Ne People’s Army has liberated — half of Burma SINGAPORE Burma’s puppet government is again seeking to delay the country’s already thrice-postponed general elections. Although the country is Under martial law and progressive Parties are banned in those parts of Burma under control of the Ran- §00n government, Premier Thakin Nu fears the results of the voting. The left wing of Nu’s own so-call- €d Socialist party has split away to form the Workers’ and Peasants’ Party, which demands a foreign Policy based on friendship with the Sovict Union and other nations of the peace camp and an end to for- €ign exploitation of the country. The Ran goon government’s Spokesman, Cooperatives Minister Kyaw Nyein, says that some of the few Selected districts chosen by the Blections Supervisory Committee, tM which voting was to begin on June 15, are not yet under govern- ment control. This contrasts strong- Y with the puppet government’s re- Cent claim to control 90 percent of urma. Actually half of the coun- try. has been liberated by the Burm- *se People’s Army. Martial law makes it possible to Suppress the election activity of °Pposition parties, . three opposition’ political parties #2 government-controlled territory @ve united and issued a program ased on establishing peace with the liberation forces and inviting €m to join a “people’s govern- Ment” for all Burma. , Atlhough the parties participating the merger do not represent the Progressive working class or peas- *ntry of Burma, the significance of their Program lies in its recognition Ri the desire of the overwhelming Majority of the Burmese people for "end to the war against the lib- ‘tation armies and the establishing & democratic government, inetekin Nu, foreseeing rapid dis- t €gration of his government, TeatenS to resign and become a fyddhist monk, but his party re- i Ses to allow this. In trying to en him up asa “saint” who is A ve party spokesmen say that Nu tapes long hours in solitary medi- thi “en on “religious verities,” but ,S has not prevented him from ty- i : : Ng his country to American war Plans, mone US. has supplied the govern- Brat With $11 million worth of bint S to fight the liberation forces, cant large part of this has been dep Ured by the People’s Army. Un- Ug COver of, “aid” missions, the stat @S carried out surveys of the ag @° Tesources of Burma and aided the development of com- UNicati i Te ‘ Doseg. Ons lines for military pur. agyte People’s Army and guerrilla tS continue to harass Thakin Pract norcenaries. Guerrillas have bety, Cally blocked all road traffic the .°2 Mandalay and Myitkyina, ters orth Burma army hearquar- General MacArthur: His threats don’t faze People’s China. MacArthur bid to extend war held‘desperation’ By ALAN WINNINGTON PEKING Peking tis taking General MacArthur's latest threats and war’ agitation calmly. The threats are seen here as fresh signs of desperation and weakness. Qualified obesrvers say that the real danger of a third world war lay in permitting the United States to gain Korea as a base for attacking China and the Soviet Union. The entry of volunteers pressed back the danger, and this estimate still stands. MacArthur’s stock is very low and a protracted war in this thea- tre would lose him the last rem- nant of prestige. This is why the Americans are desperately trying to extend the war and drag Britain and other countries into more maniac adven- tures. But the Chinese people do not believe the British people are wil- ling to be dragged at the tail of MacArthur’s runaway jeep. Judging by the feelings of war prisoners, the British and Ameri- can public are unwilling to pay the ultimate price to pull Wali Street’s chestnuts out of the war fires already lit in Asia. On the other hand, the Chinese people realize that the Korean sit- uation is likely to be protracted and are prepared for this. No one, however, talks of stop- ping the great schemes of national reconstruction now unfolding. Building of 20,000 new houses fand thousands of new office build- ings began in Peking this year. Nearly a million peasants are working on the Huai River scheme, new fiscal measures aimed at lightening taxation and raising living standards are in prepara- tion. All the main efforts of the peo- ple are turned in the direction of peaceful production, but ‘all pro- ductive efforts are }linked with support for the volunteers. policy unless the “So long as the Labor gévern- ment is tied to the war cabinet of the American millianaires,’ warns Pollitt, “so long will its inevitable consequencés be seen in a rising cost of living, dearer