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AND THE CRISIS

AN INTERVIEW WITH. ARTHURTM HORNER

London, Mar. 13. -Britnin-faces-n-grentor-in- dustrial setback than there has been this winter, unless at least 36,000 more men enter the coal industry in the near Mr. Arthur Horner, General to work to the pils, and there Secretary of the National had ao for been no consultations Unton of Mineworkers, told about the employment of any United Press in an exclusive Jh-¦ other foreigners, Lerview,

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Anti-Fascist

ing the langunge in a conf mine might cause a serious disaster; (2) that there would have to be no compulsion; (B) that all the mines men working in would have to be trained for their job.

Ilc Bud Britain's miners were "politically consclutia and placed the general need of the working class above their own temporary advantage. But, This 62-year-old stotky, be

though the coal mines were now # Labour spectacled Communist, a mem-

"I do not bellove foreigners nationalised under ber of the General Council of could be welded into the man- Government, his union remain- the Trade Unten Congress and

power of this country in any et completely independent and one of the most dynamic per large numbers," Mr. Horner reserved Its freedom of action Bonalities in British trade

of to said. "Firstly, 'on groundia

Improve the status of its unten, was the only public feology, for air miners are members-United Press. mon who prophesied Reveral

very progressive and un- months ago that this winter ananimously anti-Paschat: Second- unprecedented coal crisis wody, I do not think sufficient will cause a large scale Industrial volunteer." breakdown and the unemplay- ment of 1,000,000 men.

On no account, he nald, would; the union allow any foreigners:

Russian Newspaper

to be directed Into the industry, Campaign

All would have to join volun- tarily. tu all cases of

foreigners, the and playment of

For years Horner has urged the Government to take action o bring more men to the mines. by Improving conditions offering them special incentives.

CAN

To The Last Inch,

The simple fact is that the

than 700,000

men

em-1

London, Mar. 13. Russia's newspaper and radio union will insist on the most campaign in support of Mos-. complete assurances that the cow's diplomatic offensive utilisation of such a labour against the administration force would not be used to western German zones con- circumvent the status of the tinuca. British mineworker," Mr. Horner sald.

of

The Soviet political observer now

Zhukov wrote In today's

working in the mining industry are.qutte insufficient to produce |

· Pravda" that "the unanimity

Was

By Dick Turner

SERVICNĚČ MO, V, M. BET, U. 3. PAT, OFF.

the

woệc gnio like that through your position, Cassily,

Sand it's the showers for you?".

British Foreign Office Needs A Shake-Up

Asked about the possible em- the country's need of coal," he playment of German prisoners and watchfulness" of "all-the wid. "Do not blame the miners of war, Mr. Horner suld: "We Allied nations concerned”

are have told the Government that required if the problem of Ger- for the coal criste--they

There are, brundly speaking.`ween passengers and chauffeur ut. to the last inch. Recent If individual prisoners of war man demilitarisation was to be'

two min schools of thoughts broken. One day the passen- croduction figures prove that. Volunteer for minework, we solved successfully,

about Beltish diplomats.

ters--who are the British public their "In the Western zues of oc- One body of opinion, which in-will have to make up And 150,000 of them are over have no objection to accepting

them. But they must volunteer, eupation there la no political clu les a large number of Ameriinines that the gallant old wreck 30 years of age."

must be accepted as union mem progress as far as demilitarisa-cars, conceives the emissaries of must go to the scrap-henp and

Hi Britanie Majesty abroad as g into their pockets for bera and must work under union tion is concerned," he alled,

fellows of ahnest superhuman cost of a really modern car. ccnditions. We shall not tolerate German "labour units"

were eating-double. If not treble- organised in a total military faced, unscrupulous and smoothly forced prisoner labour."

manner under the control and ruthless.

These highly-educated crooks. command of their own officers

according to this "View, spend their who wore German uniforma,

the German units billeted dava sto nights in spinning webs

of Intrigue in which the Tex days a week, in addition, one patrlated to mine coal in the near Lueneburg are fully arm polished diplomatista of other

Mr. Horner said that 730,000 men would give the mine dustry an "effective manpower" T 685,000, as the nature of the work made it physically impos sible for u miner to guarantee

In every four miners was jured every year.

