Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 14, 1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press 14, 11346 Page 7 today s history swedes try increasing business efficiency by nationalization threat Stockholm. Brit ish socialists love to talk about nationalizing their Basic Indus tries but they Don t want anybody t else Messing around with them. Hence the British feel consider Able concern Over the activities of a swedish government committee that is investigating 1he Oil Industry in this country. American diplomats Are likewise concerned about the possibility of swedish nationalization of Oil distribution but their emotions about Ine matter Are not As Complex As those of the British who live double lives politically at Home and imperialist abroad. Three american c o m p a n i e by Edwin a. Lahey seven Oaks sub division Ideal residential District Smithfield Rupert land from main to Salter its. Lots for immediate building 50 feet frontage All improvements installed tax free. Sheps agencies Ltd. General insurance. Realtors rentals mortgages 460 main St. Phone 23 816 by a. W. Fordham auction Sale of valuable living room. Dining room bedroom and Kitchen furniture and effects at Fordham s Sale rooms 363 Hargrave St. Or. Ellice monday dec. 16th at 2 . C. Shore and c. Wigg auctioneers phone 29 040 Standard Oil Texaco and Gulf and two British companies Shell and British iranian dominate the swedish Oil and Gisob be Market which consumes about tons of gasoline and tons of fuel Oil annually. The Oil committee is but one of a whole series of government committees investigating private Industry in the Post War programme of the social democratic govern ment in Sweden. Swedes appear to be using these committees As a whip to make Pri vate Industry More social More sympathetic with the social democratic economic policies of full employment and anti cyclical business practices. Tile swedes say that nationalization is not an objective in itself. Industrial efficiency is the real objective and if private Industry can demonstrate efficiency in the Public interest it will be let alone. Another government committee is investigating the private insurance companies. This committee also uses the implied threat of nationalization. The swedes claim that fire insurance rates have been drastic ally reduced since this committee began functioning. A still another committee is investigating cartels which have reached a High degree of development in private Industry in swe Den. The purpose of this committee is elaborately vague but it has the Power to Register Price agree ments tons. Between private Corpora the shoe Industry is also under investigation again with the threat of nationalization and government officials report that the Industry has eliminated much of its seasonal employment practices and rationalized the distribution of shoes since this committee began to function. It is fair to say that Sweden s socialism is not As widespread As the nation s press agents have Lee the world to believe. Cameras and up. Exposure meters to accessories and Darkroom supplies of All kinds Loc to special clearance Large Stock of albums 25 on Beautiful gifts at Low Cost come in and let us help you with your gift problems. Taylors limited 260 Edmonton Street Winnipeg Manitoba phone 98 428 most of the Railroad mileage in Sweden is state owned but not on socialist principle. Private capital Oulen t be lured into the invest ment. The two government commo Ity monopolies in tobacco and liquor Are not socialist measures it pure Revenue producing devices which make these items extreme luxuries for the workers. They were related by non socialist govern ments years before the social democrats became the majority party i Sweden. A system of Low priced govern ment restaurants for workers and he Middle class was before he socialists came to Power. Electric Power is state or cily i wed in Sweden and the state was a Large portion of the nation s Orest lands. The government is in direct Competition with private Industry i steel. It owns a Mill in the far Lorth of Sweden. When present lans for expansion Are completed be Mill will produce about 500.000 on of pig Iron per year. The present capacity in All of Sweden s tons. The government steel Plant is operated As an Independent Corpora Ion which pays its dividends to he government the Only Stock older. Its costs and its profits Are about the same As the privately owned steel companies according o government officials. It markets to product in the Field of private Industry and gets its Iron Ore from a government owned Range at about he same Cost As the privately owned Mills which likewise have their own Ore Beds. Housing in Sweden is largely the scope of private contractors or the consumer co operatives but the government helps with Low interest Loans. In the Field of social welfare legislation. The swedes have just inaugurated a child allowance system under which a family will receive about per year for each child this Law is not effective until 1943. Old age pensions will be increased n 1948 also to allow needy Citi Zens 67 years a pension of 5280 a year for single persons and 5448 for married couples plus a Louse rent allowance of from to a year. Only 50-50 Chance of Fourni Ngi government new French. Premier by Paul Ghali 50-50 Chance the Best that observers will give Leon Blum today in his task of forming a now government stances he general so overwhelming Are the current i parliamentary support. Difficulties confronting the office of French Premier. This is the glum Outlook in France s political Arena despite the almost unanimous conviction expressed in thursday s National As Sembly voting that Blum is the one Man capable of rescuing the country from political chaos and economic bankruptcy. The personality of the Veteran socialist chief is such that undoubtedly under Normal circuit Azerbaijan Premier flees to Russia Tehran dec. 14 iranian army chief of staff said Friday that Jafaar pish Evari pre Mier of the Azerbaijan provincial regime and his clique of Liberat ing had fled to Prussia. Or. Sal Mollah j avid governor general of Azerbaijan province proclaimed martial Law and a cur few in Tabriz 18 hours before pre Mier Ahmed Avam s troops arrived to supervise the forthcoming parliamentary elections. The general staff said govern ment troops met Strong opposition thursday 24 hours after the Semi autonomous regime of Jaafar pish Evari Azerbaijan irregular troops at Shahi Dej. Government troops overcame the resistance the general staff said and continued their Advance to Ward Tabriz. The 74-year-old Blum a. Houglin in frail health has inimitable patriotism courage is indisputable. The ii re attributes demonstrated not Only during his prewar political career but in the period of France s collapse and subsequent occupation. That his. Excellent relations with resident Fruman and secretory of Tate Byrnes stack heavily in his Avor cannot be denied. But on the other Side of the edger looms the Handicap of a National Assembly