ssctoper 2f, ifsg THE ADVOCATE Page Three e H )_hinese Retake cities Japanese Offensive Turned Into Defeat Along Two Fronts ‘CHUNGEKEING, China (GCN) - Military operations during ne past few days in China have maifted to northern Kiangsi, ™ here Chinese forces are car- ing on intensive offensive operations west of the Nan- iang-Kiukians railway. my) Main objects of the offensive -¢ Wunins, YTsinan and Wengs- in. Chinese troops have com- petely Surrounded FPengshien, with Beir lines drawn up from one 70 miles from the town. in Wooing district, Chinese orces have encircled Sanpu, last ortifed town in northern Hi- gsi, controlled by the Japan- se, and are continuing to press jepeated Japanese attempts to Jreak throuzch the encircle- nent. - Japanese are reporied to have st 1000 men in two days’ fighting © possession of Sanpu. »South of Wanchans, Chinese prces have occupied Huantsi and tered Wangsing, southeast of uantsi. i Japanese were reporied making antic efforts to complete evacua- .n of military supplies from YWo- ‘ew to the northeast EFERAT IN NORTH ‘Making another desperate ef ert te recoup their fortunes in iina, Japanese recently launched wide offensive against the Chin- e troops in southeastern Shansi. 1©y have brought in heayy rein- }rcements, consisting of 7,000 in- entry and 15,000 cavalry, support-— by 70 mountain and field guns, sid 130 armored cars. Chinese, prepared for offensive »:tion, offered determined resist- ice, attacked Japanese flanks Sith large forces. -As 2 result cf a 10-day battle, the ipanese besan a general retreat. ipanese losses in this action were Seavy, with an estimated 10,000 Sllied and wounded. As many as © 300 dead bodies were left on the ttlefield after the retreat. Chinese units, pursuing the Jap- iese, have driven them north to e Changcehi district. to apan Faces ood Crisis TOKIO, Japan. — Japan’s fooa Bificulties are growing sharper fery day, 2 situation reflected in - alarmed Japanese press. In addition to the shortage of yveral principal food products, an ute rice Shortage is anticipated. apan’s rice crop this year, excluc- ie the colonies, is estimated by ficial sources at 1,168,949 kolku ss than last year. (One kokiu = duals 352 pounds.) * Japan can expect no rice from Sores for the food situation there : €ven worse than Japan’s. As 4 Nssult of the drought, the Korean Nice crop amounts to only 14,000- »)0 kKoku—10,000,000 koku less than “ist year. | Japan will have no more than “10 million Koku of rice as com- jared to last year’s consumption xf $0 million—not counting the rice consumed by the army in Manchuria and China. Besides "the home consumption, 6 to 7 ‘million kolku must be set aside aS a reserve fund for the army. Accordins to official calcula- sions, the rice shortage will ‘mount to 17 to 20 million kolku. ) The Japanese countryside faces disastrous winter — far worse? han last year. To Establish Viodel Colony CHUNGEKING, China—(ICN) & project for a model reiugee col- wy in Szechwan is being initiated oy General Chians KEai-Shek. | The project calls for the reclam- Mation of 100,000 acres of wasted mut cultivatable land in northern Szechwan by 30,000 refugees. The project should be complet d@ in three months. Details are neing mapped out by the newly or- =anized land reciammation bureau. 4ll state-owned reclaimed land is to be distributed—approximately \% acres to each refugee family of ive persons. Plans under way show that no efforts will be spared to make the refugee colony a model one: Communication with the rest of the province is to be developed, telephones installed in the more important villages, health clin- its and schools established. Chinese Exports =e Show Increase CHUNGKING, China—(McCwn) — In the first six months of 1939, ac- -Ordin= to a report issued by the ministry of finance, China export ed throush the southwest goods Valued St $411,460,000, an increase Sf $88,860,000 over that of the cor- tesponding period of 1938. > Japanese Armies Pushed i b = Rink SUMMARY OF RESOLUTIONS Of Labor’s Labor and War: can labor wants no part in the European swar, supports President Roosevelt's neutrality prosram:, Gemands defense of democratic in- stitutions and protection for la- bor’s rights. Technological Unemployment: Urges federal government to make 2 survey of unemployment causes looking towards full employmen:, the 30-hour week and