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LABOUR GOVERNMENT STAKES Panamanian ships

ITS EXISTENCE ON BUDGET

The Budget pleases no bǹe

London, April 18.

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Immediate Parliamentary reaction to the Budget speech and proposals WAR disappointment. Many poli. tiplane depared that it! unlikely to win extra friends or votes for the Government in the autumn General Elec- tion which is predicted.

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Trade union leaders doubtful about the effect the Budget will have on their followers-whose loyalty to the official wage, freeze, they have been striving dengera- tely to hold.

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Experienced Industrial ob- suggest that the Chancellor's tax concessions will not be sufficient to stop (the rising demanda for wago

Increases Reuter,

Cripps refuses

union to trade

to bow

wishes

London, April 18. Labour Government, kept in power only by four votes, today staked its existance on the "As You Woro" budget which Faces the country with another year of austerity.

Undaunted by the Government's precarious hold on power, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, refused to bow to clamorous de- 'mands of 5,000,000 trade unionists for big cost of living reductions or to woo the middle class by sloshing taxes.

A Government defeat on any of the budget's proposals would moan a gon-

eral election.

Sir Stufford's biggest con

The Chancellor refused to re-

ccasion to the nation's 22,250,-luce Britala's food subsides be- 000 wage earners was an ad-low the level of £410,000,000. justment in the lower rates of income tax, reducing them by one-sixth-but leaving the top rate intact at nine

ERASMUSings in the Pound.

PRESENTS HIS CASE

General

He promised that there will be n inquiry into income tax re- ffet where saving for old age et retirement is concerned.

Housing shortage

Sir Stafford referred to grow- The effect of this will be loing public criticism of the no- Rive about £11, 58, a year refiertion's housing shortage by an-

tu many tuxpayers.

fax

ON

A cut to

Bradley on real danger

to be boycotted

Amsfordqni, April 18. Sɗamon throughout the world today declared an Immediato boycott on all ships sailing under the flag of Panama, the small Central Ameri- can Republic whose registered tonnage makes her the world's fourth largest maritimą power. The seamen, who claim that many Panamanian- registered ships (and there are about 4,000,- 000 tons of them) are "coffin ships which į never see a Panamanian port, took this dem cision through delegates to a 'conference here, An official communique snid the boycott was to "stop the unscrupulous practice of the shipowners who have switched to the Panamanian and similar flags and also to enforce ade- quate living and working con ditions in these ships."

Delegates from 12 leading marl- time nations representing 5,000,-

TELLING OFF FOR SERETSE

Serowe, April 18

000 seamen attended a conference Seretse Khama, banished 20 of the Seafarers' Section of the year-old chief-designate of the International Transport Federa-Bahangwate tribe, said, today

tion.

They decided on, this netion in that he had been severely re an effort to put an end to the primanded by Administration sub-standard conditions. prevail-officials for a demonstration of ing in many Panumonian ships."loyalty by his people yesterday. He was threatened with the It was decided that the boycott should come into force forthwith. cancellation of the permission The General Secretary of the granted for his five-day visit International Federation of Free see his London-born wife. Ruth, Trade Unions, who attended the who is expecting a baby, bp

added meeting, declared that the on. tire trade union mayamant was interested in the Panamanian Issue and would support the boycott action,

Support asked

Seretse, who arrived hero

told re the week-end, tedy porters that he was asked to see: the District Commissioner, Mr. Forbes MacKenzle, at the Ad

ninistration camp late yesterday afternoon.

Lingk-who pays no Income tax Fer said on a radio programme that boycott would, as far as possible, | show himself if people called at

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an

enemy

Mr. MacKenzie, according to Seretse, told him he was not to his house and on no account to address them,

nouncing that the Goverment's building programine for the next But the overall effect of the three years will be restored to budget is to increase the nation's 200,000 houses a year,

Washington, April 18. taxation by £1,000,000 a year.

during the 185,000

General Ömar Brailley, Capetown, April 18. f Sir Stafford, budgeting for an economy drive fast outmon arous- The South African Defence income of nearly £4,000,000,000 an outery which was exploit-Chairman of the United States tonight the real danger of our Minister, F. C. Erasmus, today this year, announced these other by the Conservatives at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned

February election, accused the resigned Chief off changest •

The income tax relief will be- Ume might come if Russia the South African General

(1) The stapdard petres ratia eft a large number of workers succeeds in equalling the mili- United Staff General Len Beyers, of

now allowing polorists to cover but it will not help the lowest tary, strength of the grossly exaggerating his idea 10 miles a month will be doubl-aid in industry-for example, States and, the North Alliptic of his importance in the scheme ed. But the tax will go up rine the married man with a small Pact powers.

