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Red Coup We Can't

Stop

In Berlin

The

City Council

can

AID TO CHINA PROBLEMS

By: FRED HAMPSON

and

and now in Berlin under: the very cowardly fugitives who have aptitį got to work fast. In ceilong charles Stillman, hénd of the operation is essential to Indus-,

ed

and overwhelmingly anti-ing. Communist Berlin City Council, JL.K.$18.00 One can watch happening and one can do nothing about it. 1.K.$36.00 The process is so absurd that t

makes you want to howl with H.K. $72.00 laughter, and so horrible that it makes you want to howl with rage.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Mr. B. G. Birch wishes to express his acknowledgments and sincerest thanks for Bawers sent and letters received on the occasion of his late wife's furbern), find! te thank friends for attendance at the funeral..

FAR-REACHING

of Mr.

It is already for advanced. The City Council is squirming help- lessly in the trup. The whole paraphernalia of a totalltariani coup d'etat is on display.

By Alexander Clifford

go

Com

ono

When

and

and

This is the time to remember Sudetenland

stay only a couple of hours before who and Memel dnd where it is in the Soviet sector come simply because they want to

Roger Lapham's ECA pro-[Government, ECA is not giving Czechoslovakia and all the other and be invaded, or its members come.

it will enable What the places where Democracy has been can move to the Western sector

people really want gramme in Chis, viewed with the money but mistrust twn | them to finance misgivings

essential work does not concern the Communists. open bamboozled and subotaged and the British, In their first defeated.

genture of assistance, have offer- But they must stat pretend. It months ago is winning friends which they cannot financo them- For it is happening again here ed a refuge and be damned as does. And that is why they have and influencing people all over selves.

China these days.

For example. ono privately The plan

and owned British company whose Mr. Lapham There are municipal noses of the British. America, the city administration in half. and French occupation forces.

Whatever they do, they lose.

hert in October, and no

mission trial China needed a lot of re- than The falsity and hypocrisy of the knows better

special reconstruction The Communiste, backed

the

so fur placements but Invked--not the the Russians, are in the process of procedure mako you helplessly munists that the results will disclosed recently has

drawn nothlig but applause. "Atmoney but the foreign exchange scizing control of the freely elect- angry when you watch it happen-overgly anti-Communist.

last commented OT of the 10 buy them, In such case "the elections mus

Shanghai foreign papers, "on ECA will supply US dollars for not take place. There must br

nid-to-China programme seems purchases requiring US dollars will colliset repayment in no open proof that, in fact, th Berlin workers are not vio

be on the right track." violently

Both Mr. Lapham and Mr, Chinese currency. The Chinese opposed to the City Council,

Sulman admitted they knew

currency

will be

be used for pro- At all costs, the coup d'etat nothing first-hand about China jects that do not require US dol must happen first.

arrived. they shocking ic

But they lars, mainly various types of All this is doubly

werd

that there warned

rural rehabilitation. were watch because it is being brazenly more rat-holes for US dollars in Another point emphasised by daunted in the faces of th

any Mr. Lapham China per square foot than any Mr.

Mr. Suliman British or French Any

or Western Allies.

bitter ex- place on earth. The

was the need of procurement Jo American citizen here can

Do not forget it is happening i periences of UNRRA, probably China wherever possible to avoid down and watch a couple of a city which is nominally three- not 10 per cent, of which

This delays. nl

delivery thound apathetle demonstrators quarter.

over long Britai

reached n. Jegitimate Carter governed by

louchy problem. recipient, brought up parading under orders, And he France, and America,

was still fresh in many minds. Supplies in China Include tons cun rend In the Soviet-licensed

as the It will be represented

Most foreigners after listening and tons of unused UNRRA sup- paper next morning that 250.000 workers indignantly taking mat to Mr. Lapham and Mr. Stillman piles sent to Chua in 1945 and dignant elfizens spontaneously ters into their own hands and in the early days of ECA shoo) 1940 and "never gol off the gathered in angry protest.

