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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1949.

American Federation Of Labour Supports Free International

London, Dec. 1.-Mr William Green, President of the American Federation of Labour, drew frequent applause from the Free World Labour Conference here today when he pledged his union to the new International and declared that American workers were prepared "at any cost" to win the battle for human welfare, decency and democracy.

like to work 25 hours and six minutes to enjoy ten," he asked

ridiculed

promises security offered Sv{ce principles

of

on

In comparison, he aald, one pound ten could be obtained for 56 minutes of work in the United States.

Inbour lender

"We are ready to give our Denying that Marshall,

all to such a inovement," he Aid aimed at the capitalist declared, adding that the trade the laughing delegates. control of needy countries. un on movement could lead the he said: "We do not want world to peace. Lo dictate the polities of any

**Social Our un-ronomic récipient nation. swerving Ideals for pence security and forced labour are said that what bad been called put this responsibility upon the very opposite of each other,"

no1 "When labour in us !. We want to make he said.

Where Ju pence-loving nations strong free to forge the weapons for

its improvinent and prosperous."

security."

gramme

Uf President Truman's now famous

Fot "Point

fur eron391154 tance to under-devejoped co- tries, he declaret; "We will ne allow this to become honeymoon for exploitation "

the Conference Je warned!

of the world were now fuckng a

that the treat

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spiracy to destroy

them and

urged a strong International

un

The Americon

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the war should States Gluce

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readjustment. more properly have been called

"postwar There was.no depression, he said,

xista, "I FETY depression Is in Russia and the Cominfor A POUND OF TEA

been saying that has Best of the

wis but Comparing the

with that at Autrient rommy

There is not n American workers

of truth Russian latiour in the "no-enlled to collage

in the 2. Green rain Soviet paradise," Mr

That the America. Herna series food lastest

economy is unstable " which, he said, too furtir to 1% Litters as long to earn in Russia as they did in the United Stairs

would you "How amber:

MANIFESTO OF

WFTU MEETING

of Asian San Francisco. Dec. 1.The conference and Australasian countries which ended in the Chinese Communist capital of Peking today has called upon the working class in Asia to close its ranks to counter an alleged attempt by "imperial'sts and their agents" to organiso “a united reactionary front for an offensive against the forces of democracy and poaco" In Asia.

The call was embodied lu the indeponicare

of the

men and

a lengthy manifesto issued to the "working women" of Asian countries,

Quoter by

broadcast heard bere night,

and fo

entry" The confereber also expense- ed determination

1

To develop trade unte Communiorgundations without any dis-

erlenkritis 24 Ta race, color tutionality But creed, mui to legislation labour etablish n ensuring the workers'

the manifesto expressed the con- ference's determination "to put an end to the system of colonies,

nd depend. protectorates territories regarded as rph. re:. of economic es pioštation“,

that of

It calls upon world's working class, and particularly

America, France and Britain, Holland, "to express its vigorous sympathy to its brothers of the oppressed peoples, and to bring them all the help and support that it possibly can,"

This would be a sacred duty with international In keepla solidarity, the manifesto main- tained.

MASS MOVEMENTS Confirming a recent Moscow report that the conference had established a permanent Liaison Bureau of the World Federation

the

Bon.

2. To glu wirl, economie

proter-

every

agnarast

or political rimination and to gai for the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work,

much a private industry a mublic serVÍCER.

it

repen

demand the of al-labour laws

forced labour suppression of

To intensify every laboan 4 Strungle in mapport of work rst hem with the am of rallybr the working maves fur raising their standard of living"

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2 Social security. 3

The

expre citmination of forced labour . Eastern the Soviet Union and Europe.

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Refugees Tragic Human Problem

London, Dec. 1.-The Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, said in a message today that the plight of hundreds of thousands of Arab refugees in the Middle East was a "most tragic human problem" which challenged Christians the world over.

Three-Day

Week For

US Miners

Tide Slowly Turning In Malaya

London, Dec. 1. "The to seems to be turning alowly against the handful of desperate men who seck to impose their rule by violence on the peoples of Malaya," said The Times of London in an editorial to- dav.

bandits have driven to take refuge hills and densc jungles Pahang, Northern and Southern Perak and Selangor, and Sir Henry Gurney, the High Com- missioner, told the Legislative Council a fortnight ago that the 'state of emergency' might pos- sibility be fled," it said.

The

in

been tha

"There are no signs, however. that the hard core of the re bellion is breaking.

is that the "The difficulty Communist victories In Chinn have given th

the rebels themselves

still hop

fresh heart, They

h. if they can continue the struggle they may receive help from Peking, and Do long a he bandits remain under arms. The severe strala upon British, Malay and Chinese officials and private ci izens will continue.

FIRST TASK

All the efforts of the security forces have not yet brought re- lief to governmrut servants

mine planters and

managers working with great heroism In Jonely and dangerous places "The first task is til) to re- til export to bandit attack.

