The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26
BRITAIN WATCHES
 TROUBLE MAKERS
Communist Party Believed
 to Be More of Nuisance K. Than Menace
BY REUEL s. MODE Limited Press Staff Correspondent

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 London, Dec. 26.-(UP)-The gov- ernment was said today to be watch ing closely trouble making" ef- forts by the Communist party which thus far are regarded as more of Q nuisance than menace.
 Communists are blamed for in- stigating a number of small-scale illegal strikes which occasionally obstruct the war effort. However. the government attitude has been that suppression of the party is likely to stir up more trouble than the occasional Communist inspired Stoppages.
 Scotland Yard is watching Com munists closely, it was said, and keeping the home office informed of secret meetings, propaganda efforts and Communist infiltration into workers organizations.
 Communists were said by Home Secretary Herbert Morrison to have inspired peace" conference which will be held at Manchester, Janu- ary 12 although the Communist Daily Worker which continues to publish, denies that the meeting is Communuist-sponsored
 Daily Worker Backs It
 The meeting is supported by the Daily Worker. Replying to par- liamentary demands that the meet thug be suppressed, Morrison said he believed the Communists hoped to utilize the conference to gain the support of loyal persons who had no intention of impeding he war effort. He declined to say in \ advance whether he would use his emergency war powers to ban the meeting.
 Labor Minister Ernest Bevin has taken a similar attitude toward Communists. He has minimized ther importance in replies to par hamentary inquiries and said he had not used lis emergency powers in instances of Communist-inspired stoppages of work because he be- lieved that British trade unions de- sired to act themselves in such cases He pointed out that the amount of time lost in labor disputes in the last year was the lowest in 50 years.
 Bevin warned interrupters at a political meeting that it was known that Communists and their sym paothizers had embarked on sys- tematic program of causing inci- dents at public meetings in an att tempt to create the impression of disunity among British masses.
 The Manchester Guardian, ap- proving the official attitude toward the Communists, said that "it lies with trade unions and employers so to manage their affairs that there is no acope for the Communist sa- boteur."
 Will Expose Insincerity
 Of the peace congress, 1t said, ''they will do nobody much harm and will expose pretty clearly how artificial and insincere the whole agitation is"
 Tine Laborite London Daily Her ald said that "the challenge must be met in a Democratic way. It must be met by an unremitting campaign of exposure. The communists, their decoys and their stooges must be out-argued, out-maneuvered and out faced"
 The Communist party program has not been made entirely clear on all war issues but it generally op- poses the war, demands wage in- creases, controlled overtime, in creaSed pay for men in the armed services, heavy taxation of the rich, a capital levy anud similar ob- jectives.
 Communists are attempting to win support in local unions, factories and shop councils, but trade union ists often react hostilely to their efforts. Occasionally Communists are arrested for provocative speech es or obstruction of public places but such instances are infrequent.