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BRITAIN'S ECONOMIC ADVERSITY: A SURVEY

No Way?

while.

Just Beginning

But when a worker hus' paid

ingrained idea of leaving things to the other man,

More Inducements

loyalty.

Sir Stafford Cripps may find it fer the home market to give necessary to release more goods

workers. Incentive to earn more by producing goods for, exports. His quandary is that these home i market gads will have to be produced first..

Vicious circle, but Brt-

It is a

CARNIVAL

By Dick Turner

-AIGLES CAJUND PRISIT..

· AISLER CANNED MEATS PREPARED MEALS

"I always charge everything I buy herët I just don't like to be alone on the street with 'all that money!"

To

London, Feb. 10,3arks himself one simple question: 1. Britain today Iqdes a crisis'as "What do I get out of its?" The grim sa any in her history; unless British worker is no exception. „production and exporta are "fn= | At the moment, he gets ver The Government realises that creased Jn spite of the severe de return for his work. Britain the only way to get workers, to inanpower shortage, there may in the highest-laxed country worit harder and for longer hours be a serious national food short the world; and a large percentages to offer them inducements more age, Inflation and inevitable cuts of the worker's income is deducted tangible............ then half-understocel Suistere living under the "Pay As You Earn" economic terminology and strong- the already standards at this country.

come tax scheme that in the There is no doubt that the scheme's official-name-before-hey-worded appeals_jo_political White Paper on the economic gets his wages. pation of Britain, which Jays

It is expected that such indude- Thus a typical married worker,

will be offered in the these facts before the British who carns £6:8-0 a week, hasments public in terms of simple arith-10 shillings-deducted for inecme second White Paper on the econo melic, is one of the gravest docu tax before he receives his wage to be published later this week..

jmie anffairs of Britain, which is ments ever insued. by a British packet. In addition, there are Hugh Dalton, the Chancellor, ef A few more embarrassments to Government.

compulsory deductions for health Government akin, to the discovery 11 can be summed up in three and unemployment, insurance. A the Exchequer, is according to well-informed political clicies, that it has to cater for 138 new

words: "Export.or Din."

single worker earning 45 a weekt Britain, explains the White has 10 shillings deducted for in- considering to provide Incentive arrivals in the Ranchi when only Paper, needs to increase its ex-come-tax and insurance contribuer the workers in his next. hud-

get, 38, were expected. and it is pos-ports to 75 percent aboys the 1930 tons.

due early In April. This Sible that a more positive policy level-in spite of the manpower If a worker works. avertime, tion, and possibly taxtree over- may mean a reduction in taxa- on housing might be forthcoming,re, sudsed Fargely by the his added earnings often heinime earning

that millions of young men han into П higher lacune lax Treated as numbers, rather than are sul in the Armed Forces, calexcry and so much of the ex- as a group of human beings, and material shortages, and shortages trn money the receives is deduct it seems somewhat fantastic that of goods for home consumption. ed, that lils elfort is Mórdly worth a difference of persons to a Colony the size of Hong Kong should drag from Government and

The most disturbing factor of official admission of grave doubts pie White Paper, is thal, according Jas to whether accommodation is to all mathematical and economic his income tax, his taxation ishin's notional solvency will de- likely to be found for the new rules, there seems to be no way only Just beginning. There is the uchd on the solution of the pros

how this can be done. If Britain entrmous purchase tax on all blems. United Press, Farrivals." Somehow or other, ofchieves her export on. It will kinds of goods. Half a pint of prouise, all will the abinthed; even be an er, homie miracle.

iPhċup and watery beer costs 7% if it is, as Governorot suggests: Sir Stalford Cripps, the Presi-pence. Twenty cigarettes-prewar on a very austere hasis", That, dent of the Board of Trade, who prive shilling-now' costs 2/4.

In charge of the export drive! However, is beside the point or!

