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THE GHINA MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 11; 1BAR.

RENEWED MOVE FOR Record U.S.Post-War

MORE CHINA HELP

Japanese

Washington, April 10.

The European Recovery Programme shifted to the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday, bring- ing a renowod move for more aid to China,

Employment Representative Lawrence H. Smith, Republicon, led.

Problem

Tokyo, April 10.

Japanese fare not convinced

by the recent statement by Mr. Joseph Dorfge, financial advisor to General MacArthur, that there will be no unemployment problem in this country.

Japanese labour experts. be- hieve that Japan Dits year faces its worst unemployment erisis in history.

o fight to cut US$500,000,000 from the second Marshall aid programme and revive financial help for Nationalist China,

Simultaneously, Representative Vito Marcantonio,

American Labour Party, attacked the US$5,- 580,000,000 European aid programmb, saying: "This is a war budget. This is insanity. is not a matter of aiding Europe."

Mr. Smith sald Russia is using European situation, as o the

Soviet political in- The Russians, he said, are in a mad race to take over Asia without firing a shot,

Talk of such n crisis was Besthick for its real ainus in Asia. heard late last year when the He said these are to obtain raw Government announced plus to materials for industrial use and discharge approximately 1,350,- | to extend 000 Government and private inuener. dustry workers under a refrench- suent programine designed to cut down unnecessary expenditure.

But la: Government shatline- ously nonminerd measures to ah- sorb resuffing unemployed into uther industries and a prograrame for increased unemployment res ites.

Under these measures, a Gov- ernment agnonerment sid. 200,- 400 jobless windd he almorbed to- to export Industries. 200,000 by various private enterprises, 100,- one by puble enterprises. Un employment

Karance would provide for $4,000 and relief would continue for 180 days in slend of the present 30 days.

Efori would he made to pro- vide houses for workers atk spes etal councils would be godable ho er to handle transfer of disebare- ed workers into other aulasfile. It was stated.

Labour

Little Hope

experts. however. point out that it IM опе thing to formulate plans and another to put them into practice.

Un

der prevailing economic condi tions they hold little hope that Government płana will

Increases

Mi

terialise according to expecta tions.

in the number workers In Industries already working to raparity would only serve to create a labour surplus without improving production. Absorption of jobless into pubbe enterprises such as road construc- tion

cannot be counter-hidapred by the increased raw with which to provide these men with work.

They say Estimates

sulting from

Kay.

materials

of unemployed re- retrenchment programme range up to 2,000,009. Although the Government part private industries have yet made no movement to

to put their plans into practice, symptoms of large-

"Then, like sitting ducks,” he bald, "the Philippines selli tall, Japan, the islands of the Pacl- fic, and уев, Mr. Chairman, perhaps our own Alaska. not laugh off this altuation," The US spending billions to meet the threat of Communison

Present Policy

Da

This

Australian Flying Wing Missile

Melbourne, April 10.

Armed Forces

Washington, April 9. ·

A record post-war military budget of $15,909,116,- 800, was approved today by the United States. House Appropriations Committee.

The figure was more than $500,000,000 greater than the amount previously requested by Pre- sident Truman. Last year's figure was $10,454,477,413.

The lion's share of the budge" goes to the Air Force. In a statement accompanying the budget, Representative George H. Mahon, (Democrat Texas), Chairman of the Sub-Com- mittee which drafted the mea- ture, declared:

"There seem to be no road for 118 to follow except the road of anxiety and sacrifice. We have no other course open to us with so many ominous signs on the horizon of our world.”

"We would be falthies to our trust if we falled to prepare for. A Flying Wing guided missile, trouble and thereby seek to avoid more deadly, more manoeuvre it. If war comes, we are approp. able and more accurately con-¦rlating too little. If we havo mis- trolled than the German V-1, enlenlated the dangers, if the by the threat of war is just a deceptive developed is being

of the mirage on the horizon we are a Aeronautics Division

propriating too much."

its warhead,

In Europe, he explained, but In Commonwealth Scientifle and Cha, "We have nurtured Com Industrial Organisation. the muisin by misisting that the Na-Sunday Herald reported here tionales! Government organise today. coalition url Brcept Cuminunists

The Herald raid the missile do strategic positions."

would have jet engines flanking The engines are expected to undergo tests late this year

and the misslie itself to be remly for flight on the Woo-

mera range soon afterwards,

The newspaper said that in the of perfecting the Flying Wing. relentists were developing homing glider, which was tight and pilotless and designed to fly under radio control to high at- titudes to collect weather data.

