Page 12 — Saturday, March 24, 1945 ClO Urges Of Crimea Support Accord NEW YORK—The CIO is embarking on a vast educa- tional program to bring before the American people the full achievements of the London world labor conference the Crimea Conference of the, Big Three, Sidney Hillman an-' nounced here this week before a meeting of 20,000 New York trade unionists gathered to hear the first public report of CIO delegates to the London confer- ence. At the same time,’ CLO President Philip Murray ex- tended an appeal to the AFL “to come back into the interna- tional house of labor and par- ticipate with other international labor organizations in the per- fection of a peaceful and de- mocratic world.” While the London and Crimea conferences, which “in a~ very real sense complement each other,” laid the groundwork for a stable peace, Hillman warned that the guarantee of a secure future “depends, finally, upon the people themselves.” The people, he declared, must “‘iso- late and expose” those who seek to undermine the unity of the United Nations. POLICY RATIFIED The world labor conference delegates “found themselves in full accord on every basie issue,” Hillman said, citing as an ex- ample the fact that the declara- tions of tthe conference coin cided so perfectly with the policy of all national trade union cen- tres that each -delegation was authorized to approve them im- mediately. The only exception was the British Trades Union Congress, whose general council met the week after the confer- ence and ratified all its declara- tions. POWERFUL INSTRUMENT Referring to the formation of a new world labor organization by the conference, Hillman said: “Perhaps never before in his- tery has so powerful an instru- / the _and of ment been created to express the views and make known the will of the common man.” The peace, he added, “must exterminate every vestige of fascism from every corner of the globe. It must assure the peoples of all lands the right to determine their own way of life and to work and live in peace and freedom. It must provide an economy which will fully utilize the rich resources of the world for the benefit of its people.” _ RUSSIAN UNIONS ~ DEMOCRATIC Commenting on charges that Soviet trade unions are not de- mocratic, R. J. Thomas, head of the CIO delegation, stated: “As far as I am concerned. & shall pay no further heed to the propaganda that ‘says these Russian unions and their leaders are not free agents. They dem- onstrated at London that they are démocratic unionists, ready to give and take in the arena of discussion. In war as in peace the Russians belong with us and we belong with them in all sincere efforts to achieye in- ternational labor solidarity and lasting world peace.” Review- ing the achievements of the con- ference, Thomas said: “We now have an invineible combination— democratic governments working hand-in-hand with strong demo- cratic labor movements.” Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko told the rally that the eentinued resistance of the Nazi troops is “senseless, as their complete rout was predetermined long ago.” He stressed that Crimea Conference “has shown the futility of the efforts of the Nazi leaders to bring dis- @ r STARGARD GY EBERSWALDE : 7 us, B Ue J S cosine “UY BERLIN Lea E RMANY | ae Reds Poised For Big Push Capture of the formidable Oder River fortress of Kuestrin| by the Red Army last week, af-| ter a 35-day battle, eliminated a major obstacle on the direct road to Berlin, 38 miles to the west Veteran shock troops of Mar- shal Gregory K. Zhukov’s ist White Russian Army, many of whom fought at Stalingrad, took the city of 21,000 in bitter street fighting. The Soviet com- munique called Kuestrin ‘fan im- portant center of communica- tions and a powerful stronghold | && of German defenses on the River Oder covering the approaches to Berlin.” The Kuestrin battle opened unity into the ranks of the Allies.” Other speakers in- eluded Mayor Fiorello H. La- Guardia, Senator Claude Pepper of Florida and Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas of Cali- fornia. Messages were sent by Secretary of State Edward R. Steilinius, Jr., and the British ambassador, Earl Halifax. S 3 A \\ © Soi ¢ Dae DR Fk RD KK ibe | te |b | ate ae | ah | ac a |e | a |e | A |e | a ae |e [a | | te tc ak [I IMPORTANT PAMPHLET! Bad ORDER NOW! PEOPLE'S BOOK STORE 420 West Pender Street THE CRIMEA DECISIONS AND YOUR FUTURE by TIM BUCK / 5¢ PER COPY —Issued by the National Executive Committee of the Labor-Progressive Party 73 Adelaide Street, West, Toronto, Ontario. Phone MArine 5836 ERESEICIEIEIES iESESESE 2 Labor B acks Drive To , Industrialize Mexico MEXICO CITY—Mexican labor and industrialists — : "4 shortly sign a pact of cooperation for the industrializatio Mexico, according to an announcement this week by ~ cente Lombardo Toledano, presi- dent of the Confederation of Latin American Workers (CT AL). “The unity pact will be signed without any loss by either side and will give a tremendous stimulation to the Mexican in- dustrial revolution and be a pow- erful guarantee of national February 6, When Marshal Zhu- kov’s men reached the east bank of the Oder north and south of the city after a lightning ad- vance across Poland and Ger-}- many. The city is astride a dou- ble-track railroad and first-class highway leading westward across flat country to Berlin and was the last German-held stronghold on the Oder’s east bank. By capture of Kuestrin the Red Army won a 200-mile stretch of the river line from the Baltic to its confluence with the Neisse, which continues to the Carpa- thian foothills to form the lower extension of the Oder line. unity in the critical de | ahead,” Toledano said. ~ pact is one of the greatest? tories for progress in Mew history.” Declaring that the pact serve as a guide to latin A: ean labor in their plans & | dustrialize their semi-coj ” countries, he continued: =~ CTAL strives to obtain for — nial and semi-colonial pe\_ the high standards won by’ workers of industrial nat®™ This is possible and will achieved, but it is mecessar | plan international and nat economic coordination in ¥ ~ responsible sections of soi | must find a common’ gra - otherwise unprecedented d ter is unavoidable. - One privileges are no longer du © and if slavery does not end — masters will also find thems - enslaved. 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