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WESTMINSTER REVIEW

By Roy Carleton RED AIR SECRETS

CONTRADICTIONS OF

THE

nre

PUBLIC

Rint

Churchill

Britain is not to protest "at the moment" against the flight of 13 Yak fighters over Western sectors of Berlin, says an official statement.

By WILLIAM COURTENAY

'Outclassed'

or the

The Yak is Russia's pekneipal | Russia's MIG lacks good Aro Interceptor tighter. It ip a control but is likely to Improve *This guldrummer Parliamentary (he suffered hospital treatment fully surmounted, present clouds

and wooden-built

A platon-after a further year's develop- holiday trip to Elre, may recess has produced two contra- after his

be happily dissipated. engined plane. Those fying ment. Even if by then it is in dictory reactions simongst our Hints that these long drawn out Whether this will lead to long-around the Berlin air-lift aren full aquadron use it could not topx suffering populace. They but veiled discussion with the term settlement of other danger would be easy meat for British compete with the British "Vam- are displaying exemplary patience Russians

now reaching ous issues remains to be seen but and U.S. Jet-fighters.

pire," the 600 mp.h. "Meteor," over the security silence which climax came in a sudden Cabinet meanwhile Mr. Attlee hay has has so cleverly masked the Mo-meeting towards the end of the made it clear to Mr.

Is not row talks with

Bevin's chair that the British Cabinet their terrifying week under Mr.

for potentialities for another war. manship. Although, of course enamoured of

for the proposal } 13uf they are getting all heated detalls are not Avaliable it is convening a European Assembly ¡Yaks are named after Alcz-¡the US. "Thunderjet" up over the shortage of cigarettes, a reliable assumption that this which was put forward at the ander Yakolev, most promising newest F.80 which does 930 m.p.h.

"Indeed feelings are running so meeting denit with the pros Hague Conference in May when of Russia's younger designers, with full war lond. high that Edward Hill, General) and con of the next move the Labour Party was su much Secretary of the Hollermakers the Moscow talks should break divided about propriety of sup-fle is under 40 and second in |Society....)

of Soviet aircraft which hins

Amongst these items porting any us sixty thousand down.

International pinas command

Thur Russia is hopelessly out- alex would be a discussion with Mont- members, made a scerch

were, sponsored by Mr. production.]

classed in the fighter plade Rekl and can never catch us up on. days ago it which, he warned the romery and other Service chiefs Churchill.

Russia could not, in fact stand research or design. slowing Government that unless the tax】of a possible further

up to air war against either Jon beer mid tubneva was rechnerd, down of the present rate of res

She has copied ENGAGEMENT

Not Right Time Britain or America. This fret is und โลค the workers

from the would revult

Home and leasU

arined Idrees,

Letters that have been passed expected to act as a brake on any bombers in this class. there is growing "PECK-OLDHAM-Mr. and Mrs. their nyalty to the Labour Gov- Nevertheless

Prime between

Minister and Soviet High Command or Krem- is leaving her behind with the optimism in politieni circles that Leaders of Opposition on this issue in elements whose Harold Hugh Peck wish to rent would turn to hostility.

ambitions B.20, a bomber capable of flying He went on

on to use

use these

Stalin's intervention at Moscow words, mnounce the engagement

'may tempt them to hostile acts. Cripps: "It is not means

the have just been published. likelihood of the

for 10,000 miles non-stop with * daughter, ther

Caroline dressed to

producedi She has

some jel of Attlee says therein that the can.

of bombs. the persunde

workers

of the acceptance

schiene

10,0001b Jeanette to Mr. Y. A. Ok- 1 lo

such assemblies fighters with the aid of Germun

ja also developing Russla that $14 Government policy of using Russian currency in Berlin vening of any hum, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.freezing wages is correct when under Fow Power control and ought to be done by Governments et scientists-but the only ones four-motorest jet bomber, Y. A. Oldhara, Sr. of Win Sir Stafford Cripps politely if this hurdle

and not by independent organisa-fully developed are the T.U. 2Ilyushin, but at least three years siteresstions and then dr signilleantly, (named after Andreas Tupolev, must

clapse before n single creases taxation before the tick

right her best airframe designer) and squadron will be equipped with White Paper has time to The dry. It should be clearly under-

loud that workers in hengy in-] dustries do not Intend to Alve up beer drinking or smoking. If we of Britain's really desire to reduce

