined that these two stars, who would have been fitting rivals for the final round, meet in the opening round.-Reuter. Bradman Won't Talk Sydney, Sept. 12-Although Don the Test matches be available for Bradman has intimated that he will corning against India during the season, he refuses to discuss the pos- ability of travelling to England next summthe decision of Bradinon in
YCL accept the appointment as a member of the Selection Committee choosing that 1048 touring party is regarded in cricket circles here as an indication that the great star is egrecable. to. making the tour as a player-Iteuler,
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