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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-02-23
IL URADA PODRUzNICE
ST. 2 SANS

Chicago, I'll. - Prihodnjo So
boto zvecer 26. febr. bo zopet
naSa redna seja. CLAM in clanice
pridite vsi. Ravno tako ste vab-
ljeni vsi tisti, kateri Sc niste
vclanjeni. Tukaj izveste veliko
zanimivosti. Ma primer, ma zad-
Mi sell nam je tajnik Mirko Ku-
hel povedal veliko o delu SAN
Sa in ZOJSA ter o hrabri borbi
~partizanov V Jugoslaviji. Kateri
ste bill navzoci, veste, kako pa
zno srno vsi sledili njegovim IL
vajanjem. " soboto zvecer DO pa
med Mani Vincent Cainkar, XII
nam DO zopet gotovo povedal
kaj vaznega in zanimivega.
Clanstvo podruznice ponovno a.
pelira ma vas, da prfdete ma tie
vazne seize. Vedite, da z malimi
mesecnimi prispevki Sc veliko
pomaga nasemu trpecemu marc
du &c mas je vec skupaj.
Ma zadnji sell smo tudi Two
iii sledeci odbor "a to leto:
Predsednik, Louis Volk; tai
nix, John Turk; blagajnik Lud-
vik Katz; zapisnikar, Frank Te-
ropSic. Nadzorniki: Joseph Vre-
eek, Philip Sober in Jennie
Volk. Udelezba je bila dobra.
Upamo, da DO ia mesec Sc
boljsa. Mas novi predsednik nam
je povedal, da DO otvarial seize
Job dolocenem casu, to je, OBJ 8.
uri.. Torej odlocite Sc vsi, ola pri-
dete v soboto zvecer zagotovo
ma to sejo zgodaj. Pc sell DO, kot
pc navadi, malo prijetne donna
&c zabave. Ludvik Janezic ie OBJ
ljubil, da DO prinesel seboj svojo
harmoniko.
John Turk, tajnik.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-02-23

uradi mnogo izdatnejsi nego "a
cello Rusijo en- sam.
Zunanji stiki, XII Jill lahko
imajo posamezne drzave, seveda
ne smejo obsegati paktov ali po-
dobnih dalekoseznih odlocb.
Molotov je izrecno govoril Same
o posebnih ekonomskih in kul-
turnih interesih posameznih re-
publik. Vazno DO, da Sc DO inte-
res vsake Timed enajstih repu-
blk V zunanji politiki zelo po-
vocal. Do sedaj so sovjetski dr.
zavljani zelo malo vedeli o zu-
nanjem svetu in jih tudi nihce
nj vzpodbujal, maj Sc zanimajo
"a dogodke izven ruskih mel.
Sedaj pa je njihova dolznost, da
so udelezevani V svetovnih do
godkih. Doba osamljenja je mi
nula.
Koncem svojega govora je
Molotov omenil pomen izpre-
memb V konstituciji tudi v med
narodnem smislu. Rekel je, da
"je ogromnega pomona z vidika
vsega naprednega cloveStva
Vemo, da zadeve ne smejo biti
omejene ma vojaski poraz fash
sticnih sill"
&c Sc pogledamo, da so skorai
OBJ istem casu Izvestja napadla
nazadnjasko politiko Vatikana,
postane poziv "naprednim" 81
lam tembolj pomemben. Soviet
ska unija ne namerava dovoliti
nazadnjaskih rezimov, vsaj pr
svojih sosedih ne. Hoce pa odre-
siti vse tuje drzave strahu pred
sovjetskim velikanom in prika-
zati sebe V najboljSi luci. Oci-
vidno upa, da DO z izprememba-
mi dosegla tudi mednarodno We
clio proznost,
Molotov govor hi Sc mogel
smatrati kot indirekten odgovor
ma poziv, XII ga je postal svet
feldmarSal SHUTS koncem no
vembra proslega leta nekaterim
zapadnoevropskim drzavam, mai
Sc pridruzijo britanski DRAW.
Napredne drzave, XII Sc cutijo o.
samljene, imajo ma razpolago
diva ustroja drzave: kapitalistie-
mega in socialisticnega. Narod-
nostno Sc nimajo niti v enem,
nit v drugem nicesar bait. Soci-
alno pa je med obema ogromna
razlika. Ma vsak nacin pa, &c bi
Holandska in Belgija pristopili
k britanski skupnosti, hi Soviet
ska Russia lahko povabila ma
pridruzenje balkanske in morda
azijske narode. V izpremembah
konstitucije ne vidimo samo IL
premembe V notranji politiki,
temvec tudi zacetek zunanje po-
litike, XII vodi povsem ma drugo
pot, namrec proc cd p~rejsnjega
izolacionizma. S tenn soviet ne
stremijo "a dosego kaksne po-
sebne koristi. Mogoce je, da bo-
do poslali ma kakSno konferen-
co sestnajst svojih delegatov, to-
da zgradbe cele svoje drzave ne
prenavljajo zaradi tega.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-02-23
~RozIogonje vzrokov "a
decentroIizocijo USSR

