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30,000 Car Workers On Strike

Paris, Apr. 29. Thirty thousand workers struck today in France's great nationalised Renault auto plant. The workers want more pay.

The striko order was fequed by the powerful, Communist-controlled

CGT labour organisation. A CGT official said it was possible a few crows were still working, but they were expected out shortly.

If the stalke continues. It will seriously pede France's recon- struction effort. The Rennult factories, which are State-owned, were producing dally 00 automobiles, 100 trucks and 12 farm tractors.

The movement started through n wildent strike launched by 12,000 workers acting against CGI orders Just Saturday.

At that time, Left Wing newa- papers wrote: "Everybody knows

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1947.

CHALLENGES BRITAIN ON

PALESTINE ISSUE Question Of Accepting Any UN

Fortune For

A Penny

Aberdeen, Apr. 30.

59-year-old stone- mason, William Melville, carning $5.10.0 a week, won £64,450 in a football pool to-day. This is the highest-ever money award- ed in a penny-points pool,

The previous record for a football pool prize was the £61,000, won by Edward Cross, also of Aberdeen.- Associated Press.

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Guerillas'

New Technique

Counter Offensive By Greek Communists

Athens, Apr. 20,

Communist sources In Athens today disclosed a new programme for 11 guerilla counter-offensive,

Recommendations

Flushing, Apr. 29.

India today called' on Britain to disclose whether or not she will accept whatever action is taken by the General Assembly on the Palestine problem. The Indian Ambassador, Asaf Ali, addressed the question to the British delega- tion in the opening skirmish of the Steering Committee's debate, insisting that

an answer was necessary now.

Citing newspaper reports as saying that the British have not considered themselves bound to the Assembly decision, Ali said, "If so, what is the use of considering any item on Palestine here?"

Sir Alexander Cadogan offered immediately an answer to Asaf All's question but the Assembly President, Oswaldo Arunha, interrupted, saying that the Steering Committee was not yet in a position to discuss such questions. The Committee met for a pre- Ilminary attempt to decide the Assembly agenda involving a move by five Arab states to obtain a full- dress debate on immediatc

Inde- pendence for Palestine and an end of Britain's mandate.

Russia's Andrei Gromyko sided

Egypt's Hossan Pasha endorsed the Indian move and said he hoped that Aranha was "not trying to hamper" the committee's discussion on this Syria's Faris. Et Khouri, matter... Lebanon's Charles Malik, and Saudi Arabia's Faisal Saud occupied the Spectators seats in the committee room. They said two representatives "unofficially."--United Press.

this strike was launched against the following raids on three armed cities with Indla, arguldg that Ali's gues of the Jrivich Agency were prezent

will of the unionised directorship of the plants. It is a manoeuvre direct- ed against the CGT tind ngabist the programme for nationalisation."

VARY DEMANDS

Apparently unable to master the situation, the CGT hastily switched and has now given the strike its oficial blessing.

The CGT demands, however, are slightly different from those of the original 12,000 strikers.

The original strikers demanded n minimum of 7,000 franes per month for 200 hours of work, plus an in- crease of 10 francs per hour over existing rates.

in Macedonia yesterday.

on

said

A high Communist umcial bands would henceforth concentrate large cities instead of small settlements, He sold decisions for now programme were reached at secret Bessions at the Yugo-Slav border and in Athens.

About 200 guerillas in a surprise. attack drove deeply into, the city of Grevena in Western Macedonia and staged a short battle against Army forces protecting fortifications. The band withdrew with slight losses on both sides.

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Government's Cotton Buying Plan Attacked

London; Apr. 29.

The Government's plan for the contralised purchase of cotton was severely attacked in the House of Lords today where, however, the Cotton Bill, giving legal effect to the scheme, was given its second reading.