stamping out réaction. But to their heads dubiously and pre- docks. These supplies, with the many people will have seen it. dicted

liquidation of UNRRA, passed that while they 1177 The phoney provocations have

I think this Berlin coup will be doubtedly were well-intentioned into the ownership of the Chi- been staged. The fictitious indig~

something like the Belsen Story men they would be "taken Innese Government. If ECA wants nation has been whipped up. The It makes 210 difference to the We had heard about concéntra-

see a gen-tion camps for years, but we did the same crowd at Nanking to use some of this stuff for re- carefully arranged

to have its that managed

placements for way red spontimeous Communists If they

essential indus-. demonstrations are, being held, uinely spontaneoUS anti-Com- not really feel about them until with most American aid money tries does ECA have to pay the The fery, threatening speeches

Chinese Guverument for equip- meeting in the British our own troops got into one and in the past. are heing made. The stuge- sector-ordinary people warned saw for themselves.

But the two men, after two ment that was given to China by managed climax is now very bear,

In short, does the months of terlious Investigation UNRRA? This is the Communist line of!

in the cities and in the field, an- American taxpayer have to buy The Western Allies argument:

nounced a plan of aid to essential it twice? rency into Berlin by Introducing their own cur-

Industries which showed, oven in, Mr. Laphan answered that he dellberately

the opinion of sceptics. a more lind not been given authority over hard-headed forced the Russians la impose the blockade.

cet of safeguards oid UNRRA supplies, la cannot than anyone so far has tried to legally appropriate then. If he needs them in his ECA Jobs the, do under present To most observers the plan of best he can hiring a reputable engineering stuff in good shape and the directives is to buy them-If the Arm to watch-dog every project price is right.

Climax Is Near

The foundation of lies and confusion has been carefully jaid.

The whole thing is part of a Western plot to ruin Berlin by splitting in two.

Must Work Fast

mauuist

SERIOUS SNAG IN ERP AID TALKS

The dismissal Gomulka from his post of Secretary General of the -Polish Communist

Party may be regarded as an event of far-reaching significance.

It is not only evidence of internal disagreement within the Polish Communist Party but is symptomatic of the cracks in the whole Com-

The Allies have already man- punist edifica

aged to divide the police force in Mr. in Soviet

half, and the food organisation, satellite countries which and dozen

other things. were revealed by the expul-

saboinging They are

the lu- sion of the Yugoslav Cont-dustry of West Berlin for the munist Party from the

benefit of capitalist Imperialism.

The City Council is the paid Cominform last June.

lackey of

of the Western Powers. It The Cominform's ex-com-

is corrupt,

and munication of Marshal Tito,hostile to the

and ineMelent

working classes. which has left Marshal Tito Berlin's mosses are angry with

Ht, and 11 master of Yugoslavia, caused

and it must be removed. That is the story. Everyone in a fhutter in other Commun- Berlin knows it is false. But it

ist dove-cots.

as been crammed into the news-

London, September 7.”

act up.

won joud and long applause, private firm was even

uny

should

Javo

He indicated that Avorcil Harriman, American Ambassador at

Chinese try to

set black placed if the

. large and general trouble-shooter for the Mar-

maritet values on the stuff, he over a project covering a Gay-

to say something shall Plan, today sought. with high Britishy of- ernment owned power, grid. Over would have

the whole set-up will preside a about that. Many observers feet

·ficials a solution to thẻ đäsfläck över dištri- '

that Mr. Lapham "master" engineering arm of un- * bution of European recovery funds.

questioned ability and reputee right, however, to take over

UNRRA

that he supplies .Mr. Harriman flew here sud-1 The crisis

developed when which will double-heck the pro- can use regardless of technicalities. representatives denly for a conference with the American

of ject engineers. As one Suliman It simply would be a way of

mission member remarked Chancellor of the Exchequer Bizonia refused to accept the miss

money

farther Ro the making his US$305,000,000 other

Marshall "We're going to screen out

which is to the benefit of China. (Sir Stafford Cripps) after a

These skullduggery if it's the last thing Plan countries allotted it. similar hurried trip to Brussels

about we do. These dollars are going for a talk with the Belgian US$100,000,000 more.

representatives wanted Foreign Minister and chairman

for capital investment work, not for temporary relief and not for of the Council of the Organisa OEEC experts who had been come favoured family pocket

European

Economic meeting in Parts (or a

week book." Co-operation, M. Paul Henri Anally reccssed their sessions in despair of solving the problem, Spaak.

