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STEP NEARER THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH INSTALMENT

'NEW EUROPE' CRUSADE IN EUROPE

Paris, February 17.

Loading statesman of the 19 Marshall aid countries today approved the setting up of a seven-powor Ministerial Committee to streamlino Wastern Europo's economic policy. ·

The Belgian Premier, M. Paul Henri Spaak, will be chairman of the new body, described by the Italian Foreign Minister, Count Corlo Sforza, os a European Government,

Dur

The plan which was accepted The Council approved also a today by the full Council of the recommendation that it meet at Organisation 'for' Europeana Ministerial level not less than Economie Co-operation des-four times a year.

Count Storza told correspon- cribed as giving the new body dents: "Our work proves the same relation to the Coun- will to lead Europe towards ero cll as a Government has to its nomic unity. Although govern- Parliament.

ments will retain their eignty, the newly formed body will be on a super-national level. We must substitute inter-dependence for tional Independence of European peoples in the past century."

It is proposed that the new Consultative Body comprise Dri- tain, Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Turkey.

CARDINAL'S TRIAL A TRAVESTY

Paris, February 17. The United States Minister to Hungary, Mr. Selden Chapin, today said that the trial of Car- dinal Mindszenty was a tra- vesty of justice.

He does not know exactly how the Communist-dominated Gov. ernment of Hungary had wrung

from a partial confession Catholic prelate, but he is cer- of pressure tain that all kinds were used.

SLIM-

Mr. Chapin has been moned to Washington by the State Department for consulta- tions. The American authorities have laken no formal action on the Hungarian demand that he be recalled.

in Vienna, During his stop Mr. Chapin sald the stern United

reaction to States

sover-

European the no-

Soviet Menace

On the night before we left. Moscow the American ambassador

gave a reception for the writing Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's

party. It was a sing affair and Russian gueris "wore mainly In- dividuals from the Foreign Office and the armed services.

There

to

Own Story Of The War

In Europe

our

covered by defensive fire, were inctical obstacles that enused us many casualties and delays. was always a laborious basiness to break through hund though our technicians. Invented

every conceivable kind of mine

cal appliance to

destroy

were the usual toasts, followed by a supper, "ไท" the midst of which

safely. Marshal Zhukov gave me the Ambassador received An urgent

a matter-of-fact statement of his call to come to the Foreign Office

practice, which was roughly, at ance. Suspecting that he might sleges of history, certainly it is the weather turned bad. During "There are two kinds of mines; obtain news of a Japanese sur without parallel in modern time. our flights through Russia

one is the personnel mine and the render, momentarily expected, Mr. All of us were struck by the fact agreements required us to use a Harriman asked me to do my best that in speaking of Leningrad's Russian navigator, Their navi over the vehicular mine. Whon

we come

to a mine fivid'our infan – hold all the guests until ́ho re- loases every citizen did so with a gators seemed quite skilful in

try attacks exactly as if it word This proved

not thore, The losses we got, from be quite tone of pride and satisfaction in orienting themselves by torralo turned a tank because the ambassador his velco. The prido, of course, features in the country-side, with

very familiar. personnel mines we consider only

equal to was kept at the Foreign Ofica was understandable in view of the which they were

those We would have much longer than he had anticl- berole endurance that had defeat Apparently, they ware not so pro-

guns and had pated. However, by enlisting helped the enemy at that vital point; ficient in celestial navigation and gotten from machine

number of American but It was more difficult to grasp would never give us authority to artillery. If the Germans friends who devised now toaste, the reasons for satisfaction, even ily at a greater height than would chosen to defend that particular aron with strong bodies of troops instead of with mine fields. The some of them even sat to the tunes though it was explained to us that permit them to see the ground. of the orchestra, we managed to the city, by paying such a tremen. On this particular trip, the celling attacking infantry, does not set entertain the guests and keep the down price, had proved itself dropped so low that, finally, we of the vehicular mines, so after were skimming along at treater they have penetrated to the far bulk of them until Mr. Harriman "worthy of Mother Russia." returned.

The mayor of the city had uslovel in our four-engine transport side of the Beld they form a for luncheon with a number of

bridgehead, after which the on- civil and milltary loaders of the region.

from

He walked to the middle of the room and announced the Japanese Count Sforza predicted tha

surrender, which brought a joyous within weeks the European shout of approval from all the -economic unification

Anserieans prosent. But I noted achleved will be parallelled by

that old Marshal Budanny, who developments In the plan for

was standing at my side, did not Council of Europa.

seem to exhibit any great on- "With the OEEC and the pro-thusiasm. I asked him whether

Council of Europe, we can jected

over he was not glad the war way over build a new Europe," he said.

and he replied, "Oh yes, but we Referring to the sombre, ap-

should have kept going until we proach of the present and fu- had killed a lot more of. ture Soviet policy, Count Sterza insolent Japanese." The marahal "A great totalitarian seemed to be a most congenial, declared: State would like to use Germany humane, and hospitable type but as its audite to convert or at the same time he seemed to hand, would like Ger- have no concern that even many into a peace-loving power."

day's continuance of war meant M. Spaak, the new chairman death or wounds for of the seven-power Ministeriat Committee of the OEEC, said, the Organisation is looking for a new name. He appealed to corres pondents tonight for suggestions for a new name which would

arouse a human response in the

hearts of the public-Reuter.

the MENTAL HYGIENE

IN ISRAEL

Imprlearmant of Cardinal Mindszenty had

effect in Hungary.

