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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-02-02
Smssny omyl NsmcE.

u 9. armady " Nemecku
Nemecke letaky, tistene v ru.
slime, a zamyslene pro vychod.
nj frontu, byly dnes vypalova.
ny do americkych linif. Bylo v
Mich tvrzeno, re Spojene Staty
pripravujf sc k 1toku ma Rusko
ma Tichem oceanu a re jedin9
slime Nemecko niue zachra-
niti Rusko "pred americkymi a
anglickymi imperalistickymi
CITY,"
Nekolik minut pote byly w.
palovany letaky v anglictine, v
nichz byli Americana upozor-
novani, re Stain snazi Sc znici-
ii Velkou Britanii a Spojene
staty a re jedine slime Nemecko
mGze zachranit spojence.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-02-02
Australsky kTiznik a destroyer
poSkozeny.

Canberra, - Premier Curtin
odhalil dnes, re kTizn1k Au-
STRATA, 10000 tun vodn1ho w
tlaku a destroyer Arunta byly
p%oskozeny japonskymi aero
plany, kdyz operovaly S anne
rickymi valecnym lodstvem ma
podporu vylodenf vojsk gene
rala MacArthura ma Luzonu.
KTiznfk byl zasazen petkrate,
ale pres to, re byl poskozen a
mel ztraty, setrval v boji az do
skoncen1 vylodovac1ch opera
CT.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-02-02
Doprava uhli obmezena ma
stfednim zapade.

Cleveland, O., - Nasledkem
poskozeni dopravy, kterou zp6
sobila studena vlna, jez zasah-
la vychodnf polovinu Spoje-
nych statG, federalnf vlada wy
dala pT1sna obmezenf dopra-
w uhlf. Skoly a zabavnf mista
byly zavTeny a valecna pro-
dukce obmezena v nekterych
oblastech.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-02-02
Walker znova postmistrem.

Washington, D. c., President
Roosevelt znova nominova]
Francise G. Walkera ma Trad
geenralniho postmistra pro
dals1 termin. Je to jediny L.
rad, jehoz term1n jest urcen
zakonem. Generalnf POSTUM
str 1faduje pc dobu admin
strace presidenta, ktery jej
jmenoval, a jeste jeden mesfc
pc presidentove obchodu, ma
cez must byti znova nomino-
van.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-02-02
v Kolumbi chytiIi spehy, chteli
pry do Spoj. StatI.

Bogota, Colombia. Tm ne
mectf vyzvedaci, z nichz je-
den sveho casu patTil do odd1-
III sturmovcG SIS. byli uvezne-
nj v Medellin v Kolumbii. Vsich
nj tri NELL v planu dostati Sc do
Spoj. Stat.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-02-02
MA PUDE
ESKOSLOVENSKA.