Mr. Horner said he believed that, in principle, those German prisoners able to work in coal of mines should be speedily

In-Buhr and the Saar.

Organised action by the wa-- men of the Colony promises to put the suggestion that wonen jurors be enlisted to make jury service less onerous all round on a more practical and satisfactory Tasis. The "original__"piroposal emanated from business men Frexed both by the frequency of since the jury calls

Liberation and by waste of time in the cor- Court. ridors of the Supreme While the initiative remained on that level, Government could legitimately decide that the agita- tion lacked sufficient force instily interference with the exist ing system. Now the WONENT thraelves have taken the matter --into-their-own-bands-and-have work the full number

formed a committer to stimulate wider interest among women and to make the necessary approaches to the Colonial Secretary, more serious consideration will be in- escapable. And, of course, if the women meets with the success that it warrants, there can he only one result. The interesting thing abhut Thursday's meeting, at which a further gathering for next Wednesday was arranged, was that those present drawn from all sections of the counmunity and that it was made or plain that the ideas of the ganisers go beyond mere expres- sion of willingness to accept jury service. As a starting-off point, the assertion of the right to jury be the service is apparently to main plank in the women's plat- form, but the right to vote and to take a share in constitutional development in Hong Kong is destined to become part of the programine. As far as that goes, there is natural association be tween the two, the acceptance of what is most accurately defined as a civic duty logically implying entitlement to the conferment of the full privileges of citizenship. This, in the past, has been partial- ly recognised by the use of the jury list as the voting register on the occasions of elections to the Urban Council, whose functions of scarce consumer goods. At will soon be absorbed by the pro- present, Mr. Horner said, men preferred to draw unemploy posed Municipal Council. Accep-Į tance of the principle that women ment benefit to working in the

WETC

Canadian Service To Japan

Treasury To Blame

the

Cost of this change would re present only a fraction of the un Britain spends on her armed forces in a year.

Since the aim of the Diplomatie vice is to protect Eritish in- with ferests without involving the coun- be great try in war, it

(and in particular at

are ensnared regularity, to the

BY A FORMER MEMBER OF THE

DIPLOMATIC SERVICE

might soon und that the money spent on a really

efficient Foreign Offen

would be saved in other

tions.

direc-

is

First the Treasury-which the real villain in this piece- must be forced to part with en- ough cash to bring the standards

1 efficlncy and comfort in Foreign Once itself up to level prerit of the British Empire at modern business holisé.

ed," he wrate. "In Kiel a Ger- nations Commenting on the possibility man flotilla is being organised; America)

dreary Attracting men into the coal

of Government's importing of the seamen are in British un- industry was Britain's must ital problem of the moment, displaced persons and other for iforms but their superiors are

to work in elgners

Britain's 'German naval officers."-Reu- Mr. Horner said. The National coal minea, Mr. Horner Bald ter. Union of Mineworkers had de-

this was a "ridiculous proposi- inte ideas how this could be tion," He added: "There have lone, which he and other Union been no conversations on this representatives had placed be-

subject, and the Government are the Prime Minister and his have not consulted my union in Emergency Coal Committee, any way, nor have we auncţiun-

"The present weekly minimumed the employment of these peo-|

for underground waxe of £6

ple." work and £4 10s for work above ground is not enough," Mr Horner said. "Personally I think that, by today's slan dards, a miner's work is worth 10 a week, but we are not go

we

to ask for that. But want an all-round Increase of

£1 weck. You must have h minimum of 47 a week today to maintain a family."

Wage Rates

He recalled that, before the war, Britain's miners had been 86th from the top in the list

the

the

of those provided' by 'n'

Montreal. Mar. 18.

cf The sounlor in which the Canadian shipping officials the expense of her neighbors. spid fatlay that an

Other observers (among who deals of the Foreign Office work all-water

there are a great many English-today is appalling. Beiter route from Montreal to Jup men) hold the opposite view. ditions In London would unese ports (Kobe and Yoko- According to then, British better and quleker work every hama) will be opened again by diplomats are almost incredibly where.

