It Makes Mexico Rec ? = — President Rooseve ? Appeal For Labor Uni eives US Gift Fighting EN HY Te ATAU T TY Flip oh Says Japan |} Sends Messages To Conventions Of CIO, AFofL Appeal for an end to the split in the ranks of organized labor Was received by the American convention at Cincinnati Roosevelt. “These are trying days for situation also brings problems States,” urging that body to “resume ne Sotiations with the CIO because discord in any group is so harmful to world peace.” A Similar message will be dis- Patehed to the ClU’s second an- nual convention scheduled to meet in San Francisco, October 10, the peace plea to the AFI convention siated. President William Green in his opening address made public his Own teélesram answering the pres- ident's unity plea, Stating that the APL “was keepine the door always open,” and its negotiations com- mittee “was standing by for an op- portunity to resume negotiations.’ Green's reply, sent without full discussion of the convention dele gates, was Seen as a stock answer, which has been explained by him ; Ohio, telegraphed Roosevelt to the 59th annual convention Federation of Labor meeting in this week, from President F. D. the world and the international to all of us here in the United Strikes Sweep India Textile Workers Answer Attack On Living Standards BOMBAY, India. Workers in Indian textile centers are answering millownens’ attacks on their living standards with Will Last Two Years Chimese General Believes Collapse Must Come Then CHUNGKING, China. — (ICN) .—That collapse of J apa- nese agsression in China will come within two more years at the most, is the opinion of Gen- eral Li Tsung-Jen, commander of the Chinese forces in the fifth war area, expressed here in a recent interview. In the more than two years since She fired the first £un of her un- declared war in China, Japan has, in the estimate of the Kwangsi army leader, sent more than 33 di- visions to China. Her casualties bave been well in excess of 1,000,- 000 men and her war cost upward of 15,000,000,000 yen. “But what she has gained occupation only totals 49 counties.”’ In northern Anhwei, he pointed y from Josephus Daniels, US Pa PRESIDENT Lazaro Cardenas receives an American flag ambassador (right), during cere- Heavy In Manchukuo Anti-Japanese Armies Conduct Guerilla Warfare HONGKONG. — (ICN). — Since last spring the united anti-Japanese armies of Man- churia have increased their or- iginal ranks (estimated at 300,- 000) by adding three new army corps of four divisions each. As a result of their operations against the Japanese, the anti- Japanese movement in Man- churia has developed rapidly. Fragmentary reports received in Hongkone from headquarters of the united anti-Japanese armies in Manchuria indicate expansion of the united armies, increase in the number of their encounters with the Japanese and Steady srowth of their fighting strength. Scope of the operations of these armies cover the three provinces of Manchuria and extend into Korea. In scattered reports of some 20 engagements, approximately 10,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, and large quantities of ammunition, itself as a preliminary. This the CIO will not accept. Meanwhile Green in his execu- tive council report to the conyen- tion, indicated it might suspend a _large section of its membership, the largest since CIO unions were Suspended in i937. This new sacrifice would be that of the United Brewery, Fiour, Cer- Gal and Soft Drink Workers, with )a Membership of 42,000, and Inter- }Gational Typographical union em- - bracing 80,000 workers. These two _organizations helped to found the AFL, and were pioneers in the revival of the American Federa- »tion of Labor following its almost »compiete destruction during the > Civil War. > The AFL executive council, call- wing ior ousting of the Brewery ’ Workers, described such action 3S fitting: punishment for the union’s "appeal to the courts against an » AFT. decision that it must turn sall beer truck drivers over to Vinternational Brotherhood of > Teamsters. ; f Six delegates representing the + TU were refused their seats on rounds that their union has not vtaid the special assessment levied ,on all APT. unions to create a war f:hest to desjroy the Cio. Sentiment for unity has grown since the last convention held in Souston where President Daniel foebin of the Teamsters asked that 4 special session of the convention 6se held to devise ways and means 7:6 reopen negotiations with the prey © Many local unions and central Sabor councils throughout the US iave cooperated with CIO unions nm the economic and political field Pind reached an outstanding suc-— ; SS in the defeat of Governor Wana Merriam of California, to- rether with defeat of vicious anti- abor legislation in the state. ONITY ESSENTIAL. Another plea for unity address- td to members of Amalgamated Nothing Workers was sent out by sidney Hillman, union president, into militant action. In Bombay and Ahmedabad mill- Owners are openly demanding withdrawal of the Wage increase &tanted by the Congress