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on rivers in supplies Phuvat aren in the southern sector of the Tonking Delta, In French communique
nounced here today.
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The French forces killed 50 Vietminh troops and took 40 prisoners in the Delta region,
roports
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that Other
said French forces destroyed many
urms factories, Vietminh
and 'gines
installations, captured much ammunition, ex- in cloth and food plosives, operations about 05 miles routh- west of Pnompenh, capital of Cambodia.
They had cut off the Viet- minh forces from many of their Important supply lines, the re- ports added.
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London, Feb. 2.
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patrols.
Other reports said that acveral Vietminh "military and economic installations" were destroyed in a 12-day operation about 25 miles
Saigon-Reuter.
north-east
of
London, Feb. 2. Vice Admiral William Gerard Andrewes (above), Officer-in-Command of the British naval forces in Korean waters, has been
made a Knight Comman-
der of the British Empire for "distinguished service in Korean waters since July 9, 1950," the London Gazette announced to- night. Reuter.
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Must Share In Defence Of Europe
Washington, Feb. 2.
General Eisenhower told the American people in a radio speech tonight that the preservation of a free America required their participation in the defence of Western Europe.
Success was attainable, he said, adding, "Given unity in spirit and action the job can be done,"
General Eisenhower said that while the trans- fer to Europe of military units was essential,
Price 20 Cents
4,000 Dockers Go On Strike
Liverpool, Feb. 2. Four thousand dockers today struck on Industriai Merseyside in protest at the "inadequacy" of an 11-philling a week
Increase awarded yester- day.
The men, acting in de- flance of their unions, were joined by 200 dockets at the east coast port of Harwich:
Mr Arthur Deakin, General Secretary of the eight million strong Trans- port and General Workers Union, issued a statement appealing to the men to go naked back to work. He them not to subject Bri- tain to the loss of shipping at this time of crisis.
The strike began this morning
Bido
and
river
noon
nt the Mersey- port of Birkenhead spread across
during the
after- to Liverpool, key port of the Industrial North-West.---Rçuler.
America's special contributions should be in the Strike
field of munitions and equipment.
He did not believe that the United States could support the world militarily or economically. It was in America's interest to "insist upon a working partnership."
Japanese Reaction To
War Means This Dulles Invitation
To Civilians
Pusan, Feb. 2.
South Korean suffered over
400,000 civilian casualites in the first reven months of the war, the Social Affairs Ministry of the South Korean Government announced here today,
This was over two per cent of the whole country's 20,000,000
population.
He said that the success of North Atlantic defence rested as directly upon the United States' productive, economie and military strength as it did upon any amount
of military force the United States could develop.
"Only.co-operative effort by all of us can preserve for the free world a position of security, relative peace and economic instability", he said,
Tokyo, Feb. 2. Except for Socialists, all political leaders Japan today welcomed Mr John Foster Dulles' in- vitation to Japan to join in a defence alliance with the United States.
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Truman Seeks Staggering
Taxes Increase
Washington, Feb. 2. President Truman today asked Congress for an immediate tax increase amounting to $10,000 million and said that he would ask for still another increase later.
In a message to Congress, Mr Truman set out this programme for raising the $10,000 millión: ·
1. A $4,000 million increase in individual income taxes, already due to yield a record $26,000 million in. the fiscal year, starting July 1.
2. A $3,000 million increase in corporation income, taxes.
These, with excess profits taxes included, are due to reach a record $20,000 million next year.
3. A $3,000 million increase in excise (sales) taxes---
to be "concentrated upon less essential consumer goods.".
These taxes are estimated to
next year under the present tax laws.
yield $0,222 million
The
would
plan outlined mean a total tax collection of
$64,200 million. This is nearly a third more than the record collection of World War II,
Sudden
Death And
when the figure reached $49,000 Disaster
million in 1045,
The understanding anong Milton, New York, Feb. 2. Congress members was that the
Five children, all under increase Mr Truman is to school age, were burned to
quest tator would
The
raise the
Government revenues to over death in a blazing house here today. Eyewitnesses ($71,000 million.
left to the said that the fire started Prosidont Secretary of the Treasury, Mr from an oil stove explosion. John Snyder, to
explain how-Reuter. the proposed $10,000 million increase is to be made.
