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THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1955.

Elections Should Be Postponed

Says Gaitskell

LORD WOOLTON.

VANFLEET

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LEAVES

KOREA

Seoul, Apr. 17. Retired General James A. Van Fleet said today the Army has done everything it can to get back UN ser- vicemen taken prisoner dur- ing the Korean War and that now it is "up to the diplomats."

Gen. Van Fleet, former com- mander of the 8th Army in Koren, left Seoul by plane for Tokyo en route for Hawaid the United Press.

De the

"the armed forces United States and the Republic ea Gen: Van Fleet said of Korea prior to his departure, have done everything within. their power to get information of the missing UN prisoners and get them back.,

DRIZZLING RAIN

"It is now up to the diplomats to insist that the enemy behave properly or else have nothing more to do with the gangsters." Gen. Van Fice drove to the airport in a drizzling rain amid the chcers from thousands students and residents lining the streets.

He was seen off by the ROK Foreign Minister, Mr Brun

WOOLTON REJECTS

STAND OVER

PAPER - STRIKE

London, Apr. 17.

The Former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Hugh Gaitskell, demanded today that Sir Anthony Eden consider postponing the May 26 National Elections unless Britain's newspaper strike is settled within two weeks.

The prominent Labour Party member and former Cabinet Minister said he felt there "might be a case" to hold up even the dissolution of Parlia- ment on May 6 unless the wage walkout that has stilled the presses printing London's big national papers for three weeks ends before the beginning! of May.

The Conservative Party chair- 1 comprise, he said, men man, Lord Woolton,reftcled Mr Winston's choosing. Gaitskell's stand.

ELECTION FEVER

Both men were speaking in Exclusive interviews with the United Fress as election fever flashed through Bri- tala and candidates girded for the clash,

of Sir

"Mr Gailskell said he did not know whether the Conservative vote would be cut by Sir Win- stor's retirement.

"Feople vote for a Party bere in England."

That he said. doesn't mean that its leaders are et important. So far neither the Conservative Party nor the public has had a chance to judge Sir Anthony in office

Mr Gaitskell spoke with the United Press in the garden of his home in the Hampstead dis- trict of London. Lord. Wooltonas Prime Ministes." granted the interview in the rounds of his country home at

Walberton.

If the newspaper strike con- tinues into May it will be very serious," said Mr Galtskell

Lord Woolton disclosed that Sir Anthony's dramatic decision. just ten days after taking over from. Sir Winston Churchill, to seek a fresh mandate from the British electorate was taken at

10 Downing Street meeting on Friday afternoon-just hours "If by the beginning of May before the announcement over there are no papers and no sign the British Ercadenating Cor- ha publication will be resumed,poration. the garment should definitely

consider whelker it can hold the

electens without newspapers to the country informed. keep There might be a case for not the dissolution proceeding with of Parliament on May scheduled."

as

Yung Tai, the defence Minis He said it will even be most ter, Mr Sohn Won Vil, and unusual" for the Conservatives other high-ranking American to present their 1955-56 Budget and ROK officials. United to Parliament on Tuesday in the Prcss.

news blackout.

Hanoi, Apr, 17.

Lord Woolton. said Sir Anthony's Conservatives were' determined to go ahead whether

Courses of foreign languages the marathon strike, stalling are to be organised in North Vietnam for the political cadres papers with a combined circula- of the new regime, the North tion of 50,000,000, is settled or Vietnam Ministry of Education not.

announced in a communique yes- said Lord Woolton, terday.

Our intention is to go ahead,"

Four languages Chinese, Russian, English and French will be taught, in the towns of Hanoi. Nam Dinh, Thái Nguyen and Vinh.

Observers

that

He said a small group of senior Cabinet Ministers at- ended the meeting with Sir sion was unanimous. Anthony and the election dect-

Lord Woolton said the election was called immediately, "to end uncertainty at home and abroad. which is bad for international affairs and commercial affairs."

"ECONOMIC PINCH”

Mr Galtskell,- however, sounded the Labour Party election claim that the Con- servatives chase an im- mediate vote because they feared an economic pinch was imminent.

"It is the growing trade dencit which is responsible," said Mr Gaitskell.

WINSTON'S CHOOSING

"You cannot let a small group of men hold up this country's constitutional pro- pointed out

cesses, but I hope the strike the communique showed that, will be over by then.” contrary to some reports, the Communist Government ΟΣ Lord Woollon said he did not North Vietnam has not banned believe Sir Winston Churchill's the tenching of French-retirement would cost the Partyion"

votes. The Conservative leaders Franco-Press!

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Queen attends Delegate Insulted

At Bandung

Maundy service

The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh (both of them carrying posies), leaving Southwark Cathedral after altending the Maundy Service, when Her Majesty, accord- ing to ancient custom, distributed the atmua! Maundy Money to the aged-Central Press Photo.

