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TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1957.

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COMMENT OF SHOCK BREAKDOWN IN SHIPYARD STRIKE TALKS

STRIKE TALKS UNREST IN WAGE OFFER REJECTED ALBANIA

Britain And

West Europe

RITAIN and West Ger-

Bmany are the key coun

tries in Western European dofence-Britain by virtue of military strength, West Germany by virtue of sheer unpredicability. Moreover, Dr Adenauer, the West Ger. mun Chancellor, represents an element of sinbility that could easily be lost if his party were defeated in this year's elections. It in

A

factor to be considered in relation to the reduction of British military forces in Western Europe.

For Britain

to reduce

her

military forces in Germany

Unions

Demand

Higher

Increase

London, Mar. 25. Hopes of ending the substantially, and rapidly. nationwide shipyard would certainly bring her strike were dashed to- many advantages. It would mean a badly-needed saving night when trade union in British government ex-leaders rejected an offer penditure, and would help the United Kingdom In its by the employers of a fight against inflation. The five per cent wage rise. step would also be popular electurally, not only for it- goliation. self but because it is with the unions generally resented in Bel-reven and tain that the country 1M 200.000 paying more than her share second w.ck of their strike,

of West European defence CONLA.

IN necking some rollef from

нести

21

In

con-

After five hours' talks, the renched deadlock demanding

a half per cent fur members, now in the

Representatives of both sidea went 14 report to Mr Jain Macleod, Labour

Minister

U11

their fillure to seach agreement.

The new breakdown came us a shock tur it had been hoped

strike of one

ent of the

went into

-GOVERNMENT ACTS-

Court of Inquiry To Be Set Up

London, Mar, 25.

The British Government an-

tonight that nounced

►

Court of Inquiry was to be set up in an attempt to break deadlock in Bri- tain's 10-day-old shipyard strike:

lives on a new wage offer The Minister of Labour, Mr. had broken down, After the talks bad

Iain Macleod, appealed to the unions broken

to call off the strike, beatise an indepen- dent body wis now 10 examine the dispute.

down both sides reported to the Ministry of Labour, where they aw Sir Wilfred

the

Government's Neden,

Commis- chief Industrial sioner,

the

Bat

The announcement, by

Ministry of Labour, came a few hours after negotia. trade union tlons between and employers' representa.

FRANCE TO GET

AMERICAN

ROCKETS?

An-

the talks brought "110 progress," an official nouncement said later,

The union leaders will report the Minister's request to their executive tomorrow. The comportion of the Court of inquiry is to be announc- ed shortly and its investiga-

tion will prooted "with the minimum of delay," the official announcement said. Last week the unions rejected the appointment of an inde- pendent arbitratǝr by the Government 10 settle the dispute,

then that they Jald wanted direct negotiations with the employers and the promise of a "hard cash” offer.-Reuter.

They

Submission On Detective's

Adams' Murder

Evidence

Trial:

Jury Sent Out

London, Mar, 25,

The jury hearing murder allegations against Dr John Bodkin Adams were sent out of court today while his defence counsel made a submission to the judge about the evidence of a detective.

the

Washington, Mar. 25. President Eisenhower

The witness,

Detective In- He then walke, to a cupbourd, was an oak cabinet containing million en- und top Congressional lend-

said "I havé | aliver. Epector Brynley Pugh, of East-opened it and

First fullers today discussed the posbourne poller, had just started quite a bit of barbiturate here.

witness today was sibility of supplying France to testify about a starch for Is that what you mean?"

nurse; who was closely ques Earlier, Mrs Morrell's chauf- toned by the defence about the well 3.5

as Britain with dangerous drugs in the portly guided missiles to little physician's house when the feur Thomas Henry Price said methods used to calm the rest U.S.

defence request was made,

was a rich and very less moods, of the old widow. Earlier, the defence bolster Europe against any

generous" woman who had left Lawrence, Mr Geoffrey. Soviet attack.

£1,000 in her will.