“ULTIMATUM " the "old method

HAS EFFECT

war,

Viscount Hall, First Lord of the "The prices thot-emerge have little-- Admiralty, moving the second relation to world figures," he de- rending, sold that there was only claret, le thought that the Cotton one test that

to Commission would be lucky if it did could be applied these proposals, namely, could the not have to pay ten per cent more Cotton Commission serve the cotton than the normal competitive cotton Industry employers and work people prices. and indeed the nation better than of speculative

Lord Darwen, Labour, speaking ov gambling" which existed before the chairman of a Arm of cotton manu- facturers, thought that the Govern- ment's scheme would save dollars by "We think it can," he declared. stimulating the use and therefore the "It is the Government's view that growth of cotton from non-dollar single buyer will provide not only areas. the service given by the Liverpool and Manchester markets but will Lord Teviol, Conservative, thought provide more adequately and chomp-that the confidence that growers all ly the raw colton required.”

over the world had had in the Liver- pool cotton market In regard Herford, Apr. 29. There would be no opportunity for prices would be wrecked. The Russian

zone authorities Inspeculatora to dabble in the fortunca Germany have undertaken to return of this great industry. at 12,000-to milssing railway wagons-estimated the British zone of Germany, it is reliably learned here tonight.

Sovicts To Return "Lost" Trucks

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Viscount Hall said that the amount of cotton in stock at home was one and a half million bales, with This followed "ultimatum" quarter of a million in transit and from the British

zone authorities half a million in foreign countries. unless the missing goods trucks "FOOLISH" ACTION were returned by the end of next Front Lac British zone to the Novietot the closure of the Liver- munth all shipments of goods by rail

from

pertinent to the taste. This move Committee's strengthened reports that Russia is powers' line up with the Arabs.. ready to break with the western

Flushing Meadows, Apr, 20. The United States in the United Sir Alexander, in brict answer to All, recalled Lord Hall's atate Nations Steering Committee ment in the House

strongly opposed the inclusion of the zone would be stopped. nf Lords

If the Russians carry out their week when he said that the British Arab states proposal for Palestine

independence on the agenda of the undertaking to

the goods government could not carry out

trucks, the ban General Assembly.

on trafle between polley "which it does not approve."

the two zones, will not be enforced, He sold this did not mean that

learned. Nations' recommendation. He added that he night make a "reservation for discussion of Palestine Indepen- would mean the virtual end of

When the Steering Committee re-

debate on the Arab slates' request

return

Lord Cherwell, Conservative, be-

to

"APPALLING RISKS" Lord Woolton, Conservative,, ad- dressing the Government bench.

said: "I am appalled at the risks the Government is running into to have an uncovered bull, which is the tion you are in at present. have 2,000,000 bates and how much as a rese of this country's money will be last of that I shudder to think." The Government, he said. were committing an act of industrial a vast folly. There was no evidence that

Anthere would be increased efficiency.

..tulp.fo5m.

pool Catton Exchange was foolish. and would cost the amount of foreign other danger was that prices would

exchere be subject to

political

pressure. "Bulk buying inevitably ends

to

Britain would reject the United (sumed its session this afternoon the it was British order, if enforved. bulk selling and prices are not fixed | replying for the Government des

The

Lord Chorley, Lard-in-Waiting,

At the same time curly yesterday on this point when he speaks before|dence was opened "with an invitation inter-zonal trade and would deprive by supply and demand but by argu- cribed the purpose of the bill as an

another band besieged the electric plant in Yannitsa, but was repulsed. the Assembly later this week.

A third group of 200 men slipped Into Verrola and burned two houses before withdrawing,

The CGT demands are slightly less exacting. They want an hourly in-both sides. crease of three francs.

Throughout the afternoon there was a series of consultations between the different labour union leaders and representatives of the Ministry of Lahour. The situation remained confused, however. At the

very minute the spokesman for the CGT An official said a purge had been told the United Press the strike carried out within the Party and all would be general throughout Renault members favouring an autonomous -plants-the-Agence France Press Macedonia-rather than the Soviet quoted the Secretary of the labourine of a Macedonian Republic of unions as saying work had re. Greater South Slavia commenced.-United Press.

Ikicked out.-United Press.

EDITORIAL

DISSATISFIED

to representatives of Iraq, Lebanon, the

places at the table.

Saudi Arabin and Syria to take their in the Soviet zong of

needed coal and steel supplies from the Ruhr.

ments around a table.

essential element of rehabilitation of the cotton Industry. The In- dustry must be provided with

material at the

lowest

raw.

