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NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF PCC CONTINUES MEETINGS IN PEKING Delegates to discuss draft agrarian reform

San Francisco, Juno 14.

The second meeting of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opened in Poking yesterday after- noon, a Chinese Communist broadcast heard here said tonight. The main item on the agenda of the session is the question of agrarian re-

form. A draft agrarian reform law is to be discussed.

Mr. Mao Tse-tung, Chairman of the Chinese People's Government, open-.

ing the mooting, said that peoples throughout China are at present undertaking tremendous tasks, struggling to overcome difficultios and to improve the economic situation.

CHINESE IN SHAN STATE

Rangoon, June 13. Shan State troops disarmed 1.009 Chinese Nationalist sold- iers crossing into the Shan state of Kengtung adjoining Frencli Indo-Chinu, semi-offi- cial reports said today.

The Chinese were tccompanied reports by their families, the shid, and they surrendered quiet-

Some soldlers have ly. leti Kengtung for au destination.

since

unknown

sources

Each passing day showed progress and achieve- ments, he added.

new.

Attending the session were 149 members of the National Com- mittee, 25 members of the Cen- tral People's Government Coun- cil who are not members of the National Committee, 38. specially, invited personalities, 43 repre- gentatives from local committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and 184

other observers,

Mr. Liu Shao-chi, a member of Committee of the the Standing National Committee and Vicer Chairman of the Central People's Government, made a detailed re- port on the matter of agrarian reform.

uzid

Mr. Mao Tse-tung said that all

Cause sides of the people's China were driving ahead along new paths, and that no difficulty ad- of any kind could halt the vance of the people's cause..

"United front"

He described the Chinese Peo=" Con- ple's Political Consultative ference and the National

Com-

united tical organisations of the front, cementing all nationalities, of the country, all democratic classes, democratic parties, and groups, people's organisations and

mittee it elected as "great poll-

democrats of all strata."

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wis

Peking Radio adited that National Committee, which elected last October by the plen- Comary session of the Chinese Peo- Con- ple's Political Consultative ference, was composed of repre- sentatives from all democratic political parties and groups, pec- ple's organisations, national min- orities, arcas, the People's Liber- religious circles, ation Army.

and patriotic overseas Chinese democrats.

Other reports to be heard and discussed by the National mittee include the following:

A report

cronomic on inancial affairs; a report on tax- Pro-government Rangoon said that the Burmese ation administration; a report on Covernment intended to seek ex-foreign affairs and united front and rebel work; a report on cultural Kachin tradition of the

report on Naw Seng, at present reported in educational work; Chinese Communist bands.

military affairs; report on the Seng work of People's Courts; and a The sources said Naw

report on the proposed national fled to Maingmo, in China, where he was captured by Red Chinese emblem, troops sent by Peking to up the border.

clean

Contral theme Mr. Mao Tse-tung toll the Information

promised in thed the steel lacerto

be discussed was agrarian Ran-

will form.

The Burmese Minister Tun Pe, foreign correspondents in goon, that their despatches not be delayed in future despite scrutiny of outgoing Press cables. He gave the assurance, when hlm correspondents interviewed about, the withholding of a story This story on Tuesday night. told of the crossing by 1.000 the South Nationalist troops in Eastern Shan State.

A scrutineer at the cable office withheld the story. Because it had not been announced officully and feared international reper- he cussions.

Tun Pe ordered the story to be released inmediately. kured correspondents that are privileged to send reports provided they are

Ho

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they'

unofficial

true

and not distorted. The Asso- clated Press correspondent pointed out that correspondents to name are frequently asked sources. He asked if "this" were"

relcasu.

obligatory to a story's

Tun Pe said that ho one was au- thorised to demand sources

identity nor are

of

correspondents

required to give them.

Rebels who surrender under

the Burmese Government's gene-

ral amnesty are to be divided in

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The Committee met half yearly and its function was to operate PPCC between meetings of the

decisions. and carry out its

lo discuss and submit proposals the Central People's Government; to ensure the co-operation of all partits and groups in the Gov- "We hope that a draft agra-ernment, develop united

front rlan reform law will be ad. work in the localities and streng-

will opted by the salon and

then internal unity. Reuter, come into force after it in rati- fled by the Central People's

HAIL STORMS IN Government", he said.

"This will, in the first place, enable more than 100,000 cadres, who are preparing to carry out agrarian reform, to study laiv early, so that reformation of the carried agrarinn system can be out smoothly after this autumn an area with about 100,000,000 rural population."

to three groups, the Government An said today,

of

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لحياة

PORTUGAL

Lisbon, June 14. Heavy hail and rainstormns on Tuesday night and early today killed many cattle and ruined crops in Central Portugal, the authorities announced today.- United Press.

