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Mine Union To Face Trial
24.-A Washington, Feb. Federal judge today ordered the United Mine Workers' Union to be tried for contempt of court
Labour Majority Too Slim For Absolute Power
NATION SPLIT DOWN MIDDLE
London, Feb. 24.-The Labour Party tonight won the British General Election slim that the nation may have to go to the polls with a majority--but one so again-in-a-few-months-or-wocks.
The photo-finish clcction--the most sensational in the nation's history-showed these figures at 5.45 a.m. HKT: Labour (Government) 314, Conservative and their Liberal allies 290, Liberals 8. There were then 12 more results to come.
Labour, with 314 seats so far in a House of 624, cannot be out-voted if all its members are present.
Scotland saved the day for Labour.
Labour gained an overnight lead of 60 seats over the Conservatives and it was only by yesterday afternoon that a neck and neck race developed and was fought out Then-when some Labour circles were gloomily between the two main parties. predicting defeat-results started to flood in from the big industrial areas and cities of Scotland. They showed that the people there had held firm to the Socialist system they chose in 1945. Labour's tally then began to shoot up again--slowly but per- sistently,
their
STILL LEADER OF THE -OPPOSITION
MR WINSTON Churchill
the closest British The clog fight showed Britain bour's five foreign policy rebels It was
Party a nation plit down the all expelled from the General Election that the nation at
middle.
for support of Communism--- had ever been.
The Industrial cities last were banished from Parliament Labour's
swayed! majority between 15 and 20 for houra night indicated that the work-seats by the votera
Mr Churchill-whose Party after the Conservatives began in class mares solidly backed
cut the overall majority from overhauling
overnight Socialism's "Welfare State."
Today's awing reflected 172 in the last House of Com- defcit of 60.
determined effort by the mono-declared shortly before The
heavily-laxed middle classes to the fulsh, "It is obvious
that Parliament is going to be in 0 sweep Labour out of power.
OUTSTANDING FEATURES very unstable position. All we Below are the detailed | Two outstanding features of can do is to keep our eyes voting figures in some of this Election were as follows:
F. Melenvy (Labour).. steadily fixed on the main pur-the latest election results. (1) Hundreds of Liberals for-pose of bringing our country feited their deposits for failing back to the forefront of the to poll an eighth of the elee-nations and to make her a home toral votes in their constituen-for all our people?
Me Ernest Bevin will relain
a new British Labour Govern-
It was ment,
considered in
Detailed Voting In Some Of
The Latest Election Results
leader, Comarvatives' Winston Churchill was hurelt isturned to Parliament with an overwhelming majority as his Party's fortunes just brightened.
At this point Labour spokes men remained silent as their on Monday because of 370,000 majority, which last night
thought "o mure thing", ebbed away with massive rural back- then for de Conservatives
soft
ties.
coal miners defiance of a
(2) The eclipse of the Com-hits Feige Secretary in court order to return to work.
the
time For
Recond
At 11.10 p.m. H.K. the Con- minists and their sympathisers. Union is in danger of a multi- million dollar Ane following the cervatives passed the 215 seats Their only members of the leat usually well-informed diploma rejection of Counsel's plea that and began to talk about victory Parlament-Mr Willie Gallacher | tic quarters here tonight.
they said only, and Mr Thil Piratin--were the Union is not responsible for where earlier
the bottom of the polls. We still have a chance.“ the continued strike.--Reuler.
EDITORIAL
British General Election
HE British Socialists have narrowly
Two Vritet Sonictive but only
after a plutating struggle with the Can- servatives Labour's majority has been
No drastically pared, that it is hardly a working balance for the fulfilment of
an
u mandate. Nevertheless Mr Attlee and his have before them the colleagues now
gulding the nation to responsibility of
IN prosperity and happiness, It
clear- objective which will demand
on sound hended statesmanship based and well-defined policies if it is to be attained. However jubilant the Socialists may feel at being re-elected, their feel- ings must of necessity be tempered by the knowledge that they are continuing to hold the reins of Parliamentary one of the most critical leadership at periods of Britain's history. They have only fust survived the first test-whether or not they could retain the confidence of a majority of the British electors; they have will before them the much more nell test. of whether they can justify their re- election by pulling the nation out of its and financial mornss. present economic Two of the most striking aspects of Thurk- were: (1) the manner in day's election which the Socialists enticed their suppor- ters to the voting booths, allowing the La- bour Party to puol almost 100 percent of sirength, and (2) the complete eclipse of the Liberals. The manner in which the Socialists' party organisers dissuaded their sympathisers from displaying apathy in this election was unquestion- ably a decisive influence in the final resulte. This is demonstrated by the fact that in many cases, although Labour candidates polled anything up to twice as many votes an in 1915, their majorities number of were no greater, and in u instances, lower.