The con- trade unions 10 continue umpitun of tabureo of cigarettes their support of the Govern- thers for the sake of the workers.

and reduce is ration them. ment's economic policy more significant than appears Price by nifty per cent."

field, Kansas,

WAGES POLICY

The decision

of

their

Strong Language

at first sight. The unions in this decision are obedient to the lead given to their an-

And på tip of that pretty sirong nual congress at Margate by language has come an ounce the General Council. It was ment by the finperial Tobeco

the realised that

Govern- Company of n further ve per Iment's attitude on control-f mit in the supplies of certain makes of elgareties un September, ling wages, prices and pro- So the storm of criticism will its would be challenged at about reach boiling poul by the the congress. Many, indeed, time Commons resumes its siltings asserted that the policy of land a debate on the subject, if it would probably economic stabilisation had, can be forced,

prove considerably more storms

in fact, broken down before than any on what other people The congress mel.

And it might elasi as more important was actually said that the topics. General Council had arrang- Sir Stafford Cripps, however, ed a visit to the congress by will have his unswer the Chancellor of the Ex. chequer to persuade unions

ready for

he warned the nation months ago! that we were spending too many dollars on tobacco and he tried to

in "hold the line" on wages, curb this drain by increasing the

ron-

and not criticise the Govern- import duty and by Imploring us

our personal ment to harshly for not to a clown

jsumption. keeping prices and profits down.

Very mjid Bifset to this irritating restrictiona Strachey's This interpretation of the committee en black market poul- siluation facing unions at the try and rabbits has just put in congress was wide off the is report, as a remit of which

IL

control of

can be

fareer

Fungshan Very Short Of Food

Canton, Beptember 16. Reports of dire suffering among the people of Fung- shan districi, near Swatow, have reached Canton.

The district in

throblems. This appears

Mr.

a stolen 1,20 four-motored Anterlea

a the

he thinks this is not the Ume for the Government to take the MIG,

them. this major Initiative when their The T.U. 2, a modification of In all, the Soviet Air Force is piston-engined warplane, is about 15,000 planes, mostly of hands are so full with urgent and

twin jet but none too fast. The war vintage, the fighters not fur- the guns of the next meet. MIG shows more promise, but ther ivances than the "Hurrl- Conference but I speed is believed to be no cane" with which the RAF won ing of the Hague Mr. Attlee says he will

than refer greatog

Amerlenn the Battle of Britain in 1940.

Thus, if Russlan France's proposal for a Parle-"Stoting Sta"-a inndel known ment of

of Europe to the Dominion as F6 and already being out-nemies moved towards Western

And the Prine Ministers who are to meet moded,

"Shooting Europe they could not hope, with is London in October. Political Star" is not as fast as the Bri-her inferior air power, in pene-

the

observers regard this as a bit of si De Haviland "Vampire." passing

through a period of acute food shortage which has been caused by a severe drought followed by locust deproda. Most of the villagers lion.

are said to be In that area subslating on roots and leaves. With the dearth of rice on the market, the price of

of this commodity has soared and la now costing about GY$60

for plout of 100 pounds as compared with Canton's GY$23 for 111 pounds.- Reuter,

fairly wise delaying tactics. Hasty of the French suggestion hopelessly minimise possibility of

of a friendly

arty solution the Russians,

My

that the Pet-

trale very far

armour and

HOTEL BON TEMPS

for diferences wilh

information

S-The recent spate of cor- tion desk the daily and monthly manent Commission of the Wes- respondence about Hotels is in- rates in force at his Hotel: Has ". tern Union Powers will be asked ten ely important, and must ve] he ever sugested to incoming to discuss the tople without coil- followed by all your readers with guests that monthly rates were, Ing on Britain and others to open- grave attention. 11 is all the possibly, advantageous to persons This more unfortunats, therefore, that intending to make a long stay? ly adopt the scheine Best.

