5 and price control, im- penalties for repre- of all parties, in the ties. “of adequate ‘dearness’ = to all workers to meet ying costs—110 percent suary, 1940. jnce «Of uninterrupted jn Of vital war materials, prevocation by employ- Japanese agents within + movement. Since Of production in ‘during Japanese air ispite the government's jembers of the Bengal urkers union and Gal- ‘amway Workers union a their jobs throughout nds, setting an example = workers.) @ olice restrictions which tany delegates from at- sre were 309 delegates ious. representing 350,- Congress’ 500,000 mem- | convention. ‘ront @jid front in western ¥ be the best means of fe complete and final “i ot fascism,” stated a jlution passed by the ion of Tailors and Gar- srs meeting in conven- mspert and General } ion, with 1,250,000 mem- Wutain’s largest union, National Union of | Garment Workers has @ bers. ied = rrupted another } ydorov, “is that merica and that know what that hat if the strike ‘arge number of “ production and sn their power. n hell to pay. It thins against the Ss the U.S. helps monkey wrench fat the merchant bout it.” Vasily “tead about the that such strikes Bast the American sen instigated by forker. Fydorov / coming to them. lives, aren’t we? ‘outh. The entire ds, are doing one but my union is Same policies as among us would \gainst the policy that in America jions that might 1€ Miners’ strike ¥ strange.” docked and had f both countries b provide shelters and — iden around the same € new ones. Allies Bring Food te Sicilians Reversing Axis methods which usually begin with the seizure of foodstuffs, Allied soldiers bring bread to liberated Sicilians. Here rations are being given out to hungry children and adults at Vizzini. Etre irish Labor Moves For Unity At the concluding session of its annual convention in Cork last week, the Eire Trade Union Con- gress, representing 250,000 workers in North and South Ireland, voted to “approach the British Trades Union Congress to develop a joint campaign for greater trading reia- tions befween our two countries so as to check the continued deterior- ation of the economic conditions of Hire workers and small farmers.” Coming on top of ts previous de- cision “to oppose fascism at home and abroad,” this resolution marks the growihs consciousness of Eire workers of the need for interna- tional labor unity. Proposed by M. McCullough, secretary of the Belfast Trades council and a leader of the Ulster labor movement, the resolution fur- ther denotes the growing unity be- tween the workers of North and Scuth Ireland. “Labor has done more than any other group to unite the peoples of the twenty-six counties of Eire and the six nor- thern counties,’ said J. Long, of the Irish Transport and General Workers union. “Unity is gradually forming as a reswt of the people’s action, and the time is coming when partition will be ended.” In a further resolution, the conven- fion called for “utmost cementing of the bonds between North and South.” Moving a resolution calling for “inereased political action by la- bor,’ G. Lynch, secretary of the Transport Workers union, declared: “Better results could have been achieved at the recent elections if trade unionists had been politi- cally conscious. Labor must be the spearhead of political action.” At the general elections in June, labor won 17 seats as against 10 in the previous Parliament, de Va- lera’s Fianna Fail party won 66 as against 73, Cosgrave’s Fine Gael party 32 as against 40, and the Farmers’ Party 9 as against none. As a means of further strength- ening labor, the convention called for unification of competing unions. Latin America Invitation to Canadian Labor Aft its concluding session in Ha- vana last weel, the executive coun- cil of the Confederation of Latin American Workers (CTAL) invited US labor leaders to visit Latin Am- erica in order to “strengthen co- operation between our two labor movements for the solution of mut- ual problems.” This action followed a resolution calling for a Pan-Am- erican labor conference to include the CIO, AFL, the Railroad Brother- hoods and Canadian labor organi- zations. Earlier in the week the CTAL took steps to form a world labor congress and authorized CTAL president Lombardo Tole- dano to secure affiliation with the Anglo-Soviet trade union commit- tee. The council voted support of United Nations plans to punish Axis leaders, urged intercession of Pan-American governments to in- duce Paraguay to free imprisoned labor and anti-fascist prisoners, and demanded freedom of Luis Carlos Prestes, Brazilian anti-fas- eist. Unconditional pardon for Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Rican nationalist leader recently released from a US penitentiary, was also urged. The delegates further voted to set up committees to propagate the principles of the Atiantie Charter in all Latin Am- erican countries. Jacob S. Potofsky, chairman of the CIO Latin American Affairs committee, supported the CTAL proposal for a world labor congress in the name of 5,000,000 CIO mem- bers. He reported