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DON IDDON IN ENGLAND Sport Earns

Dear Bob,. It is a year sinco Inst' I wrote to you from England. Then, as now, I was on holiday In my homeland and I reported | what" I saw and heard up and down the country, I am repeat- In the process this time.

Letter To An

American Friend

some time and thought... (after years of expending blood and treasure) to Palestine. This is the infiammable issue, the sub- ject which makes Britain Bn. griest,

The Zloniats, parikcularly the brave back-benchers and Ben | Hechts in New York, the finan

It would be pleasant to turn in a robust progress report, but It would not be altogether true. Britain is stili in crisia.

-Despite tremendous effort,-un--| ment.-There is real hatred American loan if it could exampled patience, huge sacrifice, smotg the Conservatives against member il, but it is not brim- there is little, if any, improve the Socialists, and among theming over with thanks, mant in the itving condition of Socialists against the "Conser the people.

valives. American political feel;

many of whom voted Labour It is grateful for Marshall aldelers of outrage, the arms ped- last time-towards the Govern- und would be grateful for tho diora and noose salcamen ΒΙΟ

ra-loathed

Inflation Fatter

and

Britain hatea

Big Money

In U.S.

FROM DESMOND TIGHE,

DOLLAR Rigns flashi

i

over

them. They have killed and bombed and ports ticker machines here in massacred many of her sone such mumble-Jumble that editor alike are Empire Overlooked- Today

operators there is something I

and never thought to see in Beltain going The food allotment is meagre Ing is supposed to be violent, but,

haywire and miserable. Life for millionsbelieve me, it is toa-party stuff

There is a feeling a valid

-anti-Semitle feeling. The Jews A 50-year-old Scot, Mr. John la drab, monotonous, and punish compared to the animosity be

are not popular,

Sutherland, recently died leav-- while I am ing nearly £125 One more point pressed, that the world,

£123,000 from /hlà a constant uphill struggle tween the Labourites and Torics he in my view not often ex- against great odds.

here,

particularly the Now World, is telling you about Britain's at earnings as coach in American Today there is a glant division stil immeasurably in Britain's titude to the rest of the world. football. But fortunes from sport In this country. On one side la debt,

There is no war talk Jere. Thenro not unusual here.

does the party

power arrogant

not When the British think about hysteria In the US,

Mr. Lou Little, fodtball, coach outwardly, worried inwardly events outside their

Rense to tho British at Columbia University,

draw own coun- mako strutting towards the complete try they think with pride and people.

about £4,500 a year as basic pay. Socialist State one day, tripping deepest affection of the Empire, Many people would dearly like Ho has been there some 18 years up in muddled confusion the

The Empire often over to be figural in the ovent of and must have netted at least next,

looked by Americans, Robert. Russo-Amerlen conflict, but few £81,000. Mr. Frank Leahy, coach On the other is the Oppost You have a neat packaged idea think it practical. on growing in strength and about Britain-a small, compact You will forgive us if we feel confidence, anxious for office, group of islands with a gallant tempted to toy with the iden but tacking' zeal and an inspir-history: over-populated today of "All aid short of war," "Cash ing programme, and still hand- and rather out date; bled and Carry "Bundles for Amori- icapped by the slur that it is white and mutilated by the war: ca," Lend-Lease in reverse, and the rich man's party.

poor and struggling, strangely, act as one of the Going Over tu make A comeback under democracy.

Socialism,

Prices hove

and gone up, muny goods (rationed, of course), such as clothes, shoes, shirts, underwear, household equipment, are more expensive than in the United States.

and

of beer.

have

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arsenals of

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Yours,

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The suggestion that Hong

I have cabled many thousands Kong's bathing beaches es- et words from New York about pecially those where danger-Inflation in America. Inflation's, ous conditions can be created twin brother lives here and by the state of the weather, growing fat.