If workt 1!

record weather in- formation quickly and precisely and return it speedily to meteo-

"I charge here and now, Mr. Chairman, that it is the present the State Department potef tre du baisions with the Comm- Chino if the oppor- tautisks 111 Itincts presented. The Hove right now is to eliminale the of

Hemabite of Chára. the TH

יין

“Are we sincerely trying 10 stop Communism? There are serious doubts in no mind."

If Chane endlipses, Mr. South said, a routinent will be com

eturned and the way will be

tver

Course

pen for Red Russia's masteryrologient stations, It was hoped than half of the the homing glider would obtain world's populehion,

valuable data on supersonic speed Huesta should be stopped in Aying-Reuter. Hope, he said, but not at the the Communisation of Asia and the Pacific Islands.

But Representative Smith said he was against shifting the

responsibility. He said there are signe that "we may be *headed for a violent economic shake down." So, he suggested at least a $500,000,000 dollar cut in the ECA programme. Ho

said that could be done with

out impairing it.

Will Be Defeated Speaker Sam Rayburn prodlex- ed to reporters that Mr. Smith's

scale unemployment are already | proposal or any similar tọ it will

evident, necording to Mr. Kuni- yoshi Saito, chief of the Govern- ment's Employment Stabilisation Board.

Ministry Census

C

be defeateri decisively.

Yesterday was reserved

for

talk, and talk alone. The voting probably will start next week.

Bath Republiems and Demo- Out of 4,000 seeking

crats appeared to be linbig up in ployment last July only 150.000 strength behind the secol round were able to ut jobs, Mr. Sallufemic salti. Lathour Ministry taken in October last year shows there were 070,000 unemployer at that time.

Census

rotary of Air, Mr. Stuart Bymington, said he did not **- pect hostilities in the near fu- ture because no possible aggroe- sar, might have, the atomle bomb before 1952.

Lieutenant-General Howard A. Craig, Deputy Air Force Chief of Staff, claimed ihat the United States knew exactly

the what Russians had found out about Ger- man atomic energy rewarch.

General Omar Bradley, Army Chief of Stuff told the Committee that he did not anticipate 1060. within the year ending June 30,

war

"inst year i was more worried

han I am at the present time", he added without elaboration.

2

73 ships, including the battleship The Bill contemplates a fleet of Missouri, eight heavy carriers, 11 corts and light carriers, 18 The Bill carries, In addition, cruisers, 170 destroyers and des- £1,700,000 for the Nitional Security troyer escorts, 80 aubourines, 99 Resources Board and $189,000,000 | mine craft and patrol craft, 84 in retirement pay for the Services, amphibious craft and 200 auxili-

The full $530,000,000 requested for research and development (In-

Hry vessels. cluding the study of new weapons)

was approved by the Committee.

The biggest increase over the President's figures was for the Ale Force for baying planes and training personnel to man them,

The total for this purpose was $209,000,000 in cash and $642,000,- 000 in contract authority.

There were slight reductions in some Air Force items, such as elvilian personnel.

No War This Year

The Bill Includes $43,000,000 for

next year's payment of construc

on costs of a super aircraft car rier expected to cost $189,000,000.

The Committee made no bud. get cuts in funds for naval air power, which would receive more than $1,000 million in

in con- Cash and "3576,000,000 tract authority.

Spokesmen told the Committes that they believe the Navy could still strike swiftly in any part of the work

the Navy although Air Force toaders told the Secretary, Mr. John L. Sullivan, Committee that they ald notnid that the budget would permit expect war next year, although the purchase of only 843 now it was a possibility. The Sec- planes,

African Witch

Doctors

Sentenced To Gaol

Two African witch doctors who appeared before a

Serows, Bechuanaland, April 9. tribal council meeting called here by Chief Tshekedi Regent of the Bamangwato tribe, have each been sentenced to 21 months' hard labour for practising their arts.

