‘Storm un $ ri Troo es itical nocracy RAEL EPSTEIN -ork.—The situation ‘since the defeat of Aows plainly that -e democratic poli- -y outlined in prin- he recent Kuomin- “nmunist talks is into solid reality, che modernization ountry’s economy ovement of labor ean take place. crest of workers else- China’s economic re- im is plain. Firstly, ‘have to supply the dds, steel and trans- ment. Secondly, the -s of Chinese labor ‘rid War II were used ‘ctandards elsewhere. ole, the Canadian Pa- other shipping lines 1eir liners in Hong xyard, where service . “Czech embroider, | “European peasant > produced by sweat- abor in Swatow from naterials and designs. rannot rebuild -with- |-‘éeause failure to 4 will divert effort to —ns for -civil war. “democracy is. essen- ity because it is- the of assuring the co- of all parties and the federation of loosely -srritories. Agreement fend reforms is neces- ; use China is at least ‘ont. agricultural and have profitted too n rent to be willing to Industry, while the has been so ground- impoverished that it ‘rovide nothing but iterate,unskilled labor. the war years, the jor divisions of China ‘i differently. In ter- ‘solidly controlled by amese, some railways plants were built and sople. received indus- ining, but labor was ly enslaved and there at regression agricul- Engineers were all . ey omintang territory lustry was created and Sants were ruined by the full financial and ‘er burden of the war. ft the land and even slavery reappeared 1e Kwantung famine in fugees sold their women pound for work in the ig tobacco fields). Most a’s engineers were con- dhere, but could not be Cause of the situation. Communist-led terri- ere the most backward hine industry, though aft manufacture was or- On a tremendous scale. ture, however, was re- tinued on Page 12) See CHINA 3 Top: Argentine students, barricading themselves in Law Faculty building in Buenos Aires, shout protest against the fascist government before downfall of Peron. plies are hoisted up to them. Below: Sup- Ryan Repudiated As New York Dock Strike Ends New York.—An 18-day walkout by AFL longshoremen, which affected 40,000 workers and tied up all shipping in New York Harbor, ended when the newly-organized Rank and File Committee of the International Longshoremen’s Association ordered the men back to work. The strike was caused by the longshoremen’s desire to win more favorable conditions and to oust ILA president Joseph Ryan, who in 1943 got himself elected as president for life -at $20,000 a year. Attempts by Ryan to get the men back to work failed and it was not until the Rank and File Committee forced Ryan and the shipowners to negotiate on the men’s demands that the strike was ended. A statement by the Rank and File Commit- tee said that AFL longshore- men have “demonstrated our ability to unite around our just demands. We have exposed Ryan to the world as a racket- eer.”” The committee condemn- ed ‘“‘without reservation’? Ryan, the Seafarers’ International Union (AFL) and its president, Harry Lundbersg,. for “strike- breaking’? and joining with shipowners to fight the long- shoremen’s demands for re- duced sling loads and decent wages. The Rank and File Commit- tee has announced its inten- tions of opening an office and continuing the fight “‘to clean house and win the men’s de- mands.’ The strike had the full support of the CIO Nation- al Maritime Union, Marine Firemen, Oilers Watertenders and Wipers and the Marine Cooks and Stewards. Ryan was ousted from control of west coast Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union under the leadership of Harry Bridges. . The strike followed Peron’s ouster and was used as a means of returning him to control. The authentic Argentine la- bor movement, they insisted, is against and always has fought Peron. It is made up of Radi- eal, Socialist, Communist and syndicalist workers—all united against the regime. However, the Argentine leaders added, ‘“i¢ cannot be denied that some of the more backward workers have been taken in by Peron’s demagogy, which has reached the point where he calls him- sel? anti-capitalist and has ex- propriated some enterprises in an effort to get himself known as the champion. of labor’s right.” an The backbone of the strike, the Argentines stated, was the shutting down of the transport industry — not by the workers but by management which is controlled by the government. Since Peron took over the La- bor Department two years ago, they added, “‘the department’s appropriation has increased from one million to 50,000,000 pesos, which the fascist leader uses to bribe so-called labor leaders who have long ago lost their influence and are phonies so-called labor demonstration was organized by relying on the police force and on gangsters, they assert- ed, pointing out that since Peron seized control of the government in June, 1943, the federal police force in- creased from 10,000 te from 30,000 to 40,000 and the army trebled in size. The funds for this, amounting to about 3,500,000,000 pesos (about $900,000,000), have come from a special fund from which the government does not have to Peron’s give an accounting. Peron’s policy is being back- ed by the most sinister forces in Argentina, including Nazi agents, and with large sums of Nazi money, they said. Yester- day, the Argentines said, ‘‘Pe- ron left Buenos Aires for the Chubut region of Patagonia, where there are large concen- trations of German Nazi land- in every sense of the word.” pers’--Not Labor eron Genuine Labor Fights Argentine Fascist Chief By HERMAN SANDERS The 24-hour general strike in Argentina, pictured in this country as an indication of labor backing for strong- man Col. Juan D. Peron, was actually organized and car- ried out by Peron’s ‘‘gangsters”’ and “‘storm troopers,” two Argentine democratic leaders, one a big industrialist and the other an engineer, declared in an interview here. lords and other fascists, for obvious purposes. The Argentine strongman, they stated, “is playing a shrewd international game, speculating on dividing the United Nations. Peron is willing to play any side, but would like primarily to head up an anti-Russian campaign in Latin America with the aid of some North Americans or an anti-United States Latin American bloe.’’ Fritz Mandl, the well-known Nazi agent, who has been black- listed by the U.S. State Depart- ment is at liberty and is head- ing the financial drive for Pe- ron’s présdential candidacy, the Argentines stated. Mandl, they said, has ‘fa great deal of Nazi money to work with.’”’ The State Department, the Argen- tine democrats stated, has de- tailed information on how addi- tional sums of money are se- cured by Peron’s backers through an extensive system of contraband with neighbour- ing countries, especially Brazil. They asserted further that the United States continues to ship rubber, coal and crude oil to Argentina on the basis of an agreement made last spring be- tween Avra Warren, . former head of the Latin America Af- fairs Division of the State De- partment, and the Argentine regime when the U.S. agreed to recognize the ‘fascist govern- ment there. However, they added, none of these goods are put to civil use, but are used fortmilitary and other purposes of the fascist clique. The arival of U.S. Ambassa- dor Spruille Braden, they stat- ed, opened new possibilities of hope for the Argentine people, since Braden saw and knew the Argentine people and re- cognized them as democratic as distinguished from the group ruling them. The Argentine people, they concluded, ‘“‘are confident in the civil resistance movement, but need the active support of all peoples of the Americas. The sinister forces in control of the regime are a danger to the peace and pro- gress of the continent.” at rae ALOe Bie CEE PERL