ieized by Murray was Wsbilization of our na- Wurces can only be ‘rough a true central i and planning on the wiponsible government ot through the quack wf a national service ud. ; wand~ other leaders ft the President had that he would not fa- @ial service.act unless ur points in his pro- irst been enacted by. a’ people are riveting tfon on the fifth point G) am—national service,” ‘an, president of the #itime Union, declared asaS broadcast for the Hired leaders of New tte ClO affiliates have fiolan proposed by Sid- chairman of the €IQ’s fe:tion Committee, to nified American Labor iy York with represent- Gall trade unions. _ committee of New 4 controlled by David ajad -other right wing = jected- Hillman’s pro- Esai, undemocratic and ig.a national service act. — Office of War Information. The President's message, Curran add- ed, “is the formula by which na- tional “unity can be attained and the plans and pledges of the Teh- eran conference fulfilled.” AFL President William Green, in commenting on the Presidents. | message, confined himself to .criti- _ cizing the proposal for a national Service act. “The experience of Britain proves that it will not pre- vent strikes,’ he said. “It will not solve manpower problems, and it- threatens te undermine our basic conceptions of democracy.” CIO and AFL leaders, in their criticisms of a national service law, point out that shifts and cutbacks in war production are already throwing men out of work, and that considerable manpower reserves— particularly Negroes—are still un- tapped. : jan Labor Party Unity In an interview at the headquar- ters of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, of which he is président, Hillman termed these “silly” and “nonsense.” The pur- pose of his plan, he said, is to broaden the ALP’s membership base and make it more represent- ative of the average trade Union member. The Ci@ leaders yester- day voted to form, together with the APL, a committee for a united Labor party in New York and elected Harry Chapman. assistant ~ chairman of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks (AIL) as chair: mna, and Abraham Miler, ACW vice-president, as ‘1easurer. } War and the Working se of the Soviet trade ai ailed the recently con- st-Czechoslovak treaty mp, mutual assistance dmit that I was BH mber a German @soner, he calmly #opped from dif- dels’ articles. No, at one thing: the - §i still alive. Yest- wid at the city of did not know fy or to laugh .. . He, bells resound- aow one is. deaf- @vailing sirens, the j@mbs and the cries of are pinned under Hdings. med to dream of a #loday, the great- would be an op- st Some nook .. ” quller now knows jnent means. Per- gitter from Ober- jilmeier, may con- germany to be put jl victims ... ” me to us for land. to colonize Rus- y are taking Rus- f2part to Serve as e Germans whose . meen burnt. Such : parable of ~ nized Indation For Peace’ and post-war collaboration as hay- ing laid the foundation “for future relations between a great power and a small country, and it dem- onstrates the possibility of the par- ticipation of the small countries of Europe in a system of universal security without artificial and im- practicable ‘federations’ and other such combinations. Reviewing the long friendship between the two countries, the ar- ticle stated:— : “The historical friendship of the -two countries found expression in the Treaty of Mutual Assistance concluded May 16, 1935, in Prague. The Soviet-Czechoslovak treaty, taken in conjunction with the Fran- eo-Soviet and #ranco-Czechoslo- vak treaties of mutual assistance could and should have constituted a reliable bulwark and guarantee of peace in Europe, and above all, of the security of the Czecho- slovak Republic, which was being threatened by Hitler aggression. Naturally this treaty was hailed with satisfaction by the Czechoslo- vak people and by the people of other freedom-loving countries. It is not surprising that the Soviet- Czechoslovak treaty has provoked the rabid fury of the enemies of peace and advocates of the “isola- tion” of the USSR. The Soviet Union never recog- the dismemberment of the Munich deal, just as it did not and does not recognize the an- nexation of Czechoslovak territory by Poland and Hungary. As we know, the British government and the French Gommittee of National Liberation annulled the Munich. agreement during the course of the War. : “The USSR remained a friend of Czechoslovakia after the Munich tragedy. It vigorously condemned Hitler Germany’s second act of ag- gression toward the Czechoslovak nation committed on Mareh 15, 1939. 7Immediately following the entry of German troops into Prague, on March 17, 1939, the USSR in a note handed to the German embassy declared: “The Soviet government refuses to re- charges’ eleansed as tured by the blitz, ago. When Nazi bombers all misgivings. alone which mattered, eommunity. by fire and explosive. city of light and health. Southampton has years have swept away. which is planning and has, indeed, start- ed, to rise with a promise of health and beauty its citizens never dreamed of a few years came night by night, droning over our towns and cities, battering into ruins now an ancient cathedral, now a big shopping center, wip- ing out ancient landmarks, it. was not possible to put aside We told our- selves that it was human life sticks and stones could be renewed. Yet, walking through the center of a blitzed city next morning, with smoke still rising from heaps of rubble, which a few hours ago had been homes and shops, our hearts sank at what appeared to be the death of a Lake Southampton, which had its heart torn out and hun- dreds of little homes destroyed When war broke out Southampton was making its painfully slow way. from a typical port slum to a already drawn up its plans for a new city. The latest additions to its superb and imaginatively con- ceived hospital were finished under the shadow, of the blitz. The Nazi bombers have cleared the way by rooting out what of agitation could, not Rebuilding Britain | By MONICA PEARSON ps is the story of a city, well as tor- A quiet-mannered, firey-hair- ed man, Dr. H, C. Maurice Wil- jiams, medical officer of health, showed me some of the magnifi- cent buildings which sprang from his imagination, and plans for the future which the same vision has designed. I found in them the model for ~ all planning—the maximum of scientific efficieney coupled with a minimum of red tape and institutionalism. In the maternity unit, stretch- ing out in two sweeping wings towards the south, with stream- lined, sun-trap windows opening over wide green lawns, the new- ly born citizens of Southampton open their eyes in a world ex- quisitely tempered to their