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The Dangers Of Recession

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1954.

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Chou-Mendes-France Talks

MALAYA RUBBER

INDUSTRY MUST-

REPLANT

OR DIE

Kuala Lumpur, June 22.

Sir Francis Mudie, chair- of the three-mIJALN rubber fact finding mis- sion, said today that the Malayan rubber industry must "replant or die."

He appealed to the public for Information and opinions when mission's first he spoke at the press conference,

Sir Francis said the natural rubber industry could "kil two stone" by rou

NHE latent United Nations World Economic Report focuses nitention 011 two Important points, First, it insists that the decline in US business activity since the middle of 1953 cannot be dismissed merely an an Inventory recession. That is to say, it is not 2 self-man adjusting process the fall automatically giving way to another resumption of the long-term upward trend as A0011 Да вtocks have been Mufficiently reduced. Behind the inventory aspect of the recession, which has made the newspaper headlines, there is the much less tract- | birda with one able problem of something 10 offset decline in Government de- fence expenditure. The second important point made by the UN report is that this is not a problem peel- liar to the United States.

KEEN COMPETITION It is true that up to date Western Europe, so far from

anld competition Sir Francis

would be more generating its

in- from synthetic own

keen in the future, as keen as dependent recession side by

Amerienn businessmen wanted aide with the US, has to make 11." actually provided, through ita Own continued expan- sion, the additional demand for commodities which has helped to prevent the American trouble

May Be Decisive

FRENCH

Guatemala Latest

LEAVES Showdown

PREMIER LEAVES FOR BERNE

Geneva, June 22.

Observers in Geneva strongly believe that the talks between French Premier Pierre Mendes- France and Chinese Communist Premier Chou En- lai scheduled for tomorrow, will be decisive for the future of the Geneva Conference.

It seems obvious that the two statesmen will Anding planting, coping with increased discuss the solutions proposed by the military the demands for rubber and fall in commission now meeting in Geneva, as well as the He said: "We can't sit and questions not yet settled at the conference with- wait for the price of synthetle out, however, dealing with the details, which would to fall. Ve must look ahead.be left to the experts.

from

spreading rapidly through But the rest of the world. In the long run, the report Weat European auggests, Governments will, as they reduce their defence spend-

the price of syntheilt.

You have a well developed in-

Battle Impending

REBEL PLANES OVER CAPITAL

Tegucigalpa, June 22, Anti-Communist

rebels

and Guatemalan government troops were reported gather- ing for a showdown battle today after the rebels ported they had isolated Puerto Barrios by cutting an

dustry, You have experience! Beginning at 3 p.m., the two premiers, meeting in and everything else. In your the French Embassy at Berne, will review the Indo-important railway line.

China question. It is not known if they will limit their position you can beat anyone."

talks to this subject alone or if they will also discuss the matter of Franco-Chinese relations.

"Germany Riso might produce synthetle as Italy and Britain,

The various delegations in Geneva are awaiting with interest the outcome of the talks which will probably decide the future of the negotiations here.

thing you must keep in mind is En-lai to

ing, face the same problem duction will go up if you want

of calling into being sub- stitute forces

has

to Austain economic activity, as how emerged in the United States,

AN

DC-

He said the mission would not make any recommendations re- garding wages as this question was not included in the mission's terms of reference.

09

of Hanoi.

the

of his Bea 'Mr

re-

Communiques indicated that a major battle, which could be declaive, was shaping up atu rail junction in Zacapa State, 75

miles from Guatemala City, the capital

a.m.

over

are

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Express Photo.

Chou En-lai Expected

To Seek Assurances

From Mr Nehru

New York, June 22.

10,000-Mile Voyage On A Raft Begins

Callao, Peru, June 22. William Willis, 61-year- old New Yorker, safled to- day on a 84-foot raft in nn attempt to cross the Pacific Ocean, accompanied only by a cat and a parrot, art

A Peruvian Navy tug towed the balsa wood raft to a point about 10 miles offshore, in the midst of the Humboldt Current, which the New Yorker hopes will carry him as far as Banon, some 10,000 miles away.

off.

When the towing he was cast

Willis hoisted his two orlen sails aboard the raft and was in his own.

