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STRICT SUPERVISION OF AID TO CHINA DEMANDED DANGER IN ARMY APPROPRIATIONS

Washington, June 10.

A strict supervision over the spending of the $125 -million proposed military aid to China was urged hora today by Mr. Konneth Royall, the Army Secretary.

He told the Senate Appropriations Committee in- quiring into the aid, that, if the sum were made available as a grant, there was a great risk it would not be spent for the purpose in- tended.

"On the other hand". he[ Cereals (wheat and rice). saud, "if we exercise too dle- US$86,000,000, Coltun, US$72,- tailed a supervision of the 500,000. Petroleum and petroleum military undertaking in China, products, US$63,000,000. Replace- nunt arikles for existing capital there is a danger of us becom equipment. US$20,000,000. Fer- ing quite intimately Involved

user, US$24,000,000, Tobacco, In the civil war-perhaps nore US$10,000,000, Reconstruction than we want to.

USSAN 600,000. projects,

All- ministration US$1,500,000, Supervision

He said the Army supported a State Department plan that the Chinese Government submit in- voices supporting its request for payment and render monthly re- ports showing how the stati was being spent.

Re-

Chairman Stylea Bridges, publican, noted that no provision is made for supervision of how China spends the tooney she re- ceives.

He asked If there should be the bill for such provision in supervision.

Lieutenant General Albert C.

Coal Target Warning

London, June 10. The Minister of Fuet and Power, Mr. Hugh Galtskell, Bald today: "If we fail to reach the deep mines 'pro- duction target of 200,000,000 tona, either exports or home consumption are bound to be cut. There is no other way."

Mr. Galtskell. warned that - the present production

more than 100,000 tone week short of the target.— Reuter.

1

A

Futility Of Aussie Offer

The Chairman of the Commit-- tee, Senator Styles Bridges, hod asked Mr. Royalt

whether the, United States should

supervise the Chinese military aid in the same why a sad to Greece Wedcinerer, chief of the Army's thority and Turkey, or whether the $125

Branch, A very million should be bassied

thorough supervision as an outright grönt.

Army Secretary Kenneth C. Royall put it this way:

over

Said,

Do.

Referring to the State partment's solution, he said It

was that the Chinese Govern-

and. Operations

ruintions."

1 way that

SOVIET ATTACK ON

LONDON DECISIONS

·Berlin, June 10.

The oficial Soviet nows- paper "Taegliche" declared to-" day that the London conference recommendations on Germany "can never be internationally recognised and can never be come law."

The official mouthpiece jeda the Com- broadshle attack, by munist press on the six nations ercommendations Summoning the Gennant people to resist them.

The Journal claimed that the Western nations' objeclive, was to create a Western German state

American exploitation." And separate the Itubr fur

It concluded:

na

re-

because one cannot make justice

Melbourne, June 10, The Education Minister of torta, Mr. Kent Hughes, who wan on Eighth Division war prisoner.

"The German people have the said today that a senior Federal

(Com- opportunity through the Minister, with the necessary mi- and knowledge

people's plebiscita of the munist) East, should go to Malaya imune-ication to pratent before the bic world against this London rape lately to

to re-establish umleable

I their country which is a serious The Federal Government," he reach of International law and

can never win international ackled.

"is endangering Australia ch it there is a chaperonage of | by persisting in administering Cogultion and never become law the money, it may be spent for foreign policy in purposes for which it is not ine aroused Justifiable resentment of ut. of Injustice," tended. On the other haul, if neighbouring countries, we adopt a detailed plon of mili-

"Most of the goodwill built up wit become in-by the Eighth Division In 1941- try put, we timately involved in the Chinese 1942 had been swept away by the past war-more intimately in this administration in civil

than we wish to be."- fortnight. The futility of send- volved

Secretary Royall recommended ing Mr. MacMahon Ball to offer that a detailed list of the items scholarships

shown when going to China be kept seeret. scholars, already here on British

at are tigerprinted that it would not be to the advantage passports, Royall disclosed was proposed to divide the $125 of the people to whom they will the local police station because million as follows: for Army and be furnished to publlely details the colour of their skin was --$87,500,000; Air Force aid

shade off the while."-Reuter.

ment should be required to Aubmit invoices or other docu. mentation evidence in

support

of its request for payments. Monthly reports would also be remed showing bow the money

as aint spent. This gives a high degree of supervision with- out involving us 100 intimately

This military with

operations,

he said. Mr.

| $28,000,000; Mavy old-$9,500,000,

--Renter.

Hoffman Statement

Washington, June 10.- Without United States aid the Chinese Government will lose its fight against "both intuition and the Communist forces." United

States Economie Administrator Paul G. Hoffman said later today.

the items.Associated Press,

Mr. Hoffman asked the Senate.

AUTOMATIC REPRIEVE

Appropriations Committee, in Mr. prepared statement, for US$338,- 000,000 for aid to China. He did not appear personally, but

DECISION

REVOKED

London, June 10. James Chutor Ede, the Home Secretary, today rovoked his decision of last April that all future murderers would automatically be reprieved... statement went into the Commit From now on, he told the House of Commons, each

his

tee recard.

The sum is in addition to the request for US$125,000,000 which Army Secretary Kenneth Royall has made. for military aid for China.

case would, be considered on, its merits. The position-would-now-revert-to-what-it-was- before Mr. Chuter Ede made his controversial statement on automatic reprieve.