CIVIL SERVANTS Unneeded Supplies

CALL STRIKE

Tunis, Apr. 17. French civil servants in Tunisia, members of the General Workers Union of Tunisia, aire determined to pursue their action next Tuesday, M. Jean Giovanni, President of the Union, said.

M. Giovanni left, Here' for Paris today QA SUM~ mons, by Premier M. Edgar Faure to discuss the Union's decision to stage a strike on

Tuesday in

of support claims of French civil ser- yants for greater, security in their jobs and im- proved conditions-France-

Presse.

Policeman

Escorted

Το To Prison

Kampala, Apr. 17.

A dozen prisoners from a Buganda Government prison near Kampala found them- selves in a quandary, and solved their problem in an unusual way.

US GOVERNMENT WASTES MILLIONS

Washington, Apr. 17.

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REPORTER'S QUESTION

Bandung, Apr. 17..

The Asian-African conference was the proper body to decide on measures necessary to force colonial freedom, a spokesman for the North African delegation to the conference said today.

The spokesman told a Press anti-colonialism, by "overstate- conference that his delegation ment?"

would welcome help from the

Chinese People's Government in The spokesman replied in their struggle for independence. | French; “You art insulting,

SITUATION GRAVE

In a statement, Issuèd be- fore the Press conference. the delegation said the situation in Morocco was extremely grave and dan- gerous and that no proposal for settlement had been made by France.

The statement added: "We recognise the absolute determina</ tion of the conference to root out colonialism, wherever it may be.

"We, who live under colonial. domination, whether in Africa or Asia, cannot ignore the fact that the development of the present world situation has resulted in dangerous consolidation of the colonial rulers and their allies and in a very deflráto stiffening of their resistance jo the demand for the restoration or establishment of national independence.

The spokesman said that mili- tary alllances between Western

powers had hampered North "strategic reasons."

African independenen for

When he said that the French

A commission headed by ex-President Herbert Hoover reported today that the Government was wasting thousands of millions of dollars building up "mountainous supplies" of unneeded goods and had used worse tortures in North then selling them at a fraction of their cost. Africa than

Some of these goods were finding their way French correspondent inter- into Communist hands through. "uncontrollable rupted: "Do you not think you loopholes," the twelve member bipartisan com- mission said.

In a 96 page report published batteries would have a short life tonight the commission set out span on the shelves,

a long list of recommendations for more efficient handling of Government supplies now valued at $155,000 million and scattered throughout the world.

F.

PREVENTION

The report said the pre- vention of excessive surpins by proper inventory сод- trols could' „ellminate from $10,000 to $25,000 million dollars worth of supplies· now in Government houses, the report said.

ware.

Confusion in selling the huge surplus supplies had become 30

The commission found, little interchange, of surplus goods among Government agencias. In fact it said an agency

often paid commercial prices for item which another agency was seling as surplus at a loss.

FOREIGN AID

The commission also urged much more extensive use of surplus supplies in the United States foreign aid, programme.

It said

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taxpayers paid for new products to send abroad

acute, the report recalled, that while some Government agen the Air Force Once offered cies already had a surplus cf sterling silver for sale as bruss. the same products on hand

Reuter,

A spot check at Ratitan, New Jersey, on ten items once re- vealed that the Army had an average of 32.6 years' supply on hand.

They were marched by a native Government policeman to the

house of one of the "It was far larger in the first three months of this year than Princesses in the Buganda Royal the heavy deficit in the last six family where they were to do months of 1954. In March the day's work as part of the trade gap was almost £100,000,- punishment for their offences. 000. The recent boost in the

When they arrived or escort bank rate is not going to have said he was not feeling well and At Mechanicsburg, Pennsylva- the necessary effect an imports unless it is used with a credit that he was going to a nearby nia, the Navy had enough gear drives to supply needs for 123 policy which will lead to unem-hospital för treatment.

years at the current rate of ployment and reduced produc-

He left the prisoners on their issue. Mr Caitskell sald -Lordown and at the end of the day

After The Army Signal Corps had Woolton's claim that Sir Anthony had still not returned.

authorised stock level of the an conference sought the election to end ur holding

cell flashlight certainty after the change in prisoners decided to make their 1,426,000, dry

batteries--an eight and ha!f COVETTment was "absurd."

own, way back to prison with-

supply though The years' Lord Woolton rejected So-out the policeman, calist charges that an Impending

slump forced the election.

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Washington, Apr. 17,

Mr Adlai Stevenson, head of the Democratic Party, left today for a business trip to Africa with political

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Tel-Aviv, Apr. 17. mixed armistice com After further discussion, the

today bensured both prisons elected one of them-mission. Lord Woolton declined to selves as their leader, This mandent on the border of the

Egypt and Israel for * come but predicted the Con- removed the official hat and belt Gaza strip on April 9. servatives would win.

from the policeman and put

Rprophes the elections' outs

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1 Overseas (6).

