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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-07
FAIR
ENOUGH
BY Westbrook
PeeIer

CAREFUL study OF the Rob-
~ erts report on the Pearl
Harbor disaster dispels the !, -
preston, left by a superfi0
reading of the text. that Adm.
Fl. E. kimmel and Mai. Gen.
Walter c. Short refused TO con-
fer and cooperate and UNDER
estimated the gravity OF orders
from Washington in anticipation
Of war.
On the contrary, it reports
that they did so.
Moreover, on Feb. -. 1942.
one month after the report was
published. Rear Adm. William
II. Standby. a member of the
committee, was quoted in the
San Francisco Examiner as
having said:
Tho impression has been cree
ated that the relations between
Short and Klmmel were 20 es-
tranged that they passed To
opposite sides Of the street to
avoid meeting each other. Tho
exact contrary was the fact. A
careful reading Of the report,
will show that kimmel and
Short conferred for three hours
on Nov. 81. that they conferred
again on Dec. I. and again on
the second and fourth between
the army and navy were NJ thu
fullest. You can make that ~
strong as you want to-"
THEN. what was the charge
l. brought against Kimmel
and Short by the committee or
which Rear Adm. Standby was
a member =
The report said they were
derelict in failing 10 consult
respecting the meaning and
intent" of warnings from WASH
ington and "the appropriate
measures Of defense required
nv the immediate lmmlnence II
hostilities."
Up 10 the moment of the
tack. they had been warned not
to take any measures that
would alarm the civilian popula.
ton and only TO take precau.
tons against sabotage. espion.
age. propaganda affecting their
personnel. and other subversivs
activities.
IN NOV. u Adm. Kimmel
" was ordererd rot 10 take
offensive action until Japan had
struck the first blow
In violation OF his orders.
kimmel had been dropping ash
cans on objects suspected OF
being japanese submarines on
invisible contsc for some
months.
In fact. the attack by the
destroyer Ward and a naval
patrol plane in which a Japa-
nese midget submarine was
sunk outside Pearl Harbor about
an hour before the aerial bonn
bardment OF the naval base was
a violation OF kimmels latest
orders from Washington.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-07
Former Jap Captive Assails
Lethargy on Prisoner Relief
BY MARC T. GREENE

That was the case nearly year
ago. No doubt at all that conditions
are MUCH WORSE TODAY be-
cause they had been growing pro-
excessively worse for year.
WHAT WILL THEY BE AT
THIS TIME NEXT YEAR?
Those Of us who know the facts
don't like to think of what they will
be, and we hesitate to face the people
we meet in America who have kin or
friends back there.
The case of medicines is eUen
worse. When Oe left the Philippines
so simple thing as an aspirin tablet
cost so cents! Ordinary Uitamin pills
cost $40 a bottle! Quinine, 50 much
needed in the Philippines, .Oas as
good as nonexistent.
One man in our camp suddenly
required an operation for hernia.
Owing to blood pressure local
anesthetic was not considered safe.
Manila was searched for two days
for ether. Finally two small bottles
were found. They cost TWENTY
FIVE DOLLARS each!
IAIE HAVE GOT TO DO SOME
w THING about these people in
the East.
1t is not a matter to argue over
or to speculate upon.
The japanese used to tell us in
Manila that they were specialists
in the impossible" and could accom-
plish anything they determinedupon.
Where is our American pride in
scorning the impossible" too?
But there is nothing to prove that
it is impossible, this succor to our
suffering ones back there.
Any interest or any agency, press
or other, that takes up the matter
and pushes to the utmost Of its
capacity or Influence the project of
the relief Of our people in japanese
prison camps is doing one of the
biggest public services that can be
done in these days of unprecedented
need.
The suggestion that a committee
be formed and that Ambassador
Crew be put at the head of it is an
admirable one, at least 50 far as Mr..
CreW is concerned.
He is a far ADLER man and far
greater diplomat than has eUer been
realized or acknowledged. He can
achieve something along these lines
If ANY ONE can.
WHY is it that this vital matter
w that concerns so many Of us
appears to be regarded so indif-
ferently?
Why is it that we as a nation
seem to sit with folded hands con-
corning the fate-the certain fate if
relief does not come sOon-of our
people in the East?
There are six thousand civilian
prisoners in the Philippines, 10 or II
thousand European military prison
ers. By far the most Of them are
Americans.
Are we forgetting them?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-07

