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New Helmets France

For Police

France Prepared To Work For A United Europe

Chlef Inspector P. Moore (right), and P. C. J. Erents, both of London's "Z" Division, pose at Scotland Yard wearing new lightweight crash helmets for the motorcycle police. The ear-flaps allow of the radio be'ng used without removing the helmet, Central Press Photo.

Resistance To

Reds In Rumania Said Growing

Vienna, Mar. 22.

Dissatisfaction with the Communist regime is increasing in Rumania, according to travellers arriving here from Bucharest,

But although there is considerably more passive resistance among the population today than 18 months ago, it is disorganised, without leaders and without plans.

The Travellers estimated that last year's harvest, and partly only half a million of the total to the sabotage of the peasants population are really enthusiastic who did not deliver crops and supporters of the regime. Another the chaotic system of distri- million. perhaps, they raid, button which often leaves

get Bucharest short of tolerate it because they

food or pecial

privileges-Slakhanovites vegetables while other areas are who get extra wages, offteials well supplied. who have positions of authority, police and army ofleers who live comparatively well.

morc

or

The strongest forces in this opposition to the regime, the

The dissatisfied masses are, reported,

un however, the travellers agreed, doubtedly to be found among entirely passive in outlook. The the agricultural population. only hope they have to "libera-

tion

is from outside and they

BUT ON CONDITIONS,

SAYS

:

PREMIER

Montelimer, Mar. 22.

The Prime Minister, M Rene Mayer, said here today that France was ready to contribute towards the building of a United Europe provided her posi- tion as a world power and her responsibilities to- wards the Overseas French Union were recognised.

He was speaking at the laying of the founda. tion stone for a new barrage across the Rhone which will take four years to build and will in- crease French electrical production by 1,500,000,000 | million kilowatts.

"More than ever we feel that, towards the needs of the world French strength and determina-market, the equipment of tion are one of the essential farmers AU that agricultural contributing factors to peace is production will increase while the world," M Mayer said,

prices drop, and the providing M. Mayer, who will leave for technical training for rural Tuesday for Washington, said youth.-Reuter and Associated that France can be proud of Press. the way she had used American aich.

Most of his speech dealt with France's economy,

"Let me draw on this day," M. Mayer said, “as un argu- ment and comfort in the task I am going to undertake on the other side of the Atlantic. Argument, because we can be legitimately proud of the

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we have made of American aki when I was given for economic cuds. Comfort breause France is to hold her pla

Singapore, Mur. 22. place ia the Atlantic alliance, she must

More than 4,000 Malayans may have their normal supplies keep her zestful visage of country which does not abandon of rice cut o for helping ad- emergency her people, which continues to terrorists, an

ministrative officer SRID r recover, and to see things on a

Johore today. grand scale."

officer with some

The

warned the is flying

people of Schal, 19 miles from the invitation terrorists.

Johore Bahru, to stop helping of President Eisenhower, American aid to France will

a major topic of the con versations.

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сп

ment would bring rice to the lown and cook it in halls The travellers did not believe

where the people would have that there is any great

lo come to be fed. organtsed plan for the use of

M Mayer said he will speak The Government had Definite Agures cannot ba sabotage as a form of expression

the United States

in the evidence of food being supplied lven, however, for the people of discontent. Most of what the

name of France, a country from Schal to terrorists are inarticulate in the absence regime calls sabotage in in which has consented to tough, four ofcasions, he said.

free Press

thedustry, they said, is due to an:1

sad sacrifices for the defence Last year of fatigue, induced by the Suvict of the liberty of the world as ment, including

collective punish- Stimulating give-and-Like

a curfew and pranty

debate, while fear of the sweating system now applied in

away. S thousands of a reduction of the rice ration, secret police, becoming more and Bumanian industry; to defective kilometres from here."

was imposed on three villages the materials, which leads to many intense, restrains

This was on obvious

Inhabitants re- whose

hod со of So- ference breakdowns, especially

to the expression of opinion even by

six-year-old operated with terrorists,- e who could formulate their viet machinery; and to incom-war-Frutice and Frenen Union Reuter

petence, due to the replacement frustration and hatred,

have been troops of the skilled leaders of Industry agains!

waging the Communist-ted by ignorant party officials.

Vietminh In Indo-China.

The Premier also described France

country which for the

common defence a very big proportion of its budget, and who puts in this budget, In the form of taxes.

2 percentage of its exceeded virtually nowhere."

