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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01
Using Your Money
To Freeze You Out

One theory of free enterprise" is that anybody has a equal right
and opportunity to buy a share of the capitalist system.
Anybody that thinks there is any substance to that theory-and
especially the small business owners of America-seems due for a rude
awakening after the war is owe and industry is reconverted and e
fooled for the production of consumer goods.
1t is now pretty well established that the major corporations of
the nation have set aside sufficient SURPRISES out of their "a profits,
which the present administration kindly allows, to do that job without
seeking funds from new investors.
1t used to be, in the days when the Morgan banking firm was
the savings of many people to make up the big totals needed to build
gigantic enterprises in the first place. Then Tom, Dick and Harry
really did have a chance to become part owners of the economic system
But that day is going to be over if the free enterprise" system
survives the war. Tom, Dick and Harry are going to find that THEIR
money, which the big owners took out of war orders, is going to be
used to freeze THEM out of the new industrial empire that will be built
when the old is no longer needed. The corporations have the money.
They will also keep the ownership and no newcomers will be admitted.
Little business people should be able to e where they will stand
in the postwar setup. Even before the val they were slowly being
driven out of the field by combines, mergers and chains. But after the
war the process will not be so slow.
Unfortunately, most Americans n looking 81 closely at the war
that they cannot SCI what is happening here at home. Otherwise they
might be able to understand before it is too late that so-called free"
enterprise is not going to be freedom at all for the American people,
but freedom for a few corporation heads to manage the people along
with the industries upon which the people depend.
1t will be a cruel irony if what America gets out of the war, to
which her sons have gone in quest of democracy and individual dignity
will be al economic dictatorship under which the rights and opportun-
Americans better accept Socialism in a hurry Unless they socialize
the nations economy they may find out too late that the economic
royaist have sociaized them-Readng Labor Advocate.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01
WHEN FREE ENTER
PRISE" FELL DOWN

Governor Dewey repeats: 1T
took a war to enable the New Deal
to provide full employment" IN
fortunately, that is true, but the
New Deal is not to blame. It pro-
vided government jobs for the idle
when our free enterprise" system
fell down.
1t would be nice to have some
assurance that "free ENTERPRISE
will do better after this war. But
nothing resembling such assurance
is in sight.
The one thing we cannot afford
is to have millions of job1ess Amer
leans wandering through our
streets. We tried that once and il
almost provoked a revolution. That
happened unedr the Hoover adj
ministration, which certainly was
friendly to free enterprise"
The New Deal is to be praised
not criticized, for taking over when
free enterprise" failed to function
We think American workers are
pretty unanimous on that point. =
Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01
THE LIBERATION OF JUGOSLAVIA
Adomic's Message to his Native Lond on Occasion
of Belgrade Liberation. Vio Own

ror and glory of this war. And
many of us are filled with a sense
of wonder and admiration as we
hear the names of other Yugoslav
leaders-Josip Vidmar, Vladimir
Major, Ivan Rybar, Boris Kidric;
generals Popovich, Dapcevich and
others. We salute you all.
Now, as I say, and as you know
better than l do, the day of your
complete liberation is here. | want
you to know, all of you fighters
and patriots, that many of us in
America stand humbly before your
great military and revolutionary
achievements, that we share in
your sense of triumph, that we
mean to continue to help you
morally and materially in the
months and years to come, and that
we are confident that you will take
every possible step to make sure
that your victory, which is our vic
tory, will blossom forth into the
future that the heroic peoples of
Yugoslavia deserve.
Death to Fascism!
Liberty to the People!
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01

that they are aiming not at an un-
limited expansion toward the Me-
diterranean and western Europe,
but that, quote, to the contrary,
they are planning to create be-
tween themselves and the western
powers a link of strong and indie
pendent states which would be in
position to smooth out any pos
sibilities of future conflicts in the
spheres of interest of Moscow and
London. We have always maintain
ed" the Swiss paper says, "that
neither the Russians nor the Anglo
Americans have any interest what
soever in the development of con-
flicts if they disagree on this or
that point now and then. We be-
tieve, quite to the contrary, that
their common and mutual Interests
will become stronger and stronger.
To help the development in this
direction, it is indeed necessary to
create order and stability in all
corners of Europe"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01

