THIS automatic firing aisle at one of Britain's huge post-
wor power stations i On example of how automation It helping to spood up output. When the power station is completed, it will have an installed capacity of 360,000 kilowatts. The old methods of firing would have been in- capable of generating suf- ficient steam power to main- tain this huge output of electricity. Coal is tically fed into the giant boilers through the pipes seen in the photograph. The con. trol panel is
on
outoma-
the left.
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1956.
AUTOMATION
AND
NATIONAL DEFENCE
Ta A
Second of a new series by PAUL EINZIG
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MAN WITH THE MAGIC TOUCH
STASSEN WILL FIGHT HARD TO OUST
OUST NIXON
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By ALEXANDER BROAD
by being mold in Nixon's
is dow Chal ນ. will and
Washington He will almost certainly have a IXTEEN years agogtag chance. For the conven
Harold Stassen looked, home state and, in Calif down on the hot and sticky hardly anybody likes Nixou delegates at the Republican Earl Warren, the ex-povernor of
the State who Party's nominating conven- Just
Justice
of the tion in Philadelphia and de- haste to Nueen's defence. Senu- chled the party's affairs La Knowland, the powerful were in a pretty horrible leader of the Republican right whg, is unlikely to put up more than a token show of approving Nos. Governor Knight makes
secret of the fact very little
Dress.
M.S.
There was a deadluck be. tween the supporters of the that he is not enthusiastle about late Senator Robert Ado]- Nixon
phus Taft and the sup- With ali Chiese Californians porters orf Thomas E. cost, the delegates may take Dewey.
some notice of Slussen's "objec- tions.
Whichever side wen, the party. was certain to come apart at the
scans.
Stas en waded in umong the heaps of tuttered placards, the mountain of Korn-up WYWw= papers, and the hoarse, thout-
Not Eye To Eye
President Elsenbower has made it plam that he would like Nixon lo mun with him. But would Ing delegates and started talk be put up a really strong fight against th stop-Nixon revolt? After all, he must pubilely sup- who had served In
ing
Somehow. amiraculzusly, he art Nixon persunded than in the summer office with him for four years. of 1940 to nominale an tart But he needn't split the party utilities lawyer
named Wendalf to keep him. Wilkie Wilikle didn't win, but he did put up a brove fight and, he had t, he turned around but coment of work crisis and united the Republican Party in support of the govern ment's crisis policy.
service Leneßts, to inertua o te production of capital equipment raise the standard of
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the maximum Temptation and the
unlimited three GUERANT Bintar
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the form "ggression In :dequately strong defence.
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It is well known that an tomadiom
is postWi development largely to the progress it made during the
war
MANPOWER
The most important effect of
$0 connection with military requirements. Rewa
search on radar, on the fire men or
control of anti-aircraft guns, need with the last of grently and other things paved the reduced manpower way for postwar research pressible to
force
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Poster ivalio der and l ikely to
concrtvable monan equal to
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dustrial emulate that, owing to the raphe ex- pansion in POONAMBEES
micha
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PEACETIME
Even PM in tumme pestce. automation Seq'VIM requirements of Tiny national defence:
J. It helps military resist a
in ils trek of inventing weapetin
of attack and detener
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which
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the same way #1 Belp evil ad-
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PRODUCTIVITY
The extent to which automation Condit raise the standerd ni would be even greater Khoan it has been since the wur.
As a result of the prevailing high fevel of employment, there has been a growing pressure on governments to reduce the size
Sale
OUTPUT
Aulopation enables the com-
to unity
combine freedom from want
with freedom from feur, because It enable, andustries to maintain and even Increase the output of civilian goods in spite of limitation
and in ama
spite manpower having to maintain And even
of
automation
erease their military output Unfortunately, provides effective assistance to the potential
as DILATESSOT well to their
potential vielim true, since totalitarion dictatorships are
It
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in
Reutlin woubl temptation of spoiling istil judging by the labour out of the degression by means already Jehlevod in of rearmament, when all other
better it is possible devices have proved to be in- many histries,
time of pruce to nations to put up and a cogany to Plage the cupaisk of bringing
force their Their armed Torres, In the kelihood of further consider-
with a low standard of living. iplerests of releusing manpower progress
will Ire
For an increase in the tput from this point of view automa- le to produce the
Name
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an advantage to democratic quantity of goods with the aid
countries, the provalled, unemployment of munsiderably less ratinpower. Pocky automatis weed not there would be no such pres- governments of which might be
increased quantity of prettuce such an effect
of publie 1 s sure, because the young men forced by pressure good with the aid of the come adopted makiy for the purpene released from Ibe Aghting opinion to neglect national de-
of increasing output Fretless
furces would only swelt the fence if its requirements impose
sacrifices ed, too heavy spite of the greatly ineren ex, ranks
The unemployed. taken place before the war, it manufacturing capacity, it is not ideed, one of the reasons why civilian population,
Thanks would have gavally strengthen possible meel
To
the entice cemobilisation after the end of fur cennomic
mccritic strentia
elvilian re- the Second World War increased
be in large scale. quirements for capital goods deliberately slow was that the
denverately and for comumer goods prevailing
Government, leaming from the cally, point of viw.
