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COMMENT of THE DAY

Eradicating Irregularities

TUESDAY'S Urban Council

debate on the motion for 2 Commission of Inquiry into squatter resettlement irregularities produced the

of expected spate pared" oratory, ten ving any profound im pression, and none of the speakers who devoted

"pre. without

NO

uch time in arguing the Issue appeared to appreciate that the general public has

fisplayed complete

difference to the subjret.

This is not to suggest that

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CAPT RABORN'S STORY

Quonset Point, R.I., May 26.

An explosion and fire turned the aircraft carrier Bennington

the debate was worthless into a "floating hell" off the New England coast today and

and a waste of time and

effort. On the contrary it served The purpose of

bringing to Bight the potential dangers of cor.

a charge of sabotage was raised in Congress before the smoke had died away.

Captain William Raborn, commander of the huge ship, ruption and other irre said at least 100 of the 2,300-man crew were killed, some of them as they slept. Navy officials said 89 bodies had been recovered in the smouldering, twisted passageways and quarters. The search for more bodies was continuing.

gularities occurring in the implementation of this vast resettlement undertaking. Thja knowledge should temper the disappointment which the elected Urban Council members feel at the rejection of their motion. The debate nerved

irre- general warning that gular practices in the resettling of aquatters will not be tolerated, and that, perhaps, is as good a result of Ruch controversial

As

discussion as could be ex- pected. The elected membera complain about what they

all the "official Inc"

bul

it is not without ita sunse

and logic. If, for instance, the

worst known form of irregularity

has already

und

full

heen discovered safeguards taken against its continuance,

The Navy said 201 men were injured, some perhaps fatally.

An official announcement made nearly 12 hours after the disaster said the final figure was 110 dead and 150 injured, but the Navy retracted those totals a few minutes later.

Rebels Trying

To Overrun

Key Defences

Paris, May 29..

Į

Captain Raborn, of Oklahoma City,

was unable to give any elue to the cause of the disaster, which struck just after a fight of 18 jet planes roared off the flight deck.

"It's a mystery

to me," he "I regret to say told newamen.

cannot give you an accurate All the explosion. reason for

proved groundless. There was nothing explosive in the area where the explosion As the 31,000-ton ship limped belching gusts of black smoke, Representative Edith Nourse Rogers told the

leads have

iA Nearly 20,000 Vietminh

took place." there

not much more a Commis. sion of Inquiry could do. The prime function of auch a Commission is expose

Were today trying to overrun | info port, still French key defences on the southern perimeter of the Tonking front in

flerce fighting less than 40 miles satisfy itself and the public south of Hanci.

not scandals, but

that defects exist in

to

to

21

House of

she Representatives belleved the fire was a result of sabotage.

The Bennington, fought

uising

UNICO

World War

11

The

100.

about explosion killed And 125 others were las and of these 25 to 30 fured, have more than minor injuries One of our two doctors aboard was killed. Doctor Norton (not otherwise identified) who was left, did a herloc jab, - United Press,

Washington, May 28. The chairman of the House Services Committee, Armed Representative Dowey Short, Bild today that his Committee would Investigate the tragic explosion aboard the aircraft carrier Bennington.

He made the statement in House speech in which he said ly saddened by the horrible

Mlle Genevieve de Galard-Terraube, French nurse heroine of the Dien Bien Phu fortresų speaking into the microphone at her interview with newspapermen in Hanoi after being released by the Vietminh rebels.— London Express Photo,

US

Said Willing To Accept Partition Of Vietnam

Geneva, May 26.

L

Criticised At

The BIF

Standard's Bureau & Testing Laboratory Advocated

Some Hongkong fabrics appearing at this year's British Industries Fair have been criticised because of their poor quality. It was learned on reliable authority yesterday that the criticism referred to cotton seed husks appearing in the cloth.

The criticism it is understood was reported by a Hongkong businessman who is at present in London.

While the complaints were confined to only a few samples, it was noted that there was an abnormally large amount of husks and other impurities in sample fabrles on display.

thero

Apart from these imperfections the general range of fabrics exhibited received high approval from visitors.

Cotion goods manufacturers | materials rising today

Hongkong yesterday Fadd might be a temptation for some [these complainte served to an- torni

to keep phasise the need to standardize their prices at existing lovela types of cloth being produced in and to lower the quality of their the Colony.

goods which would be bad for Hongkong's name abroad.

There is a very definite nerd in the colony for a Government- sponsored standard's bureau and Leeting Iaboratory." said the manager of one Hongkong cotton testing

mill.

MALAVIJO W SYVETIMES

"On this point spinners and weavers agreed with me.

The proposed laboratory and

would apparatus

not be very expensive and if all manu-

This bureau should be cap-facturers support this idea this able of enforcing certain stand-laboratory, coukl bo self- ards of quality over a range of supporting within 12 months.

It is known there are at least products." he said.

Such a bureau has, in fact, two big mills in Hongkong sup- by a porting and actively pursuing

atready been proposed number of Hongkong mili tus project.