n NE american PRISONERS VI WAL,
"A military and civilian alike, in the
Far East being forgotten entirely?
The question is one that those Of
us who were fortunate enough to be
released from japanese prison camps
are asking ourselves every day.
For we know only too we'll in
what case those prisoners probably
are, because we know in what case
WE were before we were released
for repatriation.
We know that conditions in all
the concentration camps were
GROWING WORSE DAY BY DAY,
that food was becoming ever MORE
SCARCE, poorer and LESS NU-
TRITIOUS in quality.
We know that the japanese care
little whether our people starve to
death, directly or indirectly, or not.
We know that the sick and the
aged are becoming Weaker and
weaker every month and every day
and every hour.
We kno.D that the children, un-
dernourished, Without medicine If i'll,
are going to die BY THE SCORES,
maybe are dying already.
T WAS captive in Manila. one Of
L those released last September as
newspaper man and sent home on
the Gripsholm.
Conditions in the Philippines
were far and away better then than
they were in Shanghai or in the
dreadful Stanley camp, in Hong
kong. In this ablebodied men had
already died from malnutrition
diseases, which is what | mean by
starving to death indirectly" That
is what it amounts to.
But the difference between STAN
ley, in Hongkong, Pootung and
Chapel, in Shanghai, and Santo
Tomas and Los Banos in the Philip
pines, is, after all, only ONE OF
DEGREE.
The japanese are milking their
occupied lands in the Orient dry,
economically speaking, in order to
maintain their armies of occupation
and to SEND FOOD HOME to their
own war-impoverished and half
starved people.
In the Philippines, When We left,
rice was already costing SIS for a
200 pound sack, and the cheapest
grade of byoWn sugar a dollar a
pound. Why? Because the Japanese
are turning the rice-paddies into cot
ton fields and the sugar mills into
alcohol factories.
MEAT in the Philippines was
1V1 mostly that Of the water-buf-
falo when we left, and that meat is
neither nutritious norpleasant to eat.
Vegetables were rice of poor
grade and dirty, green tops Of GER
tain native vegetables sadly LACK
ING IN VITAMINS and usually fed
to cattle and hogs, a kind Of sweet
potato-like tuber called camote,
neither agreeable to the taste nor
nutritious.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-07
knowledge Test
RY DR.. SABINA CONNOLLY

By DIX. SABINA CONNOLLY
score one for each ~ the hrst Ave
questions. snd five for the last sues-
tion: s-io. briilisnt; Ia. bright; 90,
average; o-5. daii.
If L. s. soldiers visit st.
Peters Cathedral in Rome,
they will see:
ts) the paintings by Rodin:
III, the dome by Mcclellan
cello:
tc) the stairs by Velssquez.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-07

gether like we'll drilled team.
Bowling is not, perhaps, an astute
politician. He is none too popular in
party councils.
But this lack of political adroit.
ness makes him a better prosecutor.
1t enables him to do his work as he
thinks it should be done, regardless
of group pressure or political con-
slderations.
WE FACE in Detroit disturbed
w and turbulent period.
1t is time that demands men in
public office who are strong and
intrepid and experienced.
Prosecutor Bowling has amply
demonstrated his courage and his in
dependence.
Over the last four years, he has
acquired invaluable experience in his
job.
He deserves to be nominated and
elected.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-07
SAMUEL
.CROWTHER
The Monetary
Conference