10 Tablets Mystery Senator Leverett Saltonstall complained that the decision in

After her death he took ver

limousine to Royce

Dr The witness Mrs. Brenda said the question was discussed call the detective at this stage Rolls

"an embarrassment" to 76-minute White House was at meeting called by Mr Eisenhower him. A list of witnesses pre Adams: A furniture, removal Hughes, said that one day before foreman also gave evidence of | | her doethiyain gears ago-Mira and the Secretary of State, Mripated by the rosecution had

Sobriet led him to prepare to deal with another of Mrs Mareli's Morren rose from bed saying she d Republican Con-medical and not police witnesses dons delivered to the wanted to go out and dressed It look an This herself in a fur coat doctor after her death. Democratic and

the today.

hour to persuade hit to go back gresional

her military Macleod announcneering em- Jolm Foster Dulles,

measure

couna2), had

Britain's Western European defence commitments the that 24 Bettiement of this dispute government is guided not could lead to merely by the necessity of coudry's eccud major walkoul

S pruning expenditure every avaliable direction, ] gineers--which but also by the appreciation swing today. that

Pickets At Factories military

manpower has become a secondary

Both strikes have been called consideration sequence of the rapid by the Confederation of Ship

scientific building red Engineering Unions development of

which demands $ 10 per cent weapons.

A few

the There exists a variety of solid pay increase for its members,

hours before reasons for Britain's desire negotiations breakdown, Mr to reduce

tha Hd strength in Germany, and it hoped t to get the

union and

Icaders of players elementary justice that she together tonight for talks. should have given notice, as

guardex Bernada conference, Strong pickets

Senator Seitenstall declined to 'No Dangerous Drugs' the treaty of 1945 allows, of factory entrances today in 10

hit by the elaborate, but another partici arens industrial a reduction of her forces in

Dr Adams, 58, is charged The strike pant said a Congressman ralsed engineering strike. Western Europe, especially began on Saturday but the full the question of providing missiles with the murder by an overdose since this is taken to mean effect was not felt und today.

a rich old. widow, for France. No conclusion was of drugs of that Wost Germany will|

The Only office workers and some reached.

White House Mrs Edith Morrell, 81, 1 her have to do more for her apprentices

in Eastbourne, allowed to Press

James mansion home Secretary, Mr

six years ago, own defence and that of the enter the plants, many of them Hagerty, declined to comment. Weat,

IN GOOD SHAPE large aircraft factories working Nevertheless, when all this is on military and civil contracts.

The Senate Républican leader, admitted it must still be

Apprentices Fight

Mr William Knowland, said the remembered that too sudden

a number Congres men. asked of questions but none indicated

stepp with any dissati faction taken at the conference,

Senator Bridges said Mr Eisen. hower reported that US.

were

shoulder-to-shoulder.

lenders

<<T>

IC-

were

Intions with Britain, strained several weeks ago as a result of the Middle East erials, now "in good shape". He quoted Mr Eisenhower as saying he had

attended E

and too large a withdrawal There were few incidents but of British strength would in Manchester 100 apprentices shake the whole Nato struc-fought their way to work at

Vickers Metropolitan

factories West Germany, for ture.

pickets instance, could be shocked through

standing not into rearmament, but

Aircraft plants affected in- into the dubious path of cluded the Bristol Acroplane "neutraliam." The tempt Company producing the turbo- tion of reunification with

trop Britannia, and the A. V. Eastern Germany, ai Roc aircraft works engaged in Russia's price, may not be contracts for British bombers never Increasing, but it is still and reconnaissance planes, with such "satisfactory results". Į

Brotherton, Harry

the. own special Unions negotiating leader, said for disliking any

There tonight that withdrawal of British question" forces from Europe.

strong.

France has her

reasona

Mr

ΟΙ

was

conference

The trial at the Old Bailey Central Criminal Court entered Its second week today.

Bercre the ten men and two women of the jury were sent

Soviet

Delegate's Mystery

from court, Detective Inspector Illness

Pugh said that last November he had

gone to Dr Adams house with

Herbert Superintendent Hannam of Scotland Yard who Told that the detecties had was in charge of investigations. search warrant under the dangerous drugs act, Dr Adams said "There are no dangerous drugs here."

The House-Senate leaders said Mr. Eisenhower, and Mr "no Dulles assured them that this country made no secret agree- any further ments with Britain in Bermuda. Twenty influential members With joint meetings between unions of both Parties were present at the White House.-Uuiled her own troops so heavily and employers at the moment.

In a television Interview

he Press.

committed in North Africa sald the unions had rejected she is in no position to fill the offer because it was less any vacuum created by the than the 1956 increase and "we reduction of British mili- felt the Industry now is even tary strength; the responsi- more prosperous than it was

last year." bility for doing so there- fore passes to West Ger- many. And the prospect of unlimited German rearma ment is not a bit attractive to the French.

The unions would accept a

similar increase which would be equivalent to seven and a half per cent.