While store and keep the pence

Govern- the fight goes on, the

Commun- ment, helped by the

is duisons Committee, is pre- rther consiliational paring for further advance by trying to bring Ma- The message. which was bys and Chinese closer together read to a conference of the unanimous decision of the Christina Relief Appeal in Legislative Council, Malay and English shall be taught together added: " Holy band,

and aided In ail government "Several hundred thousand schonts and the Malayan Chin-

The

Cold and

Agreed. women and children. Associaton has

"I may still be" said The fare yet young, , another winter

without Tins, "that if the rebellion can The put down it will prove to homes, without work and inve allied the different racini with only the bare minimum elements in

a common detor-

of food and shelter to keep mination, in spite of the Com-

munist threat, to reach respon them alive.

171 self-government

fashion." Associated

orderly

"Whoever may be responsible sible for the situation, it is certainly not the women and children who Press. comprise the great majority of there refugees."

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BODY RECOVERED

rescut

Decision By Lewis

New York. Dec. 1-John L. Lewis on Thursday put

It was particularly tragic that his 400 thousand soft-coal miners back on a three-day this altuation should arise in the Barn, Dec. 1-After a four

i police was so fully suren, work week effective from Holy Land which December 5.

of sacred associations for thres sqund today unearthed the body of one of two brothers crushed world religions

We

ปี bombed government," Str when rubble from Revin said. "have consistently building collapsed on th..

Police had once given up the token the initiative in pressing

searen, but decided to make one for International actlen to help the refugees, and we have been last try.

found the body They he first to make contributions of Jurgen Gebu, 10, and ore

hacventinuing their search his cight

ola year Klaus,Associated Press.

Lewis issued a brief announer-

Ho

The extension of the rolerent after meeting with his top of trade unions in poveramentas alon Policy Committee.

sak the soft-coal strike which and fat. -governmental

began at midnight, will be in riphe

full effect unii? Monday who Herr A Proksch, of the Aus

miners will resume work on a Labour 'Flan Federation

three-day week basis. ked the Conference toxins

trouly Help in getting a peace

which suffered Austria.

through <- heavy burdens 'inged accunation.

"We should be very happy it we could be berated from ou

beratory" he said.

INCREASED TAXES Heir Proksch said that Aus trit's conomy could not

reveluped us it bad without as

stance from abroad, including Marshall Ait!

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tirac same

Lewis authorised all Union ofcers to negotiate new contracts with i

froin

Our OWJA resources for ilus purpose.

HAPLESS VICTIMS

The question of continuing

any or all individual cost com the International arrangements

He end that when the for the relief of the refugees is contracts are signed, the three now coming up, for discussion

work schedule would end, at the United Nations.

!1 **

n

“ud miners would work as many

per week hour have a

Contracts called for. days miners will week pre Monday, Tuesday,

in

"We earnestly hope that n acheme will emerge new workable the new

Breasures for continuing some The three

period. work

each of relief for a further

In the present circumstances, any contribution

we may

bo

i Wednesday, This is simest able to muke must, of neccesity.

The some way by which Lew's nu bls miners on a three-day week earlier this year,

Miners were direct d lus; July

be a very limited one."

In

of

uny case, the action governments and of internation- at best al organisations could

5 to work only three days only provide the barest neces- werk beenuse th coal stockpile sitles of food and shelter. This was building up, and

miners was all the more reason to wel- were being thrown it of Jobs

come the Christian Relief Ap- A thi all over the country.

peal

of Traute Untons, the unifesto bald that its tank was to develop and strengthen the ties among the trade unions of the Asian

World

Contributing to the deteriora countries, and between the union national centres of these coun-Federation of Tinde Unions, the bon of the social conditions

|Liaison Burenu would be repre-

Austria, he said, was the figh tries and the WFTU.

seated by four members:

ust of occupation to the state, far the All. The manifesto also told Aslan representative

which

14> increase now had China Federation of Lubovar. taxes to meet the bill. working people this:

the elties under while ne for

All-India Trade In addition, country stil

the "In

une for the

acked thou ands

nds of Its workers, terror, apply with good judg-Union Congress, ment and elasticity the tactics Soviet Trade Unions, and

who had not returned from de- best ensure the defor the Australian Trade Unions. that can

tention as prisoners of war. Ac. fence of your interesis

The Australian representative

M Michalskis Pisans, of the time Lewis said that a shorter The Archbishop of York, Dr must would be nominated in agren- tive tende unionists, you

Cyprus workers' Confederation. Unions the Trade be present wherever the massny

ment with

aphicaled to the Conference {trade Internationals

depat. are, even in the trade unions,

help Cyprus "breek institutions, ledents of the WFTU)

of organizations,

The designation of all four which, he said, permitted "er members would have to be op-rible" working proved by the Executive Bureau į the island. of the WETU, the Rodio swirl.