EDITORS NoTE-Mr. CrsV:
Their. author and ssonsmist. has
lUrittsn a series Of tVe articles
on the United Nations monetary
and financial sonfsrsnes being
held at BRETON Woods. N. H., Of
which this 10 the first.
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1944-05-18

wise, najvazniji preduslov "a O.
slobodjenje rada Cd kapitala. Go
dinu dana nakon svrsetka Gra-
djanskog Rata u ovoj zemlji, tao
no 16. augusta 1866, odrzan je u
Baltimoru kon gres americkih
radnika, koji Karlo Marks po-
mimic u prvoj svesci Kapitala. U
rezoluciji koiu je kongres usvo-
jio kaze Sc; ''Prvi i veliki zahtev
sadasnjosti, da bi Sc RAD owe
zemlje OSLOBODIO ROPSTVA,
jeste donasanje jednog zakona
20 kojem bi osam casova pred
stavljalo normalni radni dan II
swim drzavama Americke Juni-
je. Mi smo odlucili da svu nasu
snagu upregnemo da Sc do ovo-
ga slavnog rezult a ia dodje." !"
(Krupna slova moja.)
Iste godine nakon tri nedelje,
ii. 5. septembra 1866, u zenevi,
s5pajcarska, odrzan je kongres
"Medjunarodne Radnieke Ascot
jaciie' ma potsticaj Karla Mark
sa, u ciioj Sc rezoluciji medju
osta'im veil: mi proklamujemo
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w. S..

Celokupna stalinisticka stam-
pa u ovoj zemlji, verovatno
drugim zemljama, navalila je
ma najsramniie, naipodlije mai
nepostenije lskoriscavanje me-
djunarodnog proleterskog praz-
nika, Prvog Maja, "a kapitalistic-
ke prljave svrhe. Ia takvo isko-
riscavanje u stanju su da Sc usu-
de, ito bez trunka grize savesti,
jedino prodane duse politicke
hulje koje SUI spremne voljne
da iskoriste svako sredstvo, pa i
Prvi Maj, samo da bi unapredili
interese svojih respektivnih Via
daiucih klasa. To SUI takvi stvo-
rovi, kakvi cd pojave nase pla-
nete jos nisu po zemlji gazili.
Kongresi koji SUI predhodili
sveopstem Pariskom Kongresu
cd 1889. kada je Prvi Maj IVA
nicno proglasen praznikom me-
diunarodnog proletarijata, "a
htevali su skracivanje radnog
dana ma osam sati kao, mamie
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Velika Britannia.

IL Londona Sc javlja Cd 10. ma
ia da Sc opet planira iedan sas-
tanak izmedju tri velike pogla-
vice Saveznickih sila, Churchill
a, Roosevelta i Stalina. Glavni
predmet "a raspravu ma toj pla-
niranoi konferenciji imao bi da
bude kako da Sc odrzi mir posle
rata. Bez sumnje da ce to pitanje
mira" ukljucivati, bar u sadrzl-
nj ako ne i formalno, pitanje
klasnog mira.
Nakon sto je neprijatelj pora-
zen u militarnom smislu, MEGA
ie lako odrzati u pokornosti, ovo
niie bas tako veliki problem, ali
pitanje je kako da Sc radnlcka
klasa odrzi u pokornosti, u po-
korenim pa u drugim zemlJa-
ma, to je malo zamasnije pitanje.
Mi drzimo da &c to biti glavna
sadrzina te planirane konferen-
CHE. Ako Stain zaista bude u
cestvovao u toj konferenciji i ako
Sc ona bude zanimala sa pita-
MEM klasnog mira, mi veruje-
mo da hoce, onda &c to predstav-
ljati jos dalju modofikacilu
"Marksizma" M strani Stalina
njegove zvanicne klike. To &c bi-
(Nastavak M 4. strani)
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1944-05-18
konvencija CIO