'Final Offer'

Mr John Hunter, President of

BUT RENE MacCOLL says THERE WERE

SECRET PACTS

Bermuda, Mar. 25.

EC CONOMIES in her armed the Employers Federation, sald Britain and America during the talks just concluded in

wares.

forces are essential to five per cent was the final offer, Britain's prosperity and. The shipbuilding industry was paradoxically to her spending millions of pounds on strength. But if the British modernisailon in order to be government is going to keep able to compete with foreign to its line of following

"We have not only to spend Bound policies even if they that money, but we have got to are Initially unpopular, it have a sel of conditions in the will have to balance its industry where the men will economy measures vory operate those conditions in an carefully against the danger cfficient and economic way," he of damaging Nato and said,Reuter. weakening the shield which has preserved Europe.

The point appears to have im- prossed #self on Mr Mac-

Italian Oil Deal"

A series of secret agreements was arrived at between Bermuda which were either not revealed or barely hinted

at in the official communique at the meetings.

to bed

.

Mrs Hughes, asked about in- and fection of morphia heroin atropine given to the widow, agreed with defence.counsel that the policy of treatment was to got Mre Morrell to sleep and avold excitement and restless-

nois.

SINGAPORE

TALKS:

STILL NO

AGREEMENT

The Singapore

по

Moscow

Radio

Admits

Vienna, Mar. 25.

Moscow Radio admitted

today that anti- in Albania

Loudon, Mar, 26,

constitutional conference started tw third week today with still agreement on any important Communists Issute arising from Singapore's "not long ago" attempted to demand for complete internal rise up against their puppet

self-government,

A two-baur meeting today be-

government.

tween the two delegations. It was the first direct admis- headed by Mr Lim Yew Hlock, sion of major trouble in Albania Singapore Chief Minister, and although reports of unrest have M Alan Lennox-Boyd, the been reaching neighbouring Colonial Secretary, ranged Yugoslavia since last summer. over nearly half of the con- ference agenda.

Despite "destalinisation" there has been no significant Uberal- isation of the Stalinist regime of the Albanian Communist chief Enver Hoxha.. tain and Singapore on the "With the assistance of the island's internal security and population an anti-popular group external defence and the ques-which was preparing an armed tion of whether a Briton or uprising was discovered not long Iocal man" should beago in Tirana," Moscow Radio Governor-General.

reported today.

The discussion included two of the crucial issues of the con- ference-Halson between Bri-

**

The

EIGHT TIMES

Internal security-Oxiernal

'Reign Of Terror* **;

"On the

`country's 'southern

defence problem has been dis- | and northern borders patriots CUERDI AS eight of the nme have helped frontier guards conference sessions held since capture' quita March 11.

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Albanian

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hootings, FOART

would be abâ out in a-Albania last November memorandum, which would be Ofte report said, five of about doused as a inter, Bosston, 20. men who started, a small

demonstration early, Novem There was no immediate India-ber were shot dead.

tion if Britain was agreeing to

Other reports said about 20 Singapore's demand for a people were killed in the lopal man as the queen's rNovember demonstration when presentative rather than

police opered fire on a crowd Briton-Reuter.

marching through, the streets of "Tirana.-United Press.

B

TROUBLE IN SOFIA

Belgrade, Mar. 25.

Mrs Hughes was the ninth prosecution witness at the trial.

Mrs Hughes, whose evidener A new wave of expulsions of lasted three hours, said she did not know what had happened to 10 tablets of atropine which should have been left over after Mrs Morrell's death.

Sir the

London, Mar. 25.

Did Not Appear The United Nations sub- Committee on Disarmament

Answering the judge,

she said until to Patrick Devlin, recessed was morrow almost. immediate could not remember Dr Adams

actually telling ly after it met today by its drug injections were used to current chairman, Mr keep Mrs Morrel quiet.

Richard Valerian Zorin of the Soviet Union.

her that

the

Stears, a removal foreman, testified to removing a jorge carved oak cabinet whose A Western conference source shelves contained silver from Mra before any business Morrell's house after her death. sold that was done the meeting was post-He took it to Dr Adams' house, poned until tomorrow because The next witness, Mr Hubert of the "Illness" of Mr Zorin. Sogno, Mrs Morell's solicitor, The source did not know the failed to appear when his name was called.—China Mail Special, nature of Mr Zorin's illness -- it was apparently slight, as ho was able to be present today!--

Zorin or whether Mr awaiting new instructions from Moscow.

NUCLEAR TESTS?

