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ITALY HAS A HEALTHY ANTI-COMMUNIST UNION

Rome, November 21.

The biggest labour question in Italy today is—how for will the now anti-Communist movement go, and how for has it como?

given the lacked payment of dues and failing recruitment of new members the importance the pro- blem merits," membership had dropped below). 6,000,0ub alrently.

19:17 སྐར་ membership figure of

He claimed that

The movement gave its own answer. With formal Constitution of the Libera Confederazione Generale. Italiana doi Lavoratori-The Free General Confederation of Workers--the group was operating finally as an organised entity, It will hold its first national convention next April. The national meeting will give Italy the first real chance to judge the growth of the free union movement, which

• began in mid-July when anlis Communist and Catholic labur leaders quit the Communist-

The Free Unionists clied Bgures controlled General Confedera-showing that in May, right after tion of Labour (CGI),

the April general election defeat of Communism, records showed salen drops in CCII, inember- ship. At this time, the anti- Commujust and Catholte fabrau tenders were talking about a to- bour split, which came less than two mouths inter,

Growing Fast

Catholte Action leaders who are working Ketively with The Free Unionisis have predicted that 2,000,000 workers will be mem- Lers of the LCGIL, by Christmus,, The LCGI, has a long way to go' before it seriously weskens

the dominant CGI, with its 6,000,000 Action members, but Catholic Senders claimed early this mouth that the rival union organisation was already feeling the drain of members.

Israeli Air Lines Starting

Tel

Tel Aviv, November 22. faraoli Airlines El Al (Sky

High) are expected to begin regular flights from Lydda airport to Paris within week, it was announced in

Aviv on Bunday. Lydda has been

of out operation since the British withdrawal whon the field was first occupied by Arabe then captured by the Jews Assdelated Press.

Finnish War

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1048.

Tokyo Judgments Under Under Discussion

Tokyo, November 22. Representatives of all 11 Allied powers in the Pacific war mat for half an hour with General Douglas MacArthur to discuss the conviction of 25 Japanese war criminals by the International military tribunal,

Heads of the Allied missions went to MacArthur's office for the conference which MacArthur or- dered immediately after the court sentenced the major war crimes defendants.

MocArthur is the sole re- It was understood the Russian viewing officer with the power Judge on the tribunal joined the to deerense but not increase the majority opinion but did not vote

for the seven death schtences.

Rentences given out because capital punish- ment is technically abolished in Russin,

Upon the conclusion of the brief meeting. A spokesman for the visiting group sald "all were allowed to speak" in connection with the case. He declined to

Ministers Freed amplify or to reveal what

Whs

Also present was & reprosan-. tative

of the Indian mission. Indian Justice Pal, who, in a Jong minority opinión, said elf; the deferidants should have Helsinki, November 22. Presumably as the représenta-

been acquitted. After two yenes and nine tives of the Ailled sations they Army authorities barred Ameri- months in prison the war-time are empowered to advise the can photographers from the head- Flanish Cabinet Ministers Vai stipreme commander on their view quarters in the Dai Ichi building Alfred Tau mul Edwin Lins of the sentences, their opinions of where, MacArthur's office is locat konies were released early on appeals made by the defendantsed. The photographers, they said, The figures showed that

Sunday,

"cause too much confusion."-As- and perhaps to discuss such pro- Rome's CGIL membership went;

The bunistes were both sen-redural measures as the date of sociated Press, from 215,327 to 184,045 In May tencer to live

sixthe extentions and jurisdiction to yrus and Balerno dropped from 35,500 to

nihs in prison in 1940 for be maintained over those sen- 13,000, Cagline from 50,000 to

thek war-time activities buttenced to imprisonment, 15,700, Padua from 58,893 to 38,322 and Verona from 70.862 the present Finnish law to 37,160,

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thank

such affentiers may be released

ott spirtal ronchitións when hatr of the sentence has been served. Thuur release was not dun -

All 25 defendants have sub- mitted appeals to MacArthur, through their attorneys.

The Free unionists are hit. ting the CGIL where

The Free Umenists are not th- It hurta in membership duer. It has cautious chungh to vladars been an out-of-sight operation they are getting all these CGL. Monday, it was icially - *o fac since the LCGIL hambers But Higner Tosi pont-end, but in avok demonster-Derevyanko, Soviet member

avoided strenuous thetics and has not taken us any position as a strike break - As the army,

Communist

campaigner out-

Tog

Lleutenant General Kozma

of tions of any kind they were set the four power counell represent fres

on Sunday. Mr. Linkamies jed Rhoshi at today's meeting. His was Prime Minister and Mr. Tan-interpreter remained with Mae

This weakening of the Call, started

in May. See then Now the latiour split has come,

ner the Foreign Mister during Arthin for a time after the other Free Uitrust movement the war.-Associated Press. CGIL leaders had predicted. legally constituted. And we are

diplomats left. Instead, The LCGIL, has been │redly just starting. The sea is quietly organising lorals all overiting rough in the CG1L ship." italy and how chiums offer in 81 - United Press,

provarem, repersenting 32 trades.

