i) The World Scene lear rs . inst affiliation of the mot representative ‘2, and this week two Labor Party and gresentatives. onvention, where voted for public own- s of British trans- rejected the policy of & and have criticized bor spokesman for the Lord Vansittart, James resident of the Iron es Confederation. ~ bf Mexico this week tkers and members ‘The social security = atives of the Ministry 2 trade unions and the Deductions from work aloyers will be supple- _ government grants 2 one half the jajnt = At present, the a oe “Gon will amount to * than one-tenth his ‘and the employer's /as much. US experts lexican government in -Imachinery for the program, while gov- “dials studied various Jans in an effort to @ applicable to Mexi- ze ee y 2DS. inucleus of a broad testablished. It was tandson of Bismark, was md vice-chairman. wal Committee has is- ist number of an’ eight- 5 which is to be the Mi of Free Germany. It + National Committee’s addressed to the Ger- md the German people. tal Committee also an- setting up of a new Station, to be ) Germany, which will ee times daily. s2& War prisoner dele- ‘conference, in addition =@ and Lieut. (Prince) kl were rank and file atthews Klein, for ex- mee of German war - ample, was a Protestant clersy-man, Corporal Hans Zippel was an office worker in Berlin before the war. Corporal Helmschrott had been a peasant. Corporal Sintz had been a building worker. Captain ,Hader- mann had been a professor in civil life. These war prisoner delegates represented different parts of Ger- Many as well as the main social sroupings. The civilian delegates — German refugees from Hitlerism — included the noted Communist William Pieck, former member, of the Reichstag, who entitled his address, “There Must Not Be a New 1919.” The manifesto charges Hitler with preparing “this predatory war” without consulting the German people. “He has turned the whole of Europe into an enemy of the German people,” it continued, “and has covered their name with shame. He is responsible for the hatred which today surrounds Germany. Never has a foreign foe hurled us Germans into such a gulf of dis- aster as has Hitler.” Furthermore, “If the German people continue resignedly and sub- missively to allow themselves to be led to their doom, not only will their forces be sapped and dwindle with every passing day of the war but also their guilt will increase.” German fascism will be overthrown by Allied force only and German national independence may be lost, the document warns. “If the German people in good time are courageous enough and prove in deed that they want to be a free people and that they are de- _termined to free Germany from Hit- ler, they will then win the right to decide their fate themselves, and other nations will take them into consideration. This As the only way of saving the very existence, free- dom and honor of the German na- tion.” = Nationa! The Ontario Elections With 283 candidates filing nomination papers for the 90 seats available, Ontario's provincial election campaign was in its last week of activity with considerable optimism expressed that CCF and labor candidates would make a good showing in the contest. Particular interest centered around such ridings as St. An- drews and Bellwoods in Toronto, where Alderman J. B. Salsberg and A. A. Macleod were running as labor candidates with excellent chance of election. Only one fac- tor may defeat Salsberg—the pres- ence of CCF nominee Murray Cot- terill, placed in the running after Alderman Salsberg’s candidature was announced, by a small group of anti-unity CCF’ers. The attitude of the CCF, which has nominated 89 candidates but refused to leave the field open in four ridings where leftwing candi- dates have always polled the larg- est vote, has been sharply con- demned by the majority of the big unions in the province. ' Among those protesting the CUF aciion are the Sudbury local of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, which itself has officially endorsed CCF candidate Bob Carlin, the Ford lo- cal of the United Automobile Workers, the United Gas and Chemical Workers, St. Catherines Trades and Labor Council, United Electrical and Radio Workers and others. In all eases locals of these unions are supporting CCF candi- dates in other ridings. Trades Congress Convention Election of delegates and preparing of resolutions are on the first order of business of most AFL trade unions across Canada this week as the opening day of the 59th convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, set for August 23 in Quebec City, approaches. Indicative of the concern felt by. many thousands of trade unionists on war and post-war problems and world trade union unity, resolu- tions already drafted and made public by local unions and trades and labor councils call for AFL affiliation to the Anglo-Soviet trade union committee and ex- change of delegates between Cana- dian labor and the Soviet and Bri- fish trade unions; a federal labor ‘relations act establishing compul- sory collective bargaining; pay- ment of the full cost of living bo- nus; and inclusion of labor repre- sentatives on all government war- time boards. The United Garment Workers Union=will propose by resolution that labor support Quebec workers in fighting for uplifting of wage standards to those prevailing in Ontario; that the Trades and Labor Congress condemn any move to permit John Lk. Lewis’ United Mine Workers to affiliate with the AFL; and for a national minimum wage of 50 cents an hour. One of the biggest representa- tions in the history of the Congress is expected to be present at the opening session of what most labor men expect to be the most signifi- eant Jabor gathering in many years. se $1,000,000 Pay Fratse Annually Completing what was probably the biggest job af reviewing Wages in any Canadian industry to date, Local 200, United Automobile Workers, has succeeded in securing wage raises for over 6,000 Ford workers totalling 91,000,000 annually and over $250.- 000 in retroactive pay. The Wage Review Board, which conducted the survey and upon whose recommendations the raises Were approved, wes represented by union, management and govern- ment. The retroactive pay will be received by all the 6.000 workers as of April 1, while others will re- ceive back pay dating to Septem- ber and June, 1942. Previously the union had se- cured an increased cost of living bonus, rest periods, lengthening of lunch periods, and automatic pay raises according to length of sery- ice. They Embarked . SS Se S oS ay en! Frey Landed... ; é SE Three stages in the invasion of Sicily. American troops embark en a super-landing barge (top). Center, they swarm down the sides of the landing barge on ladders and nets. Lower photo shows a unit of tommy-gunners operating through waist-high grass against Axis snipers, protected by artillery fire.