nail 4 ‘ B.C. LUMBER WORKER LABOUR APPEALS: “HELP HUNGARY" Support of the ICFTU Solidarity Fund in aid of Hun- garian workers, now being ruthlessly slaughtered by Soviet troops invading their country was urged by IWA District Secretary-Treasurer George Mitchell, in a recent Green Gold broadcast. The speaker outlined the back- ground of the workers’ revolt in Hungary and said in part: “The whole world has been stunned and horrified by the ap- palling disclosure that 25,000 Hungarian people have died by the Soviet armed invasion, more than 20,000 have been deported to the slave labor camps of Com- munist Russia, and 100,000 refu- gees have been forced to flee for sanctuary in Western Europe and North America. Canada has made an appropria- tion of one million dollars, for Hungarian refugee relief, and has yvaised the immigration bars to admit those who are now apply- ing for admission to the country at the rate of 300 a day. Already more than 1,000 visas have been issued. The United States has taken similar. action, although greater difficulty has been experienced in .Surmounting strict immigration laws. The U.S. President raised the number of refugees allowed admission from 5,000 to 21,500. The International Rescue Com- mittee, founded originally to.as- sist the escape of refugees from Nazi Germany has done an amaz- ing job in channeling medical aid and food supplies across the Hun- garian frontier. What has been said by the rescue organization about the refugees is noteworthy. One official said and I quote, “These are people who still be- lieve in a free Hungary to come. They have won a victory, the most momentous victory since World War, II. It is we who owe them a debt.” Labor’s Statements The trade union point of view was expressed at the recent merger convention of the B.C. Federation of Labor. A resolu- tion which was adopted by an unanimous standing vote de- clared in part, “Because of the outright and ruthless use of armed force on the part of the Soviet Union to crush with ap- palling bloodshed the unarmed peoples’ movement of Hungary seeking a measure of self-de- DUNCAN BUSINESS GUIDE : THE COWICHAN LEADER | Published Every Thursday “The Voice of Cowichan District” DUNCAN, B.C. Duncan Lake Cowichan LOUTET AGENCIES LTD. INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE J. Lindsay Loutet Gordon R. Loutet 131 Jubilee St. S. Shore Road HANEY HANEY BUSINESS GUIDE “ESQUIRE” MEN'S WEAR (Graham Mowatt) Complete Stock of Work and Dress Clothing “THE STORE WITH THE POPULAR BRANDS” i BRITISH COLUMBIA PORT ALBERNI BUSINESS GUIDE MacGREGOR’S MEN’S WEAR For Everything A Man Wears + WORK, SPORT or DRESS * We Can Afford To Sell The... BEST For LESS! 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The Canadian Labor Congress sent a message to the ICFTU which read as follows, in part: “The membership of the Canadian Labor Congress has been deeply shocked by the brutal disregard by the Soviet of the most ele- mentary principles of justice and freedom . . . The slaughter. of civilians in Hungary is once again evidence of the treatment that can be expected under com- munist dictatorship.” The ICFTU sent a message to the UN in similar terms, and then proceeded to mobilize free trade unions around the world for action. The result of this was that strong representations were made to the embassies of all nations, and protest mectings in many countries were held under the slogan, Against War, Against TOKEN STRIKES CALLED Foreign Intervention, For Peace and Freedom. In certain parts of the world, where it was necessary to focus attention on the situation, to- ken work stoppages, ranging in Iength from three to five min- utes, were held in tribute to the Hungarian martyrs. Canadian trade unions have made a gen- erous response to the appeal on behalf of the Solidarity Fund of the ICFTU. Local 1-217, IWA, immediately donated $100 and the Vancouver Labor Coun- cil did likewise the same week. The example has been followed by other Local Unions. In Brit- ain, the unions raised the rec- ord sum of £40,000 sterling within a few days. In the United States, the AFL-CIO President George Meany head- ed a financial appeal which ac- cording to latest reports re- ceived here, netted one half million. I would like our listeners to know that the trade unions have their own sources of information, which we believe to be reliable. I say this because, some com- munist sympathizers in our midst have attempted to say that we have been given wholly mislead- ing reports. I should here mention what has happened in communist parties outside the Soviet Union. Every- where in Western Europe they are bolting and their mass resig= nations are shattering the party. The Bare Facts Here are the most essential facts as reliably reported to the AFL-CIO. The Hungarian protest movement started within the THE HUB has a fine selection of Union Made G.W.G. work clothes including carpenter overalls, Iron Man pants, and Cowboy King overalls, Buy on FREE-CREDIT. No interest, no carrying charges. RY Sz THE:HUB tT. 45 EAST HASTINGS Communist Party itself, after the Kremlin de-Stalinization of the party line. The people began de- manding more freedom under Communism. In Poznan, Poland, the revolt occurred because of the demand for bread. In Hun- gary the aim was freedom, for the freedom movement started with the students, and later in- volved the workers. Puppet Premier Geroe panick- ed and made a provocative speech that turned a peaceful protest into a revolutionary movement, when the people massed to de- mand free elections. Unable to trust the Hungarian army, he asked the Soviet army to localize the struggle, and he installed Imre Nagy as premier. The new- ly-installed Premier was prom- ised the withdrawal of Soviet forces, There followed for the Hungarian people ten days of partial political freedom with some liberalization of policy. GEORGE H. MITCHELL _ Double-Cross In a cynical double-cross, as bad as the world has ever the Soviet ended negotiations on the withdrawal of the Soviet forces, and turned loose an over. > whelming force of tanks and heavy arms, to set up their own puppet government with Premier _ Kadar at its head. Kadar said, and I quote, ‘A tiger cannot be . tamed by bait. It can be tamed and forced to peace only by beat ing it to death.” That is exactly what the Soviet is now attempt- ing to do—beat the Hungarian i people to death, or into a servi- tude that is even worse than death. : The workers retaliated using — the weapon of the general strike, following the lead of the bakers, — who struck, when the Russians — seized the bread they were baking See HUNGARY Page 14 o say you are an excellent host... 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