Page 6 — Saturday, January 13, 1945 An authentic American soldier guards a Nazi who was wearing a Yank uniform when captured during the German drive into Belgium. Urge IAM Send Delegates To World Labor Conference NEW YORK.—(ALN)—Two of the most powerful locals of the AFL International Association of Machinists, the APL’s largest affiliate, this week urged that the IAM send its own delegate to the London world labor conference if the AFL executive council persists in its refusal to attend. The locals are in upstate New York, where the LAM has its main strength, and in Ohio. This action followed a similar demand by the Chicago local of the AFL painters’ union last week. Gharging that the AFL by re- fusing to send a delegate “Failed in its duty” to its membership and ‘placed us of being ignored at the peace table,” the New York local called upon the 1AM executive council “Fo see that we, the largest in-| ternational in the AFL, have a delegate seated at the world in the position ve STYLES | VALUES QUALITY Always at the Home of UNION MADE Clothing — and Friendly Service. (- * Established for @ver 40 Years 45 BAST HASTINGS ST. Vancouver, B.C. | trade union congress this Febru- ary in London in order that our membership will be assured of recognition, not only at thigp meeting but at the peace table.” Calling for the appointment of IAM president Harvey Brown as a delegate, the Ohio State Coun- cil of Machinists charged that the position adopted by the AFL is a “serious The IAM a conference shortly to consider executive council mistake.” is calling withdrawing from the AFL over jurisdictional disputes. 38, no interference with the es- j)tablishment of a democratic regime in Spain; 4, financial New York Rally Demands Immediate Break With Franco NEW YORK.—A demand that the U.S. Government immediately break relations with Franco Spain was made here by more than 15,000 people gathered in New York's — Madison Square Garden for the first mass demonstration of its kind in the country. Spon- | sored by the Nation Associates, publishers of The Nation and 15 other organizations, including the national CIO, the Greater New York Industrial Union Council (CIO), the Amalgama- ted Clothing Workers (CIO), the American Newspaper Guild (CIO) and the American Labor Party of New York, the meeting unanimously adopted the follow- ing five point resolution: 1. Immediate severance of diplomatic relations between the United States’ and Franco Spain; 2. complete stoppage of shipments of any kind to Spain; and moral support to Spanish Republican forces both inside and outside Spain and admission of Republican Spain to the United Nations; 5. freedom of move- ment and communications for the democratic Spanish leaders in various parts of the world. Breaking his five years of si- lence on. Spain, Dr. Juan Negrin, last Republican Premier, cabled his address from London after the British Foreign Office had refused to allow his views to be relayed here by short-wave. 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Declaring that he would press his congressional resolution for an immediate break with Spain, Republican John Coffee stated: “Today, the armies of the Span- ish republic are still fighting our battle. We must not repeat our former and fatal mistake when they beseech our help. If we fail them again, one of the results of our mistakes will be a third world war, fought pri- marily in the Western Hemis- phere.”’ In a message to the rally, Sid- ney Hillman, chairman of the CIC Political Action Committee, declared that “as a nation dedi- cated to the cause of freedom and the extermination of fas- cism, we can do no less than break with the Franco govern- ; ment and extend aid and assist | ance to the brave Spanish peo- — ple and their Republican lead- || ers in. their struggle for libera- ‘ I am hopeful that this i great meeting will help win the adherence of our government fo ~ a policy which is dedicated by our own national interest and by the deepest interest of all pro- gressive mankind.” tion. Other speakers at the rally in- | Quentin William Shirer, Jay, Allen and Alexander Uhl, for- eign correspondents just re- turned from the war fronts, Dr. Thomas Mann, CIO secretary- 4 treasurer James B. Carey, Methodist Bishop G. Bromely Oxmam, and author Allan Chase. 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