The communique stated that the of things.

qarning less than £5 a

America's senior military lead- pence a gallon, making the price Mr. Erasmus said that dis-

Three shillings a gallon,

would dare attack only be waged through their own or pute

between arose

(2) The purchase Beyers und himself uver what high-priced ears will be retinerd There are many such in thining if the Western Democracies are gunisations, but they will seck the support of stockers and, if neces

"I was threatened with the branches of the Union defence from 66-2/3 per cent to 33-1/3 and engitivering, on the railways unprepared, weak and not alert

sary

of other trades indirectly cancellation of my present parolu force should be represented at

"The next few years, while we per cent. But a patchise tax of and in other industries. the opening of Parliament

For the lowest paid the beat are rebuilding the forces of the connected with the transport in- if this happened again and ge

.

certain nerally blamed for the people's dustry in dealing with January.

The General, he soul, 33-1/3 per cent will be put on

commercial wchickes to restrlet the budget offered was the nega- Atlantic Treaty along with re-

types, of ships

show of loyalty to me,” lie said. seemed unable to accept the po- them coming

the home live assurances that prices at building our economics, we will

Twelve major maritime coun- Seretse also sold, plain-cloths5 sition desired by the Govern-the

basic foodstults are not likely to be quite vulnerable," he declared.

tries were represented at the con-police are now watching his ment until it was found necess-market.

slight relief to rural rise further because of the con-

"During this time, our retalia- recence, including Israel and Italy; movements.—Router, ary to instruct him to do so,

(3) A

lion forces may be the greatest

The Greek Seafarers Federa farmers was provided by an an- tinued subsidies. Continuance of satisfactory re-

lo farmers grant

using

These subsidies keep down the delerrent to war

tion, which was prevented lutions between himself and the nual

basic "Later, if our forces for col General became hippossible, Mr. vehicles operated on taxable oil. Thousewife's spending on

incomu tux foodstuffs. (4) Closing, an

lective security are built up and attending by unforeseen cir Erasmus said.

On the need to scrutinise everyour retaliation forces-our bombs Field-Marshal

the higher income J. C. Smuts, loophole in

they pledged themselves Icader of the opposition, accused groups, he announced that tax suggestion for new expenditure, and aeroplanes are equalled by to Mr. Erasmus of misleading the free payments by firms to their he said that supplementarcluded the verge of our time

reasons for high executives will be subject thated General Beyers resignation. Ap-10 surtax retrospective to last £133,000,000, for the National Service, £21,000,000 for pointments had been made in

Health the Army, he sakl, of commandants (5) The beer duty will re-defence.

There was not much hope of who had not seen milltary ser- main the same but the gravity of

'any immediate reduction in do: vice before.

beef will be increased by three "Our sons may be called upon degrees, making it about half thei

fence expenditure in law of to ghi in unother

world under pre-war strength,

conditions and North officers with no experience what-

Atlantic defence obligations. snever," Field Marshal Smuts

Tax relief

Colonial development and wel catch, "We have passed through

fare accounted for another £17,- two world wars, yet officers we

Income tax relief an-1000,000 increase and there was put into responsible positions are men with no training."--At-

nounced by the Chancellor ap- also nociated Press,

House on the real

war

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TRIESTE VOTING

Belgrade, April 18. Belgrade, Radio announced 10% the election results in the district of Capo d'Istria in the by the Seafarers' Section of the Yugoslav. Zone of Trieste, ITWF on the Panamanian issue. He said that the United States

Of a total of 24,292 voters, The seainen's and the North Atlantic Treaty alleged very poco back to July, for the Socialist Party and

protests against 38.0 per cent voted for the Peo- conditions on ple's Front, 1.7 per cent. voted nations must do everything to Panamanian ships, ra build up military, economic and 1948, when the boycott plan was per cent voted for the Christian political strength and unity and, first suggested at Oslo, but then Socialist Party-Reuter at the same time, make all efforts postponed in the hope that the that would lead to a permanent Panamanian Government would peace.

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TRAGEDY OF MINDSZENTY

Vatican City, April 18.

