Argentine y § MONTEVIDEO—‘‘Voz t "gn on the Axis followed a entine fascists recently at ir declaration was necessary ireserve the Nazi beachhead atin America. The program that the group expressed i that the United Nations md lay claim te German funds Hiecided to consult Berlin and "id. Credence is given to this son because of the three week |; between the plea of the |-American Conference and yar declaration. S|:ording to “Voz. Argentina,” Wieetinge was held in the home “= cardo Guillermo Staudt, per- w= confidant of Hitler and a Hlisted German industrialist, ‘he following additional peo- rattended: Acting Foreign ter Gesar Ameghino; Count mire, German intelligence | Fritz Mandl, fermer Aus- | munition man who is now 0 be handling a large part ‘he’ Argentine armament | Count Bulnes, Spanish am- ior to Argentina; and Gol. Trio Tauber, secretary to sent Edelmiro Farrell. (( FROM U BOAT tr reports on German aid to firgentine regime indicate ued close cooperation be- © the Nazis and the GOU els’ Lodge). The reports, med im statements issued by ‘rgentine exile Jose Gabriel lublished by the Asociacion "yo, one of the underground = 3, State that in January a ‘submarine landed near an @@ tine port with three tech- S who .then went to the wned Hotel Jousten. The @ U-boat was said to have pat 120 tons of special steel jenck Boehler, a steel com- ‘which distributes steel ex- t:ly to armament plants on etions from the Ministry of < =| } 7 ; submarine was said to be ing with the aid of the Sted Delfino navigation iny. Other submarines were ed to be operating along hast of Patagonia, where o Secure ’ Maneuver Frisco Seat Argentina,” -radio program of entine exiles here, disclosed that the Argentine war declar- secret meeting of German and which it was recognized that by the German Lahusen Co. One of the directors of the latter is Count Bluecher, an intimate friend of Count Luxburg and of Spanish Ambassador Bulnes. In addition, Gabriel States, the Argentine branch of Zeiss has re- cently received from Germany 40 Sets of air photographic equip- j™ment and many precision tools fer blind flyine and optical in- struments for artillery. Zeiss is now producing thousands of field glasses for the Argentine army. The ‘Compania Platense Electric- idad Siemens Schueckert’” was Said to have received 3000 radio tubes for use*in army portable radios bearing the German “Tele_ funken” trademark. WAR MATERIAL ' Intercepted correspondence of Captain Neibuhr, former naval attache at the German Hmbassy in Buenos Aires, Gabriel reports, disclosed that Argentine Admiral ‘Scasso has been ordering war materials from Germany. In January 1945, the report adds, in- tercepted letters from Ludwig Freude. Coordinator of German Associations in Argentina, -dis- closed that government inter vention in German firms was pro- ceeding in closest agreement with Gen. Julio Cheechi, Minister of Industry and Gommerce, and with Vice-President and War Minister Col. Juan D. Peron. Commenting on the expected atfects of the Argentine war dec- laration, the Montevideo news- paper Diario Popular said: “To ace€pt as anti-fascist the position of the GOU is tantamount to not recognizing the trap and.tends to conceal and safeguard the real content, which is to betray demo- cracy and prevent the winning of the peace. The war declaration is a maneuver to assure a seat for Nazism at the San Prancisco meeting under an Argentine dis- guise.” “El« Pais, however, notes that “the moment has not yet ar- rived when the present Argentine government can prepare the trip | Mauriac. Killing a 250-pound man- eating tiger was all in a day’s work fer Cpl. C. A. McCrary of the Combat Military Police. He ran imte the animal while Scouting for Japanese in the Myitkyima, Burma, section. Urge French Govt. Probe Franco PARIS.—The French govern- ment was urged this week by a meeting of political and labor leaders to mission to Spain to investigate charges that Franco supplying German pockets along France’s Atlantic Coast. If Franco refuses to per- mit the investigation, the gov- ernment was asked to break dip- lomatic rélations with him. send a Was Presided over by louis Sail- lant, secretary. of the General Confederation of Workers and President of the National Re- sistance Council, and by Francois Catholic Conservative writer, the meeting was also at- tended by Pierre Cot, represent- ing the Socialist party. 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PROGRESS HINDERED While the great majority of the Romanian peopie “heartily wel- comed the establishment -of the National Democratic Front”? af- tery the fall of the pro-Axis re- Sime of Premier Ian Antonescu, they were not able to carry. of raising production, aiding the Red Army and improving living: conditions, Kazakoy stated, be- cause “they wer hindered by pro= Hitler elements who found sup- port in the former government of General Radescu.” The Radescu government, he Said, passed a decree on the eve of the first congress of the Ro- manian trade unions, permitting their existence but prohibiting a united trade union movement. However, Kazakov added, “the masses of the people didn’t ask Radeseu” and the All-Romania Confederation of Labor was form- ed. g The Soviet visitors visited 48 factories, 63 trade union or- ganizations and witnessed 69 ution meetings attended by about 370,000 people, he Said, adding: “Even now that a new government has come into pow- April 7, 1945 — Page 15 through successfully a campaisn | Romanian Unions Grow Despite Obstruction MOSCOW—Despite what he described as a very “‘in- internal situation, the Romanian trade unions have Made great organizational advances and now have 700,000 members, Peter Kazakoy, a member of the presidium of the er, the pro-fasecist elements are openly attempting to prevent the execution of measures for the democratization of the country, the strengthening of friendly relations with the So- viet Union and the improve- ment, of the living standards of the working people.” DISCRIMINATION Reporting on the conditions of Romanian women, Hina Sulye, another member of the AUGGTU delegation, told the meeting: that they now receive wages consider- ably less than men, they have no vote and cannot be elected to par- liament. 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