Guerrilla peace offer ‘good for the country’ The Greek General Markos quick negotiated after his return from Greek guer- rilla territory. Sheppard, an Austalian, report- ed that the Greek guerrillas are now “strategically is a better po- . Sition than ever before.” Neverthe- less his visit convinced him, he said, “that the Markos’ offer of peace is absolutely sincere.” . “Although the guerrillas are confident they can win militarily in the end,” Sheppard said, “they do not think this would be good for the country because prolong- ing the struggle means more death, more destruction and more guerrillas and their Free Greek government under Vafiades really mean it when they say they want a peace. Col. A. W. Sheppard, former chief of the British economic mission at Salonika, Greece, told Allied Labor News > —LONDON seek “forcible and exclusive power” and ‘would be prepared to make all concessions permitted by the peo- ple’s interests.” With regard to specific condi- tions, Sheppard said he could not speak for the guerrillas, who could have spoken fol themselves at the UN Assembly in Paris if the French government had not denied Free Greek Minister of Justice Mil- tos Porphyrogenis a visa to go to Paris. His own feeling was that peace could be reached through: (1) Formation of a Greek coal- as Chiang flees As city after city in China fall to. the Communist-led_ People’s Armies, more news js coming through of how Chinese unionists are Carrying out their pledge made to the All-China Federation of La- bor to preserve plants and equip- ment from “scorched earth” de- struction by Chiang Kai-shek's fleeing Kuomintang army forces. Railwaymen, the best organized and most militant of Chinese un- ionists, prevented the removal or blasting of stations and rolling stock at two big cities in Honan province, Kaifeng and Chengchow. At Kaifeng they delivered a train with 40 carloads of ammiunition to the new authorities. The workers explained that all engineers in the Protect plants | —NORTH SHENSI, China would bring their pay Women tell off gov't on wage ‘increase’ By PHYLLIS ROSNER __ Serubwomen in London ‘government offices rision the government’s offer to increase their hourly wage by one farthing (14 penny, or less than half an American cent). This raise to | shilling 814 pence —LONDON have rejected with de- (just over 30c) an hour, as compared to 40c to 60c an hour Paid by most private employers here. Soviet Co-ops mark 50th year —MOSCOW A crowded meeting of the Civil — Service Union, to which the scrubwomen (“char-ladies” in England) belong, cheered woman when she said: one “If Sir Stafford Cripps will call any day down Lambeth way we will tell. him what to do with his farth-_ ing.” Sir Stafford Cripps is the British goverment’s economic and — finance chief (Chancellor of the Exchquer). : i ee The meeting unanimously passed depot hid during the Chiang Kai-| The 50th birthday of Russia’s|@ resolution to “force the govern- ment to negotiate with the union” lvatred.” ition government of all parties; shek retreat, so nobody could be ‘ z : For every month the civil war] (2) withdrawal of all foreign mis- | found to take the train away. Consumers _ cooperatives has just and another to suspend overtime — continues,” Greek guerrilla leaders| sions except a UN mission; (3) been celebrated throughout the | Work until the issue is settled. This _ like Markos, Free Greek Foreign Minister Peter. Roussos and Health Minister Kokkalis had told Shep- pard, “you must add a year to re- construction.” : The Free Greek government in- formed the United Nations October 10 that it was ready to discuss peace based on “the sovereignty and independence of the country, ending of foreign interference, and the right of the Greeks freely to decide their own fate.” It then de- Clared that the guerrillas do not “A NOREEN 7 8 4 ay S Sista Se Sachi Sacaclactacad VaR RMI RRR tees ~ BRRDMB MPa pierre tata Ri PMAIAAAAAPIASIAA MIWA RAAT IAAA AAAI AA AAAS AAAAARIABARAA @ : With Best Seasonal Wishes to All! PORT ALBERNI CLUB LPP SERENE RR HEN ¥ LaaSacSaeSciacte ta cctectactn in hasten tasliccnstclecinipsnspcaetes Taree tenet te tate te nate ete tN