Clankar Donald Bell, XII raz-
vol Sovjetske Rustic dobro po-
INA, in v~nanjo politiko raznih
velesil, je napisal o vzrokih raz-
sirjenja avtonomije sovjetskih
republik sledeco razlago:
Ko je bila ustanovljena I've
Una drzava britskega imperija,
Sc to nj zgodilo zaradi zunanie
politike. Nekatere teh draw so
Sc bile razvile do take visine, da
jim je bio treba dati pravice ne
odvisnosti.
Sovjetska unija smatra sama
sebe "a mlado drzavo, XII 81 Sc nj
nasla svoje dokoncne oblike.
Napacno je mnenje, da je incl
Lenin cd vsega pocetka v mislih
popolno diktaturo. Sovjetski 81
stem ie moral S silo unieiti SOW
raznike socialne revolucije, isto-
casno pa je moral zagotoviti de-
mokratsko svobodo raznim poll
ticnim gibanjem v Rush..
Vsled tega so vladala v prvih.
letih v Sovjetski uniji med po-
liticnimi strujami silna nasprot-
silva, V katerih so bile razlike
med posameznimi gibanji ne
manjSe, temvec vecje nego so
med republikanci in demokrati
v Zed. drzavah ameriskih. Logi-
chi revoluiconarni razvoj ie vo-
dill do popolne diktature, XII je
zatrla VISA politicna stranpota.
Vladala pa je t~eorija, da je to
samo prehodno stanje, XII Sc je
imelo zavrsiti leta 1886 z demo-
kratsko ustavo. Bila je to resna
namera, XII pa Sc nj izvrsila vs.
led blizanja druge svetovne
vojne.
Enako je sci skozi razne pre-
skusnje narodnostni problem.
Lenin je zelel DAFT raznim drza-
yam v Sovjetski uniji popolno
neodvisnost, da, tudi pravico, da
Sc locijo Cd Rustic. Ia demokra-
CHA je ostala ma papirju.
Toda ella, da dajo vsem svo-
jim narodom enake pravice, nj
SO soviet nikoli izgubili izpred
oci. Leta 1889, Tx pred izbru-
HON vojne SO v Moskvi zgradili
kongresno poslopje narodov in
to je bio znamenje bodocih IL
prememb v sovjetski DRAW.
Vojna je prekinila tudi to
smer. Pomisleki pa, XII so Sc leta
1889 mnogo pomenili, SO izginili
pc skusnjah zadnjih let. Razni
~sovjetski narodi so dokazali svo-
10 zvestobo v strahotnih nalo-
gah vojne.
V govoru o izpremembah v
sovjetski konstituciji je Molo-
TOW naStel skoraj samo notranje-
politicne vzroke. Sovjetske re-
publike 81 ustanove vsaka svoio
lastno armada in te armada bo-
do povecale moe celotne rdece
armada. SploSni nabori SO Sc vr-
sill V Sovjetski uniji sele sedaj
v vojni, V nekaterih pokrajinah
z zaostalim prebivalstvom pa
cello Sc sedaj Same delno, Neka-
tere predele je vojasko lazje or
ganizirati, &c to store posebni,
zanje pripravljeni uradi. Poleg
tega DO vojasko vezbanje uve-
demo V vse sole. In tudi pri tenn
SO "a vsako republiko posebni
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-02-23
Ameriske image no
Pocifiku