I would give

In good time 15, after found impossible to obtuln

ac.

ceptable working, arrangements with Moscow.

|

an opportunity. for your sub-editor, when preparing And has he ever informed those Retting the details in devent shape for press the letter of Mr. Albert signing in as permerent idents

all, it is. Seralchell (Manager of the that he would ask of them

abuve named hostelry) inndver- month's notice and, equally, give tently got it printed on page 0.

the pame to them should he pre- But, once une has found one's fer their room to their company? way about. it becomes patently After many years of residence in clone that your correspondent has this burgh, I can ruggest that Mr. indeed been trained on modern Ser:

Scratchett hag

estab- kept his es. It is to him, as to those lished customs der his coun- whne methods as follows, un- ter, traded on the past three years. orthodox procedure en the part of intense shortage of Accom- chis guests to ring betta, snap modation to cake in the shockels, their Angers or use the lifts, but] and frequently taken advantage Established clis'um and trade of the rationa" issued to him for usage for him and his kind to residents' consumption to pep up sai people to Coventry. Or for his # In cartes, at the expense of him to cut oft

off the current from his

rom his table d'hotes.

Costly Materials Rot Away On

Island

Shanghai, September 16.

mark. was based in the it is likely we shall be given de- American aid-to-China officials get furious, every

the humble bunny. main on the fact that wages This would probably result in a in important industries had higher controlled price but this be preferred to present been substantially increased would

method which has put this use-

since the stabilisation poyful contribution to our diet af Lease, UNRRA and the special US Economic was formulated in the spring most completely out of the house. cheap sale of US Army war-ministration China office Chinese

been

-

Public Airing

encouragement of voluntary Toups have

unions should run nationalised

action of unions and employ-industries and ers had succeeded in secur-membered the House of Lords ing a substantial measure of tried to embarrass the Govem- few weeks ago with

05

test

Street Fighting Among Strikers In Paris

Paris, September 16,

While a Communist spokesman of the General Con- federation of Labour was telling Renoult Auto- bile workers to "strike until victory," the fol- lowers of General Charles de Goulle began their own nationwide referendum on whether the voters want new elections.

New Allied

to hear arguments against, and for the already published rates. I feel most deeply for those hotel residents who, having been led by Government's first actions to believe that, a long last, something was being done to make life possible for them in face of a threatened business re- ersalon, are now

suspended in uncertainty until, in Mr. Eard- ley's own words, 1st November, or such later date.......

It is a bad jhing to have a mat- ter at once. unter study by an offerally appointed commlitee and thrashed out in the press. The splution lowever may not be difficult, namely to open the clused

Hotels Advisory shop Committee to the public, so that the

public may know what argu- menis are being put forward on the one side and the other und, if they feel like disagreeing with either, go and let off their steam before Mr. Clinu and his fellows. Then the newspapers will 'report The violence occurred as the what is being said, and everyone French Franc sank to a new will know what is happening. As low and Premier Henri Queuille, it is, as soon na Mr. Chou's com- hastily called a newś con-mittee make their report, every- ference to deny that his gov-one will want to speak at once. ernment planned any drastic I will need a Lone Norcott to

bring us all back to sanity. monetary steps.

