The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-01-29

of the most inspiring ana interesting
Labor conferences ever to be held in
the City of Newark. Almost 600 people
damned all available space to listen
and take part in the brilliant program
which had been arranged. The large
assembly hall was crowded to its ut
most capacity and the two other halls
were pressed into service where the
overflow crowd listened to the speak
ers over amplifiers which had been
installed.
Heading up list of speakers for the
day were three people from widely
scattered sections of the globe. Ernst
Winkler, a former Lieutenant in the
German army and leader In the
Catholic Youth Movement of Germany,
probably attracted the greatest inter-
est Winkler had spent AZ years IN
NaaZi concentration camps because or
his refusal to take the oath of allegi-
ance to Hitler and his refusal to turn
over to the Gestapo the list of mem
bers of the Catholic Youth Movement
in which he was active.
The German refugee stated that be-
fore Hitler came into power his coun-
try boasted one of the greatest Labor
movements on earth, but as soon as
Hitler and his Nazi party took Sver,
complete destruction of the Trade I'm
ion movement was one of the first
actions to be taken. He stated that he
was very much surprised when he first
came to America to hear only of the
persecution of the Jewish people and
nothing of Hitler's persecution OF the
Catholics and Protestants. There was
one rock left, hOwever-One rock that
Hitler never can destroy and that is
Christianity, he stated.
One statement which especially re-
ceived hearty applause from the crowd
was made by Winkler when he said,
.'For the first time l can speak Of
ficially of the movement under way to
organize some $4,000 German youths
in this country into what will be known
as the Liberty Legion to take an active
part i'm the fighting along with the
armed forces of this country. ! feel it
is my duty, as we'll as the duty of the
thousands Of other German youths who
are not citizens of this country, to
take up arms and fight for the ideals
of free people and the ultimate free
ing of the millions of my own people
as we'll as the other countries of Eur
Ope, who are now subjugHted by the
Nazi war machine" He stated, Even
the true youth inside Germany does
not want war to come again when
this is all over There must be created
United States of Europe If the ma
tions of the world would erase the
threat of war forever"
In the question and answer periOC
which followed Winkler's talk, ht
spoke of Germany's ability to carry
on war for at least three more years
and pointed ont that they have 1900,
600 men In their armed forces. Ht
predicted that Hitler would most as
suredly send bombers to attack thi:
country and many of these bomber!
would crash here after the 8 mel
which manned them had bailed out IL
their parachutes. These men, he said
many to play their part in the war IA
saboteurs They would he dressed lik,
Americans, speak like Americans, min
gle with Americans and carry on thei
acts of sabotage as they have beer
instructed by the Nazi officials.
Mr.. Gnu HSueh-Fan, President o
the Chinese Workers association o
Chungking and II delegate To the recen
International Labor Conference hel'
in Newark, was the first speaker Il
the afternoon session got under way
Mr.. Chu stated, We are united no
only by the fraternal ties of the work
ing class, but we are also bound to
gethcr by II common will for II common
cause | refer to the alliance that nov
exists between my country and you
country and the "a other nations il
the fight against aggression, tOtalitar
ianism and international brignndagc.
'The previous state Of lack Of unit.
among nations had enabled man.
peaceful COUNT rcs To be subjugatcd ant
trampled. Not 50 today. The cowardl,
and treachcrous stab in the back Il
Pearl liarbor by the Japanese ha
shattered to pieces the dream of peace
with those forces of evil"
Mr.. Chu was In the Chinese arm,
ut the outbreak of the war with JapaI
in 1887 and he described how the Chi
nese soldiers have for the past ~
years held at bay more than l,OOO,OW
men Of the Japanese army along ;
front of 1000 miles long in China. liz
pointed out the Importance of imme
diately sending rcinforcemcnts To Ma
lay and Burma and the Importance O
protecting these areas against captur,
by the AXIS armies. He stated thai
President Roosevelt was right when h'
said, 1T does not matter who fire:
the first shot; all that matters is VIII,
fires the last shot
Following Mr. Chu on the program
w. L. Roberts, Labor member Of thu
Board of Review of the Bureau o
Unemployment Compensation, pointed
GIIt tht iInnort. pf NOT only main