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the capital required was forthcoming they believed Malta within 10, 15 or 20 years would be able to get along without extra aid.

At the end of the peiriod they did not foresee the possibility of Dominion status or the necessity for integration.

"POLITICAL DOCUMENT"
Prof. Galizia and Dr. Mizzi were closely questioned by Mr. Attlee, Leader of the Opposition, as to why a professional body like theirs should have produced a memorandum for the conference.  it was in effect a political document.

Dr. Mizzi replied that as the conference was of national interest the Chamber regarded it as their duty to present a memorandum.  He agreed that members o the Chamber who favoured integration did not attend the meeting which approved the memorandum.

Evidence was also given by a group of business men headed by Mr. L. Vella, president of the Chamber of Commerce.  They expressed doubts about the feasibility of attracting new industries to Malta and fears as to the effect on small local traders of possible competition from multiple firms when the economy of the island improved.

Mr. Bevan, Socialist M.P. for Ebbw Vale, maintained that previous evidence had shown these doubts and fears to be groundless.
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JAPAN PLANNING HOME GUARD
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FORCE OF 50,000 
From Our 0wn Correspondent

TOKYO, Thursday.  Plans to establish a Japanese Home Guard for service in an emergency are contained in a draft Bill to be submitted to the Diet next month.  According to Mr. Shigemasa Sunada, Director-General of the Self-Defence Board, and appropriation of £80,000 is necessary to establish a framework for the new organisation.

Defence Board plans are for the creation of an initial force of 5,000 men next year.  This would rise to 50,000 by the end of 1960.

Men between 18 and 45 would be recruited in every prefecture and trained for 20 days annually at local bases.  The Bill also provides for volunteer units to be equipped with rifles and machine-guns.

The purpose of the Bill is to establish Home Guard cadres on which a country-wide force can be built if and when the Japanese constitution is amended to permit the country's rearmament.
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BRITAIN AND U.S. STAND FIRM
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JUGOSLAV DISPUTE
From Our Own Correspondent

NEW YORK, Thursday.  Britain and the United States refused to yield to-day in their dispute over whether Jugoslavia of the American- sponsored Philippines shall be elected to Turkey's non-permanent seat on the 11-nation Security Council.

Yesterday, after nine secret ballots in the General Assembly neither nominee succeedded in obtaining the two-thirds majority vote for election.  the vote was 31 for the Philippines and 27 for Jugoslavia.  Further voting was postponed until next Thursday.

Despite the opposition of Britain and Russia, the United States was able to force through a motion in which the Assembly agreed that elections for the Social and Economic Council and the Trusteeship Council should take place before the Security Council election was decided.

As a result, Jugoslavia was elected by an overwhelming vote to the Social and Economic Council. The Americans now argue that this should bar her as a candidate for a two-year term on the Security Council.  A British spokesman said to-day that this was not the view of his delegation.
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LONARDI SEEKS LABOUR SUPPORT
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PRO-PERON SABOTAGE
From Our Own Correspondent

BUENOS AIRES, Thursday.  While the Lonardi regime continues its efforts to win Labour
support, diehard Peron supporters are supplementing passive resistance with open sabotage. Acts of sabotage are not widespread, but they are increasing.