1. CONLEX. He dented specifically rumours 16th September, 1948. in the French press that bank

Much Ado, accounts would be frozen, free Little Nattoring.

guests' refrigerators, use their It is

is possible that when a Gov- favatories, deny them residents en

einment notiles a scaling down Increase their meals, or

roles of rates, its intention is to scale time they think of the immense stockpile of without warning-in fact to act them down, and that it considers towards them after the manner that some reduction is justified surplus rotting away in this country.

of the other dozen or so rough and even overdue. If. subse- Funneled in through Lend- Now with the prodding of the dictators that make the modern quently, that Government sels up Co-operation Ad- world such a happy place to live a Committee to review the rutes

i

first proposed, it does not meat officials are apparently making of this year. Neither could wives' reacti.

wonder, Sir. whether Mr.] that Government has withdrawn time surplus to Chinatrac motions of breaking up the sur- Scratchett has ever published in from its intention to enforce a it be said that the domestic

tors, barges, boats, construction plus log Jam--Associated Press. his quest rooms or at his recep- reduction, bul that it is prepared price level had not risen.

machinery and a myriad array Nor was it possible to say

of basic capital goods are These that profits had not

domestic issues and gradually being overgrown; maintained at a high-level others of equally vitul interest with weeds and. vines on Point

will all get public airing in La- Island, in larger and distributed

miles from Shanghai's bour's own Internal Parliament, famous Bund. dividends. The facts seem-

the Trades Union Congress at

Charles Stillman, head of a ed to contradict the plea that Margate. The TUC annual report sperial construction programine“

surprises. the policy of stabilisation contains several

One

ECA mission to China, has indi- 15 call to Government to

the was necessary and had been a cal

Totaled that clearing up this mess case up on Whilehall so far successful.

1 inte at metal and organising control of a The T.U.C. General Coun- certain branches of industry by useful and usable machines will

allowing each industry to have an be

of China's ability to More than 100 police and 30 workers were injured cit took a precisely opposite overall allocation of raw materials help herself.

in four hours of street fighting on Wednesday So did which they can view of these facts.

then share out Until a few days ago, it looked the Chancellor

whon 90,000 aviation, automobile and steel of the Ex-among themselves instead of this

though China was going to let

matter slide. But chequer when he spoke to being done at the top by Govern- the whole

industry workers went on strike. ment departments. Another une survey reveals that crafies havC | the congress. The General unde

moved on moved

10 man-made Council, in a supplementary pcted item in this report is been

the opposition to the

ided that Point Island and that a start in report to congress, said in nationalised industries should be sorting out the engineering effect that the Government rua Jointly by managements and materibi has been made.

Left wing trade union and its 1949. unions. by its own efforts

The vista on Point Island pro- been urging that sents startling paradoxes.

a country where wood is it will be

so scarce that buyers measure boards with a tape rather than estimate roughly with the cya, hundreds of, tons of lumber- economic stability. It point-ment

suggestion that workers should

from emptied crates are fall- ed out in its report that the be appointed as directors. So

ing apart under the, impact of rise in wages had only just the TUC

UC official opinion, που

rain and sun. kept pace with the rise in expect the qualities which fit of each other in the

this report. in

Barges, bottoms up, lie on top domestic prices. Having reelle that

long grass shingles-splinter- in world men for trade union responsibility like so many gard to the rise

are not necessary the same using and warping with the seasons. prices, a real measure of

those required for executive res- voluntary internal price responsibility in industry, is cerinin traint and reductions in to be hotly contested.

A new club for Allied corres- trading in gold would be sus- many instances had kept the

Rubber tyres on instricate con-pondents, known, as the Over-pended, or there would be "a struction machinery, lining several seas Press Club of Japan, has Frare dropped on the black mar- manclary manipulation," The cost of living index from ris-

roads of this island, are estimated been formed with temporary ket to 440 to the gellar as against ing by more than two points.

to be worth US$300 each. There quarters in Resolutions at this TUC con. The results had been good, ference which touch upon foreign They are nearly all rolling and

the Shiba Park the legal rate of 311. are four tyres to each machine Hotel in Tokyo.

