Jo 1 ne British Unions spurn wage ‘restraints’ plea, denounce profiteering ~ ARRAN Huks take Philippine towns, free prisoners MANILA The Hukbalahap People’s Liberation Forces are con- tinuing their advance in the Philippines. Recently, strong partisan forces occupied the town of Tarlac and liberated 48 democrats from the town jail. :; After inflicting casualties on the garrison the Hukba- lahap forces retreated to the hills. About 150 miles to the south another force landed from the sea and after a Short struggle liberated the coastal town of Ragay. At Santa Cruz, the partisans took six prisoners and in- flicted casualties on the gar- rison, See UCU Report friction between British, U.S. servicemen : LONDON _Newsvendors selling the London ly Worker at Hyde Park re- cently had their. copies bought, up N dozens by Americans, some in Uniform and some in plain clothes. Na few minutes the vendors were Sold out. The Americans’ action Was a panicky attempt to deprive _ British soldiers and GIs, for whom | the park is a favorite spot, of the Tevelations contained in that par- ticular issue about the growing) €nsion and friction between Brit-' troops and American forces Stationed in Britain, erious concern is felt by the ar Office over the growing fric- tion between British and American, _ {POops, the Dally Worker disclosed. This is believed to be the reason Why military authorities are reluc- . ant to make public the facts be- hind the “hush-hush” court-martial °f three British soldiers at Col- Chester in East Anglia. It is being Widely talked about among service Men that the trial was the result fighting which broke out be- Ween British troops and American | fervicemen stationed near Colches- | ; Ps The War Office refused either to. Snfirm or deny this report, mere-| ne teferring to an official statement | Ssued earlier that the soldiers: Wete charged with “malicious dam- “ak to property.” However, it is nNown that Americans gave eVi- *0Ce before the court-martial. m he result of keeping the court- artial secret,” commented the D ily Worker, “was that the public. °ssibly as intended, gained the "Pression that a ‘Red plot’ or es- ‘Mage was behind the affair.” inilitary authorities of both Brit- res America are aware that in Melati occupied areas of Britain SS tons between the two forees in that Weeks have so deteriorated br they are rapidly reaching spe raking point. | ighting and brawling are com-| Onpl ; : Z Shire ant in East Anglia, Lanca-; the.» have the South Midlands, and. ilitary patrols of both forces | epee considerably strengthen- on rol the | Situation, attempt to contro | Fatllitary patrols on both sides, 4 oR given orders to be ruth-) SO bit ‘ ing te ‘Out Belye, “tween the patrols Suppressing the brawls, but r is the anti-American feel- hat quarrels frequently break them- | | ' | most powerful Britain’s LONDON eight million organized workers are free to press for higher wages as the result of a successful rebellion against the wage-freeze policy of the Trades Union Congress leader- ship at the TUC convention in Brighton. Soviel Union builds world’s largest dam By RALPH PARKER MOSCOW Thousands of tons of timb?r, ce- ment, building machinery and other materials are being brought along) the Volga and assembled at the site of the Kuibyshev dam, where the world’s most powerful hydro- electric station is being built. Announcing this in Pravda, con- struction chief Komzin writes that the history of building has never known construction at such a speed | _ and on such a scale as the task facing his organization. The job requires the shifting of 490 million cubie yards of earth; the laying of about seven million cubic yards of concrete; about 1200 cubic yards of reinforced concrete will have to be laid every hour. New types of dredges and excay- ators are being built capable of shifting more than 1200 cubic yards every hour. Announcement of plans to build two new gigantic dams. on the Volga has gripped popular imagin- ation. Pravda correspondents in the towns of the middle and lower Volga report that the atmosphere is one of great enthusiasm as the people grasp the significance of the schemes in terms of more water for their fields and electricity for their homes. One kilowatt of energy used on a farm replaces the physical ener- gy of eight men. Power generated at the new stations will cost one- third of steam-generated power. With facts such as these the people are steeling themselves for the big | effort ahead to complete the plans punctually. Already collective farmers in the Kuibyshev region have started vol- untary work in laying a branch line from the main line to the building site. For them new irriga- tion schemes mean a guarantee of steady harvests of some of the best quality wheat in the world — the famous Volga wheat which mon- archs of Europe in the last century boasted of using for breakfast rolls. ointing out some of the vast 2 ate hb, Gleb Krzhizhan- ovky, an old Bolshevik who as chairman of “Goelro”—the elec- trification plan — presented the plan for the electrification of Russia at the Eighth Congress of the Soviets in 1920, writes that the construction of two new pow- er stations will mean that the Soviet Union has the longest and transmission grid in the world. : ltiple benefits through the cape of the Volga River —_ such as flood control, irrigation, navigation improvement, water for domestic, industrial and municipal ‘purposes and power—also include a big reduction in transport costs. A great chain of reservoirs with facilities for transporting cargoes will be provided, giving the Volga 40 times the transport capacity of existing railroads. The revolt, midway in the con- vention proceedings, was a_ set- back for the TUC general council and Labor party leaders who had personally urged the delegates to re-affirm support of a policy of “restraint” in view of the Korean war. Prime Minister Clement Att- lee appeared before the delegates in person to warn against a wage increase drive by TIUC affiliates, asserting it would strain Britain’s economy, which is carrying the load of a $9% billion armament program. This was overshadowed in the minds of delegates, however, by new price increases announced on wool, clothing and other commodi- ties since the outbreak of the Korean war and by a pay boost granted to the armed forces on the eve of the convention, Restiveness of the workers un- der the wage restraint policy was demonstrated during the year by unauthorized work stoppages and other actions that brough them some gains in pay. This had al- ready forced the TUC leadership to modify its position by acknow- ledging in its proposed resolution the need for “greater flexibility of wage movements in the’ future.” After a brief debate whose sub- dued