THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1980 PAGE SEVEN PRERA Britain faces Darkest Days Since Wartime PODO 100 TROUBLE WITH EASTERN COLONIES AND TRADE SLUMP WORKY MINISTRY An Unselfish Act by President of Cuba Reduces His Salary by One Half to Assist Budget GOOD JOB PRINTING ODO GO po plays a very important part in the success of your business THEN IT YOUR BUSINESS HAVANA, June President Gerardo Machado, as the nation Chief Executive, took the initiative today, in reducing Cuba national budget by appearing before the Cabinet and voluntarily cutting his salary to lose than one half its former figure.
The President salary by token of this cut will in the future be 1, 000 a month, or 12, 000 year, instead of 25, 000 a year.
Salaries of other Government official also were reduced to enable the Secretary of the Treasury, Mario Ruiz Mesa, to keep within the 76, 000, 000 budget announced this morning, but the reductions were in no instance in proportion to that vis ited on President Machado by himselt.
Various members of the Cabinet objected to President Machado move, sugeesting that the cut in his salary at least be kept commensrate with those made in the pay of iesser officials, but he refused.
As a result of the reforms in the budget adopted today, expenses of the Government for the coming fiscal year are reduced about 12, 000, 000.
As the Gabinet adjourned Dr. Mesa received a vote of congratulation from the special budget commission on his satisfactory solution of the economic problems of the Government for the coming year.
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Austically Lite country is faced witu deliance in its principal possessions in the eas. India is in a state of confusion which makes the most optimistic oblicials have serious aprehensions regarding the final outcode.
The conversations with the Egyption government have endeu in a irenuly spirit, but if the trappings of diplomatic language are discarded the bare truth appears to be that the Egyptiang maintain all their claims regarding not only the British posle tion in Egypt but also insist on equal rights in Sudan.
Since their delegation is returning cuito emply handed, it is unlikely that the entusiastic nationalists who prevented Premier Nahas Paaha from signing an auvantageous treaty will keep quiet and maintain the status quo. The British statesmen have ample grounds to fear serious trouble in Egypt and they may be forcedin spite of the reluctance of the labor party to use the mailed first in that country.
Arab Demands Refused, The Arabs are restless. The Arab delegation, which arrived in London a few weeks ago to discuss with the colonial office the Palestine question, left yesterday without being able to come to any arrangement with the mandatory power.
The colonial office was forced to refuse the Palestine Arabs claims, which are that (1) immigration into Palestine be stopped. 2) lands in Arab possession be made inalienable, and (8) a democratic government for Palestine be set up, in which all the inhabitants may participate in proportion to their numbers.
The Arabs are returning home in a nasty mood, accusing the Zionists of having influenced Lord Passfield, colonial secretary, from yielding to their just demands.
Number of Jobless Grows The situation within the united kingdom is very serious, too. The number of unemployed has increased substantially since last year. There are more than 1, 500, 000 dole recipients in this country, and there seems to be no immediate means of reducing the figure.
The troubles in India have virtually ruined the cotton industry.
Today the department of commerce publishes trade returns indicating that there has been the worst slump in exports and imports in the last eight and a half years. There has been a fall in importa, compared with last April, of 22, 500, 000, and a fall of 52, 000, 000 in British exports. The fall in imports is very significant. because it indicates that Britain is in losing fewer raw materials than last ch at Reasonable PRICES at The economic depression in Cuba is of long standing. Cuba is a onecrop country producing one out of every five pounds of sugar produced in the world. For the past several years world economic forces have beaten down the price of Cuban sugar.
THE WORKMAN PRINTERY This situation has resulted in unrest, which was given form on last March 20 by a twenty four hour general strike against unemployment conditions. The strike was peaceful and apparently conducted without any definite feeling against the Government, which has made strenuous efforts at retrenchment and has considerably reduced the public debt.
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ty mentioned are far better than elsewhere in Jamaica. Every effort is to be employed to develop this mining proposition and there are great hopes the venture will be a great success, It is also learnt that as a result of prospecting on a property in St. Mary known as Montpelier an English gentleman named Mr. Edwards who recently visited Jamaica with his son, has been so favourably impressed with the results so far that he has gone to England for the purpose of inducing capitalists to take shares in a company which is shortly to be formed. Indeed it is said that all the necessary capital has been raised and in a very short time Mr. Edwards will return to Jamaica and start operations, AT THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE NOTICE year.
TH Big Industries Suffer Exports of the world famous British steel, cotton and woollen products have dropped considerably since last year, as illustrated by the board of icade returns.
Compared with the corresponding period in 1929, Great Britain has exported so far this year 5, 000, 000 less of iron and steel, 21, 000, 000 less in cotton and 4, 500, 000 less of woollens, while in every one of the forty main classifications into which the official returns are divided, British exports show a decline, What and whether anything at all can be done to improve this situation is a matter that keeps the labor ministers worried. They are able to explain to the rank and file of the party GIVE US TRIAL AND BE CONVINCED that there is a serious depression throughout the world, which neither the United States nor Germany has been able to avoid, but that is only slight consolation for the chancellot of the exchequer, who is faced this year with increased unforseen a penditures and a fall in revenue. Chicago Daily Novi, ODO HOR000 2000 2001 10101 HERRERIES SERIES