11 LONDON. ‘VER since the Red Army =- first struck its “mortal ws against Hitler’s war ec), the fascist political sees and their fifth column other countries have been eking overtime to sow discord | dissension between Britain, United States and the Soviet ~ion. Every conceivable rumor intrigue has been used to end. The air has been thick "2 rumors of “peace offers” “peace negotiations.” ‘ut Leheran spells the end of ; Fascist hopes of compromise. fieran means that: ssritain, America and the Sov- Union haye now “shaped d confirmed their common = licy.” = ‘Complete agreement has en reached on the scope and ning of the operations’ to be dertaken from the East, West d South.” The key countries — Britain, erica, the Soviet Union—will nad as strongly together in pace as they have done in war. When peace has been won, it J be an enduring peace. #No bloc of big powers is go- ; to- impose its domination the world. = * \S a result of the new under- Hnding reached by Britain, ierica and the Soviet Union, peoples of the world can k forwara with confidence to ‘uture in which they can live ee lives untouched by tyr- 1y,. and according to their "ying desires and their own sciences.” nis fact is of tremendous im- -ance for every working man = woman, because it underlines ; role the people have to play. more strongly the working sle are organized in the la- movement of their respec- countries, the more effec- ) their role in shaping their ere is going to be. snally, the Teheran Declara- coneludes with these stir- words: : }7e came here with hope and \rmination. We leave here ids, in fact, in spirit and in 10Se.” fy) power on earth can break f new spirit and purpose. YW quickly the Teheran de- Feisions are translated into Fn depends mostly upon what | working class is prepared to fo Britain. he British workers in indus- land the armed forces have, Mle course of the war, achiey- fnany splendid victories in fp field of production and on field of battle. They now greater and more favoraple riunities than ever existed re speedily to strike blows will defeat fascism. t if we are to play our full if is essential that an end Id be made of the gap that HS between the growth of national unity, and the dis- sration that has begun to de- #2 in the national’ unity in im. ; ‘© unity achieved at Teheran snds the coming of big ts. We shall only be prepar- 2ism, disunity and suspicion are now rampant through- Britain as a result of mis- 3 in the policy of the govern- Ee > ds means an end to such es as the release of Mosley; refusal te solve the coal 20 meet them if we end the - pichine” (Churchill at Que- i Britain -- The Tasks of Teheran A United labor movement, a united government reorganized to include the best rep- resentatives of the people can fulfill the promise of Teheran, states Harry Pollitt, British Communist leader Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill at alow erisis in the only. way it can be solved—by adopting the policy of the Miners’ Federation; the re- actionary changes in the com- position of the government especially the inclusion of lLen- nox-Boyd, and the unsatisfactory character of the throne speech, which failed to bring forward legislation on the eagerly-awaited measures of social advance. The great wave of feeling which swept the country on Mos- leys release is yet a further in-_ diecation of the depth and intens-— ityy of the anti-fascist sentiments of the people. It is at the same time a serious warning to the government. 3 These anti-fascist sentiments are the basis upon which a really wise government would organize in the most far-reaching and constructive manner. This is now the central task of the govern- - ment. STERN ~testing time lies p ahead, calling for a greater national unity than this nation has yet seén. It is far too little understood what is involved. Britain is the base from which the principal land and air battles in the West will be conducted. We have to organize and carry through serious and _ difficult landings abroad in which the fiower of our youth must over-. come the still powerful Nazi war machine. The government should there- fore at once take steps to restore the confidence of the people in its policy as a whole. It must remember that real national unity is not forged through capitulation to the vest- ed interests of the big monopo- lies, but by defending the inter- ests of the common people against those elements whoe-see the war as a means of streng- thening their own interests, prof its and privileges. The government achieve such genuine can only national unity by immediately reorganiz-- ing its own ranks, drawing in the best leaders and anti-fascists this © country can produce w,hatever may be their party or oeccupa- tion. It must put Mosley back in prison a nationwide demand which it dare ignore only at its peril. It should clearly state its policy = for solving