\. infant sickness. ~ dages. utilize the coal screenings, a completely m REPORT FROM EUROPE By TIM BUCK A sawithe new life of the Hungarian working people’ This is ihe second of two articles by Tim Buch following his visit to Tatabanya,.a mining “area nears Budapesi, Hungary. Tim Buck relates the things he saw there in this land building socialism, to the task, during this Labor Press Month, of reaching thousands : more readers for the Pacific Tribune so that many more people will learn the truth about the new lie in the : People’s Democracies of Europe. _ ; \ "BUDAPEST N PLACE of the tiriy, dingy} fied suet building which used to substitute for a hospital, there is now. a fine modern hospital with 416 beds. There is a fully equipped maternity hospital, and babies who need medical care over and above the ordinary care at childbirth are treated in different wards according to sickness for which they © are being treated, each ward completely isolated from the others by glass walls but the entire wing open: to the view . of the doctor in» char fe a specialist | in maternity and To my expressions of ‘surprised pleasure the head. of the hospital, surgeon Dr, Joseph Kabdabo answered with a smile that they have scarely become accus- tomed to it themselves as yet although the hospital has now been in operation -. fora year. But, he added, to comrade Nyerki, “I hope your friend doesn’t our beginning. We have to do only The little inadequate bulding which for educational facilities is still there ~ four other. - big” -salid. ‘comrade Jaros: Hortobazy who was showing us around, “because TIM BUCK os SER we Seectadnag’ a small school in each section preferrable : to a big school to which home of the children would have® to travel miles.” ~ In addition to the Biot entany ‘school facilities adequate for all the children of school age, the municipality now has two high schools. (collegiates) and a technical school. ‘There is a modern kindergarten in each of the four sec- _ tions of the municipality which used’ to be separate vil- There are public libraries, a theater with capacity for an audience of 1,000 and top companies and artists bring to the miners and their families the same high type of drama, comedy and music as is played in Budapest. -A sports arena is now under construction, ane” what the ~ Miners like Rast of wi, showers at every mine. a) In addition to incorporating the vafious ‘sections of : the district into one municipality with democratic ast 2 Self:government, the People’s government has adopte _ & policy of bringing industries to the coal. The largest aluminum smelter in central Europe is now at Tatabanya and it is already being doubled. Our rich bauxite while the screenings from our coal go to waste, we are utilizing the screenings to smelt and re- fine our own slomtnie. said the nerone to. me, in “800d English. MY To meet the necessary demand pty emer sa 8 to ‘power Plant has been built in the section of the | Fa: which used to be the village of Doroga. The capacity of the older _. Power plant, at what used to be the aes of ments is ; Bes. ee doubled. ee May Day Greetings. TO OUR FRIENDS ee “AND PATRONS” Fenty Meat Market Pay Limited — 119 East Serer PActic 9588 Nite Calls: --GL. 1740-1. is i floor. » think we're satisfied. Tell him this ist: the things that are most urgent first. - was previously the district's substitute and being used, but now there are ‘ elementary schools—‘not able to and chooses can retire on full “Instead of exporting — I urged Julius to arrange a visit to the new workers “houses. New accomodation thas been built so far for only 79 families.. To my expression of surprise at the small number the secretary of the local Party organization re- plied that the miners preferred to concentrate first upon construction of urgently needed improvements that would serve everybody. Furthermore, several big houses that had previously been occupied by top managers and other .elements of the exploiting’ class had been reconstructed yj into apartments thus absorbing labor and materials. He came with us to the apartment. blocks which are - the beginning of 500 new homes to be built this-year: . He + knocked at the door of an apartment/on the - ‘ground floor and explained to the housewife who answered that I, a _ foreign visitor, would like to see her apartment. She de-': murred a bit on. the ground that the place was in ‘disorder _. because she and her husband were building a studio couch with swinging bookshelves and saben daoaien! is on the . She invited us in noweNer: : The apartment has living rpoin' three bedrooms, kit- “chen.and bathroom. Each apartment has its own veranda Cae. feet by 20 feet. Two of the bedrooms in this apartment are rather small, about 10 by 12, but the third is 12 by 18. The kitchen is'small, about eight by 12, but it has built-in electric stove and refrigerator. The feature of the apart- ment that charmed me was the beautiful living room, 28 feet long and 16 feet wide with about 100 square feet of window looking out over the lawn. I went in three apart- “ments, all were built in the same style. The living room of. every apartment looks out upon the lawns through wide high windows. This structure gives the apartment blecks a narrow appearance but it certainly, makes for sa ak light by ‘ight living Topms.. : I witha the inet what iis ddontndsh rent was and ie answered comrade Nyerki, “140 forints” as though that » were the most natural thing inthe world. But the forint _ exchanges at more than 11 to the U. S, dollar. Thus 140 — forints is equal to 14 Canadian dollars per month—for an apartment most Canadian workers would ‘consider a bargain at almost any rental that they ould, afford. e What I. have described is only the beginning of all I learned during my visit to Tatabanya.. The tremendous ‘ improvements. being made in+the mines, ‘for which the-_ capitalist owner used to make human labor. cheaper than machinery, the striking increase in production, the