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VOL. III NO. 81 2.

Training

Germany Haganah In Now Split In Two

Admission By Sir Brian Robertson

Berlin, Apr. 7-The Allied officials who heard General Sir Brian Robertson, the British Military Governor, tell Germans in Duesseldorf today that the East-West split of their country is "a fact for the time being" expect important Western deci- slons on Germany's future, on or about April 10, the next date for # Control Council meeting.

While-the-Germans—themselves- showed mixed response to the general's speech, some feeling that it had come too late to make much difference, Anglo-American authorl- ties interpreted 11 as a definite pre- paration for the territorini and économie partition of the country.

An Indication that the negotin- tious for the integration of the French Zone into Bizonla may have. reached an advanced stage was Been in the visit of M. Maurice Couve de Murville, Director-General of Poli tical Affairs at the French Foreign Once, to Berlin.

M. de Murville's explanation that his visit was purely social met with abnost universal scepticism among observers, who recalled that three power talks have been going on un- broken at lower levels since the

London tripartite conterence.

With three days "to go, no action has yet been taken to call a meeting"

of the four-power Allied Control Council,

THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1948.

Arab-Jew Battle Near

Strong Criticism Of Investment Levy

which last-met on Marc DALTON-ANNOYS OPPOSITION-

20, when the Rusalans walked out.

PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS

In Duesseldorf, the North Rhine Westphalia State Parliament tonight adjourned without debating the speech of General Robertson earlier togay.

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London, Apr. 7.-Sir Stafford, Cripps' imposition of a special levy on income investments, was the main target for criticism by the Opposition in the House of Commons today when the debate on the Budget was resumed.

The chief Opposition speaker to tiny. Me Harry Crookshanks, a former Financial Secretary of the Treasury, mold this "envital levy" would have D bad effect springs

upon

It would be advantageous to the "nancial sply" who had kept his money liquid as against genuine Thrifty savers,

Professor Noelting. Minister at Economics of North Rhine West- phalia, said if the speech had been made a year ago, 1 would have effected wonders. Now, however, people want to hear something die finite on economie questions affecting the Rühr.

In Frankfurt. Herr Herbert

It was discriminatory and bad of the Social Kreidemann, leader Democrats in the Bizonal Council, as anti-inflationary budget, because sald General Robertson's specei it could only be paid for by Hlquify- showed the courage required today i ing capital. for the defenders of freedom."

He said no Germans would ever stop working for the unity of the whole of Germany, but unity would only come "as the fruit of a political struggle", He added that Germana could only become full partners in commed Europeán offert by regain- ing their statehood.-Reuter.

EDITORIAL

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and electricity stock was coming on to the

market.

When the Conservatives demanded a withdrawal of that assertion, Dr Dalton declared: "If skins are ten- der, will say there were Members of Parliament who co-operated with view to lowering the national credit and raising the rate of interest which the Government would have to pay for new loans,"

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WANTS CAPITAL LEVY

Plains of Armageddon

Truce Talks

Talks Hitch

With the Yarmuk army in Northern Palestine, Apr. 7-Arabs and Jews are still battling tonight in the first offensive of organised· Arab armies against outlying Jewish settlements.

The battle, now in its third day, followed a Yarmuk army attack with artillery and rifles on. Mishmar Haemek (Guardian of the Emek Valley) at the edge of the Plains of Armageddon,

Neither side is militarily effective at the moment but the Arabs, would take these isolated settlements with case if they could erase the conflict in their com- mand.

The British authorities are not in a position to interfere with either the Arab attacks or the Jewish counter attacks.

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HAROLD STASSEN

Stassen Wins Wisconsin Primaries

At Expense Of Dewey And MacArthur When the Arab and Jewish repre- sentatives arrived, Jamal El Husseini

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Apr. 7. The Yarmuk Army commander, the President suggested he should General

saw De Lopez privately, after which-Harold E. Stassen today upset Jewish youths, new recruitsmatum today to

Fawzi Bey Kaukhji, sent on ulti-meet both parties separately.

MacArthur and of the Palestine defence organi-Palestine calling "surrender or we

all the Jewish Moslie Shertok, for the Jewish Governor Thomas E. Dewey of sation Haganah, climb up and will wipe you out."

Agency, objected as he thought the New York in the important idea was to have round table talks, Wisconsin Presidential primary along ropes in a training camp At his mountain top headquarters whereupon D: Lopez retired to an election. at an undisclosed spot in Pales-told the Associated Press "we are

Palestine, Fawzi Bay other room with the Arabs.