Nase letadlo letelo vysoko
mad karpatskymi horami. z w
Sc 500 metr1 Sc zivym dojmem
vybav1 postup nedavne ofensi-
Wy. Move cesty, ktere razila
pechota, vykreslily podivne
IVORY ma svazfch hor. Misty
byly vykaceny borovice, ably
nam umoznily prdchod. Ia u
zockym prGsmykem Sc tocfme
k jihu smerem ma mesto Muka-
cevo. Hluboko pod Mani Sc vi
ne 1zky pruh silnice, pc nj ply
ne nekonecny proud motoro-
vych vozidel, obrnencG a pc
choty. Opacnym smerem prou-
d1 dlouhe kolony valecnych "a
jatcG. Ia mestem Svaljavou
provoz ma silnici Sc jeste IVY
Isuje. Silnice vede podel Lato-
rice, Nemci a MadaTi pr SVEN
1stupu z teto krajiny vyhodili
do vzduchu vsechny mostly.
Jestlize 81 vsak myslili, re tim
zastav1 mas postup, byli ma vel
KEN omylu. Dokonce re vzdu-
she vyse vid1me, jak nakladnf
auta a obrnenci Sc pTepravujf
pres feku v nekonecnem zastu-
pu. Brzy sc objevuje Mukace-
vo. Jiz z dalky pozorujeme
velky shluk lid v jedne z ulic.
Cervena zastava 1--WE vynika.
|Scena velkych oslav, ma jake
jsme jiz zvykl1. Osvobozene
Mukacevo vita sovetske voja-
ky. Dvakrat jsme zakrouzili
mad mestem, pax mas letoun
pTistava ma velkem zelenem
poll. Lide k nam pospfchajf,
objfmajf mas. Je tezko Sc pro-
drat ulicemi. Obyvatelstvo Sc
vsude tlac1, vesele pozdravuje
muze Rude armady, kter1 jdou
kolem. Ma hlavnf ulici, media
leko vystavn1ch obecn1ch bu-
dow, venkovska zena zastavuje
sovetske vojaky a rozdava jim
velke hrozny VIVA. Jen kousek
cd nj deti pTinasej1 nasim vo-
jakGm jablka a kvetiny.
Sovetsky tank stoj1 ma kfizo-
vatce. Skoro no nen1 videt v
roj1clm sc davu. Je pokryt kve-
THANH az 30 v6z. Rldic. cetar
Mikolaj skidjuk Sc usmiva a
pokous1 Sc odpov1dat ma po-
zdravy. "Mate hodne tako-
vych?" taze Sc nekdo a hladf
pri tom pfatelsky pancer. "Ma-
me jich dost", usmfva Sc skib-
juk, "dost, abychom Sc S mimi
dostali do Berl1na." Plukovn1k
Baras, jenz byl jmenovan veil
telem posadky, ma hodne pra-
ce. Lide k nemu chod1 Sc zbra
nemi, ktere Madafi odhodili a
hlasf mu zlociny, ktere zde We
|tTelci napachali. Nez ustoupi-
Ii, vyhodili Nemci do vzduchu
nadrazi, rafinerii nafty, tovar-
nu ma tabak a jine podniky.
ISkoro polovina obyvatelstva
Mukaceva byli Eide. Nemci
vyplenili jejich domy a pobili
majitele. Jen malo sc bojova-
10 v ulicich Mukaceva. Bitva
Sc rozhodla ma prfstupech k
mestu. Sovetska pechota pre-
krocila horske prdsmyky, Sc
stoupila pc jizn1ch svazich
Karpat, vycistila spolu S zenis-
ty svaljavskou kfizovatku cd
nepfftele, tkery Sc byl zakopal
podel silnice.
Vojaci Rude armady obchva
till jejich postaven1, prosli le-
sem a odTfzli jim 1stupovou ce-
stu. Jedna rota, j1z veil kapi-
tan Goldin, nedavno vyzname-
many radem Rudeho praporu,
vyckala v krytu u silnice a "a
dtocila pax ma cely madarsky
pluk. Rozprasila jej. Ia to-
hoto boje bylo zabito sto ne
pfatelskych vojakG a ma 500
jich bylo zajato.
Behem noel vojska generala
Dudareva a plukovn1ka Bara-
I
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-02-02

pfedmest1, zatfm CO motoriso-
vane oddly generala Gastilovi-
&c vstoupily do mesta z jihu. K
ranu bylo mesto naSich rukou.
A. Rostkov (Nase Noviny)
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MD.
SOKOLSKA ID
VALNA HROMADA
BELCAMP.