Old the

con-

meani

who the beginning of navigation in stupid. Strangled by Eton 10 on Fmbassy abroad he addresses

Three Requirements According to Mr. Horner, displaced persona

Every time Mr, Bevin, visito Scho: Tie, eduented those are in good health were mainly three weeks' time. Nazis and Fascists, whom the The type of cargo to be a man, and therefore filled with the Sinff and apologises for tie orejudices, these overpaid monu- that that fløy nie underpald. He union would not agree to have carried has not yet been decid-ments of a past age, according is that fe is at his fault, d In the industry. Those with ed, but to begin with they will to their critics, are an easy prey ha 14 rant. democratic outlook had been cousist of items needed by the to the wily machinations of the so badly treated that it would Allied control authorities in foreigner.

A Working Team -Until a very few years ago, Kis- take many months to re- Japan.

Majesty's Diplomatic Service was With better pay the very best The departure of ships for the exclusive preserve of habilitate them.

young brains in the country would be Mr. Horner sald that what Japán will be the first from amen of good family and private attracted to the Diplomatic Ser over the trend of future events Canadian pert since

Canada nene. After an exteremely ex- vice. They aro needed theres education, including Once recruited. an embargo on would be, his union would in-placed

steel Deusive

mth a young be year or so in France and Gas- should not be allowed to spend many, and the services of his whole career in a cosy little of "grammer" London, candidates diplomatic world. He should be be-faced a formidable examination brought down to earth from time em fore the Pearl Harbour attack which quickly disposed of all but to time.

the mest intelligent. Those who,

Before being accepted for the ralistled the examiners were safe Foreign Service the recruit should be forced to serve for year ar From his first day in the Ser- sa us an ordinary (and rather vice, the young diplomat was humble), member of the staff of moulded tole the pattern which British firm abroad Upen the the Foralan Offco had sot for him report made by his employers anet is kind.

uch would depend.

sist on three qualifications for shipments to that country of the country's wage rates. any foreigner allowed to work cause of the warlike acts Other Incentives would also in British mines: (1) a know the Japanese Government have to be offered by the Gavledge of English, as the ernment to get the required ployment of any one not know- In 1941-Reuter. manpower, he said. The field had to have absolute hous- ing priority, as well as priority

miner,

Curi

union

BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

By Shepard Barclay "The Authority on Authorities"

have done so. But he did not.

most obvious way with the apade

for life.

As he moved, up the ladder, If he is nccepted by the For- steadily and with dignity, he took ein Office the diplomat, through ing the manners and habits. et ut his service, should be forest hotel of his profession. He was at intervals to drop us privileges in privileged person.

Jard works for his living in Dri- Man or abr nd for a tave ne un Tight Little Circle

jordinary number of the public'

The Foreign Secretary would Protected by diplomatie im-there

command

team who

to

0

under the

present

should be liable to and accept the Mr. Horner Bald his liability of jury service would, was strongly opposed to direct obviously, make it impossible to ing men to work in the mines. EXAMINE EACH SUIT make his contract, and he shoul exclude them from such an elec: Mining was a skilled job and

Under the constitutional only willing men could do it. In' sizing up his problem, n. He ruffed the third club in the tion. reform inchsures now pending. He pointed out, however, that dcclarer should always think of jury service in itself must be re miners were at present prevent- the vital maiter of entries into 8, and in that very moment his muntis. Irce of taxes and enicy actually knew what the man in garded as offering far too nar- cil from leaving the industry his own hand or the dummy. Ex- chance flew out the window. Next ing many other amenities which the street was thinking, which in amining each suit for its possibi- he scored the spade A and K jare, not granted ordinary moromne-docs now or is like- row a basis for franchise pur by the Essential Works Order. itles along this line will some which dropped the Q. All at one people, he moved in a tight lite ty to do poses, and while no doubt the

if he had alte clrcle consisting of hly fellow-system. Though Mr. Horner fully re-times disclose an entry, or the realised that,

Finally, the power of the senior large majority will continue to cognises the, tided, for more feast a possible one, which was smaller trump than the dummy's diplomuts, members of the Gov

been ternment (though; rarely off the civil servunis" in the Foreign Or- exercise voting riglits in connecmen in Britain's coal mines, he not at first apparent. That ap-19, he would have

thethe tion with Municipal Council is strongly against the use of, plies especially to the trump suit, make his contract. He did th: Opposition), senior civil servon nice must be broken. These mich

the "high society of

Permanent Under-Secre One vital fact is the question of best he could then, by taking the and

tarles and so forth-wore not so elections, they will be able to foreign labour. Only under the what card to use for ruffing when diamond A and K, then leading capifol la. which he resided

