8 Continued Partisans lar French army and would be known henceforth as the French Forces of the Interior. A week ago, General Hisen- hower issued his fourth opera- tional order to the underground, Ziving it specific instructions on how best to aid the invasion forces. Backbone of this newly-christ- ened army is the French trade union movement. Although driven deep underground by the Wazis and the Vichy regime, the trade unions of France have ney- er been suppressed. A manifesto recently issued by. the underground unions in occu- pied France declares: “Workers, you have a battle to win. The power to defeat the enemy is in your hands. The year 1944 will be that of a great national up- rising in France. Sabotage every- thing that can be of use to the enemy!” Before the war, the two main trade union bodies in France were the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) and the Chris- tian Confederation of Labor (C€GTEC), which numbered about 3,000,000 and 300,000 respectively. After France’s capitulation, both organizations were declared illegal, and in October, 1941, Vichy put forward its MLabor Charter, embodying a plan for a new labor group known as the “professional families.” These “families” were to be organized within each industry, and were to include both employers and workers. For over a year, the Vichy government argued that its plan was working effectively, but finally even Vichy spokesmen were forced to admit that in most industries not even the most elementary steps had been taken and where “professional fam- ilies” did exist, they were func- tioning only as organs of the employers. The Vichy regime, Was compelled to accept the pre-war trade union structure. Although the CGT was never _ Fecognized, Vichy tried to work _therefore, with individual unions by plac- ing collaborationists at their - heads. In each case when Vichy representatives were appointed, the workers, responded- by re- electing their own leadership, by ignoring the orders of the new officials, and by strike action. The fact that Vichy was unable to suppress strikes—that, in fact, workers sometimes won wage increases—is the most concrete demonstration of the unity of the people of France. Vichys attempts to recruit Frenchmen for labor in Ger- many met with even stronger re- sistance from the underground. When in October, 1943, Laval proclaimed that “France cannot remain passive in face of the huge sacrifices which Germany has made in order to build up the new Europe,” French work- ers demonstrated conclusively that they had no thoughts of “remaining passive.” Their ans- wer was large-scale strikes, dynamiting of the trains which were to transport workers to Germany, bombing of recruiting offices. Garfield A. King BARRISTER 553 Granville MA. 8642 iJohn E. Mecredy | GENERAL INSURANCE Fire @ Automobile @ Accident 556 Howe St, Vancouver, B.C. Phones: ee5 PAc. 5235 EZ Res.: PAc. 335 S HENRY CODD president of the Farmers In- stitute at Notch Hill, who has been nominated as LPP feder- al candidate for Kamloops. Continued ) Spain “Churchill ‘should know that Franeo undertook all measures then to block the Allied lJand- ings,” Lozoya said. Pointing out that Franco is op- posed by the majority of the Spanish people, he stated that the people of Malaga, believing an Allied landing might take place in their own area at the time of the North African in- vasion and anticipating such a janding, seized the city, arrested pro-Franco leaders and executed leading Falangists. They con- trolled’ Malaga for 38 hours. In Asturias, Leon and Galicia, a federation of guerillas has been set up, through the Su- “preme Junta of National Unity, created by the Spanish people in September, 1943, and includ- ing the UGT and the anarchist CNT, and nationwide uprisings against Franco have been order- ed, Lozoya said. Dissatisfaction expressed by President Roosevelt over Spain’s role as a neutral in the war was echoed by Espana Popular, the Spanish refugee labor newspap- er published in Mexico, which disclosed that Spanish factories continue to produce for Ger- many, and that raw materials al- lowed to reach Spain under re- cent agreements may be finding their way into Nazi-occupied Europe in the form of finished war goods. “In Barcelona the Vulcano and Hispano-Suiza factories are con- structing tank and plane motors which are shipped to France,” the paper said. “The Mecanica Terrestre factory builds Diesel engines for U-boats. Two other Barcelona factories manufacture parts for cannons and machine guns sent to Germany. “There is a U-boat mother ship based on Vigo Bay, between Chapela and Redonela. In Santa Maria, Coruna, there is a Nazi radio station. Two other Nazi transmitters are located in Va- lencia and Totuan. The blast furnaces of Bilbao and Sagunto turn out rails and locomotives for Nazi-run railways. The Esgar- raria factory in Bilbao is run by. Germans who manufacture elec- trie motors ‘for export.’ One-ton bombs for the Nazis are manu- factured in Santander.” Other factories, Espana Popu- lar declared, are turning out ammunition of a calibre unsuit- able for Spanish Army rifies and all technicians are Germans. _ Huge train and boatloads of food are transported from Spain to France, and transhipped through Spain from the Argentine, while the Spanish people themselves Starve. Continued e@ Invasion joint shop-stewards committee embracing all union affiliations at North Vancouver Ship Re- pairs, asking him to convey their congratulations to Canadian armed forces on the cpening of the second front. Aeronautical Mechanics, Lodge 756, wired General Crerar, Prime Minister Mackenzie King and General Dwight D. Hisen- hower. A statement issued by Fergus McKean, provincial leader of the Labor-Progressive Party, declar- ed: “Qn the morning of June 6, Canadians were thrilled to hear the news that the long awaited second front, the invasion of Western Europe, was under way. “Following only two days after the capture of Rome, this his- torie event, the most important since the decisive German - de- feat at Stalingrad, fulfilled the promise the Allied leaders, Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt, made at the famous Teheran Conference: “We have concerted our plans for the destruction of the Ger- man forces. We have reached complete agreement as to the scope and timing of operations which will be undertaken from the East, West and South. The common understanding which we have here reached guarantees that victory will be ours. ““No power on earth can pre- vent our destroying the Ger- man armies by land, their U- boats by sea and their war plants from the air. Our attacks will be relentless and increasing.’ “The capture of Rome in the south, the invasion of France in the west will be followed by a new smashing assault of the Red Army in the east, now poised on the borders of Rumania and Po- land for the concerted march on Berlin. “The invasion of France is the auswer to the skeptics who main- tained cooperation between capi- talist Britain and the United States and the socialist Soviet Union was impossible. It is also the answer to those reactionary and pro-Hitler elements in the countries of the United Nations who fear the crushing defeat of fascism and who have used ail their influence to secure a ne- gotiated peace. “Nothing short of uncondition- al surrender and the complete Cestruction of fascism must be cur objective. The same high degree of international coopera- tion between the United Nations which the opening of the second front exemplifies must be real- ized within Canada. “The Wabor-Progressive Party calls on Canadians of all sec- tions and classes to strengthen national unity and maintain full production. Our Canadian boys now at grips with the Nazis in France must have our full sup- port. “Our watchword must be: iverything for the fighting front! Death to fascism! Victory for the people! Canadians! Unite to back the attack! “Canadians! Unite for peace, security and progress at home and abroad after victory is won!” 'G N. T. NEMETZ Barrister and Solicitor 678 Howe (at Georgia) MAr. 8636 Vancouver, B.C. BWeEBBRWEBBUUUBSBEBSEwuxrueeee GREETINGS to THE PEOPLE from peA@araaaaas mauurneau BWRBVBBBWetweetexrUeweweweuasuna DR. W. J. CURRY; Strike Only Alternative Berry Growers Demand Subsid MISSION, B.C.—A Wartime Prices and Trade Board o fixing berry prices at rates below last year’s levels may f growers to pick strawberries anly for processing and to only through their associations. Organized and unorgan growers in packed meetings at Mission, Haney and Abt ford, this week declared that only alternative to a “bh strike” or a minimum government sub- sidy of one dollar per crate for all raspberries and strawberries. In making their decision the growers pointed out that not a single grower had been called into consultation by the WPIB prior to setting of present ceil- ings. First of a series of meetings which took place this week was held in Haney, where 150 grow- ers agreed that to sell the crop under the new ceilings was im- possible. A sunmimary™ of costs showed that at present labor and crop prices growers would have to pay out $2.51 per crate, just 2 cents less than the present net price allowed under the ceiling. At Mission the next night a meeting of 200 growers was held, and the decision to hold out for a one dollar subsidy fully en- dorsed. At Abbotsford the following evening a six-point program was adopted demanding -the dollar subsidy, could be either lifting of the present berry cej BACK PROJEC CLOVERDALE, B.C. — 1 bers of the Pacific Coast Por Producers Association are 6f opinion that establishment ¢ ess dehydrating plant in i couver iS practically assurec “The main benefit would that we would not be depen on Edmonton and Calgary -havye our eggs processed,” Clem Willingdale, business aj who reported that at the P€ meeting this week members cussed’ the pechzeses dehy ing plant. “If it were not for the eo which keeps eggs at 28 cer dozen, they might have dro to 16 or 17 cents,” Willing ~ said. Work on the plant will sta soon as final ratification has” given in Ottawa, accordin L. S. Carr, who is in charg the produce department of EF: erfields Limited. 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