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LONDON BRIBE INQUIRY

FORMER CHANCELLOR OFFERED POSITION

Reply To Critics Of RAF

London, December 14.

Mr. Hugh Dalton, former Chancellor of the Exche- quer, testified today at the inquiry into alleged corruption in Government circles.

Mr. Dalton told the Tribunal that Sidney Stanley, stateless alien and key figure in the inquiry, offered him a job in a big business concern. Stanley, said Mr. Dalton, followed him into the stract at their first meeting and made the offer.

• London, December 14 The Air Minister, Mr. Arthur

Mr. Dalton, now a Henderson, today replied to Minister as Chancellor of the British newspaper charges of Duchy of Lancaster, said that deficiencies and ineffectiveness The had met Stanley four Umes in the Royal Air Force during in all.

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Mr. Bender-

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Cabinet-1

contrulfed

and

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or Later, one

assistants told him that Stanley and hic wife had vialled the Traxsury. saying they wanted follars for a business trip to the United States and that Glenvil knew all about it.

Mr.

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London, December 14. Strikers at tha London maining terminus of Euston decided today,

continua their strike which is delaying the despatch of many, train loads of parcele. The men also decided to rock the ac. tive, support of other London stations.

The London Midland re- glen of the Railway Execu. tive Intermed the men ye ferday that if they did. not return to work today they would be dismissed but by

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the midday

Only strikers had returned, leaving over 400 still on strike.- Reuter.

Friends Forever

London, December 15, The Pragde Radio reported to-

that the night

Czechoslovak Premier.

Zapatosky, Antomin broadcast

trom meeting in Prague for the fifth Gulversary <if

Moscow

to n

Just week's naval-air exercise. The first meeting was at a din- Α' 21 14.6h A huncast The new, Stanley came after him and

There was no truth in this, Mr. United States A Puaces in Bri- sold that how he was no longer Hall said, and he told his staff faii. Mr. Henderso

tha member of the Government immediately to be careful Royal Air Fores in fully not "We windd like you to join us Stanley. He

also warned taining the stunlard af set chathe fra Universal Stores. Big World War II.

he

Great Unt-John Belcher, Purlinmentary Sc- cretary to the Board of Trade sail the attacks actually versal Stores group.

the inquiry key gure by the

Pay the millionare Inne Wolf on to be on his guntil. HAF were

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by thas hundred of branches in Bri-

Ma Belcher replied: "Oh yes, Inn and abroad?.

T know a good deal abour Sta-mutual assistance pact with the ley.

to warn Soviet Union, 1 nextl

Zapatosky centrusted the phet The Tribunal then adjourned with those which Czechoslovákia until tomorrow.--Reuter

had with "the capitulisi us at the states, which foresook most critical moment, with the result of occupation and suffering until the Soviet armies liberated

2.

marily low-tange aktordu sonit numbers of plates,

Of 21 wrrruft ordized four were table in take off enuse of technend falluers, others fared steren d thr clouds from 1,000 try to Stundey was either a Director of 26,000 feet, with heavy icing.

A Daltom paid they be later beyanted Stapley's luxury hat in

Lention's Th

West Faul and again Allantir was asked if he would join the the umberslut? dorra m

One aircraft whe struck by lightning and one forced down elmost to ona level by Icing. The final major attack should have taken place on the follow ing night, Mr. Henderson andel. 11

heeate the gumantes de not wish to 12- eur the tack of las of hire, aind

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bour

EVmpany

excentive.

cat

Substantial fee

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Stanley Bald' "You noed only attend one meeting 2 month and in return for this

There

Most Of Krupps To Be Saved

Dusseldorf, December 14.

there would be a subotantial About two-thirds of the vast

fee."

Mr Dalton could nog vernom»

Krupp organisation will be

be entirely endorsed their deel her as fure being mentioned, preserved for the German eco-

about-- Beuter.

RED

but in nay ense he told Stunleynomy.

that such

PROPAGANDA vs.

IN GERMANY

arrangement was Major General W.H.A. Bishop,

that

not dearable from his puinte of British Regional Commissioner,

has sent to the North Rhine- Stanley then all

Westphalia Ministry of Economie: list of 12 Krupp workshops

zeturn and plaats due to peacetime Servicg

An additional 2 plauts and 22 workshops

will he reorganized before being taken over by Ger- man firms. The remuning third. consisting of badly-blitzed plants

Great Universal Stores was build

Tartogies development Mainz, December 14,

[MVHS-- SIBEL Mr Dalton bad Potro trained o rrymat been enreened "with""""develop- of neuly saht 100x of Vognment es thetaghout his pubile monst iterature being bannight life the reference persuaded him info The Pietrk Zone <! Ger

Me Wellson, the Great many

Universal Stars' chief,

Police at Maito said they were habling two Gerumans who bard been on lingered the Hurty which

won seized shortly after it had zerossed Fes une at the brave:

between

French Zone

American

materiai

write

Examination of the showed it har beers printed In seven or eight dog work:, mortly JE Berlin,--

Heuter.

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He hoped the friendship with Kussin "will just not for twenty years (the duration of the part)

but forever."— Reuter.

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SCIENTISTS QUARREL ON GENETICS THEORY

Moscow, December 15.

