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PACIFIC DEFENCE PACT UP TO

TO ASIA, U.S. SAYS; FIRM FOUNDATION VITAL

London Seamen Supporting Canadian Crew

London, May 15.

London dockers and seamen today pledged their solidarity, through a Stevedores Unlon re- solution, with the striking crew of the Canadian vessel, Benver- brac, in London.

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Washington, May 15. -

United Statos afficials beliavà that the Asian nations must docido for themselves, without any out- sido prodding or encouragment, whether they want a Pacific defence pact similar to the Atlantic alliance and whether they can achieve a firm foundation on which to base it. If the Asian nations can agree among themselves on the necessity for a Pacific pact, and if they can achieve the preliminary economic co-oper- ation which the United States Government be- lieves to be a necessary basis for any such ar- rangement, then U.S. will have a sympathetic ear to any requests for marginal assistance. That in general, Is what pattern might not be exactly ap United STATUS Big Arve applicable-sec=flac Tack representatives of various Eastern general opinion is that some sort Mr. Harry Davis, President of nations who have urged such a of unileation of Asian Interests

participa- must precede an alliance. the Seamen's Union, who arrived! pact with American In Britain from Canada, declared fion. at publle meeting today that the Įstrike was going to be a long one.

The Canadian Seamon's Union is striking all over the world over wage claims and the recognition of anfrancesalgada saad lantha International Seafarers' Union,

The latest to urge on Eastern alhunce WAE The Chinese Am- Κου, Wellington "The shipowners are spending bassador, Dr. hundreds of thousands of dollars who made such a suggestion on 10 break it, including dying in Wednesday to the Secretary of crews from Canada," he said, He State Mr. Acheson. Among others a similor sug- addest that the strike could be who have made

the Philippine settled the shipowners-the gestion are

by Canadian

Government-"by ne- Australian representatives. gotiating with us, the recognised unian."

He added: "We are ready to meet them on honest and reason- able term-but no surrender."- Reuter.

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Moscow, May 15. The British Broadcasting Corporation, in statement published by the official British publication in the Soviet Union, the British Ally, today an- additional

transmis- nounced MANUFACTURERS' AGENTS sion times and wavelengths for

Russian language broadcasts.

(The British and American broadcasting authorities recently

ters were to be used to overcome the jamming of their servicca to the Soviet Union.)

The British Ally announcement

The said:

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IRAN-GERMAN TRADE PACT

Teheran, May 15, A trade, agreement Botween Persin and Western Germany pro- a turnover of $16,000,- viding for 000 a year is being discussed, il was announced here today.

Persia, under

and

On the other hand, the Indian

Pandit Nehru, ) Prime Minister, does not feel the time is yet ripe for a Paciße pact.

U.S. Doubtful

Integrity Of Nations

There also la little likelihoodi that the United States would boneant to participate in the pact guaranteeing the integrity of individual Far Eastern na- their Individual tions unless

the sup- governments enjoyed

of their port and confidence

Officials feel there la people. somo doubt that this is the case

at present in Indonesia, China

and Indo-China.

In addition, logistics

thel

it is pointed out situation of the

in the Pacific and Asia pose an

entirely diferent problems from Europe.

The vastness of the area

Danny Teams Up With GBS

Mr.

American comedian. Danny Kaye (centre), sits with 92- year-old George Bernard Shaw at the home of Mr. 8. Winston

After the party. (left), Shaw's next-door neighbour.

It was Winsten said: "Bhaw and Danny Kaye put on an act. spontaneous and carried out in mime."AP Photo.

U.S.

Air Force Planning

New Defence Measures

·

Washington, May 15.

White American officials do presents difculties not found in It was revealed today that the U.S. Air Force, worried

not rule out the possibility of al Pacific pact with American as- sistance sometime

the future, they are understood to be very doubtful whether can ditions wilt favour it within the very near future.

Europe.

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One of the staunchest sup porters of the Pacific pact, Carles tumulo of the Philippines, has recognised difficulties in the way of such a pact.