In effect, they turned it over to the American Economic Co- Most of China's essential in- prohibitive. They must not re- operation Administration, which dustries which need reconstruc- is headed in Europe by Mr. Har-ton or replacement are owned by

Aman-United Press.

individuals or by the, Chinese

lion for

There has been anxious papers and shouted in speeches searching of consciences and and scrawled on walls. alacrity. to demonstrate And, on the basis of it, the City loyalty to the true doctrine Council is going to be seized.

It is going to be seized. You 'by nipping any heretical ten-can state that as a certainty. The The deadlock at the OBEC

dencies in the bud.

whole intricate, terrifying mach- meeting in Paris is crucial. No inery of a Communist coup d'etat one believes that a solution will 15 moving openly ahead, and not be found, but there are many thing that anyone can foresee tears that even now the problem is going to ball it,

will not be solved but just sooth-

Hall Stormed

ed.

The critical situation arose Twice already the City Assem- to decide how much each of the over the OFEC's futile attempts bly has had to cancel its meetings Marshall Plan countries would for fear of violence.

get from the US$4,875,000,000 of Twice Communist mobs have American aid. stormed into the City Hall, which is in the Soviet sector, Daily

British

Essential Work

NOT PROPER TIME

FOR WORLD UNION

A Screening

Under the engineering safe- guards, all projects will be care- fully screened before approval. They must be necessary, they~~ must be economically sound. They must not be located in areas to which transportation costs aro

quire too much equipment on which delivery cannot be expect- ed for a long time.

Mr. Stillman raid before his départure ta chuss further re- construction and replacement projects with ECA in Washing- ten that he hoped the programme would awaken China to the merits of the private enterprise system as practised by America and most Western countries."

This private enterprise system

has its code inorals and fair

Fortices

anded by "awyers

ก

The Central Committee of the Polish Communist Party has now taken drastic action along these lines. In а public statement it has an- nounced the existence of

Nationalist" "Rightist and deviation within the Party and has followed this up by

Rome, September 7. the dismissal of the foremost

This is not the proper time for world government as Polish Communist, Gomulka,

-The problem has created a lot desired by the Inter-Parliamentary Union. from his key post.

China, he of Eastern sector firms of hard feelings among the QEEC employees

This statement was made attriment, but we are trying with

said, he did not find enough Gomulka, it appears, was are ordered to trudge off to-some countries, but the toughest phase today's session of the Union by our resources to help mankind lawyers and accountants and en- opposed to the ex-communi saying: "Down with the corrupt Bizonin the combined

mass meeting carrying banners of the problem is how much cation of Marshal Tito as es- City Council!"

gingers--men whose professional the American delegate, Senator and to put stricken nations back

on their feet."--United Press.

services anfeguard private enter- -and Amerledh Zones of Ger- Alben Barkley. tablishing a precedent which

prise against unfair Br.

practices, the Speaker of the many-will get.

Benator Barkley was elected one

padded accounts, dishonest pur- he deplored. He was also Counell, has appealed to the

of the vice-presidents of the opposed to the policy of agri. Russians for protection.

chasing, dishonest workmanship. There was the possibility that Union whose conference will run

All too often in China he found cultural

"What? Protection against the in emergency ineeling or Mar- through to Saturday. collectivization

working eats you are wrecking?" the Rusters would be necessary to get this Union is to create a world ment Attlee, has nominated. Sir non-existent. Money for a pro- London, September 0. that the safeguards to the ethics massey whose inter-hit Plan country Foreign Mlaja- He said: "One of the aims of The Prime Minister, Mr. Cle of private enterprise were totally sians have replied.

over the 'présélit 'hurifle.