The Black Market a bigger should be equipped with blacker than it was lost life-belts and a long rope year, and London is its head-

plenty The voter has thus hardly

Enchanted Lond attachment, is so obviously quarters. If you

of money and

scruples got stimulating cholce, bul reasonable that Government you can get most things at e from where I sit he is going

Of Human Freedom

However, tho Iden. I am will surely act upon it with- price. The average Englishmanover in droves to the Conserva-

It is a wrong Idea. This ofraid, is a pipe-dream, and and his wife have little money tives. out further pressure. As a

The Engllahman is essentially country is not a little place all Washington probably knows. It,

on its own. I is the matter of fact, it seems to be and plenty of scruples, so they

You an individualist, Bob. Frequen-

are probably saying: go without.

eccentric. He is beart and proud head of a great "This is all very well and quite just one more of those things

Cigarettes are hard to get and tly he is Gn

informative, but how does not out of the same mould, not Commonwealth of free peoples. that have been overlooked they cost four times as much as

It is the headquarters of the place look?" Well, another letter and stamped the popular brands in the Unit- mass-produced because of the many press-

speaks for à fifth follows giving you the picture, ed States. Whisky is almost with a label as are some peoples. Empire and ing problems that have arisen unobtainable and it is twice as He has hod bellyful of of the globe. It is temporarily but I have put first things first. wallet is thin, This still could be the en- in the process of rehabilita- expensive as In Manhattan coupons, dockets, and documents, shabby and Its

Indigest- but Its power and prestige are chanted land, Bob. England bas tion.

bar. There are only wafors of and it has given him Before the war, all

loveller, a diet of gigantic, its moral force uncial never been butter, scraps of fat, and very lon. He would like the beaches largely frequent-te, soap. There la a shortage common sense-plain.

this, Bob, and people more stalwart, British longeable. Note

never forget it. ed were so equipped, and the

sense without trimmings from

The British are also devoting But it is the grim, grey diet-Marx or Moscow. failure to restore them, it

the lack of choice, nourishing Anyway, my hunch is that must be supposed, has been

food of which the people com the Socialists are on their way due not to a laxity of inter- plain most. You know, Bob, it out and that the Conservatives,

feeble a terrible but true stalement | though est in standards of safety,

and frequently are on their way in but

oversight. that doge in America are given footling, simply to

more meat cach week than I may take a year. It may Incidents at Shek-O over the most British people are able to take fonger. One thing is cer week-end should be enough |buy.

tain, the Labour Government is in to stir those concerned

not here to stay.

Now about the British attitude produce the remedy.

All over England-and I have towards America. I have search travelled hundreds of miles-ed and searched and searched Police Tactics

food is the great conversation for the much reportect anti- tople, the big talking-point, the American feeling, but I Din The efficiency of police issue of most arguments Bri- damned if I can find any.

the itain is worse fcd than communications since

There is some slight and very natural resentment that you war has been of a high order. the war and more fed up.

I find the people in a danger- should be having easy, with This was notably demon-

aus mood

dangerous, that is, a' the food and goods and dol- strated on the occasion of the for the Socialist Government. lars in the world, while Britain clash with bandits at Tiger For, rightly or wrongly, the has it tough, but no hard feel- blaming Britain's Inge. No, Bob. In fact, the Hill. Less dramatically, but public is

the United Kingdom is not devoting troubles increasingly upon more importantly from the Socialists.

nuuch thought to the United viewpoint of public service, There are venom and bitter- States these days. It has the continuous contact of mess among millions of voters- many problems of its own. radio cars with headquarters has contributed valuably to of serious

the suppression

crime. It seems a great pity,

Food-For Talk

during

EMPIRE CONFERENCE

too

BRITAIN SUSPENDS ARMS SHIPMENTS

London, Juno 9.

of Notre Dame University, ro- celves at least £3,750 a year. And those are both amateur col- lego teams.

up

Bob Feller, who pitches for the Cleveland Indians baseball team, earn at least £20,000 a year, not counting anything he can plek ***

in radio and nilvertising. Handsome Joc Dimaggio, who felds for the New York Yan- kees, makes about £17.500

a year. He is ranked as one of the country's greatest hitters-le hits homers out of the ground."' with. great regularity-but

10 try imagine that Len Hutton or Cyril Washbrook could command such #gures)

Millionaire Jockey

COME

TERRIFIC sums of money pass through boxing channels. Miko Jacob and the Madison Square Garden boys are said to split

£25,000

a year for tolevi- sion rights for seventy fights in New York--roughly an averago of 2350 for each bout,