EXEMPTION TO STAY
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Tokyo, Feb. 2. One man lost his lie and more than 20 others were injured la a
❤
street stall owners of Okayama
on
Chicago, Feb. 2. America's three-day-old strike of railway shunters held up war shipments to Korea today.
Battle combat rations for troops in Korea were tied up in the freight yards
Mr Snyder will make this feud which flared up between here.
explanation at hearings to be Scores of passenger trains opened on Monday by
the and Tottor! Prefectures General Eisenhower said that | were cancelled, including 25
House of Representatives Ways Thursday, Inking New
and Means Committee, which handles tax legislation. The Post Omes declared ព
The President did not speci- partial embargo on mails.
The strike began in Chicago ty any rate of increase today,
on
prezent Tuesday after but he said that the
The police stopped the fight months of dispute over wages tax exemption on
and arrested 23 of the battling and Detroit
and hours of working.
low 3600 a year should be re-shop operators-Reuter The effects of the strike tained. mounted hourly as new groups of railway workers joined in.
The vital coal,
∙ateol・ and motor car industries
the discouragement, destruction through-trans and confusion vislled on the York to the west.
people of Europe in two world The Chairman of the Social Democratic Party's Cen-wars had sapped their produc- tral Executive Committee, Mr Mosaburo Suzuki, criticised tive capacity and in some cases the Presidential envoy's speech before the Japan-America reduced them to levels of near Club as "disappointing" to the Japanese people.
at
Mr
on
an
starvation.
More than this, he added, their spirit was smothered in war weariness.
DISTRIKING FACTS
"This is a story often told.
country.
..
Lacome be-
Informed quarters here sald that Mr Snyder would ask that were normal corporate income
and rates be raised from the pre-
The batt
battle, between 40 street stall operators from Tsuyamı and 25 from Yonage and Matsue, took place near Ishimimura, in Tottori Prefecture.
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Tokyo, Feb, 2.
Right-wing leaders, however, sald; The Socialist politician
Mr more the were
receptive to The Ministry said that 163,461 that instead of revealing
A fire started by..an arsonist of the Dulles views. The Secretary- and condition The supply of newsprint to
men, women and children had terms
tax in a Nagoya car barn' destroyed Government of which
the the General British newrpapers, which are been killed, 104,722 wounded peace treaty.
or damaged seven street cart awaited, Mr Liberal Party, Mr Elsaku Sato, already reduced to an average and 160,483 reponted missing. Japanese have
ou the said that the American peace If it were the whole story then hard hit in the eastern touched only
sections ok the sent 47 percent to 55 percent.today. In less than 30 minutes theblaze swept through the of six pages daily, is to be cut This total-434,666-did not in Dulles
treaty envoy's way of thinking all I could honestly do would mid-western security Issue. by another five per cent from clude deaths among refugees or
did Mr Truman
not name seven cars and caused damage described
About 70,000 Suzuki
workers were the Mr
security issue coincides be to recommend that we aban- 11.
military casualties. Most of them February
don the North Atlantic treaty made idle,
at 2,500,000 yen.— the amount of the tax increase estimated Dulles bint the today
a military with "ours." Announcing this
were males.
and-by ourselves attempt,
JUDGE'S ORDER
that he would ask as a "second Reuter. Newsprint Supply Company
To cope with the violence and The Ministry estimated that alliance with "one of the world!
futilely, to build a of international however Es very serious" for
In Cleveland, a Federal judge Instalment" following Congres- said that
oppression it would
the 31,509 house: had been com-
camps"
orderea the strikers union to alonal action on the first in-
London, Feb. on Communism Japan "prays for separate fortress against threa
2. Government to review exporis pitely destroyed or burned and Japan, which has decided
Deaths from influenza: and show cause next Thursday why stalment of $10,000 million. of
carly peace, Independence tening aggression. newsprint
Britain. 00,308 from
damaged. These figures peace as its national policy.
nneumonia totalled 0,212 in the an alliance, if con- and freedom," Mr Sato added. Such
"Two striking
make it should not be held in con- facts
that But he said Stocks
the were based on returns up to
a $16,500 11 weeks to January 27 in the have
to fallen
he sald, would mean
TARGET FOR STUDY such a recommendation for me tempt of Court.
increase in revenue main towns lowest level since the company December 15 last, and did not cluded,
of England. The Government
abd maintained million The Chief Cabinet Secretary, impossible." Japon pledges was formed in 1940, the on- include casualties and damage that
ticipation in a third world war. Mr Katsuo Okazaidi, expressing The first fact was, that the that the present strike violated would be necessary to balance Wales, official statistica revealed
spending today. nouncement said.-Reuter,
singe the fall of Seoul-Reuter.
his support of Mr Dulles' state-utter hopelessness of the alter-n anti-strike order issued in the $71,600 million
strike last De-budget he had proposed for the ment, said he believed the re-native required American parti- the three-day
Similor cember.
proceedings next fiscal year. collective action, as sort to
as cipation in European defence.