The Soviet Academy of Sciences today issued a long

SHANGHABE

statement denouncing Dr. Herman Muller CANTON

of Indiana University and his views on genetics. Muller, 1946 Nobel prize winner in medicine, an

nounced cancellation of his affiliation with the Academey last September.

Be attacked the Academy for is an attempt to lower the kuran supporting the theory of T. D. being to the level of the beasts." Lysenko that acquired charac sald the Aendemy. teristics can

Muller has accused members of be transmkted from one generation to another the Academy of misusing their

elestroy science by inheritance. Muller was position fo

narrow political purposes. Senior geneticist at the Insitute The answering

Presa.

for

Academy

of Cienettes in Moscow from stalement said its position Is that 1933 to 1937.

there is no relance in the world The Academy sakk “We part { separate from politles. ways without any feeling of re- The bugle question is with what Aret with

our former member, ppiities science is bound up, and who betrayed the interests of real | whose interesis it serves, the In- science and openly passerl river teresis of the people or the in- Into the camp of the enemies of terests of the exploiters."—Asso- peace arul deverncy,

clater "Professor Muller formerly bad reputation

progressiva scientist. This is not a very con- venient

satu. America,alion in contemporary

Academy,

Answering Mutler's argument that by the Lysenko theory hackyard peo. ple would pass on their back. wardness by inheritance, salt it denied the attempt to apply blotgolcal laws to social life.

The

Political Angle

"The development of spelety is subject not to biological laws but to higher social laws, The attempt to spread to humanity the laws of the animal kingdom

STALIN WAS NOT EVEN PLACED

Prague, December 15.

Palestine Peace Talk Overture

Tel-Aviv, December 14. Contact has been established between Israel and Transjordan Alter a Jewish request for peace talks, an Israel spokesman told Reuter tonight.

The Transjordan Parliamen: yesterday approved unification of King Abdullah's 30,000 square inle Kingdom with Arab Pales- tinc.

Both Houses carried the pro- i posal, fist made at the Palesti

Arab Congress at Jerkho caller this month.

Rumours of contact between the

Prevulsarles of King Abdullah and

A public jury has placed Author Klement Gottwald, who is also Czechoslovakia's-Communist sident, above author Josef Stalin, Maxim Gorki and the American Howard Fast in a judg. ment on writing.

ing book of 1948 at a pre- Christmas review held by the

"Lidove

the Isruel Government's repre- sentatives for preliminary talks to end the Palestine wor were first heard some months ago, but

by were officially dentel both Gottwald's book "Ten Years" | cultural newspaper

sides,

circles According to Informed was adjudged the most interest- Noviny" (People's Newspaper).here the Israell A mixed Anglo-American com-

Guverament is present Wolfson gave a long and mittee will recommend the future

The Gottwald book is a collervonfident of making peace with | interesting areount of the growth | use to which

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tion of the President's speeches, King Abdullah, whose attitude. and development

cornments and sayings in the it is believed, is that TransJordan last decade.

also wanta pence, but is concerned Julits Furlk, a

Czeel:

at the Araly Leogue's reaction to spaperman who was hanged by

Israeli-Transļurdun truce the Germuns during the decupa *** tion, took second place with his

Reportage on the Gallows".

Thind was Stuliui's “Questions of Leninism".

Calversal Stores,

But nothing

of the Great plants will be put.-Reuter.

Wis said about of Mr. Dalton

The possibility Joining the Board.

Mr. Dalton said that there was not the slightest truth In the evidence given by Stauley that The had gong to seek a Director -

ship, but Wolfson would have, him.

"Low Ropute"

nu!

Accepts

Premier

Resignation

London, December 14.

Mr. Dalton sald that he and The Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attice, has accept-

formed the view that Stanley

was a contact man of low re pute and he wished to have nothing more to do with him.

For one

and अगरा Wolfson had

the treated

ed the resignation of Mr. John Belcher, Parlia- mentary Secretary of the Board of Trade.

but

thing, he could prs. in " letter accepting Mr. ed. admitted during his evidence duce only a text when he had Belcher's resignation. Mr Attlee that he had received gift of promised-to-turn up in a car,

" am certain that you whisky sherry-and-gold during

Interview said:

strongly cigarette case, Stanley have taken the right course in denied that he had in any way with very Bilght respect.

offering to resign your office. 1

been influenced by these cuts in Stanley had made two further regret the circumstances which his official position. attempts to see him. Mr. Dalton have made it necessary for you said that he wrote a very eart to do this and for me to accept letter to him and, if it had been your resignation but you will addressed "Dear Ston" he had not. I am sure, expect me at certainly not meant it that way the present time to comment on and it must have been a mistake the contents of your letter."

by his secretary,

He agreed that neither Stanley Mr. Belcher. in Itis com- nor anybody else had ever apraunleation to the Prime Minic- proached him to misuse ister. repeated his earlier denials that he had been influenced in Any way by any gitt or by any

powers, either as a Member of Parliament or of the Goveth. ment.

Isane Wilson suid that Stan- promise.

ley had introduced himself to Mr. Belcher concluuled by say- him at a dinner in 1947 with the ing: "I cannot fully express the words "You don't know ine, but regret that I feel that indisere- I know you."

tions of mine should have done party to which I belong proud to

Later, Stanley came to see him harm to the several times with schemes for have been EO

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