"The whole world has heard of
the events now taking place in
Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia is about to
be completely liberated from the
horror of German occupation and
from the infamy of creatures like
Pavelich, Rupnik, Nedich and their
supporters and followers; and to
us in America this is great news
especially to us who, like myself,
were born in Yu~goslavia.
Il speak to you, to all the fight
ers and patriots of Yugoslavia, as
honorary president of the Slove-
nian-American National Council,
as the first president of the United
Committee. of South Slavic Amer
leans and as an American writer,
who knows personally many of
you from my visit in Yugoslavia
eleven years ago, and who during
the last two years has tried to in
terpret to my fellow Americans the
amazing development of the Libe-
ration struggle.
For q long time, there was a
great deal of confusion in America
about the developments in Yugo-
slavia. Now, nearly all of America
understands what has happened in
Yugoslavia and why; and America
is grateful and inspired.
Many Americans have come to
realize in the past year, or in re-
cent months, that what has occur
ed in Yugoslavia is closely akin to
Americas own revolution of 100
years ago. In fact, you Partisans in
Yugoslavia have lately made us
proud of the fact that fighters for
liberty, who called themselves Par
tisans first appeared in American
history.
The majority of Americans are
deeply impressed by Marshal Tito,
by his brilliant and courageous
leadership. Many of us regard him
as the great figure to emerge
from the dreadful confusion of nor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01
BALKANS SLATED FOR
FEDERATION, SWISS
PAPER SAYS

WASHINGTON. -" 1T is graft
flying to observe the sound realism
with which the Russians are be-
ginning to organize the future of
the Balkans" the Swiss paper
WeltWoche says in an article re-
ported to Owl. THE Russians seem
determined to prepare that great
Balkan federation of Slavs which,
in the long run, will be the only
guaranty of law and order in the
southeast of the European CONT
nent."
Some observers claim that this
plan aims at Russian domination
over the Balkans, but we do not
concur with this opinion" the
Swiss paper says. For to achieve
this goal, Russia would have to
create weak states which would de-
pend on her, and not a strong fede-
ration. The plan of a federation OF
southern Slavs, as it appears today,
furthermore has been the dream
or the most idealistic Balkan states
men for a long time. In Bulgaria
it was represented after the. last
war by her liberal Premier Siam
bulinsky. Similarly also the peas.
ant leaders of Croatia supported
this plan, which also had follower:
in Serbia. Unfortunately, however
the Greater-Serbian nationalist.
succeeded in bringing about a so,
luton which differed from the
dreams of these men, because i
practically led to a Greater-Ser
bian hegemony over all Jugoslavia
and made Macedonians as we'll a.
Slovenes and Croats subordinate
people, while the Bulgars were en-
tirely excluded from this alliance
1.-THE very fact that the Russian,
support the idea of a strong fedora
ton of south Slavs indicates again
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01
NEW YORK DEALERS
URGED TO BE DECENT

NEW YORK.-NeW York mer-
chants were urged by Mayor F. H.
LaGuardia, in a special radio
broadcast, to "show a sense OF de-
cency' in the sale of Christmas
packages for the soldiers overseas
He warned relatives and frienoS
of service men to beware of fake
packages being sold at exorbltahs
prices, and which have been con-
demned by the Federal Trade Com
mission.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01
IN THE WIND
From THE NATION