The chief

by reactionaries.

"You must organise the day- to-day struggle of the masses for the detence of their in terests, particularly to oppus alave labour and every kind of

discrimination.

one

representatie on

the Bureau would be the mem- designated by the All-Chinn Federation of Labour.

pare and Father forces 10 Addressing the Peking con-

"In this way you should pre-

favourable organise-when opportunity arises-broad mass muver:nts that svlil deitver decisive blows to the reactionary forces."

ference, Mr Solovyov, repres ̧n- of the Mr V. Kuznetsov 12! Executive Bureau of the WFTU,

id that the aim of the Lulson Bureau would be to further con- CONFERENCE AIMS

all the unity of th: work- · Asian workers and "oppressed inein in all countries peopl:s" were also called improving the exchange of ex- ba Information, as "resist determinedly the armed Cimive of the colonialists and as the practical assistance facing parti- to give all the help that they to trade unions

conditions," ularly incult In the Alp Dnerihiv waging a hard struggle to defend Reuter,

An

THE SATURDAY MYKNING BO

CRITONS PRE

"I'll tell

10 Ita British control.

conditions

LOW WAGES

stabilise provide

ence:

La rt-

Cyril Garbett, told the conter

"in

the Holy today close on a million fugees, hapless victims of war, driven by fear and hate from

remola 4 homes, their proach on the conscience of the civilised world.

working

week would the coal industry and jobs for all miners.

Lewis outlined his plan for 1 shorter working week at last vear's convention of the United Mino Workers. He told the

SECOND WINTER convention that this year "or at

"From the Christian any other time when evil days They had to fight not only

come upon this industry, you we cannot continue to shut our Communism but imperialism as will And the United Mine eyes to it from a practical one well, he sald. The workers workers of America moving.

three We dare not A vast mass had no social

Insurance

or And if there are only

destitute and despairing people, now facing their second winter work in this industry, we ชการ will all have three days work, in exile and growing daily more

if we are going to starve in demoralised, represent a threat: his industry at any time, we will just all starve together."

To lective organisation and their wages were extremely low.

"Conditions are much worse than in Africa and some other

he said. countries.lined

compl

не

that the

of

while

aspect

of

to world peace."

During and after the war, Dr he had often Garbett said.

Jowich refugees.

and British Government had shut its Lewis handed out a terse spuken strongly in support of

eyes to the injuries suffered by statement

Policy Com-appeals for trade tuilonists in their struggle mittee members were still in "It is only right now that when against the Communists, but he the crowded

meeting room at I am asked to do so I should make this appeal for the un- old the conf.rence that the new the Hotel Roosevelt.

the happy refugees today from trade unions had successfully

**You have our statement," Holy Land." "liberated" the majority

temporary told reporters, "That The

-old being. members from the Communist Lewis

wil 'not be amplißed, and given by United Nations and group-Rouler.

ire will be no further com- the Red Cross was "not, enough

of any kind."-Unit.d to ment

restore the morale of "a Press

people reduced to utter hopelessness and wl.hout

future.

Franco Spain's Application

Bonn,

Dec. 1, The Allied

High Commission has received

an

application from Franco HOW TO KEEP developed, Eu added

Spain for diplomatic representa- tion in Western Germany, an Allied official here disclosed to- doy.

The application was discussed at today's ligh Commission meeting.

No decision was Reuter.

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Paris, Dec. 1-Eighteen people suffering from incurable discones met in n Paris restou- tatton rant and awarded

A

stato of

The relief measures now in operation must be extended and The Appeal alms at raising

to be £500,000

distributed through existing relle f ganisations-Router..

a literary Severe Floods In 5.000 francs prize to Dr Jullen Southern Portugal: Beencon, 90-year-old physician well-known for his books on

making."--

NO SEPARATE TREATY Berlin, Dec. 1The Soviet Union has no intention. prosant of concluding a separad peace treaty with the East Get-

The award is called the Prix man Republic, Mr V. Sembonov, Scarron, after a French writer Ambassader and Soviet Folitical of the 17th century who, a Advisor, told leading East Get though paralysed, was reputed man politicians here today as to be the wittlest man of his cording to German sources (who ime,

lolm close contact with the

Lisbon Dec. 1-Floodwaters "how to keep young through rolled through southern Porlu- good food, liquor and merry gal on Thureday, tylng up com~ munications, destroying homes, bridges, and washing away damaging crops. The streets of Tavirao city were several feat under water, and heavy domigo was reported. Many residunts are fleeing in panic. The floods were caused by heavy storms which kept all dahing craft ded up-United Freesbe

became of that crazy blonde he

Soviet High Commission, Dr Besancon is now "keeping Evo dyed my hair!”, neuter not young ones cruiseReuter,

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