| scow—There is no reason she Polish trade union move- sheuld be “discriminated st” when the world labor rence reconvenes in Paris aptember, Vasili Kuznetzov, man of the All-Union Cen- Council of Trade Unions, d here this week. “The true Pssentatives of the Polish Jers are not Jan Stanezyk sh Socialist who was admit- o the London labor confer- but the leaders of Polish - unions built on democratic ijiples,”? he said. Kuznetzov just returned from San cisco where he was a mem- (of the official Soviet delega- {to UNCIO and participated '.rld labor conference admin- ive committee meetings. eussing the UNCIO steer- sommittee’s rejection of an ation to the new World Fed- on of Trade Unions, he said: Soviet government, in re- se to the wishes of the world motion to invite its repre- wtives to the San Francisco srence. The Soviet govern- also included in its delega- ' 2 representative of the So- trade unions. I can only ex- |; my regret that other gov- sents did not see fit to adopt nilar course.” - POSITION “2 most important achieve- “ of the administrative com- te, Kuznetzov said, is that WETU “will be of a demo- j¢ character and that its 3; will be open to all trade as concerned with the vital , ests of the working class. ever is sincerely interested iproving the lot of the work- class and in prolonged and je peace cannot stand aloof.” sked what he thought about position of the AFL, Kuznet- replied: “I think what tens {millions of other organized kers are thinking, not only ae Soviet Union but in Great ain, the U.S. and other free- loving countries. The obstin- of AFL leaders in their re- il to have anything to do with rnational trade union cooper- a, their rabid hostility to the SR and toward Soviet trade Ms in particular, are deserv- of the strictest condemna- 7 OME, May 31 (ALN) — Ital- Socialist leader Pietro Nenni, * returned from a visit to h Italy today, has proposed the Socialist, Communist : Christian Democratic parties te to form a single workers’ ty, the three parties have al- dy joined forces to form a ted trade union movement. h the Socialists and Commun- i have alrgady indicated their ire for an eventual union. : union conference, support- \After the strain and fatigue of many Okinawa battles, the shock of his friend’s death in action was too much for this marine. He broke down and cried while a tired buddy tried to comfort him. of the Labor-Progressive Party, drew an ovation from ,an en- thusiastic audience of over three hundred at a rally in support of Leading Seaman James Thomp- esn, held in the Hastings Audi- terium on Sunday last. “The working class did not fight this war at the expense of some thirty to forty million lives to make the world safe for big business,” McKean continued, “Labor rightfully demands a voice in the shaping of the fu- ture world.” Pointing to the composition of the reconstituted governments of Europe, where labor shared power. equally with other anti- fascist groups, the LPP leader stated that Canada was the.only major power where labor had no voice in government. Turning to the dangers of reaction taking power in the coming election, McKean exposed the character cf the Tory setup in Canada with its direct link with the pro-fas- cist Nationalist elements in Que- bec, and tacit support of the anti-semitic, anti-labor Social Credit Party of Alberta. McKean pointed out the di- visive and confusing role of the CCF leadership in the face of the Tory threat. Scoring their isolationist and ‘Socialism Now” program as absolutely opposed to the best interests of the com- mon people of Canada, he asked: GE 9 — PACIFIC ADVOCATE McKean Warns Of Tory Election Threat Stating that the main issue in the coming election was full employment which in turn was dependent on continued international cooperation, Fergus McKean, Provincial Leader “How can a party which fails to recognize the only socialist coun- try.in the world call itself a socialist ‘party?” “HONEST JOHN” James Thompson, LPP candi- date for Vancouver Centre scor- ed the record of ‘Honest John” Bracken and pointed to the dan- ger of a return to the policies of Iron Heel Bennett. “Every ves- tige of the old appeasement policy that remains must be wip- ed out,” Thompson stated. “It took. over 30,000 young Canad- ian lives to undo the conse- quences of that policy. The unit- ed will of the Canadian people must ensure representation for honest labor elements in the next federal house to ensure the sac- rifice was not in vain. Lieut. Austin Delany, LPP candidate for North Vancouver, speaking in support of Thomp- son’s election, deplored the red- baiting tactics of Sinclair in Vancouver North. Pointing to the Peoples’ Chart- er of the Tories as a hypocritical steal of labor’s program to hide their real anti-labor intentions, “Examine the records