Ovih dana je zasedavala kon-
vencija CIO II Clevelandu, ma
kojoj su Sc isticale mnoge stvari
j zahtevi koie CIO planira ist;-
cati u njenom buducem radu.
Mediu drugima su i zahteV "a
poviSicu naiamnice celicnin rad
.nicima. "zagarantovana naiarn-
MICA" it'd.
Konvenciia je takodier izjaVi-
Ia da ce CIO podupirati Pred
sednlka Roosevelta Il iducim IL
borima. Pored toga iziavljeno ie
da sada celi6na industriia aDos-
Iva oko 10000 zenskih radni-
ka, III radnica.
Ma sve strane Sc moze prime
It'll dvoli6nost vodia CIO Ii swim
njihovim iziavan7a obecaniina.
Ma prvom mestu oni obecavaiu
poviSicu plate 6eliGnim radnici-
ma, a izjavliuiu ia sve nac;ne de
nece straikovati. Murray je Cak
li6no pisao. iii odgovorio na pis-
mo generalu Eisenhower, da
oTzvodnIa nete zastatf. Ste zrfa-
ci nece Sc straikovati. kapitalisti
&c dohre duse dati radnicima po-
visicu. A njihova ''zagarantova-
ma naiamnica" nogla bi Sc os-
tvariti samo. i naiverovatnije IL
neke vrste besposlenicku potpo-
ru, sto je i do sada postojalo.
Murray je takodier ucinio ne
koliko tripova u Washington da
"protestuje" protiv nameravanog
zakona konskripciie, koju je
Predsednik Roosevelt preporuci-
0 a sada on celia konvenciia
zakljinju Sc da &c ga ponagati
u iducim izborina. Geo oval va
sar predstavlia jedno veliko Ii
cemerstvo radnickih prevarana-
ia. Nth ne interesuju radnicka
pitania osim san2o u toliko, ko-
liko je NINA potrebno da pos
tignu svoje prevarantske svrhe
u politici, korupciji zabludiiVa-
nju radnika.
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Dole ruke >sa Prog Maja

ogranicenie radnog vremena kao
preduslov bez kojega ce Sc svi
drugi pokusaji "a oslobodienie ]
poboljsanje polozaja radnika po-
kazati kao besplodni :. Mi pred
lazemo da osam casova bude "a
konska granica radnog dana. O.
vo ogranieenje vec traze SVl
radnici Siedinjenih Ameriekih
Drzava, glas kongresa ce po-
stati OPsTI PROGRAM radnic-
Ike klase SVIJU ZEMALJA. .
(Krupna slova moja.)
A u rezoluciii Pariskog Kon-
gresa, 1885,, kada je Prvi Mai
zvanicno proglasen praznikom
radnicke klase kaze Sc: III uve-
renju da OSLOBODJENJE RA-
DA cOVECANSTVA moze do
ci SAMO cd KLASNO MEDJU-
NARODNO ORGANIZOVZNOG
proletariiata koji OSVAJA Il ra-
cara kapitalistickul politicku
vlast da bi sproveo u DELO eks-
proprijaciju kapitalizma i socija-
(Nastavak ma 4. strani.)
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1944-05-18
Madjarska