apathy on the
Any
part of Labour supporters, therefore, would have lost the party a vital number
BEBINGTON
1. D. Oakshutt (Conger-
valive)
Sir Frank Spikice, (Las Henry G. White
bour)
BRADFORD EAST
G. F. Greenbank (Con-
servative-National
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Gains & Losses
LABOUR DOWN 40, TORIES UP 50
Popular Vote
London, Feb. 24.-With 426 of the 434 nominally comparablo scats avail. able, gains and losses were as follows:
Labour gained 10, lost 50; Conservatives gained 55, lost 5; Liberals gained. 1, lost 3; Communista gain- cd nil, lost two.
Aggregate votes at 4.30 a.m. IKT were as follows:
Labour 13,000,044; Conserva- tives 12,120,317; Liberais. 2,558,- 103.
The strangest British Election known produced a crop of odd
records. These were:
(1)
Never before
poll been so high.
(2)
has the
GU
Never before hava thero been so many candidates-1,808.
(3) Never before have many deposits amounting to well over £60,000been lost.
(4) Never before has the re- tult been in doubt for
50 long.
to
(5) And rarely before has a political altuation after an Elec- tion presented
many headaches to the politicians.
-Meetings between Labour leaders and villctals were held at Transport House, the Labour Party headquarters, tonight.
Meanwhile, al Tory headquar- tera Me Churchill and his ean- paign manager, Lord
Lord Woolton. went into conference on
held
the
erilical Election result.
Defeated in a seat he had
for 20 years,
the Corn- munist candidate in the British Election, Mr Willie Gallacher,
21,385 said tonight.
"Personally it does not affect
me very much.
ILFORD NORTH
27,094
1 G. Hutchinson
(Conservatives
29,950
Liberal)
12,527 Irs Mable Hidealgh
11.
25,300
S. Snowden (Liberal) 5,563 |
Green (Communist)
(Labour-Co-op}
21.385
5438. W. Alexander
(Liberal)
6,000
"I Wag a working! agitator in the House of Com- mons. I still remain a working class agitator."---Neuter,
class
22,030
Labour majority
15.467
No change
(Liberal)
10,324
B. Janner (Labour)
Il-
BEVIN'S PLANS Quarters in touch with Mr Bevin averted that he had been making definite plans to con- tinue at the Foreign Offlee in
23,505
Comervative majority. Conservative pain
ILFORD SOUTH
0,565
Mr
Conservative majority New Constituency
3,219 | N. Nicholson (Conserva-
tive)
15,912 A. E. Cooper
5,036 (Conservative)
BILSTON
28.087 23,550 4,170 913
4,529
of seats. The Liberals s an effective political party must now be written off. They made their greatest hid for, the this week and were popular vote
In rejected.
fact, HU ignominiously wretched was their voting that only in n could they be re very few instances
either the having affected garded as
They, Labour or Conservative pulling.
The und like the Communists Independents, were decisively repudiated unmistakably by the people, who have indicated that they are now interested only in two parties. The Conservatives, although beaten in the final race to the room for finishing line have plenty of
in satisfaction. They succeeded cup. toring, almost fully, the so-called "Dont- ing" vote in the rural and urban
ut
the event of a Labour victory W. Nally (Labour Co. and had no intention al reston-
ing the Foreign Secretaryship |J. for the present..
MARIINKURENININENTAL DOWNE
State Of Parties
The state of the parties. at 9 o'clock Hongkong Time this morning wast
Labour 314. Conservatives 294, Liberals 8,
Nine more results are to
come.
DORIZANTENASARAN ANDANTELANTRA DUNIA
LEICESTER NORTH-WEST
t. A. Burrows (Liberal)
Labour majority New Constituency
FINCHLEY
3. Ranger (Labour) 7,503 | R. A. Hal! (Liberal)
MERTON AND MORDEN
23,028
Acheson
Protests To H.K.
Washington, Fcu. 24-The Secretary of State, Mr Dean Acheson, sald today that he has made vigorous representations galost the British decision in Hongkong to turn over 71 dl puted aircraft to the Chinese Communists.
Mr Acheson said that repre- 9,021 | A. F. Palmer (Labour) ..., 21,135 sentations were made to both
R. Douglas (Liberal) ..........
British Government and the
4,055 the
Hongkong authorities. He told 2,793 the Press that these were the
steps left
open to the |United States.-United Prezo.
