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crisis eases as other Ger States offer to aid Rhineland cities; 3 1-day strikes held; others threatened; Brit and Ger officials deny pol implications; Gers warn US zone of famine; strikes feared
Vandenberg sees Cong followups on operations, Sen com; McCloy testifies; sees use of IBRD 'progressive credit' system; warns loans must be differentiated from grants; urges Eur nations be given responsibility for progress; illus with Vandenberg
USSR to get Ital warships on return of US and Brit-loaned ships under terms of hitherto undisclosed Ital peace treaty annex and protocol
hearing; Wallander opposes traffic control bd and parking authority creation; says private interests should build garages; civic groups back Traffic Action Com plan; plan read; J R Crossley comments
Sec Snyder, opposing Knutson tax-cut bill, says it will create $2.1 billion deficit in fiscal '49
1948Davíð Oddsson, Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland[†]
Davíð Oddsson is an Icelandic politician, and the longest-serving prime minister of Iceland, in office from 1991 to 2004. From 2004 to 2005 he served as foreign minister and as the chairman for the Independence Party from 1991 to 2005. Previously, he was Mayor of Reykjavík from 1982 to 1991, and chaired the board of governors of the Central Bank of Iceland from 2005 to 2009. The 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis led to vocal demands for his resignation, both from members of the Icelandic public and from the new Icelandic Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, which resulted in his being replaced as head of the Central Bank in March 2009. In September 2009 he was hired as the editor of Morgunblaðið, one of Iceland's largest newspapers, a decision that caused nationwide controversy and was followed by resignations and widespread terminated subscriptions. He contested the election for President of Iceland on 25 June 2016 but lost to Guðni Jóhannesson, coming in fourth place with 13.7% of the popular vote.
1948The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified.[†]
The Renville Agreement was a United Nations Security Council-brokered political accord between the Netherlands, which was seeking to re-establish its colony in Southeast Asia, and Indonesian Republicans seeking Indonesian independence during the Indonesian National Revolution. Ratified on 17 January 1948, the agreement was an unsuccessful attempt to resolve the disputes that arose following the 1946 Linggadjati Agreement. It recognised a cease-fire along the Status Quo Line or so-called "Van Mook Line", an artificial line that connected the most advanced Dutch positions.