Il Berna, Svajcarska, vesti cd
8. maja javljaju da SUI u Madjars-
koj izbili mnogi izgredi. Anti
drzavni madjarski element, IL
gledno predvodjeni po Sociialis-
TINA, izvesceno je da SUI dosi do
sudara sa Wehrmacht-om i Ar
row Cross milicijom Segedinu,
Debrecenu Budapesti.
Nemacke su vlasti ovo porica-
le, dok je odmah nakon toga po-
rlcanja DNB protivrecila tome,
iznoseci da SUI ucinjena mnoga
hapsenja i puskaranja Debre-
cenu, ma sledeci nacin: ''anti-na-
cionalni element pokusase da
izvedu strajk, izgledno u l
straciji protiv uvecanog radnog
programa, koji je bio ustanov-
lien da osigura obranu domovi-
ne"
Izgleda da Sc kod nacistickih
satelita discipline krsi i da ma
Sc vec nikako ne mogu podnositi
ogromne radne terete koji Sc ma
.n;ih~ size wise namecu. Ovo je
dokaz da nezadovoljstvo bruji
stalno i konacno moze da iskoci
ma povrsinu istrgnuti Sc ispod
syake kontrole, Sto bi Sc moglo
ostvariti revolucionarnu situ-
aciiu. A tako Sta ne zele nj Sa-
veznici niti nacisti da Sc u Ma
djarskoj dogodi.
Cinjenica da su te sukobe pred
vodili "socijalisti" (ne znamo
kakvi socijalisti) dava tome ne
godovanju donekle levicarski IL
gled. Tu ipak postoji zracak ma
de da bi Sc moglo nesto sasvim
leviearskog, ii. revolucionog IL
leci u Madjarskoj. Cd kako je
Hortijev terror zavladao u toJ
zemlji JOS cd poraza madjarske
revolucije Bella Kuna 1919, mno-
60 Sc nije znalo "a ikakav stvar-
nj radnicki pokret u Madjarskoj.
Mozda &c on zbilja iskociti sada
ma povrSinu. Samo mi zellmo ola
on ne bude nj po kovu partizana
niti 20 kovu njihove brace So
ciial Demokrata, nego da on bu-
de strogo Marksisticki.
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.JugOslavija.

Il Londona vesti cd 8. maia,
javljaju da ,je tamo stigao bivsi
hrvatski Ban Ivan Subasic, sto
je stvorilo spekulaciju nagadja-.
ME tamo da Kralj Petar name
rava preurediti svoju vladu
Kairu ma neki drugi nacin. Ia
nova tvorevina nazivala bi Sc
"Krunski Savet". Svrha je u
glavnom da Sc stvori nesto TAX
va sto bi bilo pogodno "a prego-
varanje sa partizanima icno
sa Titom izmiren,,' i jedinstvu
izmedju cetnika . prvih.
Jugoslavenski opozicioni kru-
govi II Londonu vec SUI Sc Ira
zili da INA Sta da kralj poduzme
sada odlucno je prekasno, jer je
sudbina njegova rezima sada u
rukama naroda Jugoslavije, koji
&c resiti posle rata"
Sovietska novina "Red Star"
izjavila je da ce Tito, pored toga
sto je poslao svoje komisije u
Moskvu London, naskoro posla-
ii i iednu u Washington. Tito
Sc zuri da nadmanevrise kralje-
We politicare IL Kaira, leteci ma
sve strane i nudeci svoje komisi-
ie. predstavnike, sa radjivace,
propagatore it'd, da bi ucinio svo-
i'll stvar ocima sveta vaznim
faktorom i tako stekao veci upliv
u odnosu pitanja Jugoslavije.
Druga strana takodjer ne lei u
miru, oni cine isto tako, nude Sc
svuda osvajaju zemljiste "a Sc
be. A jugoslavenski radnici isko-
siscavaju Sc ma obadve strane "a
interese jedne i druge burzoaske
struie. Oni me vode svoju nego
tudiu borbu, borbu u korist jed
ne prupe svojih neprijatelja q
Drotiv druge. Vreme je vec da
. iuposlavenski radnici ujedine
na da okrenu suoje "strele" pro-
tiy avojih direktnih indirekt-
nih neprijatelja, to je burzoa-
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1944-05-18
Rat je odlozio pad kapitalizma.