Romulo, in recent United Press interview, said thut in ap- Many of them agree with

proaching a Pacifle pact, certain Nehru, who

believes the insta-modifications probably would be of

and governments bility

to suit necessary to su the peculiar conditions in many conditions of the Pacific area. economie Eastern countries would preclude

Politically, Question might the possibility of achieving o

arlse

the status in concerning cohesive and effective alliance.

such a pact of colonial or semi- colonial territories in the

deferice The military

it.

They are unwilling to consider or suggest American participa-ments of the vast Pacific area of tion in any alliance until a firmer

the world involves problems of busis exists upon which to build

In the more logisties not present

Allantic of the limited scope pact.

Romulo thought, however, that) these difficulties could be over- come by appropriate remedles.

Omein's here view the Asian situation as quite different trom the European where various na- tions of the Atlantic ulliance have achieved somewhat the same stage of governmental and economic development and have complementary economics,

it

about meeting attacks by future onemy super- bombers of the B-36 type, called aviation in- dustry officials to a conference here on Friday to plan new fighter and radar defences. High-ranking officers said the conferences would go into the whole field of air defence... design of fast-climbing interceptor planes, radar warn- ing systems, communications and anti-aircraft. They said the meeting was not extraordinary.

However, it coincided with the [recent disclosure concerning the bombers type down B-36 ing flying well above 40,000 feet.

Israel Invited To Scientific Conference

on

Lake Success, May 16. The U.N. announced Saturday that Israel had been naked to take part in the U.N. Scientific Conference on the use of conservation of the world's resources.

The

conferenco three-week starting here on August 17 is the first such U.N. parley to which Israel has been invited since the the Palestinian nation became 59th member on Wednesday.

Israel has been invited to con- 'on the papers tribute

sclentine Trausjordan Valley water pow er and irrigation project, the use of subsoil in the Negev Desert, DI BUDS extraction of chemicals from the Dead Sea, fish farming, the use of castor beans as a source industrial raw material and the materials of vegetable-raw use

of

Pius XII Problem of detecting and shoot for the production of food type

Pope Pius XII Proclaims New Saint

The Air Force fighter develop-

proteins.

So far more than 450 world scientists, engineers and technical

have

Invitations to prepare ment programme since the war experts from 30 countries

An has been aimed at achieving the accepted

to papers for the conference.

he best performance at 30,000 35,000 feet, but the B-36 pushed Israel spokesman here sald

number of Israell expected Scientists would contribute.-As- » sociated Press.

it to more than 40,000 feet.

were

Бо Air Force planners reported to be planning urgently. for Interceptors that could per-

Vatican City, May 16. Pope Pius XII yesterday The Australian Defence Minis- ter recently gave a cautious en-raised Jeanne de Lestonnae of

to the dorsement to idea of

of a Pacific France to Sainthood. thought defence pact but should be effected only if all na- Some 00,000 .persons Lions were certain that the United many parts of the world attend-feet. Nations and the British Common-ed the solemn canonisation in St. wealth provisions for security Peter's Basilica. were adjudged inalequate.

Pandit Nehru's state-

from form effectively as high as 50,000

On the other hand most of the nations trade not Far Eastern with each other but with Western countries. The fact that some

The new Saint Aslan countries still pendent areas ruled from abroad ment that he considered the time Order of the Daughters of the

Pacife pact also would complicate the matter was not ripe for

here as a severe

are de-

Premier

Gf achieving a regional alliance, was viewed

the

founded

Blessed Virgin Mary three cen- turies ago. He died in 1840 aged

Lagging Bohind....

ATTACK ON U.S. POLICY BY RUSSIAN PAPER

The

Commenting on this develop

Issue of the mant, the fatest trade magazine Aviation Week

Moscow, May 18. says: "United States Air Force

Red newspaper

Star fighter development is lagging in the opinion of many officials blow to supporters of such idea. 84.

United States officials were not Thousands of bells pealet out

from three to five years behind claimed yesterday that Ameri- can authorities are being forced here.

