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Germans Inaugurate Parliamentary Council
ELEVEN STATE PREMIERS SURRENDER MANDATES
Bonn, Sept. 1.-The Premiers of the 11 West German States today yielded up their mandates to the Constituent Assembly which met at the historic university city of Bonn to inaugurate the Parlia- mentary Council of German States.
The keynotes of the inaugural speeches were an affirmation of the indissoluble ties linking all Germans, "from the Saar to Breslau," and an appeal for peace among the great powers.
of the
Dr Konrad Adenauer, leader
German Christian Democratic Party, became the first President and Herr Adolf Schoenfelder, a Social Democrat, was elected Vice-President when the Assembly elected its Presidium before adjourning,
MacArthur's Prospective New Job
If Dewey Becomes
President
Washington, Sept. 1.-Far Eastern observers here think it new would require an entirely United States policy in the Far East to ensure the success of n reported plan to make General Douglas MacArthur the overall supervisor in that area if Mr Thomas Dewey is elected Presi- dent..
It was reported today from Tokyo that Mr Dewey might make General MacArhtur his speical roving deputy in addition to being Supreme Com- mander, if Mr Dewey gets into the White House.
uneasy
about
High political representatives of the Western occupation powera heard Dr Karl Arnold, Premter of North Rhine-Westphalia, make the opening speech in the Alexander Keonig Museum.
"There is no dispute among the German people on unity ar partition," Dr Arnold declared. In a reference, to the war, Dr Arnold said that, de- spite all the horrors the Nazi rulers And brought
the work for upon which the Germans had sincerely to atone, Hitler was "not a typically nor exclusively German phenomenon, but rather the Incarnation of the de- structive spirit in Europe and the world."
Dr Christian Stock, Premier of Hesse, sald that today, for the Brat time since the surrender, they were acting not under Allied orders but
on their own initiative.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1948.
RAF Keeps Berlin Supplied
These two pictures Illustrate the part that" ile RAF "Is fäking In helping to keep blockaded went Berlin supplied with Тор, e:sential tummodities.
on
the crew of the first Sunder-
land and flying-boal Havel Lake being taken ashore, Bxing-boat in the with theit
Pic Opposite. background Jim Foster of Brixton, London, cheerfully helps to unload sacks of flour from an RAF York alr- craft at Gutow airport. Berlin."
10,000
DRIVERS ON
STRIKE
Trucking Industry Crippled
New York, Sept. 1.-The strike of some 10.000 drivers crippled New York's intricato truck industry today, tying up delivery of food, textiles and other. ties.
furniture, commodi.
A scene occurred when the Com- munist delegate, Herr Max Relmann, "occupied the rostrum before the Assembly voted on
a Communist up on railway loading docks, motion to kill the "discussion of a the Association of American separate West German Constitution." Railroads ordered an embargo
Effective
Commonwealth Prime Ministers To Meet
London, Sept. 1-The Conference of Common- wealth Prime Ministers will open in London in the second week of October-if possible on Monday, October 11, it is understood.
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WHO WILL ATTEND
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Copics of photographs taken '
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Nehru, Prime Minister of India. Mr of the talks.
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.it, the
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Minister of New Zealand. Dr Herbert will
include
general Common- wealth economics, Evati. Australian Mister for Ex-we:
European ro- ternal Affairs, representing Mr Joseph covery in relation to the association B. Chifley, the Prime Minister of of the Commonwealth countries, the Australia, who
was recently
in Berlin situation and the relationship England; representative uf Dr of the four great powera Minister Daniel Malan, the Prime
United Nations
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questions, of the South African Union who. Burma, Malaya and the Antarctic
is reported. is unable to at-situations, and Commonwealth in- possibly Dr D. S. Senanayake,terests in the sphere of defence.— Prime Minister of Ceylon; and, It Reuter.
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As merchandise began piling!
Washington, Sept. 1.-The State Department today declared that nations receiving United States aid in the
have "used quarter ending March 31, 1948, supplies effectively and expeditiously" and "improve- ment is almost immediately evident everywhere."
the
3.
Mayor
American
Way
For some minutes, he shouted on incoming freight of most down the aged Provisional Presi-types, effective tomorrow.
Members of Local 107 Internation- ident, Dr Schoenfelder. The motion
The Department statement WOR Teamsters Union, Informed sources pointed out that, was lost. All the delegates opposed ni
of Labour, refused to made in connection with the third while General MacArthur was stit except two Communists. Herr Federation popular throughout the Far East. Relmann declared that the Council man their trucks this morning after report to the Congress on the United foreign relief programme one States to voted by two and had members nevertheless China and Korea were had no popular mandate
created the prospect that been
"against the wishes margin to reject a 13 cents an hour transmitted to the House and Senate
by President Truman. wage increase. Japan would be rebuilt Industrially of the majority of the people."