tone gave little inkling of the surprise climax, the delegates voted by 3,949,000 to 3,727,000 in favor of a motion submitted by the Electrical Trades Union and sey- eral other unions which said: “Until such time as there is a reasonable limitation of profits, a positive planning of British economy, and prices are subject to such cemtrols as will maintain the purchasing power of wages at a level affording to every worker a reasonable standard of living, there can be no basis for a restraint on wage applications. Congress declares that wage in- creases can be met without re- sulting increased prices, for ex- ample by reducing profits and, therefore, calls on the general council to abandon any further policy of wage restraint, and at the same time the govern- ment to introduce statutory con-_ trol of profits.” The delegates went on to reject the recommended council state- ment on wages by a vote of 3,- 898,000 to 3,521,000. The - TUC leadership was caught off: guard by the voting. result, having be- lieved the delegates would be im- pressed by its own minor retreat on wages. The TUC council had relied on the fact that the anti- wage freeze resolution was intro- duced by a Communist-led union, but. redbaiting of their economic demands did not influence dele- gates. The decisive. votes in favor: of abandoning wage restraints were cast by the big miners’, ilway- men’s and amalgamated engineer- ing unions, which control nearly two million votes. “It was believed the unexpected defeats received by the TUC lead- ership might force it to slow down on a threatened purge of the left- wing minority. A purge had been threatened by Arthur Deakin, secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, and Sir Vincent Tewson, TUC secretary, during the previous day’s foreign policy debate. . 1 As in Korea, Malaya, Burma and other’ countries of Asia, the overwhelming majority of the Vietnamese people are united in fighting to achieve full independence for their country, and here Vietnamese women are seen in the field with their men, members of the Viet Minh. Viet Nam marks fifth anniversary of independence PEKING As people throughout the liberated areas of Viet Nam, now comprising 80 percent of the country, celebrated their fifth Independence Day on September 2, they heard impres- sive reports of their economic artd social achievements, coup- Jed with a warning from General Vo Nguyen Giap, commander- in-chief of the Viet Nam People’s Army, that they must expect heavier and fiercer fighting on all fronts in coming weeks. (Press reports this week stated that Viet Minh forces had occupied the border town of Dongkhe and were engaged in fierce fighting with French mercenary troops, included among which are thousands of for- mer German Nazis.) General Vo Nguyen Giap’s order of the day called on all officers and men to strike harder on all fronts, to shatter the enemy’s autumn and winter offensive plans, to speed up development and consolidation of guerilla warfare especially in the enemy occupied areas, to defend the life of the population, and to smash the enemy’s attempts at de- stroying the harvest. : A joint statement issued by the Viet Nam Union League (Lien Viet) and the Viet Minh called, .for completing the merger be-. tween the two before the end of the year and closer unity with the peoples of Laos and Cam- bodia in order to establish “a joint Viet Nam, Laotian and Cambo- dian anti-imperialist front.” Laos and Cambodia, with Viet Nam, form the French colonial posses- sion-of Indochina. Indicating the rapid development of Vietnamese industry over the past four years, under wartime conditions, the Voice of Vietnam reported a tenfold increase in pro- duction of coal and munitions, and similar substantial increases in production of paper, cotton goods, phosphates and various foodstuffs. “In order to replace formerly im- portea chemicals, research has been conducted into local substitutes, with a result that many chemicals, ‘such as sulphuric acid, nitric acid, sodium, 90 percent alcohol, glycer- ine, and others, are now being pro- duced in Viet Nam for the first time,” the broadcast stated. The broadcast also revealed thai for the past few years all books and papers published in Viet Nam have been printed on home-pro- ducted paper. Revealing how the Vietnamese people had been able to record these achievements, the Voice of Viet Nam reported that at the out- break of war, after the French violated their promises of independ- ence, all factories and workshops were removed from the cities to the countryside, Articles: now in production are being made by machines built up from the parts of old machines, it stated, with wide use being made of local materials. In another broadcast, monitored at Peking, the Voice of Viet Nam outlined the progress of the cam- PACIFIC TRIBUNE—SEPTEMBER Paign against illiteracy, stating: “Classes sprang up even in the remotest villages. People who could read and write volunteered to teach. In the four years, from 1945 to 1949, over 1114 million the French colonial rule. By the end of 1949, illiteracy had been “The difficulties encountered by the mass education service which was entrusted with the task of car- rying out this campaign were nu- merous and apparently insurmount- able—scarcity! of teachers, shortage of money, the absence of school buildings and equipment, the vil- lages scattered throughout the hilly regions, and many other difficulties due to the aggressive war launched by the French imperialists,” the broadcast said, adding: / . “That all these difficulties have been overcome is due to the tre- mendous enthusiasm and efforts of government. : “Wooden beds and doors were _ used as blackboards; the skin of bamboo trees and banana leaves were used as paper. Outdoor classes became a common sight; country inns, village halls or even dwelling houses were turned into literacy classes where teachers and pupils of both sexes and all ages would often sit on their heels, drawing letters on the floor with the sharp points of bamboo sticks.” New Guinea control © now Australian aim — AMSTERDAM bases in Dutch New Guinea is be- ing negotiated by Australian For- eign Minister Percy Spender at the Hague. Also being discussed is the prospect of amalgamation of Dutch and Australian New Guinea under a joint administration. f Pressure is being brought to bear on the Dutch government by the U.S. to accede to Australian ; proposals. In the recent secret ag- |reement concluded in Washington, : Australian Prime Minister Menzies _cbtained the promise of U.S. sup- ,port for Australian claims* on © | Dutch New Guinea in return for — | Australian assistance to U.S. war | plans. 99 wey 1950—PAGE 3 the masses of the people and the © Lease by Australia of military .—