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SIEMENS (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LIMITED L. Forsythe, Esq MELBOURNE (Hoacnrr Snurl* Office ft Factory: 34 YORK ST., RICHMOND, VICTORIA Ueut(s) F. G. Evans. R.A.N.V.R. 'Phcme: JA 5151. Appotntad by N.B. (on rrcomm/ndxton ol the N/L Coundl). Tka Mavf OrtoUr, IWI. Mr. Morrison replied: "I think so, but I do not Government, but would be of such a nature that want to be too dogmatic. It is part of the North individual owners would have no direct interest in Atlantic organisation, and we shall be represent- the financial results of the employment to which ed." Pressed further on this point, the Minister their ships were allocated. reiterated that it Was not the Government's inten- For the purposes of day-to-day operation two tion that British shipping should pass to the di- Branches would be established, one in Washing- rection and control of another individual country. ton and one in London, with all participating Gov- It is in relation to this point, we feel, that the ernments having the right to be represented in British nation and the British Commonwealth are both Branches. While the pool of shipping would most concerned and, by such arrangements as are be operated as a single unit, the Branch in Wash- made, most likely to be affected. ington would deal primarily with shipping and That the decision arrived at will, therefore, meet the demands for shipping services of the Western with the general approval of the British people, Hemisphere and the London Branch would deal needs no emphasis. There are good reasons for primarily with shipping and the demands for ship- believing that the last word concerning the direc- ping services in the Eastern Hemisphere. tion and control of British shipping should remain That such a constitution suitably guarantees to in British hands, is regarded by the Admiralty as Britain, in event of war, the meeting of her vital a question of the highest importance. It must requirements in regard to shipping services, ap- always be remembered that the British Merchant pears on the surface to be reasonably well assured. Navy is the main food-conveyor of the British Yet the operation of undue influences should at all people, and as such the wry life-blood of Britain. times be guarded against. It will therefore, no Should it fail in that essential task and service, doubt, be the objective of the British Govern- then Britain would starve and fail. The prospect ment to sec that the needs and interests of the of such an eventuality cannot for one moment be British nation and the needs and interests of the entertained. British Commonwealth, are at all times and in all things reasonably, but adequately, protected. Obviously, in accordance with its directive from Less than this would not be enough. the North Atlantic Council, the North Atlantic Planning Board for Ocean Shipping has agreed set up in war to implement these principles. This on an outline plan for the mobilisation of ocean- LET US SEE THE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN Vol. 15. OCTOBER, 1951. No. 10. plan is based largely on the arrangements in forcc going shipping in a single pool and its allocation SHIP IN AUSTRALIA. at the end of the last war. on a world-wide basis in time of War or wartime emergency, and for the establishment in such cir- NORTH ATLANTIC SHIPPING POOL. "In March," the Minister went on to say, "a cumstances of an international organisation of a The suggestion that the Festival of Britain ship small working Group of the Planning Board, which civilian character to be named the Defence Ship- "Campania," one of Britain's aircraft carriers, included British representatives, drafted a report ping Authority. should make a tour of the Australian States and It was an excellent idea to institute plans for on the subordinate machinery of the proposed New Zealand in the coming year will meet with the pooling of British and foreign merchant ships authority. This report is to be considered at the Apparently, then, the objective of this Author- the warm approbation of every patriotic Britisher. in time of war within the framework of the North ity would be to ensure that shipping is so organ- next meeting of the Planning Board in London The "Campania," as explained elsewhere in this Atlantic Treaty Organisation.