With votes counted in 2,315 of the Jamal El Husseini is the Deputy tine. This is part of the three-now in the second phase of our President of the Arab Higher Com-state's 3,138 precincts the balloting week, intensive training course operation in Palestine. Unless the mittee.

split the state's 27 Republican Con- through which the men are put Jews surrender We will launch Britain bod indicated that sho

vention delegates this way-Stassen operations to before being assigned to protect general field

wipe would be willing to attend the truce

MacArthur six and Dewey zero. Jewish settlements

them out,"

talks if invited,"

Governor Thomas Dewey's_com- against

The actual attack on Mishmmar Arab attacks.—AP. Wirephoto, Hoonck was directed by a middle-

TWO MAIN POINTS

paign for the Republican Presidential nomination was hurt, perhaps fatally, aged professional

The discussion at today's informal soldier, Col.

today by returns from the Wisconsin Mohornmed Boy Mahdi, a native of meeting of the Security Council preferential primary election. Wis- Any in Iraq. He was once on the the Ukrainian delegate, but not by

delerates, which was

consin, which propelled Dowey to- staff of Lawrence of Arabia and

ward the Presidential nomination in fater fought with the Germans in the

M. "Andrel Gromyko, of Russia, 1944, let him down badly in yester- second world war. — Assoclated

centred on two main points:

day's voting. Dewey ran last in the Press,

A truce in Palestine.

three-man contest for Wisconsin vortance of establish- Convention delegates. hut principles on which nationa should be chosen to Implement the partition by force if required.

ABANDONED

HOSPITAL PATIENTS

Lives In Danger

These

attended by

21.

Harold E. Stassen won and became on unpredictable factor in the Re- publican pre-convention politics. Stassen won a spectacular triumph. General Douglas MacArthur Way placed second. The man of Bataan ran behind expectations. His Pro- idential stock was slumping today. Wiscousin's voters were not greatly impressed by the fact that inc. Arthur was a native sod.

FREE-FOR-ALL

Also entered in that free-for-all

VILLAGES "OCCUPIED" Jerusalem, Apr. 7.-The Palestine Government announced today that Haganah forces "oceupled" two. Arab

Mr Warren Austin, for the United villages on the Jewish lifeline be- States, emphasised the importance of tween Jerusalem and the coast,

Getting co-operation from Britain in The announcement #nid the the truce talks, as he sold it was Haganah scized the Arab villages of

to

what particularly vital Hulda and Der

know Mehsin on the ital

would do to implement stretch of

between

cen Gazn truce between now and May 15. and Latrowy

villager had when the mandate ends.. Calro, Apr. 7. The lives of been a major stumbling block to Dr Dalton suggested that where about 1,000 abandoned patients transport of Jewish food and ma- today about the implementation of No specifle proposals were made more than £1,000,000 of investible'

terial from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem.

a truce after May funds was held outside a particular were reported to be in danger

15, as it was

was "offical contest are Senator Robert business, it should be required to in tonight in two Cairo hospitals, to the announcement, just four days legates would wait until Dr Lopez's Jose W. Martin of Massachusetts They were occupied, according understood the Security Council de- Taft of Ohlo, Senator Arthur Dr Hugh Dalton, Sir predecessor as

proportion Chancellor, drew vest a certain

in gilt where

Vandenberg of Michigan, Speaker 1,600 striking male after Haganah seized Costel, another, negotiations were further advanced. Governor Earl Warren of protests from the Opposition by edged securities.

nurses had sucessfully held Arab community which had been The delegates present agreed to California, Nebraska will have 15 alleging that there had

Dr Dalton did not think even such been "a

a measure would be enough to re-out in a violent struggle with used as a point for

ralds thluk over the conspiracy in certain quarters" to

against Jewish convoys.

principles which

cdelegates to the Republican should govern the choice of powers

Con- frustrate the

duce the enormous burden of the armed police. Government's cheap

The Government report said which might eventually have to en- Press reports here said the strik-fighting was going money policy and to try to force national debt interest within a reas

sonable, time,

ing nurses at the Kasr El Alny and Mehseln, but detalls were not ayall their own armies.

Der force the trusteeship agreement with down the gilt edge market about the

Stassen could jor Republican re- Fund El Awal Hospitals had

culars with a Nebrasku showing time when the nationalised transport

their posts for the rooftops.

quitable.