Mindszenty Cardial Joself

mother filled to recognise his when she visited him in jail, ac- article to ba cording to an Published in Sunday's "Osserva“ į tore Romano,”

The combination of the Northde something about them.-Reu- Atlantic Powers, and the prin ciple that an attack against 'one would be an attack against all would in time have a rather persyalve deterrent effect, General Bradley submitted. He added that the forces la and the following £200 now Expenditure on colonies

Alaska now

not strong are faxed at alx shillings in the On the question of wages-0 Pound.

sore point with 5,000,000 trade enough and that he would like IN CEYLON

The budget leaves the nine unionists pressing for increases to have more troops and air Colombo, Ceylon. April 19.

shillings in the Pound beyond the Chancellor said, "The real squadrons in that area. Reuter. the first £250 of taxable income difficulty 19 that Ceylon postal authorities

there are same enses of low-earning which U.S. NAVY VISIT vealed today at least 28, Uggal uncharged.

The new proposal to tax-pay-are very difficult to correct withs

TO SINGAPORE radio tranpalters, many of them in communication with Soviet ment to high executives of firms out upsetting the relative wage Is a sequel to the decisions of two levels that have been established

Singapore, April 18, Russia, are operating in Ceylon.

as saying, "When the each industry for the Four United States naval ves- Cardinal was in the infirmary of cas. concerns. last year to within officials said they had The

of £100,000 to alfferent grades and classes of sels will arrive here op April 27 Budapest gaol he did not re- found Jatters

Moscow HECH Stan-work people in acknowledning receipt of signalster Black of the

[their chief

for a six-day operational visit. cognise me once. Poor Cardinal, Auto- people in tech-as-cgich-cau Tha ships aro the carrier he seemed to be a man without from Ceylon

Company, and

to advance everywhere Boxer, The postal department, thay

Mr. methods

the destroyers Floyd will without copselousness-he Austin and anywhere along the wage Parks and Joha Craig, and the who had always been so energo- continued, bis launched an astor Company on the cond!- front we shall undoubtedly suc-fleet aller Cuadalupe

tie, vigorous, resolute." tensive drive

to suppress, lan that they would never work ceed in destroying full employ- Rear-Admiral. Walter Boone, An article in the "Sunday O¢- illegal transmitters,--Associated

for rival manufacturers.

meat though instation."

new commander of the U.S. servatore" sald recently that the Press.

Leopard

of the

Death sentences

Prague spy trial

Prague, April 18.

Two mon, said tá have been trained in an Ameri- can espionage school in West Germany, wore sentenced to death here today and a third man=identified as an American citizon-wos

The Hungarian Catholic Pri mate's mother was quoted by a

Jou who retently fled from

It was vital that the policy of Seventh Fleet, will arrive by Cardinal is believed to have been restraint should not be broken plane on May 1 to join the group. removed to Russia-Associated down either with wages, salaries-United Press.

Press.

or profila until a belter policy

had been worked out to replace

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Mr. Anthony Eden, for the Op- position, said that the Conserva- tives will make their observations on the budget proposals at a later stare,

The House then adjourned until tomorrow-Beuter,

sentenced to 18 years and will be expelled. Comet passenger plane will fly

According to Cotéka, the of Acial news agency, the Ameri- can was a 20-year-old student, J. Zastora.

later. this

London, April 18 The Do Havilland four-jet

from Western Germany by a non-stop to Cairo former Czech civil servant named month in the hope of breaking Hervida,, an engineer who was the hrs. 36 minutes record set described as the former head of in February by a Hawker Fury. the Air Department of the Cze- if Aghter. The Fury made a 13- Press reports giving all in-chodoval Altnistry of Transpart. minute halt in Malia to refuel. formation of the trial before a Reuter. State Court said that four Czech accurity police were convicted for Laking money to help people es- cape info Germany.

They were given hard labour sentences ranging from 20 to 25 years,

16.

One woman tried with them received | 29 years hard labpus and another defendant was sentenced to hard labour, for life

According to Cetek, the num ber of berhe

of defendants in the trial was sentences were meted out today after, a four-day trial, which began on Friday,

Those sentenced to death were Josef Hermansky, aged 28,radd man named Cemousek. Accor ing to Press reports, Hermanacy -WIB. found guilty of supplying political, economic and military information In reply to a ques Hondaire alleged to haya öden dralled by the United States Eas plounda Bervice It Westma Gene

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