GIVEN TREMENDOUS OVATION Peace Congress roused by speech of Korean woman WARSAW “ When the roar of planes died down people started to return home. on her back. Not one of her companions d headless, She came home, The house was in flames, She decided to nurse the child, and saw it was dead. She left Pyongyang and went to a guerrilla detachment to take revenge for her beloved son. And is there in Korea only one mother who lost her children? There are thousands of them and the number of victims grows daily.” With this and other illustrations of the horror and anguish American intervention in Korea has visited upon her country, Pak Cheng Ai, a member of the Korean delegation, brought tears to the eyes of many delegates attending the Second, World Peace Congress concluded here last month. Reviewing the historic struggle of her people for freedom, against the Japanese who forbade them to pub_ blish newspapers and books in their own language against the corrupt Syngman Rhee regime established by the U.S. in South Korea and “kept in power only by terror and violence,” and finally against the American intervention she de- clared: “The Americans have seized al- most all the main industrial enter- prises and ruthlessly plundered the country’s wealth. “The Americans have turned South Korea into a market for as stale goods, This they. called “ec- onomic aid”, The industry of South Korea found itself on the brink of complete breakdown. “Americang looted the cultural treasures belonging to our people. American generals and officers pillaged in broad daylight the museum of the royal family in Seoul. Hundreds of thousands of ancient paintings, sculptures, jewelry produced by the finest masters of Korea, vanished in the suitcases of Americans. They were stubbornly converting South Korea into their colony; they sought to turn it into their military strategic bridgehead in the Far East.” Turning to the present struggles of the Korean people, Pak Cheng Ai said; Among them was young Kim with her child But she did not know that the child was killed. ared to tell her that her child was “The population in the ‘districts of South Korea now recaptured by the interventionists and Syngman Rhee’s forces does not want to be- come slaves again. It leaves for the mountains to join the guerillas, The ranks; of the guerillas are swelling daily. ; “Not long before I left Korea, 2,700 young people, boys and girls, from the town of Andon‘in South Korea, came to the place where the headquarters of high com- mand of the People’s army is now located. These young people cov- ered about 600 miles over moun- tains and gorges, hiding from the enemy, and made their way across the front lines, They came to Kim Ir Sen with the request ‘to give them arms to fight the American invaders. These ‘are heroic child- ren of an heroic people. “We know that ‘there :are two Americas—the America of Wall Street, which sent American youths to die for the interests of the rich, and the American mothers of these youths who have ‘already perished, ‘American mothers who wrote to Truman: ‘Give us our sons.’ “There is the America of the instigators of a new war, which we all loath, and honest American ordinary people who say, ‘together with millions of honest ordinary people the world over “Hands of Korea!’ “Notwithstanding the grave ‘trials and the immense sacrifices, the Korean people are confident in the triumph of their just cause. "They are confident in victory because truth and justice are on their side, because all peace loving peoples, all peace supporters are on their site.” The most moving scene took place after Pak Cheng Ai concluded ‘her speech. She was immediately sur- rounded by delegates and showereé with flowers, gifts and badges. Fin, ally she was lifted shoulder high so that everyone could see her smilng and waving back at the audience. As she was returning to her sat on the platform, the entire Chinese delegation lifted her up and carried her to their delega- tions seats where she was again kissed and embraced. The ovation lasted 15 minutes before she could return to her seat with her Soviet peace conference The Soviet Peace Committee is headed by N. Tikhonov, the noted author shown (top) addressing the recent Soviet Second Con- ference for Peace in Moscow. Among those attending the conference were (bottom, left) Nikolai Charkasov, the actor, and (right) mem- bers of the Christian Orthodox Church. Chinese volunteers under command of Korean People’s army MOSCOW The retreats of the Korean people’s forces were only temporary, and the situation at the front is changing now in 7 favor of the People’s army, Kim Ir Sen, chief of the Korean People’s Democratic Republic, reported in Moscow papers. British posifion in Malaya worse, official admits After two and a half years’ mil- itary operations against the Malay- an People’s Army the British gov- ernment is jin a worse position than ever. It is for this reason that General Sir Harold Briggs, com- mander of British troops in Malaya, has come post haste to London for discussions with the British Colon- jal secretary, and to press for more men and arms to be sent to Malaya. Meanwhile, in Kuala Lumpur, A. P. Foster Sutton, officer adminis- tering the federal government, told the legislative council that cas- ualties inflicted on the guerrillas LONDON | “shad no decisive effect. They are un_- fortunately generally made good by recruitments.’”’ He added that there were no signs of an imminent break in the morale of the Malayan People’s Army. Sutton also announced further measures calculated to stem the victories of the Malayan people. They include power to conscript, curtailment of leave and increasing “security” forces, : declared in a speech, recently Addressing the central’ committee of the United Democratic Father- _|land Front of Korea, Kim said that, together with the Chinese volun- teers under the Korean supreme command, they have already achiev_ ed their first big successes. Kim stated that armed Korean partisan detachments were rising up all over the country. The Korean leader, who acquired fame in guer- rilla actions against the Japanese, declared, In this great struggle, our people are not alone. We have the sympathy and support of people from all countries of the world.” Kim said that when it became clear to ali that American imperil- ists sought to use Korea as a base against the Chinese People’s Re- public, Chinese voluntary detach- ments joined the fight on Korea soil, together with the Korean People’s army under its supreme command, against the invaders.” He declared that hundreds of thousands of Koreans, both men and women workers, farmers, students, and small businessmen were fight- .ing as partisans throughout Korea and inflicting heavy casualties on the invaders. He called upon the people to rally still further for vic- Court ruling denies British right fo strike LONDON By a recent court decision the right to strike in Britain was abolished and strikes made a criminal offence. The decision was made by a London court considering the appeal of 10 London gas workers against the sentence of one month’s imprison- ment imposed on them some weeks ago because they went on strike to- gether with several thousand other gasworkers. - The court of appeal changed the prison sentence to a fine of £50 ($150 for each of the accused. But at the same time it made it clear ‘| that from now on all workers who contravene the anti-strike law 1305 will be regarded as criminals and will be punished accordingly. The London Daily Worker points out ‘that by this court decision “strikes have been declared illegal. Thus the right to strike, one of the most cherished rights of the British workers, is being taken away from them by the Labour Government.” The Daily Worker concludes with ‘}an appeal to the British working class to start immediately a nation wide campaign for withdrawal of the anti-strike law 1305. U.S. eyes Africa, - opens institute for ‘specialists’ NEW YORK Simultaneously with opening of a two-day conference on Africa, Lincoln University, Oxford, Penn- sylvania, recently announced formal establishment of America’s first Institute for the Study of African Affairs. The “New York Times” intimates that the institute is to serve the double purpose of educating in the United States future American agents among the African people, and to investigate all possibilities of American penetration of Africa. The paper says bluntly that the institute will exist first, “to provide African students in the [United States opportunities for seeing the problems of their continent in uni_ fied perspective and to assist them in planning for careers of service in Africa,’ and second, “to en- lighten Americans who will increas_ ingly play important roles in Afri- can affairs. Yellow infernational maps drive in Asia LONDON An extensive campaign by yellow trade union international (ICFTU) to infiltrate and split workers’ movements in Asia and the Pacific is being prepared following return of its delegation from that area. The ICFTU, which draws its funds from the British and Ameri. can governments through the Brit- ish TUC and American CIO and AFL and which acts as an American scab and espionage center in Eur- Ope, will establish its central infor- mation office at Singapore and branches in three other Asian cen_ ters. A regional conference is to take place at Karachi next year to dis- cuss setting up of yellow trade un_ tory ‘‘in the great fatherland war.’’|; ions where they do not now exist. ee PACIFIC TRIBUNE — DECEMBER 8, 1950 — PAGE 3