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OUTLOOK FOR BRITAIN
MORE AUSTERITY BUT IMPROVEMENT LIKELY
Moscow Playing Old Tune
Moscow, January 3.
Paris, January 3.
Continued austerity, but with a gleam of improve- ment in food supplies, is forecast for 1949-50 in Groat Britain,
tion for
The forecast is made in the report of the organisa- European Economic Co-opera- -tion issued yesterday and dealing with needs of the 19 countries participating in the Euro- pean Recovery Programme.
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A Pravda editorial today
Consumption policy reiterated Soviet predictions of ¦ United Kingdom.
rain economic crisis in the United very strict ip sure commodities ment, bacon, malik und States and the entire capitulist surly world.
engs ned textiles There will be a certain improvement,
An article by Mr. V. Cheprakov | port soul. stated: "At the same time as the
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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1949.
Marshall Aid
For Chinese
Washington, January 3. China received Marshall
Plan authorisations amount. ing to US$1,288,000 in the past Economia Co. week, the operation Administration an- nounced yosterday.
The grants brought China's Marshall Plan total to US$171,366,000.
The Notharlanda was grant- cd uld worth U883,442,000 lant wook, Increasing itu total Marshall Plan help to US$310,834,000. — Assoolated
Prosa.
BRITISH MP'S IN INDIA
EUROPEAN
NEED FOR CONTINUED U.S. AID
Paris, January 3. The 19 nations participating in the European Ro- covery Programme said today that they will need $4,347,000,000 of American aid in the fiscal year July 1, 1949 to June 30, 1950. This is $528,000,000 loss than for the current fiscal year.
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The requests are in a report published by the organi- sation for European Economic Co-operation, The report will be used, by American officials. in asking the U.S. Congress for additional funds. Continued
hard Crude oil refining capacity will shortages, work and living standards below rise 32% but the extra 6,800,000 Karachi, January 2.
pre-war levels for most of their lons will be only a start toward Parliamentary de- prople confront the 19 Govern- selt sufficiency. A British
Crude steel tegation to
production Ceylon has arrivediments despite anticipated Ameri- here on its way to Colombo.
cnn ald.
expected to rise nine and a half The report
is falling Europe vast per cent but emphasised The delegates had a 45-minute talk with the Prime Minister, differences their economies, short of its inrget this year and
Switzerland. Sweden Liaquat All Khan, last
and night.
Bel- may need to boost next year's were un- output 14 10 Later they placed wreaths on the Klum, for instance,
compensate. grave of Mohammed All Jinnah, damaged, by the war, but need Shortage of flat steel will remals meaning continued im- founder and first Governor-GenERP help to revise their Euro- acute, erat of Pakistan,
pean trade. Belgium and Luxem ports from America where the
have recovered almost demand for The delegation lunched with bourg
Bat steel Khwaja Nazimuddin, Pakistan's completely and have high living great.
need collars in Governor-General, today. Reu-standards but
buy things available only in the U.S.
The livestock ilustry is lend-
immense successes in the post-war | Feririctions on consumption goods.
a generaling. toward greater milk output development of the economy of m Brazon SEPIES kae the Soviet Union were altrineu zuten bu impossible.
than before the war but meat under the leadership of the party Batam seeks U.S.$040,000,000 production has not yet passed of Lewin and Stalin, the psbil- (£235,000.00)) for
to pre-war level partly beenuse of 1949/50 ty of the Soviet Stufe je-establistis | rover the estimated net deffeil. deliberate policy as regards mut-
The ing the full value of the Soviet | report said realisation of ion and lamb production, which rouble and signbeanfly improve the British Programme will is expected to be considerably
-War level the material saltintión. 1991 w Preise aufustrial output and Im-below
1940/50.- Associated Press, workers, the capitalist world be enturs more and mere tongled up in the claws of implacable econ- mie contradictions."
Mr. Cheprakov wald:
prove the balance of payments,
In addition, both in the UK. und in its OVCISKAS Territories, mportant plons are being carried
"to alij cut which wil bear fruit in the capitalist countries there cene. espreially
possible
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systematie decline dollar saving and doffor earning.
In purchasing power, and chaos which Government organs are! unable to deal with, increases. "The system of capitalism, hav ing byen out its time, visibly de-
pstrates its butikruptes rod it inability
tlar give
work init frases human munditions of life
Associated Press.
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Output Increases
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Turkish Planning For Industry
Paris, January 4.
about 130 to 135 per Turkish plans for far reaching expansion of agricul- ture and industry wore revealed today by the organisation for European Economic Co-opera- tion.
whereas the figure in 1948 was About 125 per cent.
Important ields in which out- pal increases HID exported i- cluates
Coal Production: a rise by 12 powodu metre tons to 230,000,000
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Dollar Noods Textile production will pro- Greece is tom by civil war.
bounce above pre-war Italy has almost 1,800,000
un-bably
levels for the first time. Much of employed while labour shortages the increase will be in synthetic plague other participating coun- production but wool and cotton irles.
outputs also are expected to rise. Yet when their story is dis- Cotton fabrication will remain. tilled into the report there below pre-wor
tool? they get ERP
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good
dellare enough American Congress.
from
the
pre-war levels. countries look for dollar saving by
by expanding their ship- About five per cent more bread is $100 They want to cut | Their bill this year.
ping
expected to be available next to $90,000,000 next year.
year, meat consumption should rise eight per cent and fats about nine per cent. That means more work from beller fed people.
More Bread
They hope for a 25% boost In dollar exports of all com modities with total exports 18% above this year. with the compared
The schedule calls for imports chapter of the organisation's re- IV48-40 Agure while import in.