A cheap cinema seat cost :1/8—– worse. Clovernment has an alter is sisu responsible for decid- of which 81% pence Is purchase |

ing what goods may be released tax. Wherever he turns, there gether four colivient habit of as- for the bume market, stimmned upare laxes, taxer and more taxes. summing that accommodation of the slution

when he f recently

Even if a worker makes a hand- raid: "We have more jobs to do some sum at the end of the week, any kind one founal, however and we want to dos them 1nore

ustere, and the matter is settled, quickly ilan is possible with cur money. Clothes are strictly ra

he can buy very little with his

Paris: Feb. 10,7% the difficulty averenme. The disable resources."

tihned, and so

(posals" and "they will be separate. is foot. There

France's new Government by Britain's problem I Just that are few worthwhile goods to be mort present indications now is

They have been onfiture visited un "Government

deliberately Cripps suggested, three. ways inbought and these goods that are dieeting its foreign policy -

drafted this way so France con by the shick provided in the re- which this country can get over in the shops are so expensive word a new version of the western

dandon one and purave the other. vised list of impending Ranchi economic adversity;

One will call for an intentional that many workers and their bine, this time economie, if not arrivals van he of wider value 1. The widespread re-intro-familles prefer not to buy them., political.

Hhing state. Foreign Minister goal would stake these pesceuble idult will gue strongly for it. ontsad it - impresses upon those en of part-time labour, est is therefore huilly surprising

furnaces. Some of the sleel The other will be France's ideo officials win are concerned with pecially for wantch.

2. New short cuts in produc- time to spare cash.-

that many workers prefer spare If this means Pance has would be shipped, to the Ruhr. for International ownership housing, directly or indirectly, tlon methods.

J-elded t cast her lot with the; for processing.. The Rineland's he's heavy Industry, The British worker's war record United States and Brital in the economy would be tied in with Faced, with that they love had frequent a Anem by employers and was admirable. There were hurd forthcoming Foreign Ministers that of its

solld opposition, western" neighbours. Bidault will drap the Arst pro enough, reminders of the need for crifployed of júli beliefs that

ly any Industrial disputes during meeting in Moscow on issues con- The whole area would 'beetme un pozul, provided the other Minis- energy and initiative in tackling, "I think we can work less up, with often appalling werking

speedups dard in the way of

the war, workers cheerfully put jeerning Germany and” Austely. Inter-dependent region, in fact as tors agree to the French economic the overall problem.. Thus far. ard earn more when there is not conditions. werked as much as 72 Blum's recent journey to London, thus the French propose.

Such a polley spurred by Leon It has always been in nature, or pr: grumme. Such, will be the the card has been a dismal one, the production to give us that

strategy, if France gate British hours a week and performed in- would embody advice given aleja, Hr is, indeed, we imagine, more higher strodard,” sald Cripps,dustrial miracles.

support. most a year ago by General de than coincidence that concerning "then we are hending straight for Today, the British worker in Gaulle when the first President

'disaster." all its various activities, those af- Thus the economic stability of He is, like most Britons,

stinctively wants to "epse up" of the Provisional Government freting, housing are also those this

exurged his successors to join with country will depend on tremely "war-weary, abon which Government pre- whether the Labour Government he has arned

and feels Britain. as bulwork against better conditions Communism. serves the closest silence. Futility, can persuade the British workers and shorter hours.

to work harder and to work long- sacillation, or plain indifference, er hours.

Federal Germany Pare, thing" which ever the most

successful. P.R.O. must have dif Human Nature

Three western members of the ficulty in translating into an at-

What is more, the British work, Big Four already are. In accord er is rather cynical. He remem-on a federalised Germany, opport ceptable picture. Unfortunately, And this is where the Govern.

bers only too well the between-ed by the Soviets, and of principle the problem remains in spite of meat comes up against the funda the-wars years of unemployment of close economic co-operation

The Soviet will thên ba faced" ' official persistency is blinking its mental factor of human nature. and frustratien and of exploita fumong the nations of western ptical detachment of the Rhine-

Any worker eyes to it, and in spite of the surosked to wark longer and harder, tant

in the world. ition by employers, with the con- Eur-pe in development of the land and opposition by London by a hard choice. If the Russians und Washington to giving the accede, they will have a man on threat of the unemployed Ruhr Volley's Industrial might. Soviets any foothold in the Ruhr. the Rubr commissions, but the men's dole queue in the back- These are agreements in principle, *Diplomata, reading between the west will get a new foothold in that threatened by the Ranchi in-

ground.