AC1OCV1C1Id CCOIlOCd OOhOI v
Belcampu, poradala v nedeli,
dine z. ledna t. r. valnou hro-
madu.
SchGze sc konala " znovu
zTfzene mfstnosti belcampske-
no biografu, ktery v lete vyho-
rel. Pfedsednicky still byl wy
zdoben pc obou stranach vlaj-
kami: americkou a ceskoslo-
venskou.
Pc zahranf hymny, bratr
Hoza zahajil valnou hromadu
We 2:30 odpol. S pill hodinovym
zpozdenfm, nebot Sc cekala ma
vsteva sokol1 z New Yorku.
Bratr Hoza v uvodu pode-
koval bratru Ohn1tkovi, byva-
lemu starostovi, "a jeho 1spes-
ne vykonanou praci v minulych
letech, a pral mu mnoho zdaru
v novem pGsobisti.
Hlubokym dojmem zapnso-
bill bratr Hoza vzpom1nkou a
uctenfm pamatky, povstanfm
vsech pfftomnych, zesnulych
sester Hradilove a Lizalove, a
vsech umucenych bratrI We
%vlasti, a padlych bratr1-hrdind
bojuj1cfch "a svobodu ma bo-
jistfch sveta.
Zpravy funkcionafd vykaza-
ly uspesnou cinnost belcamp-
ske jednoty. Cvicilo Sc v New
Yorku, v Baltimore, podnikly
Sc diva vylety a poradala Sc O.
slava Masarykovych naroze-
min. Jednota ma IL clenn.
Pc ~prectenf zprav, pristoupi-
% sc k volbam. Odhlasovano
voliti aklamacf. Bratr Fejfar,
usty vsech pTitomnych, navr-
huje bratra Jana Hozu "a sta
rostu, coz prijato %spontane, "a
boufliveho potlesku. Bratr Ho-
"a funkci starosty pfijal, a We
SVEN proslovu k bratrIm pro-
hlasil toto:
"To, CO v pr1St1m roce vyko-
name, nezalez1 ma mne, a ma
zadnem jinem jednotlivci, ny
brz ma mas vsech. Nikdy jsem
pred jakoukoli pracf neutekl a
uz take neuteku."
Bratr Hoza podekoval "a
projevenou mu dGveru a vyty-
Gil b~elcampske jednote 4 body
jejf budouc1 prace:
1.) Vybudovat telocvicnu a
spolkovou m1stnost - upravit
letnf cviciste.
81 Z1skani novych clenn.
81 Rozsfreni knihovny.
~ Navazat styky s ostatni-
mi jednotami.
Bratr starosta nabada ku
brzk6 vyborove schGzi, ma KITE
re Sc dojedna plan, jak upravit
mlstnosti v pr1zemf tfl-poscho-
dove budovy batovych podni-
XII, ably slouzily "a vhodnou
ltelocvicnu.
Zbytek voleb probehl velmi
hladce. zadne zmeny nenasta-
ly, jenom doplnena uprazdne-
ma mista jinymi bratry a ses-
trami.
Nalada vsech prftomnych
bratrd byla neobycejne povzbu
zujic1 a slibuje stoprocentni
spolupraci vsech pritomnych
do budouciho roku.
Pc skonceni schnze doslo k
volne zabave, ktera prinesla
mnoho peknych nazor11 a uvah.
My vsichni bratri a sestry v
Belcampu veT1me, re v tonic
roce, V dnesnfch tezkych do
bach, b~elcampska jednota ude-
Ia vse, co Dude JEFF moci pro
sokolskou myselnku.
DR.. Novak.
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A weekly paper printed in
Czech language, devoted to
material, educational and poll
teal interests of Czech and
Slovaks in the United States.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-02-02
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v ne Ie . WIHIan l.. OOIennan was mOOred DeSde an
ammunition vessel, enemy planes set the latter afre. Radio Operator,
James c. Huett, volunteered to sever the lines that held his ship as
bursting bombs and blazing gasoline endangered the Coleman. Quickly he
completed the hazardous operation for which he was awarded the Me-
chant Marine Distinguished Service Medal His ship moved off t a safe
distance; the ammunition ship sank. War Bond purchases pay for ships
sc badly needed to carry on this war. U.S. Treasury Department
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Urednictvo B~elcampske
Odbockv:

Predseda Br. vi. Chlud
I. MistopTeds. Br. J. Kolarfk
II. Mistopreds. Br. C. Kotras
Tajemnik Br. A. Ulehla
Ucetn1 Br. G.. Novotny
Pokladn1k Br. F. Sink
Dopisovatel Br. DR.. F. Novak
Revisori 1ctn:
Bfi. J. Friedrich a L. Krajca
Dale do vyboru zvoleni byli
nasleduj1ci clenove:
Cleni Vyboru:
Br. O. Klatil j. Vachek
0. GOetZl J. Volcik
J. Cablik c.. Morgenstern
L. Vrzal1k
Bratr predseda vi. Chlud po-
dekoval vsem pritomnym "a
projevenou ddveru vykonnemu
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VyUIduO w pIlCOIIlIlyCn Gle
MI $4,000.
2. Dne 27. kvetna poradan
vylet. Cisty vytezek $62.O4.
8. Dne 20. cervence pofadan
vylet. Cisty vytezek $64.46.
Celkovy vytezek z podnikd
$189.46.
Mimo to hrali jsme v udobi
cd 6. 1nora do Is. dubna IL
ceskych flint, ktere vynesly
cisty pfijem $279.45.
Vytezek pfipadl pomocnemu
vyboru.
STAY a pobyt clenstva 1914.
/. ledna registrovano 1872 clen1
behem roku pribyl 1 Glen
Ubylo e zemreli) 6 clenn
ku 81. prosinci zGstava 127 81.
z toho Tadnych clen1 Sc
zaplacenymi pT1spevky 1O7
Cestnych clenG (vojfn1) 20
Ia vojfnG, 6 odeslych "a hrani-
ce Spojenych StatG.
Predepsana kvota
Odbocky C.N.S. Belcamp, Md.
ma rok 1914 byla $1,80O.0O
Odeslano:
Odbockou zaslano S $1,000
|Pomocny vybor $4,000
Oar Fly. Bata Shoe Co., Inc.
Belcamp UstTedne
Chicago pfipsany
k dobru nasf kvoty $4,000
$4,000
Gill 1890 pres predepsanou
kvotu.
Ucetni zprava Ia rok 1914:
~ ZGstatek hotovosti z ro-
ku 1913 1882
e. PTijem:
Vybrano ma
clenskych prfspevcfch $1O8.OO
Z1skano ma darech 1O9.7O
Cisty vytez. re 2 vyletd 126.46
Cisty W.T.. re spoil. vecere $500
Celkem pTijato $4O7.16
81 Vydan1:
Oznamky v Telegraph S 800
1870 q. pr1spevki zaslano
Krajskemu Vyboru
(pocftano do nasi kvoty) 81.0O
Zaslano ma kvotu Kraj.
Vyboru N. Y. 429.OO
Celkem vydano $4,000
ZGstatek ma hotoovsti k 81.
prosinci 1914 $8.08
Zprava pomocneho vyboru:
Pr1jem:
Pr1jem z r.. 1913 S 11.16
Biograf-pr1jem 279.45
Pr1nos z vyletu 1910
Vysivky, panenky
a jine prace $4,000
$66O.31
Vydan1:
Zaslano ma kvotu $4,000
Prom1tanf flint 1900
RHINE vydanf "a pr1pravy
pro rucn1 prace 1889
$659.89
ZGstatek k 81. prosinci 1914
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$659.89
ZGstatek k 81. prosinci 1914
42f.
Ma konec pTikroceno k vol
BAN vykonneho vyboru.
Byl dan navrh, ably tento III
stall v novem roce tax, jak byl
v r. 1914 S vyjimkou bratra
Ora. F. Novaka, navrzeneho "a
dopisovatele m1sto odesleho br.
j. Vatrse. Navrh jednomyslne
prijat.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-16
MUSSOuNl'S CRIME: he FAILED