] Rat je odlozio pad kapitolszma.
/. Kapitalisti nisu mogi naci pijacu "a rad
nicki proizvod prvo pocetka rata; kako ce oni
moci prodati mnogo veci proizvod kada rat
]svrsi? Kapitalisti sami stole prestraseni pred
,svelicinom toga problerna. Njihov ocaj Sc odra-
tzava njihovoj prezauzetosti, vrlol sredlnl
trata, sa posleratnim pijacama posleratnom
fborbom "a place. Rat je otezao umnozio
sprobleme koj suocavalu kapitalisticku klasu
F. on ie otuda, samo odlozio ali nije sprecio,
spropast kapitalizma.
I Kapitalisticka klasa Sc obraca sve wise /
wise drzavi, kao agenciji da produzi menu
egzistenciju kao vladajuce klase. Medluna-
nodno, americka kapitalisticka drzava posta-
la ie ogromn kartel koii skoriscava narodnu
hnilitarnu ekonomsku moe "a unapredjenje
lapitalistickih cilieva Narodnos drzava Sc
poziva da kontrohse sile razuzdane konku-
rentskim kapitalizmom - "a korist kaplta-
-listi6kih vlasnika. Ako privatna svolina pro-
tluz da bude osnov drustVa / ostave Sc kapI-
talisti u kontrol poslova mi nozemo ocekl-
Eati da &c oni uraditi tacno ono sto su kaplta-
listi Nemacke Italije uradli kada je n]lhova
plast bila ugrozena - pokusati da ovekoVece
vlast mad radncima nametanjem totalltarl-
janskh spona ma njih.
! Kapitalisticko naginjanje cpSotut'znau.
Znaci kapitalistiGke reakcije obilni su.
Poltika obracunavanja sa fasistima IL vana
uporedavaiuca ie kod kuce sa zahtevom IA
sisticki-pioniranim kontrolama mad radnlci-
ma - konskripciiom rada, ma primer, u otVo-
.~syvrlom preziru Ustavne zabrane nepsiveasae
suzbe Tesko da su mamie zloslutni zahtevi
ela Sc produze ratno-vremene kontrole pos
leratnu cru ustanovljenje trajne milltarne
konskripciie protuStrajkovne zakone, stvara-
ME ogromne drzavne birol<ratiie sirenje
anti-semitizma racizma.
Predvidiajuci nezapamcenu posleratnu
besposlicu drustvenu uznemirenost, kapita-
listicka klasa njeni reformatorsH sluganl
iznose mnoge planove da umire radnike. Maj
vaznji medju ovima, posleratni program ma
rodnog rada prosirenje 'drustvene sigur-
nesti" - izmiSljeno pogresno-imenovanJe
pod sistemom, po njegovoj vrloj prirodi ma
laze nesigurnost "a korisne proizvadjace L.
ovih zahteva. vrlo ie jasno da ono sto kapita-
listi naziru ieste stanje ropstva koJem bl
besposleni bill drzani Cd drzave u rezervi u
velikim rezervoarinla narodnih radova.
Socijalizam: NADIA Gouecanstual
Protiv ovoga ludog druStvenog sstema
kapitalizma, Socijalisticka Radnicka Partlla
die svoj gas gromkom protestu bezuslov-
nom osud jvanju, poziva radnitku klasu da
Sc organzuje politicki industrijalno da
ucini kraj kapitalizmu, da uspostavi Soci-
jalistieku Industrijalnu Zajednicu Rada
tNastavak sa 3. strane)
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Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen odrLao
ie eovor neki dan IL Clevelandu,
pred 5000 sluSaoca u Public Mu-
sic Hall-i. u svojem govorn on
je opominjao o opasnosti koJa
preti Cd posleratne Rusiie, tvr-
deci da u Rusiji wise ne postoli
"dusa", a tako ce dobrim delon.
biti sa ostalom Evropom. On i
to rece, da &c Russia Bit sle-
deca zemlia koja ce polSusaj: taa
postane gospodar Evrope". Da bi
,,verio sluSaoce IL nepoverenje
prema Rusiu on upita". Zaato
Saveznicki letaci ne mogu pre-
nasati lend-lease avijone Il Bit
siiu. zasto Sc nj jednom annerie-
korn militarnom istrazivacu ne
dozvoliava ma isto6ni front, "a
sto Rusiia jos nikada ne bomhar-
duie Nemacku" slitno.
Dale je rekao da sve ono sto
Sc dogodi Poliskoj u odnosu sa
Rusijom, dogodide Sc i svima dfu'
gina ier da ie sPoljska nediu-
n;,odni problem II umanjenosi'".
0 hriscanstvu ie mnogo goVotio,
koje je kako on tvrdi vec u m =
90 osteceno u Evropi, a to CO So
desiti delimicno i ovde kod -.
j kako &c hriScanstvo otici Ii lkk-
MI it'd.
Sheen ie veliki reakcionar /
0Nastayak sa 3. strane)
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Strajk svilarskih
radnika