During the hearing, women rolled on the ground in convulsions. Half a dozen people fell down unconscious; several did not recover for some time.

aid. There Ясем little likelihood that restrictive amendments will be adoptert,

Chairman John Kee of the Foreign Affairs

were Committee led arguments for the hill. He ple- tured America in the path of a kant octopus driving toward the

a tentacles outstretched.

This is the first major upward trend of unemployment, the La- hour Ministry sail. This figure added to the number discharged under the personell reduction Me Kee shouted that it is to programme would bring the total America's national Interest to more than 2,000,000.

contain this power which is "rat- Mr. Saito estimates that 500,- thing

the

chatus of buman 000 will be discharged by ad-slavery,"

The House adjourned until

ministrative reforms in Govern- ment offices and 600,000 from ad- Justment in private enterprise,

There will also be

approxi-

to

Monday after five hours of de- bate. Associated Press.

mately 150,000 school graduates INAUGURATION OF

unable, to find jobs. On top of

this there are 400,000 repatriates

still seeking Work.

The authorities concerned gen-

INDIAN GROUP

New Delhi, April 0. The Indian Prime Minister,

ber wo shoutly half the num-

be

if we are getting maintain our force in first-line condition"

Efforts to Increase the naval air fund were expected when the Bill comes before the House next week for debate.

The Navy plans to have 7,705 planes in use next year, almost 3,000 fewer than this year.

Mr. Sullivan told the Committee, without elaborating, that "another Power hos in excess of 260 nub- murines right at the moment".

No reductions were made in the planned strength of the Army, in- cluding national guard and reser ve units.-Reuter,

COURT MARTIAL ADJOURNED

Hyderabad, April 9. The court martial trying Hyderabad Army Brigadier Syed All the

brasts And money

each member of the tribe being Habib Ahmed for aboiting the obtained by the witch doctors regarded as a policeman. with murder of a British civilian, Mr.

confiscated. Men

duty und the

of ropoming law F. 11. Rouen, was adjourned to- women who took part in their breakers to the council.

day. The triut will be resumed rituals were ince

The patients were punished be- on April 23. no heast each for brewing her publicly.in

cause they broke the law by fail- Mr. Rouen was killed during contrary to a tribal law.

rituais. the Indian action against Hydera- Reuter. All who took part in the rituals. were rounded up the council. Evidence was given and tried by that the witch doctors discovered, a herb of great benefit to suf- ferers from heart trouble.

They treated heart cases by making the patient's relatives braw beer, to which they atided herbs. A fee of five shillinge, plus two goats or oxen, accord. ing to the wealth of the patient, erally agreed that the only solu-Fandit Nehru, today Inaugurated

was charged. All the animals tion to the problem is to make the Indian National Commission

given in payment' had to be either black or pure white, more openings for worker for co-operation with the United through the con

conversion of com-

The beer brewing was follow- paratively inactive domestle In-

Nations Educational, Scientifle ed by ritual dancing until those dustries into

and Cultural dollar-corning ex-

Organisation taking part fell exhausted.

The doctors attracted inoru and more patients until at lust the people began to worship them, it was stated, Under the unwritten coxie of the Bamang- walo tribe there Is no police,

port Industries.

be

(UNESCO).

The Commission copsists of 20

and

Mr. Salto is a strong advocate members representing voluntary of this method. But this,

would take time, possibly educational organisations in in- four or live years. Temporary din, the Central Provinces employment must be created to State Governments.--Router. provide work during the interim! period.

"

Informed observers believe that mass discharge of workers will result in the creation of a vast labour pool until such time as other permanent joba can be provided for them. This would load to the revival of alave labour which before the war was, responsible for Ja- panese exports under-cutting International market prices. Whether the Government suc ceeds in averting an unemploy- ment crisie remains to be seen.

At least one beneficial effect of the retrenchment programme will be to reduce over-staffed Govern- ment and private business offices to more reasonable proportions. Reuter-AAP,"

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