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Hitler youth—new style

These members of the “Free’ German Youth Organization Strut along a Berlin street in the U.S-British zone much as their Predecessors in the Hitler Youth did only a scant few years ago

— only the uniform ‘is lacking.

‘anti-Communist propaganda of the Western powers, their outlook

is no different.

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Encouraged by the anti-Soviet,

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Hainan victory spurs

drive:;to free Formos

Véhroughout China the people

Liberation Army, and from workers in Tientsin, Nab duction to hasten liberation of Taiwan (Formosa), Already, men of the Third Army the Fourth Field Army’s successful amphibious operations a: own pending campaign against Taiwan.

China’s ancient capital.

Chinese newspapers hailed the Hainan. victory ag heralding the liberation of all Chinese territories within the next few months.

(On the mainland, mopping up operations against the last organ- ized Kuomintang troops, some 10,000 men based on Sichang in East Si- kang, were completed in March after two People’s Liberation Army columns made forced marches a- cross the mountains, occupied Si- chang, trapped the Kuomintang troops and captured theix coman- ders.) ns The Kwangming Daily commen- ted:

“Just as millions of Kuomin- tang troops equipped ‘by the U.- S. failed to prevent the People’s Liberation Army from crossing the Yangtze, so bombers, tanks, fleet and radar equipment pro- vided by American imperialism

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VLADIMIR KUZNETSOV DESCRIBES WOLF

HUNT

Soviet citizens all take part in favorite sports

‘ eet ae ‘ A rovi i ilities fo participate in sports

' $e , “people are encouraged: and provided with facilities _ 0 pariic ort

events apa a, eas han and the ane a es popular participation by Ra oe sah i : ; i Ifth article of a series on a_ typical® Mosco tt ds than in any other country. In this the :

fami, ae Parken es in the Soviet Capital for the LONDON DAILY WORKER, writes

of the Kuznetsov’s sports interests.

MOSCOW

Last year Vladimir Kuznetsov arranged: to take part of his’ annual month's holiday 2 Wee because he Rint to a hunting club and wanted to take part in the autumn wolf hunt in the Moscow

Province.

Considerable damage if not kept down, ‘

“We go out at night first to find the lair. One of us decoys the wolf With a howl. Like this.”

And Kuznetsov raised his hand to his lips and uttered a sound full Of dejection, hunger and savage , anger,

“If we succeed in drawing a wolf We stalk it. It's sure to return to its lair at dawn. They’re usually near fields, rarély in the depths of he forest. The trouble is the Wolves are cunning. They never Taid villages near their own lair. And they rarely stray off their own territory.” ;

“Once we know where the lair is the rest's easy. ‘The thing to do is to ~hedge the wolves in on three Sides and then ‘beat inwards. The fourth Side, the way into the fields, you don’t have to trouble to close. A wolf will never run that way.

“In winter We ‘use red bunting. Tt’ has an’ almost magic effect on the wolves. They'll never pass a Ted flag.” . i “Sh eto RR There. are all sorts of clubs and Societies for amateur sportsmen, hermen, yachtsmen, painters, Short-wave radio fans, and the like.

This apart from football and ath- letic clubs,

As a general principle, sport and recreation are organized on & mass basis. People are encour- , 38ed and provided with facilities ‘to - participate. in sports events father than just te watch them.

Take football, for instance, in Which Vladimir Kuznetsov is par- ticularly interested. For the tenth year the USSR Cup is being com- beted for, . :

The elimination begins between factory. and district clubs, compet-

Wolves are no longer to be found in packs in the province, but there are enough. of them to do

ing for their own local cup. Then it | reaches a city level. . Then there are games for the provincial and autonomous republic cups, inter-republic matches and a tournament between the leaders of all the second leagues, which are organized on a broad regional basis. When you reckon that the Don- bas alone has about 1000 miners’ football clubs you can realize what a tremendous cup competi- tion ‘this is! F In its slater stages, the gradual elimination means some very Tong rips by air, ‘ “Thus in the round before the one in which first division clubs enter the competition there were teams from Novosibirsk in Cen- tral Siberia, from the Caspian Sea

Flotilla, from Tashkent in Cent-

ral Asia, Tallin on the Baltic, Ki- shinev in Moldavia, and Petro- zavodsk in the Karedo-Finnish republic.

The only other game organized on such a broad and elaborate basis is chess. c

Chess, like football, is popular in the fullest sense of the word. Great pains are taken to see that the play of the champions ig analyzed and publicized among the tens of thous- ands of clubs and circles.

Though they .are amateurs— World Champion Botvinnik is an electrical engineer—the Soviet Un- ion’s .famous chess players give much time to instruction. <

They, like sportsmen competing in events or teaching, are paid their average earnings for all time taken off for this purpose. *

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across Lake Khlebnikova. ‘

A pe of M. oscow’s V. odnik Sports Society takes his yacht

are jubilantly ce!