In an accompanying press release, William O'Dwver sum- with United States ait, at their ex-
Was opposing A Socialist moned union and employer repre- the State Department said that when pense.
delegate. Professor Carlu Schmid sentatives to his offer late in the the original foreign aid law
Mr O'Dwyer feared that the passed "it was hoped that the basic One cource close to Korean leaders who said the Council was concerned day. told the United Press: "Genval with the "whole of Germany and walkout, which has already affect relief supplies made available MacArthur is very popular in Kasca. all Germany ought to send repre- ed some 10,000 members of Local these countries by the programme B07, might spread to include 30.000 would so strengthen their economies le and (President Syngman) Rhee sentatives to it" have been friends for many years
other union men in the metropolis to lead 19 general European re- and the Koreans have confidence in
tan area of New Jersey and subur-covery," ban Westchester County.
HOPE NOT REALISED him. But unless United States polley took changes so that there is u u single For applause. East policy palatable to all varying Interests, priginal reaction to such an appointment as Tokyo suggested would quickly turn to bitterness."
INEVITABLY BLAMED
for the United States' policy
of
The Ave
Berlin representatives their seats arnid general
Calling on the members of the Assembly to give the German people "a true Magba Charts," Dr Arnald said: "The urgent re- construction of Europe would ceive กฎ incomparable new impulse."
re-
NO FOOD DELIVERIES
A similar
10
It added, however, that "this hove was not realised, and the disastrous European harvest
and its
of 1947 strike two years ago brought virtual economic paralysis tragic consequences would have led to the city,
to economic disintegration in some countries. To meet the situation the United States extended further rellef through interim
to
ald programme has done much alleviate conditions and added, " close working partnership has deve- United States loped between relief mission and Chinese officials at all levels concerned with the dis- tribution of relief supplies. This has facilitated the development pro-. gramme which has succeeded beyond expectation,"
The report said China is scheduled
under to receive $45,162,218
the programme.
Of this total on March 31, procurement has been initiated for $43,338,100 and $27,447,771 actually shipped.--United · Press.
NEW CALL FOR TERRITORIALS-
ns leaders for
Emanuel
Britain's
The first to feel the effects of the strike were three food chains.
1.-Mr London, Sept. aid to enable the They reported that they had re- As SCAP, it Is inevitable that
ceived no deliveries today, except hardest, hit European countries to Shinwell, War Secretary, called for General MacArthur gets the blame After electing its Presidium, the fresh fruits and vegetables, which hold until the long-range recovery another 100,000 volunteers to come
union. Assembly adjourned until next were handled by another
programme could get under way." forward pulling Japan back on its indus- week-Reuter,
One chain had to close its bakery Countries receiving aid under these new Territorial Army in a broadenst trial feet, this source sald. But be
of its inability to system because
tonight. programmes were Austria, Greece. added that if he were the overseer
move its products, and it
He said: "The possibility of trouble turned
ed | Italy, Trieste and Chino.
the of any Asia development plan simi-
over 25,000 loaves of bread to the Congressional appropriations under breaking out in some part of
world is more likely than 12 or 18 lar to the Economie Co-operation
City Department of Markets for both programmes totalled $872,000,- distribution Administration in Europe he would
to City hospitals, and 000. The report Bald that
an of months ago."
Britain's many Owing to March 31. 1948, under the original mitments, the regular army, have a less rocky path.
charitable institutions.
Indpendent groceries were also $350.000,000 foreign uid programme,
much too small affected, but virtually nil reported country programmes approved total-
and the Territorial their stocks sufficient for several led $290, 159,850, procurement initiated Army must be built up days and said there had been no totalled $206,310,595 and shipments plement it.
onwards From 1950 buying rush by housewives. United made totalled $274,250,015, Press.
The State Department said, "Both men every month would be leaving programmes were confined only to the Army and would do ave years' bacle essentials of relief. But what service in the Territorial Army. the Iwo accomplished was out of
It was essential now before these. all proportions to supplies which National Service
entered the were made available. Not the least Territorial Army to form units and of results was the spiritual
provide leaders-Reuter, Europe looked with hope to a better future."
