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CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM Parliament Adjourns With Good Trade Tidings

Cripps Cheerful For Once

London, Dec. 23.

The British Parliament adjourned for the Christ- inns recess on Friday in a mood of cautious but rising optimism which is in marked contrast to the anxious atmosphere which the new session

opened two months ago.

Stalin Stouter

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Moscow, Dec. 23.

first photograph of Generalissimo Stalin since Exten return from hallday on the Black Sea Rtylera, and published today, showed that he has put on weight.

The picture was taken as bo and M. Molotov, Sovlet Foreign Minister, were yol- ing in yesterday's municipal elections here.

Generalissimo Stalln was wearing bis uniform and Kormed in excellent health. There was no medṣian In the Soviet press of file (8th birthday yesterday.Reu- ter,

So buoyant were the feelings ni some members that Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, just before Parliament rose, thought It necessary to stresa the long way that remains to go to reach in- dustrial targets and to warn the nation not to be cast down by inevitable temporary falls in production Agures due to sen- ronal and other foreseeable factors. This said, Sir Stafford nent the House of Commons Away with a cheerful report and Lord Pakenham did like- wise in the House of Lords.

Sir Stafford's words wore the 'more attended to because of his well-known aversion front tindue optimism. In his report the rising coal output naturally took irst place, over 2,000,000 ∙tons', more coal having been cut sol far this winter than at the same ate last year. Nevertheless,

Pinkkiamka | Sir Stafford added, the effects

“Unanimous Vote" For Stalin

of the very big programme of reconstruction and mechanisa- tion now in band have scarcely begun to show yel,

In textiles Sir Stafford ro ported a "really encouraging increase." "At last we have a quickening response to OUT situation," he said. The num- bare employed in the textile in- dustries rose from 766,000 in June to 784,000 in November. The weekly average output of catton yarn, which was a little

London, Dec. 32. Moscow Radio reported today that voters

Moscow's of

24th precinct "o the last man" vote yesterday for Joseph Stalin "who thus has been unanimously elected to Museow city of the Soviet,"

The Radio maid Sinlin receiveilver 12,500,000 yards in Juhe all the votes of 1,017 registered had risen to nearly 14,750,000 vaters he the precinct, plus 505 yards in November. Output of from "persons who came to vote woven wool fabrics rese from at this precinct from other | 20,000,000 yards in June to 23,- localities."

870,000 by the end of Novem- Stalin

clected to ber. Moscow regional Soviet as repre- sentative of ten precincts in the second Stalin election district.

was

Moscow Radlo sald his volc was unanimous and many voters wrote on their ballots "moving expressions of their love, grail

Machinery Output

Rising Fast

The body of General Jacques Leclerc (Vicomte de Hantydaqus), Commander of the French second armoured division during the liberation, killed in an air crash in southern Algeria scas taken to, she Cathedral of Notre Dame and following requiem mass sous mowed to its final resting place in the chapel of the invalides, Paris, where Napoleos, Fach and many other French soldiers tir. Photo shorus a wreath from French President Pincent Auriol being placed at the casket at the tomb of the unknown warrier in Paris, (Photo)

Greatest Economic Planning Ever

New York, Dec. 23. American newspaper comment today on President Truman's message to congress calling for $17,000,000,000 for Marshall Plan aid to Europe varied from warm praise to a hint that the Ad- ministration's outlook was "dictated by black-

mail."

The New York Herald Tribune de- year basis, asking Congressionál su- In steel, upon which depends clared: "With dignity and with force-thority at this time only of that part the whole output of the great fulness, President Truman has pre-covering the first 15 months.

"This hypocritical caurie here-

tude and greatings to Stalin."-engineering industry, we have sented to Congress a distillation of United Press.

No Strings Attached

Brussels, Dec. 21.

been doing exceedingly well," the greatest effort towards interno-Jected unceremoniously."-Reuter. Sir Stafford declared. Output tional economic planning that bai

of main line locomotives was 56 ever been undertaken,

In June and 76 in October, and

"From this point on, the major res railway wagons just under 3.-ponsibility will rest upon Congress. 000 in June was over 4,000 in

the

October. The value of internal The paper added: "The heart of combustion engines was over the plau i round and accessary- £1,600,000 in June, and nearly necessary to the maintenance of £2,200,000 in October,

civilisation in which the The value of hosiery machinery rose way of life is rooted, indeed, for the from £285.000 to £363,000.

maintenance of that way itself."

American

M. Georges Bidault, French Farolyn Minister, said tonight there did not exist "and could not exist" political conditions to the Marshal Aid Plan. He was

Agricultural machinery in The New York Times said that the speaking at a meeting attended which, said Sir Stafford, "we President took his stand on when by M. Paul Henri Spaak, the have the foundation of a most promised to be one of the most con- Belgian Prime Minister, at the important nest export industry," troversial issues of the whole pra- Palais des Beaux Arts.

To the audience, which filled is being turned out in increas-posal,

Tractor ing quantitics.

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the hall to capacity, M. Bidault duction, for instance, rose from cautious advisers had urged that de stressed that Mr. Marahall's offer was accepted by all the 8,300 in the first quarter of this the programme on a year

year to 14,300 in the third quarter.

Governments who were in position to answer freely.

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those who refused would later These are outstanding exam-Monk Gets

them.

reconsider their declalun, he salt, ples from the main export in- their place was still reserved for dustries. Other industries are also increasing so that, in Sir Referring to the nations who Stafford's words, "the overall Accepted American ald, M. picture shows an encouraging Bidault added: "But we cannot revival in our Internal netivi- refuse to peopleR that ties.' which others, rashly or under constraint, refuse to theirs.". Reuter.

Paris, Deo. 22.

A French naval escort today took an Italian three-masted ves- sel, suspected of legally carry- ing passengera from Italy to Spain, Into Toulon. The ship and her crew of 12 were "put under obscrvallon". Reuter,

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16 Years' Hard Labour

Belgrade, Dec. 22. Father Albino Gameiro, one of Referring to the difficulty of a group of monks accused of selling abroad, Sir Stafford having a secret radio station for stressed the importance of pre-tranamitting military informa venting a rise in price levels on to a spy contre abroad, waS and, indeed, bringing them sentenced today to 16 years for- down.--L.P.8.

TAX ON TRAVEL

Budapest, Dec. 23 A tax is to be imposed on all Hungarian citizens going abroad. The tax will be 30 forins for the first 10 days, 60 florins for the next 10 days and 100 florins for a further if days,

For longer periods, a monthly rate will be fixed.

Only emigrants and those op- pointed to posts aboard will be exempt from the new tax. Router.

ced labour, the Yugoslav News Agency reported from Polo, south of Trieste.

The other defendants recelyqd: sentences ranging from three to six years forced labour,

Whon the trial began, the pre... decution alleged that in March, 1947, before the British pod Americans handed Pola over to the Yugoslavs under the germs of the Italian peace treaty, Father Gomelro agreed to work actively for a foreign esploringe service."-Router,

Dewey Favoured For Presidency

Washington, Dec. 23. Governor Thomas E. Dewey, of New York, will win the 1948 Republican presidential nomina- tion and will defeat President Truman in the November election, according to a poll of 57 Washington political writers by "Look" Magazine

The fall showed that 20 of X7 ga candidate tha" gould not be corrørpönforstai bellaye Dewey drafted for political office,

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