Chiang

sbrating the conquest of Hainan Island by ang and other large cities pledges of increased pro- Kai-shek’s last stronghold, are pouring into stationed in the East China area are studying gainst Hainan in order to carry through their

PEKING the People’s

failed to prevent the People’s Lib- eration Army from crossing the Seas and landing on Hainan Is- land.”

And the Peking People’s Daily stated: ‘

“The People’s Liberation Army, which has stamped out 7,500,000 reactionary troops under Chiang Kai-shek on the mainiand, is now planting its triumphant flag on Hainan Island. It is not incon ceivable therefore, that the Kuo- mintang remnants now perched on Taiwan and other islands will also be extirpated before long.”

Prior to the main landing on April 17, amphibious units of the Feurth Field (Army successfully crossed the 40 mile-wide Hainan Straits to join forces. with guerilla troops of the Hainan detachment of the People’s Liberation Army.

The Hainan guerilla forces were organized in 1939 as the People’s Anti-Japanese Self Defense Corps to oppose the invasion of Hainan by the Japanese Itagaki division. For six years they defeated every campaign launched against them, at times fighting both the Japan- ese and the Kuomintang troops col- laborating with them. By the con- clusion of the war against Japan they had grown to an army of 10,000 controlling the north and east coast of Hainan and subse- quently, in the War of Liberation, they extended their control to three- quarters of the island,

Consequently, when the main as- Sault on Hainan was launched it was assured of powerful support from_ forces already _ established there. Despite numerically super- ior naval and air forces — Libera- tion ‘craft escorting the invasion fleet of several fought a fierce engagement with intercepting Kuomintang warships and Liberation troops landed under

demoralized Kuomintang troops were routed in the first few hours of fighting.

To offset the loss of Hainan, Chiang Kai-shek is now reported to be negotiating with “puppet Premier Syngman Rhee for an agreement whereby he would be given bases in South Korea.

Vietnamese win several battles

PEKING In four months this year, the Viet

Nam Liberation Army has inflicted severe reverses on the French. Out- standing were the battles of Quang- tri and Thuathien in central Viet Nam in mid-January, of Pholu in north Viet Nam towards the end of February, and the recent victory in Travinh. : : . "The Voice of Viet Nam, in a re cent broadcast, said.that the Viet Nam victory over the French in March, when. several Viet Nam regiments attacked all French posts between Travinh and _Vinhion and inflicted_ over 1,000 casualties on the French, was a result of the successful adoption of mobile war- fare tactics. General Vo Nguyen Giap, commander-in-chief of the Viet Nam liberation Army, strong- ly advocated the use of such tactics at a military congress early this year, ©

These military successes have thrown the puppet Bao Dai regime into crisis and sharpened the con- tradictions between the American and French imperialists. It is daily becoming more obvious that Wash-

\ ington’s.aim is to gain a greater

degree of control over Bao Dai at the expense of the French through the so-called U.S. aid program.

PACIFIC

hundred vessels |’

heavy strafing from the air — the|'

Labor), who asked

Australian labor fights. ban measure

CANBERRA The Liberal-Countr Coaliti sovernment’s long th “4 ae

Communist” legislation, personally

ter Me S mecting stron Opposition througout the countey:

Spearheaded by the labo ; r move- ment, which sees in the Powers be- Ing sought by Menzies a virtual pol- Ice state control of trade unions against the Proposed outlaw the Commun- confiscate its property and bar Communists from holding trade union Office has the support

of church, civi] liberties : ee and other

Although Menzies ances that th to run their

: Many labor leaders reali : : r ze th, if Menzies’ piy should become war

the tr, i a tade unions Would be stripped

their rights, their i Militant spokesmen jailed on one Pretext, the peace ta at

informed him that a bil] ini contai Such provisions could not be ited

into the framew lian Commonwealth constitution.

: highly placea : of the American embassy pe me berra. Particular interest was -Shown in the proposal of.

: the “Committee on Un-American’ Ac- tivities” that “treason” clauses!

Should be widened to include the present period of “cold war,” in- stead of being confined to periods of actual war. eS :

discussion in the House, in. March, «Menzies stated that he could “see no difference be- tween the ultimate objective of the Communist party and the socialist aims of the Australian Labor par-

In an earlier

ty.”” :

_ Menzies was replying to A. Keon if the legisla- down, bannin: Party would also

tion to be brought the Communist ban the ALP.

““This constitutes a clear warn- ing that the liberties of ALP sup- porters are just as much endang- ered as those of the Communists ‘by the government’s repressive legislation,” commented the Trib- une, progressive labor weekly. «

The full executive of the Austra- lian Congress of Trade Unions has already gone on record ‘against the bill and called on the Australian Labor party and its Parliamentary Labor party to oppose it. A number of Labor senators—Labor stil] has a majority in the Senate—have also publicly stated their opposition to the dill.

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