The Communist press sought to brand as "traitors" any Germans who supported the London pro- posals.—Associated Press,

US Labour Secretary Dead

Washington, June 10.

Mr. Lewis B. Schwellenbach, the United Stales Secretary of Labour, died today after

weeks'. reveral

illness. A White House announcement said that death resulted from

which "cardiac failure

com- plicated his recent illness,"

Mr. Schwellenbach, who was. 63, had been Secretary of Labour

He stuce June 30, 1945. former judge and Senator, known for his brood and liberal political views, and

first entered the Scuolo in 1935 at the same time as President Truman, who was a close personal friend.

Was a

Hoffman

suid aid to China

He was an advocate of such would halt the inflationary spiral.

"Only through provision of Mr. Chuter Ede's statement he had recommended the five re-progressive measures as the anti- reciprocal ynching legislation, dequnte

essential im- followed an accusation by the prieves, but because he stated trade agreements, and social In- aid can ports be obtained-and-real-efforts Lord Chief Justice, Lord God-before-hand what he proposed to surance expansion, be made to retard and eventually dard, last week that, in mak-do. If the publle had not been told why there had been reprieves reverse the trend."

Mr. ing reprieves automatic. Hollman gave this breakdown Chuter Ede had altered the in cases which presented no miti

gating feature, there would have of expenditures under the propos-law by an administrative

been bewilderment-Router. ed China economic prograine:

RUSSIAN

TRAFFIC

PINPRICKS

Berlin, June 10.

: Hundreds of weary travel-

lers were tonight stranded on

uction.

Such an action, Lord Goddard said, had been repudiated by Parliament nearly 250 years ago. The Home Secretary's decl.

■ion

for

automatic reprieve made after the House of WAS Commons passed the "no-hang-

Ing" clause In a judicial reform

BEVİN MESSAGE TO GERMANS

Berlin, June 10. The British Foreign Minister,

Bill last April. Bince then he Mr. Ernest Bevin, sald today in a

has reprieved five convicted murderers,

message read at a concert given for. British, American and Ger-

"The

masters of

Mr. Chuter Ede safa today that man, children in the Amerlem the borders between Bizonia he recommended automatic ro- sector of Berlin by the Berlin

Orchestra. and the Soviet Zone of Ger- prieve last April solely because Philharmonic 1.any when the Russians there was a prospect of an early work of the great lightened up travel regulations change in the law. The carry-music, of whom so many have ing out of the death sentence in been German, is a priceless into their area.

those circumstances would have heritage of the whole world, The British military authorities been abhorrent to public opinion. I hope these concerts will be

Lower Saxony tonight sus- pended the issue of passes intoThat position had now been the beginning of a movement altered by the House of Lords. that will, contributo to the the Soviet Zone after Russian

His original action had been mutual understanding guards hind turned passengers called into question not because people."-Reuter.

fo

with "improper" papers off sev-

eral

inter-zonal omnibuses....

At the American-Soviet border, trafé jams formed in the par- row loads as angry German mo- torists,

who failed to pass the Russian control points, tried to retrace their way,

The suddeness of the move bus. coused at least a temporary can- cellation of nil. traße from Munich to Berlin through the So- vlet occupied aren.-Reuter.

WARM, SEND-OFF FOR MENZIES

Melbourne, June 10.

The Australian opposition lead- er, Mr. R. Menzies left on a fivo month's trip to England and the United States Lodny.

of our

“IRREGULAR LIFE" OF

via ka tara

MARRIED COUPLES

London, June 10,

Details of a relationship in which two husbands ox- changed wives in private over a period of sight years, while revorting to their legal partners in public, were given in the Divorce Court hore today.

Mr. C. A. Slater „gought in decree against his wife, alleg- ing misconduct with Mr. C. J.

Menzies was met

met by a group Patton Mr. Slater asked for of waterside.workers as he board the alteration of the Courtin ed the vessel. The demonstra-

regard to his own misconduct

tion

by chears from Liberal supporters

and friends--Associated, Press.

Wos

appointment as Secretary of Labour

commended by labour tenders who found him a champion of labour's fights dur ing his six years' service in the Senate,

Outstanding during his Sona- Lorial service was his personal cambulga as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee to prevent the sale of scrap iron to Japan, long before the United States entry into the Reuter.

SHANNON

AIRLINER

DISASTER

Shannon Airport, Elre.

· June 10. The probable cause of the disaster here on April 15, when a Constellation airliner crash- ed, was failure to maintain enough height to clear: the ground during an Instrument approach.

Disclosing this in a preliminary. today, the Eire Inspector of Accidents, Mr. R. W. O'Sul- livan, said the plane, owned by Fan-American Airways, had ample fuel to reach an alternate airport had a diversion been de- elded upon.

There was no evidence to in- dicate structural failure or fire before the initial impact, or fal lure or malfunctioning of the plana's equipment.

There was no evidence to show coeding year, he continued, which member members of and when war, broke out, Me the crew were in the pilet's dr and Mrs. Potton invited the co-pilot's seat at the time of the Slatera to share the house crash-Reuter. "Where they had all lived un-

tif last year.

"From the moment they came

to share the same house,. the

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