More bread and tobacco wili to rise from $7,100,000,000 this port on what The 19 European creases arc 50 per cent of the be available than before the war. ver to $7,216,000,000 next year.
population hos Increased in other words recovery plan nations propose to increase forecast for 1052-53 as But
Europe's needs I do to help themselves and help compared with the level for 10% so there is less per person for hard currency still are rising
"each other in 1849 to 1950.
1948-49.
Meat and fat supplies will be and helt of its needs must come factor The
in The unbalancing organisation found sound
smaller than before the war. from ERP ir they are met at prospects for increased agricul-1949-50 is the field of invisibles,
Other predictions in the report: alt. Five and a half per cent more
Preliminary estimates ural production and noted pro-where both earnings decllae and
place this year with
the dollar coal than capital expenses rise. Some baloncing of
defleit mises of private foreign
at in 1952 Investment 11111 special hank these factors will be necessary sumption one and a half per cent $1,500,000,000 but OEEC says this of raw loans to ak! Turkish
industry if there is to be substantial pro- above the pre-war level.
is too optimistic and the total which should reduce Turkish gress toward the tong term goals An increase of 4,000,000 kilo- may be $2,500,000,000.
(341 ERP ald for 1948-50."
walts is planned. for electrical: As the planners see it, Europe dependency to 486,000 tons and 229,000 ruture investment projects.
for production but there still will still will need help when ERP 2015 11 1019/50 respectively. Pro- But trends in the balance
re-not be enough even in 1952. slurite l syndhehe Abres is payments do not appear favour. estimatret to The from 92,000 tons ||abic. • The report said: "Export
1917 tu 150,000 Cons Azi
wil production 2,200)000 tons in 19447 10 8,000,000 Valpariso, Jamsary d tons in 1940/50, Jule's Burd expedition to fun and steel-production of The Antarele in three years pruche steel to rise to 15.500.000 heyin today when
frigate to and a transport sailed for Pinta toin in 1948,
Textiles Arenues,
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They will be puned by a patrol at for a trip wees the Drake
Sea to Anfüretir baseS.
The ships are taking 143 CM- lean army and navy men te jes leave those stationed at hoses on Greenwich Irland and Gration
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Six Airinet おい KRA establish wow selentile base further South on Margarita, Bay within the Antarctic Circle." -Assoemnted Press.
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CALL FOR END TO DISCRIMINATION
Washington, January 2.
Senator John J. Sparkman today proposed that Con- gress make a thorough investigation of racial and other discrimination throughout the nation and then take whatever action noces- sary to and it.
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Planned Planned production 1949-50, the organisation ported. shows Incrasses for selected commodities of from three to 25 per cent compared to the levels forceast for 1948-
49.
Under the long term Pro- gramme, the report noted, Tur- Kish agricultural production should increase 30 per cent.
The 1949-50 production of | bread grains is to increase by 11
per cent, grains by 20 per cent. A
wheat by 11 per cent, fats and oils by four per cent, wool by 25 per cent and cotton by 20 per cent. Associated Press.
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PREDICTS MOON ROCKET BY 1959
Hertford, January 2.
clergyman astronomer hore has assured `his audiences that they will live to know another world; the world of the moon.
"Give
the Americans ten way of rocket projection to the years or less and the first rocket moon. to the moon will have been sent the moon is already better known He said that the surface of off and will have returned, than the surface of the earth, guided, of course, by radar",
many parts of which are an yet Faid the Reverend C. Wood, unmapped. Hertford Congregational Minis- ter, and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
San Francisco, January 3. The General Steamship Cor poration announced today the up- pointment of Mr Morse Frazier
The rst rocket will probably is Assistant Vice-President. Ho will continue to have charge, of
contain only instruments, but for the second rocket Wood believes the
department, trans-Pacific handling operations in the Orient there will be a call for volunteers
to form a crow? to take and Austrulla-Associated Press
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"Let shortcomings are and then let us
However, he coupled this South, Senator Sparkman said proposal with the threat of a he is preparing a resolution call- Senute libuster against some ing for a study of discriminatory particularly to of President Truman's study the relationship between
practices drastic civil rights measures if these practices and economie con- they are introduced in the 81st dillons. Congress,
Senator Sparkman sabl the solution to the South's racial dif- is raise Southern economy to a level where there is sufficient economic oppurtunity for both negroes and whites.
Asserting that racial and other forins of discrimination exist in the North as much as
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be courageous enough whatever action is necessary to emove these discriminatory prac- tices Whatever They may be against whom they may be direct- ed and in whatever part of the country they may occur."
VESSEL SAFE
Paris: January 2. The Senator described the Pro-
The Dutch ship Gosenhaven hsideal's civil rights programme as (not listed in Lloyd's register), political football which had been which this morning sent out an kicked around for political ad- SOS. in the Bric de la Somme, vantage in an effort to win the reported tonight that she has of small minority groups effected repairs and is continuing United Press.
under her own power-Reuter.
Prague: January 2. The Prime Minister, M. Sapa- tocky, left Progue inte today for Zlin, the Bats shoe town, to re- present Fresident Gottwald at the town's renaming celebrations.
Zila will be renamed Gottwal- dov in honour of the President, who recently celebrated his 52nd birthday.
The Bata shoe factory, one of the world's Largest, has been nu- tionalised and will be renamed Svit (Down).-Reuter,
WORLD STOCKS OF RUBBER
London, January 3.
The Rubber Study Group has announced that the world stocks of natural rubber stood at 260,000 long tons at the end of Noven- ber, while the synthetic rubber stocks were 147,500
tons,
The announcement sold there was no change in the stocks of natural rubber compared with Junuary 1048, but the synthetic rubber stocks had increased by 40,000 tons—Associated Press.
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