THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1949.
Soviet Challenge "Must
Be Taken Up"-Jessup
RUSSIA "CONTEMPTUOUS
OF WEAKNESS”
Attack On
Church Renewed
Slovak Red On "Class Struggle"
Praruc, Aux. 24. Stefan Bastovansky, Secretary of the Blovak Communist Party, in a speech reported from Bratis-
Miami, (Florida), Aug. 24.—Dr Philip Jessup, lava, today accused the Ronian United States Ambassador at large, sald here to-Cathaile hierarchy of making a "subversivo attack" on the re- day that the Soviet "refusal" to co-operate in
public. insuring world peace was "a challenge that must be taken up, a threat that must be countered.”
Speaking at the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Dr Jessup said, "One of the plain facts in the present situation is that the Soviet Union is contemptuous of weakness but respects strength.
"If the United States weakens its military
he secure," continued. strength the peace is not "The same is true if we weaken our foreign policy. It is also true if we do not remain strong economic- ally, financially and morally.”
UK Workers
To Visit Olympia
After alleging that Russia had refused to co-operate in assuring international welfare the war. Br and peace after Jessup salil, "This opposition does not invalidate the strategy co-operation, of international
It merely increases the need for united effort on the basis of clear and unimpeachable prin ciples.
Parties of workers from fac-
"This opposition is not only tories all over Britain will be obstructive but aggressively so. guests at the engineering and It not only is a challenge to the marine exhibition opening at beliefs and aspirations of the threat to Olympia, London, today. They free peoples but a will see how their products are their security and welfare. selling 10 buyers from 83
"It a challenge that must different countries.
be taken up, a threat that must!
countered. There 15 ,110 for hysteria. There is need for calm determination".
MUST BE ALERT
Engineering students to win be attend the show and the public reason are Invited,
They will see exhibits ranging from the 31-ion Queen Elizabeth | Analysing the United States' affairs, he propeller to the smallest twist position in world dr in the world, which mea-said, "Our pence strategy Fures .00% of an
an inch.
global. With our Allies we have Last year more than 135,000, preponderant peace forces people attended the exhibition must be constantly alert that no Officials are hoping for a greater trickery on the part of those who do not seek peace and that number this time.
The show is backed by the British Engineers' Association
and
We
Attempts were mado to divert the people from their work ho cald, and to nisuse the peasants "by the enemies of our American
capitalista".
nation to agents of *Imperialism and
The fight with the hierarchy wis not à fight over religion.
"It is a class struggle shar- pened as the defeated capitalists and estate interesta attempt to regain power and to
to renew ex- plottation and oppression.
Bastovansky's chargo against
hierarchy the
repeated
the theme of an article in this Communist morning's Prague newspaper Ride Pravo.
Dr Gustav Husak, Chairman of the semi-Autonomous Slovak also claimed in a "Cabinet" speech reported from Bratislava today that attempts to dissuade the peasants from Joining form
had folied.. co-operatives
Dr Alexander Morak, Trustee for posts In the Cabinet and a Catholic priest, sal that no- body intended to close churches or arrest priests.
Stories about such mattera were unscrupulous attempts lo provoke alarm.-Reuler.
NOW THEY KNOW!
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Bill Hite (right), head of n flying service in Long Beach, California, and Bob E. Overholt (left), in charge of his parachute department, decided to make their first parachute jumps in order to answer customer questions about bail-out procedures. Overholt jumped first and broke his right leg. Undaunted, Hile Jumped a few hours later and broke his left leg. Now they get around together with
Bet of crutches.
one
(AP Picture).
UK Union Leaders Back Gout's
Tanks To Be Economic Policy
Used In Hunt
For Bandit
Rome, Aug. 24-Italy's top authorities today security ordered light tanks to Slelly to help hunt down the bandit, no error on our own part brings Salvatore Giuliano, The
relaliated
out-
л
us to the loss or to the abuse-law's gang is reported to have
kidnapping by other leading industrial of that great power." organisations.
He declared that the present Parliamentary deputy's son.
