Tibet’s Dalai Lama (left) has disappeared from Lhasa fol-

lowing an abortive revolt by Khamba tribesmen, and the
Panchen Lama (right) has taken over the leadership of the

country.

Pachen Lama heads —
government in Tibet

LHASA—An anti-Communist revolt led by Khamba tribes- .

men (and backed by foreign aid) was quickly smashed last
weekend and a new government established in Tibet, with
the Panchen Lama at its head. The Dalai Lama disappeared
from the capital during the fighting.

“I hail the tremendous vic-

tory won by the Peoples Lib-

eration Army in putting down
the rebellion,” said the Pan-
chen Lama in accepting act-
ing premiership of Tibet.
China charged Sunday that
the “commanding centre” of
revolt was on ;Indian soil at
the border town of Kalim-
pong. This was denied by the
the Indian government.
Following crushing of the
uprising, it was announced

oS

This was the scene four

years ago as th

that the government of Dalai
Lama, whose whereabouts are
unknown, was abolished. The
Panchen Lama was named
chairman of the preparatory
committee for the autonom-
ous region of Tibet and set
about the task of forming a
new government.

Groups of rebels have fled

‘to isolated areas controlled by

Khamba tribesmen, and peace
has returned to Lhasa.

e new highway link

to Lhasa capital of Tibet, was opened,

Four-power foreign ministers” i
meeting in Geneva opens May If

MOSCOW —The Soviet Union has agreed to attend a four-power foreign ministers’
meeting in Geneva opening May 11 to discuss the German problem and the future of Berlin,
and to prepare for a “summit” meeting of the heads of state in the early summer.

Soviet notes handed to the British, United States and French envoys here by Soviet res
Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko expressed satisfaction that the four powers had “agreed to rae
start solving matured inter- ;
national problems at a for-.
eign ministers’ meeting and
-at a summit meeting.”

In an earlier press confer-

ence with newspaper corres-
pondents, Premier Khrush-
chev had been asked his
opinion on a foreign mini-
ster’s meeting.
“J will not conceal that we
would prefer a_ top-level
heads-of-government confer-
ence,” said Khrushchev.
“But we agree to the foreign
ministers’ meeting first.

“So many difficulties have
piled up in international re-
lations in the past few years,
however, so many notes and
statements of all kinds have
accumulated, that if the for-
eign ministers meet and start
raking all this — and they
would be bound to do that
in an effort to prove the\cor-
rectness of their positions —
mutch time, would be lost.”

“It would be better there-
fore for the heads of govern-

Are wages responsible c
for those high prices ? 4

Every profiteering corporation in the land today is
engaged in a drive to convince the public that the
wages received by working men and women are re-
sponsible for the prices the companies charge for their
goods. :

_ How phony this claim is.—was revealed in‘a study 3
on “Pricing in Big Business” conducted by the Brook- wi ge
ings Institute, a research organization. =

The next time you hear the bosses claim, “It’s
wages that drive prices up,” think of the table printed
below, which shows a labor cost of less than $9 in the
price of a $300 washing machine.

The low amount credited to profit in the table
below does not jibe with the profits reported that year.
leading washing machine manufacturers that year.
Maytig’s profits were 16.8 percent and those of Whirl-

* pool, 11.2 percent. Both were in the price range on
which the figures below are based:

Manufacturing

ment the ewywelghsy itt |g ivet Mattel cot STANT Be
may put it so, to get down to factory overhead  _._..._______ 10.61 3.5
clearing away the immense transportation _._________°______ 5.46 18
heaps of obstacles that have iis os iS: 17.62 59
accumulated in international sales and distribution expenses _ 3.90 1.3
relations. They should be the Jecets t 12
: 2 : pmen es ee 32 4.1
frontline fighters as it were. field service guarantees ________ 2.95 1.0
Let them’ shift the rocks advertising <5! ase 3 9.83 3.3
ee eee adminstrative and other expenses 6.86 2.3
clear the ground, and take Total manufacturing cost _____---- $152.69 51.0%
some decisions. That would Profit Be SS ATO Ee eae eee ae Lae 3.28 1.1%
be a starting point from which Manufacturer’s selling price ._____- $155.97 521%
the foreign ministers could :
carry on.’ Wholesaling
cost from manufacturer -_____. $155.97 25.1%
salaries, travel, commissions ____ 12.74 4.2
7 Ca occupancy pS os i pet OP paat ee SMES 6
. > office expense =. 225 So eee 1.60 5
bad debt pene ie ey et 24 1
H-bomb ban advertising and promotion ______ 88 3
3 LACS >. hd a “15 3
LONDON — A four-mile
long parade of men, women and Total wholesaling cost -._..-....-.. $174.11 58.0%
children marched through Profit ..---.--------.--------~---- 4.19 14
London streets Monday this Wholesalers selling price ___.._-__-. $178.30 . 59.5%
this week to protest against
manufacture and use of nu- Retailing 3
elear weapons. cost from wholesaler .. $178.30 59.5%
The protest trek started at owner’s and managers’ salaries. _ 10.81 3.6
Aldermaston, 53 miles from olfice salaries: +5. oe eet 2.1
London, and picked up. thous- salesmen’s piy 17.13 5.7
ands of supporters along the. servicemen’s wages and expense 15,32 5.1
way. ; vehicle expense bs Mees bes oem |
In Trafalgar Square a huge other adminstrative expense 5.10 1.7
crowd, estimated at from 25,- Octupantyes ook oS eek RY 25
000 to 40,000, roared approval advertising __.___- 7.81 2.6°
when speakers demanded that |, bad debt a Sas aes ee oe .60 2
Britain stop making H-bombs. all other expenses 8.71 2.9
The parade proceeded to delivery, installal, demonstration 21.03 7.0
No. 10 Downing Street where ; oe
a charter urging Britain to aS ae cost --.---.------.. eae 95.3%
take the lead in halting the ae ne perms Ss fel
nuclear arms race was hand- Retailer’s selling price .....__-._.. $299.95 100%

ed in by Jacquetta Hawkes,
wife of novelist J. B. Priest-
ley.

April 3, 1959 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 3