A United States spokesman said

comparable to the Wisconsin victory. It was believed the seizure of the his delegation had not put forward set There they threw down showers towns furthered Haganah's plan to any principles and was waiting for them out there. Taft's managers Taft as well as Dewey would be

the heads of besieging police, of stones and buckets of water on occupy half a score of Arab villages other countries to make suggestions. have had to accept Nobraska as the back severely if Stassen shut

opened fire. Some of were wounded.

Sir Stafford's Budget

NIR Stafford Cripps's exfimates for. the 1948-9, financial year have been described at a "re- stricted pleasures budget." — an apt enough phrase when it is realised that the Brilish taxpayer will have to pay more than ever for his 'beer; - wines, ^spirits, tobacco and football pools. These,

it would seem, the Chanceller of the Exchequer considers to be the chief contributors to the nation's Inflation, although he dincovers another element rash spending of income from investments willon he proposes to deal with by im- Dosing a levy on all such incomes from

£280, upward comes To the taxpayer, these are the distasteful and depressing features the budert. Bir Stafford, however, has southi to soften the blow by Income tax concessions which will make half a million wage-earriers free of direct taxation, and will also materially reduce the tax levels

of. the "middle class" workers. This macks somewhat of paying back Peter after rob- bing Paul, and it is not cany to appreciate just how the procedure, will stop Britain's: dangerous In- flationary trend. The attempt to discourare... heavy spendiok on what Sir Stalford regards as un- essentials Ilke

tobacco, beer and aplets by making them more costly to the customer la surely going to be offset by giving the people more spending money through eliminated and reduced direct taxation, Rather more to the point is his decision to modify and simblify the PureBase Tax. As the Chancellor. qutio rightly polnin'out where this tax exceeds 100 percent the goods are diverien into the black market giving

Sinfford's

them the false value of so-called commodities Acarce

which materially contributes to inflation. But after all his concessions in- volving loss of revenue, Sir Stalford is still able to estimate a surplus of $700 million which be apparently wishes to use for debt repayment and capital expendi- ture rather than additional rellef for the taxpayer. This may be a little hard on the people, but 11 kas the merit of being realistic budgetting. Another object

seems to be to build up a huge surplus through which inflation can be combatted.. One mentator

explaina

com-

that Bir

"There is only one straightforward and satisfactory way of dealing with this matter and that is a capital levy on a substantial scale.

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who

Arab

оп at

vention.

"I have never been shaken in the view that this is the most just and

along the highway. effective way of dealing with the

the nurses

The British Army's attitude to this

FRENCH POSITION

primary testing ground of Taft's dead weight burden of debt of this

is not clear beyond the British United Nations mado clear its posi-The damage to Dowey's Presidential

The French delegation to the strength

outside his home state. magnitude in a time of peace."

TROOPS CALLED OUT reiteration that the status quo would tion on the proposal for trusteeship aspirations is more in the loss of Sir Stafford, in reply to a question. Egyptian troops and armoured be preserved until May 15-United for Palestine after today's discus-prestige than the Wisconsin said the number of people who would cars were called after the polico Press

dele- sions. phy the special investment levy\wns had used tear gas and had folled to

M. Alexandra Parodi Bald TRUCE TALKS KITCH

But gates. break the defence. 140,000.

the trusteeship iden held three main Lake Success, Apr. 7-A bitch dimculties(1), the United Nations

Simultaneously with the Wiscon- The debate was adjourned until The nurses, who went on strike occurred in the Arab-Jewish truce must bu

sin polling the big New York' stato last night, demanding higher wages, talks, it was understood tonight, Assembly decision will not again run National Convention-United Press.

assured that any now elected 90 Dewey delegates to the electrified and locked all the hospital London, Apr. 7-The "grim fact doors, preventing

repre- the risk of not being applicable; (2) doctoru and after the Arab and Jewish that emerges

from Sir Stafford surgeons from entering the hospital.tatives had earlier agreed to meet the United Nations must achieve some the President of the Security Coun- agreement between Arabs and Jews Cripps's Budget is that in the Im-1 The strikers refused to discuss the cil, Dr Alfonzo Lopez, of Colombla, on the question of immigration "in mediate future Britain is completely situation with the Minister of Public to discuss a truce in Palestine.

order to avold the tragle dependent on the United States, Mr Health, saying that they would be It was originally intended that both sequencies, which may result from Oliver Stanley, declared tonight in prepared to listen only to a repre- parties should meet around a table the absence of regulations when the a broadcast giving the Conservative sentative of King Farouk, or the with the Security Council President, mandate ends; (3) the maintenanco Opposition view.

but it was inferred that separate of law and order cannot bo left solely to the Governor-General of Palestine."

tomorrow-Beuter.