Ameriska bojna sila je z ma
padom ma japonsko pomorsko
trdnjavo Truk ugonobila 10 ia
ponskih bojnih ladij, unicila mad
100 letal, vzletalisce in trdnjav-
ske naprave. To je bill najvecji
ameriSki triumf dosedaj V vojni
z Japonci.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-02-23

V Mussolinijevi "republiki"
Sc vrsi "preporod", XII della "a
vezniskemu poveljstvu precei
skrbi. ZavezniSki porocevalci v
Italiji piSejo, da DO nasa arma-
da ma svojem p%rodiranju V Sc
verno Italijo v neprijetnem po-
lozaju vracati Hitlerjevo-Mus-
solinijevo italijansko %republiko
kralju in njegovemu rezimu, do
kler Sc ljudstvo ne izrece "a
spremembo sistema Wade, &C DO
sploh dobilo to priloznost.
Kralj Emanuel je v severni
Italiji cd fasisticnih in nacijskih
propagandistov oglasan "a mai
vecjega izdajalca vseh casov.
Dvorna posestva mu je republi-
kanski rezim konfisciral. Tudi
mnogim plemenitasem in GER
kvam so bale zaplenjena in raz-
deljena med ljudi. Dvorna gesla
SO nadomeScena z republican
skimi", solske knjige, XII so po-
velicevale dvor in Emanuela, so.
~unicene in tiskane move, XII pri-
povedujejo o novi svobodi in
preporodu I~talije il okorele mo-
narhije V ljudovlado. Porocajo,
da Sc tt "republikanci' posebno
trudijo dobiti simpatije "a svojo
stvar med proletariatom v Sc
verni Italiji, XII je bill pred fash
zmom socialistiGen in komuni-
sticen ter "a republiko.
S to propaganda med delav-
stvom baje u%spevajo, pc - "a
slugi zavezniskega poveljstva V
juzni Italiji. CeS, poglejte Jill,
kako so YAM pravili o osvobodit-
vi in demokraciji, a podpirajo
pa trhlo i~zdajalsko dinastijo, hi
erarhijo in ostalo reakcijo. Tt
argument zvene "radikalno' in
je mono, da bodo z mimi odbili
v severni Italiji med liberalnimi
clement zaveznikom veliko
simpatij. Ako bi zavezniSko po-
veljstvo dalo slovo kralju in po-
magalo v svojem delu I~talije u
stanoviti ljudski rezim, bi imeli
zavezniski propagandisti pred
"republikanskimi" glasniki v Sc
verni Italiji p%rednost, ker bi la
hko ljudstvu rekli, ola mu poma-
gajo,k graditvi novega reda ma
temelju demokracije in socialne
zaScite.
Sovjetska vlada Sc je clanom
nemSkega osvobodilnega odbo-
ra V Moskvi vsled svojega ODE
tanja Vzhodne Prusije Poljski
jake zamerila. Same komunisti
V odboru so baje bill "a podpira-
ME sovjetske obljube POLISH ma
nemski racun, vsi drugi proti, in
seja osvobodilnega odbora Sc je
v tenn prerekanju razbila. Tisti,
XII SO proti izvedbi sovjetske OBJ
lube Poljski, pravijo, da bi VISA
ka delitev Nemcije med druge
dezele, in kdor jim dale take OBJ
lube, pomagala lie v povecava-
nju nemskega odpora in S TEN k
podaljsanju vojne. Ia argument
nj brez podlage.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-02-23
HAOM ENTAR.D !


