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WHO HAS THE REAL POWER IN BRITAIN?

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The most uential and workers, fighting for better com directed on the Trade Unions..

The fact that Mr. Churchill her powerful Cabinet Ministers, and unanil Improvement in Britain, at the moment, la of the worker's lot. It is no longer found it necessary; to, address a necesary to fight for a 48-hour special meeting of Trade Union Mr. Ernest Bevin. His in week because labour in Britain is men of the Concurative Party fluence goes far beyond the working 40 or 44 hours a wook appaks for itself Lord, Woblign. of the Conservative Foreign Office.

Party

Rower of the Unions, and made the effort to mobilisa

Unlott groups Trade Treasury which is the dorult of holidays with pay as there is now special,

Conservativo Sir Stafford Crip to Win Britains a statutory law which art has ever of Trade where Mr.

toro Harty now, hos, three inillion has to keep guarantees spn, the President, th slose touch with Mr. Bevin in webles holiday with pay. It is not Trade Unionists, It should be add- takén necorsory to night for improve-e that this figure is only sn

eslimate, hored on a poll' all trade treaties; n negollating

-benditions. inent of matory

Conservative members. nile amongst the Ministry of Food, where the against employment of Juvenile

It was also, interesting to note Foreign Office exercises great in inhour, or against employment of that at the recent conference of nuance with regard to the coun

anaritable under foods

have renthe Conservative Party the Tory trips from which various

bren din statutory regulations eaders assured the Trado Unionn organised by Labour

and are controlled by Govern that the polles of full employment extent, C

ment inspectors who watch care which was applied by the Laljour Three

Party and the Conservative Party Tully that the rules--which ne

while co-operating in National thre

social

progovornment, would be maintained ara entrled out thoughout year

in the Ease or a Tory victory. in detail.

en be imported; and shove all,

the Exerulve of the Parly which is, to some "i perwer behind the of the present Government

Bevin o pawar fult Why Mr

af He possesses, nane

The attri butes which one expoels from a great pokkiesun. He is no diplomat, Bs abrupt approach is sometimes unpleasant. le background training are alten te nny

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rus which he is holling at the moment. He has suffered setbacks during his ten years of office. Still, ble political

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The Kodlal

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ministration Great Britum at the meinent tes, a more advanced than in any other country in Europe, und the Trunk Unions a great shaI E in Bubling for achieving this advancement. They ara, therefore, at present, vententing

all their efforis retaining the positions which they achieved durinK the yourM ni power and struggle, and abo on koopst

Britinit Trade

****the reul wages which they have Untone, la a parliamentary, demceeded m bringing Up u orary the numbers of voters 15, for any political unety, the key comparatively high standard.

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ing highly.

Tho answer to the riddle

in the wormDAIK

to the golden gate which

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adu Unions m to was The Trac Great Britain wet san

tel. 8.000.000 voters busty who, together with their families, esn mfluence over 10,010,000 volum comptining nearly one third of the tolat votes which are expected to Election be at the General The Trade Unams on powerful by sheer weight of munbers.

Union influence

The Labour Clovernment mx, gift hape, more than any other Gov- dependent on Trade

Real issue

The Trade

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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER

Political

cristo loams in France

Pafin, Dabember 20

THE REVENICEFinance.Com. mits of the French National Assembly flath's Trajpoted. Use Cablal's lateat offort to hal-

tonight. ance the budget

With only 14 days to be-

go face them budystilas ta na adopted at the year's and, it appears that the problem will Have to De dabated on the noor of the Ankombly Italf, No other Edition forme pos to mout" pálitical ob LIB tervers following the raliura of the Govbraníonfe-last-of- feet to come to terms with the Committee

Feare wore expierke in the Acsembly (phbjes tonight, for the continued survivat or th Bidpuit: Gabinet if the Pre- mier, hie to make ist; future on

vote of confidente: on the budget Inude. -Associated. Press.

SUBMARINE IN WAR OF FUTURE

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Look for the man

in the bowler

By John Kirk Nelson

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Carlos, is known as “the make a good impression. Ite pigeon man" because, among nurned the overall, and painted in his waistcoat. Only his can- other accomplishments, Hevoses rouenied his brustla tem- trains pigeons. Like many of peridot the circus and variety-theatre. But our world in old and half- folk he is a true citizen of the bind and unklid to The Man In

The Bowler Hat, by 170 world:

lie was born in Mexico, hhs, travelled, his plycons-and-dogs act In all countries, and appears to

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Looking the part

Many years booked before I saw that art student haft. In

speak all languages with assur-the micolime bls, damo had be ance and none with perfection.

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My introduction.

* imaging that he does his se because there is more material reward from training pigeons that there is in fostering new philosos phies: I am sure the latter is what Carles would, bo doing, did he follow hla, truq,bent end in- clitation..

It was Carlon who Introduced md this week to a new., philovo- phyt I call : Looking For The Man In The Bowler Hat.

