The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-03-11
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

immediate war aims of the Allied Ma
tions would help the underground Ia
Dor movements of Europe and shorten
the war, the International Transport
Workers Federation says. The fedora
ton, in a survey of European labor
conditions and views issued by it's gen
eral office in England, makes number
of pertinent observations of interest
to labor in all nations.
"The workers of Europe the feder
alton reports, expected landings of
the armies of the United Nations in
1912 in preparation for a second front
on the European continent. This was to
be their signal to rise. The enthusi-
asm in the French coastal town of
British Commands and drowned in
blood, and the uneasy mockery of the
hopeful ones by the Dutch, Norwe-
gian, Belgian and Czech Nazis are
signs that this spirit of expectancy is
widespread.
1.-The landing of British and Ameri-
cans troops in North Africa had an
electrifying effect. But the cOllabora-
ton with Darlan, the man whose Mini
ster for Home Affairs, Pucheu cold
bloodedly handed over workers lead
ers to be shot by the Germans, the
man who in Oran ordered the shooting
of French sailors who wanted to take
their ships into freedom, then the col
laboratiOn with DarlaniSts after Oar
lan's death-all this has caused deep
disappointment and bewilderment."
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The federation goes on to tell how
the NaZis are capitaliZing the situation
caused by the collaboration with the
Darlanists. "Throughout Europe" it
says, Berlin propaganda has made
good use of this bewilderment, and the
situation fitted in quite well with the
propaganda line long used to trap Op-
position German workers and soldiers.
For some time past, we have had
rison towns and industrial districts to
the effect that among the war-weary
the story is being spread that the At
lantic Charter is simply propaganda
trick of the Allies; that the real plan
Of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stain is
peralism and then to make it possible
for the German people, freed from
their chains, to integrate themselves
peacefully with EurOpe-the real plan
is to let the German workers be eX-
plotted by imperialist robbers.
'Thus, GoebbeIs agents now Sug-
geSt: We must first win victory with
Hitler, and only after that must we
revolt against him! Therefore and for
the time being, Hitler'S war machine
should and must not be interfered
with -
The transport workers federation
| forms the following conclusion from
its survey:
"Just as the strong underground
workers groups in the occupied coun-
| tries wait for the deeds which will
| show the masses clearly that the forces
of the United Nations fight with them
| for their liberation and not for even a
| temporary rule of the Darlans, Haps-
burgs and other Quislings, SO also the,
as yet, small underground workers
groups in Germany and Italy are wait
| ing for the United Nations to state
| their immediate war aims more clear
y.
''The people grouped around the un-
| der%round cadreS know their way But
| in some countries many who stand
aside, hesitating and bewildered, want
| to know exactly not only whom they
| are fighting against but also what they
are TO fight for.
"A clear and simple outline of i'm
| mediate war aims can, therefore, as
| siSt the underground workers move
| ment throughout Euripe to become
mass movements whose actions will
shake the Hitler system, shorten the
| war by saving months of bloodshed
| and at the same time mobilize the
masses for the constructive tasks of
the peace"