ministry in 1937. Adopting a policy of re trenchment, they are closing night shifts and effecting indirect wage cuts. In other textile centres throughout India mill-owners are taking similar action. “A recent conference of textile unions held at Nagpur demanded intervention by provincial fovern- ments to halt this attack The con- ference demanded that Congress ministries introduce minimum wage and unemployment insur- ance legislation without delay. Workers were called upon not to accept wage cuts, but to unite in defense of their living standards. Commenting on this conference, Wational Front, influential demo- cratic newspaper here, stated: “The Nagpur meeting is as sig- nificant a isandmark in the his- tery of Indian labor as the mon- Ster rally of railwaymen which was held in Bombay on July 19. Workers in two of the major in- dustries of India have reached 2 stage of nation-wide unity and organization and are proceeding On an all-India action.” Accordineg to police reports, there have been 61 strikes in Bom- bay this year, as compared to 39 last year. Authorities are attempting to counteract the strike wave by pre- venting Communists and trade a ionists from addressing public meetings. In Benares the district Magistrate has ferbidden CGom- munists to address workers’ meet- ings or to circulate leaflets on la- bor questions. In Madras the joint secretary of the Tamil Nad Con- gress Socialist party has been for- bidden te address any public meet- ing for two months. Sir A. R: Dalal, managing direc- tor of the Tatas textile mill at Jamshedpur, in a recent speech de- Mmanded that the Goonda Act be invoked to- remove Communists 'vho also urged support for FPresi- tent Roosevelt in 1940. . In the open letter to the 250,000 ‘mionists, Hillman stated that "eace between the AFI and CIO ‘vas an essential part of the na- ional unity required in the pres- nt world situation. “The outbreak of war abroad confronts labor with a major chailenge to its strength, its un- “ity ef purpose, its clarity of vi- sion and its statesmanship,” Hill- - Support of President Roosevelt’s €utrality iaw was voiced by Pres- ent William Green. “We are will- Ing to accept his (the president’s) from the industrial area. Renn In Mexico MEXICO CITY, DF — (GCN) — Ludwig Renn, famous German writer and former chief of staff of the iith International brigade in Spain, has arrived in Mexico where the government has grant ed him political asylum. Renn, author of War and Post War, books which have been translated into all modern languages, has a ne work, The Natural History of War, appearing soon. yerd and give him support in his ‘gislative program, with the un- erstanding that it is for the pur- se of keeping us out of the Hur- €an war,’ he said. : | Delegates heard an executive 2uncil report that ARI. member- aip was 4,006,354, including the ‘fewery and typesetters unions, 2 ain of nearly 400,000 in the past ear E Yemand Halt “o Profiteering LA CROSSE, Wis (TCN) Srastic punishment” of profit- =ts was asked by GIO Rubber ‘orkers Union convention as _ it posed its sessions here. A Yesolution unanimously adopt- 1 called upon President Roosevelt " PfOpose profiteering-prohibition Sislation at the special session ' Congress. Tt also asked the “€sident to demand repeal of the iti-WPA legislation passed by PREress at its last session and Step up Social Security Act pay- McKean To Speak Fergus McKean, provincial sec- retary of the Communist party, will be the speaker at a meeting te be held in the Royal Theatr €se military control is limited to the immediate confines of the tri- city of Hankow, Hanyang and Wu- chang. These 49 counties of occupied territory require large garrisons. Otherwisrf® the Japanese have every chance of losing them. When tlg> Japanese concentrated on their ad- vance on Wuhan, it was recalled, almost all the county cities in northern Anhwei, eastern Hupeb and southern Honan under their occupation were recaptured by the Chinese forces. The Same thing happened during the fall of Hsu- chow in northern Kiangsu when many other cities Previously occu- Pied by the Japanese were retaken by the Chinese. FURTHER WEAKENING. Chinese guerilla forces, accord- ing to General Li, are exceedingly active around the Wuhan area so 'that Japanese troops holding Hon- kow, Hanyang and Wuchane are utterly unable to move. Thus, it would be well-nizh impossible for the Japanese to launch any major offensive jas they could not move up their troops from any one of the occupied cities without e€xpPos- ing those points to Chinese attacks. Even if they should succeed in cap- turing another city or more, such conquests would only lead to fur- ther weakening of their military strength in China as a whole. “Granted that Japan can in- crease her strength in China to 66 divisions,” the Chinese army com- mander declared, “she vill still be unable to maintain peace and communications. Violating Mexican neutrality, these stations disseminate propa- ganda and news in German and English, appearing to come from Berlin, London or other European Capitals, it is