Allied sources reported the United States was ready tonight to accept partition of Vietnam as part of an Indo-China armistice. But they added that the United States planned, diplomatic barri- cades against the latest Communist demand for The inain Target of the new re-Communist

carving up the other two Indo-Chinese States of shortly ussaults was their French

zuilitary post of You

Laos and Cambodia as well. eradication. According to Phu, six miles south of Phuly,

in official speakers

near the River Day.

With powerful Tuesday's diebate

of Rothe

support from These deforts have already the Freneli Air Force, the garri.

system and to advance

commendations for

the

been detected

son of the

the

which has been over a fortnight,

Committee members were "deep- news" about the heavy casual- which ties

"These men died in the line battles without loss of life, was of duly just as though they had

through quiet waters been engaged in warfare," 10 miles of New England, neur sald. Long Island Sound, when the

below blast vecured about 0.20 ani. EDT.

he

Mc-

John Representative

These sources predicted that military experts decks Cormack said it was a "terrible from the rival armies soon would begin drawing

catastrophe."United Press.

ceasefire lines.

MERCY MISSIONS Seconds later, njarm bella clanged and Are control und Meanwhile. French reconnais-rescue parties rushed down reported Ն jadders to the smoking interior of the four Com-of the ship.

divisions

and corree: encircled for tives are being applied. And beat back the Vietminh attacks. although such departmental action is devoid of public bance pilots drama, if it achieves de-spearheads sired results, eliminates munist

which Huge twin-rotor helicopters corruption and other mal captured Dien Bien Phu were flew repeated "mercy missions" practices, ensuring the now well on their way towards smooth working of a system the Deita, but their exact locato remove badly-burned seamen

freed

ville

from irregularities, tion was not given,

the public

satisfed

conscience

18

rescue

Attlee's Embarrassing Decision

the

DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT

a

owners. It received the support of the Hongkong and Shanghof Bank last March when

It is also known that there manager of the Hongkang 450 other millenners who, Mr S. W. P. Perry while agreeing in principle with wrote to Government suggesting the branch,

establishment of

star- the formation of such a birent. med bursaspor de

The

burzau, foal; navortheless Sub-Manager of the Mercantile Bank of India, Li, that as they are supplying

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today quality fabrics to their overseas Mr H. M.

Orr said afterwards the Mer- customers already there is no gave its back need for a special standard ing to this proposal by writing certificate for their products,

to Government,

Those owners actively pro- similar letter

moting the idea of a Govern- LETTER TO GOVT

bureau foal Mr Perry told a representa- ment-sponsored

Hongkong's of the China Mail today: trode haa бла recent years, " wrote to Government about suffered from the fluctuating de-

of a Standard's mand

cantile

tive

Bank

however that

several eastern markets

One way of ensuring a con- Unuity of demand in these mar kats would be to ass

Authoritative sources gave this that a start could be made on the formation

cf cstimate

the

while American Vietnam

further study Bureau with a view to keeping (a case In point is Indonesia position while the Far East con- was given to the problem of up the quality of goods manu- which imposed import restric- tions last year resulting in a loss ference recessed for one day to how to proceed in the two other factured in Hongkong. permit careful study both here States.

"I feel that if the quality of of trade to Hongkong) it is Observers soid And

the great in world capitals of the Red

goods was allowed to essential to seek more reliable blueprint submitted last night danger in this proposal was that cotton.

then Hongkong's markets, particularly in Eng- become deteriorate by the Vietminh acting Foreign Vietnam could always

land Europe and Africa. from the deck of the Benning-

the Minister, Pham Van Dong.

precedent for the two good name would suffer. ton even before she reached

for the

If the rothers.

public French

"I toolt Icave of writing to More than 100 French wound-port here.

In tomorrow of the Indo-ever

felt that it was being the Government suggesting that

assure buyers Using д

sumption technique

Chine

ceasefire FROM DEREK MARKS

negotiations,

of Hongkong's cotton textiles of robbed of peace in Indo-China they should get together with Chin developed to a fine point in the airlift from Dien Bien Phu.

conferred because of only a "little piece" texile interests here to see what good standard quality backed by Big Three experts French officers believed that Korean WET, the awkword-

Geneva, May 28.

the day. The af Laos вла Cambodia, the they could do to get this organisa Government certificate. Co wounded looking aircraft saved

Should Mr Attlee and his six throughout mitiules only with

Secretary,

Cotten min owners, polnit. Mr situation could become danger-ation going--the Iden being this Dien Bien that made the difference be colleagues from the Socialist British Foreign

authorities remaining ni

bo- that no cerufleate (of standard) the fact that Government certi- Red China's many Party accept

Eden, the US Under-ous, competent Anthony law should be able to atamp Phu, the evacuation will prob- twem life and death to

be worth very much ficates or reliable would

trade asso- vitation? The answer from Secretary of State, Mr Walter lieved. United Press.

Government clation out irregularities

had which ably be completed

the casualties.

brands Tomorrow of the

unless

aro, affixed to Smith, and the French Lt

New Geneva le a fal "no. "Offcially Bedell pervert the squatters' re- (Thursday) it the

John Widmer of weather rou

many woollen and cotton textiles backing. Empire delegates Ambassador to Switzerland, M. mains favourable.-Heuter.