Tanks to help
to the Today engineering is respon- need in Eurppe was
were ordered sible for more than one third of the
countrica
rebuild them Palermo aren at the first of two Britain's exports.
stability top secret meetings attended by selves in economic
commanders from all of safety police until and
the in
comes which
from well-over Italy, the Ministry of the planned defence if any Stale Interior announced. should aghin be misled into The second meeting a being contemplating the fatal step of held tonight, with the Interior
The
exhibition
September 10.
lasts
Bense
A
US Official commiting aggression against Minister, Mario Scola,
Suspended
Surprise Admission
In B-36 Inquiry
Washington, Aug. 24-Cedric
the democralle forces of the siding. world."
pre-
However, as the security com- were in conference, He said that the American manders millary assistance programme reports from Sicily said:
their for Europe would turn shadow urthies into effective
s
the
yant
1. The Sicilian
deputy, Gioveni Montalbano, informed
of free peoples 15 on for
London, Aug. 24.--British trade union leaders today reaffirmed their support of the Labour Govern ment's "hold the line" economic policies and resolved on a firm stand at next month's annual Trades Union Congress to win the general agreement of their 9,000,- 000 members.
But the leaders, meeting today as the General Council of the movement, were perturbed at a Government move which, they believed, offended the spirit of the trade unions' understanding with Government.
The Minister of Labour, Mr George Isaacs, acting. It was understood, with the approval of his colleagues in the Cabinet, to give automatie had refused
a recommendation approval to by a joint Worker-Employers' wages council that some shop Assistants shall receive wage increases,
On the other hand, according to the TUC leaders, the Go- vernment is not expected to Interfere to upset normal trade unions negotiations or agree- manis on wago issues.
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Helsinki. Aur. 24-Now La- bour troubles in Finland were forecast tonight by the Social Democrat Prime Minister, Dr Karl Fagerholm, a fow hours after the expulsion of four Communist-lei unions from the Trades Union Federation,
The Union Transport Pro- vizions and Building Workers, Forestry Men and Timber Floaters, were barred because they refused to call off their unomcial strikes by midnight yesterday.
"New unions will be formed In place of those expelled, and this can give rise to two com- peting unions in the same work. place, the Prime Minister said. The Government must now seriously examine the possibility of abolishing the system pegging wages to the cost Ilving index.
of
of
"As usual, wage earners will suffer most from the
Com- munists' work of dissension."
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Government to "now
"If the Federation had re-
The
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controls wage we are to have two com- that peting Inbour organisations,"
Eero Hautojaervi, former
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The others, who were arrested after a battle between police X and pickets in which two died,. will be tried under the Riots Act.
A Legal Committee appointed by the Government, to investi- gate the Kem clash state that the pleitels opened fire first.
The Communist Strike Com. | mittee contradict this statement, claiming that the plekels were inarmed. Reuter,
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New York, Aust. 24. Lieutenant Richard Penny, of the Royal Warwickshire Regl ment, arrived by plane touny
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his wife, Patricia, who was in- the police his young son had unions
will show
jured when she tripped over a restraint in forces.
Aug.
on the 24-Israel | rope
si Batory making wage sald
claims and that The
menace of aggressive disappeared. The police
been they will be justified only when and the Arab States agreed here January 14. Communism
the liberties the boy had apparently to
In co-operate by Ciuliano's gang in related to increased production today and 'rights
Mrs Penny was on her way articles written
case of particularly economic survey of the Middle or in the the Immediate and pressing
East almed at hastening cattle. to New York to accept a three- Worth, 10, special assistant to problem that must be over-by Montalbano in the Sicilian low-paid workers.
ment of the
modelling job before A GREAT PERFORMANCE! A GREAT MOTION PICTUREI The press.
articles
Palestine refugee month demanded come," he stated.--
---| rejoining!·
husbandfr. problem. tho, Uruler-secretary of tho
further police action. "Including PACIFIC PROBLEM
Malaya. She said she had a sult Navy, Mr Dan Kimball, was
tanks, to wipe out the outlaws.