"Eekte" the parrot was scen friskelly climbing up the rigging and those on board the tag heard a shrill parting verbal volley. The cat took shelter in the sinall, palm-thatched cabin,

As the tug turned back to Callao, carrying Mrs Wills and a group of naval officials and newsmen, the raft soon became a mere dot on the ocean ánd Anally disappeared.

Willis estimates the trip day last four to five months l raft, named the Seven Litulo Brothers after the seven balan tree

trunks from which it was

made,

1 only about half the

on

size of the raft Kon Tiki, which six Scandinavians crossed the Pacific in 1947.

FITTED WITH KEEL Unlike the Kon Tiki, which had only a centre board and a steering oar, the Baven Little Brothers is equipped with a ro guler keel and a steering wheel. Willis said he was sure it would be faster than the Kon Tiki, 'cualer to sleer and would tak

him farther away

than the Scandinavians went.

Willis said he had no scientile theories to

to prove by his trip, whereas the Scandinavians on the Kon Tiki sought to prove that the South Pacific Islands were inhabited many centuries ago by South American natives who crossed the Pacific on rasta similar

to theirs.

"I just want to show that a solitary man

the can conquer ocean and the fury of the ele

Mr Chou En-lai, the Chinese Prime Minister, will probably tell his Indian opposite number Mrments with his bare hands and Jawaharlal Nehru this week that China would the most rudimentary means of Wols, 理 navigation," said strongly disapprove any suggestion of India's also want to take associating herself with an anti-Communist South, and gather material for a east Asian defence pact.

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colour ple-

EQUIPMENT

Carlo's › Castillo Colonel Armas, Tender of .tho anti- Communist forces said his fol- M. Jean Chauvel, the acting But he left accompanied by lowers were advancing steadily well 凝器 France, head of the French delegation only one official, his principal across Gurtempla from east to at Geneva, had on interview private secretary (Chet de west. His forets struck from Не added: "The Important this morning with Mr Chou Cabinet), M. Jacques De Follin, neighbouring Hondurze.

make

An official rad preparations

Enemy M. Mendes-

planes flew the fact that discovery of any for the official talk tomorrow. France would go straight to the Guatemala City today for the new process in synthetic rubber The forthcoming meeting be- French Embassy in Berne when first time since Saturday, draw- production may be able to between the French and Chinese he arrives there this (Wednes-ing heavy anti-aircraft fire and

to relegated put into use within a year and premiers

the day) morning.

sending ambulances and fre of background

a Hermoon's thereby bring down the price of

During the morning he will engines to the Beuthern section This synthetic in that time. In the session on Indo-China held by vialt Swiss Ministers and then of the city, where the airport nintural rubber industry It Is not the Geneva Conference. Nothing lunch with the Swiss Prime and military installations posible to do this.

was produced. The ques new

Minister and members

situated. it a reasonable replanting tion of armistice control was Government. He will

The anti-aircraft Bro woa programme is adopted then the brought up again, and the de Chou during afternoon.

heard shortly after the planes cost will come down and pro- puties of the different

delega

M. Mendes-Franc: plans to

were sighted over the capital at Theso are tions

7.30

After Ho

the planes once more explained return to Paris tonight, conditions necessary

and fre their respective views.

appeared in very good spirits withdrew ambulances to compete with synthetic."

The Communist delegations and

joked with his Ministers engines rushed towards the air- Other members of the mission showed general inclination to from the window of the loungo

port area.United Press. are Dr J. Ft. Raeburn, render in treat the matter of indo-Caina of his special conch as he left RADIO CONTEST

economies at the agricultural

Thue Mr K. V lest night-Reuter, University of London.

and Mr a whole.

Novikov

the Soviet representa-

THE WAR FRONT

Belize, British Honduras, Bernard Marsh, member of a

showed tive,

of no intention

Hanoi, June 23.

June 22. of chartered leading Arm

supporting the creation of three The French High Command

A broadcast claimed to be countants in London.

separate commissions. one for announced today that several from Radio Guatemala said to- Sir Francis sald the mission

Indo-China states, French Undon and Communist | day the rebel leader, Colonel expected to finish its survey in each of the

as Cambodia had suggested. Vietminh battalions are locked Castillo Armas, had taken over two months.