At a conference on postwar
problems sponsored by the Ma
tional Association of Manufact-
urers, the Michigan Manufacturers
Association, the Detroit Board of
Commerce, and the Employers AS
ISOLATION of Detroit, one of the par
ticipating experts was John w.
Scoville, economist of the Chrysler
Corporation. During a question
and-answer period he was asked,
Under free economy, how do you
propose to take care of the slum
areas?" This was his answer: you
are worrying about something that
doesn't need to be worried about.
If the people living in slums don't
like them, let them move out.
Some people like to live in one-
room shacks. There is no solution
to this problem. Certainly industry
doesn't intend to attempt the i'm
possible"
An employee of the General
Electric Company reports that the
head of his department told the
people under him that the COM
pany would like to raise wages but
the War Labor Board wouldn't let
it, and added, Probably with a
change. in Administration, We'll be
able to augment your salary APP
p~reciably."
This is from a speech by Nal
colin McDermott, copies of which
are being distributed by the Com
mittee for Constitutional Govern,
ment: eff a majority vote mean!
democracy, then Germany anc
Italy (before her fall) were two
of the most perfect democracie.
among the nations! If "a or 81
per cent of the popular vote for (;
party in this country make a demo
cracy, then we must bow to Eu
ropes two highpowered dictator
ships as the arch-democracies o
all time!"
And the forthnightly letter O
the Connecticut Economic Council
looking forward to the end of tn,
war, says, Nov we must soon re
sumo our old task of making de
mocracy safe for the world"
Tide, IN advertising trade maya
zine, reports that a store in Lo
Angeles is recording japanese pro
paganda broadcasts and rebroad
casting them over a local station a
an entertainment feature, unde
the title Lies from Toxic" T,
avoid any misunderstanding, Amer
lean commentators interpret tn
records. The program is very pop
ular.
The University of Texas has of
fically announced that if Negroe
and whites attend meetings in an,
of its buildings they will be Sc
gregated. Officials of the univers
ity point out that segregation ha
always been their policy, but tina
the formal announcement relieve
administrative officers of any ques
ton which might come up o
Festung Europa: When the gen
eral uprising in Slovakia began
the Nazis said it was the work O
Communists. Now they have chang
ed their minds. A recent officia
broadcast stated that the partisan
recruit their forces from tn
higher and middle classes"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01
THESE ARE HAPPY DAYS
FOR COUPON CLIPPERS

Coupon clippers are not doing
badly. According to the Depart
ment of Commerce, cash dividends
during September amounted to
1912, 800, 900, an increase of z per
cent over the same month of 1884.
During the first three-quarters of
the year dividends were 3.5 per
cent more than corresponding 1913
payments.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01

EVEN

EVEN
Doctor don't like to mention
it, but that check you gave me
came back.
Patient-Well, that sure is fun
ny, Doc. So did my lumbago.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01
TRUE

A Laddie from college narnec
Breeze,
Weighed down by B. AS and
M. DIS,
Collapsed from the strain,
Said the doctor: cts plain,
You're killing yourself by
degrees"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01

The one great advantage "
growing older is that you a stan"
for more and fall for less.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01

We hope to grow old, yet we teai
old age; that is, we are willing "
live but afraid to die.-Bruyere'
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01
Edmund Burke'S Lesson

0OooOAA
But it does mean we should
learn in all its import, the lesson
Edmund Burke sought to incul-
cate before the American Revolu-
ton when he said he did not know
how to draw up an indictment
gainst a whole people.
1t is significant that after 20
years of Mussolini's regime, we
find that Italian Fascism was large
ly confined to the wealthy bour-
geoise and professional gangsters.
Also significant is the fact that
after being crushed under Hitler's
boot for more than four years,
what energies in France is an en-
thusiasm for democracy by the
common people, and that the main
strata of collaborationists again
were the wealthy and the gang
sters they could afford to employ.
A New Racism?
L 90 not know enough about ia
pan to speculate on her internal
character, but / am pretty conf
dent that what was true of France
will be true of Germany once the
NaziS are defeated.
1t would be little less than a
tragedy of the first order if the
Moscow conference assumed that
the Germans have a national
character requiring treatment diff
ferent than that given to other
peoples. Restitution where il is
possible, of course, but revenge has
no other result than to lay the
foundations of the next war. | sug-
gest, with humility, that the worlo
a i'll afford another tragedy OF
the present scale.-Overseas News
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01
Memories Are Short

And they must build on the as
sumption that it is much harder to
persuade people who have won a
great victory to entertain feelings
of revenge for Is or 20 years.
| suggest that this is an obvious
lesson of history.
Most of Europe fought Napoleon
for 20 years, but once the Emperor
was exiled to ST. Helena, it was
impossible to maintain feelings of
anger among the people.
The yellow press" of Britain told
France it would be rolled in blood
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01

Keep true to the dreams of thy
youth.-Schiller.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01
Prescription for Peace