coal, increas- ed fares, reduction in social service expenditure, the slowing down of house building, a shortage of raw materials, short-time working, the growth of unemployment, and the in Korea.” Already, Pollitt points’ out, there is a grave political crisis in the Labor party, and never in its his- tory “have so many letters and re- solutions protesting at some aspects of foreign policy been in circulation as there are now.” Pollitt deals with the false argu- ment that all this is needed for “defense” and points to the vast construciton projects and the re- duction of prices in the Soviet Union “which are incompatible with aggressive designs. Surely Millions marched for | peace around world in May Day parades In May Day demonstrations in Moscow, Peking and Prague, in Rodme, Paris and London, and in the heart of the war camp, New York and Toronto, millions of People demonstrated their deter- mination to impose peace. These pictures below show marchers en- tering Moscow’s Red Square and citizens dancing in the streets during the two-day holiday. the wisest course,” he adds, “and the one most in accordance with socialist principles, is negotiation to settle any outstanding differ- ences rather than rearmament resting on the old capitalist prin- ciple that differences must be set- tled by war.” Warning that “the Churchills hate socialism so intensely that to pre- vent its advance they would sell Britain to the United States lock, stock and barrel,” Pollitt calls for a renewed fight against Tory policy within the Labor party. “A new policy for labor,” he said, “spells the death knell of the Tory party.” Stressing the need for unity, Pol- litt points to the falling Labor vote and growing number of abstentions in elections which are not “because the Tory policy is right—it means that the labor party is wrong.” Loy- alty to labor, Pollitt says,- “is a splendid quality. But misplaced loyalty to false policies and leaders can be a terribly dangerous thing for the British labour movement.” Therefore “let the members and supporters of the Labor party and Communist party get together to talk things over. They will find they agree on more things than they are in disagreement on. They have it in their power—if they get to- gether and work together—to bring about a solution of the crisis that is in the interests of the working people of Britain.” loss of precious lives of British lads. Labor-communist unity can solve Britain’s crisis “The Labor government has reached a stage where it a decision on any aspect of economic, financial, political Americans agree to it.” general secretary of the Bnitish Communist for unity addressed as an open letter to Labor party members. LONDON cannot take and military Thus writes Harry Pollitt, party, in a powerful appeal WUEUSSe ET tn tr tr Labor MP declares MacArthur greatest | danger fo world peace LONDON “The greatest immediate dan- ger is the personality of General MacArthur,” says Sidney Silver- man, Labor MP for Nelson and Colne, Speaking at Tenby recently he said: “This man is a danger to world peace. “I believe that he is a deliber- ate danger, but whether deliber- ate or not, his-danger to world Peace is beyond reasonable con- troversy.” Silverman declared that unless UN forces could “be commanded by someone more imbued with United Nations ideals, procedure and policy then our troops ought to be withdrawn. “We are not going to be led into World War Three hanging ont to the coattails of this gim- crack artificial mikado with ants in his pants,” he stated. ORT Te et dt er ft dt Pe tn 0 End war, reject M’Arthur, Truman, say Progressives NEW YORK Elmer A. Benson, chairman of the Progressive party, and Vito. Marcantonio, chairman of the Am- erican Labor party, have jointly called on the American people to demand an immediate end to the war in Korea, and to reject decis- ively both General MacArthur’s and President Truman’s policies. “The General has pointed out that the President's policies would only prolong the stalemate in Korea and continue the toll of American lives,” the statement points out. “But all MacArthur offers is the worse alternative of a full-scale war against a CHinese people engaged, as he himself admits, in a long- time and determined fight to free themselves from colonialism and exploitation.” “The .American people want a choice for peace, not a choice be- tween which battlefields to die in. “This places the issue of peace squarely in the hands of the Am- erican people,” the statement con- cludes. “Let the people be heard before the lives of more Americans ‘fade away’ in Korea.”