GERMANS ARE possible cost. It had been paying for

DEPRESSED

Warning To Allies

Germans

a considerable time a great deal. more than it need have paid. Bulk buying had to be introduced partly. because it enabled stabilised pro- duction to take place.

"It is not true that the Liverpool. international

markot in being abolished", Lord Chorley said. "Bro kers and merchants

are being left perfectly free to deal in cotton, pro- vided it is not imported into this throughcountry",--Reuter,

The Russian zone, it was stated The Iraq Foreign Minister, Dr Near Salonika, a band attacked a

All immediately attacked Cadogan's Fadil Jamali, backing up his coun- here, was holding 12,000 British gendarmerie company, with losses on approve of our action his Majesty's Palestine independence, said: "Arabs of the British zone's wagon feet, remarks. He said: "If It does not try's demand for declaration of zone wagons-nearly seven percent The Communist leader sold 1,000 whole show. Is that how the United the dearest thing which ever

Government will walk

potential carrying capacity out on the of Palestine have been deprived of with prominent Communists

civi-

of half a million allegedly

tons of coal a destined for surprise arrest had been

Nations should

lised nation. Either operate?

is entitled to

month. enjoy. instructed to scatter into the hills or the applicant says that, whatever anmely freedom and independence. Repeated requests for the return go underground in Athens. He said

our recommendation, he will accept life to them has no meaning unless answered, it was stated, and it is "They are becoming desperate and of the wagons have remained un- successors to the present leaders in it, or we shall be wasting our time." Athens already had been named in case of arrests.

Cadogan repiled, pleading for un- they are given their natural rights." derstanding of Britain's position. He

Berlin, Apr. 29. The Iraq Minister continuing said; now felt that although the proposed steps are drastic, they are the only said: "Any Assembly recommenda "Freedom, independence, honour and

A warning that the "Increasing way

to deal

cal with a serious situation. tion may have to be enforced. It is self-respect are things which make

At the same time, the British and depression of casy for some other government to

10 Arab life meaningful.

American say that the United Kingdom by it-Araba-in-Palestine have been de Governments have warned Austria, cisions is lable at any time to result erican authorities the Military failure of the Allies to come to de- self should enforce it and should use prived of freedom simply because Czecho-Slovakia and certain other in exasperation and desperation." was

there been its own blood treasure without he moral or legal foundation."

is a mandate which has no

countries, which between them have given today, by the British Deputy from others. It is only on this point

The mandate was one of the mis-

16,000 British wagons, that unless Military Governor, Lieut.-General that I shall make reservation at the proper time in the Assembly."

takes of the League of Nations, they are returned the two Western Sir Brien Robertson. which needed to be corrected by the

zones will bring to an

an end the

the ar- rangement whereby their

He told a press conference, hau- United Nations, he said.

transit "Britain,

am sure, did its utmost traffle across Germany is operated ever, that "It would be quite wrong to help Zionists to come into Pales by British and. American wagons. to suppose tine and implement that part of the This step, if taken, would be a ment was not reached in: Moscow it at subsequent be reached countries as cunnot mandate, which concerns a national great blow to such home against, the wishes of the in- Czocho-Slovakia, which possesses no meetings." habitants. It cannot continue kecoastline and depends to a great that.

extent on transit across Germany for trade.-Reuter.

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Here Are The Answers.

directed of, the

THE Chairman of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce made a long speech on Monday, and from it, one would rather that the Chamber was the leant Informed body in the colony, Much time and wordage was devoted to Impiled at, and

Trade Suppiles, and Industries Department. The questions assume almost a

a rhetort- cal character because anybody who is informed on the subject (which the Chamber of Commerce

18) knows most of the answers. It can be assumed that the 8. T. and I. has not operated at a loss because, since the return of civil govern-

It has been on a self-sup- porting basis with a strictly limit- ed prost margin. · It will be in- teresting to see what return the department shows If only

ns a

comparison to profits nude else where. The "success that attended the efforts last summer to issue lengths of cloth with the rice ration ticket" was that every re- gistered" · person in the colony seme clothes, and It is presumed

the Chamber

int

even

of Commerce will concede that the cloth was originally intended for the common people. The "out- come of the regulationlug of plece goods-which upset the whole trade last summer was that, the people were able to obtain a neces sary type of clothing at prices within their pockets, And Just how the "trade" was so upset is hard to imagine because it was given every opportunity of sharing In the seleme. As for the ques tlon: What were the Department's experiences in regard toʻits' hand- ling of foodstuffs and coal? the answer is probably the same ar ngapore, Shanghai, Manila, and elsewhere. Because, as the Chamber- of Commerce ' knows full well, foodstuffs and coal are under International and government-to-government alloca ton, the experiences for