which lacking s efficient one party majority in a political lineup necessitates Aree party support for any gov rement. A though the communists voted for Blum thursday their support tincture with re serve and suspicion. In his revealing Book by human stand written while in German ails the socialist statesman described in Curt terms the Vanilla ions of French communism before and during the War. Moderate and rightist support is with Only 10 Days left to British shoplifting booms by Frank Walker l a British news paper columnist remarked the other Day there Are Only 15 Odd shoplifting Days till Christ Mas but a significant portion of the population is making the most of them. The police courts Are Busy Deal no summary Justice to Light fingered women with a taste for silk stockings and cigarette cases lipped casually into Bulky purses storekeepers who do not mind providing the wherewithal foe father Christmas do not like playing the part themselves. The pickpockets Are also Busy profiting from the crowded the wife of one correspondent an innocent Flower with a boundless Faith in humanity recently lost the contents her Wallet to a keen eyed the latter was luckier than one of his comrades who attempted to pick the pocket of a . Magi Cian. He picked alright but All he got was a live Snake. The last that was seen of him lie was Rac ing Down the Street whimpering slightly. The Snake went Down the Drain. A a Britain s school trustees tired of waiting on a waning Sun Are go ing to provide children with a homemade version. Classrooms in three schools in county Are being equipped with artificial sunlight. Except for a faint glow in the ceiling there will be no other indication of the Ultra Violet Ray irradiation. Each child will fill out a medical form giving his or her history of previous sickness. This will be compared with the record Over the next two years. At the ame time a Complete history Wil 3e kept of the same number of children in three similar schools not so equipped. If the Experiment succeeds Anc he irradiated children prove healthier than the others treat ment will be extended to other schools. Every saturday British children fill 375 Gaumont British and Odeon movie houses foe a varied diet of Western serials and comics. They Are members of or rank s Cinema childrens clubs. As. Usual somebody does t Lik the idea and the matter was Dis cussed in the House of commons one member wanted an inquiry into the clubs to see if they wer Good for the welfare and Tiv mental and spiritual Well being of the Earl Winterton defending the clubs pointed out people wer always raising whipping boys i every generation. At one time i was the Penny dreadful later i was the theatre and now the Cin Ema. Busy mothers who have to do the shopping saturday mornings Are not objecting however. Neither Are the children. Seems strange to think of Don Ald Duck As a Wolf in sheep s clothing. And i still say fort Garry Coffee is the resistance is held essential Basel. Switzerland dec. Moshe Sneh member of the jewish Agency executive told the world zionist Congress Friday that organized resistance offered jews their Only Opportunity to attain their goal in Palestine. England has already decided against Sneh told the Congress. There is a British military Offen Sive against our work. We must therefore employ the strength of jewish resistance. But it must be a physical struggle it must be augmented by a Clear political Sneh reported to have Escapee internment during a British Campaign last summer by fleeing to Paris pleaded with the Congress to decide against participation in the proposed London conference on Palestine. Also limited by. Reason of two items of socialist party doctrine the socialists policy toward Viet Nam the indo chinese i depend nce demands for in dependence. In Ido Chiha is one f toward German reconstruction and Unity the socialists Are less Gid than the popular Republic ans or even the communists. And the socialist programme conflicts with that of other parties n several Points to in Ernal reforms. The outgoing Bidault Cabinet ave the new Premier a Farewell Ift of two pieces of bad news. French escaped convict finds jail cheaper other Day Man who had escaped from the Versailles jail a month ago gave himself up to the police he said he had found Freedom Toi virtually nobody trying to exis in France today would argue Thi truth of his words. Cheap living is so much a think of the past that the Good old Days of 1939 Are something the average Frenchman can hardly stretch i memory to encompass. Typical examples of struggles 1 balance the Middle class budget a that of the Engineer who has a wife an four children to support. He earn francs a month. I november he spent of which went for Foo alone. The chemical factory clerk father of four children. He earn a month including a state subsidy of franc for the children. He Kpenii More than 10.000 francs month for food. The Post office clerk who if. Subsidies gets franc a month. His 14-year-old apprentice daughter brings in last month his expenses wer nearly francs went of which food. How do these people make end they sell treasured belongings o ration tickets for tobacco Mea butter and other commodities to expensive for their Means on Fth Black Market. Or they just go o piling up debts. Brevi ties Denmark people in the German province of Schleswig Are now asking to be annexed to Denmark. Denmark however does t want this former danish province Back. Germany s food shortage lies behind the re quest of the Schleswig people for annexation. The Danes believe that once the germans in. Schleswig should they be annexed to Den again become accustomed to eating Well they would agitate for a separatist programme. Schleswig is in the British zone of occupation. The British authorities would like to see Schleswig annexed to Den Mark As it would solve part of their occupation problems. Poland polish government terror against opposition parties is steadily in creasing a Manchester guardian correspondent in Warsaw reports. Formerly aimed largely at Mikolajczyk s peasant party polish pol ice activities have How extended to include the polish socialist party. In Poznan members of that party among them 50 prospective candidates for. Parliament were rounded up by the police. The majority have been released but there is still no news of those who remain in detention. Britain chief British Trade requirements from Russia Are Timber flax raw Cotton Cotton liners canned Sal Mon Wood pulp and resin Accord ing to the list sent to Moscow for purposes of the Anglo soviet Trade talks. Official quarters in London state that these talks Are part of Britain s drive to find alternative supplies outside the Dollar area As these Are typical goods for which Britain now has to pay dollars. Russia s list of requirements from Britain is not yet Complete but it is understood to comprise largely machinery. Put weights on the lower hem o Shower sheets if you have Trouby keeping them in place. 1. 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