London as main financial centre would help world

Paris, Juna 14.

American commercial leador told businessmon of 24 nations here today that it would greatly benefit the world if London could once again play its part as a world financial and trading

contro.

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JUNE 16,

Increased aid for Asia demanded

Geneva, June 14,

A. N. Binha, Indian Gov- ernment delegate, today told the annual conference of the international Labour Organ isation "Nothing on earth can stop Asian countries from coming into their own."

Mr. Binha appealed for in- creased ald to Asia from" the ILO and advanced countries of the West. Failure of high- ly-industrialised countries. to aid Axle would bu shorti”.

which might,

aighted polley

through sheer netesalty, com- pel the Asian countries to form a bloo, however aɔntrary this might be to the principis of International world Co operation."

MP

Sinha attacked the pre- Judice against Aslans In the Immigration poifales of other countries and said any world plan

lan for Immigration should. rackon with the over- populated Asian countries/ United Pres

"VOLCANO IN SOUTH AFRICA"

Capetown, June 14. The South African Minister of Justice, Mr. Charles Swart, declared in maving the second reading of the Government's Bill to outlaw

Communism,

"We in South Africa are sitting

on a volcano."

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IRAN ATTACKS RUSSIANS AT ILO MEETING

Gonova, June 14,

An Iranian Tabour spokesman charged today that Russia is provoking daily frontier incidents with his country and that a Soviet fifth column is sowing terror and disorder in Iran. Khosrov Henayat, the Iranian workers' delegate to the 33rd annual International Labour Or- ganisation conference, attacked sections of the report of I.L.O's director-general which said Russia occasionally aided her less ad- vanced neighbours,

"My country, Iran, which is unwilling to give up its pri- vileged position as a free and independent country, not only received no aid from Russia, but has still not been able to get back ite gold which ties in Moscow banks," he said.

Commons queries on Malaya

"I will not mention the dally incidents which take place on

London, June 14. and [our frontier, or the terror

The Colonial Secretary, Mr. disorder, provoked in my country. by the fifth column of the USSR. James Griffiths, told the House He said he represents 3,000,000 of Commons today that he workers in 11 Asiatic countries as hoped to make a full statement President of the Aslan Labour on his visit to Malaya in Par- Federation

Hament-next-week. section He attacked the

of

Mr. Leonard Gammaas

(Con- Morse's report which described servativa) asked if he would ex-

by housing progress in the Soviet plain what he meant Unton, and said that actually in statement on his return that the Ausula nobody owns Knything Government was preparing plans and workers live in sombre and for the political development

Malaya. damp barracks,

At a prica The report predicted that under long-term plans the Cominform countries would double thelr steel production,

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ot

of

"Does this mean that it is pro- posing to introduce a new Con- stitution into Malaya?" he asked. Mr. Grimths repfled, "It simply He told the House of Assembly

means that the Government are here that the vast majority of

fully aware of the importance of the electorate was convinced that

preparing plans for the economic definite legislation to ineet the He commented: "Yes, it will be and

social development deadly danger of Communism and doubled at the price of lives of Malaya in the future?

Mr. Emrys Hughes (Labour) destroy it was urgently necessary, young people and liberty by the

"Who will deny that the world well-known methods of forced asked how many people had been of great labour, accusations of sabotage arrested since the beginning of of today is in a state

and

In danger?" he said.

anti-bandit campaign the prospect of concentration the "Is there any

Malaya and how many were still right-thinkingcampa." man who will deny that South Henayat welcomed the presence in custody,

in danger?"

the conference of Liang Yung- Africa itself

"Even South Africa's eldest chang, the Chinese Nationalist statesman now

battling against workers' delegate. death has described Communism as an undermining and diabolical influence."

Is

at

He attacked the Chinese Com- munist unions as "deprived of the most elementary human rights."

The Bill, debate on which willUnited Press. be restricted to 30 hours, provides for a maximum of 10 years' Im- prisonment Ior Communistic activities.

.

COMMUNISTS' CALL IGNORED

Mr. Griffiths replied that since July, last year, 25,482 detention orders had been issued in Singa- the Federation of pore and Malaya, and 10,857 people were

May 1950. still detained on

Mr. Hughes asked if they were In prison or concentration camps. Mr, Griffiths replied, that they were in concentration camps.