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Hongkong were less painful than Bome other places that was due largely to the ingenulty of the B. T. and I In wheedling a little more than was originally intended for the colony; due also to the De- partment's persistent foraging and what may almost be described as impudence in trying to obtain for Hongkong la necessities. The chairman of the Chamber of Com merce "supposes" that from

point of view efforts to secure an equitable dkiribution of the principal stante commodities are necessary." Speaking on br- half of a communlly dependcat on staple commodliles we are con- vinced

to this necessity, Darlig the past twelve months there has been little reason to feel confident privale merchants would guarantee any such equitable dis- tribution. The Chamber

of Com merce recognises the necessity of local price controls in respect to the essentials of life, but not for luxury articles. Has the Chamber over attempted (in the Intereais of the community) to set out the two lista? If it trad, it would prob- ably have discovered that what were regarded as lux

Juxuries have, as a result of better living standards, become necessities; and that for many of these necessities the publie was beme exploited by merchants to such a degree that official control became imperative,

once

ber

From such a a responsible body.one

have expected a

a more au- type of speech. For on the question of how

prosperity, and how can it be stabilised? Whether the aliare. market today is a true

whether the

they business values or reflection of presage a tlump which is going to hurt the community? And what measures can be taken to avoid an economic recession? This is what we would have expected but what we got was something quite dif- ferent and unenlightening.,

W Hongkongpresent

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Russia's Stand

On Palestine

Flushing, Apr. 20.

the Western Russia split with Powers and sided with the Arabs in a drive to force the United Nations Assembly Into a "full and complete debate on the Palestine

Soviet position was disclosed during officially for the first time the fight in the Assembly's powerful Steering Committee over the Anglo- the American attempt to restrict United Nations to formation of n Palestine

committee fact-finding during the current session.

Soviet Andrei Gromyko emphasised. however, that Russin did not believe the Assembly should necessarily try to decide at this session on the Arabs' bid for "termination of the British mandate and declaration of

Indo- pendence" for the Holy Land.

Mr Gromyko revealed the Soviet stand, saying, "Many people might well ask why the General Assembly ....does not desire to consider the substance of the Palestine problem." His move set the scene for a stift procedural battle between the Arabs and, the Anglo-Americans, who had hoped to avold discussing in, full the

Palestine problem! before next

September,

of the problem now."

Steering Comm into a

(Continted on Page 4)

Still Less Meat For Britain

London, Apr, 20,

The Food Minister, Mr John Strachey, told a press conferencs to-day that meat allocations to manufacturers of sausages and other meat products would be reduced temporarily, effective next Sunday. Albst manufacturers will receive only 10 Instead of 50 per cent of

their prewar supplies,

sald

The reduction will not apply to general bulchers. Mr Strachoy the reduction was largely caused by winter losses. More than 100,000 tons of home meat had been fost through animal deaths, at- tributed to the severe cold.

Mr Strachey said the Food Ministry had concluded an agreement with Poland to purchase 30,000.000 tổ, 50.000.000 eggs to be shipped here before September 30, The first shipment was expected this week.

·

He said substantial wheat shipments from Canada were expected soon. Soap production was lagzing because of the winter fuel crisis, he said.

Distribution of the 1947-48 railon book for 47,000,000 Britons will start in June. It comes Info use on July 20-United Press.

that because an agred-

If the Moscow Conference looked at as the first round, then progress had been made. On many of the most important questions, very considerable progress had been made, For the first time the four Foreign Ministers discussed in concrete form the future political structure of Ger- many.

"It is not surprising that they were unable to reach ari agreement at the first attempt" Sir Brian sold, adding that an agreement on political prin- the structure of ciples governing Germany should bb possible at the next meeting of the Foreign "Minis- ters,

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