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PAGE EIGHT THE DAILY 1IMES-GAZE IE THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1948 Cripps Seen Likely Attlee Successor London, Jan. 15.--(CP)--Appoint- ment to the double portfolio as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Minister of Economic Affairs has given Sir Stafford Cripps a stand- out position as the likely succes- sor to Prime Minister Attlee. There is no suggestion that Att- lee will step down in the mear fu- ture. But since autumn there has been a growing public belief that when he does retire Sir Stafford will be the logical man io take ov- er. It's the result of a number of circumstances. Almost since the 1945 general el- ection, it has been accepted that Attlee's successor will be 'chosen from 'his "big four" colleagues -- Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison, Foreign Secretary Ern- Bevin, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Hugh Dalton, and Sir Stafford Cripps. Now in the pub- lic mind, Sir Statford has moved into the lead. Morrison had a serious illness in 19047 and never has regained his earlier prominence. Dalton quit-as Chancellor of the Exchequer after admitting respon- sibility for a budget "leak" to the lobby correspondent of the London Star. Day after day Sir Stafford takes the headlines in the United King- dom press and London's top-flight political cartoonists now make him the centre of their drawings more often than any other 'cabinet' mem- ber. - - It's a build-up -which .is bound to carry weight when Attlee's suc- cessor must be chosen. Increas- ingly, he .is .becoming government spokesman when important domes- tic news is given out. Long ago, he was nicknamed "Austerity Cripps" because of his outspokenness of the difficulties the country faced. Now that the public is really beginning to under- stand Britain's desperate circum- stances, it has become instead al- most a compliment--a recognition that Sir Stafford has been proved right and the others wrong. Britain's grave economic - situa- tion nowadays by "far surpasses foreign affairs in public interest. Bevin is riding a dead horse. In ~ontrast, Sir Stafford is spectacu- larly astride a bucking bronco. Times.Gazette classified ads pay --Why not try one today. UP? YOU SWEAT BLOOD TRYING TO SQUEEZE NOUR CLUNK INTO THE ONLY PARKING SPACE ON THE BLOCK By Al Fagaly and Harry Shorten "Thanks BILL VIGODA, BROOKLYN, USA. ANDWHEN YOU FINALLY GET IT IN! Ses Lewis Said Next Anti-Monopoly Legislation Target Washington, Jan. 14--(AP)--John L. Lewis was cited by Chairman Fred Hartley (Rep. NJ.) of the House of Representatives labor committee today as the next tar- get for legislation which Hartley sald will be aimed at smashing "monopolistic practices" in the en- tire field of American labor. Hartley told reporters he will call the United Mine Workers (Ind.) chief after current hearings on the | practices of James C. Petrillo, head | of the American Federation of Mu- siclans (AF.L.). He added: "I'm more concerned about Lewis than 1 am about Petrillio." NEWSRINT PRODUCTION New York, Jan. 15--(AP)-- Production of newsprint in North ! America in December registered a record high for that month of 463,704 tons with shipments total- ling 481,492 tons, compared with 430,420 tons produced and 443,440 tons shipped in December, 1946, the Newsprint Service Bureau said yesterday. Higher Output, Lower Taxes Would Curb Living Costs Ottawa, Jan, 15-- (CP) --John Bracken, Progressive Conservative leader, said yesterday in a prepared statement that increase of supplies by greater production and the re- duction of prices by lessening in. direct taxes were means of stopping rising living costs. "The question of rising prices is past the stage of being meerly serious," said Mr. Bracken. "It now is a national emergency. Unless | the rising spiral of increasing cost of living is stopped it has danger- ous implications for us all. . "If price conrtol would accomp- lish the ends desired, I would favor it. Really effective- means are al- ready available. I shall mention two--the increase of supplies by greater production, and the reduc- tion of prices by lessening indirect taxes." The government has chosen as its policy the course of monetary and fiscal inflation. This was one of the main reasons of the present predicament. The basic causes of rising prices were two in number-- the expansion of credit and cur- rency and the lessening of supplies. "The government is guilty on both counts," said Mr. Bracken. "By its monetary and fiscal policies it has expanded credit and currency twice as fast as by its controls it has permitted supplies to increase. The government can retrace its steps in both directions if it choses. What it will do is for the govern- ment itself to say. It will not have the courage to admit its errors." Mr. Bracken criticized the gov- ernment's agricultural policies and called for the removal of indirect taxes which were discouraging pro- duction, RETURN TO BUCKINGHAM E PALA London, Jan. 15--(AP)--Prin- cess Elizabeth and Prince Philip returned to Buckingham Palace yesterday to begin the routine of any young married couple living with their in-laws. They arrived refreshed after a three-week Christmas vacation spent at San- dringham with the King and Queen... 4" ~L WOOL SHIRTS TOMORROW MORNING Ladies! Here's a Mid-Winter Cléarance that will save you nany, many dollars. Every article in the store has been slashed for quick selling. It's a grand opportunity to save on . those wearables you need. Be here early tomorrow. Clearance of MISSES' and WOMEN'S SUITS These lovely wool suits are in all styles. Plains and checks, stripes. Sizes in the lot are from 12 to 20 in 4 low price groups. 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SWEATERS 1/3 oFrF SKI PANTS Regular $5.00 $2.95 | (Pe 0 (4 0 "Oshawa's Leading Sportswear Shoppe" *PHONE 3518 HE Whitehall Notebook By JAMES McCOOK Canadian Fress Staff Writer London, Jan, 15.--(CP)-- A Ypro- tective bronze rim on Canada's gift of a white oak table to the new House of Commons will recognize an undignified habit of British statesmen. , A Whitehall politician feels he has achieved success when he takes his seat on a front bench along- side the Prime Minister or opposi- tion leader. Like them he will lean far back, thump his feet on the table and relax. In a long debate, government and opposition chiefs sit placidly in- specting each other's soles expos- ed on the table, Generations of boots had scar- red the old common's table destroy- ed when German bombs demolished the lower chamber on May 10, 1941. The new table will 'be made in England from Canadian wood, the design being prepared to har- monize with other furnishings by Si Sle Gilbert Scott, chief archi- ect. The new building still is no more than a forest of red-painted metal of stone known as the palace of Westminster. But already Com- monwealth countries have: indicat- ed what gifts they are prepared to make to the Commons from which they have taken their parliamen- tary customs. Dpesker Douglas Clifton Brown sald in a recent statement that in addition to the table from Canada, Australia would present the speak- er's chair in black bean wood, South Africa chairs: of stinkwood for the clerk of the committee of ways and means and two clerks of the House, New Zealand two brass- bound dispatch boxes, and South- ern Rhodesia two silvergilt ink- stands for the table, The various . woods have been chosen to harmonize with the na- tural English oak to be used in internal fittings of the Chamber. The design of previous furniture will be followed substantially, Other Commonwealth countries have been invited to participate in the refurnishing scheme, One sug- gestion is that the top of a table Strachey Appeals to Canada To Import British Products London, Jan, 14-- (CP) --Food Minister Strachzy, on behalf of the United Kingdom government, today appealed to Canadians to help--'"to match if you will"--Britain's ex- port drive to Canada with a parallel "Canadian drive to import British products." This, he -said in addressing the Canadian Chamber of Commerce would be the best way for Cana- dians to help Britain pay for Cana- dian foodstuffs and put Anglo-Can- adian economic relations back on a sound footing. "If you will inform us of the buying programs of your great pub- lic authorities, of your major in- dustries and the like, it will , , . in a new conference room for the prime minister might be inlaid with wood from these countries. 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