Differences exist on, mides of lines of the French proposals enstern Europen break in the flux. In the past, these have.

There are many who feel that application, but America, Britain think they find a way around bath so-called ron curtain. If they now and just now, when every land France all went Ruhr plants difficulties. This is how they see refuse they can logically be ex- worker is ylially needed, is the controlled and their produce it:

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quisitioned property. And in this, Will Be

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Cynical

French Policy Swinging

The Western Powers

By JOSEPH E. DYNAN

Two Factors

f

Second-On Soviet foothold in the Ruhr-Britafri already served One very noteworthy feature notice that any International re- about this memerandum was the gime in the Ruhr must be coun ubsence of any reference to arens Ter-balanced by an. anaingcus of political detachment-France's cut-up in Siles'n, Germany's other oft-voiced demand for establish-great initustrial bustion. France ment of a new Internatlcpallaod will support this demand. The alate

United States is expected to Join Two factors have impeded this stand.. unity among, the United States,

ritain, and. France in German settlements Franco's demand for

MONEY IN HAND?

Hard Choice

̈operated only by nations deemod "articularly interested." Thus the Soviets might partidspute in owning, Ruhe plants but not their | operation. Shiftorly Britain might own part of. Silesia mills but their oceration would be confined to -countries in that regioni.

tline to fight for a generai im. Aprend over the western end of.) First-on pölities)' detachment: ¦ Plants would bo cwned by all provement of working conditione, the continent.

When France comes to speak - nt| Allied states which Yought against: This is the facter behind most of France to a recent meneran the Buhr there will be twa pro-Germany. But they would be of course, whether the viewpoint

the recent strikes for more pay dum on cc:nomic-coniral of Ruhr- and shorter working week. It is steel mills and caut mines, -Cu- is popular or not, is to be found

the reason why, in spite of atone visaged a region whose industrint the only key to solution of the

Government opp:sition, the Trade pillars-owned by all the Allie immediate difficulties. Quite

Union Congress last autumn de- who fought against Germany- manded the general introduction would be operated by its praco- frankly, the Services are still in

Athens, Feb. 19.

of the 40-hour week.

ful neighbours in the west. The occupation of civilian residential The Governments of Albud:

It is true that many workers mills and mines would distribute and Yugoslavia realise the property on a scale justifying in Bulgaria

sericusness of the their output for the, mutuni bene- criticism-lf-anly on the ground announced today that news situation. They know what niat of all nations in the area, ins that since the re-occupatium of

papermen to be admitted. to economic breakdown, would mean stead of for some future German those reduntries with the United for them. They also want, to sup: var' machine, Hong Kong, they have had eigh Nations Investigating Commin pert the Labour-Government. to The French prop: sa te rom- teen months in which starting alon will be carefully selected keep it in power and to enable olement this internationalisation from the proposition that they by the Governments, and will it to put into effect all its social of Ruhr resources by shifting the could not reasonably expect inde-

Eurrinéan - industrial · centre' si not be admitted freely as pro- finitely to retain possession of pri- posed by the Security Council: ally and economically consious milis would be establishert on But even among these putitic gravity westward. New steel vate property commandeered un- The three countries said the workers, there is a strong hu- French, Belalati and Luxembur der emergency conditions) to question of visas for the 11 man nature factor" the deeply soll near sources of ore. Ruhr build for themselves. Sooner or newspapermen assigned.

