Reporting the Moscow Talks.

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 February 1947, Page 4

Reporting the Moscow Talks.

The United States Secretary of State, General G. C. Marshall, has decided to ask Russia to grant visas for 52 American correspondents to report the conference of the Big Four in Moscow in March instead of the limit ol 20 imposed by Russia. The newspapers originally made 73 applications for visas.— Washington, Feb. 13. Foreign Workers for Britain. Displaced persons are to be sought from Germany and from Austria for the Lancashire cotton spinning mills. This was announced in the House of Lords by Lord Pakenham. He said: “An investigating party, including members of the Cotton Board, will leave Britain in the next few days.” He added: “The whole question of the greatei' use of foreign labour in Britain is being now examined intensively.”—London, Feb. 13. African Mine Workers. “The position of the native mine workers has always been unsatisfactory, and grew much worse at the beginning of the war with the rise in the cost of living,” said Senatoi' H. M. Basner, giving evidence at the resumed preparatory hearing of charges against eight members of the Communist Party alleging sedition and contravention of the Official Secrets Act. Senator Basnei’ said that he was elected as a native representative' in 1942, and represented more than 4,000,000 Africans —half the Union’s native population. Senator Basner added that the wages of African mine-workers had hardly changed since 1900. Neither the American employers nor the'Government had made provision for the cost of living. The result was dissatisfaction. The chief reason was the rising cost of living. —Cape Town, February 12.