Page 10 — Saturday, January 6, 1945

Toledano Unanimously
Reelected CTAL Leader

The Confederation of Latin American Workers (CTAL)
Congress met in Cali, Colombia, under presidency of Vicente

Lombardo Toledano.

The CTAL meeting constituted his-

tory’s answer to Liberator Bolivar’s anxious plea over one

hundred years ago, calling the
people of Latin America to unite

in order not to be destroyed by |

anarchy. It was perhaps this
remarkable historical parallelism
that brought Lombardo Tole-
dano’s closing invocation to Boli-
var, and his quotation of Boli-
var’s famous address to the
Angostura Congress: “We prom-
ise to make America a great
force to create the world of the
future.”

The CTAL Congress at Cali
shows the Latin American labor
movement stronger and unified
as never before. The Congress
was the occasion for the formu-
lation of clearcut Latin Ameri-
ean labor policy for the postwar
and reconstruction period.

In the opening session Presi-
dent Vicente Lombardo Tole-
dano was unanimously reelected.
The newly elected Executive
Committee includes Fidel Velaz-
quez of Mexico; Rodolfo Guz-
man, of Costa Rica; Lazaro
Pena, of Cuba; Napoleon Molina,
of Colombia; Juan Vargas Pue-
bla and Juan Briones. of Chile;
Ruben Iscaro and Francisco Pe-
rez Leiros, of Argentina; Pedro
Said, of Heuador; Juan Ina. of
Peru, and Enrique Rodriguez, of
Urugay.

TO STAGE PROTEST

The Argentine situation was
thoroughly discussed, and a reso-
lution was approved for stop-

pages and demonstrations
throughout Latin America to
take place on Jan. 1945, as

requested by representatives of
the Argentine underground labor
movement.

The CTA urged all nations to
apply economic sanctions against
Argentina to weaken the war-
like preparations of GOU. The
work stoppage constitutes a spe-
cial demand for the liberation of
the political prisoners. It is also
a protest against the audaciou
Argentine maneuver to win
automatic recognition through an
Inter-American conference of
Foreign Ministers. — 5

The CTAL approved unani-
mously a resolution requesting
the United States Government
to grant independence to Puerto
Rico promptly.

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A Jewish State should be cre-
ated in Palestine.

Universal condemnation
racial prejudice.

Reestablishment of democracy
in the Dominican Republic.

Death sentences for political
prisoners in Bolivia should be
revoked.

Maintenance of a community
of nations as envisioned in the
jAtlantie Charter, at Teheran and
Dumbarton Oaks, together with
the creation of a permanent
Latin American Security Coun-
cil.

Self determination for all peo-
ples. :

Collective security to immobi-
lize aggression.

Prosecution of war criminals,
Germans and Japanese. To re=
store all they have devastated.

Fight for the democratization
of Latin America through na-
tional unity in each land.

Industrialization of Latin
America coupled with the re-
jection of all imperialist ambi-
tions. In this connection U.S. re-
cognition of Puerto Rico’s inde-
pendence was specifically empha-
sized again.

Delegates from each country
made informative speeches deal-
ing with their special problems
and achievements.

The Congress also heard re-
ports from Cuba, Peru, San Sal-
vador, Panama, Chile Mexico
and Santo Domingo. The Cuban
delegate reported that the re-
actionaries are trying to disrupt
relations between President Grau
San_Martin and the Cuban work-

of

ers.
An attempt to disrupt the
Congress came when Vicente

Andrade a Jesuit attending as
an observer, tried to take the
floor, but President Lombardo
pointed out that observers from
the United States. the Soviet
Union, England and other coun-
tries recognized that they were
present to observe. not partici-
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Finnish Social Democratic Party Does

Not Represent Desires Of People

MOSCOW—The present leadership of the Finnish Social
Democratic party does not reflect the desire on the part of the
majority of the membership for a democratic government and
friendly relations with the USSR, it is charged by Pravda in

an article discussing the recent |
}convention of the Social

Demo-

cratic party in Finland. Vaino
Tanner, former president of the
party, the article asserts, “open-
ly supported Hitler Germany’s

war of conquest.”

REVISION DEMANDED

Declaring that the convention
was called at the insistence of a
large section of the membership
to “undertake the revision of the
party’s previous policy,” the ar-
ticle contends that “Tanner and
his followers in the party leader-
ship could not refuse the demand
of the opposition for a party con-
vention, but in order to secure a
majority for themselves they
convened delegates who had been
elected back in April 1944 in-
stead of holding new elections
in a changed situation. Thus is
was possible for Tanner to ap-

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pear at the convention not in the

capacity of the accused but as

the leader delivering the key-
note address.”

Quoting Tanner as stating to
the convention that “it was pri-
marily air raids from the Soviet
Union that precipitated Finland
into this war,” the article points
cut that “Tanner did not have
a single word of criticism to of-
fer against Hitler Germany.” Re-
viewing Tanner’s report on fo-
reign policy, the article accuses
him of “effusions characteristic
of the most rabid reactionaries.”
it cites his warning against the
“spread of anarchism,” which it
states refers to “the popular
mass movement for a democratic
regime and for the punishment
of war criminals,’ and his ad-
vocacy of a “strong hand” goyv-
ernment.

The convention “avoided all

clarity on thé main issues,” 3
article continues. “It again \
proved the expulsion from |
party of six prominent and
fluential members of the
for no other reason that tha’
1940 they worked for the mai

_|nance of peaceful relations ~

the Soviet Union. Tanner

instrumental in bringing al
their arrest at the besinnini'
the present war and their
finement in prison until the

umn of 1944, when they wer §
last released.” ;

The rank-and-file membei §
of the party, the article
eludes, “will hardly reco:
themselves to a continuatio
Tanner’s policies. They ar
favor of democratic govern: |
as against YTanner’s “st
hand” government. They are |
posed to grientation toward
ler Germany and demand
neighborly relations and coc |!

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