? 'A from
East. the Far
The survey was proposed by pending against the operators of duty today
bandits suspended
Turning to
of group after he had ndmlited
Jessup said, "On
Mr Paul A. Porter, American the Batory. to House Dr
the daringly drove into the centra! of Vicari
member of the United Nations investigators that he wrote an Pacific front the great problem square of the village
Vicari,
Conciliation anonymous document charging
Commission, ignorance of just outside Palermo, in a
separate meetings today. political influence in the Air hundreds of millions of people heavily-armed car and deposit- Force
B-36 bomber purchases. on Avhich Communism feeds. ed the former Sicilian deputy, The Secretary of the Navy.
"These people do not know Glovanni Lo Mente. A wealthy Mr Francis Malthews, ordered that in countries
by landowner, ruled
Lo Monte said he Worth suspended
freedoni,
had been kidnapped for ransom Communists there is no
"They do not know. that the on July 30 but had been re- Officials of the House Armed prophets of Communism have leased without payment. The Services Committee, before publicly proclaimed that they police belleved, however, that whom Worth made his surprise will encourage national tn-bts family had secretly paid admission, raised the possibility dependence merely as a step the price for him.
3. A few hours face criminal pink.
later, the stone to a that he might
outlaws released
another land prosecution, possibly on charges terrible slavery.
disclosure of
Laone Calogero, of unauthorised
"They do not know what our owner, information.civilisation and political prin- exactly the same place. Calogero military secret United Press.
ciples have produced in the said he was held for 20 days, He way of a free and prosperous į also asserted to had not paid life, for the people of a greal ransom, but the police said they country."—Reuter,
doubted his story-United Press,
further investigation."
"pending
Tories To Back
Govt: Eden
Plas Newydd, (Wales,) Aug. 24-The former Foreign Secre- tary. Mr Anthony today
Eden, sald
Labour
that the Conservative Party would back the
coming
Government af the Washington financial conference, the Socialists to but warned stop blaming the Americans for Britain's economic troubles,
The deputy Conservative lead- that all er told n Party rally British Partles except the Com munists would support the Government in the Washington discussions, but "no one will gala except Moscow if bicker- ing and hard words take the place of gympathelle under- standing and stern effort."
Mr. Eden also said "nobody in his right senses" bellaved the Americans were trying to die- labe to Britain and that
the
· Government "should diabuse its mind" of the Iden-United Fressi M
Pilot Dies In US Army Plano Crash
Aug.
24----An Frankfurt, American Army observation plane crashed on a take-off yesterday at. Odenburg, near Nuremberg.
tho
The Army announced crash today. The plane struck atres, burst into flames, and sot fire to three houses. The pilot to was killed anAsociatea
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in Lieut. Penny said he had been granted 28 days' compassionato The TUC General Council The Commission has cabled leave when doctors recommend- is making urgent representa- the United Nations' Secretary-ed his presence at tions to the Government, and General, Mr Trygve Lie, asking tion-Unitexi Press, hopes to clear up the matter for his help.
before the annual congress It is understood that plans for meels in the Yorkshire resort
such
a survey have been under of Bridlington in 12 days' time international discussion for many
Failing satisfaction, this dis-weeks,
About 40 members of the conceivably affect pute could
a United the atitude of the TUC to the survey group, under
States Chairman, are expected whole Government economic
week for polley, but there is no doubt of in Lausanne next
consultations. They will leave the desire of the leaders to soon afterwards for the Middle hold off any revolt against the East. present polley of full-serve Estimates of the number of between backing of the Labour Govern- Arab refugees range ment.-Reuter.
"Hunger March" On
Marseilles
Marsellies,
Aug. 24~Partial
the opera-
Wagon-Lits Strike Continues
Paris;
Aug. 24-Restaurant and sleeping car attendants of 500,000 and 1,000,000,
How many of them could be the irike-bound International re-sottled in Palestine and the Waron-Ltts Company shouted when union neighbouring Arab
today alates is angrily
announced here thai largely governed by economic leaders considerations,-Reuter.
their talks with Public Works Ministry officials had failed.
