‘ang , Or they eR Italian Comm Party proposes democratic bloc ee) TTT @ munist ROME The Italian Communist party of Italy has issued axcall to workers, Peasants and the productive middle class to “advance with audacity and impetus the creation of a broad and powerful block of national demo- Save Italian industry, urges labor leader Seventy-five percent of all Italian families have a standard of liv- ing which does not cover even their most elementary needs, and 45 percent of all Italian families do not earn enough to buy the minimum Necessary amount of food! according to a report made by Guiseppe di Vittorio to the Central Committee of the General Confed- eration of Italian Labor (CGIL). The CGI, general secretary based his figures on an inquiry recently Conducted by the Doxa Institute, ‘n Italian organization similar to the American Gallup Poll. In a sober report analysing the Stave crisis which grips all sectors °f Italian national life, di Vittorio affirmed that three _ principal Causes: were at the bottom of this depression: ; on a 1), the crisis in all sectors of the industry resulting in organic im- Poverishment of the internal. mar- et; 2), the low standard of living °f the people as a result of the Serious extent of unemployment; 3), the situation created by the Policy of rearming with its con- Sequent reduction of productive in- Vestments, : Indicating the immediate tasks facing Italian workers, di Vittorio declared that the struggle for pro- Wuctive development must be based n defense of industry and wage Mereases. The CGIL general sec- retary denounced the government Policy of dismantling Italian en- e neering industries in order to urther the plans of American Tusts Striving to reduce Italy to ae. of a colonial country, ket fee. it into an open mar- merican products. ttorio declared that there Velo Wide possibilities of de- aff; ment for Italian industry. He Shean: that a healthy and solid antes ering industry was a guar- a x of independence, adding that try try deprived of this indus- Di yj; €Xiste, ‘ j oe destined to subjection as dent GSticultural country depen- Cratic forces which would save the country and impose the people’s will. The appeal, contained in a state- |, ment on the results of the recent administration elections, points‘ out that despite intimidations, perse- cutions and illegal intervention of executive powers and the clergy 40 percent of the Italian people came out against the Christian Democratic government’s policies of war, misery and subjection to American imperialism, and gave full support to the “Peace and Work” program presented by the Communist and Socialist parties and allied democratic groups. The ‘statement denounces the De Gasperi government’s refusal to listen to the electorate’s call for a radical change of policy and its intention to oppose the people’s will even more drastically. : “Instead of understanding the ur- gent appeal of the masses, deeply concerned by war dangers and in- reasingly hit by worsening living conditions created by rearmament imposed upon our country, the gov- ernment threatens desperate mea- sures against the existence and freedom of trade unions that, de- fend the people’s living standards, plans to limit parliament’s rights and prepares laws for political dis- crimination and violation of con- stitutional liberties,’ declares the statement. The Communists call for creation | of a broad and powerful bloc of national democratic forces and urge: @ Introduction of radical re- forms in the industrial field, break- ing the power of the monopolies and granting democratic control over the key sector of the economy. @ Extension and implementa- tion of the program of the Italian General Confederation of Labor, OGIL, for a policy of work, of struggle against unemployment and of economic revival. @ Improvement of the distress- ing living conditions of the work- ers, employees, pensioners. @ Approval of social security and assistance laws. @ Formation of a peace gov- ernment defending national inde- pendence and ties of friendship, cooperation and peaceful trade with all peoples. Democratic Front in making in Guatemala GUATEMALA CITY A movement to create a National Democratic Front is successfully developing in Guatemala. The front would include the following parties: Revolutionary Action, National Re- novation, Liberating Popular Front, National Integrity, Revolutionary National Unity, Revolutionary Workers party, and Communist party. The first four are part of President Jacob Arbenz coalition government. into Kashmir “to restore order.” the meantime, thousands of homes 2s a result of the dispute. Out of the tension existing between reactionary groups in the U.S. and Britain hope to gain a pretext dent of North Carolina University, e India and Pakistan over to move the fuSure of Kashmir powerful “United Nations” troops “ON mediator in the Kashmir dispute is Dr. Frank Graham, presi- » Where the educational system is ° Kashmir refugees, like those skown here, have been driven from their based on racial Segregation. In The white supremacist mob was armed with bricks, stones, iron pipes and other weapons—and with endorsement of the city govern- ment. More than a dozen were hospit- alized, among them a 14-year old boy who was trampled underfoot by the hate-crazed mob. Cars were overturned, smashed and ‘burned. An appeal for federal interven- tion by Harvey Clark, the Negro who moved his furniture into the building, was rejected by the'iWJ.s. Attorney’s office in Chicago.