of the parties, do not be misled by elec- tion propaganda,” said Delany. “Vote for a genuine labor man, the LPP candidate for Vancou- ver Centre.” lazis Develop Nest Egg Resources By Investing In Argentine Projects German Tie-Up With Spanish Interests Revealed By Writer By ANDREW GORDON MONTE VIDEO—German trusts ‘‘directly control some 200 incorporated companies” in Argentina, Luis Victor Sommi, author of ‘‘German Capital in Argentina,” told me. “J estimate,” Sommi _ said, “that direct and indirect“ invest- ments and minority shares. in non-German undertakings am- ount to 1,800,000 pesos ($37,500,- 000). The German electric trust AEG—Siemens Schukert—alone controls an estimated 1,000,000,- 000 pesos ($250,000,000).” The German trusts, he added, have been operating with a “Spanish disguise” and through Swiss firms. Sommi, whose book, published this week, discloses new data concerning the amazing depth of German penetration in Argen- tina, is a member of the W ood- workers Union and was impris- oned in the Neuquen penitentiary from November 1943 to April 1945 for belonging to the under- ground labor opposition to the Argentina regime. Upon his re- lease he was sent to this city. Here are his exclusive revela- tions to 'Allied Labor News: SPANISH-GERMAN COOPERATION “The most intimate cooper- ation between German and Span- ish interests exists. This is most outstanding in the case of CADE (Argentine Electric Company), the biggest single electrical en- terprise in-the Latin world. Its assets exceed 1,100,000,000 pesos ($275,000,000). CADE was form- Jouhaux Hails World Group PARIS — ‘Great satisfaction” with the steps taken toward the formation of the new World Federatoin of Trade Unions was expressed here this week by Leon Jouhaux, general secretary of the French General Confederation of Labor (CGT). “I have always been in favor of such an organiz- ation and it gives me greaht sat- isfaction to see the unity that has been achieved,” he told Al- lied Labor News. The CGT leader seemed phys- ically fit and full of energy des- pite his long captivity. In Sep- tember 1940 the Vichy govern- ment first. attempted to arrest Jouhaux, but for a.year he suc- cessfully eluded pursuit and worked to reconstitute the trade union movement. In,1941 he was placed under temporary arrest at Vals les Bain and when on his release he openly attacked the Labor Charter intitutsed by Vichy, he was rearrested. Dur- ing his captivity, he said, a clandestine radio enabled him end other prisoners to keep in constant touch with international | events. erly known as CHADE (Hispano- American Electric oCmpany). It was founded in 1920 to insure the operation of German eapital in a Spanish disguise. Francisco Assis de Cambo (one of Catalonia’s leading financiers) is the living symbol linking German and Spanish fascist high finance. “Cade guaranteed Spanish purchases in Argentina in 1942, thus making it possible to supply the Nazis with Argentine prod- ucts. CADE is a member of the international electrical trust “So- fina,” through which the His- pano-German group owns the minority interests in Argentine enterprises such as the Anglo- Argentine Tramways Company, and even in the Corporacion de Transportes. _ Another example is CHAD- OPYF Public Works and Financing Company), which runs several subway lines in Buenos Aires. These were built by German enterprises with material im- ported mainly from Germany. Franco’s survival would secure for the Germans the opportun- ity to operate in Argentina and throughout the world under a Spanish disguise. It would repeat what happened after the last war. “T. G. Farben is also most powerful in Argentina, primarily in pharmaceutical industries. It frequently operates through sat- ellites, such as the Swiss firms Roche Products and Ciba. The Germans also created an elabor- ate system of stooges for pro- curing indispensable raw. mater- jals from United Nations coun- tries. “Intervention into German firms by. the GOU (Argentine Colonels’ Lodge regime) is a farce. The Germans were warned in time, and they put in safe places huge sums of capital. They successfully entered new fields, such as construction, sugar mills, mining, real estate and rural industries. Big trusts, such ag I1.G. Farben and Thysen, con- trol directly and indirectly num- erous companies which were never blacklisted and rural in- dustries and large latafundia. “Considerable German inter- ests are disguised in the hands of non-Germans, inconspicuous Ar- gentines and Argentine-born children of German parentage. The only way to prevent trans- formation of Argentina into a huge German economic base is to confiscate German interests. -Only a democratic government can carry this out.” SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1945. (Hispano - American ~