NEMEC PETE IEE ENCE EPSTEIN IEDEE VICTORIA CITY COMMITTEE LPP LEDGE TO GO FORWARD IN 1949 IN THE STRUGGLE FOR ee Ge THE CANADIAN : x EERE ERS ENE IE ENE PENI EEN NNN ME NEN ENE nes RAMANA ARAN AMAA AHA HANA AAMT AIA GREETINGS TO ALL THOSE WHO WORK WITH THE VISION OF SOCIALISM AS THEIR GOAL Dora and George Madiey RRMA AAA MAR AAI BIRR rian eae ne tee elena tea CHEMIE ENEISE SEASON'S GREE TINGS rn aa LET THEM MARCH SINGING AND SMILING, THE YOUNG WHITE, THE YOUNG NEGRO, an election later held under supervision; (4) restoration of full union liberties; and (5) release of all political prisoners. Returning to his observations on the Free Greek army and territory, Sheppard said: “The guerrillas now have a highly organized army. They give leave to their soldiers by contrast to the royal army, which does not. The guerrillas know what they are fighting for. The royalist soldiers I saw don’t know what it is all about.” JUN ~ RRA MRRDRAAARARR een i BALM RMA Gs Peg eitabitieeapael Hi _ In Tsinan, capital of Shantung province, waterworks employes bar- ricaded themselves in the municipal plant during the last ‘days of Kuo- mintang control, frustrating mili- tary arders to wreck the machin- ery. Tsinan’s waterworks are now functioning normally under the new government. Miners successfully protected the Kiaotso. anthracite pits in Honan province and the pits, pumps and power stations at Chialing, north of Suchow, latést reports reveal. Communist tops S-African poll. —CAPETOWN. African voters in the Cape Western constituency have made history by sending the first Com- munist to sit in the House of Assembly, Sam Kahn, a Cape- town city councillor and leading Communist, received 3,780 votes against a Smuts candidate who received 754 votes, and a candi- date of the Malan Nationalist Party which has control of the government, who received 194. Both lost their deposit. -: The election of the Communist can be regarded as a tremendous defeat for the government’s pol- icy of apartheid (racial segrega- tion). Malan recently announced the government’s intention to abolish representation in the House of native South Africans in order to preserve white su- premacy. Kahn’s election is a tribute to the Communist Party’s policy of full democratic rights for all sections of the non-Euro- pean people. . : Out of 158 members of the As- sembly, only three are elected to Soviet Union. Russian co-ops have been closely associated with the labor movement since their first days, In 1898 when the first - cooper- ative association was formed in ezarist Russia, it included 18 co- ops set up by factory workers in this city. Today the Soviet consum- er cooperative network, grouped in the Central Association of Co- operative Societies of the USSR, has over 220,000 sales outlets and 32 million members. In 1947, Soviet co-ops handled more than half the country’s retail trade. HSWAAAARAAARMBSIVIVWsAwwVawsi Compliments Of The Season C. W. EDSTROM GARAGE WEBSTER’S CORNER, B. C. a ee EINER frem her her represent _ the African people. Kahn is one of the three. means that all government offices not cleaned within normal hours will be left dirty. Gen.-Sec. cv Carvell of the union placed the whole organization behing the de- mand of the charladies. her Best Wishes WEST COAST BRANCH Compliments Of The Season — STANTON & MUNRO 1949 r A YEAR OF PEACE FOR ALL WORKERS We Welcome All Workers In the Catering and Build- | ing Service Industry to Join With Us Now! a as Allied Service Workers’ LPP 16 East Hastings RAARARE BA AAAARWABA RAAB AIWWi ; AGAINST THE WALLS OF GOLD = : MARITIME LPP CLUB AGAINST THE MANUFACTURER OF HATE AGAINST THE MERCHANT OF THEIR BLOOD. LET THEM SING, LAUGH AND CONQUER. VET THE RAILsSPLITTER AWAKE. Sends SEASON'S GREETINGS with the hope For a United Effort by the Common People for "united action against -.. of Russian Canadians Federation of Russia i war and fascism STEVESTON BRANCH RAAMBRRABRRARRARHRAM : : ) On Stage = ROY GORDON | DEON HASTINGS TH 20 WEST HASTINGS. SAMARITAN IRR RHAAIHARAW ARAMA AARAVAAR | Greetings to All Workers from oo THE LUMBERMAN’S CLUB ~ Vancouver, B.C. 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