needs. Charmingly colored rub- bered floors make it a world shielded from clatter and noise. The little newcomer spends his first hours in the gentle Warmth of an electric cradle. He takes his earliest baths with the nurse’s foot operating the single tap from which water comes out automatically regulated to the exact temperature he needs. “Meanwhile his mother lies in a room decorated in soft blues and pale golden yellow, rooms sunny yet airy, never more than six beds, sometimes four or three or two, or even one, so that it is more like an expen- Sive home than a hospital. Not far away is a new hous- ing estate where former slum dwellers, with lungs affected by smoke, grime and overcrowding eal diseases will have their own have taken a new lease-of life in modern houses, with wide sleep- ing verandahs on the first floor, at a rent of 10s. 9d. ($2.30) a week. So much for pre-war and war- time development. For the fu- ture Dr: Maurice Williams has planned a health centre in five Parts, with schemes which con- centrate as much on keeping the population healthy as on ’cur- ing its ailments. The principal center in the middle of the town will be the focal point for the four smaller centers. Patients suffering from vener- Wwaiting-rooms attached to main clinics. Fhe school medical sec- tion will include a separate unit for child guidance and speech therapy. One arm of the section will deal with “clean” Cases, ear, eye, nose, throat, heart and asthma cases. The other will deal with such cases as scabies, and has a cleansing unit with foot and slipper baths. An orthopedic section will in- clude a gymnasium, instrument makers’ room and plaster room, with a common waiting-room to serve the massage and ultra-vio- let ray units. A day nursery will have pride of place in the center of a Sunny quadrangle. A muni- cipal laboratory will deal with epidemological investigations, including a milk laboratory, and probably the public analyst’s department will be in the same building. It ean be done! ecosgnize the incorporation into the German Reich of Czechia, and likewise, in one form or another, of Slovakia.” Hitler Germany’s nefarious at- tack on the USSR converted, the traditional friendship of the Soviet and Czechoslovak peoples into a Single, militant allianee against a common enemy. On July 18, 1941, an agreement for joint action in the war against Germany was con- * cluded in London between the USSR and the government of Czechoslovakia, headed by Presi- dent Benes. This agreement mark- ed a new stage in the relations and friendship of the two States. It signified the entry—on an equal footing— of Czechoslovakia, which was fighting for its liberty, into the great coalition of freedom-lov- ing nations united in the fight against the Hitler barbarians. It reaffirmed the fact that the Czech- oslovak people were in a state of war with Hitler Germany. Commenting on the new treaty, War and the Working Class point- ed out that it “proceeds from the necessity of taking measures now to avert the threat of new German aggression in the East and to cre- ate an effective system of collab- oration which will guarantee se- curity in Eastern Europe. ‘The treaty between the USSR and Czechoslovakia, which haye a com- mon frontier along the Carpathi- 2 ans, constitutes, as. President Benes expressed it, one “of the links in the future system which will be beneficial to us and all our Allies and will help to consolidate peace in Europe.” The article added: “Particularly important for the ereation of a system of European security, In which all the members of the anti-Hitler coalition are in- terested, is the protocol annexed to the treaty. This protocol >envis- ages the possibility of a third coun- try bordering on the USSR or Czechoslovakia, and constituting an object of German aggression in this war, to adhere to the treaty of its own free will. In this con- nection various conjectures have been advanced in the foreign press regarding the possibility of Poland, which is a neighbor of the USSR and Czechoslovakia, joining the treaty. Of course the realization of this possibility depends upon Po- land’s foreign policy. “The peoples of the anti-Hitler coalition hail with ‘satisfaction the fruitful results of the Soviet- Czechoslovak negotiations and the further strengthening of Soviet- Czechoslovak friendship. There can be no doubt that for the Czechoslovak people the treaty will be a fresh stimulus to the intensification of the national liberation struggle against the German invaders.” Latin America Another Fascist Measure OINCIDENT with the special : decree of December 31, 1943, banning all political parties, the Argentine government also began work on a new code of labor laws, which will officially substitute cor- porative syndicates for the once free trade unions. The code is now being elaborat- ed by Dr. Jose Figuerola, notori- ous Axis propagandist whom the ‘Taborda committee, which investi- gated subversive activities in Ar- gentine before the June 4, 1943, coup detat of the “Colonels” Lodge,” named as the recipient of Falange money. Dr. Figuerela’s connection with fascism dates back te the Primo de Rivera dictatorship in Spain, when he was called in to fashion fascist- labor syndicates. These syndicates, which failed to make headway against free labor at that time, later became the or- ganizational model for Francisco Franco when he set up his cor- porative system. Dr. Figuerola was recently named director of statistics for the De- partment of Labor which manipu- lates the government of General Pedro Ramirez. Fisuerola’s organizational scheme will closely resemble that of fas- cist Spain, but will attempt to pre- sent the syndicates as part of the Catholic Church As Argentine workers are largely Catholic, Fig- uerola believes that they will ac- cept syndical regimentation if it is given religious connections. Such a development would also be in line with the attempts of Argen- tine fascism to control the Church. Under Figuerola’s plan non- Catholics will not be allowed mem- bership in the syndicates, while at the same time membership would be a requisite for employment in any skilled trade. Workers who are Protestants, Jews or without any particular religion would thus be limited to unskilled, low-paid la- bor, or to working for foreign ‘firms. Employees of foreign firms would not be obliged to join the syndicates. Such an organization would place a powerful economic wea- pon in the hands of the Argen- tine dictatorship against all: “non- conformists.” The weapon would be further strengthened by a pro- posed clause in the labor code prohibiting syndical membership to anyone “supporting doctrines injurious to Argentine traditions and ideals.”