American officials are

current bomber performance." nhappy about Nehru's under-

state joyfully all over Rome to praise tinhappy stood to be quite convinced

to reverse their trade policy of ment since it coincided with their the new Saint at the end of the In the

industry towards Eastern and Western ceremony

The Air Force and that the four-hour the unworkability of any Pucifte apparently firm belief

Ensilien,

conference will consider military Europe. regional alliance superimposed Asian nations must achieve some

An editorial signed by "Ob- from outside or butt from top degree of stability before any Among the spectators were 45 requirements for defending the

and United States the Saint

against attacks server" said that an American- the agreement, down. Instead they think that if any pact they made would have descendants of would export cotton, wool, hides, must originate in economic cu

of success-United pilgrims from France, Spain, from altitudes double those flown inspired policy of discouraging

Holland, Belgium, in World War II.

trade between nations participa-.. oil, oilseeds, dyestuffs and minerals

England,

ting

in the European Recovery Colombia, Chile, Argentina,

Europe of Staff at Plan and Easter

had The Joint Chiefs Mexico. Cuba, the United States,

been dis-falled. Dahomey in French West Africa the same time have

Recent statements by Ambas- Congo-Asso- cussing and the Belgian elated Press.

its best operational jet-fighters andor Averell-Harriman and the be thrown against Air Force assistant to the Secretary

and Commerce, Thomas Blaisdell, on

in

return for steel, drugs, machine pact. tools, electric equipment and

cameras,

Trade balances would be settled quarterly in sterling, it was TC- ported.--Reuter.

chance

operation as did the Atlantic Press.

To Help Greeks

The point out that the Atlantic alliance grew from the Marshall plan Into the Western Union and

the flowered into a full-fledged Use Their Hands

defence alliance. Although this

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BOMBAY MAYOR ON WORLD TOUR

Geneva, May 10. Mr. S. K. Patil, Mayor of ECA aid a vocational training Bombay, left here by air today project was being organised in for Paris on the third leg of his

Greece unde

under the direction of world tour to study municipal

Atab Strachan, chief of the labour and manpower division of ECA's special mission to Greece.

The announcement said: "The programme will be based On training young man to use their hands in trades and crafts, as op- posed to traditional education in classical subjects....Results ате expected to contribute materially

Greeks' to the

recovery

pro- gramme.

Training will cover such trades

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that Navy proposa}

BERLIN COMMENT ON NEW STATUTE

of

B-16s to test Navy radar interceptor capabilities.

the necessity of increasing trade bonds between the countries. of The Defence Secretary's office Eastern and Western Europe are has indicated that no decision

nothing less than an open con- whether to stage fession of the failure was reached

of the such tests,

American trade policy of trade believe discrimination, the paper declared. Many naval

officers

-Associated Press. could

intercept they

super- governinent.

bomber with 3-F-Z-H Banshees, Mr. Patil has spent three days ship-based fighters which climb minutes Switzerland visiting "municipal to 40,000 feet in seven in officials In Geneva, Borne, Lau- after taking off and fly well over anne and Montreaux. His first 400 miles an hour when they get stop was Rome.

Berlin. May 15. After France, Mr. Patli plane

Western Bcensed 'Berlin officials explained Air Force to visit Belgium, Holland, Britain

B-359 could be newspapers today welcomed the and the United States-there he that whether will spend about his two months made available for Navy exer-increased powers granted to the tour.

depended upon whether City Government in yesterday's He is accompanied by Mr. they could be spared from eur-"Little Occupation Statute" for manoeuvres and upon the Western Berlin, but regretted of operation proposed. that the powers were not wider. 1 United Press.

The British-licensed Telegraf said: "Not all the directives of the Berlin Statute are satisfac- tory, but there is no doubt that the Berlin German Administrat- jon is now receiving more powers Umn it had before."

there.

cisca

As car and other mechanical re-Parikh, General Secretary of the rent pairing, bricklaying, plumbing and Bombay Municipal Corporation. type carpentry-United Press.

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Rundschau said the Statute in- à creased the powers of the Wes- tern Commandanta and restricted the administrative independence of the West Berlin Magistrat "even further "Router.

KARL GRUBER BACK IN VIENNA

Paris, May 15, The Austrian Foreign Minister, 'V Dr. Karl Gruber, left by train for Vienna tonight after finding ► great deal of understanding in the talks with the Western Govern- ment representatives, an Austrian Legation spokesman wald.

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serien of meetings, Dr. Gruber urged that the Anistrian Treaty of Independence, be a priority item on the agenda of the Big Four Foreign Ministers! Con- ference to be held on May 18

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