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French Communists propose
United national front
‘to save country and peace’

PARIS

W The central committee of the French Communist party has called for a united front ‘‘of an over-
helming mass of French peoplé’”’ without political, religious or social distinction.
th The party’s newspaper L’Humanite, giving the text of the speech made Thursday last week at
‘ e Central committee meeting by the acting’ secretary general, Jacques Duclos, said: “At the DEOBo
time many Frenchmen who do not entirely agree with the Communist party program are with

determined to apply this policy.”
Such a national front, said
Jacques Duclos, could without
doubt agree to fix as an aim
the re-establishment of the .in-
dependence of France.

the Schuman Plan, resolute oppo-
sition to remilitarization of West-
ern Germany, and struggle for a
peaceful solution of the German
problem and for an end to the

It would demand abrogation of | war in Indo-China.

People’s forces widen
activities in Malaya

LONDON

The Malayan people’s guerillas
have extended their activities to
fresh areas in north-east Malaya,
it was reported from Kuala Lum-
pur Jast week.

This news contradicts earlier
paper victory claims in British of-
fictal propaganda from Malaya,

Significally the people’s guer-
illas, who have’ recently been
strengthened “by additional re-
eruits from among the Malays, are
now vigorously operating in Kel-
anta State of Kelantan. This is
overwhelmingly Malay in popula-
tion.

‘This new development in the
situation has caused considerable
concern in ‘General Templer’s

headquarters.

Guerillas are also active in
neighboring Tregganu State.

The British-owned Straits Times
in Singapore has at last, and very
timidly, raised the question of the
enormous number of people im-
prisoned under ‘“‘emergency regu-
lations” and their deprivation of
any possible appeal against the
police.

This question has increased in
importance since General Templer
put the whole population of Per-
matang Tinggi into concentration
camps under those regulations.

More than 7,000 people are now
detained without trial under the
“emergency regulations,’ states
the paper.

British TUC urges West-East trade.

f bacteriological weapons

MARGATE

Extensive trade with People’s China, the Soviet Union and other Eastern countries was adopted as the policy of the British
Trades Union Congress at its final meeting last week. Such trade, said the TUC, ‘‘would make a substantial contribution toward
improving the present international situation, which is causing grave concern to the peoples of all countries.” Moved by the National

Rion of Mineworkers, backed by five other unions, the resolution was carried unanimously.
Delegates from the Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers, the Electrical Trades Union and t

he Scottish Painters’ Society
They exposed the disastrous effect on employment of the American v

eto which is keeping British

exports out of the vast new markets developing in (China, the USSR

and East Purope.

So overwhelmingly strong is the case for East-West trade that
no attempt was made ‘to oppose it.
Right wing leaders on the TUC General Council were faced

with the distasteful necessity of having to accept it.

For this

congress, threatened with unemployment and slumping exports,
albout which the resolution expressed alarm, is looking eagerly for

new markets.

They made it clear, however, that they had no serious intention
of doing anything about it, for they proclaimed their continued
support for the American-imposed ‘ban on the export of so-called

strategic multerials to the East.

'‘L. Gregory, Electrical Trades Union, said it was no good making
points against the Moscow conference because the pace in placing

orders and securing the consent
‘of the British government was
too slow to satisfy those who de-
rided it jin the first place.

He pointed out 'too that Britain
was getting strategic materials
from the Eatsern countries.

Unless ‘trade restrictions could
be overcome, the said, increased

productive capacity, in an arti~

ficially divided world, would cre-
ate the conditions for an inten-
sive slump.

W. Barclay, Scottish Painters”
Society, said that for the first
time in history the Chinese gov
ernment was planning to increase
the ‘standard.of life of ithe work-
ers. and peasants.

Britain should grasp the oppor-
tunity to enter into an ever in-
creasing market.

The Soviet government in its
Five-Year Plan would increase
the national incorme over 60 per-
cent, or 2.6 times the national
income of 1940.

In 1938 Britain was exporting
‘two-thirds more goods ‘to tthe
USSR and the Eastern countries
than it is now doing. The possi-
lbilities in this market were tre.
mendous. ‘Britain should enter
it and lessen unemployment in
the country.

* * * ‘

Earlier, the TUC adopted by
3,797,000 votes to 3,528,000 a
resolution urging prohibition of
bacteriological weapons. The
motion was carried in the teeth
of fierce opposition by Sir Vin-
cent Tewson, general secretary.

Spealking ‘for the general coun-
cil, he urged delegates to reject
the motion of the Association of
Scientific _ Workers on the
grounds that unspecified insinu-
ations lay behind it.

This is the ‘first time since the
war that the general council,
when supported by the Transport
and ‘General ‘Workers’ Union,
General and Municipal Workers
and ithe Mineworkers, has been
defeated in a vote,

The situation was all the more
remarkable because it followed
a debate on rearmament which
when in favor of the general
council.

Peace fighters put up a grand
show in that debate.

They failed to win the majori-
ty of delegates to support their
views because the atmosphere
was too ‘heavily prejudiced
against them, and lbecause tthe
‘block votes of the big unions
were ‘too carefully marshalled.

For example, the delegation
from ‘the 1,300,000-strong ‘Trans-
‘port Workers, after deciding to
vote for the engineers’ peace mo-
‘tion, suddenly revoked the deci-
sion at ‘the last moment. This
Was done so fas not ito embarrass
the general council, which oppos-

ed every move that conflicted
with its policy.

But the debate revealed the
striking possibilities that exist for
developing 'the struggle for peace
‘on to a new high level among the
rank-and-file.

A composite resolution, moved
‘by Jack Stanley, for the ‘Construc-
tional Enginering Union, was de-
ffeated ona card vote by 6,041,000
ito 1,887,000.

‘Another composite resolution
moved iby J. R. Scott, for ithe
Amalgamated Engineers, was de-
feated ‘by. 6,075,000 ‘to 1,801,000.

A Bevanite amendment to this
motion, sponsored by Alan Birch,
for the Union of Shop, Distribu-
tive and ‘Allied Workers, was re-
jected by 5,801,000 'to’1,272,000.

Finally, tthe general council’s
“negotiate from strength” report,
introduced by the general secre-
tary, was adopted by 5,597,000 to
1,450,000.

* * *

By the decisive majority of 1,-
332,000 the TUC called on the
general council to prepare by
1953 plans for extension of na-
tionalization to other industries.

This was a ‘tremendous defeat
for the general council and par-
ticularly for the president, Arthur
Deakin, who pulled every ‘trick
out of the chairman’s bag, trying
to prevent the resolution being
passed.
~ But passed it was, by 4,542,000
votes to 3,210,000, amid great en-
thusiasm, after extraordinary
scenes of uproar and confusion.

Quite apart from the excite-

ment about the final vote, the de- -

‘bate was notable for a fighting
statement by Arthur Horner,
speaking officially on behalf of
the National Union of Minework-
ers.

He declared that British min-
ers would support trade union-
ists in other industries threat-
ened by denationalization in
any measures the unions or the
TUC decided to take.

The congress repudiated wage-
freezing. Delegates warned the
government, employers, and right
Wing leaders that pay claims to
meet rising living costs must be
conceded.

A composite motion, moved for
the Union of Shop, Distributive
and Allied Workers by Walter
Padley, MP, rejected attempts to
restrict’ increases necessary to

| compensate for rising living costs

and was adopted by 7,771,000
votes to 39,000.

Delegates, endorsing the gen-
eral council’s report by 6,856,000
vote to 504,000, did so on the clear
understanding that there would
be no interference in their right
to prosecute claims.

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