doub- - ling of miners earnings, the new role of the. workers in the mines, all these intensely interesting. prniiers will have tobe dealt with another time. I must mention one more thing, however, because it vividly illustrates the contrast between yesterday, and to- day in Hungary. Before the war there was no provision whatever for the miners who lived long enough to become too old to work. They stayed in the mines as long as the manager would permit—then starved. Today a miner can retiire on old age pehsion at the age of 55. If he is _ o continue to work until he is 65, he | ges and receive every increase in wages secured by the workersand all other improvements and advantages as long as he lives. - I think the foregoing brief description of my expect’ ence during a visit to just one town in People’s Hun is good proof of the importance of the working class press in Canada. The best way to defeat the imperialist war- ne Fae is to make sure all Canadian workers know the about the good life the workers and farmers are an for themselves on their road to socialism. To do this effectively every reader of the Pacific Tribune — today must become a fighter for new ERanens and ta, esrsias the ‘ead press. ‘ "UNION MEN! For your awn acne and welfare, support ‘Trade -Unionism by demanding the Union Label on «clothes: created by Vancouver Union Craftsmen . yeat The — Reliable TB x - Regent Tailors ~-Custom-Made Clothes ; Vancouver; B.C. 324 Ww. Hastings ety : Every Garment Strictly Union Made Lakes shipping companies and the scab agents of the Sea- ' ae Motors and_other auto plants are advancing new — . coordinated action is now the most urgent task facing ee LABOR FOCUS By J. B. SALSBERG ‘Struggles demand end to raiding — ATIONAL attention is focussed on the intensified at- tacks of big bysiness and government agencies on the organized workers and on the militant reaction of labor to those frontal attacks. The rapid accumulation of events . heralds major labor battles. Almost 200,000 railroad workers were made to. feel what the cold war means in terms of labor relations, They were given a public lashing for daring to ask for the 40- hour week and a slight wage increase. An Ottawa court found the plumbers union “guilty” of striking “illegally” and imposed a $15,000 fine on that union. The right-wing leaders of the steel union express surprise that their red- . baiting, raiding and other cold war activities are unappreciated by the three basic steel companies and that their negotiations have “hit a stone “wall.” They are compelled to talk of strong action by the workers. “The. ‘federal labor Bee sek engineered the most “shocking | back door “contract” between certain Great ; farer's International Union in violation of every law. < In Trenton, Ont., a textile firm tries to break a 16 week- : old strike with the aid of club-swinging local police, police- secreted microphones at union meetings and with the aid of something even more revolting about which we will say something later .... . In Toronto, Vancouver and other centers tens of thousands of building trades workers are at dead-end in their 1950 negotiations. In Toronto the unions are ready- ing strike action for May 1. Hundreds of thousands of di cantabele workers find “it necessary to send delegations to Ottawa for the second “time this year because of the adamant refusal of Ottawa and all provincial governments to grant adequate relief, to launch large scale work projects or to adopt a job- pr saiain trade policy. ; “ dition, 25,000 metal miners and smelter workers a) + gé¢ negotiations. The workers of Chrysler, Gen- ntract demands. Around 40,000 B.C. woodworkers are out for 17 cents an hour and the showdown nears. There are also thousands of workers in a multitude of unions, from — Seamen-on the Paeific coast and on the Great Lakes to pulp. and paper workers and furriers in Ontario and Que- bees who are also. moving into Wage negotiations. ork ee this incomplete enumeration covers over 900,000 working people who are moving into the battle lines. Labor is fast Speen the mse of decisive wage Sifuggies esate ae iii Thiws clear’ ay.day thar iat anu, solidarity and working men and women. Without it the struggle for wages, shorter hours, jobs, adequate relief and the right _ to strike and to belong to a union of PEt? Cm pamce will. _ be seriously endangered. How much more serious, then, is the damnable raid- _ ing, splitting: and outright seabbery to which certain right- _wihg union leaders resort as their miserable contribution ‘to the cold war? Such “leaders” are betraying the strug- teenies PA pedis. one = a ale aaa Way. : Ta cee eA oan ea. railroad workers (which we Soe) while he raids the -metal miners in the midst of their wage negotiations? _ Tee he a? ANE BIS Gu Boat as cn omit How can Frank Hall, % a ubindel thie Sin : committee of 15 railroad uni be ane telind, Tey 8 seabbery of the SIU aaa earned "How can Mosher escape from honest workers when his fighting statement is accompanied by his approval of ‘Sam Barron’s CIO textile union wrecking crew entering _ - Trenton in the 14th week of a bitter but solid AFL textile — strike, holding secret meetings with management and visi- _ ting worker’s homes to ne tiem in the heat of > battle? _ . These things cannot done witioaiok Sorta labor front sky high. ope must be agp tell ; ak ! Ra te pal oa : building trade workers, auto and packinghouse workers must demand an end to raiding, expulsions, union- ‘labelled scabbing and the betrayal of labor principles. Unity and united action is the vital need of the hour! Unity and united action must be achieved! : The railroad unions must get together in emergency _ : ee i eee ang, Oe SH amarani tee ‘Speedy Victory... : “Unity labor conferences of the eaaeet, all-inclusive : character should be called in every industrial area to ‘cement an impregnable wage front of the workers and all = WHE TT qe RE ae CE cia ts fon See Tete palin tie nell so viet