Reuter
hly
D. Kelly (Communist)
operative)
20,919
Godrich (Conserva-
five
17,858
Labour majority No change
12,001
Capt. J. F. E. Crowder
(Conservative)
...... 32,262 Mrs Dorothy Pickles
(Labour)
Cinservative majority
Conservative gain.
Sir Andrew McFadycon
(Liberal)
19,663 Captain II. E. Ryder,
V. C. Cons)
majority 12,579
BIRMINGHAM-PERRY
BARP
C. C. Poole (Labour)
.. 23,178 Sir Edward Boyle (Cons.) 15,172 Mrs F. N. links
(Liberal)
Labor majority New Constituency
Car Factory
Conservalive
No change
HAYES AND HARLINGTON W. 1. Ayles (Labour) 22,400 C. C. Vinson
(Conservative)
2,581
8.000. W. Lett (Liberal)...
F. Foster (Communist)
[L.
Labour majority
New Constituency
11,210
3,093
503
11,272
LEIGH Boardman (Labour) 34.320
J. Whiteley
Workers Strike (Cantorvative)
Labour's "BIK Four"-the Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, the Deputy Premier, Mr Berbert Morrison, the Chancel- for of the Exchequer Sir Stalford Cripps, and Mr Bevin→→ met inmediately after the ver dici
was known tonight 10 decide their future moves. -pro-
They
Paris, Feb. 21. — Five) had three choices e- fore them to form a new La-thousand workers at the bour Government with or with Renault car factory at Lei. W. Butter (Labour). 35,821) out an understanding with the Liberals to go to King George Mans today downed tools to HP Brouss
tell him that under the| join 100,000 striking Paris (Conservative) circumstances Labour could not metal workers but their FW. Marlow (Liberal) 5,575
vincial areas, but could not attract the sume votes in the industrial constituen- cies. By the result, however, the Con servatives can, with some justification claim that Labour has no mandate to indulge in a new nationalisation pro- gramme. In fact, Labour has gone back on a minority popular vote, and will have to proceed warly with its more impor- le. Itself tant legislation lest Jt find feated on a critical issue and forced once again to go to the country. While some observers are Inclined to the view that Mr Allee my feel he should go Immediate to the country again in the future because of the inadequate majori- ty which his, Government will have, it can be reasonably expected that the Socialists will resist any overiures for a coalition Cubinet; nor is it likely they will go out of their way to obtain support of the small Liberals representa- flon in the new House, The Indications are that it will be a very uneasy Parliament which meeta again next month, and force of circumstances may well dictate another General Election before the autumn.
the
and
Itee its
in the Country: or-an
way to take over con-union said that it was not Improbable choice to approach planning to extend the Mr Churchill with the idea of strike throughout France. forming a Coalition Govern-!
Conservative majority. New Constituency,
SIR ROBERT.
BURNETT'S
GIN
WHITE SATIN
19,720
Labour majority No change
14,600
LONDON DRY
HACKNEY SOUTH
J. Betteridre
(Communist)
15,103
2,104
20,710
Labour majority New Constituency In Paris, where ment.
urboul STOKE NEWINGTON AND The first of these three steps. quarter of the metal workers in political experts believed, was the capital are out, the police the most likely.
HACKNEY NORTH
this morning Occupied the D. Weitzman (Labour) 33,780 Both Labour and Conserva-Hotchkiss car factory without. Bishop tive: have stated firmly that incident. they would not agree to a Conll- tion.
If
STRANGE PARLIAMENT
new Government -1s formed on inday's figures the new House of Commons will be one of the strangest in its 000 | years of history.
With so close
(Conservative)
F. Phillips (Liberal) The French Minister of the 7. Hargrave (Social In'erior, M. Henri Queullie, to- Credi) dny tok Cabinet meeting that
many factories workers had (by a majority, decided not to strike And that tension whs casing.
Inbour mulority New Canctifpancy.
WANDSWORTH— CLAPHAM
10,460
7,740
651
14,314
The Strel and Engineering C. W. Gibson (Labour).. 23,300
n majority. Employees Federation today in Cantoin Roy Lowndes
| Party "Whipa" will have to lashdicated that 27 more factories
(Conservative)
members into constant atten- were affected by Uke strike, in- Men B. Curlla (Liberal) ..
on a volving 18,500 workers. Some Mrs G. Draper
dance for fear of defeat sudden "anap" vole.
Members will and their free dom during sessions limited,
(Could, on Page 14, Col. 2)
quarters estimated the total number of workers that downed
| tools in 133 -plants
118,000.-Reuter.
(Communist)
at about
Labour majority No change.
22 074
3,071
819
1,206
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