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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1949,
Barbers p Hair Clippers
Under-Developed Orient Areas Can Hope For Aid
Washington, January 23.
S. B. Show, United States forestry and conserva- tion expert, scos in Prosidont Truman's."bold new programme" to aid under-developed areas a great hope for the agricultural zones of Asia and Africa.
Mr. Show says that in many nations today the pre- valent practice is to cleor forests from slop- ing soll and plant row crops.
This deforestation and un- scientific planting, combined some with heavy rainfalls in 'areas, destroys the land for agricultural purposes within a few years.
"Then malnutrition, starvation and political troubles ensue."
He considera Mr. Truman's
States
Large in share the unwledge is
He describes Japan's agricul fure as "technically advanced" and attributes this to tho scar- city of land in proportion to the huge population, which "neces- sitātes scientio¬uss.”
UN Interest
MILITIA FOR RUMANIA
Moscow, January 23.
The Soviet news agency, T059, reported from Bucharest tonight that the Rumanian Government today issued a decree abolishing. the police and gendarmerie and setting up a militia.
The decree said that the militia, controlled by the Rumanian Home Ministry, will "safeguard the rights and liberties gained by the people and will vigilantly guard the means of production, which hos become the property of the peo- pie's state"
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It added: "The militias will President Truman's Inaugural | safeguard the constructive labour element that n development of the working people of towns programme should be a co-opera- nnd countryside, and will see lo tive enterprise, in which all the that Government laws and de store of
should work together particularly significant in view of tions
erces are justly applied.”—Reuter. the United States' large contribu- through the United Nations, and tions to the science of soll conser- special agencies whenever prac-
lenble, is
is cheered by represents- vation.
The
alm of the nations of the tives of various UN agencies here. world should be to use soll for They feel the Truman statement the greatest good without des- xives prestige to their efforts and truction of soll, according to. Mr. W lend impotus to programmes Show. In practically all nations which must at present be neces of Asia are amall nuclei of tech-sarily curtatted because of small nical experts ready nad anxidus to absorb hnd sprend new tech- nical advice which may by forth
result of the Truman coming us programme. In many
China, E sections of India, Siam, Burma and Malaya,
the soll was denuded after un-
scientific farming, Mr. Show can
The farmers then moved
tinued.
to other sections.
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This is Radio Hong Kong broadcasting on a frequency of 845 kilocycles per second and on point out that the Truman de-9.52 megacycles per second in the
31 metre band." velopment programine-
BETH.K.T. speeded through the co-operative 12.15 p.m.-Religious Talk efforts of UN groups like the In- 112.80 Dally Programe Summary to Chlidren
which is interested in the training ternational Labour Organisation. 12.32 rather Mixture A Variety Show introduced by Howard Lock- hurt. (BUCTS)
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One official sald: "You cannot euro a country's troubles without considering the problem of her- Golf, Hero is |_ where WHỌ enters the picture. You must also con- sider soil conservation and scien- tife methods of growing and dis tributing crops. FAO is important In this respect. Emicical use must be made of manpower. But man- power
is which
inndequately trained is certainly inadequately used. UNESCO and the ILO can old in this field.
China's Nood
"Bolution of the problem of under developed nations dependa on co-operative effort; that Mr. Truman has invited such co. operation la encouraging in. deed,"
The campaign against rinderpest, a disease fatal to cattle and water- buffalo, is one example cited by on FAO spokesman as a type of co-operative effort which can ald underdeveloped areas. In China about 1,000,000 head of cattle and water-buffalo dls each year from a disease which can be prevented
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Bhastgħal, January 24. Ten thousand barbera, talo down their aclmors and clip. pers today in a strike which qustomers left many Irate with one half of a haircut
Acting under the fight discipline of The Barbora' Union, the tonsorial" artista abandoned their customers to the chairs after the Barbor Shopowners' Guild falled to keep their promies to lesua the year-end bonus on percentage baela, - United Presk
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Rome, January 23. The Italian Communist lca- der, Signor Palmiro Togliatti, speaking, al a meeting at which the veteranFrench Communist, M. Marcel Cachin, was also pre- sent, reiterated M. Cachin's re- cent statement that agreement between Russia and the United States is possible.
"It is not inevitable that two systems such as the capitalism of the United States and the Com- clash, and that their rivalry-must munism of the Soviet Union must necessarily end in war," Signor Togliatti said.
"They can and should colla- borate on economie questions and settle by mutual accord any in- cipient confilets.
"The march towards Socialiam and Communism la Inevitable. but it should develop pacifical · ty."
(In Florence last Friday, M. is or Cochin declared that as Marshal Stalin and President Roosevelt 7.00 pm-World News and News Aa-had always maintained, agree-
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