- premature. later, it is unavoidable, and it is commission was pertinent

not yet been

to why not

the

legislation.

suoner? The homeless Civilian cided whether the commission BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

would, undoubtedly, be, a trifle would visit the countries...

tore patient on this score, were Mr. Stanley. Ryan, of Canada, The commission press officer, he satisfied that in all-cases the last week formally, requested best use was being made of the visna for the representatives of requisitioned property and that United Press, Associated Press, no element of dog-in-the-manager International News. Service, existed to arouse hostility. In this Reuters, Tasa, Agence France News connection, particularly in view Presse, China's Central

correspondents from

By Shepard Barclay "The Authority on Authorities"

"UNNECESSARI"

FINESSE f

| boliinid the East player was think- ing slicntly, "This contract is as Rozd us set, since South can't help losing another trick to that One of the prettiest of the bunch of four trumps, with two.

of its Ranchi anxieties, Govern- and ment might find it worth while Greece, and other countries in- to examine once again the Ser- volved in the Balkan' investiga-simpler ploys, seldom used by honors. But he had not reckon- vice tenure of properties in Argyle on- United Press,

Street, the Kadoorie Estate and

elsewhere in that región, general÷|

Hy, of Kowloon. Without investi-

gation, it is not for us to repeat Children,

the allegations that have been and

are being made, but there has Spare A Dime

most players, but every once in a ed adequately on the declarer's while by keener cardamen, skel!E,

86 4.2.

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Washington, Feb. 18. Britain is drawing on tho -United States loun at the eate #rather less than anticipated} Mr. John Snyder Stevetary of Transury, said today. At a presu onference. 1043 asked if the rule of with- drutval was greater than anti- elpated when the agreement, was signed...

He replied: "I think rather less than anticipated,"

Mr. Suyder "disclosed that Britain has not drawmany credit since. January, by which time the tatal with... drawals stood at $800,000,- 000 Reuter.

Under the impetus of Blum's meeting." with Attlee in London, conversations (now are under way fer a Franco-British military and economic alliance. Forelan Minis try circles now predict it wBI bo. signed before the Moscow Con ference.

French and British diplomats. me currently, negrtiaiing on the ¡German, problem-Francé wants, econoinic concessiona as well as milliary sunrgniees,

Foreign Ministry, officials say publicly this | is only coincidence that there is really, no corinection between the Alliance and German lasued. Privately they say the same thing- but they smile when they say it.

Associated Press.

Soviet Criticism Of

U.S. “Imperialism”

New York, Feb. 19:

Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov has not yet an-

swered U.S. Secretary of State General Mar-, shall's vigorous note in defence of Under-Sec- retary Dean Acheson, but Soviet criticism of United States "military imperialism" by the maintenance of troops in China and "many, countries" was renewed today by Radio Mos

for

what might be described as "the When East returned the; din- unnecessary" finesse, The purpose mond 8 to the fourth trick, South the play is not to win a trick had already reckoned that his In the finesse itself. It is to cause contract, depended. entirelyén. atrick to be won in the hand avoidance of a loser in the trump where the finesse is taken, Instead auit. So, to get in position for th of in, the opposkie hand: Reduced carllest, pasible, lead toward; his been a circumstantial consistency Vatican City, Feb. 20.

to alimpler terse, it la..for the swn hand, ho took tite diamond about them which would seem to

purpose of creating an additional with dummy's A. Then he finess-

cow. The Pope in að | 11-minule entry, in the hand which needs it ed: the spade J. and it won. Ba' wacrant::official: inquiry with a

Commentator Anatoli Valpov volce a definite protest against. broadcast askod2;500,000 for one purpose or another. when there! West discarded, o view to their early release. Some Catholic school children - - In.

heart. He

said the presence of American the encroachment of ten kiir times some of us are liable to for America to give their "pennies

Now, Haured; South, he wou troops in non-enemy countries herty and sovereignty, Osipov get that the British Military Ad- aud dimes to help save the lives

have to lead trumps through East | is one of the most various quess. ministration (and military law) of children in the Orient and

twice more to pick up his trumps flans-Im bostwar international sald Tiny Iceland has been But the only apparent entry in relations. He quoted former. terminated in Hong Kong ten Europe, les dad

immy was the heart A. A bit of Interior Segretary Harold Jokes months ago. The acuteness of the Tho broadcast was on the s, Noe' housing shortage, intensifying-pro--first day of Lent opening a H. Q 987:

Mtudy showed him a second mire that President Truman hat K10 West had the heart O. Play. gressively in accordance with drive to aid child victima of the D. 10 a 6′′EL easy predictions, suggests that the war

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