In Chicago
Truman hinted President stated by Mr Dulles, would be.
second Was that the were
Wednesday. come a target for future study, people were not
that the second instalment re- Japan should take part in a bankrupt "despite the validity The Army has been running quest would be $8,500 million collective security system to de- of many pessimistic reports that August when it took over to pre. "Arm conviction that we should the nation's rallways slace last by declaring that it was his General Eisenhower
COMMENT OF THE DAY
Mr
US Plans Japan's Future
AR Foster Dulles' public invitation to Japan to join the Western anti- Communist union can be described as nothing but a bombshell. It is also in- dicative of the independent line of action which the United States is now determined to take regarding Japan and her future. The Dulles mission was originally announced as being designed to explore further possibilities of mak- ing a peace treaty between the United States and the Japanese, irrespective of any of the other war-time Allies. Mr Dulles visit now attains new signi- ficance, involving much bronder issues. Interestingly enough the invitation ex- tended to the Japanese to, "join the West in collective protection against direct aggression" is not laid down as a condition for the successful con- clusion of a peace treaty. At least, not is as many words. But it can be as- sumed that Japan would not so easily gain her freedom from the shackles of Occupation and MacArthur directives if she is not ready to accept this Intest invitation. Mr Dulles' announcement also points up another line of United States policy about which she has hitherto been reticent: it is to make sure that Communism in Japan will not be in a position to achieve a mill- tary coup. To this end America would "sympathetically consider the reten- tion of United States armed forces in and about Japan as a testimony to the unity between our countries." The pur- pose is clear: America intends to make Japan the first bastion of defence against Communist expansion in the North Pacific. There is no serious quarrel to be made either with Mr Dulles' invitation to Japan to join the Western anti-Communist bloc or to the suggestion that United States troops. should remain in force in the islands to ensure their 'safety against attack. But a sense of dismay is aroused by virtuo of the signs that America has apparently decided completely
on
her par-
unilateral actions and policies con- cerning Japan. Britain, the Common- wealth and other Western allies may have been consulted about this latest offer to Japan, but it seems most unlikely in view of the ignorance in which they were kept regarding Mr Dulles' mission to the country. It can only be regarded as unfortunate that at a time when unity of action among is highly the anti-Communist forces desirable that the United States should pursue an independent line. Britain, the Commonwealth, France and Hol·
anxious land, in particular, are as
about the future of Japan and her role in Pacific events as the United States, and while it may be conceded that America in this leadership from matter is to be expected, even looked for, the feeling persists that Mr Dulles' announcement should have been made after consultations with the other leading representatives of Democracy, and expressed in a manner which as- sociated them with this new policy. That Japan should come into the camp of the democracies is an admirable ob jective; 80 too the conclusion of a peace treaty that is fair to all parties. But both propositions appear to .call for unanimity, at least in principle, be- tween the major democratic nations whose interests are singularly affected, and while it is conceivable this would be readily forthcoming, the United States apparently has not seen fit to bother about testing, reactions. The matter, however, is of such importance that it is unlikely the reat of the de- Even if mocracies will remain silent. the United States intends to proceed alono in mapping the future role of Japan in international affairs, the Western world, as well as India and Southeast Asia will requiro,. and will have a right to expect, assurances con- cerning the programme which Mr Dulles has so afrily tossed to the. public..
fend her shores from aggression, the Prime Minister, Mr Shigeru Yoshida, told Parliament here today.
He
during
spiritually
taken
on
ditures og we go."
the $10,000 million Bill-Reuter. Short,
Pneumonía cost 5,238 liver and influenza took 3,077 lives... Reuter,
That Shook Him!