how his commit- tee had protested to the Argentine Ambassador in Washington when the Ramirez government disbanded the Argentine labor confederation, and how CIO delegations had vis- ited Bolivian President Penaranda and Paraguayan President Morin- igo to protest the persecution of labor leaders in their countries. “Labor and win-the-war forces in the US are not imperialist-minded,” Potofsky said. “Many North Am- ericans are confused about Latin American problems and it is true that in certain circles prejudice against you exists.” Similar preju- dices, he continued, were once held against “our great ally, the Soviet Union, which was for a long time misunderstood. Time has shown the splendid contribution made by the Soviet to the cause of freedom and democracy. Time will also show the great contribution you are making to continental unity and victory.’ The CIO committee, he Said, “is striving to obtain guaran- tees for the inclusion of labor clauses covering collective bargain- ing and wage and hour standards in all contracts negotiated by US firms in Latin America.” ltaly The Real Rulers of Italy Seventeen families rule all Italy. Seventeen families of large indus- trialists, bankers and landowners concentrate in their hands the basic wealth of Italy and fully control the economic life of the country, according to Galdi in his “Poverty of Italy’s Toilers.” Members of these 17 families, closely interbound and inter-con- nected, own and control 332 of italy’s most important corporations with a total capitalization of over 40,900,000,000 lire. These same peo- ple hold the most important posi- tions in the Senate, in the so-called Grand-Fascist Council, in provin- cial administrative centers. The leadership of the Fascist “corpora- tions” is also concentrated in their hands. Here are the names of some of Italy’s real rulers: Alberto Pirelli: long a cabinet member, member of the cabinet, director of 19 corporations with a capitalization of over 5,000,000,000 lire. His Brother: heads 20 corpora- tiens with capitalization over 3,600,- 000,000 lire. Alberto Pirelli in 1922 helped finance the Fascist “March on Rome.” Giacinto Motta: chairman of the “Edison” corporation — king of Italy’s electric power industries. He also manages 24 corporations with capital of 4,500,000,0000 lire. Senator Ettore Conti: chief of the “Bauea Commerciale,” controls 18 eorporations worth 4,000,000,000 lire. Donegani: chief of the chemical trust “Montecattine,”’ capital, 4,-000,- 000.000 lire. | Senator Borletti: chief of “Sina Viseosa,’ controls 29 corporations worth 3,000,000,000 lire. Volpi Di Misuratta: member of cabinet, controls 12 corporations valued at 2,000,000,000 lire. Senator Chini: one of Italy’s metallurgical kings, controls 29 corporations worth 3,000,000,000 lire. Senator Anielli: chief of the Fiat Automobile Company, controls 39 corporations worth 2.000,000,000 Lire. Senator, Count Reban-Deugo: 17 corporations. Paroncelli: 12 corporations. Senator Taurnone: 11 corpora- tions. These last control many millions of lire and are at the same time large landowners. And finally, Mussolini, his rela- tives and innumerable hangers-on, control large amounts of capital, as well as land. Italy's pirate and robbery wars in Abyssinia and Spain, her innum- erable victims and the exploitation of the Italian people, have brought enormous profits and wealth to these rulers of Italy. Official Fas- cist statistics show that during the last four years alone, seven of Italy’s largest corporations owned by some of the above-mentioned people, realized 1,572,000,000 lire net profit. The “Montecattini’ trust Capital in 1933 was 600,000,000 Tire. In 1937 it rose to 1,000,000,000 lire. The largest stockholder of ‘Monte- cattini’: received during 1937 over 36.5 percent dividends. Longshoremen at Attu And no accidents! nine hours of sleep.” Worked Under Fire Straight 39 Hours STORY of extraordinary heroism under fire in the battle of the Aleutians appeared recently in The ILWU Dispatcher, fortnightly newspaper of the Interna- tional Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s union. The story, datelined from Olympia, Wash., follows: Two longshoremen have just returned to their home port after an alarming stretch of absenteeism—from sleep. “C. G. Boozer and William Appleyard, members of ILWU Local 47, were the only winch drivers aboard when the ship with the first American troops landed in Holtz Bay at Attu Island in the Aleutians. “The ship carried 4,500 tons of explosives and supplies for Massacre Bay, Holtz Bay and Red Beach. “Boozer and Appleyard, both World War veterans and long past the age of go-get-’em vigor worked under enemy fire for 89 hours straight, without sleep, without relief, “What's more, they had just finished two other long sttetches of work. At Chilkoot barracks they worked 72 hours straight, and at Cole Bay they worked 62 hours, - grabbed four hours of sleep, and then went back on the job for another little trick of 54 hours. “In nine days, Boozer and Appleyard had a total of SAN FRANCISCO.