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Carlos was a young man when ho first saw his tran în, the bowler. hat. It was inany, many. ngo, he says, and he was travel in coross Amerle, to Jain a, ships, He wasn't woll-off at the time, -but ambitious, and therefore self- | conscipus ufout his puverly. For instance, he noticed that he had very lille Higgago, whereas the inore established performers had many pleces with, their names them, extravagantly painted on

dashing clothes, They also had Poor Carlos felt that he lacked farade.

finu

And so it is that both pnotics, Labour and Conservative, appre- Trade Ajole the importaner of Urious. And

In the Labour Party han such influence with the Unions as

Mr. UJOVIAI ile experience as an organiser of the Gentral Workers and Trans- con- port Union, and. ho great Annee which all the Trade Union lenders have in him the main curce of his influence and power.

A long an Trade Unions are The submarine's main job in not just a body with an eye to any future war will be the the main intereals of the workers, destruction of enemy

sub- it Armly hold the key to Gav-marines, according to Rear

"wdssa standing” he says, Cement and can influence the

Admiral, Charles & Momsen, upking a da betrage and da results of the General Elcell

fine clothes and do fine boots, U.S. assistant chief of naval and I wasso saying to myself operations for undersea war-Carlos, you, donto get nowhere. fare.

You wanna Retta du big baggage. You wand gutta.. da youts, 4.

It was then that Corion anw The Man In The Bowler, Hat. Ju was one of the company. He was sitting there by himself, a tile spart from the others, and Carlos noticed that hip bools were very ordinary and that he had even less luggage than himself. He was interit on mending some part of his equipment. Nobody took any notice of him.

kind heart, Carlos, who has a felt a wave of sympathy for this pour chap who seemed; in lowe water than he was himself. Then, the next day, he saw him perform "That wReso de grant man, rays Carlos impressively. bosta da 10-da bosta bareback rider I ever soc, and I see plenty. Yessir, that wassa da best malt.

Carlos takes a deep putt af hij

cheroot ovil - looking

"Now, friend," he says, always Inka du look for da man in th bowler Mamten stide the Navy) han hat. Yessir. And when I see tice ordering her to pay. Bri-converiod 24 submarines to the i him, I say: 'Carlos-look! Dassa

£ 843.947 as cumperisation new type known, us Guppies. ኮን da best man!'"

to

In make their decisions in necon dance with his demands

The problem of el

between ither way, any Minister who has "Bow the m

vonddempe ul. tha Trade Govern-the. Tando Unum and th«

unions ciali

Unions (avill automatically be the int

сод that owing to devaluation the cost powerful personally in the

Cabinet wages of living with go up, at

Bavla known how to qllise he In be in therefore would have

This la

the min chrased, But this in turn, would advorifuge.

his influen In the multists gometal city of prices source of

Cabinet, und Tatte Fiel (fe

this is of devaluation

why the which uned to Inercase Belush Prine Minister, and other m

worri

be noutralised,bers of the Government, heve While the Trude Unions uppre-look to him for advice and oftest ciate that the net result of a rine

the moment wager induce Unions. Their

in the

-feet

country' the

Gronomy 014 House of Conimons in very great.

they still have whole,

tho Over hutt the Members of Purlin-ponsibility to

to their members who ment are Trade Union candidates.

He pressing for an increase Traste Unders Congress

wagen 10 minke up for the losses suffered through dievaliution It would not

an easy task Trade Union leaders lo

explain lu workers that despite the It wbi

$11- rease in the cost of living wages should ronuln stable: it would De hard for them to justify the policy which

ernment

The

of

more influencial forming policy than any Govern ment Departinent Nu tine pulley can be carried into effect If it is opposed by Trade Uniem. and no measures, however wise, en he put into opiration if Trade Umons are openly against 15

When Sir Stafford Cripps come back from the United States and mato

[ur angela nouncing the devaluation of pound; he Arst consulted

Trade Union loaders.

RD-

the the

When MA Ernest Bevin arrivod

weeks

the

in England after fou stoy in America and was to dis cuss with the Governmani important problem of the date for the General Election, he had to to roll at find thine

Transport House, headquarters of the Trade- Unions, and talk this matter over With the Trade Union leaders.

gif the measures widgh the Government intends to introduc and which are necessary to save British economy from bankruptcy

discussed with will have to

Trade.

and agreed upon by, the Union leaders, It

It is impossible to

try as a whole without securing

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Albania may refuse to pay damages

Lendon, December 20.

Mousen sald its inevitable that any

outd enemy cunirato ame destruction est U.S. feet. This could be accum- plished best; he said, by Nub- marine or air attack; since Ame

British naval rican and

might ntrols the surface of the sen Momson. sald the Navy but moved to neunter such a threat by developing, the fastest sub- the marine possible based on Hahnorkel type developed by the

Germans.

long

Now type developed

This submarine has u breather

tube known FLS B "selnorkel" that permita to operate underson Inderately nt speeds of about 10 knots. It has powerful batteries that per- mil sumerged specus for short periods of 12 knota..