Every main fighter in the cleared from Gardens last

£2,000 to £12,500 is really a

Then horse

"honey," as they say over hers. Two horses, Citation and Coal- town, have embarked on what may be the greatest one-year money-winning spree in the his-

tory of the Turf,

Citation

on won

the Kentucky win- Derby, bringing hia total

Britain has suspended the delivery of arms to the Transjordan Government until the end of the coase fire in Palestine, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bovin, announced today. This had been done in deference to the Unitedge this year to £82,050. And Nations Security Council's cease fire resolu-aire Johnny Longden and Eddia

trason has not long Den Some jockeys, such as miillon- Arcaro, who won the Kentucky

Derby on Citation, can £37,600 a year.

tion, which had created a new situation there, he told the House of Commons. Earlier, Mr. Philip Piratin, a The Foreign Secretary stated

Jack Kramer and Bobby Riggs, Communist Member of Parlia- in reply to another question that tennis stars who recently turned ment, had asked the Foreign Britain recognised no "body of professional, are making about

on a nationwide. Secretary whether he would persons" as the de Jure Govern- £15,000

tour. review the Government's obli- ment of Palestine.

Good professional Ice-hockey" Asked why, in view of his de-players earn as much as £3,750 a gation to deliver arma to

claration of December,

ber, 1947, that Transjordan under the Anglo-Britain had accepted the decision can-top-this-mark.

year; even basket-ball players

therefore, that obsolete rule PLANNED FOR OCTOBER Transjordan treaty of alliance of the General Assembly regard-

and regulations or possibly misunderstanding by certain officers should operate in conflict with the broader or- ganisation. Nothing could be more absurd, or irritat- ing, for instance, than the experience of passengers on a bus in the New Territories recently, who having been held-up by four gunmen and robbed of everything valu able, arrived at the nearest police station (proceeding towards Kowloon) only to be informed that a report of the incident could not be taken

London, June 9, -

A high Government source said today that an in- formal conference of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers will be held in October rather than in July as originally contemplated. He said the Prime Ministers would not necessarily

all.come to London at the same time.

acceptance

|

to their account.

noi,

...

of 1940. in view of the attacking Palestine, he had withheld re- by the Transjordan Arab cognition from Israel, set up in STUDENT ESCAPES Legion on Jerusalem.

sccordance with the decision, Mr.

Cairo, June 9. Mr. Bevin had replied that the Bevin replied: "The British Gov-

A young student, Hussein Tow- Arah Legion did not start the ernment do not consider the Ak, who has been on trial, Mer in Jerusalem and the commendation voted by the more than two years charged with Bghting events in Jerusalem did

General Assembly on Nov. 20 murdering the former Egyptian therefore, oblige the Government could be invoked as Imposing a Finance Minister, fir Amia O

revlow their

obligations on legal obligation to recognise the man Pasha, escaped today whils Jewish State set up on May 14." being escorted to a Cairo dentist, -Reuter. Asked by Mr. Piratin whether

it was 'announced here—Reuter. this meant that he did not re- cognise as any abuse the attack on Jerusalem, by Transjerdan Mr. Bevin replied: "I certainly also say they did not start the battle, the right The attack was made on the holy

places of the Arabs.

"I hope the House will pay regard to holy places other than their own."

The Prime Minister, Mr. ding of any foreign state or party state Clement Attlee, has received a associated with a foreign provisional

from that he would become the last Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the

Governor-General. Prime Minister of India, to his invitation to come to Britain at an early convenient time for Commonwealth talks.

Mr. Rajagopalachari was quoted as challenging of foreigners to decide things one way or the other, and as saying that it depended entirely on India The arrangements of the var-whether or when she would se-

of exchanges and

there: they would lous Dominion leaders are stil parate from England,

the subject

Recognition Of Israel have to turn round and go nothing has been finally settled. Britain's Identification with thei back to Castle Peak, the dis-Plans may crystallise next week. European economie recovery, pro-

Replying to a question whether trict in which the actual In that case, Mr. Attlee will make gramme and her economic rela-Britain had made representations hold-up took place. Just statement on

the progress to fionships with the Commonwealth to 'other' countries about the re- the House of Commons.

countries are obviously Interlink-cognition of Israel, Mr.

Bevin average intelligence should Mr. Attlee sent invitations bath ed. The quickening tempo of said that no such representation have been sufficient to realise to Mr. Nehru and the Prime European events, it is understood, had been made, but Britain's at- that time was of essence of Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat All underlines the need for carly con- titude had been explained ic the contract if the gunmen Khan.