That the Nazi leaders must be
~ruthlessly and swiftly punished,
that those who acted as their
agents at home and abroad must
be excluded from political life, and
that there must be a new basis for
the education of the Germans; all
this seems quite elementary.
But if we really want to prevent
a third world war, the first re-
quirement we must fulfill is the
building of a peace in which the
German people will ha We as much
interest as the American, British
and Russian people.
Carthaginian treaties look mag
nificient in history books, they
sound superb in the rhetoric of an
angry statesman's perorations. But
whether it is Roosevelt, Churchill,
or Stain, they must make up their
minds that the important period is
not six months after victory, or
even six years, but more likely Is
to 20 years.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01
Fragility of Treaties

Wise observers will note that the
Firms today are fighting the Nazis
with the same vigor they fought
the Russians just a few months
earlier. The observers will not for
get that the Russo-G German treaty
was sealed, as Molotov said, with
blood, and they will bear in mind
that within a year the Nazis were
hoping utterly to destroy a nation
with whom they had formed an
indissoluble union in 1899,
Treaties, to be frank, have an
air of inconstant fragility about
them, and part of the wisdom of
those seeking to build a peace that
will last, is to give participants
an equal interest in its mainte-
nance That does not mean for a
moment that it is not vital to
punish the Nazis and japanese mi
litarists.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01
For Peace Terms that Embody
Restitution but Not Revenge
BY Harold j. Loski

and mud at the time of the Boer
War; two years later the Entente
Cordiale was signed between the
two countries.
1t is even worth remembering
that within Is years of the end of
the American Revolution, John
Jay was sent to London to nego-
tiate a. treaty.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-11-01

The recent Moscow conference
between Prime Minister Churchill
and Premier Stain was, for the
most part, shrouded in silence
which nc observer could penetrate.
Insofar as the conference touched
on the issues of the postwar settle
ment, there r certain principles
it is necessary that public opinion
in the Big Three INSIST their lead
ers accept.
1t will be disastrous if the tech
nique of security is left in the
hands of the three great powers.
For, unless their detectives are
similar in character, it is more than
probable that each of them will
maneuver for the support of the
smaller countries and, once the
first memory of the wars horror
has begun to pass-and it is aston
ishing how quickly it will pass
we will find ourselves in a new
r of power politics which will be
more disastrous than the old.
Nor is it feasible to think of the
German future either in terms
such as those attributed to Morgen-
than, or in terms of Germany's dis
memberment. The sooner our lead
erS make up their minds that $780,
100000 people cannot be condem-
ned to poverty, and that Germany's
unity is an unacceptable historical
necessity, the more ecure will be
the basis upon which the peace
car be built.
Bradley beam., 1944-08-26

Boox 7 thirteen frames Dodgers lose Prates 97 and 7o Giants defeat Cubs 43 a Giants .whoops, streak TUESDAY, Tigers 97 Dodgers lose (hat third straight from Cubs 98 Nate Nggelng Max Lanier hter in the hit Whey KuowskI by Butch Niemen nuns scalp 53 Ph take first 43 Reds second 5l Russ Christopher tossed As WEDNESDAY. Lakes Giants 5 for tyfourth fortysix Virgil limits UNITS three meas hits Pebcite
 hng Ted Wik the bell for his tenth trimmed the Cubs 21 Wk hurled classy
 finger, allowed only six It. Col Officer, applied
 the over8 regulation without the
 silver leaf he known Bobby Jones' the wonder golfer of than Monmouth 97 touch cch Johnny Bula 6S under in OShanter alAmercan Open play.
Bradley beam., 1944-08-26
BATTING THE BALL WITH BOB

SATURDAY. Tanks Indians Croeti drives homer, 93 .Bonham aids with doube Dodgers
 
 Giants twelfth straight Mort Cooper chalks seventeenth 84 Red Sox thrash 91 Bowman threehit As third with Browns 43 twelve still thinks that the Brownies w lose the check Phles 3 Cubs 42 .Paperboy, 171 the $5350 Saratoga Handicap Belmont Park Devil Diver
  vor and the 03 feather that Peboy carried shot him SUNDAY 5l6 Tigers take from Tanks Stadium 43 slightly while fielding sharp hit caromed off his right Dizzy Trout hung his t np and also drove homer Browns bow Mats Az and 12 Bosox take from Tribe 86 and White Sox 32 and As them second 83 Pirates take pair from Dodgers 0 and Giants lose first for 18th straight 74 Bill Vosee
 
