48,000 tons of bombs American planés have dropped more than five times as many bombs On Korea as were dropped on Germany in 1941—48,000 tons up to January this year, killing nearly one million men, women and children. TOP: Pyongyang, North Korean captital, before June, 1950. BOTTOM: The bombed+out city today. LETTERS FROM KOREA American peace appeal to UN The New York Herald Tribune recenily asserted that American GI's send forces had suffered 100,000 casualties in Korea ‘since the beginning of U.S. intervention, estimating the incuding air force, marines and navy, total of American forces involved, at between 350,000 and 400,000. Here, in this report from New China News Agency, is another side to that story as told in their letters home by American prisoners- of-war in Korea. This month 279 American, Puerto Rican and British POW’s cabled an appeal to UN secretary. general Trygve Lie supporting the manifesto adopled by and urging immediate cessation of the Second World Peace Congress hostilities in Korea by acceptance of the three-point peace proposal made to the U.S. by Chou En-lai, Chinese foreign minister. SOMEWHERE IN N. KOREA The more American prisoners-of- var discuss war and peace, and politics and study the press, the more they want to get messages to their folks in America telling them to take some action about peace. Here are a few samples of the messages they want to get to their homes: Pat de Beneditto, to his’ mother, 358 Jersey Street, Staten Island, New York: ? “T’ve gotten good medical treat- ment and my wounded shoulder is almost healed up. I can move my Polish liner barred from New York piers NEW YORK The Polish liner Batory, after completion of its next voyage here on April 3, is barred from using any New York piers, the-New York City Commissioner of Marine and Aviation has announced. He gave ‘as the reason for this unprecedent- ed interference with international shipping that the Batory yas ‘an undesirable occupant” cae a risk ited States security. : teats embassy in Washing- ton pointed out that U.S. ships are visiting Polish ports in an unhamp- ered manner.” Free Greek radio bares U.S. Balkan war plans American war plans in the Balkans and Has ina Free Greek radio broadcast of information Diplomatic conferences and Anglo-American negot recently in the Eastern Mediterranean, are concerne forces of the United States and its Satellites, the broadcast revealed. Free Greek radio déclared that the following decisions have been Made; » @ A branch of General Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters will be established in Salonika. Tak- Ing part in this military alliance, ‘In addition to the U.S., Britain,’ and France, will be the Greek Monarcho-fascists, the Turkish and (secretly) the Titoites. ® One British and one U.S. brig- ade will be stationed in Salonika. © Establishment of a Greek Monarcho - fascist armored divi- Ston will be speeded up. © Three Yugoslav armored di- Visions will be formed, to be equipped with U.S. tanks. ® There will be attacks, first 4gainst Albania, then against Bul- Saria, later against the Soviet nion,, , The Greek monarcho - fascists Want to play a leading role in these American plans, the broadcast said. or this reason Athens worked on Wo plans: i 1 The “Kitrilakis Plan” for a co- t Ordinated Turkish - Greek at- ek Supported by Tito against Peo- Pic’s Democratic Albania. 3 This plan was examined by Gen- Tal Kitrilakis and the. Turkish Seneral staff when Kitrilakis was withdrawal of troops t Mediterranean were detailed last week received from Athens. , iations, which have been taking { d with the disposal of the military place in Ankara, but the Turks rejected it because they prefer to maintain their troops in the east for action against the Soviet Union. \ The “Lightning Plan” for a joint monarcho-fascist-Titoite in- vasion this spring against Albania was dictated to monarcho-fascist Commander General Pagagos by U.S. Admiral Robert Carney, chief of the United States naval forces in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediter- ‘anean. The “Lightning Plan” was ex- cently by Free Greece ra- pee “tt bat not been abandoned by the monarcho-fascists who are now contemplating its postpone- ment until May or June. Labor parley seeks LONDON A conference whose delegates re- presented one quarter of the mem- bers of the Labor party in London, called for withdrawal of British troops from ‘Korea. The pORTEES ence was called’/by the “Socialis Fellowship” and was attended by 231 delegates. ther points in the main reso- As whith was passed with ony six negative votes, demanded end- ing of all war alliances with aPk: talist countries and considera ion of a Socialist policy for Britain. Non-Europeans demonstrate against Malan CAPE TOWN The recent demonstration of the non-European population to pro- test against’ the Malan govern- |) ment’s bill to-deprive the Colored of their présent limited electoral rights was the greatest ever seen in Cape Town. Over 25,000, people of all races passed through the streets of South - Africa’s capital. With perfect dis- cipline, the ,miles-long procession passed through lanes of armed po- lice while the bill was being de- bated in parliament. Under this bill, Colored voters who, as distinct | from African people, have had limi- ted voting rights for the past 100 years, will be on separate electoral lists and only be allowed to elect four representatives, who will have to be whites. The demonstrators