The non-Communist delega- in a large-scale battle in the the Republic of Guatemala and tions concentratest most of their Sontoy area, 31 miles northwest named himself President, attention on Loos and Cambodia,

But a second broadcast heard French officials said the battle here, also claimed to be from Diplomats at the United Nations Head- His maft is equipped with twin making it clear that they con skered there was a fundamental | had been underway for three Radio Guatemala, sald the first quarters here believe the projected regional maats, radio transmitting

equipment... receiving Military

two; difference between the situation obya A

spokesman report was false. in these countries and in Viet- seld the Communists apparent-

It quoted an

Army High grouping, sponsored by the Western powers, will magnelle compasses a water ly were trying to establish a Command statement claiming be one of the main topics of the informal talks the tank with supply for four or

A drcle of victorio, in three battles with representative, bridgehead within

and aid two Prime Ministers are to have in Delhi this Ourot Souvanavong, made an forts built to protect the north heavy rebel losses

victory for the Government week. original proposal suggesting that west fringe of the strategic Red the two co-chairmen, British River delta.

forces was very near, and Soviet, should attempt

High Command spokesmen The statement said that Mr Chou bitterly attacked the India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma would use chiefly the Peruvian the refused to say how the battle Guaian, near Zacapa,

on the proposed allionce reconcile their views on armistice control question, with-

th-was going, but said the night road from the Caribbean coast made his "Asin for the Asians" few days after the to Guatemala City, the rebels speech at the Kerca and Indo- cut, however, ignoring the pro- started a poent mode last Friday by the defence of the entire Sontay suffered heavy lossen when the China conference in Geneva French delegate for a special area was handed over to the Army used mortar and artillery

month. Britain, which commission to be set up for that Vietnam national army.

fire in a battle yesterday. Many based its Geneva polley largely purpose,

The Sontay area is situated on prisoners were taken.

on winning the sympathy..., of lates the demand of under-

Mr Novikov indicated that he a dat plain adjacent to Hanol. It added that the Army made neutral Asia, hopes that some developed

answered had not countries

the It is a yet

favourite Communist contact with the rebels at two Hamburg, June 22.

becaus? proposal manufactured goods,

British tanker, Fronch

he route from the Red River delta other places today the key of the neighbouring states will eventually Join the grouping. the arrival

to-to rest camps farther north, industrial countries must Affirmity, and the German 782- was awaiting

of Vasalli Kumtsov, The French High Command Barrios and Chiquimula, north But she has little hope of in- fluencing India away from its announced depend for the maintenance ton tanker, Otto, were damaged marrow

yesterday that of Zacapa,

traditional neutrality. today by à Ere which broke Deputy Foreign Minister, who

Soviet delegation mygnificently nghting Vietnara The statement said many rebel of employment and business out

aboard the. Otto. Both will head the

here-France-Presse.

troops routed 3,000 Communists | soldiers were captured when Mr Chou is expected to ask rising personal con- vessels were berthed in Ham-

LEAVES FOR BERNE attacking the coastal base of Tuy attempting to land near Pusto Mr Nehru for his views sumption and private burg harbour.

Paris, June 23.

Hoa in the biggest feet of the Barrios and arms and high ex- which nations, would probably Investment.

The Are started when an oil espital

Mfledgling loyalist drmy--United plosives from a vessel carrying consider membership of much a The French Premier, pipe burst aboard the Otto.

Plerro Mendes -

left Press, Francs

the invaders were also seized. pact. Thailand and the Philip- conclusion that emerges Burning oil poured into the Paris Inst night at 10.05

Rebel troops were trying to pines are the only firm can- from the United Nations water and made the Affirmity's Berne to meet Chinese Foreign

cut off

the railway in Puerto didates so far. analysis ia

steel plates red hot, starting a consumers

Minister Chou En-lai,

Barrios, but the Army counter arrived M. Mendes-France

President cannot be relied upon to do

smiling at the station accom- the trick by themselves. It suggests that a decline in Government defence spend-

N obvious answer, it might 'seem, would be to increase Government spending for civilian purposes as defence expenditure declince. But that in carrying economic arithmetic to the point where it is utterly remote from human desires, and

with prevention of unemploy- the political policies inment. Our business is to see how which they are expressed. employment could be maintained The fact is that no normal in industry."--Reuter,

Western Government would

be likely to act in this way.