Fighting broke out when 100, in respect of profits and affairs are not likely to cause

This was announced today by crowd of 4,500 aviation workers dividends. No fewer than Bevin many headaches, Foreign

marched down the Boulevard An Australian Un miner was Two hundred fishing boats, the National Broadcasting Com

dead this morning Haussman protesting the 95 per cent of the companies affairs have of course provided

at the any correspondent, Mr. George to moke this sailed across the Paclite reporting, up to August had haunting shadow day anything risk of American lives,

not far from missal of 1,700) employees of Selangor State. Thomas Falster, Chairman. of the Parliamentary holiday` declared, in terms of issued but care free. Behind the calm

where Club's Board of Governors.

the national aviation industry.

terrorists murdered Iday anything

at the bumping

Three former Presidents of the

The crowd gathered in front rubber planter, Mr. George Wil- capital, the same or a lower disappearance of leading members sand's cast end. Brought out to Tokyo Correspondents Clubs are of the aviation company head-son, last Saturday

rate of dividend this year of the Cabinet on holiday trips to China during an ambitious

of quarters with banners declaring The police are withholding his than last. In other words, Ireland and France and elsewhere, NRI programme which among the charter members

there have been feverish man- Vielded

salaries

of US$600 a the new press club-Mr. Howard "Down with the Marshall Plan," name until his wife, who is in

and "We Australia, is informed. Handleman of the International "We Want Bread," the profits distribution of

The polico on an Isolated some large companies has re-ocverings in relation to the Mos-les en hieronta hope News Service, Mr. Walter Sim- Want Democratle Government."

splicers the fishing boats

noiser Johore station 'fired at have mons of th cow talks and Mr. Attlee had to

Chicago Tribune mained high only by com- endure bedside talks, with Bevin sonar, two way radio, and the and Mr. Folster of the NBC.

Fighting Starts

during the night and at dawn parison with preceding years over high matters of State while

refrigeration and marine

demanded The workers

found that they had shat a full Other members are Mrs. Helen

with company of low

repre- grown. Uiger.-Reuter. profits and even

Folster of Newsweek, Mr. Char- meeting After two years the tons of

Jes Gerry, Associated Press Wire-sentatives, The fight storied fish that these 200 craft-pre- photo; Mr. Pichard Hughes, over whether the labour delega- The facts are that the Gov-policy, it would be the height

aumably destined to go Kemsley Newspapers, Mr. Lion should have a police escort. ernment's appeal for res-of folly and irresponsibility on bumping #ach other until Lindesay Parrott, New York Pushing and shouting led to ast

thair bottoma hit the river Times; Mr. Charles traint has had its effect on to reverse this policy. Such

Rosecrans fighting. In a few minutes the bed-havo

сам caught would not help

bel T

Jr. International Newsphotos; air was filled with paving stones dividends; price control has a reversal

counted on the Angers

Philadelphia, September 16, of Miss Honor Tracey, London Ob- and anything else on which the been tightened, subsidies-Britain but might bring

hand. Some of these

The Philippine Island's recogni- ence-server, Mr. Gordon Walker, rioters could get their hands. particularly to the affecting the cost of living-harm

_spanking_craft_have

Fifteen police were seriously tion as the 69th member of the begun to Christian Science Monitor: Mr. increased; and overall the worlding people. Britain has

Hats

Donte Warner, Reuter-Australian-injured-before-reinforcements in National-Boxing: Association was.

Peggy creased the steel helmeted police officially accepted, yesterday Hitherto the conveyance of the Associated Press: Mrs. Government has managed to not yet reached the stage of

Point, Island stockpile. to China Warner, Brisbane Courier Mall; and mobile guardsmen to about the NBA annual meeting by Mr. keep the national economy convalescence: she is still in was effected largely by beno- and Mr. Frank White, Asspelit 2,000.

William Kim, of Honolulu, Secre steady in the face of rising the stage of remedial treat-volent foreigners. All signs have ed Press. now two Allied cor-hour, but scattered fights con-

The battling subsided in an tory of the Hawali district.

Ons bocact the 08th member world prices. From the ment but the struggle is for pointed to the fact that once measure of success already survival," and sacrifices have reaching Chinesa custody oficial respondents clubs in Japan- tinued for some time--Associat- of the association on Monday

movement, of the goods consed.

Associated Press, achieved for the stabilisation to be made.

losses.

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