stated here. The broadcasts have been con- tinuings for several days, an official of the ministry of communications Geclared, but investigations are proceeding. Several: agents of the military police left the Capital yes-— terday for places in which several of the secret stations are supposed to be located. Bleven German merchant ships in Mexican ports had their broad- casting equipment dismantled by order of the government at the be- inning of the war. Farlier this week, President Car- denas ordered publication of 15 rules, based on the Hague Con- vention of 1907, to maintain the country’s neutrality. order in the 49 county territory under her occupation, iet alone any further advances on Chinese soil.” With China’s resistance going on With ever-increasing vigor and as- suming the offensive on the vari- cus fronts and behind the enemy lines, the general concluded, Japan is bound to collapse in her man- power and economic resources within two more years. Loggers Demand Wage Increase SEATTLE, Wash.—“Boost our pay a dollar a day,” is a slogan mooted for the third annual con- stitution convention of the Inter- national Woodworkers of America in Klamath Falls, Ore., October 18, in a front page editorial by TWA. President Harold J. Pritchett in the Timber Worker, official organ of the union, this week. It is expected the convention will make this a rallying point for a drive for increased wages to meet rising food costs, which, accord- ing to bureau of labor statistics, has increased 17 percent since war broke out. “The dollar which the housewife spent for groceries last Auvugeust was worth only 85 cents on Sep- tember 8,” Pritchett writes. “The worker who was earning $45 on August 31 still brings home $45 in money, but the $15 that went for milk and groceries is worth only Article Ii. of the regulations reads: “It is absolutely prohibited for belligerents to install or oper- ate radio, telegraph or signal sta- tions, ete., in Mexican territories or waters. Stations aboard mer- chant ships that took refuge in Mexican ports or waters will be Closed down during the time of stay.” Charge Banker Financing Revolt MEXICO CITY, DF—(ICN) Serious charges of financially sup- porting the mercenary press in its work against the Cardenas admin- istration were levelled against Montes de Oca, director general of the Bank of Mexico, from the floor of the senate last week. Most sensational amone specific accusations made against the di- rector general, a Cardenas apPpoin- tee, was the allegation that he had Paid 3,000 pesos to the weekly magazine “Hoy,” for “a series of articles attacking the Cardenas regime and for other subversive Propaganda in tendentious editor- ials.” Senators D. Julan Garza Tiferin and Dr. Gonzalo Bautista told the Senate that this propaganda was supposed to prepare for an armed counter - revolutionary rebellion in favor of Juan Andreu Albazan, this Sunday at 8 p.m. ~ $12.50 now. reaction’s candidate for president Mexico Takes Action To Guard Neutrality By ALFRED MILLER MEXICO CITY, DF.—(CN ). are being operated by Nazis in country, according to informati —Illegal broadcasting stations various places throughout this on received by the ministry of |US Opinion Skeptical NEW YORE, NY.—That a large Proportion of the American people have not complete confidence jin news reports from either. Allied or German sources was revealed Tecently by a survey conducted by the American Institue of Publie Opinion, headed by Dr. George Gallup. The Institute found that while only one percent of those can- vassed had complete confidence in German news reports, the propor- tion having complete confidence in Allied reports was small, amounting to eight percent. As many as 30 percent declared they had no confidence whatever in news from England and France and 60 percent had no confidence in German news. “Some confidence” in Allied reports was expressed by 62 percent, while 30 percent had some confidence in official news from Germany. “The survey found only minor differences jin attitude among yvar- ious groups of Population,” the In- stitue stated. “Slightly more skep- ticism was found in the lowest economic levels.” Danish Athletes To Give Display With the world-famous Kitsilano boys band Saluting the pick of Denmark’s school boy gymnasts, and high government and eivic officials paying tribute to both, thousands of Vancouver citizens are expected to attend the Hast- ings Park Forum on the night of Tuesday, Oct. 10, to witness an athletic display repeated the fol- lowing afternoon. Official goodwill messages on behalf of the province will be brought by MWieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber and Minister of Ed- ucation G M. Weir, while Mayor J. Lyle Telford will greet Flenstad Jensen’s unique ageregation of 26 ‘teen age boys selected to demon- Strate to the North American con- tinent Denmark’s “fundamental” fymnastics. fan Eisenhardt, provincial recre— ational centre director, will intro- duce the speakers. Se = : z h an 5 5 = out, the Japanese only hold five or E c "s z i ili i 1nEny aE eee a