! u drzavi Pennsylvania nalazi
Sc oko 5000 svilarskih radnika
na strajku u gradovina Kings
ton, Hazleton i Berwick. y sva
tri ova mesta svilarske tvornice
SUI u rukama i vlasniStvu Duplan
| Corporations. Posto Sc svila sko-
70 iskliucivo upotrebljuje "a rat
ne svrhe, owl Sc poslovi smatraju
ratnim poslovima.
Kao pravilo tefstilni su ranici
naimizernije i do sada bill placa-
nj cd skoro svih drugih radnika.
! To sc moze lako nazreti u nil
hovom skromnom zahtevu da i'm
Sc digne najamnica do proseeno
so po satu. Oni tex traze poviSi-
GU Cd deset cent? na sat, Sto zna-
ci da je njihova plata sada oko
pedeset cent? ma sat. iii kako no.
vine javljaju 4712. Pored toga
oni zahtevaiu otsustvo platom
"a jednu i dve nedelje. Kompa-
Mia je ponudila povisicu Cd diva
7 do tri i pol centa po satu jednu
nedelju otsustvo platom, sto
SUI radnici odbili ola pristanu
drze Sc dale svojih zahteva
KonaCno War Labor Board sc u
mesao. i kao uvek, bez da ista
stvarno obecava, zapovedio je
radnicima da Sc vrate ma posao j
da &c Sc tada raditi ma nagodba
ma, sto. razume Sc, noze uzeti
celu godinu dana jos da Sc nista
nedobije
strajk predvodi CIO Textile
Workers Union koji dale pro-
duzava trazeci povoline uslove j
obecania cd WLB ito pismeno, /
tex tada &c Sc radnici vratiti ma
posao, sto znaci da ce ipak mo-
rati cekati "a nagodbu. y ovoi
/ industriji vecinom, skoro iskliu-
civo, rade zenski radnici iii rad
nice.
I ova ce, kao sve ostale kom-
paniie, mozda nabrzo hvalisati
Sc kroz novine koliko je miliona
profita zaradila dok njeni radni
ci nj hleba dosta nemadu j necc
da nadje u susret tako sitnim
zahtevima koje radnici traze. Ia
to Sc NINA dopada oval sisteca
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lzracunato je da Sjedinjene
Drzave trose svakog dana toliko
koliko je kostao Geo rat 1912,
diva puta toliko koliko je kostao
rat sa Meksikon. Ia pedeset da-
ma IL ovom ratu potrosi Sc toliko
koliko Sc potrosilo "a Geo Ora
djanski Rat, ukljucujuci vetera-
nina penziju sve do 1898.
Prosecno dnevno trosenje IL
nasa $3O7,30O.000. U prvih sest
meseci owe godine, Sjedinjene
Drzave su potrosile wise nego na
Geo prosli svetski rat, II. u pros
lonn ratu je potroseno Sal, ,765,~
100000, a u prvih sest meseci
owe godine potroseno je SAL ,864,-
$4,000.
Ovo ie jasna slika kapitalistit-
ke sposobnosti da vladaju sve~
tom rezultat njihovog mnogo-
hvalisuceg sistema ''privatnog
| preduzeca" "slobodne trgoVi-
| me-. Zlocnackor rasipanju i ra-
zaraniu liudskog rada nema gra-
MICA. Pored. toga sto rat toliko
! kosta. tn su jos i mnoge druge
anarhije kapitalizma koie veil
kim delorn zderu produkte ljuds-
kog rada, sto bi Sc sve u razum-
nom liudskom drustvu moglo IL
porebiti "a uzivanje i blagosta-
ME Iiudi, to kapitalizam upo-
/ trebljuje "a razaranje / ubiJanJe
ljudi.