This system worked well en very long ago mere clerka with- claim the privilege on other greatest pressure and strictest the declaror first gets the lead. It heart. The K and A yet him, the grounds. It may, therefore, be safeguards had his union agreed may pay him to use a fairly highs 2 was ruled in dummy, he ruffed ough until 1914. Diplomacy until out any say in policy, which was necessary for the women of the to allow former Polish soldiers rump so that he can keep a the diamond Q with the spade 10 then was a game played accord- conducted by the experts.

lower one than the dummy's und took the last two tricks withing to definite rules which wera Now they have their finger In

"J Colonyte-take steps to ensure

the pale

generally accepte i throughout the polley as in everything else, and higheat.

and heart J. Foresight: would

have told wall. British envoya know these a pretty stultifying finger it is. that their capacity to share civic

as the, representa- They are in league with the South to ruff the third club with rules as well

Foreign responsibility equally with their The total of British Government

to keep the 8. Then, tives of any clher nation and, Treasury to starve the spade 10 menfolk, is not overlooked when advouers to the end of the finan

after the top two trumps, drop within their limits, played the Service; they oppase progress, nomination and franchise quali-cial year is the equivalent of

ping the he could have scored game rather better than most of they block reform. fications

If these changes were are under discussion. 30,200,000 spproximately, to bel

iwo top diainenda.and led the their rivals, The idea inay be upsetting to met by the Hong Kong taxpayer, 5742

spade 8 to the 0 enabling him Then some of the players de, they would go for to provide Bri- cided to Invent their own rules thin with .n. 1947 model „Foreign to finish with good diamonds. some of our "City Fathers," but but it is fair to assume that a HK95

and the Foreign Office has been Service?". Alas, there: là "no" mign then they would find life very large proportion of this, amount САКОБ S

trying to catch up with them that they are even contemplated. over" since"--not quite suëcessful- The old, 1934 salon looks like dull if they had nothing to look has, or ought to have heen, in-

ly, so far.

rumbling on sedately gathe down their noses st.

past. Since the last war, Mr. Eden streamlined counes.flash' and Mr. Bevin have made a bid One day the engine may fall out to streamline the Foreign Office of the bonnet bring the standards and the Diplomatic Service. The of offlelecy.and themselves strand- Diplomalle and Consular branches ed on some particularly blasted have been made cno: the condi- heath. It will be too late to open flons, of entry: Into the Service un the money-bags if "that" hop- have been altered to make fut nomu........ chster for young man of all classes to beecme dinlomats: pay has been slightly raised,"

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(Dosler: South, Neither alle tioning against any assumption vulnerable) If the stateinent of Mr. Creech-that we are out of the financial South Jones in Parliament on Thursday wood, was directed with a Rdbl means what it says, the Colony's mainly to the future battle over g Financial Secretary, should now Income Tax. Perhaps, also, the 33 luve a clearer picture of commit-figures given by Mr. Creech Pass ments on account of past events Jones will so lighten the pictureWest paid no attention to him than was indicated in his Budget that even Mr. Follows can per partner's plays of the 6 and 7 on speech. The cost of the military mit himself to smile again, and his club K and Q. but led his club administration between the toss Income Tax legulation in A to the third trick, when a heart switch would have not the cine Liberation and May 2, 1946, in the waste-paper basket where, Arst muy pronte. His lack of obt not considered an item chargeable the present time, it so properly ration, or of obedience to the to the Hong Kong Government: belongs,

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27 Adipogenagery (36)

Frankfurt Mar. B These changes aru not enmigh. į The Foreign Offles? Is sUlVa General Joseph... McNarney, dignified heavy bodied saloon the re'iring commander-in- car of 1914 vintage, ita once, hand-| Chlef of the U.S. zone, gald acme plush upholstery rubber at press conference here to and faded, le

te paint cracked and day that the United States patched.ja

The engine still sound, Army cannot afford to divert slow, though, Ilable to sudden troopa from Germany for pos * I'tathires," "The speaking-tube ube- nible sorvire, în Grecce/Reutar,