Roundup of world news * * * Throw out Nazis BERLIN Economic chaos marks the U.S. and British. oc- cupation zones, according to a report to British authorities by Dr. Hugo Buschmann, leading Social Democrat. Buschmann, former head of the supply and commerce administration in the Russian zone, left there because he thought he’d prefer British rule. His report says that “wes- tern Germany has become one vast black market,” that about 50 percent of the people live well but the rest, who are not in a position to barter, “are slow- ly dying of hunger.” Solution is to throw out the hundreds of Nazis who still hold high administrative posts, Says Buschmann. Filipino ‘independence’ MANILA — American big busi- ness is warning the government of President Manuel Roxas that it must have “protection” against iricreased labor costs if U.S. in- vestments in the islands are to be expanded. Reports in Manila newspapers quote U.S. industrial- ists as charging that labor’s wage demands are holding up _ recon- struction. ; The wage standards the US. industrialists want to preserve were recently outlined in the conservative Yearbook of Philip- pine Statistics, which discloses that the pay for skilled workers averages 1.23 pesos (664c) a day and tor unskilled workers, 78 centavos (39c) a day. According to the yearbook, the term “labor supply” in the Philip- pines “should be understod te include all persons 10 years old and over who are able to work.” Working class faith JUGJAKARTA—“The working class of Indonesia has faith in and is relying on the working class of the world,” says am ap- peal from the Indonesian Trade Union Federation to world labor “to boycott all that is Dutch in all harbors, stores, roadways and other places throughout the world.” Special appeals World Federation of Trade Uniens and Dutch workers. In- donesians, seeking independence from prewar Dutch rule, are cur- rently fighting off a surprise Butch armed attack, launched while Dutch-Indonesian negotia- tions were in progress. went to the Wants to know LONDON — The Trades Union |- Congress, not satisfied that the government has prepared suffi- ciently to avert a repetition of last winter’s industrial shutdown, has demanded that government leaders publish complete answers to these questions: How soon will Britain’s dollar supply run out and what will be the con- sequences? What specific meas- ures is the government planning to avert ‘another coal crisis and how serious a crisis does it an- ticipate? What are the prospects for speedier reduction of. Bri- tain’s million-strong armed. forces. forces Youth beats Sphinx CAIRO — Two Egyptian union- ists who succeeded in getting out of the country to attend the World Federation of Trade Unions’ June meeting in Prague are now under arrest and await- ing trial as criminals. Only charge against them is that they attend- ed an_ international meeting, a crime under Egyptian law. De- spite this persecution, several young people managed to slip past police to make their way to the current world youth con- gress in Prague. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1947 Britain-U.S. aid Dutch attack on Indonesians By STANLEY HARRISON ; LONDON—In preparing their surprise attack on Indo- nesia, the Dutch “had full support from British and Ameri- can government quarters,” Mohammed Ali, semi-official spokesman for the Indonesian republican government, told Labor MP’s resent Hollywood squeeze LONDON—Labor members of Parliament are grumbling loudly about what they con sider unwarranted intervention in British affairs by President Eric Johnston of the U.S. Mo- tion Picture Producers Asso- ciation. : Johnston recently had meet- ings with some of Britain’s top government leaders — im cluding Foreign Secretary Ern- est Bevin—to persuade them to abandon plans for taxing Am- erican movies. According to reports of the meetings, John= ston told the government lead- ers that Hollywood bigwigs don’t intend to sit by while one of their most _ lucrative overseas markets is threaten- ed. . Johnston, it is said, bluntly warned the British officials that if taxation reduces Briti- ish imports of American films, Hollywood will hit right back by restricting the number of English films coming to the U.S. What the Labor M.P.’s resent particularly is that a U.S. bus- inessman was. permitted to bring pressure on high govern- ment officials over a purely commercial deal. If any conces- sions are made to Johnston, the M.P.’s argue, other U.S. pressure groups will try the same tactics. Allied Labor News here. “Without the help of Britain,” Ali said, “not a single Dutch sol- dier could have been landed on Indonesian soil and the present murderous assault on our lives and liberties would have been im- possible. “On the direct intervention of the British foreign office some months ago,” he added, “the U.S. state department consented to leave 53 Sherman tanks in Batavia after it had been ar- ranged that they should be withdrawn. The Dutch supply base, moreover, is not Batavia. It is Singapore. In: the past few months vast stocks of war ma- terials of all kinds have been accumulated there and Dutch ships are constantly replenishing their stocks from U.S. ports.” The Indonesian government, which was negotiating with the Dutch at the time Dutch troops launched their attack, had been willing to concede all Dutch de- mands “except the demand for a joint police force which is a de- mand