collectiv= bargaining. Waener Act and Labor Board: Condemns Labor board policies “which undermine the basic pur- poses of the Act,” describes recent board actions as an “unwarrantei and unworthy retreat” before AF, and business reactionaries, calls for a “most sparing and consiJer- ed use of the Wagner Act” by CIO unions. Wages and Hours: ter enforcement of the Fair Lab r Standards Act by US Wage-Hour Administration. Department of Labor: Charges the department has failed to make itself a “vigorous champion of the Wage earners,’ calls for change i2 its policies. Political Action: Commends IL:2- bor’s Non-partisan League; asks the CIO executive board toe woric te “preserve and extend” the poli- tical gains ef labor and to coope - ete with other groups for constric-— Calls for bet- CIO Asks Protection Rights SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—More than fifty resolutions were passed at the CIO convention just concluded here. are brief summaries of the more important statements of policy: Asserts Ameii< Following tive prosram of political action. American Red Cross: Demands that the Red Cross afford repre- sentation on its Zoverning bodies to organized labor. Labor Prisoners: Pledges Cre support to the fight for freedonr of Warren K. Billings (freed by California’s Governor Culbert L. Olson last week) and King, Ram Say and Connor; and commutation of sentence and clemency for Em- ery Albers, Otis Battaglia, Roberc Shingleton, Barney Bozetto and Sam Ferro, in an filinois prison cn murder charges. — Living Costs and Wages: Con- demns as “pernicious” efforts toe tie wages directly to the fluctue- tions in the cost of living. Works. Program: Reiterates the position of the CIO 1938 convention for an adequate government pra- gram, Anti-Trust Law: Instructs Ci@ officers to fight mis-use of anti- trust laws against organized labor. Latin America: Calls for closer cooperation among nations of the western hemisphere, urges govern- ment credits to promote trade with South and Central American nations. Labor Unity: Authorizes CIO ne- gotiating committee “to exercis> its discretion in any future negoti- 2tions.” JAPANESE POACHING ASSAILED ers of America. Expansion of activities Eureau of fisheries. was vital if fisheries were to be preserved, Jo- seph Re Jubrich, International Fishermen’s secretary said, in a pre-convention interview. He held that unless steps were taken without delay to conserve fast adwindlins resources, fisheries might soon be faced with the blight threatening forest lands. Enforcement of existing regula- tions required enlargement of the patrol service, Jurich stated. In- fractions of the rules each year took terrific toll of fish and a more rigid patrol service was essential if the practice of winking at the rules was to be curbed. Japanese invasion of the Alas- kan fishing banks remained a seri_ ous problem although the plunder of the salmon run subsided this year, Jurich said. For 30 days floating canneries from Japan eireulated through Bristol Bay area, caught immense quantities of crabs. From April 15 to May 15 Japanese fishermen plied the waters, canning fish soon to take its place on the market in competition with the American product. This was a direct threat to wage scales of American fisher— men, as well as a threat to preser- of thes vation C1lO Seeks Fisheries, Forest Conservation SAN FRANCISCO, Cal—A program of fisheries conserva- tion was among recommendations laid before the CIO at its na- tional convention by International Fishermen and Allied Work-— of an American resource, Jurich declared, remarking, “If the United States would claim all fishing rights as far as the con- tinental shelf extends out inte the water this plunder of the fisheries would be elimininated,” he added. “In Bristol Bay, for instance,’ he added, “the water is but 100 fath- ems deep for around 22 miles out te sea.” —_——. Reforestation Plan Demanded SAN FRANCISCO, Cal—A na- tional, program of “efficient and adequate reforestation” to protect the United States’ great natural resources was a demand raised by the CLO in convention here. A resolution predicted that “vir- Zin commercial timber will have disappeared in from 30 to 50 years” unless steps were talen immedi- ately to reforest timber country. Harold Pritchett, president of international Woodworkers of Am- erica, took the convention