Commenting on the terms of reference on unemployment. Sir

Francis said: "We are concerned nam The Laotian

Thus, barring some Vast Fire Damages

programme

of

foreign

Investment, which atimu.

оп

Two Ships

for the

The 249-ton

The

fire in her cabins.

The fires were put out within

10

for

an hour after parts of the panied by his wife and cearly Afrmity had been flooded,

all his Ministers. They includ- Harbour officials said it was ed General Pierre Koenig, De

whether the fence Minister, M. Christian for Morocco

not

yet certain

owned by FT. Everard

Magnet Saves Baby's Life

Tokyo, Juno 22,

et

Caribbean part of Puerto

Inst

attacked and

and many rebel patrons Sir Winston

with were surrounded sible chance of escape,

In

To

arms and

when

he end, Indonesia,

and,

gallori daily consumption,

five months on the basis of one

sextants and navigation shirts,

As for food, Willis said, be

cercal

known as "machica made from a variety of wild. The Communists turned down corn, with brown sugar and

water-United Press. eva this propaml-Reuter

on

Eisenhower and

and Guerin De Beaumont, Secretary mah moved a 36-day-old boy5|supplies victory for the Glove Best April. The plan then went

ing will, even if it is Affirmity would be able to put Fouchet, Minister companied by a cut in

to sea without repairs. Sho is and Tunisia, and M. Joan taxation, tend to muke people spend loss and save more. Certainly, what has happened in the American recession so far bears out this contention,' Although disposable income after taxea has gone up, the chango in the economic cilmato appears to have made people savo the extra margin. Consumer expendi- ture on manufactured goods has actually fallen slightly, So the conclusion is that the crucial factor is the trend of private Investment

Sons of London, Reuter.. of State for Foreign Affairs.

Air-Sea Search For Drifting Boat

Pinang, June 22:

Royal Air Force planes today joined the air and sea search for a fishing boat adrift with six men aboard somewhere off the north-western coast of Malaya.

life, the Amhi evening now rem ported from Irumo town in southern Japan today,

drnment forces' was'' very noɑr,

·Churchili “wili probably, discuss other posible

when they meet in Chiquimula the Army members also ropelled the invaders with Washington this weekend. heavy losses, the statement mold. Britain France and the A magnet which police con- fiscated from a cheating pinbell The Army captured two Army United States arst mooted

lorrice, ammunition,

Southeast Asian pact on the lines of the Atlantic. alliance...

into cold storage because

the outcome of the Britain refused to pursue it Geneva, conference was, clear,

Another priority subject for. the Chot-Nehru meeting in al-

· Inter- most certain to be the national commission | it, is pro- pod to set up to help super- vias on Indo-China armistico,

With Mr Nehru's manotion

*. IDENTIFYING BIGNAL

A doctor used the magnet to the High Command said a full hi pull a steel ball freen the baby's report on this would be Issued throat

where it had lodged.

BOOT. Polico, who delivered the magnet to the doctor, said they had confiscated it from a man "Radio Guatemala later asked who had been using it to guide the people to laten for chimes the steel balls used in pinball ringing out the first few bars of games and win prizes United the national anthem to identify Proms.

the station.

DIEN BIEN PHU ESCAPEES SAFE The boat left Penang nearly ordinating the search, said the three weeks ago. It became operation was extended over in fixed capital. It is not stranded with propeller trouble, 5,000 square miles of sea „10, a

Baigon, June 22. very encouraging, therefore, Nine members of the crow had point of Thal territorial waters.

Nino more "rench Union that the latest indications since renamed by sampans bes He said: The Government, la, soldiers; who from the US are that fore the drifting boat became doing everything in a power to Bien Phu reachedly, enth

pawan and the, mlezing, flübermensaje in northern Lade'yinter neveral large business lost and chores.

An attempt was made last in The dret tarwe of the mining {hfore than::,100 men enterprinca are now week to find the boat, bulziii, boat was brought by four of the Dien Bien Phus raviaing their earlier.

talled.

MY POST crew who managed to reach now reabbed yt Mr D. W. Le Mate, Director Pau Langkawi na samband of Fisheries, M

Investment plans for this year downwaTIE.

since the lingis

It aid the earlier report of the fall of the Clovernment wa made

by Radio Liberation both East and West have pro trangaliting.from Honduras," ponad India as a leading mem- commlları, Bit

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