rejected all these provisions, demanding full voting rights for all citizens of South Africa. arm just as good as there were no wound at all. 2 “T read papers of some ‘people in the U.S. believing the Chinese are aggressors. That’s a lot of baloney. Right back at home are the ag- gressors. They are the reason why I’m here. “These poor little innocent child- ren. Did you ever think about that? Did you ever think that if the U.S. keeps up, it will probably happen at home? Did you ever see a mother with a little baby in her arms, walking along some street, homeless, bewildered and shocked by the blood that is bleed- ing from the baby’s body. I’ve seen it right here. “Tt’s a shame the way our planes are bombing these homes and cities and the money makers are sitting behind a desk figuring out some more dirty ways of making money. "We prisoners at this camp al- ready have signed a peace pro- posal. You people at home should do the same. ‘ Especially, the par- ents who have their boys here. Get together back home, Let’s go. Make some kind of organization up. Wake up back there!” Tommy Thomas, to his mother, 220 Lovegrope Avenue, San Pablo, California: “Mom, war is no good and there is no way to picture it other than merciless: slaughter of a heck of a lot of young kids — kids that could have been home working to raise a family and make a secure future instead of lying ‘on some foreign ground, just because of a group of greedy money makers who care little about how many it costs for them to make a few more millions. ; “Mom, I hear that mothers are making quite a fuss over their sons in Korea. I hope you are one of them.” Leland K. Slavers, to his mother, Route 2, Box 368, Saint Helena, California: “Someone in our squad suggest- ed that we could help in the fight for peace by writing to the news- papers back home. So please pass this on to Mr: Baldwin of the Star. “We know mothers at home are beginning to fight for peace. This really gives us here courage and hope in realization that folk at home are taking our path in “the fight for peace. Raise your voices, like rivulets emptying into streams to form great rivers, until the cries of the warmongers are drowned.” U.S. A-bomb bases lessen U.K. security ; LONDON The £328 million ($984,000,000) the government intends to spend on building Britain’s air force will les- sen the security of the British peo- ple, Emrys Hughes, Labor MP. charged recently in the House of Commons. Opposing the expenditure, which represents a £105-million increase over last year, Hughes said: “We are not getting protection ... for the people of this country by this gigantic expenditure.” The British people, He said, “will be less safe than the people of Ireland who have no airforce at all.” Hughes strongly opposed the présence of the American air force in Britain. “The more we make this country an air base for the operation of American atom bombers, which are presumably to leave this conutry to destroy the industrial production of Rus- sia, the more dangerous we make this country,” he said. = Referring to Winston Churchill’s recent statement that by creation of American atomie bomb bases in East Anglia “we have made our- selves a target and perhaps a bull’s eye,” Hughes exclaimed: “What a fate for this great country to be regarded as a bull’s eye...” He pointed out that in case of war the extreme concentration of Britain’s industrial areas would create here “50 Hiroshimas and Nagasakis.” “Hughes recalled a ‘statement made by Lord Trenchard, former chief of the London police and an expert on air raid protection, to the effect that the A-bdmb “could prob- ably destroy over 10 million and up to 20 million people in a month” and that “a nation which lost that amount of manpower in such a short period could not exist and would have to submit.” The Labor MP then pointed out that Britain cannot be defended against: atomic attack and repeat- ed a recent warning by British military commentator Capt. Lid- dell Hart, who described as mud- dle-headed anyone who advocated that “we should start throwing atom bombs” because “those liv- ing in glass houses should not throw stones.” Nazi war criminal fo advise Chiang Kai-shek BERLIN Nazi war criminal General Ernst von Falkenhausen has been invited to resume his one-time post as “military adviser” to Chiang Kai- shek. This was revealed at Goet- tingen ‘in the American Zone of Germany by former Nazi General Bernhard von Claer. Despite protests, Falkenhausen recently got away with a mild sen- tence from a Belgian miliary court. INSIST-ON WORKING known as “‘strikes in reverse” sary rearmament program. occurrences. the money. are now spreading in Italians ‘reverse’ strike Italian unemployed have initiated a ‘new form of struggle necessary projects deferred because of the De Gasperi’s unneces- Reports reaching Rome show that other demonstrations by unemployed — 2,069,000 Italians were officially listed as unemployed in December, 1950 — are daily Since March 2, 800 jobless men and women in the town of Greienola have been conducting a “strike in reverse” by doing needed but unauthorized land improvement and road repair work. In a similar action at Roccagorga, 23 unemployed workers were arrested by police — for working. “Strikes in reverse” to demon- strate. that there is plenty of work if the government allocates ‘ ROME by which they start ‘work on, “strikes in reverse’ and several provinces. 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