THE "GRIM FACT"

Mr Stanley declared: "With Marshall aid, if we skimp and save and sweat and struggle, we may be able to avoid further cuts. Without Marshall aid, nothing could have avolded culs so disastrous as to sat all our hopes and all our lives." He told listeners: "Your standard of life, your security of employment. your social services-all you value-

| Prime Minister.--Reuter.

Aneurin Bevan 'Talks Turkey'

To Dissatisfied Physicians

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con-

M. Parodi added that should these dimculties not be covered by an accurate and delalled document before May 15, "it is only too prob ablo that actual fighting will become more violent and Oven

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Stafford has adopted * more austere criterion for the budget surplus, Inslating that the "real" surplus comprise what is left after both capital and current ex-

London, Apr.:7–He was needed as a result of the committee's dogene into massacres, the re- |

which the United penditure has been met. Normal- you could not have today except by willing to banish for good" the Inquiries ly this would be regarded as an

the generosity of people in the apprehension of the British brings to a climax, a long battle be

The Health Minister's statement Natima could not elude." For these reasons, the French delegation United States," ruthless form of unncercarily

medical profession that, through tween the medical profession, repre- believed

American 18-point Inasmuch that Mr Stanley criticised the addi-

"fuller generally a proportion of capital tional taxea on beer, lobacco and its National Health Act, coming sented chiefly by the British Medical trusteeship plan required expenditure is covered by bor- betting, which, he said, could have into effect on July 5, the Labour Association, and the Ministry of sludy."Router. rawing. In paying for capital.

been avoided if the Government had Government intended to produce chosen instead to cut expenditure by

A large majority of doctors, hod a fulltime salaried State medical voted in a country-wide plebiscite 5d in the pound.-Reuter,

service, the Minister of Health, that they would not take part in the Mr Aneurin Bevan, announced terms of the Act as it stands at pra- State Health Service under the In Parliament today.

con-

extenditure - from current faxa-.

on, the Chancellor is adopting the principal of "Par As We Go" designed to avold Interest burdens for the future. It is

beld contion for bringing the country ONDO spain

Into completa .solvency, and one, which cannot prejudged. Even Mr Churchill hestiates to condemn it outright, contenting himself with "doubi- Ing" whether the budget will meet the real difficulties or to Ennly the right remedies. It can therefore be said that white Sir Stafford Cripps'a first budget' may rtbo wholly appetising, it do serven to be rated, as elever and. Insyinative..

Mae's Invitation Accepted

Health.

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Meking still another concession to

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Reynolds Gives Away His Plane

and his

Honolulu, Apr. 7-Explorer Millos Ile accepted a suggestion of the the doctors, Mr Bevan announced Reynolds has given his US$120,000 Royal College of Physicians, a DD that if they were afraid of "sinister plane to his pilot Bill, Odom with London, Apr. 7-Thieves accepted minent medical corporation which intentions" In the Government's

no strings attached. Mae West's famous invitation, camp has consistently opposed the Health provision for a £300 a year fixed The millionaire.ponmaker disclos- up to her dressing room in a London Act, that Parliament should make minimum In remuneration, Theatre, and walked out

ed

as Odori with it impossible for doctors to become entrants to practice. could have the this today jewellery she valued at

between fullume salaried servanta of the advantage of this minimum for crew flew toward Chicago. Reynolds £2,000 and £3,000, the American state without that speelle consent about three years and then decide summed up his recent escapade in actress Hold the police in Tuesday of Parliament,

Individually whether they would China, where he left behind Irate. to participate Mac, appearing in London in hor An export legal committes will (orego it and pass to a system of scientists who were

In a planned aerial search for the plain capitation fees. awn production of "Diamond" Lil,” | be set up, Mr Bevan vald, to advise

A spokesman of the BMA said the world's highest mountain: said the robbery probably occurred him on the disputed effect of the Executive Committee would meet "I am like a small boy, with air shortly, before the evening, perfor-Act on partnership agreements. inmorrow to consider Mr Bevan's rifles. I get into mischief." mance-Associated Press

short clarifying biti might be statement.-Reuter.

Associated Press,

night.

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