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Sydney, July 9. Australia's general coal strike, antering its third week on Monday, swung into a "boots and all" battle for survival between the Labour Government and the Communists.

MISSIONS Some qualified observers say the main Communist

Liverpool: July 9.

The Reverend H., B. Ratten- buy. new Methodist President, today advised missionaries not to daunt or to fawn on the new Communist nuthorities in China.

motive in spreading the conflict is to use Au- stralia as a "test tube" in which the Com- munist strategy for Britain and America can be worked out on a small scale.

The Communists, entrenched in Australian newspapers and 10- day that the Government is con- the mining and steel trades ond Mr. Baltenbury, who spent 32 sidering seizing the nation's coal the marine ualous, fear the Gov- of the trade years as a missionary in China, mines in an effort to break the ernment may break their grip on Sa legal told the Methodist conference of 14-lay-old Communist-led strike a powerful section

here which has thrown nearly 700,000 union movement. 000 preachers and laymen

growing popular that he thinks there are two great persons into temporary unemploy party, in Ausiralin, the Commun

up hundreds of Isis also face #

move lo

to outlaw thero. dangers today before the churchment and tied

industrial plants. in China.

Although there are only 23,000 Meanwhile, the security poller

miners is to anunthe -¿-contamfer cound

under One

clock conl the

Communist de- other in to

have they

niready- authority and the

Australia's industry. By study of thousands of documents.

Friday at Communist Party He does not

think that "de-on

{n} mid-winter questioned strik headquarters.

and

coal nouncing Communism and all its

several unidentiẞed persons

stocks to day--slay normal anti-Christian is the ways #

strikers are also right altitude for the church in China or anywhere else, adding: is no "will not say that there hope for the church in a Com-

munist Chinn."

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London, July 9.

Peter Waring, British radio comedian, who was yester day goalod for nine months on fraud charger, was today. found hanged in prison.

Thirty years ald, Waring whose real name was John Peter Mainwaring, rose in a few years to be a £160. par week radio star.

Yesterday he went in court as he was found guilty on six charges of obtaining credit ho without disclosing that was an 'undischarged bankrupt kind one charge of false pre- tences-Reuter.

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needs, Saturday. All newspapers pre-

subjecting mil-

Prague, July 0. dict sensational developments as a result of the police investigallons to varying degrees of gen-

eral strike conditions. In Syd- The Roman Catholic Bishop tion.

the biggest and hardest hit of Hradec Kralove, Dr. Moric Sunday papers carried

mitropolis. 1,500,000 people live Pics, describing himself as a QUEEN'S advertisements signed by

There is no gas "semi-prisoner" discussing page

has publicly electricity

and

virtually no overseas missions and the section the Prime Minister, Joseph Chilas in. siege.

protested agnirist "exceptional of the annual report dealing withley, pleading with the miners to or

"Stand by your country. Stand public transport. China

which said:

The question of what the Gov-police measures" by Britain. Do not be misled by "The new

Communists who want to destroy emment will do in the face of declares, violate the Czecho-

slevalt Constitution. vinced Marxists. It is not clear

of life. Re- this threat

most attention. the democratic way what effect the Communfül gov.

turn to arbitration." ernment will have on the crum

Long under Conservative at Herald" sold Labour Members f

its alleged

Parliament will ask the Federa overtly for tolerant attitude toward Oom and State Governments to seize seize the mines as + first step forward munlam, the Chitley adminis

the Govern- papres tratton is fighting with its back

ment is planning to declare to the wall and its eyes on the

state

ind take emergency state of general election in November.

rontri of the mines, which are Communist Fear

owned privately although the knows The Government

Government exercises some con- National Coal "One of the immediate pants reign of power, which started trol through the

if it alienates Board. in 1941, will end lens is the maintenance of the

unprece the decisive floating vote by a missionary staff under

failure to halt chaos.,

church or the missionarica, "Whilst it has seemed right lu mothers, and children, evacuate The Overseas M.ssion Cominilties

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missionaries who have

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Investigation Of Judge Demanded

Now York, July 9.

that

A Congressional investigation of the conduct of the Alger Hiss perjury trial by the Federal Judge Mr. Samuel Kaufman was today demanded by Republican Member of the House Un- American Activities Committee.