Speaking of

the proposed European army, but not by name, M Mayer said: " wil speak in the name of a country which is ready to participate in the construction of a (united) Europe providing its statue 2 world power is recognised and it is guaranteed the means to carry out its missions without alving up any

of its duties, without compromising the

Their population cas DE ABOUT Tieve that help from outside

from the small progress

consecrates is "a

despite terror and oppression, will be effective only in the with the programme.of.col event-of-a-new_world_war national revenue which is lectivisation. The urgent need Reuter.

for

for agricultural produce has

Ar

of

The

forced the regime to leave many skilled farmers in of their land, and possession inrge numbers have so for suc cessfully defented the various nans used to drive them into the co-operative farms.

Gradually. however, the travellers continued, these are being wom <lown. opportunity is taken to con-

or

Every

fiscate and from farmers ac- cused of not fulling their deliveries,

of exploiting labourers, or of offending in any of the thousand ways. It is now possible to offend against the mars of regulations with which they are beset.

never

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United Nations, Mar. 23.

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A Denial

New Dell, Mar. 22.

-Minister, The Indian Prime Mr Nehru, tonight denied a local Press report that Prince Abdur of the Roze Panisvi, brother Shah of Iran, who is on a visit to India, had brought him an come to the aid of the ruling urgent appeal from the Shah to dynasty of Iran",

A Press note issued from the Prime Minister's secretariat described the report published in the pro-Communist paper Blitz as "completely false,

France is working on pro- tocols to the proposed European Prince had with the Prime It said that in a talk the army treaty which will permit her 10 withdraw kome of her Minister there was no reference ferces for use In her North to the Shah or to a message develop- African protectorates and Indo- from him or to any China if needed there,

ments in Iran-Reuter.

ECONOMIC PROGRESS

Reviewing France's economic that

SATELLITES" NEW PACT

A group of Czechoslovakian exiles yesterday petitioned the United Nations to condemn the Czechoslovak Communist

for "the Government starvation of entire groups of CHURCH WEAKENING the population". The second Ine of defence The petition was presented to against the regime is probably Mr Trygve Lle, the United religion, the travellers declared. Nations Secretary-General, by But this, too, is rapidly being the Council, of Free Czecho-progress, M Mayer noted

France now produces more coal infiltrated. The Orthodox slovakia, Church of Rumania hat

It was timed to coincide with than before the war with fewer been able to resist long what- the

miners: that French production Political Committee's

London, Mar, 22, of electricity has been doubled ever regime has ruled the coun-bate, expected to

open early

and the quantity of all, refined

East Berlin radio reported It is now carrying through, this week, on charges by the

has been tripled: that her me: yesterday that 1 new trade with apparent enthusiasm, the Czechoslovakian Government chant marine has been rebuilt, agreement signed on March 20 in "Aght for peace' with all the that the United States, inter-

adapted Prague, between East Germany Flogans and attacks upon the fered in the internal affairs of modernisd, and better Western World wed by

States through the Mutual our needs": and that more and Czechoslovakia, provides for colleagues

progress was made in modernia 25 per cent Increase in goods tho of

Soviet her Sta

Security Act.

ing the French steel lealustry in exchanged in 1933 between the Orthodox Church.

It was alleged Dat the the last five years than during two countries as compared with The Roman Catholic Church Mutual Security Act, which the previous 30.

1952. has put up a stouter resistance governs most of the American M Mayer said France's first East Germany is to supply but that, too, is wearing thin foreign ald, was directed against post-war Like the Jewish religion, it has The security of Eastern aimed at the reconstruction and precision tools, optical Instru- beek, weakened by the removal | European States and constituted modernisation of basic activities, ments and other industrial pro- of its best lenders, and bribed

"We must in iruth say that it duels. a danger to peace. into

The exlica' petition, mld the has reached that goal,"

Czechoslovakia is to send East M Passivity

Communist authorities were Mayer nald, "It is tip to us The discontent among

Germany mainly raw materials, and cloth-now to start a second step." such as coke and lignite, with population probably finds most withholding rations

The accond phase expression

Industrial ing cards from members of the

of the ceramic products and certain among

closers upper workers, Miners, oilfield workers, former

and economic development will con- specialised types of machinery.---

cern the orientation of relied successful farmers-Reuter. railwaymen and other

crops Reuter, workers have from time to time dared to express their dissatis- Laction, the travellers Immediate steps

and threatened

Its

the

said.

been

have taker to pacify them and to cover

up their protests, but their discontent can still be seen in the

high percentage of ac-| cidents, the high percentage of spoilt material, the low quality of the gooda produced and similar faulte abecɛteciam, Inteness, waste of time during working hours. etc. about j which complaints are coristantly made in the newspapers.

The travellers declared

discontent is fanned, especially in the bigger centres of population, by the shortage of food, duo portly to the drought and frost which spoiled!

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