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be
discover
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Philippine here declined to comment on ters, Filipino quarters said General than MacArthur might be better
in a com“ some other Americans
London. Sept. 1-Scotland Yard Far Eastern manding position
or deny affairs. They explained, however, tonight would not confirm the white General MacArthur once reports current here that a woman had mythical power in the Philip may be the key figure behind
almost
terrorist u suspected pincs-where he demi-god-their enthusiasm for him Britain. had been melting away because of
In a day of unusual activity de- apparent polley of building Ptectives were hls
believed
have
Washington, Sept. 1.-Only 11 of Japan, perhaps as a bulwark against conducted widespread searches for the American Republics of the 21 Communism and as a United States wanted
It concluded, "We are now em- Connected who attended the Bogota Conference men or women stronghold in the Far East.
with recent discoveries of exple-have announced their Intention to barked upon one of the great ad- They said it did not mean
send delegates to a Latin-American ventures against his holding such a post-
Commission to study the question that the 18 European nations' Joint would tion.
New developments preter but they
economic Econo
programme recovery In their top of European colonies in the West; basca on their own self help and Army under the new Conscription were reported to emisphere. otherwise because they considered secret operation
taken them to many points
as regular soldiers, he had been pampering the hated have
The Commission should have mutual co-operation. In doing this Law, as well in the London trea for interviews
"screened" to Japanese.
and statements.
started work today if two-thirds of we expect to strengthen the prin- will the countrie The sources added that while he
countries attending the Bogota ciple of Individual liberty, free in-whether they are Communists or currently was not doing things to Further precautions
restitutions and genuine independence "fellow travellers." were being Conference agreed. Fourteen re= |AUTAS
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ob-be permitted to serve in the Army France's Foremost Beauticians after
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and directed them. They admitted he still had
been missed, the ilsts would remain lective to win genuine world peace in any capacity. tremendous power in the Islands, as The investigallons have now been open until more had been received. fer ourselves and all peoples," the "got rid of" as quickly as possible. direct from Paris.
Investigations have already be critical stage fpe some days evidenced by the coln recently struck at
Reports from Santiago stated that Department said. to cominemorate him and by the re- following tangible evidence of ter- the Chilean Government had met to The report on operations undor Run into the loyalty of 25,000 Army cent joint Filipino Congressional rorist plans alined probably at discuss the United States proposals the, foreign afd programme said that officers, and those who fail to commendation of him-United Agures prominent in public f for international administration of during the quarter ending March 31, comply fully with the requirements 1948, "military and economic con- of the investigators will lose their Autarctica-Router.
ditions in China deteriorated con-commissions-Reuter. siderably. I said that in Man- churin the Chinese Communist forces conducted their sixth offensive and in North China above the Yangtze, Communist military operations ap- peared to have reduced government control to a small fraction of the entire area. It added, "The Com- Andrei Zhdanov may have on result of the Yugoslav develop attacks and has met each blast with munist control cut of Manchurian one of his own while professing food and industrial production from Communist Eastern Europe's ments.
of rest She claimed, they said, that Stalin loyalty to the Communist cause, future relations with Yugo-imself told her that if Russia had
"The loss of Possibly. In the case of Russla, the The report added, slavia.
known the extent of the support deal of Zhdanov might help ease agricultural areas in North China General Zhdanov, one of Russin's for Tito and the possibility that the Eastern Europe's internal friction by and effective control of rail
was Cominform binst might boomerang, removing a leader of one contending | Turt
further decreased the government's top policy makers, generally
'to available economia Access credited with the "get tough" polley then altogether different tactics for side.
would which led to the recent Cominform Yugoslavia
Some of the British press specu-sources there. These effects of civil
China's lated on the possibility denunciation Premier Marslu) ordered.
of
Zhdanov's warfare In summing up the situation, one death might ease the tension--and seriously hindered economie re- For what it is worth, intimates of high-ranking Yugoslav offeint said some even asked whether his death habilitation and added fuel to in-
flationary conditione," Mdm.
breach between was in fact from natural causos. Pauker Ana
Rumania's recently that the
But natural or otherwise, it would Foreign Minister and high in the Russia and Yugoslavia couldt be
EXCHANGE SHORTAGE ranks of the Communist Party, closed only by a change in potley seem to provide. a possible way The report also cited the shortage quoted her as saying during the makers in one country or the other, open for Russia to patch up pri- of foreign exchange and rapid spiral In the case of Yugerlayın, that vately its differences with Yugo-inflation as contributing factors to recent Danube conference
to-Associated economie: unrest in China. The re- Belgrade that General, Zhdanov had would inean die removal of Marshal slavio, if it wants
incurred. Stalin's displeasure as a Tito who has defied the Cominform Press.
port said, however, that the foreign
Press,
Reuter.
Zhdanov's Death May Help To Heal The
London, Sept. 1-There is!
speculation here as to what effect the death of General
Tito and his lieutenants.
in
Tito-Kremlin Breach
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