The meeting was attended by delegates from the United States Soviet Union, Britain, France.

and Canada,

ما

SNOWFALLS TRAP THOUSANDS

the

New York, Mar. 25. estimated 7,500 car drivers. were still trapped today by

snowstorm

which is sweeping serums: the middle enstern states- and · paralysing ali transportation in its path. About 600 people were trapped

in two

Diplomatic observera said a An They were known officially The British delegation is new element was Injected into as "protocols" and they cover a openly delighted at the result the conference by the Anglo-

They are American offer at Bermuda of of the conference. large variety of "situations" security" ir danger" and "threats to Lalking

of a register future nuclear tests with of the Buccess of "dressing gown" diplomacy-n the United Nations and to allow various parts the world.

refe ence to the fact that the timitet international observation, Most of them are of a long- President and the Prime Mini- provided the Soviet Union did term nature, They are in ster had merely to walk down the same. writing and have a binding a corridor to see each other.-- validity on both partners in the London Express Service, alliance.

It is understood thaf two of the agreements refer to Jordan Roma, Mar. 23.

and Syria. Trouble is possibio Authoritative oft elicies in the In either country at any time, millan and his colleagues, Italian capital said tonight that Jordan because

It may falli suggested by the fact that the nationalled Italian oil cor-

apart politically, and Syria Britain has now agreed to poration Eni-Agip has con because it can move openly withdraw but one-sixth of cluded a big deal with the her forces from Europa national Iranian Oll Company Into the Russian camp. instond of one-third as for the exploitation of all fietās. originally proposed. That south of Taheron-Reuter also represents a distinct

sacrifice on the part of Navigation Note

DELIGHTED

Initial Soviet reaction to the offer, was unfavourable, Moscow Radio declared yesterday

mowbound trains which were caught in the

The St. Louis-Los Angeles ex- that

· Prom SCRITT" Was blocked near Winons, Kansas, writh' mome 400 passenger on board, A plane ognipped will, akis was fying, food to 200 people marooned on an east-bound train mong Meads, Kans France-Frezeć..

It was "not only a step back- wards, but it deprives the world

Bid To Nullify ruble of the hope that this

Elections

major problem directly bearing on peace will be settled in the near future”-Router.

Now Midget Larceny

Bangkok, Mar. 25. OppositionDemocrat Party candidatos In Bangkok, today As a result of these "proto-led in the civil court a suit for rols" there, will henceforth be nullification of the February 20

election in Bangkok.**:

Evansvilio, Mar; 25...... a far closer working partner. Brita's, and the least ahe

ship between lain and They demanded a re-election. An 18-year-old midget, who London, Mar. 25. America at all levels on rub Mr Moedwong Sex Pre-

helped afecrackers by slip-| is entitled to expect from

Cairo radio rold tonight foot of vital Inst to both mole, an internationally-known ping through small holes in her partners of the Western supplementality explanatory note alles A much greater flow of lawyer, is acting for them, an ellings was arrested by the European Union is that on the quibations of navigation information, reming cont of the The petitionery charged frau-Palloni today? they now make their full through the Suez Canal will be wartime god strandulent practices, aided the elec- - two burstein Sy contributions towards the trued by the Egyptian: Gaver Atindo

ming...," and "going of- tion of NVENT Swi Manangzela - The "Pallos: a), that the sale. effective maintenance of ment in the neck, five, dkYR VAG, ROKDRTIs Nato,

China Mall Specialų,

unsolved

burglaries

ufe which ̈hare":"béen'oammitted

in the vicinity, in the lat three month: YE

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"unreliable element.” was reported today from the Bulgarian capital of Solla," According to reports reaching

here

trom Sofla several hundred former Bourgools ollisells and "unreliable ele- menta" had been expelled or had, received expulsion orders

the end of last week, by

It is not known where they

have been sent. According to travellers security measures along the troutler been with Yugoslavia have tightened by the Bulgarian

Barbed Government.

wire, taken down after Yugoslavia's with the rappryshement

A

Soviet Union in 1955, is now back in position/plogr Travellers say the border situa- tion is now^sirriflag" to "what-11 won after Yugoslavis's expuLi- slon from the Cominform in 1048. The Bulgarian. army is said to * have withdrawn from the im- mediato frontier, leaving a - wide security, “belt which provides better control, over anyone attempting to crons. Until the winter, Bulgarian

Denganta were able to eroms into Yugoslavia's border vil- lages for marketing, but now very low make the Journey and Bulgarian police checks severe, -- China - Mall

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