re ili na- ‘ition movements” in -inds East Indies and o-China, New Times, e All-Union Central = ‘rade Unions, strong- current attempts to prewar colonial sta- :wo areas. Declaring '> has large economic =, the areas, New tes the British com- tof using force to re t and French colonial Pat to restore colonial 's unacceptable to the ‘Indonesia and Indo- 'iencounters growing '*it adds. “The sym- ' rogressive forces of © orld is unqualifiedly '\ £ the popular masses | ‘reedom and’ possess- - it to freedom.” The -.ons call for an end ggression and guar- bmocratiec rights for iz incited the colonial _ifirm conviction of -jevement of political “‘e equality.” ew activity, but also} Says Party. The working class of sive Party. conspiracy to undermine the his charges and contentions. party when it became obvious in the struggles of the people. Social Democracy. Renegade Serves Social Democracy TORONTO.—It has been brought to the attention of the National Executive of the Labor-Progressive Party that the expelled renegade Fergus McKean and a handful of his-cohorts in Wancouver have proclaimed themselves to be ‘““The Communist Party of Canada.” The people of Canada know that the only party of Scientific Socialism in the country is the Labor-Progressive party of the Canadian Communists is the Labor-Progres- Fergus McKean was expelled from the LPP when his given unlimited time before the National Committee of the party as well as before a special committee, to prove the party, meeting in full session, expelled him from the of the working class, an enemy who seeks to injure the cause of the people while parading under a cover of radical phrases. McKean and his handful of degenerate cohorts are known to the workers of B.C. as men totally unfit to lead The call which the McKean clique has published indi- cates clearly that while speaking in seemingly radical and Trotskyist phrases, they will actually serve the cause of The Labor-Progressive Party calls upon the workers and progressive people of the country to meet the en- deavor of McKean to confuse the Marxist forces in the country by the rebuff such an attempt deserves. The character of the individuals surrounding Mc- this country knows that the party was exposed. He was The National Committee of that he had become an enemy {Romanian Labor Praises Gov’t; ost Democratic In History Order And Liberty Never As Strong BUCHAREST. — Romania, “which has lived always under martial.law and prisons, today has for the first time in its history a democratic government which will assure to the people all the means necessary for their development,” Georges Apostal, president of the General Confederation of Labor, declared. ‘‘Order and liberty have never been as strong and as real as under the pres- ent government,’ he said. A turner by trade, Apostal spent eight years in prisons under the old >regimes. He is also presi- dent of the Transport and Mari- time Workers’ Union of the Danube. The downfall of the fascist Autonescu government in 1944, he said, ‘‘provoked a spontane- ous development of the trade union organizations born in the fire of underground combat against Hlitler and his stooge Marshal Ion Antonescu. Neither the Sanatescu government, which took power after the overthrow of the dictatorship, nor that of Nicolai Radescu which succeeded it, however, looked with favor on the growth of the trade unions — they did everything possible to hamper it.” Under the present government of Dr. Petru Groza, which came to power in March, 1945, and is “backed by all demo- eratic parties and by labor, all this changed,” he said. ed: “Their job is to lead 2,000,- 000 wage earners and officials in the rebuilding of a country pillaged by the Hitlerites. The Wehrmacht destroyed much in its retreat and the .bombard- ments caused enermous damage, especially in the Ploesti region. But the Romanian workers have worked hard and already produc- tion in the oil regions has reached its former level.” Apostal de- clared that Romanian oil produc- tion, including British and Amer- ican plants, are now producing the prewar figure of 4,000,000 tons per year. This, he said, is due to two reasons: @ The workers are conducting a production campaign in coop- eration with the government. “There is so little truth in foreign reports, took only Ger- man equipment. e The Russians, contrary to the assertion that the Soviet Union carried away oil installa- tions,’’ he stated, “that produc- tion has started quickly enough & Kean, his own past and his program all indicate that this group has nothing in common with the proud traditions of the Canadian and world Communists. Its misuse of the title ‘‘Communist’’ will not help them to cover up the sordid character of the conspiracy in which they are engaged. NATIONAL, EXECUTIVE, as declares that the rvention is due _ to ag position of British e two areas and that ot ignore the expect- ‘on of American cap- rves that “the bulk to furnish the Soviet and Ro- manian troops who pushed the Hitler army beyond our fron- tiers. Such stories are spread by those same forces who, in Romania, hamper