floor to speak in behalf of the resolution and to warn of the dangers, not only to men in his union, but to the nation as a whole, unless a thor- eugh-going conservation policy is adopted. Form ClO © Council In Dominion New Committee Will Coordinate Union Activities HALIFAX, NS—A national coordinating committee has just been formed by Canadian resional directors of unions af filiated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Announcement of the formation of this council was made recently in- Windsor, Ontario, by George Burt, Canadian regional director of the CIO United Automobile Workers. The council selected as its chair- Igan Silby Barrett, Glace Bay, Nc- Va Scotia, international board member for District 26 of the Unil- ed Mine Workers of America anc Girector of the Congress of Indus trial Organizations in Ganada. Representing thousands of Can- adian workers in vital war indus- tries—rubber, steel, clothes, coal, automobiles, airplanes—the council plans as one of its first steps to go to Ottawa for a national confer- ence with federal government retz- resentatives. Matters under dis- cussion will be the war situatior., the fight against profiteering and the need for collective bargaining in industry. Silby Barrett, in a letter to La- bor Minister Norman A. McLarty, stated: “Representatives of our indus- trial organizations of workers in the basic mass production indus- tries of our Dominion have agreed to hold a nation-wide conference in Ottawa in order to discuss ways and means of assisting the govern- ment in its prosecution of the wa-= against fascism, “It is also our intention that this eonference will discuss concretely more effective mobilization of our membership to assist the War Time Prices and Trade Board in a determined fight against profiteer- ing, and to ensure the establisn- ment of decent living conditions tlirough organization and collec- tive bargaining. “We would egreatly appreciate it were you and members of the cabinet to meet with a representa- tive group from the conference. Wwe would also be pleased were representatives of the government tG meet with the entire conference at some time during the proceec- ings.’ Put the Drive Over Icebreaker Two Years In Arctic MOSCOW, USSR — The end of this month will mark completion of the second year of the remark- @2ble drift of the icebreaker Sedov in the Arctic ocean. Headed by Captain Badigin, 13 intrepid polar workers are daunt- lessly battling the grim Arctic, con- ducting scientific research work ct paramount importance. GOP Scores 23 :- genes 3S See BHARIL BROWDER, general secretary of the Communist par- ty of the United States, who this week declared his tndictment by a federal grand jury at the in- stance of the Republican nation- al committee om charges of mak- ing mis-statements in passport application “a policy of harass- ment modelied after reaction in every country vrhere democratic rights have been limited and d-<- stroyed.” Browder termed the -indictment “a tegal absurdity,” Since the charges are 10 years old and were unsuccessfully probed for a cause of action against himself by President Hoover’s administration. y Chinese Offensive Prairies Hit War Profiteers Winnipes, Regina Organizations Take Action WINNIPEG, Man. — Action to halt war profiteering and bring prices of necessities down was taken at a recent confer— ence of Winnipeg Homemakers’ Clubs. The women scored tlre attempt_ to place the blame for sos*ins Tood prices on “hoarding” by cor Ssumers. In a city where 13 per= cent of the popuiation lives in one room, 27 percent in two rooms and £0 percent in two or three rooms, -t was pointed out, the majority of consumers had bo opportunity f- - noarding. Following decisions were adopt- ed by the conference: (1) That a letter urgine appoin. ment of a woman to the VWar- time Prices and Trade Board be sent to Ottawa immediately. That Winnipeg Trades and Iia- bor courcil be asked to ell a public meeting after Nov. iL On the question of combattin= profiteering. (2) That full support be given to the special committee to prote war profiteering established by Winnipese Trades and Ia- bor council. REGINA, Sask. — Regina Go. Ssumers’ Couveil is asking officials oi Saskatchewan Miik Contrst Board to reduce city milk prices Ly one cent. Housewives have paid 11 censs BWI Labor Hits Taxes EINGSTON, Jamaica, BWI