Koumin U.S. Intervention Incitement To | Se ang Inspired Civil War -) and independent unionists help Indonesian seamen picket Dutch consulate, 0, to protest attempts to suppress Indonesian freedom uprising. Indone- > z= chains tell story vividly. ee ee ey ch Left To Cooper ate war “'Popul —The clear verdict given by the French people at the polls is now being nm ront’” > Eto facts as the victorious left parties are actively outlining the common pro- -atriotic aims in under Nazi occu- -n the National esistance (CNR) originally adopt- coming a concrete, ‘enuine democracy. ders of the Popu- Movement (MRP) » in general terms INR program, al- -veekly organ Car- “oressed uneasiness scope of the deep nomic reforms the lies. Forestalling “counteract the fu- -ent’s action, the former Popular ‘Ppointed delegates -e immediate meas- orced by the coali- and Socialist ites are meeting ith those of the he Rights of Man 2ral Confederation ST) for final dis- approval of this atic charter. The y, which also be- old Popular Front, Ited to join in the e The CGT plays rt in this progres- om, jupon which ure so much de- m runs along the in lines: the home vr effective punish- ors; confiscation of of collaborators and AGTRIC anvoarcanndn for rebuilding the | arried out while the new constitution is being drafted. sreign policy must obviously be this program, The basis of the new but what constituted a broad biaék marketeers; heavy _taxa- tion on war profits; compensa- tion for victims of fascist ter- ror; establishment of genuine, effective democracy -In every field through the restoration of all civil liberties; suppression of all secret and political police; no racial discrimination; fiscal re- form tending to democratic tax- ation; wide reform of the army, civil service and public educa- tion; extension of political, so- cial and economic rights to col- onial territories. The foreign policy calls for the organization of collective security and the complete’ elim- ination of fascist vestiges every- where; a democratic policy in Germany with effective control of all industries there, collective exploitation of the Ruhr coal basin and the complete elimina- tion of Nazis; help in all fields for Italian democracy; an im- mediate diplomatic break with Franco Spain and _ recognition of the Spanish Republican gov- ernment - in- exile; democratiza- tion of French diplomacy both in personnel and methods with par- liament having permanent control over governmental action, objec- tives and methods. Gala Opening Will Feature “B.C. At Work’ Exhibition Exhibitors in the second annual ‘‘British Columbia at Work’? competition are considerably more than double the number entered in the 1944 show; and the exhibition, which will be held in the Vancouver Art Gallery from November 13 .to December 2, is assured an even greater success than last year. The gala opening on Wednes- day, November 14, at 8:00 p.m., will be the highlight of the la- bor-art season, and trade union- ists are especially urged to at- tend. As announced in P.A. last week, Elmore Philpott will of- ficially open the exhibition, and the $500 in cash prizes awarded by B.C. Trade Unions will be presented by R. K. Gervin, sec- retary, Wancouver and District Trades and Labor Council. Other speakers will include Lawren Harris, National Presi- dent of the Federation of Can- adian Artists, and John Turner, Secretary, Vancouver Labor Council. Music by the Tait String (Continued on Page 8) See GUILD Iroops Moved North Into American Zones NEW YORK—With China on the brink of civil war, the Communist leader Tung Pi-wu, who has been in this country since the San Francisco conference, broke his silence to tell American newspapermen of how Chiang Kai-shek has. used the time since V-J' day to form a civil war front on which Kuomintang troops, quislings and Japanese who have been allowed to keep their arms stand side by side. It was during this time that the Kuomintang and Communist parties negotiated an agreement providing for a democratic settle- ment of their differences but events now show that Chiang used the talks as a screen be- hind which he manoeuvered for military position. ClO-TUC | To Exchange Delegates LONDON.—tThe British Trades Union Congress general council this week voted to establish a joint committee with the CIO to facilitate he exchange of views on common problems and thereby accepted alignment with the CIO for the first time. A tripartite committee including the AFL had originally been ‘suggested, but the AFL declined to serve with the CIO. The TUC council also designated a three- man delegation to visit the Brit- ish occupation zone in Germany to study economic problems, par- ticularly the reestablishment of free trade unions. For 50 years, the AFL and TUC have exchanged fraternal delegates at conventions but the CIO has never attended a TUC conference nor has the TUC been present at a CIO meeting. At the TUC September confer- ence, a resolution proposing an exchange of fraternal delega- tions between TUC and CIO was not acted upon by the conven- tion, but instead was referred to the general council for con- sideration. © The CIO invited TUC dele- gates to its convention in Nov- ember, 1944, but this invitation was refused on the grounds that it might prove “embarrassing” in view of he TUC’s relations with the AFL. British represen- tatives appointed this week to the TU-CIO committee are TUC general secretary Sir Wal- ter Citrine, W. P. Allen,-A. Con- ley, H. N. Harrison, and F. Wol- stencroft. The delegation to Germany, which was invited by the War Office, will consist of Will Law- ther, president of the National Union of Mineworkers, Jack Tanner, president of the Amal- gamated Engineering Union and H. Bullock, president of the General and Municipal Workers Union. They also plan to visit Poland, Czechoslovakia and Italy at the invitation of the trade union movements of those coun- tries. f <4 SQATTIRDAY NOVEMRER 10. Tung made it clear that this process was aided and abetted by American policy, as repre- sented by Ambassador Hurley, General Wedemeyer and the U.S. troops in China. He said that exclusive American sup- port had encouraged Chiang to embark on his present course, creating a situation which was dangerous not only for China but for international peace. He appealed to the American peo- ple to put pressure on their government to end the armed intervention of the United States forces in his country. Observers who did not have to get all their information from censored press dispatches have long been aware of the facts be- hind the news in China. Since long before the war with Japan ended; the chief -effort of the Kuomintang had been directed te ward depriving the Chinese Communist forces of their share in China’s victory. Chiang Kai- shek even lent some of his forces to the Japanese for the purpose, letting them put on quisling uni- forms. After the Japanese surrender, enemy troops were ordered to retain their arms and “maintain peace” wherever they were sta- tioned, while Chungking forces tried to push the Communist led troops out of places they had recaptured. When this proved more difficult than anticipated, Chiang Kai-shek agreed to ne- gotiate for a united democratic government, with all parties rep- resented, in place of the Kuom- intang monopoly of power. Although these negotiations were bound to. be stormy, a dur- able compromise could have been arrived at had not the United States. given Chiang its unre- served backing. It was American support that emboldened him to attack Communist held towns, and it was the American Navy, Marine Corps and airforce which established bridgeheads (im- mune because under the U.S. flag) in North China, to which Kuomintang troops were brought and from which they were de- ployed into the surrounding country. It is a well-known fact that the Communist-led forces in the former guerrilla areas had gained the staunch support of the people by land reform. This was attested by Ameri- observers and even by the Jap- anese who publicly attributed their difficulties in dealing with the guerillas to this cause. The Kuomintang troops advanc- ing into Communist-led terri- tory are taking account of this (Continued on Page 8) See INTERVENTION Jaa