coal crisis, a matter of grave urgency if we are not to feel the crippling effect of a coal shortage at the most de- cisive moment of the military struggle. The government should an- nounce clearly, unambiguously, its policy on such essential re- forms as the Beveridge - Report, its housing plan, health policy AFL Attitude Held Incompatible With Teheran qa an editorial entitled “Bogey- man Revived,” the Chicago Sun, Marshall Field publication, this week described the refusal of the AFL executive council to attend the forthcoming world la- bor conference as “a blunder which affects more than the lead- ers who committed it.” Referring to the AFL council’s argument that it cannot meet with the Soviet unions because they are not “free,” the Sun said, “This sounds like the reasoning of men completely ignorant of the Moscow and Teheran confer- ences. The structure of the Sov- jet nation, and of its trade unions as well, is different from ours. But it is absurd to conclude, from these differences, that Brit- ish, American and Russian or- anized workers do not have com- mon problems, or that the wel- fare of workers everywhere would not be helped by an ex- change of information and ideas. “For the AFI, to draw back, as if contact with Soviet trade unions would bring contamina- tion, is to revert to ithe old doc- trine of untouchahbility which for 20 years harmed the relations of Russia and the western democ- racies. British unions and the CIo still plan to participate in the conference. The AFI lead- ership should have been equally Guick to recognize that abstract differences in economic and po- litical structures must not be al- lowed to obstruct friendly co- operation with Russia.” and food policy both during the war and afterwards. It should declare, in unmistake- able terms, that vital controls to protect the people fram the at- tack of monopoly will remain after the war. It should meet the demands of the old age pensioners. it should deal firmly with em- ployers found guilty of provoca- tion. It should increase pay, allow- ances and pensions for the men and women in the armed forces and announce its demobilization proposals. Could there be a greater incentive for our fighters to finish as quickly as possible the job of defeating fascism? It should take immediate steps to win India for wholehearted co- operation with the United Na- tions in ending the war. By such a new tlead to the people, the government can erect around the steel framework of Teheran an edifice of victory in war and peace that will with- stand any onslaught defeatists make upon it. It can assure the realization of glorious possibilities for progress and honor forever for those who have sacrificed their lives to this end, those who mourn for loved! ones, and those who have so ceaselessly toiled for long years to make all this possible. Ho”. can we bring about so, necessary and so decisive a change in the political situation in Britain? By the unity in the first place of all the working class forces in the Labor Party, trade unions, ceoperative movement and the Communist Party working to- gether in a full power drive! Labor should take upon itself the duty of organizing a nation- wide campaign, both supporting and explaining the Teheran de=- cisions and putting forward its Gwn determined demands upon the government. The recent letter sent by the Communist Party to the Labor Party proposing a joint meeting” of representatives to organize a mass recruitment campaign for the payment of the political levy, and for seeking agreement on the policy to be put at the gen- eral election in order to secure a Labor majority is a very im- “portant step. . It should be fully supported in the same way as the campaign for affiliation to the Labor Party. : : Teheran demands more from the Communist Party than we have ever attempted before. We ere confident that it will be given and given gladly. . The Teheran Conference is what we have fought for at times when it seemed almost impos- sible for such a conference to take place. Qnece again we have proved that there are no difficulties that cannot be overcome, no barriers that are insuperable. ‘The suc- cess of Teheran should give an added inspiration to eyery mem- ber of the Communist Party. Let us seize with both hands the new opportunities it gives US. We fight for the people now and in the future, for a united Britain, a united government, and above all a united labor movement, advancing in strength and speeding the moment when fascism lies destroyed and the gateway is open to the glorious future in which Britain, America, and the Soviet Union jointly “recognize fully the supreme re- sponsibility resting upon us and all the United Nations to make a peace which will command the goodwill of the overwhelming masses of the peoples of the world and banish the scourge and terror of war for many gen- erations.”