Sees ~|2 Tising strike wave which, in six counties, while in southern Ho-| monies held in Mexico City on the nation’s Independence Day. Pens and military supplies that flict with AE craft juris- | M40Y Provinces, has swept tian only Hsinyang is in Japanese — z eae é i eee eConeict wy. : workers in other industries| hands. In eastern Hupel, jansn, eae foe ee atormation dictions and abolition of the CIO - peh, Jap has leaked out in an irregular and fragmentary fashion, and is far from complete, it is to be assumed that the anti-Japanese armies of Manchuria are in reality inflicting heavy blows upon the Japanese army of occupation. Announcements from rezional military control headquarters of Manchuria also indicate growth of the anti-Japanese armies, First regional control headquarters at Mukden has stated that during February and March, Japanese and Manchukuoan armies fought 42 en- Bagements with units of the united armies, and that in March-April, 47 battles were fought. in May, regional control head- Quarters at Chiamussu stated that Japanese and Manchukuo armies had engaged the united armies in 43 skirmishes during the previous month in that region, while the seventh military control head- quarters at Changchun announced that during April 71: engagements were fought. 2 The people of Manchuria, in face of overwhelming odds, are taking a full share, side by side with the forces inside the Great Wall, in the common effort to push the Japantése invaders across the Yalu River and out of the country. Communist Leader Heard By 5000 Im Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Cal. — (IGN).— Five thousand persons braved a heavy downpour last week to heard James Ww. Ford, out- Standing negro leader of the Com- munist party, discuss the interna- tional scene and the peace policy of the Soviet Union at the 20th an- niversary celebration held here, Ford, concluding a 10-day tour ef California, reasserted the dec- laration of the Communist party to “keep America out of the im- perialist war,” urged wholehéarted Support for the president’s efforts in that direction. Ford characterized the issue of repeal or non-repeal of the Neu- trality Act as a false one. Reac- tionaries on both sides of this question were working for final in- volvement, he Said, on a “Tails I win, Heads you lose” trick. Ford’s reference to the Soviet’s Siving of land te the Polish peas- ants drew terrific applause from the crowd. A resolution support- ing the Soviet’s foreign policy was unanimously passed. Centers To Open Free public recreation centers in Greater Vancouver will open the week of October 16, according to Director Tan Hisenhardt. Tt is anticipated that nearly 50 halls in different Parts of the city will pro- vide accommodation for the vari- ety of Pro-Rec gymnastic activities in which nearly 30,000 persons par- ticipated throughout British Col- umbia last year. COSTIGAN DECLARES AMERICA FACING GREAT TEST SAWN FRANCISCO, Cal—(cn) —“Old age pensions are the highest form of American pat- Triotism in this hour of war dan- ger,” Howard Costigan, Wash- ington Commonwealth Federa- tion executive secretary, declar- ed here in a recent interview. He strongly emphasized his belief that the best way of keeping the United States out of the Europ- Can war was by strengthening ents to mee rising living costs. American democracy through the WCE Leader Says US Must Solve establishment of social security for the people. “America is faced with 4 great opportunity and a great test,” Said the dynamic New Deal lead- er. “The opportunity and the test is whether America, with its industrial equipment, its tremen-— dous Manpower and its natural resources, can build prosperity for the common people without War booms, without direct or in- direct participation in war. “Why call old-age pensions in times of peace ‘crack-pot’ since when we go to war, we pay wages to our soldiers and after the war, Pensions to soldiers and soldiers’ widows? Since we pay pensions to war veterans, why do we re- fuse to give pensions to veterans of industry? “Why is it that we can always afford to employ men to harpoon dummies with bayonets in train- ing Camps, and not afford to give the unemployed jobs on WPA projects? “Why can we afford to build low-cost barracks in war-time, and not low-cost housing in time of peace? “Our main effort must be to solve the problem of jobs and security for the American mass- es through the New Deal, rather than resort to war. “We can’t afford another war. We have to solve our social se- curity problems because if we don’t, millions of people who are starving now in peace will choose Social Security Problems to eat in war rather than starve in peace.” Although pleading limited knowledge of the California poli- tical scene, Costigan said that he felt the “Ham and Eges” pension proposal on the state’s Novem-— ber 7 ballot would get the voters’ approval this time. “A united stand cf the New Deal and labor and all the pen- sion movements is the only hope for pensions — pensions before war to help keep us out of war,” he declared.