1941-07-31 — Page 41

THE, CHINA MAIL, JULY 31, 1941.

PRES. ROOSEVELT GIVES WARNING OF INFLATION

SIR ROBERT CRAIGIE AT GAIMUSHO

Sir Robert Craigie, the British Ambassa- dor, and Admiral Toyoda, the Japanese Foreign Minister, conferred for more than half on hour yesterday afternoon, according to Domei agency.

the

The agency under- stands they discussed latest developments in Anglo-Japanese relations. Reuter.

SLUMP IN SHELTER USERS

with

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, in a message to Congress yesterday, asserted that infla- tionary price increases were threatening to "undermine our defence efforts” and asked Congress to authorise him to establish ceil- ings for prices and rents.

"We face inflation," declared the Presi- dent, "unless we act decisively without

delay."

The President also asked

authority to purchase materials ånd KILLED

commodities when necessary to assure price stability and to "deal more extensively with excesses in the field of instalment credit."

White refraining from seeking authority to limit wages, the Prosident's message said he ex- pected the voluntary contribu tion of labour to prevent labous costs rising abnormalty. "Labour has far more to gain from price stability than from ab- normal wage increases, for these likely to be illusory and quickly over taken by sharp rises in living costs, which fall with particular hardship on the least fortunate of our workers and our old people."

are

Rent Profiteering

Regarding rents. the President said that despite the steps taken to assure adequate billets, bar racks etc. for defence, the nation was already confronted with rent increases reminiscent of Great War days.

He added: "This is a develop- ment that must be arrested be fore rent profiteering can de. velop to increase the coat of Ilv ing and damage civilian morale." A Bill to carry out the Presi- dent's requests is expected to be introduced in both Houses shortly.

Congress Divided

A census taken this month shows 104,990 peo- ple are using public shel- ters and 556,000 domestic shelters compared

Congress is divided on the ques- of price-fixing. Some senators 470,200 in November last have threatened to oppose limits year and 2,140,000 while on agricultural prices and only on

Tuesday the Senate approved approximately 12% of bill preventing the marketing dur- users of public shelters are ing an emergency of Government- children, stated Alderman Charles Key, M.P., Special London Regional Commi- sioner.

stocks of wheat and cotton.

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Another group of congress men have advocated the control of wages on the grounds that wage increases have increased manufacturing costs resulting in higher prices.

The position of

President Roosevelt in his mes- shelters in London at the present moment sage said the Government was now was incomparably better than it spending over $30 millions daily on defence and this rate "must and will increase.”—Reuter.

was at the year.

beginning

of this

ac-

There was now sleeping commodation in the London re-

gion shelters for 1,277 000

and

for 3,495,000 in domestic shelters. In tubes where there were 23,000 bunks a gradual decline in number of persons using

the

them

as shelters had been noticed and the last census showed there were 26,000 people using them- lowest since heavy raiding began.

OPPORTUNITY

KNOCKED -- THEN

A DETECTIVE

A story of how a man robbed his friend of $2,862, Chinese cur- rency, when the latter missed the Mr. Key added that with few boat in which they were travel- exceptions the local authorities Iing to Hong Kong, was told be- had now completed plans for fore

at Mr. H. C. Macnamara providing canteens in shelters Kowloon this morning when Li holding 200 persons Or more Keng-ho, 28, was charged with and for the Installation of unlawful possession of the money. all shelters] Accused was convicted and power points in regularly used by 50 or more sentenced to three months' hard persons.

labour.

HIMSELF IN RAID

A night porter at a West End hotel, helping In} rescue work during a night air raid, found a resident, Henry Thomas Savile | (81), lying dead on the floor of

his bedroom.

The man and his friend left inį aid а motor-boat for Hong Kong)

from a village in Chinese terri- tory on July 16. On the way, the boat called at a Chinese coastal port, where the owner went ashore, missing the boat when she re-sailed for Hong Kong.

There were 188 medical posts in large shelters and 69 serving groups of smaller shelters, 24 welfare councils or commit- tees had been set up and more were being formed.

Sanction had been given the appointment of a number of shel- ter welfare officers.British Wireless.

U.S. Orders In Canada

facturers..

tain information and arrested ac- Det.-Sgt. Willison received cer-

cused in a room in the Sun Sun Hotel with the money in his possession on Tuesday,

BURMESE EXPERTS IN CHUNGKING RAID

A party of Burmese air raid The U.S. War Department has precaution-officials who arrived ordered $10,348,840 worth of war in Chungking recently, visited the supplies from Canadian manu-Chungking Air Defence Head- quarters yesterday during the This is a new move to give Japanese mass bombing of the effort to the Administration's city. The visitors evinced parti announced policy of establishing cular Interest in the intelligence the closest possible economic re-work of the Headquarters... lations with Canada.

After, the raid, they were es- Contracts have been given to corted to the bombed areas and War Supplies Ltd. in Ottawa for saw relief squads at work, ex- British Link training planes and pressing great admiration for for rubber anti-gas gloves, their courage and efficiency. Router

Central News.

A bloodstoned

penknife was clenched in his hand, and he had

throat wound. A bottle of potassium cyanide and a tumbler containing dregs the room.

Savile left a letter addressed to a nephew, notifying him of his denth.

were found in

A verdict of "suicide while of unsound mind"

was returned at the Westminster inquest.

GONE

ARE THE HORSE

AND CARRIAGE

And Gone with them are the

waxing the carriage.