It has wond CGI members bula

its posits by

perstuston and ti Communest Convictim and writing

elbeontent

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CGIL, to spead before starting a rend drive to become Indy's rul- sng Jabong usivement.

The LCGIL, bay laid its plans

"TRUMAN"

Round-The-World Fliers

WAS HERE Crash Unhurt in Alaska

Dumfermilne, Scotland.

November 22. so carefully because it regarths the French anti-Communist union

Deputy Prime Minister Her- moverent

Yari example, bert Morrison has a one word The Inla free unionists

answer to Conservative news- papers which say the British the Feuch mestu too fast, com- mitted themselves before they | public

the opposes

Kay

govern-

Fairbanks, Alaska, November 21. Mrs. Richard Morrow-Tait, globo-girdling British

housewife, today crash-landed her plane near Tok Junction, 205 miles South East of Fair- banks, according to the Tonth Air Rescue Squadron,

were organised and have never inent's steel nationalisation bill. The Squadron said Mrs. Morrow-Tait, and her navi

won real power.

Aform In CGIL

It is "Truman**.

Conservative newspapers, Mortimin said In

Mr. prepared

Signor Alberto Tosi, writing -în the free unionists' weekly, claim-speech to a district Labour rally; ed these policles were paying alt. Sunday, "are dogmatically as- He said: "Dropping membership serting that

in the CGIL has spread alarm among the leaders."

His and other reports claimed that as many as 30 per cent of

pay

the overwhelming.

majority of the people are

ap-

posed to the steel bill. For this

they have little or no evidence.

gotor, Michael Townsend, left Anchorage, Alaska, this morning en route to Northway and four hours later, at 2.37 p.m. PST the accident happened.

The Tenth Air Rescue Squa- "My answer to all these sweep-dron plate accompanying Mrs. that the plane

g claims as to what the public Tait ratioed to

the CGIL membership failed

thinks is one word-Truman. We apparently developed engine dues

September The

and our own election result in trouble as it approuched Tok CGIL has admitted openly that 1945 which upset all Conservative Junction field. The message new nembers are not being calculations. And now the United said the plane crashed about found. The Free Unionists d States has hod

even not claim that the non-paying dramall

more five miles south of Tok Junc- indication that the CGIL members are coming overprognostications of the press tion.

of

to them-but they expect to get the right are unreliable."—Asso- them in the end.

The Free Unionists explain- ed!" "The CGIL members who are not paying their dues are, for the most part, workers who do not like the Communist do. mination, But for one reason or another, they are not ready to walk out of the CGIL and come over to us.

their

ciated Press,

BIGGEST MENACE TO PEACE

Congleton, Cheshire,

November 21. Lord Balfour of Inchrye,

4

to

The Air Force plane radioed Mrs. Tait und Townsend, who Dround the

were seen

Talt plane WHIRTY uninjured.

A

twin-engined Beechcraft

Field

at

place dropped emergency rations to the downed Byeri. An Army truck WAB dispatched from Tok Junation to the scene of the crash and rescue, planes took off from Ladd Fairbanks to go to the aisle. tance of the stranded flyers.

officers said the accident Army occurred in very lonely country

and the temperature there was,

"So, they just are not paying Conservative peer, said tonight

union dues.

Eventually,

that the greatest menace world peace

Communist was penetration in Asia.

the CGIL will have to take steps and must arrive at the expulsion of non-paying members. That

will be playing our gumestimated

The reports have

"Asia is down and out, and Communism is a political religion near zero. out," he said. "A which appeals to the down and

A spokesman for the Air Force that as many as 2,000,000 CGIL

Communist Rescue Service said Mrs. Talt and members may be on the delin- dominated Asia will range itself Townsend probably wil be taken quent list at the end of October. against the West with a future to Tok Junction and then flown' Some of these statements have af inevitable world confilet."—to Ladd Fleid" while their plane predicted that by January, 1949 Reuler.

the CGIL will be down to 4,000,-

000 active members and the LCGIL will be on the way up to pass that mark.

Sudden Drops

Signor Tosi reported that a re- cent CGIL memorandum to all locals pointed out that "a good part of union leaders have not

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Murder Witness Refuses Food

Vienna, November 21. Authoritative sources todny kald that Ana Supertna, who is being held by the Russian pollee as a witness to the staying of the American Marshall Plan Melal. Irving Ross, had been on a hunger strike since Saturday

The sources said Miss Superina, a 48-year-old Austrian, had a violent recae yesterday with the Hussion authorities

ittes guarding her

un.

In a Sovic! Zone hospital. She reportedly was heard shouting

"I am no longer slek. I want

to get away from hara. Why don't you transfer me to Hebra Hospital

(In the American

Zone) where know the doctors and can trust them."

Miss Superina then hurled books and other objects out of the window, according to Informants.

Russian police reportedly closed the window a few seconds later picked up all thrown objects from the street below.

Since then, Miss Superina has refused all foot

She had started a hunger strike last Friday, but ended It 12 hours later, according to the Austrian authoritles.-United Press.

The plane "Thursday's Child," plioted by Mrs. Richard Morrow Talt, plotured when it touched down in Hong Kong,

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