Mr. James Harrison. (Labour) asked if the Government was considering deporting' a consider. able. number of these people to

the make

position easier Melbourne, June 14. Malaya. Thousands of Australians to-

Griffiths replied, Mr. Swart charged that the day ignored a 24-hour stop-question of the possibility of re- Communists had plotted with work order by their Commun-patriating the Chinese to China natives to murder Europeana In ist leaders, and turned up for was given very earnest consider- ation while I was in Malaya."— South Africa and set up a so-work as usual.

Reuter, viet government.

The "eldest staternan" whom Mr. Swart mentioned is Gerai Jan Smuts, former South Airican Prime Minister, who is 11 from pneumonia,

He said that Communists were whipping up non-Europeans into artificial hatred and envy in a plot to eliminate the white man and overthrow the whole system In South Africa.

Communist union leaders call- ed on 50,000 waterside workers, engineers, building workers and ship painters to strike in protest against the Government's Bill to dissolve the Communist Party. now before Palament.

Many remai..ed at work, in- The committee of inquiry he cluding coal trimmers and doc- appointed in 1948 found the Com- kers at Newcastle, Australia's munist threat could speedily de-biggest industrial centre, in New velop with disastrous effect un- South Walca. less the problem received serious Melbourne and Adelaide dock and immediate attention-Reuter ers rejected a proposal from and United Press.

their Communist controlled Federal Executive to join forces with the Seamen's and Miners' Unions to fight the Bill. PARATYPHOID IN bouns the dockers voted

GERMANY

against the proposal by almost 3,000 votes to 120-Reuter,

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Munich, June 14.

German health officials report- ed today that paratyphoid fever has stricken 82 Germans in Isen, Bavaria.

Mr.

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DEANNA TO MARRY AGAIN

in

"The

Paris, June 14, Singing star Deanna Durbin sald today she would be married at the end of this Tears te

director

Charles Hollywood David.

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The one-time child star, now years old, told an Associated Press reporter her divorce from second husband Felix Jackson would be final in October.

She has no plans for her pro- fessional future "except that I

Bhapo am keeping my voice in and I still want to make pla- tures."

She hopes to maké a film, in England. Her parents come from Lancashire,

The Arst group, those against whom there is no suspicion

The Hague, June 14.“ murder, rape or banditry, will be entitled to join the rehabilitation

Diplomatic relations between Spain and the United States (of group formed to repair the dami- wish. aged countryside if they

The announcement came after Indonésia were formally opened Deanna said she is on vacation be glven

Mr. William Mitchell, Pre- from voting, adopted a 4,000-

exchange of and is not even thinking about] Otherwise, they will their freedom.

sident of the Central Trust word statement on "steps to mul- a series of small outbreaks in here today by an

several widely scattered areas innotes between the Marquis of any work. The Government said that the Company of Cincinnati, Ohip.tilateral trade and payments".

Bavaria affecting a total of ap-Santa Cruz, Spanish Minister to The Indians second group, those suspected of stressed the unsolved problem

also abstained proximately 190 persons. One Holland, and Mr. Mohammed I have no committments and nɔ will

from a vote оп a resolution death at Furth Im Wald was re- Roem, Indonesian High Com- contracts." ~"It's_wonderful," sho murder, rape or

of accumulated Sterling ba- be detained for

dealing with the promotion of ported.-Associated Press. unspecified

Bald.Associated Press. missionier in Holland-Beute?.': lances, which the 73rd session period, while the third group,

foreign Investments. of the Council of the Inter-

The statement sald that the those against whom there is do-

of Com- European problem, with all its finite evidence for the framing of national, Chamber specific charges, will be held in merce found to be the main ramifications in oversens territo- custody pending a speedy trial obstacle in the way of world-ries, was a world problem and Associated Press.

banditry,

an

DUMP EXPLODES

Valladolid, Spain, June 14. Three were killed and 72 in- jured, including six seriously when an artillery dump exploded in a forest five miles from heru early today-United Press.

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wide currency exchange..

must be treated as such,

In recommendations to Gov- It was of paramount Importance Ald ernments, prepared by the ICC's that the end of Marshall Commission on Commercial and should not find the world unpre- Monetary Policy, members urged pared.

"to Further delay would be immediate action to sweep away, quantitative restrictions, reduce' court the onslaught of a deprca- Customs tariffs and obtain freesion with a disastrous return to exchange of currencler

the defensive machinery of auto-

The Council, excluding the In-cratic controls and restrictions." dían delegation, which abstained-Reuter.

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