A

profound

He said he believed that the strong statements by President Truman and the Secretary of State,

Dean Acheson, Government put the Hungarian ола paychological defensive

Mr.

United Press.

RESTRICTIONS

ON CHINESE

Bangkok, February 18.

A Royal decree today reserved certain jobs, among them rice- farming, for Siamese nationals. Other occupations listed in a law understood to be intended to pro- tect Siamese from Chinese com- petition include bus driving, hairdressing, working in the salt-

and driving cars tricycles.

The Siamese Premier, Marshal Phibul Songkram, wamed the Chinese in Slam last week against-taking up occupations and profiteering at the 'expense of the Siamese people-Reuter.

felds

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by today

was the

New York, February 10. A programme to help the State complete of Israel develop mental hygiene launched here

Advisory Committee American of Mental Hygiene in Israel,

The Committee plans to send psychiatrie teams to Israel, train Israell personnel in the United setting States, aid Israel in the

up of screening centres and 1 supply material such as testing and

therapeutic equipment

Reuter.

CAIRO RAIDS

Cairo, February 18. Egyptian police today rounded up 90 people described as Com- munists, and members of the out- lawed Moslem Brotherhood In raids on 75 houses in Cairo,

The ralds followed the dis covery of tracts being distributed in the streets.--Reuter.

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This was too much for my pilot, Major Larry Hansen, who tended for a moment that he could incers come up and dig out chan- During the toasting perled my not understand the broken English, nels through which our vehicles

navigator,

and

can go son, who had heretofore escaped of the Russian the ordeal, was called upon by quickly pulled the ship up to the had a vivid picture of what toast, top of the clouds. From then on would happen to any American or Marshal Zhukov for Later John told me that during we had a normal and easy flight British commander if he pursued auch tactles, and I had an even the entire visit ho had been fear-to Berlin.

hours on the plane more vivid picture of what the Ing such a challenge and had pro-

mon in any one of our divisions pared himself for it as well as he Marshal Zhukov and I frequently would have had to say about the could. He rose to his feet and discussed the campaigns of the

war. Because of his special pos- such

matter had wa

we attempted to make remarking that

a part of our a practice lieutenant ho was not accustomed tion for several years in the Red

tactical doctrine. Amorleans assess to associato with marshals of the Army he had had a longer experi

the cost of war in terms of human Οι great ence an a responsible leader in Soviet Union, mayors

lives, the Russians in

over-ali cities, and five-star generals, he great battles than any other man

drain on the nation. The Russians "I have been in of our time. It seems that he was sald in effect:

Rue clearly understood the value of Russia several days and have lis habitually sent to whatever the moraic, but for its development

I have sian sector additional tened to many tonets.

Appeared at heard the virtues of every Allied moment to be the decisive one. and maintenance they apparently depended upon over-all success and ruler, every prominant marshal, By his descriptions of the com- general, admiral, and air comman- position of the Russian Army, of "pen patriotism, possibly fanatic- der toasted. I have yet to hear the terrain over which it fought, the most important and of his reasons for his strategic a toast to Russian in World War 11. Gentle decisions, it was clear that he was men, will you please drink with an accomplished soldier stonished me to the common soldier of the great Red Army."

His toast were killed and figures were constantly recited to our visiting party by: civilian officials of Leningrad who joined the military commanders to act as our local hosts.

The extraordinary suffer Ing of the population and the length of time that the city on dured the rigours and privations of the battle combined to make the operation one of the memorable

hundreds of Russian citizens.

During the war I had heard much of the magnificent defence of Leningrad in 1941 and 1942, · 1 expressed a desire to visit that city briefly. In the elega of Leningrad 150,000 civilians, according to the Russian records, died of starva- tion. Many

ποτα wounded. Theso

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The marshal was when I told him that each of our was greeted with divisions, with Its reinforcing greater enthusiasm and shouts of battalions, was maintained at a approval than any other I heard strength of 17,000. Ho said that during the days when we heard he tried to maintain his divisions so many. particularly pleased and said to in a long campaign, some would be Marshal Zhukov was at about 8,000, but that frequently, me that he and I must be getting depleted to a strength of 3,000 to old when we had to wait for a 4,000, young lieutenant to remind us

who really won the war."

The return trip from Leningrad to Berlin became unpleasant when

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As for 2 I could seo, Zhukov has given litle concern to methods that we considered vitally im fortant to the maintenance of

morale among American troops: systematic rotation of units, feciil- ties for recreation, short leaves and furloughs, and, above all, the development of techniques to avald to unnecessary although common practices in our exposure of men battlefield risks, all of which,

Army, seemed to be largely un- known in his.

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