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, ~- .. referred to an earlier demand and Opposition's charge was that the • 'imported rags, instead of being J~paD an enquiry by the CBI as a result This ,Is _ • of which a Bill restricting foreign sent ,for tearing, cutting and , '.. - financial contributions would be combing, were being sold in mar­ The automatic . shunting brought forward soon. kets as second-hand garments operations }ri Japan made from foreign countries. The im­ possible by the use of com­ port of this being a canalized item, puter make for quick tran­ S.T.C.'s .AFFAIRS the STC is responsible for its im­ sit of good·'tiains:- The The affairs of the STC came to ports and distribution. Opposition computer is fed with neces­ be discussed because of what had members were surprised that such sary -infoimati~nsuch ,as happened to licences for the im­ diversion was taking place. destination, weight, wagon number, etc:.' It ,- direCts the port of 'rags'. Due to shortage of According to them, some firms had , .' woollen supplies, imports of rags made huge profits out of tly.s and switching of ,each,wagon on had been permitted for conversion Borne of them had extended finan­ to the proper,track,i:msuring and mixture into new woollen cial patronage to the ruling party. uniform speed ()feach wagon manufactures. Many small-scale, They demanded a full enquiry. on the design~t~~:Ftiack to be industries, especially in Punjab, 'From the Government side, an formed into a, train. 'The in­ troduction', of the computer were, depending on these imports enquiry was promised but all the I and nearly Hf lakhs people were charges of irregular functioning has speededup~eshunting employed in the industry. The by the STC were denied. process and what jis more. it ensures safety of the whole LETTER: operation. , By remote control opera­ BREAK BETWEEN SETHI AND tions, 'goods,' -of .", different 'MISHRA COMPLETE sizes and shapes" bound for different destinations are BHOPAL, December 4: Mr pur or Gwalior. Despite his easily sorted , and selected P. C. Sethi seems to have secured advice to the contrary, tickets did for shipment. K.S.R" a victory in the Congress Party go the CPI men and the nominees poll, and Mr D. P. Mishra's fac­ of Mr Sethi. • tion has been sent to the wall. Mrs Nandini Satpathi's victory things the States, .were' responsible Although the success rests mainly in the' Cuttack by-election has for development" but ' all , the on the common knowledge .that indirectly boosted the fortunes of strings of decision-making were the has the sup­ every Chief Minister sent out held by the Centre; This anomaly port of the Prime Minister, while from the Centre, and Mr Sethi had to be removed: before the Mr Mishra is no longer the power finds himself in a safe perch. States, could hope:to, make much that he was until a few months Observers, here also feel that for progress. And the States had to ago, Mr Sethi's hard work (and the next two years at the least exert themselves in this direction' strategy) also had an appropriate Mr Sethi may not be disturbed. to win' the freedom" -There was a share in winning the laurels. A convention of leading indus­ good deal of talk, about the joint The other faction led by Mr trialists was held recently at sector at the ,convention. ' Mr Tata Shyama Charan Shukla was tact­ Bhopal at the instance of the State explained how they had come, to fully quiet, for' the Sh1.J.kla Government. Among those who submit their memorandum to the Brothers knew that this was not addressed were Mr Naval H. Tata, Central Government,' and -that, the time to pick up a quarrel with Mr Sriyans Prasad Jain, Mr Charat speedy decisions were of the Mr Sethi. Appropriately, 'soon' Ram and Mr Ham Kishan Bajaj. essence of the matter. TheState after he was assured of his victory The convention was held for the Industries Minister" Mr P. B. in the party poll, Mr Sethi led his ostensible purpose of attracting Patel, signed the first, joint sector Ministerial retinue to New Delhi new' capital to the State. It was agreement at the convention, with to convince Mrs Indira Gandhi a pity that the Chief Minister was the D.C.M. and, the Government that they were completely with not present when two major agreeing to set up a caustic soda him. , speeches were made. Later, he plant in the -State at a cost of,

The break between Mr Sethi came in the recess to make, a brief Rs 10 crores. and Mr Mishra' is 'complete. Mr speech, and rushed back by plane Mr Sethi informed ,the indus­ Mishra, an astute manipulator in to New Delhi, Mr Sethi thus lost trialists, that the, Union Indus­ his ,own right, finds himself corner­ a good ,opportunity to have a trial Development ',Minister, Mr ed. Mr Mishra is reported to have heart-to-heart talk with his guests, C.Subramaniam, had, asked him opposed the allocation of so many and to forge new links which to go ahead with' - joint, sector tickets to the CPI candidates in would in future help in the State's arrangements. Financial sharing Madhya Pradesh, or elsewhere. industrial efforts. in the agreements" would be on He blurted out at a meeting of the One- found a note of pessimism the basis" of " 26: 25,: 49 of the Congress. ' Working Committee in the major spee~hes made at equity capital; to ,be contributed that it would be dangerous to have' the convention. Mr Naval Tata by the Government, ,the entre­ CPI legislators in the crucial in­ and later, Mr Charat Ram said preneur and' the' public, respec- dustrial centres of , Jabal- that under the existing scheme of 'tively. , '