Hitlerjevi propagandisti v
tretjem rajhu pa gredo Sc veliko
dali. Dokazujejo, da ina soviet
lska vlada dvojno merilo, Ease
zahteva vzhodno Poljsko, ker je
vecina njenega prebivalstva u
krajinska in beloruska. To STALL
See opravicuje S tenn, da spadajo
narodne manjSine dezelam nil
hovega rodu, ne pa v podjarm-
ltenja. A v pogledu Nemcije pa
je Moskva ravno nasprotnih ma
zorov.
Poljaki Londonu Sc S soviet
sko obljubo ne zadovoljujejo, pa
ne cato, ker ne bi marali Who
dine Prusije, pac pa, ker zele o.
boje: ukrajinski in beloruski
del, Xxi SO ga imeli pred letom
1889, in Sc Vzhodno Prusijo ter
nekaj drugih nemskih krajev.
Use gre torej nekako pc starem,
kakor V prejSnji vojni.
Zurnik J. M. Trunk rad "a
brede v antisemitizem. Judov
nina rad - to je re dostikrat
povedal in pisal. V "Novem sve-
tn" je spet vprasal: "Kdo je
umoril, krizal Kristusa? Jude
pac." o Sloveniji pravi, da v Mi
pred Jugoslavijo nj bio dosti
Judov, ker je bila prerevna. A
ko je nastala Jugoslavija, so pa
re prihajali. Pravi, da pred prvo
s%vetovno vojno v kavarni Union
v Ljubljani nj bio videti Judov.
"Pod Jugoslavijo pa je bio v Mi
Judov cele mize ma najboljsih
mestih." Svoj clanek zaklju-
cuje:
JudOvskO v%praSanje nj vpraSanje
o krivdi JudOV pri krizanju Kristu-
sa, nj lie mOralno vpraSanje o ras-
mem sovrastvu, to vprasanje pOsega
v prvi vrsti " ekOnOmske Zadeve,
ampak tie strani Sc nihCe ne dotak-
ne. Ali res nihce? KO pri mas v
Ameriki antisemitizma Sc poznaIi
MISC, je jecala caristicna Russia pod
tezO judovskega vprasanja, da Sc je
radi nespametnih pOgrOmOv zgra-
zal YES svet. KakO je v Rusiji da-
mes? Prestudirajte, ce vas zanima,
gOtovo je lie, da tam prerekavanje
o krivdi ali nekrivdi judovskega
narOda pri krizanju Kristusa ne OBJ
staja, pri mas pa je skoroda edino v
Ospredju.
Sklicevati Sc ma Rusijo je pa vsaj
danes Sc hudO prekerna zadeva. Ju-
die SO krivi krizanja, pa maj bi prl-
Sli do spoznanja prav radi = vse-
splOsnega antisemitizma. Nam ka-
tOlicanom mOrajo postati bratje v
Kristusu, krizanje ma sebi jim tega
nikakor ne brani postati, "saj ne
vedO, kaj delajo, oce, odpusti jim"
V HBZ je bio glasovanje "a
izvolitev glavnega blagajnika
koncano in mnogi SO Sc oddahni-
Ii, kajti tezko da je bio Sc kdaj
ma kakem referendum v kate
rikoli jugoslovanski podporni
organizaciji toliko volilne KAN
pnje, kakor 10 je bio v HBZ.
Kandidiral je v to sluzbo bivsi
urednik "Zajednicara" Milan
Petrak, XII je bill ma konvenciji
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-02-23
1866 ongIeskih bombnikoy
izqublienih v |. 1913

Anglezi SO lani v raznih bonn
bnih napadih ma sovrazne kraje
IN ma mesta cd nacijev okupira-
ne Europe izgubili 1866 letal,
Timed teh nekaj tudi ma drugih
bojiscih.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-02-23
: KRITIGNA MNENJA POROGIA IN RAZPRAVE : :