no independent people in the world would accept,’ Ali de- clared. ; The Indonesians are prepared at any moment to accept honest mediation to end the conflict, he added, but they are convinced that the Dutch, with the Ameri- cans and British behind them, do not want peace., “Their plan is to. smash the re- public by a series of swift blows, confronting world public opinion with an accomplished fact and imposing under the guise of med- iation their schemes for reestab- lishing Indonesia as a colony,” he said. ; : This happens too often Two Washington workers were killed and 10 injured when this | truck smashed up, bringing sharp demands from the International Woodworkers: of America (CIO) that logging companies provide de cent transportation to and from camps. The smashed truck was reported to have been without brakes and to have had a defective transmission. A similar ‘accident’ took place recently at Courtenay; B.C., which claimed the fives ot two workers: Youth fellowship wins in rail By BOB yugoslav project TRAVIS SARAJEVO, Yugoslavia—Eighty-four thousand young people from 16 to 25 gre working together on the Youth Railroad which will tun from. here to Samac—145. miles- They started April 1 and inte Palestine conflict accentuated by British - imposed oil fines JERUSALEM—The price of oil in Palestine has been raised 10 percent and bus fares and other services using oil are raising their prices in proportion. The price hikes were ordered by Sir Allan Cunningham, British high commissioner of Palestine, to force By W. LAQUEUR the entire population to pay, for the damage caused when ¥ , ‘oat seo New British 1948 model Sir John Black, deputy chairman and managing director of the Standard Motor Company Ltd., is shown with the ‘Standard Vanguard,’ which will go into production in 1948. There is inde- pendent coil front suspension and a hypoid rear axle ensures a perfectly flat floor. First six months’ output will be earmarked for the overseas market. Jewish terrorists attacked oil installations at Haifa last March. Strong protests against what amounts to a collective fine have been published by most Arab and Jewish newspapers. They point out that the official an- nouncement does not say whether the damage was covered by in- surance. Newspapers - comment editorially that the oil companies probably were insured and there- fore are ‘collecting twice on the damage. Considerable damage has been done before to Arab, Jewish and British property but the owners were never before compensated. The oil companies are supposed to pay the government that. por- tion of the price increase above the amount required to cover the damage. The government has said it will use the money for “devel- opment schemes” in Arab areas. Even, Arab papers term the de- velopfhent schemes at best “du- bious.” Both Arabs und Jews re- sent paying for the deeds of a small band of terrorists. According to one witness who appeared before the United Na- tions investigating committee that just left here, the fine is another example of Britain’s di- vide-and-rule policy. The witness said: } “Tt says to the Arabs: ‘You have to pay for the damage done by Jewish terrorists,’ and to the Jews: ‘A part of the money taken from you will be given to the Arabs.’ Experience has shown that the strongest weapon > of imperialism in Palestine is not tanks, bombers and police, but the promotion of Arab-Jew- ish antagonism.” nd to finish before their self- imposed November 29 deadline. The entire picturesque, — hilly countryside along the Bosnia river looks as though a flight of color ful locusts has descended on it. Peasant girls in kerchiefs and full skirts, -browned, barefooted boys, students proud of their neW callouses are attacking the tough job with excitement and vigor: . Most of the work must be done with picks, shovels and wheel- barrows because there is little machinery to be had in a land which only now is rising out of. the, deadly Balkan backwardness: Compressors and drills to plast mile-long tunnels through the rock are worked by lads who knew absolutely nothing about machid- ery three months ago, but there has not yet been a single majo™ accident. These young. people are not working for wages. Their rewards are the pleasure of fellowsbiP— for the 7-hour daily work routine is followed by singing, dancing sports, theatricals, and the oppo? tunity to learn. Those who neve? had a chance to go to school 1? prewar Yugoslavia are sure to 8° home able to read and write. Their chief reward is the know! edge that the railroad will ¢o? tribute. substantially to Yuse” slavia’s industrialization by links ing the rich, not yet exploited B® tural resources of Bosnia with thé main lines of communicatio? When these kids hear that news papers abroad say they are doing “forced labor” they laugh. They* on the scene and horror stories don’t scare them. Denazification . . ! VIENNA—The British-approve chairman for denazification in ©) province of Carinthia is Dr. Nevole, former captain in Nazi army and high up Nazi armaments command. PO". of 35 jurists in the province! court are registered as Nazis. “)¢ Vienna press reports daily ai prominent Nazis released es jail. Recently released were Eppinghauser, former §.5-. eral and chairman of the Lawyers Association, and Scheller, big industrialist wh! various high posts in the economic apparatus. ‘ PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE ?— bic!