Edvernment. But I must say, is a Francis Vorner Wylie, 47, for ject was simply loated by every- personal opinion, t that the time is appointment

Government body connected with the job not yết muture for what we mean Director of the Suez Canal Com- which was usually done in by world government...

pany.

cheapest possible manner and must create a more efficient Sir Francis, former British my never finished. organisation hero and, we must Minister to Afghanistan, will

like 10

demonstrate to strengthen the United Nations be- succeed Lord Hankey, 71, who has these people thot These safe- GLIMPSES INTO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW fore, we can achieve our goal of reached the age limit for Govern- guards of engineers and accoun-

No. 32: How To Sell a Glass of Milk..

ment directers.

fants and lawyers moke private Coment

briefly on Ameri Lord Hankey, is to be offered enterprise the efficient thing it is, The régulations governing the jquire a glass of supplementary chn ald

countries, an appointment as a commercial That would be a lesson whore sale of subsidised national milk, m

director which carries no age benefits would outlast our pro- must fill in Application Schafor Barkley said: in the

United States does not disqualification-Associated Press. jects, Associated Press. in Areas of 222/K particularly

(contained

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LANE NORCOTT

world.

Hughe

to

other

communique of the Central stringent and incomprehensible. to the Lactie. Overseer at the local tistic, nor to impose upon any are very Worker's Joy, Book) -und thko want to be egotistical or impèría-

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Ex-SMC Employees

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Committee that the infection We quote the following details Milk Distribution Centre, who people a different form of gov- of Rightist and Nationalist from

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Stully with them in deviation has been spreading 5-203011/0 among Party members."

a blood from bottles The moral of these deve-

of milk left free test and bye-sight examination, upon the doorstops lopments is that they destroy workers, may be sold by licensed dional Health Suspector for

of the obtainable gratis from the Re-

Lac the current Communist illti-Supplementary Milk Purveyors to le Dencleneles (Hours: 10 a.m. to sion that the universal refer cerving of Temporary Milk Re-11.a.m. alternite Wednesdevel of Communism. would usherceiving Cards on production of an

Zonal Milk Control in a period of universal tran- Emergency Sunction signed by ford, Grade. A ACM13) will visit

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totallers secretly and át night Holiday milk munist parties would duti-aler

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Permits, Order, Picas, the Shanghai Municipal Coun interesting to get would be tional Governing to the Na- Supifcations de rant and ell, the former govtornaton

Kremlin able to count upon a greater Feng Yu-hslang was an in- 4: Glasses of subsidised nation af the Shanghai, International

I

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who

di milk,

Shanghai, September 8. Superannuation fund, retire-

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may be consumed on, or Settlement, will be paid by the German Government instal- once played an important tween the licensed hours of two months Ume.

off retailers, premises only be- Chinese Governacht in about led by Moscow than it has role during the war-lord aim to a um 11 Rith, to 13.30 This according to an on- met from the Poles and civil wars

of the late 20's pm, 2.0 pm to 3.0 p.m.; and houncement. by the Bacrifáry Yugoslave.

when his repeated political 5.30 pm, to 6.0.p.m.

General Mr Sung-Chung-Hen tergiversations, this conver-

Therefore, ask yourselves these of the Shanghal, Municipal Gove sion to Christianity and later questions, citizens. Do you really ernment last night, on his return want a supplementary, glass of from Ninking after a conference high Government oficiais,

the Foreign Minister

be calculat

Fong-The Christian General

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and spend the rest of your holf- Even supposing for a mo- North China in 1928, Feng days by yourselves, romping up to the time at Pearl Har moht that the report of the fuchsiang graditally lost the Cultural Centres and Parks bour, it was decided by a Liqui- death of Feng Yu-hsiang is influence, during the Japan-or Contentment and Leisure, free dation Commiites. Considerable In Catoulating true, the oven, is rather cab-War played an incon-or-comparatively from from=tiro® complexity is soon lacking in political Impur spicuous part and since then some omnidom the paneler BDC vloye

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