7 Norse god (4)

9 Rule (5).

10 Restrict (5).

11 Afresh (4).

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3 Unit of weight (5).

4 Swell (6),

5 Story-teller (8).

6 Ceremony (4).

8 Wild Australian dog (5).

15 Arrive (4),

13 Disagreeing (10).

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19 Marches (10),

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his intentions for next year's presidential cam- paign.

Observers concluded that Mr Stevenson, unsuccessful candi- pone for several date in 1852, intended to post- months a decision on whether to seek his Farty's nomination next year.

But he is due to make a were killed and and series of speeches this summer beginning at the National the campaign and possibly the large and painful corn on one Israeli force fired on a nearby Federation of Women's Clubs emergence of some unforeseen

Egyptians position and neigh in Philadelphia on May 24. issue during the campaign."

bouring villages with mortars The new "policeman" then during the incident. DON'T WANT COMMUNISTS

escorted his fellow prison CES

Mr Gaitskell said: "It will be them on himself. Unfortunate- An Israeli Army command car a close election and a good dealty he found he was unable to wear struck a mine and two Israeli will turn organisation of the man's shoca.

because of a soldiers

On

of his toes.

and their former guardian back The Israeli Army authorities

STRONG INFLUENCE

Reaction to these speeches

Mr Galfskell turned dow flat the call by the Daily Worker for Communist sup- to prison. Crowds gathered at here released the text of two coupled with political develop- port of Labour Party the side of the road to watch the countries which were adopted on ments, in the interval may have candidates where no Com-

unusual spectacle of a stagger-the casting vote of the Com- a strong Influence on whether rotists are running.

Lieut-Col Mr Stevenson now working as "We do not want Communisting policeman being taken into mission. Chairman,

Xavier

Glacomagd, lawyer, sought nomination, support," he said. United custody by one of his own pri- Francois

observers said. soners-China Mail Special. of the French Army-Reuter.

Presa.

IMPORTANCE OF LIVING.

BY LIN YU-TANG

Singapore, Apr. 17.

Trustees which was brought about by the wide divergence of their views,′′

of regiment Dr Lin Yu-lang, well-known author of "The Importance of Living" has left SingapoTE-

Dr Lin -8$72,241.50. the richer,

14 Walled casually (8),

17. Tolerate (5).

18-Hardens (6)

20 Diminish (5),

21 Angry (5).

23 is 11 (4).

SATURDAY'S CROSSWORD-Across: 1 Sherry, 4 Fault,

Dr. Lin resigned his post as Chancellor-designate of the Nanyang University, together with his entire univeralty De Lin

17 Untrue, 8 Minim, 18 Brad, 12- Related: 15 Noted, 18- Tore, 17. In a joint VETURAZINE

Eggs, 19 Valet, 20 Dresser, 21 Sur, 23 Lured, 24 Torrid, 25 Terse, 26 Candid, Down: 1 Stumbled, 2 Estrange, 3. Rout, 5 Agitales, 8 Lolter, 9 Cedar, 11 Douder, 12 Revel, 13 Tottered, 24 Degraded, 18 Croize, 22 Coma

and the University Board of Trustees maid, "The resigna tors end the deadlock be tween the Chancellor and the

and all the faculty

At Inst night's Democratic Party banquet here in honour of Mr Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Stevenson said that the Democratic Party must stand for three basic things social pro- gress, civic freedom and peace.

Reuter

aire Mr Tan Lari Sye, thee was "the most urgent chief sponsor of the Nanyang business of the 20th century, the University

he hydrogen age.” scheme, volunteered to donate 8$5,000,000 to the project,

final

London, Apr. 17. The 83th birthday anniversary the or Lenin,

n- the Soviet

celebrated m Square Moscow today by a

2000 march past of Moscow pioneers (Russian style boy seputs and girl guides), official Soviet news agency, Tass, reports, China Mali Special.

members had been engaged has now pak

paid out 8$1,000,000 abroad to teach in the un-already, in, salaries and the

although [pay-off, " versity which was to be se up here to conserve: Chinese univerally never

the blue-print stage. culture among the 10,000,000 Chinese in Southeast Asia. Dr Lin will go to Nice with Disputes soon rose between family and later to Paris the teaching staff and the The other professors will re-

2 Board on the scope and the turn to their old homes, in standards of the proposed America and Europe Franco {university.” Singapore million

the gestapo, a

ore spoiling a very good case for

me."

In reply to a question: "What' do you want the United States to do?” he replied: "Support

us.”—Reuter.

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