He had had the invita- sultation among the Common- several governments, usually tions in mind for some time, wealth leaders.-Reuter. were to be

response to their enquiries. apprehended. An attitude of refusal to take extend them.

awalting a favourable moment to

action on the ground that "the incident did not occur

India's Future

Omcial quarters so far have

in my district" is the epitome not confirmed the arrival of Pan- of incompetence, doubly to dit Nehru's acceptance. There is be condemned when armed no news so for of Mr. Ali Khan's robbery_Is_Involved.

Test Cricket

In the interval_since their arrival in England and the First Test which opened yes terday, the Australian

sent to

reply to

to the invitation Karachi.

It is clearly understood by political quarters here that in- dia's and Pakletan's participa» -tion-in-Commonwealth convers entione here feave unprejudiced any future-decision the two how Dominiona may

take on the question of association with the Commonwealth in this con-| nection.

cricketers, as is their wont, have been relentlessly build- ing up a reputation for in- Observers have noted with par- vincibility. It has been particular interest the statement of of the war of nerves, at

the Indian Governor-General dos which no captain is more charl, in a

signate, Chakravarty Rajagopala. speech yesterday at efficient thani Don Bradman, Calcutta. which usually precedes the Tests and drives millions of Describing himself as probably cricket · lovers," · "including the last Governor-General, ho those who in their lives have said he was not at the bid- never handled bat-or-ball,

: No Dictation ··

into torrents of delicious an- form? Already in some xiety. Most of those on the quarters, the answer, morose sidelines have been doing ly given, is in the negative. exactly what Bradman has But cricket is a funny, game, wanted them to do. We the most unpredictable of have been asking ourselves: all. Accidents of weather |Can this brilliant - batting or-never-say-die-challenge Įside, armed at all points, and, under powerful captaincy, Lone of the strongest in can produce sensational re- cricket history, be beaten by suits, just as can an Inspired [any_combination that Eng-balt hour, of greatness-by-a- |land_can, rend against 117 change bowler. This is pre- || Especially's with Edrich-and-eminently that game which

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SOVIET RUSSIA'S GRIP OVER EUROPE

London, June 9, 20 Soviet Russia has for the first time ostablished on undisputed grip over the economic lifa of East- orn Europe, according to official figures reach- ing London from behind the iron curtain,-i Official documents disclosed Russia is at, present.

getting between one-fourth and one-half of the total exports of the satellite states who in' turn have been made dependent to almost the; same extent on supply by Russia of raw mater ials and grain.

compares. with the Inounced earlier

week that negligible Soviet participation Czechoslovakia "depends chiefly

This

date

war

this

Treaty Network

in Eastern European foreign on trade with the Slav states," trade before the war-in some cases less than one per cent,

Russia has managed to win to

a dominating economie hold "The process_ls Intensified by.

castern comparable to that held by Gerw・・▪ system llaking" the

■ not- many before the

European economie In over the

work of treaties" designed to Balkans and the eastern and cen- tral European countries. She has harmonise them with Russla'e...............

position held also broken into: the pos

five year pian,

experts sugpoot- by, the West before the war. Russian experts viewed

Co-operation between Poland rapid econorale transformation and and Czechoslovakia has been adaptation of the castem European stepped up to prepare for virtual countries to the Soviet pattern integration of two of the fore- as one of the most important de-most eastern European, industrial velopments in Moscow's moves Powers, including joint develos- toward consolidation and political ment schemes for tour plants and penetration in this contested area, the division of labour in the plan-

ning of their future respective in |(dustries.--United „„Press.

Striking Figures.

the

Strongest Iridications of those

edi

trends come from: Poland. Om SOVIET ORDERS

Lalal Ballah_nguros sald "that of Poland's total oxports," 28.0, për' cent are now going to Russla compared with 0.4 per cent prog

War.

Of Poland's imports, 20.5. ber cent come from the Soviet Union against 1.1 per cent before the

~ HELD UP-

-Washington, June 10. About $21,000,000 worth

Soviet orders for American gooday have been held up by the Un Blatas Virtual ban on industrial W shipments to Russia, Imposed, on

The Wastem.countries share March-1, American soc has fallen considerably. Under maled todayRe

Wor

10 per cent of Poland's imports

now come from the west against

(18 per bent, pre-waraj

Oficial Rumaniaui reports suld carrier think thron quarians of Rumania's afternoon sxports now, go to "neighbouring ports. On