SOM in isto Sc mu je dogodilo
sedaj, ko je zmagal njegov CLAW
nj tekmec Martin Krasic. Dobil
lie $500 glasov vec kakor Pc
trak. Petrakovi pristaSi trdijo,
da SO bile V mnogih drustvih vo-
live nepravilne in pravijo, da
imajo tudi dokaze. Krasiceve
image je bill zelo vessel posebno
"Narodni Glasnik", XII je zani
veliko agitiral.
George Marcan je v svoji ra-
dio-uri, XII 10 oddaja vsako ne
deljo Y Chicago, v tekmi med
pref omenjenima kandidatoma
"a blagajnika HBZ veliko zaslu-
I'll. Govorniki so nastopali pred
mikrofonom drug "a drugim in
agitirali ma vse pretege eni "a
Petraka in drugi "a Krasica. BIZ
la je res ''zanimiva' kampania.
Ambassador Fotic je v new
yorskem Timesu branil svoj re-
kord V odgovarjanju ma napade,
xxi Jill nekateri ameriSki pisci
sirijo proti MENU in njegovemu
kralju''. Vendar pa Fotica vse
njegovo dokazovanje o svoji
zvestobi zaveznikom ne more o.
praviciti pred dejstvom, ola je v
sedanji vojni postal ne vec "a
stopnik Jugoslavije, pac pa srb-
ski sovinist in financna sredstva
Jugoslavije, XII jih ina ma raz-
polago, trosi S tega svojega sta
lisca. Freda Kirchwey je imela
prav, ko je v Nationu priporoca-
la ameriski vladi, maj poskrbi,
da Sc ga primora resignirati in
podati obracun "a denar, XII je,
ali bi sal incl biti pod nadzor-
stvom naSe Wade.
Chicago Tribune prinaSa dan
"a dnem izzivalne kartune v
hujskanju proti Rusiji, in kartu-
ne proti Rooseveltu in drugim
takim, ki Sovjetske unije nocejo
sovraziti. Taktika, XII 10 vodi
lastnik Tribune, je za vzajem-
most med narodi, XII hi jo mnogi
radi ustvarili ne Same sedaj,
ampak Sc posebno pc vojni, ia
ko nevarna.
Grofija Gandolfo, XII 10 je
Mussolini v casu sklenitve po-
godbe S sveto stolico prepisal ma
papeza in jo proglasil "a nedo-
takljiv del vatikanske drzave,
lei ma kraju, pc katerem prodi-
rajo zavezniske cete proti Rimu.
ZavezniSki krogi trdijo, da ka-
kor Monte Casino, lei tudi
Gandolfo ma strateglcni tOcki, in
da SO ma njej utaborjene nemske
cete. Slednje je papezev nuncii
V Washingtonu odloSno zanikal.
On pravi, da 50 papezevi gra-
Semi lie begunci - deset tisoc pc
stevilu, in &c 10 bodo zavezniki
napadli, bodo zrtve lie nedolzni
ljudje. Stvar je torej delikatno
vprasanje, ker je Gandolfo del
papezeve nevtralne drzave. Te-
Java je V tenn, da je to stanje
ovira pr prodiranju zaveznikov,
torej v korist Hitlerju. Roose-
veltova izjava, da je ,zavezniska
armada V Italiji krizarska vol
ska, XII je priSla "osvoboditi pa
peza", nj V vatikanski DRAW in
v njeni grofiji Ganco1fo dobila
torej mic kaj ugodnega odmeva.
Papez smatra, da je svoboden
tako kakor je, in ne mara, da bi
kdo krSil nevtralnost Vatikana
in Gondolfa.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-02-23
'PRIDOBITVE RDECE
.ARMADE V OSMIH
MESECIH OFENZIVE
(Nadaljevanje s 1. strani.)

