Page 6 — Saturday, December 30, 1944 American machine-gunner covers his the Western Front. comrades as they charge toward Nazi lines on | Working Class Der LONDON—British Congress endorsed as an interim measure the decision of the Na- tional Council of Labor recently supporting the Labor party reso- lution and pressing for parlia- mentary action. This move has strengthened the successful de- mand of the Labor party for an emergency debate in the House of Commons. POLITICAL PROBLEM Opening the debate on Greece en behalf of the opposi- tion, Arthur Greenwood, Labor party leader, declared: “There is no division in Britain on this British Labor trade united in their criticism of government policy in Greece and demanded an armistice with the Greek ELAS. The general issue. Everybody deplores the Situation and knows it is fan- tastically tragic. There is great perturbation im the minds of millions in Britain and in the|§& ecuntries of her Allies. The prob- lem is not military but political.” Supporting Greenwood, Sir Percy Harris of the Liberal party Stated: “There is deep vresent- ment among the common people of Britain. The feeling is not agitation engineered by the left. We are sowing the seeds of fu- ture wars.” Aneurin Bevan, newly member of the Labor party’s executive committee, charged that “by taking sides in a politi- eal quarrel, the British nation is brought to humiliation and shame. If tomorrow’s threat is carried out the House will be put in a most shameful situa- tion.” This statement, referring to- Lt. Gen. Scobie’s warning that British troops would launch a major attack against ELAS troops, was greeted —— loud elected lution’ from unions, of council ind Cooperatives land Armistice ith ELAS the Cooperative movement and the Labor party immediate the British Trades Union Prewar Prejudices Ot States Soviet Journal MOSCOW—Trade union leaders throughout the w must drop pre-war prejudices because unity amd concerted action by the working classes of demoeratie countries,” the Soviet labor War and The declares this week in an editorial on the forth- coming, world labor conference. Pointing out that the different histories, traditions and experi- enees of the trade union move- ment of the various countries make it inevitable that they should have different views on a number of questions, the edit- orial declares: ‘This demands that the leaders of trade union bodies who have the interests- of journal the workers at heart shall dis- play tolerance and a sincere de- Sire to overcome existing differ- ences both nationally and inter- nationally.” NEED FOR UNITY The need for unity of the labor movements of the world is as important as the unity achieved by the governments of United Nations, the editorial continues, cheering. “Why should British soldiers lose their lives in Ath- €ns in order to back up the in- trigues of King George of Greece,” Bevan added. PROTEST MEETINGS Fleet Street journalists, sup- ported by other newspaper work- ers, held a successful protest meeting and elected a deputation te Downing Street. The Tra- falgar S quazxre demonstration called by the F ir e Bri- gades Union, was the greatest Since those held to demand the opening of a second front. Over 15,000 demonstrators endorsed a resolution “condemning the dis- | astrous policy of the British government in Greece. This pol- icy is sacrificing British lives not against fascists but against those who have been the most steadfast "fighters against fas- cism.” TOKEN STRIKES Following token strikes of en- gineering and shipbuilding work- ers at Clydeside, engineering workers in London_ held lunchtime protest meetings in- side factories supporting a reso- the North London Committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, which as- serted: “The Nazi preak- through cn the western front confirms every statement of condemna- tion uttered against the criminal policy of our government against the popular forces in Greece.” Many factories observed two minutes of silence in memory of those fallen in the Greek battle. | ee ee Typewriters Ltd. 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