reconstruction. “On the initiative of the GCL,” Asserting the British govern- ment opposition to the Groza government, gets its informa- tion from friends of opposition leaders Juliu Maniu and Con- stantin Bratianu of the prewar Peasant and Liberal parties, ay Truce ock Strikers '—dBritish dock stri- fied to work under a e, during which wage nd grievances will be _ between employers “transport and General Jnion. Strikers warned Ss their demands are aly met within 30 days, 4 walk out again. The vich lasted six weeks “red 40,000 workers in : ports, was caused by rs’ demands for an in- daily minimum wages hillings ($3.20) to 25 5) and for two weeks’ On per year. refused to until the employers Negotiations sS-ended and their pos- - Supported by Minister George Isaacs, who re- ict unless the strike was Rank and file strike nheouraged a return to the grounds that the demonstration of unity ed the union and em- OO act quickly and that ig the strike would not ded gains. Laniel, a moderate, and Paul gen of the pro-clerical Popular Republican Movement (MRP). The Socialist and Communist parties, meeting with the Gen- eral Confederation of Labor (CGT) and the League for the Rights of Man, have agreed on an immediate program applying the principles outlined by the National ‘Council of Resistance. The program demands national- ization of banks, insurance com- panies, transport, coal, gas, elec- tricity, steel, cement and light metal industries, those manufac- turing explosives and the mer- chant marine. It backs the CGT demand for increased overtime pay, higher salaries for public service employees, larger pen- sions and more State aid to large families. Wage, price and cur- rency stabilization are also urged. Internationally, the program Continued on Page 8 See LIFTING STRENGTH ) — PACIFIC ADVOCATE Leftwing Strength Shown In French Constituent Ass’bly PARIS.—Left-wing strength in France was again dem- onstrated last week when Socialist Felix Gouin was elected president of the new Constituent Assembly and Communists Jacques Duclos and Andre Mercier were eletted to two of the five vice-presidencies. Other vice-presidents are Josehp Bacon and Pierre-Henri Tiet- trade unions, have but one idea to delay the realization of the armistice terms. They have learned noth- ing in a quarter of a century.” If I were Bevin, I would rath- er address my Socialist friends in the Romanian government —the true government of na- tional democratic concentra- tion. Discussing the function of the which now total 1,300,000 members, Apostal stat- In Municipal York City, where the CIO-b supported the successful may O’Dwyer, Democrat, while the ALP’s vote five boroughs reached votes. The ALP vote sharp contrast to the 123,218 votes garnered by the Liberal party, a right-wing split off from the ALP led by David Du- binsky, president of the Interna- tional Ladies’ Garment Workers (AFL). The ALP vote also represent- ed an increase over that of 1944 330,560 was. in when the party backed the late | U.S. Labor Scores Gains Elections NEW YORK.—-U.S. labor scored important gains this week in city-wide elections throughout the country. In New acked American Labor party oralty candidacy of William the labor ticket polled 259,268 votes, for borough-wide officials in the.city s President Roosevelt in the na- tional election, while the Liber- al party vote was a sharp drop from the 1944 figure. The Lib- eral party backed Republican candidate Jonah J. Goldstein. A third ticket, headed by City Council President Newbold Morris and backed by Mayor Continued on Page 8 See LABOR GAINS |ted. The committees mec. oops remain LABOR-PROGRESSIVE PARTY. “These people, who did not stir | Apostal continued, “production _ “are being used to their smallest finger in favor | committees were constituted, : local national move- of the resistance movement, | grouping ‘workers, technicians, eraftsmen and even the patriotic managements. But there are also Bratianu’s henchmen there to in- cite the industrialists to oppose the committees. Nevertheless, the committees play a more import- ant part every day—and do not content themselves merely with increasing output.” The united trade union organ- ization, Apostal stated, was formed when the Social - Demo- eratic and Communist trade unions fused during the occupa- tion against the Germans and the Antonescu regime. In Septem- ber, 1944, after liberation, the two groups formed a joint com- mittee to build a united trade union movement. There are now trade union committees in each factory, in which all workers, except collaborators, are admit- elect dis- trict trade union councils. In January, 1945, 12 unions met and formed the GCL. At the out- set, the GCL had 500,000 mem- bers. The basic purpose of the GCL at present “is to improve the lot of the worker,” Apostal said. “The government and the trade unions are in the process of pre- paring reforms in the social in- surance laws. The minister in charge is himself a trade union- ist—George Nicoleao. I myself (Continued on Page 12) See ROMANIA SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17, 1945