Preliminary Talks
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Hague, Aug. Southampton, Aug. The Ministry's reply was the 00-year-old retired minervund-table conference same as when the strike began official of Bridgend, South donesia got down to work here It doya oro: "Go back to work wales, who had been visiting today when the Steering Com and we will talk terms after-relatives in the United States, mitive met to prepare the wards."
died after on emergency opera-agenda for the main conference.
in the
learned arrived from
The attendants voted to con- tion while returning was Mauretanin, it tinue the strike.
Pickets at the Wagons-Lits when. Uie liner zer marchers" who marched on rency," he added. "I have not sheds at one point near Paris New York today.
The ship'o the city from Port de Bage, 27 talked miles to the west,
today in sympathy with “hun
The "marchers" made the tourney in trucks,
They represented 100 ship. building, workers of Port de Bouc, who claim to be locked out of the yards. They were dismissed, last June for in- sisting on a 3,000 franc (about 3) bonus before the launch- ing of a transport ship,
to
the
The Committee, which also. considered tho composition of committees, sat for two and a half hours." surgeon per- Other conference members the two-tour opera- had quiet day "preparing for
end of this
International this morning lay on the track to reallgunent.of currencies since a sleeping-car on to an
by a strong Atianuc gate. pected at the Fund experts have been back Press.
The passenger, John T. Ho-week-Reuter A short fight with the police well, died 12 hours later and I repeat that the In session.. subject of devaluation is a pro- followed and the car was finally was buried at sea on Satur- per subject for the Fund to connected.--Reuter. handle."--United Prem,
Monetary Fund in regard to prevent "Scabs" from hitching formed
cx- tion as the ship was buffeted the hard committee work ex-
STRATEGIC INTEREST
New York, Aug. 24-Tho | New York Times sald today that
Relations With
day. He has been suffering from a strangulated hergla Reufer.
political and strategie interests, Russia “Vital" Barge Explosion
as vital to the United States na lo Britain,
federation this morning Instruc the dollar tam bo harmed by
Tho Force Ouviro (nion. Communist) Trade Union Con ted their members not to censo work..
Antwerp,
Aug
Radio Hongkong
1.T.
-
6.00,Hong Kong Calling 6.03. Children's Story: Winter Hoilday” [by Arthur Ransome Head by Captats - Flint. Episoda. (Studio)1980, Wime for Music?'--HAB C, Midland New Delhi, Aug. 24 The Kills Four
Light Orchestra. Conducted by: Gilet bert Vinter, (BDCTB); 7.00, *ff-the fardwell
24-Threo A dispatch from the news. Prime Minister, Mr Jawaharlal
Record" Presented by, Konnle - Gid=" and a little
girl were boas (studio): 22014-0cm-fo party for Dr S. Radhakrishna, men for two and a half hours tits said: "A serious weakening of Ambassador designate to Mos-killed day in an ammunition, raneti (studio) 200
„Macɛellles_street-cars stopped paper's London correspondent Nehru, addressing b
British economy
might impair cow, said. India's relations will explosion on a Belgian barge News and News Appraise Londen Britain's afternoon and port workers
continue the Soviet Union were "vital, in Scheldt. Estuary." "Your Hit Parade has Volos ability to stopped this morning, but the 10.112-ton panenser uner Ville safeguarding joint British and not merely because Russia is The large blew up as it was of America 100 From the Bale to atorinis onder Relay); 911 WORL Doran was able to leave ner- United States interests in Hong great country in respect of transferring Its cargo
kong and the Middle,
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depression In
also a closetween Lilldo Malays resulting because she is
States neighbouring shock, a few miles from here, thiCTS) 16.48, Thursday: Bereza In factories the stoppage was from reduced Unitsa
PNeighbours must understand Those killed were tie cap-ade A Programme: Continuous only partial, as members of the purchases of tin and rubber
don Helay) 11.5, Weather: Report Force Quviere and the Catholle might open the door to moro each other fully. They cannot tain. of the barge, ble snall, Muslera 11.00, Radio Neware, trade unions did not halt work social discontentment and Com- afford to be indifferent," said daughter and two deck-batida and Bummary of. Meng1410, E
Reuter. Boom Dig Mr Nehru United Press. ----Router.
munism,”Neuter,
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