 155 Mu straight hits and Walker batting Reds Buy Walter eighteenth Phl second AL Newark Bears, who miserable July ixth take first International League Nelson 36 holes take PCA champ ionshp Anderson Gunder Ga in the Swedish 1900 championship the comparatively slow 4496 MONDAY 5 hits Indians beat
Bradley beam., 1944-08-26
It. Conkln Champ,
 Wins Golf Tourney

It Conklin, Communications, burned up the course at the Yum blebrook Country Club to take the Bradley Field golf championship with low gross of 81. With his handicap of three, his total of 7S was quite a piece of work for an afternoon. It. Conklin led all the, qualifiers with sizzling 37 in the nine hole qualifying round. played in the morning.
 Runner up in Flight A was Cpl. De Lorenzo, of Ordnance, who took one more stroke than the Commun- ications' Officer for an 82. The Blockbuster's pride and joy had a A in the qualifying round and his low net was 68.
 In Flight B Pfc. Lenczyski of the Weather Detachment beat out Cpl. Dorman of the Medics by one stroke. The Weatherman had an 84 with 16 handicap while the Pill roller had an 85. However, Dor mans 21 handicap gave him the low net of the day with GA.
Bradley beam., 1944-08-26
G-Men Face Ft. Wright In Tourney Opener Here This Afternoon

The Section c softball team swings into action this afternoon at Bradley Field against the strong Fort Wright ten in the opening tussle of the First Service Com mand Softball Tournament. Game time is slated for 1500 hours and the G-Men will be at full strength for the first time in two weeks. Joe Klein, hard-hitting outfelder has returned from furlough and David Ignatius Sookey, himself, will find his championship team behind him as he toes the slab. Dave Sa1ustri's big bat has been sharpened for the tourney and the "softies" as a whole have been pointing toward the Service Command Title ever since their entry was accepted
Bradley beam., 1944-08-26
Bradley Mitt1nen Deciisively Trounce Quonset Boxers

From the moment that Jim Lud- dy hopped into the ring to ask for silence, the huge crowd of boxing fans that packed the Base gym sensed that big doings were in the air-and they were not disappoint- ed. Boxing's return to the Base was celebrated by the appearance of two former World Featherweight Champions, Louis "Kid" Kaplan and Bat Battalino, and also the present title holder, Willie Pep.
 In the opening bout of the eve ming, George Deitrick, 154 lbs., gave Jessie Grant, 150 lbs, a case of leatheritis and was unanimous ly awarded the decision at the end of the three rounds. Jimmy Wash ington, IA lbs, and Henry Nor gan, 142 lbs, put on hammer and tongs exhibition with the result that the judges differed and referee Kid Kaplan voted for a draw. There was little to choose between the two men and the crowd was on its feet during the final round when Washington rallied to gain the draw. Gale Harvey, 168 lbs., out fought Bob Small, 165 lbs., and l gained the nod of the judges at the final bell. Claude Grace, Bradley's | stylist, gave Sam Langford thor
 ough boxing lesson in the first two
 rounds of their bout, but seemed to | tire during the third heat. Lang ford used hard overland rights to the head to good advantage during this frame to shake Grace, but the latter had too big an early lead to lose. Grace weighed in at 138 lbs., while his opponent enjoyed four pound pull in the weights.
 Jerry Bond, 168 pounds, poured his gloves all over Allen Scott who | tipped the beam at 165 to win handily. The crowd was pulling for kayo during this thrilling three
 rounder in which Bond hit his op- ] ponent with everything but the ring posts, however, Scott took Bonds best blows and kept boring in for
 more. The sailor gave a good ac- count of himself and his gameness 1 made a big hit with the fans. Art Saulsgiver had better look to his
 laurels as a popular boxer for the l hard-hitting Bond has left quite an impression by his showing.
 Prior to the CT bouts, wrest- ling exhibition between Bull Curry and Bill Brooks was put on much ] to the amusement of the crowd.
 The referees for the boxing bouts | were Kid Kaplan, first two bouts, Bat Battalino, the next two and Willie Pep for the last one. Jim Kingsley and Walter Galway were the judges while Cpl. Rocky Petta acted as timekeeper.