Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1942-01-22
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years mOre-and that he will
fight unto death.
Before the period ended Wink
Ter said the only solution for
lasting peace would be Fed
Grafton of Europe.
Starting the afternoon pro-
gram Mr.. Chu Hsueh- Fan, labor
leader of Chunking, China, told
of the fight his nation is making
against japanese aggression, and
how the Chinese Labor move
ment has been an outgrowth of
the war, with labor determined
to fight for freedom. He en-
phasized that Chinese industry
has been expanded ten times the
capacity in 1887.
In answering questions of
racketeering in the Burma road
he claimed that there is a great
deal of confusion in the minds of
American correspondents. That
there is two organized transpor
tation lines, one belonging to the
government and one to private
enterprise and that China
has been getting very material
aid in fighting equipment from
the United States.
When asked about the morale
of the japanese, Mr.. Chu said,
"it was very poor once they got
inside China"
w. 7. Roberts, labor member
of the Board of Review, Ohio
State Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation spoke at length on
the unemployment compensation
law and the procedure to follow
in claiming benefits.
Presiding Officer Hillebrandt
next explained that a change had
been necessary in the program
inasmuch as w. R. G. Mackay,
serving in Parliament, London,
England, was now on the high
seas, called back to his own
country, and could not appear.
He introduced instead, Mrs. Pa
tricia Str ,us +, prominent Brit
ish labor leader, whose husband
is serving in the House of Com
mons, London, England.
Mrs. SIRIUS gave forceful,
dynamic address on the British
Labor movement, which she said
is not unlike our own. She is
contributor to magazines, and
her book, "Bevin and Company"
is just recently off the press in
this country. She has been in
the United States for about
year. Mrs. SIRIUS was herself
a candidate for parliament, and
emphasized that she was a rank
and file member of the British
Labor Party.
Modern war;" she said, "is
not so much a nation at arms,
as nation making arms" She
stressed that Labor, labor in
England, China and the United
States, and Russia, will win this
war, not the wealthy, or the
dukes and lords of England. The
common people of England, she
said, have the same ideals as
Americans. Hitler is a violent
anti-trade unionist, and as such
we must work and fight to de-
stroy him and all that he stands
for.
MAKE no mistake about it,"
said Mrs. Str ,us :, Churchill is
a conservative, he represents all
that labor has been fighting
against in England-but we
would rather win this war with
him, than be under the heel of
Hitler
Mrs. Str us : told of the great
gains the Labor movement has
made in England since the war
started. She emphasized the
need of labor becoming a stock
holder in the country by buying
bonds and stamps, and not to
forget for a minute that Labor
will win this war and will sit in
on the peace conference.
The question and answer
period following was particularly
exhilarating and educational,
with Mrs. Str us giving the
answers to questions in a
snappy and unusual knowledge
Of her subject, which delight
ed the crowded assembly hall.
Thomas J. Donnelly, secre-
tary-treasurer of the Ohio State
Federation of Labor made the
conference summary and COM
mented extensively on the un-
usual ability of the speakers
and thanked all who participated
in making the Conference a sue