Truman urged to

High over New York, the words
‘Veto Taft Bill’ appeared as the
American Wederation of Labor
used sky-writing planes to urge
President Truman’s veto of the
measure.

The possibility that Truman

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may be cornered inte vetoing the
Taft-Martley labor-shackling bill
was greatly increased by a last-
minute upsurge of popular oppo-
sition activity:

Following the 35,000-strong AFI
tally in New York, the GitO Iast

week held the biggest demonstra-
tion in Wew York labor’s recent
history with a turnout of 120,000.

Perhaps the chief warning
Signal to the Truman administra-
tion, however, is the tremendous
popular support for Henry Wall-

ace throughout the country. Back | here,
from the west, where he broke

all records in drawing crowds to

rallies, Wallace is re
performance in the
At the CIO rally

political
peating his
eastern states.

'“Wallace in

a Message from Wallace
drew a bigger ovation than was -

accorded to any of the guest

speakers, with cries filing the

hall fer two solid minutes for
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Roundup of
world news

Economic plan blocked

FLORENCE —Italian union dele-
gates attending the first postwar
conference of the General Con-
federation of labor here point
out that both of Italy’s recent
government crises came on the
eve of the projected financia] re—
forms designed to wipe out the
black market and end profiteering
by big industrialists.

The new government - under
Premier Alcide De Gasperi, which
leaves Italy's two big left parties,
Socialists and Communists, without
representation, was brought into
being just in time to stop appli-
cation of the i14-point economic
program mapped by the former
coalition cabinet. The ruling Chris-
tion Democratic party has power-
ful wealthy members who openly
opposed the projected property
tax and other measures to raise
workers’ living standards.

The earlier crisis, which oc-
curred last January upon De
Gasperi’s return from a visit to
the U.S., succeeded in warding off
an anti-inflation program worked
out by the then Finance Minister
Mauro Scoccimaro. The program
died and inflation continued when
Scoccimaro was dropped from the
new cabinet.

Jobs for all possible

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. Full
employment is possible in every
country in the world, but only if
an international policy is worked
out to raise national incomes and
to increase workers’ purchasing
power, the World Federation of
Trade Unions asserted in a state—
ment to the United Nations eco-
nomic and employment commis-
Sion Now meeting here.

The WETU statement was gen-
eral rather than specific because
detailed - suggestions for the at-
tainment of labor’s economic goals
must be approved by the WETU
general couneil, now meeting in
in Prague,, before they can be
submitted to UN.

stressed, however, that the
ins of the world were able
fool their resources to wage
lana asked: “Should it prove
\ssible to do the same for the
ee of peace and happi-
oF

froop removal sought

/ JOGIAKARTA — American dol
Jars are paying for Dutch troops
in Indonesia, leaders of the Indo-
nesian Central Labor _Organiza-
tion charged as they urged with-
drawal of Dutch forces at their
recent convention. Holland, they.
pointed out, is fast becoming a
semi-colony because of her heavy
indebtedness to the U.S.

From Dutch and Australian
unionists attending the sessions
as fraternal delegates came
pledges of suppert for full Indo-
nesian independence. The confer-
ence voted to affiliate to the
World Federation of Trade Unions.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1947

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The American and Canadian
governments, alone among the
world’s democratic nations, are
moving toward restricting rather
than extending labor’s rights, an
Allied Labor News survey reveals.

As the oppressive Taft-Hartley
bill awaits President Truman’s
action, and the House of Com-

mons considers the bill introduc-
ed by Labor Minister Humphrey
Mitchell, highly contrasting laws
are reported from many other
lands.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA: The Unit-
e@ Trade Union Movement has
official government recdgnition as

“the voice of the working people
with regard to working, economic
and social conditions.” A na-
tional insurance law protects all
miners from the hazards of dis-
ability, old age and death. Old-
age pensions begin at the age of
55. A guaranteed paid 2-week
vacation is assured to all work-
ers after six months at one job.

BRITAIN: The Trades Disputes
Act, passed 20 years ago by the
Tories, barring political action,
restricting strikes, preventing gov-
ernment employes from affiliating
with workers in other trades and
including many other provisions

Strike empties railway stations

The French railwaymen’s strike ended in a compromise
after five days, when the government agreed to negotiate.
The new pact pledges the government to spend 9,900,-
000,000 francs (about $84 million) for wage increases
and retirement benefits for rail workers.

Similar to those in the Taft-
Hartley bill, has been repealed.
in the nationalized coal mines, a
5-day week has been established.

FRANCE: The new constitution
Suarantees labor’s right to org-
anize and strike and recognizes
the right of every person to a
job regardless of race or political
opinion. A newly set up national
economic council headed by Gen-
eral Secretary Leon Jouhaux of
the French Confederation of La-
bor reviews all proposed social
and economic: legislation. No la-
bor bill can be proposed by the
National Assembly unless first
passed by this body, in which la-
bor has the largest representa-
tion. A new medical services law
requires all large plants to have
a fulltime doctor.