(Nadaljevanje S 1. strani.)
zemlja, Q kateri SO Sc v Berlinu
veselili, da jim DO mize polnila
z dobrinami. Hitler je v enem
svojih govorov dejal, da 81 DO
Nemcija z bogastvi in pridelki
Ukraine ustvarila najviSji xiv
ljenski standard ma svetu.
Ia sen Nemcije je Sci vsled
ruskih zmag pc vodi, kar je "a
MO veliko razocaranje.
NemSka armada Sc nj strta
Vzlic ogromnim izgubam, XII
Jill ina Hitlerjeva bojna sila ma
vzhodni 'front.', Sc mora o Mi
priznati, da je Sc vedno mogo-
cha. LAM je poskusila spet z O.
~fenzivo, XII pa Sc il je izjalovila
V sestih dneh in cd tedaj jo So
vjetske divizije ma vee ko tisoc
mill dolgi 'front.' porivajo nazai
proti zapadu korak "a korakom,
milo "a milo. Prise SO re pre-
ko mel predvojne Poljske in so
pred pragom baltiSkih dezel.
To SO bile slime bitke, kakrS-
nih V tolikem obsegu Sc nj bio v
zgodovini.
Ne samo nemSke, tudi soviet
ske izgube SO bile ogromne in
jih ne DO Sc konec. Toda ljud-
stva sovjetskih republik vedo,
da .je njihova zveza ohranjena
in Hitler Sc je S to vojno ukanil
"a svoj glavni namen. Gill mu je
bill zavladati mad vzhodno Evro-
pc, mad Rusijo in Sibirijo ter O.
gromne zaklade teh dezel izrab-
ljati "a graditev velicine velike
Nemcije, XII bi vsled svoje 60
spodarske, politicne in oboroze-
ne sile postala gospodarica sve-
ia.
Tako pa DO morala spet v po-
raz in' ponizanje, kakor v prvi
svetovni vojni. Razlika je lie, da
je takrat ona Rusijo porazila, Sc
daj pa Sc mora umikati IL ME.
Obletnica rdece armada
To sredo je 26 let ustanovitve
rdnGa armada To Ob1n+nico nro
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-02-23
Domovi Sc ~posIuzujejo
elektrike

Elektricno razsvetljavo rabi
re "a odstotkov ameriSkih do
NOV.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-02-23
ObIetnica rdece armada

To sredo je rs let ustanoyitve
rdece armada. To obletnico pra-
znuje V znamenju uspehov in pa
V znamenju risanja novega po-
glavja svetovnega razvoja.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26


 the statement requesting the com pany's move.
 The issue resulted from the un- authorized waIkouc fast Saturday of the first shift of the tube mill di- vision in protest to what they term ed were accumulated grievances. Following consultation with union officials the men agreed to return to work on Monday morning at which time they were met at the gates of the plant and told to re- turn their badges and consider themselves no longer employees of the company. The second shift of the division walked out in protest to this procedure on Monday after noon.
 The company has contended that the actions of the men in walking out was in violation of contract" and was in effect equivalent to their having quit their jobs" The c. I. O. in protest has contended that the company's actions constituted a lockout"
 Just what decision the company thewill make on the matter was = will make on the matter was not de termined at press time. Previousl! the company had notified the unior that it would consider reemploymen of the men with the proviso tha they would be accepted as new em' ployeS. The union, by vote of tn, men, rejected this proposal on tn, stand that such a move would mear loss of seniority privileges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
DETAIL FOR TO-DAY Shelter kalf

A SHELTER HALF is what civil- lans know as pup tent. A sol.
 dier cannot have the dubious pleasure of sleeping in one alone, for he has only one-half of it, and must find a comrade with the other half or sleep with the sky as a roof. Putting up a SHELL TER HALF is maddening-taking tt down ridiculously simple. It's not so bad if the soldier Is al- lowed to pick his own campsite,, but more than often a formal bivouac" is in order and the c. I.'s find themselves putting up and taking down with aggravatingI repetition, until the straight linel desired is achieved. SHELTERI HALVES have an odor all their own, a result of many nights on| the ground.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26