Albania indicated today that

frie The Government is

she may ignore a decision by the International Court of Jus-

trying to implement, namely: still greater austerity, tili harder work, with wages ontl personul income at the same level as be- fore.

Unions

tuin

In the Carfu, Channel.

marines, the Tang"

for the sinking of a British Two new lunger and fasted sub-

und Trig warship by Jan Albanian, mine

ger." are under construction at the Portsmouth and New London, N. H., Navy, yard he said.

the

Keen observer

uf wage freezing, The polley

the Tinde accepted by

they The Court, by 12 votos to two Congress at a time when

bellaved that the Govern, December 15, ordered the tiny

not .dovalue ment would pound, b: out of date, and the amount. trado Unions now press for higher wages, especially for the lower paid workers. Such claims have already been advanced by Roll- vay Workers, Municipal Worker, 40.

the Communist-led nation to pay to trela our anz/Szubmarino forces about it loyophy.

Grave dilemma

the consent of the Trade Unions. Enerife they would huv

Right quality

to

There is, I submit, some sharp We are using these submarines observation of the human scene in

Carlos's

Thinking remembered the The first repetion from Albania and for development of now time was aware of the recs

ring bowler hat and from now came in an editorial' in the Al-equipment Idomson explained. banian Communist Party, organ, The admirät said the fleet can must be used metaphorically, "Zeri Popullit." The editorial practice, using its latest devices Like, Carlos, I too was young

Albania for iuating down, and destroying foolish, enough

and

to, imaginé was broadcast by the Radio and monitored in London submarines on these fatest mo-myself a painter. At tho art had the today.

dels. "By producing the world's school I attended we

submarines outselves, we usual extroyett exuberance of prepare our surfaco fores costume. We were all determined to meet und defeht them," he said. to look lita painters, whatever our work was like: All, that is, Tasks

except, the era, who was the beat painter among us He dressed, always neatly hid formally rather like a junior clark in the Civil Service who is, ansilous to

Two of them will be designed:

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"Clearly Britain is trying 15 best use political pressure and black- cat mall methods to Intimidate Al- The Government is now facing; bonia," the newspaper said. The arqve dilemma: to incron editorial called the amount -44-

assigned conduct any Government policy ages would go against their basle sessed by the Court as damages

planningrograming of reconstruction; **fantastic"

on qrganise any economic

and described an "The Navy. fe developing three or introduce any economic mea-

if they

"absurd" the verdict holding Al- light

special types of submarines for stres which will affect the cout-the other hand,

the Trade Unions wage banis responsible.

destroying – enemy submarines," The question of Indemnity, does the

of the Trade not come within the jurisdiction Momsen said,

the newspaper

•for bront of gaining of the Court, Unions

to lie in whit for enemy sub- Bata submarine killer sub dan conamle stability. To meet their argued, demands and to appease them

"Zeri Popullit" said Albahia, marides outside their home ports liq, in wall with speciah_devites How far do the Trade Unions would definitely give the Govam agreed to have the case tried by and the third will seek out the to detect that motsh. It can then Trude the Court only to determine whe enemy submarines to destroy destroy the enemy mih with

torpedoes."RE show wisdom and appreciation of neut. the support of the

ubmarine on the prowl is, The typu sub,will brillica. tire responsibility which they are Unions during the forthcoming ther damages were due, but did thom

not concede that the Court could carrying? Judging from past per-lection, but, at the same time determine the degree.Associated committed to movement," Mom- mojtese intelligent" mine," formances, the Trade Unions in

in would jeopardize the economie

Home Press.

sen edid. "It makes lots of noise. / Muggian, N Britain have so fur turned out programme of austerity and sacri

pra- to be of the right quality and ice which the Government is have stood the test of utilising saring as an absolute necessity

in the OT balancing the their enormous

countrys powers

zoonomy. No wonder that the

right directione que fan ang

Trado Unions are bo longer res whole political machinery, both garded as on organised body of Labour

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I called, on him in his Paris sjudio, and was delighted to figɑ Him 'unchanged. But after wa had talked for a. While he looked da his watch and began, to běhnye in a most unoccountable manner. "Helg me untidy this place," be asked ma, and Before I had the

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Is this a true story? Most cor- talaly it is. Kindness only pre- yoits me from writing his name here, for although I haven't sech him sifice before the war. have, no doubt hờ still has to go through this painful masquerade to sell his paintings to wealthy patrons and for be it from e "me to, mive the shop nwny, He disappeared It all ties up, you 'seo,

Before

I left Carlon the other day old to him: "What happened to thif bareback rider chip-The In The Bowler Hotpl

Carlos shrugged his expressively.

"Baašo, kúpny thing.”

Man

shoulders

be sald

"Do you khów, 1 never see Klin again I never hear a word about hlin, Dassa, Ble beh?”

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