NORWAY: Vastly expanded so-
Cial security benefits are provided
in the new budget. All workers
are guaranteed unemployment and
Sickness compensation. Benefits
extend not only to the individual
employee but to his entire family.

POLAND: Collective bargainins
rights and social security laws
have been broadened by parlia-

ment to include agricultural. as

US, Canada alone moving to restrict labor -

well as industrial workers. The

workweek that had ‘no limit’ be-
fore the war has been cut to 46
hours. A union leader remarked ~
that an anti-labor law here is
“unthinkable and impossible” in

view of labor’s strength in the
government.

YUGOSLAVIA: Sociat security
laws, collective bargaining guar

antees and specific provisions for
maternity benefits and equality
for women workers have been
enacted. Wnions participate im

factory management committees.

SOVIET UNION: The work day.
has been reduced to eight hours
with the promise of the prewar
t-hour day as soon as reconstruc-
tion permits. Purchasing power
has been increased by elimina-
tion of wartime taxes. To ease

the critical housing shortage re-
Sulting from wartime devastation,
workers get interest-free govern-
ment loans for construction. A
Sueranteed two-weeks’ vacation
has been restored. During the war
workers received a money equiva-

lent for suspended vacations.

United States earning
hatred of Greek people —

ATHENS—If those sections of the American people who
support the Truman Doctrine in the mistaken idea that it
will contribute te world peace believe they can reap any—

thing more from Greece than the hatred of

its people, history

will convince them of their error. And history is being writ-
ten large in Europe these days.

Last week the Greek pgovern-
ment reiterated its .determination
to crush the guerrillas who actu-
ally control] large areas of the
country. The announcement had
the familiar ring of those periodic-
ally published by the reactionary
regimes of Chiang Kai-shek in
China and Francisco Franco in
Spain.

It was designed to serve the

same purpose—to convince im-
perialist backers, in this case
American imperialism, of the

government's ability to cope with
popular unrest and thus secure
the millions of dollars the Tru-
man administration is pouring in-

PRAGUE—Demands that jour-
nalists be granted unrestricted
freedom as they see it, and that
the world press be allowed to
function free of monopoly con-
trel as a force for peace and
unity, highlighted a resolution
adopted last week at the closing
session of the International Org-
anization of Journalists.

The resolution was® referred to
a special committee empowered
to approach the Wnited Nations
sub-commission on freedom of the
press. It affirmed that press free-
dom “is a fundamental principle
of democracy and can function
only if channels of information
and the means of dissemination
of news are mad available to
all.” : :

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“This congress,” the resolution
declared, “recognizes that press
freedom can never be fully as-
sured while newspapers, news
agencies and broadcasting sys-
tems are solely in the hands of
individuals or private monopolies

with no responsibility to the
people.”

Monopoly control over press and
radio, it continued, “has been

used in the past not for the bene-
fit of humanity but against it
and therefore recommends the
UN and the World Federation of
Trade Wnions to consider an in-
ternational investigation of this
question.”

Ovex 250 delegates from 29
couns| Bes representing 130,000 or-

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Ganized journalists, attended the
congress. Representatives from
U.N. and WETU addressed the
conference, stressing the urgency
ef free channels of communica-
tion. Dr. Hogan, speaking for the
U.N. ‘Division of Human Rights,
Said the United Nations had
granted the IQJ full status at the
international conference on free-
dom of information scheduled to

be held in Hurope next spring.

The resolution, which was sub-
mitted and adopted by the con-
gress, was prepared by delegates
from Britain, the Soviet Union,
France, U.S., Norway, Austria and
Yugoslavia.

to Greece, as it has poured milk
lions into China in an effort to
bolster the tottering regime.

But, as the Communist Party of.
Greece pointed out in a state—
ment issued last week, “the more
the government - insists on its
policy, the stronger the demo-
eratic party will become and the
more it will become the decisive
factor in the situation.”

The Communists charged that
the only intervention in Greece
had come from Britain and the
United States, which had turn
ed _ the country into “an anti-
Balkan, anti-Soviet bridgehead
and an American protectorate
With a person who once had
Police duties in subjugated Hit-
lerite Germany as a gauleiter.”

(This was a reference to Dwight
Griswold, former governor of Ne
braska and director of the inter

nal affairs and communications
division of the Allied , Military
Sovernment in Germany, named

by President Truman to adminis-
ter the Greek aid program.)

The Communist statement con-
cluded:

“The Communist Party and the
people’s | democratic movement,
completing its organizational ana
technical preparation, will be in a
Position to confront any situation.

If our opponents insist on -vio-
lence, respect for .the people’s
sovereignty will be imposed de-
spite and contrary to their pwall
The struggle for democracy ‘es
Jindependence wilt triumph.” | :

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PA’ s inten-
} with the-
Public Ezm-
result in a-
members.
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