Kensington, Pennsylvaniu, made British and

Chauvel (substitute for

with competition from coun manufactured in countries which a dozen trips between the car-here are making no comment, can

Foreign tho

Minister,

tries like Japan and India in-already enjoy a very high name rler and Newport Naval but unofficially their attitudo is

raw for their products, of Georges

Bidault, who 19 Hospital.

quite clear.

Paris), also had a long tactical session.

The Urban or today reached Hanol in the Council, with its new settlement department, and

re-

with the assistance of the all

settlement scheme,

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MAWOL Sailor

"I took two or three wound- It can be summarised this ed each trip." he said, "and way: at a time when Britain's with Red so badly principal regolator

Whother partition would be burned they couldn't even be i China" is in a very dellcate condned to Vietnam or would situation it is most embarrass cludo Laos and Cambodia too ing that the leader of the Op was still the nut the conference position and six of his top had to crack. colleagues ir. the Socialist Party should accept the Communist Invitation.

British

Charge

unless

Found In Stolen Car

Washington, May 26,

Lt John Wollam of Pittsburgh Bald he was sleeping near the

SMITH'S WARNING wardroom when be heard a

Mr Smith wamed his Allic series of explosions. The first

A 18-year-old sailor, AWOL. that acceptance of the rebel

tho dull boom knocked him out of

from

Il-fated aircraft It is quite clear the Foreign vietminh's newest proposal bed, cracking his watch and

Offco claims no right to have would mean the loss

of Indo-Carrier Bennington, was in gaol stopping it at 6.30 am., he sold been consulted, but It is equals China

today on a charge of car theft. He fied without any clothes

safe- adequate

The police sold. Apprentice guards were won against the Seaman Robert Carl Hatton of found the executive clear they wxadd have wished on and officers' cabin

Mr Humphrey Communist demands for similar Washington told them and to have been. shambles

he had filled with smoke, Bulkheads Trevelyan; were bent and twisted and debris d'Affaires in Peking, is one of partition in both Laos and Cam- "gone over the hill" about 11 he "couldn't days ago because The US informed sources and get any leave". was everywhere, he said. Gang the British delegates in Geneva bodia.

felt that ways were filled with twisted So far he has steadfastly refused

Burma and to back

civilian Hation and two steel and bodies burned beyond resumen and others to

application for they any

visit That and would be seriously recognition,

menaced by any partition of youths were arrested in a stolen Most of the bodies were stijl Red China.

This in or near their bunks," said Lt

is largely because, al-Logs and Cambodia. But Allled car here last night. The pollee thefts has recognised quarters reported that American aid he admitted belog involved Wollam.

though Britain

officials have given the clearest in four joy-riding car tho Communist • Chineso

Indications that the US while since last weekend. Government and appointed

Но Ho called his mother this not associating itself with any

his d'Affaires Charge

to Peking,

her of the Chinese have not recipro partition--would accept the de morning and told

arrest about three hours before facto division of Vietnam.

The US would then concentrate the Bennington caught fire.

Mrs Taylor said she had not- on the establishment of a South

CAPT'S STATEMENT

In

ם

exclusive Interview

with United Press, Capt Rabom sald:

jst

cated.

WON

I was standing on the bridge.

Tonight it was made clear to We had just launched 18

75 milles me that Mr Aitlee's plan to go east Asia pact to underwrite any known of the thefts or that Oghters, We were

She south of Newport and the last to Red. China is regarded as armistice and prevent any new her son had been

AWOL. great embarrassment to the

A alao Raid sho

"very Red advarices. plane had just cleared the deck Western PowerS here at #

and "glad" the boy at 0.20 am. (10.20 am, GMT)

British and French quarters excited" when there was an explosion.

"It could have been worso," There also was

a lot on the Indo-China war-Lori also appeared convinced that the had not been aboard ship.

of

alm of the Soviet Foreign Minis- don Express, Service. amoke,

The explosion was forward on the portside, two or three decks below. I realised it was a catastrophe. So I launched the rest of the gh, group të clear the decks, ~·

crucial point in the negotiations

Tornado Strikes

Syracuse

Syracuse, Kansas, May 20.

ter, Mr V. M. Moletov, was the she said.-United Fress: partition of Vienom wildi a little bit of Laos and Cambyodla thrown

into the deal too. Thore was considerable · air- cussion fr

today the delegations

7 MASSACRED

Manila, May 27.

Moro (Moslem Flipino) Vietnam sévén, civilians and wounded

A tornado struck the northern of whether it would be po bandits yesterday; massacred I'm might proud of the way edge of this: Western Kanssible to begin technion another, in a rudre raide bu the crew acted. They displayed City today, causing extensive truce sessions on a remarkable feats of herolam, damage to about a dozen homes, level without getting bogged in family in Parang daiziet of Joh

blatid, southern Philippines, GREE The nature of the explosion but no one was injured.

Labs and Cambodia

is at the moment undetermined Undersheriff: C.P. Moradden. This idea had the least up The outlaws dynamated the It was possibly Ave-inchwald the unofficial estimate of peal for the US delegation, house and then that the o

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