.
problem.-Router,
the North Atlantic treaty had vent a strike of train-men and pay for these (budget) expen-
Reno, Nevada, Feb. 2. fuel to the conductors. new brought
It is reported that a former flames of
President Truman sald today, hope in Europe and
Some members of Congress American Marine sergeant who But collective security did not had noticeably lifted morale,
prees through his
secretary,
→ cam- went to Las Vegas toget imply
reliance on the United the fundamental element in the that the United States could have already launched
was 80 shaken .by... Nations, he said. A few hours whole situation.
not tolerate the continuance of palgn to cut proposed Govern-divorce Yoshida's statement, after Mr
rallway ment expenditures, aiming for atomic blasts in the area that three-day-old reported that he had seen the
a balanced budget without any he fled to Reno instead to reck President Truman's special en- "heartening evidence" of a strikes. voy in Tokyo, Mr John Foster re-generation in Europe's spirit They were "directly injuring increases in taxes beyond the a solution to his matrimonial Dulles, addressing a meeting of
his
of the North our tour
national security" the America-Japan Society, re- Atlantic capitals
Mr Joseph Secretary, peated the offer he made yester- Europe's morale and will to sald.
collective day of
with every protection" aght would grow
Mr Short was also authorized for Japan,
how much addition to its physical strength. to say, "No matter Mr Dulles today ended his
The arrival in Europe of the union members may object series of talks with representa- new American Jand and air to what their leaders have done ilves of Japan's
major three
units, though modest in preventing the flow of food and they cannot be fustilled in political parties-Reuter.
teclive influence by them-
our people and sup- selves, would certainly pro-
our soldiers"--Reu- duce udde'd confidence accelerate the production of military forces throughout the; member notions.--Reuter,
4.
NEGROES
EXECUTED
Richmond, Virginia, Feb. 2. The large mass execution in Virginia's prison records took place today when four Negroes were electivcuted here.
They were sentenced to death with three other
Negroes in May, 1049, in Martinsville Cir- cuit Court for raping a .32-year- old white woman They all signed confessions.
Churchill's Motion
Frank Hairston, the last to be executed, was the 48th Negro to die in the electric chair hero for rape since the chair was in-nationalize stalled in 1908.
The remaining three Negroes are due to be executed on Mos day.
fuel for plies for and
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STOP PRESS
Big Freeze Grips U.S.
oueurs
BOLS
Chicago, Feb. 2. Millions of Americans suffered
London, Feb. 2. Mr Winston Churchill, the leader of the Conservative Op- position, put forward a motion in the House of Commons to in bitter cold, snow and floods day censuring the Labour Gov- today as the most widespread ernment on its decision to
and severe winter storm for the steel industry many years extended its ley and demanding that the decl- grip to the tire nation. slon be reversed.
The steel Industry will be transferred to public ownership on February 15.
Though the motion did not specifically express fidence"
plane acceptance by Parliament would
mishaps or of Supreme Court had refused a
Conservative motion, exposure, and tho stay of execution of
of the
Negroes after a dramalic midnight een House of Commons next
on by the duced over-exertion since De volta de Arctic blast swopt falo, ference in Washington between.
last weekend. in United States the Negroes' attorneys and the day, declared: "This House,
The devastating freeze caused Chief Justice, Mr Fred McVinson. view of the record product op
attained by the iron and steel crop and livestock losses call- The Governor of Virginia, Mt John S. Battle, said that he had industry, and the urgent needs mated at $12,300,000 to $20,000,-
0000
in Toxos alone. received more than 700 telegrams of the rearmament programme,
A 27-year-old white man went to the electric chair before the Negroes for the rape-slaying of a 14-year-old school-girl.
The toll in lives and property amounted to staggering propor- tions and threatened to climb still higher as the big rocze "no con- deepened in the south. Bires,
In the Government, traffic nccidents,
its At least 258 persons diod in Six hours earlier the American mean the Cabinet's resignation; crashes. dleighing mother in
which will be
the tho
CD-
in the past 30 hours about the is of the opinion that the decl Frigid air moved down the execution.
He thought that slon of the Government to give Florida peninsula today, many of the protests had been immediate effect to the nation- dangering more than $100,000,- and inspired by an appeal in the allation of this industry is not 000 worth of citrus fruit
of acres of other Communist New York paper The in the public interest and should thousands Dolly Worker--Reuter:"
be reversed
crop.-United Press,
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