There was no word on the nature of his conference in Buckingham palace. Eisenhower was received ir, audience by the king this morning and remained at the palace for lunch.
 Meanwhile, radio Moscow broad cast a report hat Himmler had left Berlin by plane enroute to France where he was. expected to take di- rect charge of the gestapo's pre-in- vasion preparations.
 His purported departure coincid- ed with broadcasts of invasion in- structions to French patriots by a member of the invasion staff oi Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
 Though Gestapo agents and the cooperating Vichy French militia have rounded up thousands of Sus- pected members of the French un- derground, sabotage and terror at- tacks on German troops have con- tinued throughout France and it was believed possible that Himmler has decided to give the matter his personal attention.
 GA Swiss newspaper dispatch re- ported to the Office of War Infor- nation said the Germans have printed hundreds of thousands oi copies of a secret order to be re- leased on invasion day ordering all men 18 to 50 in France to report to occupation authorities within four hours, after which any found on the streets would be "shot on the spot.~
 Tn Britain. some S7,0O0 volun- teers were revealed to have re- sponded to an Admiralty appeal for yachtsmen and others with a knowledge of boats to man small craft for harbor duties during short periods of time under an emergen- cy plan.
 The appeal recalled a similar one issued at the time of the British evacuation from Dunkerque in l940
 Thousands of British families can- celled their Whitsunday holiday and annual vacation trips in view of the transport ministry's warning that trains were liable to cancellation without notice as invasion day ap- brooches.
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0ulnlan COQay TOT Q QeClSlOn,
 The legal issue was raised by tho Colonial Beacon oil Company of Massachusetts, one of the defend- ants in the $l5,000 civil action brought by Peter Carpenteri, one of the i7 passengers, all school chil- dren, who were injured. The truck in the crash was owned by the New Haven concern, which con- tracted with the Massachusetts company to transport oil to Water bury.
 The Colonial Beacon company, in the demurrer argued today, claim ed its failure to employe licensed contractor does not entitle the plaintiff to recovery. It claimed. through its counsel, Attorney Law renee Lewis, that no legal duty rested upon 1t to ascertain If the contractor, to whom delivery of oil was assigned, was licensed or not. The court was asked to eXpunge the portion of the complaint refer ring to the license issue.
 Attorney Francis Mcdonald, counsel for the plaintiff argued that in order to get a license a com- mon carrier must prove that its equipment is adequate. He pointed out the accident of September IS, which resulted in two deaths, was due to a 6 faulty tire, which blew up and put the oil truck out of control.
 It was pointed out by the plain tiff's lawyer that the state statute requiring the license was designed for public safety, and that com- pliance with 1t was deemed essen- tial for public welfare. He stated that the business of transporting oil is a dangerous one because of the hazard of an explosion, and that the defendants should have taken adequate precautions.
 When Judge Quinlan inquired whether the tire exploded because the company had no license, At torney Mcdonald replied emphat- ically that that was the case. He indicated the faulty tires would not have been in use if the con- cern had gone through the inspec- ton required for obtaining a n- cense.
 It was claimed by the plaintiffs lawyer that a person or firm who delegates work to someone else is totally responsible.
 Although Judge Quinlan stated
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at the start of the hearing that he did not see how the license Ques. ton affected the liability, he stated later he would study the citatiora presented by the plaintiffs counsel, and said 1t was not unusual for a judge to take a different view after making thorough study of other cases. The defendant concerns lawyer said he had not found any other cases in which the same is- sue pertained.
 The case today was the smallest of five filed so far as a result of the accident, and the plaintiffs lawyer pointed this out to the court. He indicated he thought the defendant was unfair in raising the legal is- sue, which applies to all of the cas- es, in the smallest one. Three of the other plaintiffs seek $l00,00O, while a fourth asks for $l5,000.
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QUEEN MOTHERS BIRTHDAY

London. May 26- UP) Queen Mother Mary celebrated her 77th birthday quietly at her country resi- dence today.
 Residents of nearby village plan ned special celebrations during the day and invited troops stationed in the neighborhood to attend special stage performance.
 Queen Mary is in the very best of health." member of her entour- age said.
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ALL Y BUILDINGS
 FREE FROM DEBT

Expense at the Y. M. 0. A. for April were $20,O67, bring expenses to the year to a total of $S0,SO8, c. Raymond danung, treasurer, re- ported at a meeting of the board of directors yesterday.
 Current liabilities are $23,s34. and current assets $22,767 for Q deficit of $S77 at the end of April. Capital assets total se0l,700 with al Y buildings free from debt.
 A report by a special committee on building and equipment facilities pointed out that overcrowding and need for more room in all de- partments have been accentuated by the expansion in the woman's program.
 The committee was headed by Leon H. French, president of the