* Not satisfied with tossing fire- brands into the windows and on to the roof of the apartment build- ing from which the tenants had already fied in fear of their lives, the rioters wrecked the interior of the whole. building, shouting with maniacal glee, The mob chopped woodwork and plaster, rip- ped out bathtubs, sinks, radiators and toilets, broke down windows and doors and set a dozen fires. Cicero police were accused of de- liberately turning their backs when the mob began to assemble on July 10. The Civil Rights Con- gress (CRC) has charged the fed- eral government and _ ‘President Truman with aiding and abetting the racist mob by its long refusal to intervene in any section of the country to protect Negro people from the lynchers. } “Reaction in America,” said the CRC, “determined to launch an atomic war, is moving in the same path as the Nazis and fas- cists. , The terror against the Negro people hete is the same as that against the Jewish People of Germany in the early days of A screaming racist mob of 6,000, unchecked by the FBI, the recently raged through four days of wrecking and attempting to bu Cicero, Illinois, into which a Negro family tried to move. Chicago. Officials of Cicero have never allowed a Negro Cicero m is a town of 70,000 just outside of to move into the town. Racist riot draws CRC charge reaction in U.S. following path of Nazis NEW YORK National Guard or local police, down an appartment building in Hitler.” ‘ In conclusion, the CRC declared, “Bring American youth back from foreign countries to establish de- mocracy at home, instead of per- secuting Communists and peace de- fenders for their ideas, Arrest the fascist leaders of the notorious White Circle League which organ- ized this lynch mob.” African troops LONDON More African troops—Kenya and Nyassaland battalions of the King’s Africa Rifles — are to be sent to Malaya next January to fight against the Malayan Liber- ation Army, it is officially an- nounced. The troops will be sta- tioned there for 18 months. In the meantime recruiting is to being sent to ‘dirty war’ in Malaya start at once in Kenya and Tang- anika for two more battalions to relieve them in 18 months time. These battalions are composed of African troops with white officers. The number of troops engaged in the war against the Malayan people is estimated by the Hong- kong Far Eastern Economic Re-. view to be 100,000. : HAVANA Complying -with the recent de- cision of a court of justice, the general inspector of the Cuban Na- tional Police on July 13, officially handed over the building and machinery of the Communist daily Hoy to its editor, Anibal Escalante. The newspaper was first confiscat- ed by the reactionary government of President Carlos Prio Socarras in August last year. In June of this year a court ordered it to be re- turned to its legal owners. Cuban government forced | to restore banned daily The government, however, fiscated the newspaper for a sec- ond time, claiming that Hoy was an “illegal Communist association working under the orders of a for- eign power.” The court ruled that the newspaper was “not a political associaton but an enterprise de- voted to the publication of a daily newspaper.” Reappearence of Hoy, largest daily in the country, is being hail- ed by the Cuban people as a vic- tory for the progressive movement, con- 22 Industrialized countries. STRICT DISCIPLINE, FAIR DEALING WINS SUPPORT ~ Tibetans welcome Chinese army Ras CHUNGKING Norty eins through prairies of to Tie Sikang in their march in- Arm Ihet, the People’s Liberation the Tibe being warmly received by Scatt, Stans of remote hamlets and reed Omesteads. ; along their route, receptions Set-togethers have been held ROY Of the People’s Liberation men, the Tibetans welcom- ™ with bricks of. their fav- ‘ck strong tea and best food he me oer Peopig, Wetans have dubbed the fighters “new Hans” and My, ing } te th o them glowingly as “sun araearee: and breezes of spring”. - The. band being forged between people and army in mutual help is breaking down age-old suspicion and feuding between Hans and Ti- betans that was fostered by former ernments. ~ ‘ ay its strict discipline, the Peo- ple’s Liberation Army is setting a fine example: It respects Tibetan customs scrupulously and at every place where it stays, the: People’s Liberaton Army men help Tibet- ens to cut wood and repair their houses and they give medical treat- ment to the sick. Fair in all deaings, the people’s fighters pay full price for every- thing they buy. Their behavior, dis- cipline and fair-dealing, and their warm-hearted help to local people are inspiring trust and active sup- port from among the Tibetans. On one occasion, when they had to cross a difficult mountain range, the troops found waiting for them a number of sturdy young Tibetans who had come to guide them. These youngsters led the People’s Liberation Army men along a little known route until they reached their destination successfuly. | Another time, when the People’s | Libenation Army men came to al certain townlet, the local population | quickly organised a score of their! best herdsmen to help in trans- porting supplies. ‘Climbing over} snowclad. mountains and wading | across icy rivers, these helpers travelled for hundreds of miles with the People’s Liberation Army until the supplies were safely conveyed to their destination. Asked why they gave their help ‘so generously and spontaneously, one of them v on march through country named Hsuoh Loh replied: “We are all of the same big family. The liberation of Tibet is our concern S well as yours.” : Stragglers who occasionally go astray in mountains are fuided back to the army by local Tibetans. Articles lost on Way are traced and returned. These are a few of many homely services Tibetans perform for the people’s fighters. But they all show warm and ‘active support of the Tibetan People’s Liberation Army in its westward march into. Tibet. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JULY 27, 1951 — PAGE 3