lessons of the efformath of the
War, wanted avoid a sudden increase in un- employment
manipower.
tel
Had the technological change
the
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speeding up the collection and comullies of mis kmpl automation does not weaken the First World
presentation of relevant fae'n ment. and Agures.
Flat an
From It was widely believed an incestrial country could argument hi favinir of a itmila- It can assist staff planning only curve full employment 1on of armaments. For elvillan of military operations by speed- ap
were to spend large demand is capable of absorbing The elaboration of amounts on arms Crities of the combined effect of a decline alternative plans.
capitalism indicted the system in military requireme and It greatly 5.
assis In Thu the grounds that, under it. un inerenge in productivity. spoody production of the intest the bulding up of large military The
of Bature part of the d military equipment,
forces was an essential condi- munti would change, but its
ing
$. It can release manpower from civilian
occupations both for the lighting services
for arms production.
al
tion of progrily.
fotal would remain adequate, Today,
civilion demand, On the other hand, suloma- stimulated by a high degree of tion weaken the economic employment, by n more equal and social case for disarma-
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TECHNICAL HITCH.
WAS
on the
do to automation,
sherald Governments a better writion politi- with pace keep dulptors in the armament race. On the other hand, the effect of automation 01
the speed with which the latest
But so long as there is
can be produced in scarcity of labour,
the mala distinctly
inore helpfu tenance of
a large number of aggressors than to peace-loving countries. Had Hilor resumei young men under arms is, from
1953 Instead of power in
tax
to
10
six
ધ war
in a purely economie point of 1933, he would not have needed view, admittedly sheer waste of anything like productive rapnelly
years to get ready
aggression. It is often argued that, but for National Service, it would Automation has made spectly be possible to increase social armament much easier for the
Although both the Unions and the British Motor Corporation are willing to talk to one another. they want the talk of different levels
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BALANCE
In any event, democratic countries would find it difficult to rearm on a large scale with- out being found out. Owing to automation, this would now be easter than Ever for dictatorships.
is possible for them to develop prototypes of various war weapons in com- pleto secrecy, and also to pro- Pact the
duco necessary equipment for their manufacture.
Cutomation
hos speeded up
considerably the actual process manufacturing, 60 that,
of
before the democratic countries. could realise what was happen-
the
FLOW
duced in largo
Weapons could bo
quantities.
would secure for the ag gressor an initial advantage od.
great significance.
reason, safely from
casion 10
For
ICES
evenly
in a more or batandod strength between the potential op ponents, rather than in an ad- vanced degree of disarmament, barod on "a seram of paper, automation, the main tenance of such strength need Ho longer
bo Incompatible with the Increase of prosperity.
Such aho
of
the automation
progres through
that m reasonable degree of
nny
| prosperity. Is no longe concil-
Honed on disarmament, more than full employment is conditioned on rearmament,
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NEXT SATURDAY E Must Automatión: Urinat
They're Alarmed
Stassen,
na much a Walkie,
B service to his
had rendered
Eisenhower and Nixon have not always soen oye to eye. On
Nixon policy,
has foreign regularly boen in favour of im- Eisenhower has been prepared petuous shows of strength, while to go slowly and negotiate, On domestic policy, Nixon has often sounded rather Ike Senator McCarthy. Eisenhower has made no secret of his dislike of this kind of teetle.
He has never lust
the magic by al touch in polities and that is why, behind the brave show of no erving. the perty leaders are adani by Slussen's Pen 40 purilation of Nixon
to be "no11-
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