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He alleged that the Judge had been prejudiced in favour of the defence.

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Charging that the strike is a Communist conspiracy, the Gov-

warned ernment has

that it will fight boots and all" until the mineraresume arbitration of their demands for a 35.hour week, long service teave and a wage increase

Mr. Chifley has been named "'Boots and All Ben" by the Aus- tralian press, but sharing res ponsibility with him is his At. torney-General and deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Herbert Evatt

to

series

The ext of his protest, made during a Confirmation service in the town of Chrust, became available here, today as Church sources alleged that considerably more than 100 priests have been arrested or havo disappeared.

Dr. Pica stated at the services "In my

residence In Hradec Kralove I am under police sur- veillance.

"I am not free to receive, per- sonal visita nor the visits of my own clicint functionaries.

"I am thus a semi-prisoner cut off from the members of my diocese.

"solemnly protest against these police measures in tho name of the personal freedom guaranteed by Paragraph II of our People's Constitution and in -the-name-of-the-froodom of word. and of the piess guaranteed by and 24 of the Paragraphs 18 same Constliution.

"The exceptional police mea- sures Instituted against the Church and its representatives whether of higher or lower rank aro thus anti-constitutional."-

Dr. Evatt is generally regarded as the

Reuter, mastermind behind the Government's anti- Communist Representative Francle Case moves of last week which shifted of South Dakota, said he will froth one of attrition f ask the Committee, to hear in of swift crackdowns against Com- secret certain Prosecution wit-munist lenders and the dramatic nesses who were refused persecurity police raid on Commun- mission to testify during

nrters. A handful of theist Headquarters.

ion leaders still re- trial.

Communist union.

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Mr. Kaufman, replying to the allegation, said: "All I can say is that the stenographers' minutes are all and complete and they Both sides tell the whole story.

Among these. Mr. Case said, fuse to surrender the £43,250 or Fifty college and university Tuli and judicial was Mrs. Heddle Massing former union funds which was frozen by professors and instructors, selvel- entitled to a trial."

wife of Gerhart Eisler, German-emergency legislation in an at-ed from 107 candidates, will leave Hiss, & former State Depart-born Communist who fled from tempt to cripple the strikers' Jupan shartly to study at United with the United States se wants the demanding that prosecutions be for one year, it was announced by

to Europe.

They credit facilities, ment official, was charged

are now States universities and colleges having lied when he denied to a Representative Grand Jury that he had deliver-Un-American Activities Commit- quashed as a new condition for the Education Ministry today. ed secret Government papers to tee to meet next Tuesday so that strike settlement.-United Press. Whittaker Chambers, self-des-Mrs. Massing can be calledt.

of a pre-war Representative John Wood cribed ex-courler

Chairman of the

Soviet spy ring,

(Democrat

The Jury in the case was dis-Committee, is opposed to reopen-

hading the hearings. charged yesterday when it

verdict after 14 failed to rich hours' discussion.

Hiss is expected to go on trial again in the autumn.

He said: "It looks like inter- ference with the Justice Depart- ment's prosecution of the case." —Reuter.

HANOI COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

Paris, July 0.

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The project was made possible appropriation by a Congressional

tn ald countries which cannot at

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A council of Ministers of the new Vietnam Government, head- present afford to send students ed by Bao Dai, former emperor of Annam, will be held in Hanoi Representative Clarence Brown

on July 19, the Agence France ot Ohio, a member of the Com-

Presse reported from Salgon, mittee Of Un-American activities,

Amman, July 9. said that the Justice Department

The appointments of M. Sguyen Governor A home guard is wing formed van Tri as should bring Hiss to trial again

of North

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and of M. Federal in Arab Palestine to be trained! Vietnam (Tongking)

of Judge of the highest integrity and by the Transjordan Arab Legion, Phan van Gino as Governor with prosecutors whose abilitles under whose command it is in Central Vietnam (Annam) were toclay, the agency and knowledge of the case are tended eventually to provide two announced

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