During the end of April the world witnessed a spectacle that cast
a sad reflection upon the intelligence and sincerity of humanity.
Benito Mussohni, the Italian dictator, W. captured by antifascSt
Italians and executed by a firing squad. E#-s -
And that made sense, since it wa an action which conformed to
the rules of the dirty game that Mussolni has been playing.
But what neither made sense showed the Italian populace in
a favorable light was what happened afterward, When the corpse of the
fallen fascist chief was multilated and defned, the worst, and not the
best of human reactions were revealed.
No one had more cause to hate the living Mussolini than the
Italian Socialist leaders. 1t was they whom the modern Caesar brutal
lied and killed. Yet, w suspect that those Socialists, while they would
gladly have shot the "Duce,," would have been the last to wreak their
spleen upon his dead body.
The tawdry fact is that the people who spit upon and kicked the
fallen Mussolni were the same Italians who cheered for him and
meekly followed his orders when he was riding the crest of power.
What ws the lew crime which changed the attitude of the multi
tude from generation and respect to hatred and contempt? 1t was that
Musso1ini failed. That, to many people, is the greatest crime of all.
Always it has been a crime which no dictator could commit and live.
SO he had slaughtered half of mankind-the other half would have
cheered him, just as he had been applauded by "democracys' leaders
in the past Then it would have been that only those people who, like
the Socialists of Italy, base their actions upon reason, would have
opposed and condemned him.
How tickle is the mob!-Reading Labor Advocate.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-16
HALF MILLION
NEW MEMBERS IN
FARMERS CO-OPS

Membership in farmers cooper
atives increased $40 900 during the
marketing season 1943-44, accord
ing to figures just released by 1.
w. Duggan, Governor of the Farm
Credit Administration. This puts
the total number of farmers who
are members of co~operatives ove1
the 4 million mark for the first
time" He explained, that the
4,390,000 members do not repre-
sent that many Individual farmers,
for some ire members of more
than one cooperative.
Farmers cooperative market
ing associatiations during the war
have been contributing materially
to the handling and processing of
food and fibers. A total of 1922
associations engaged in this
business during the last marketing
season which is slightly less than
those reporting the year before.
ASSOCIATIONS which handle farm
supplies and equipment have
shown an increase, and they num-
bered 2,778. Dairy cooperatives
led with the largest volume of
business followed by the gram
coops. Next came the co-ops hand
ling livestock and those were
followed by organizations hand
ling fruits and vegetables.
The marketing coooeratives
reported a membership of 2,730-
600 while the purchasing enter
prises had 100000 members.
Dollar volume of marketing coop
eratives was slightly in excess OF
S4 billion while coop purchasing
business totaled right around ST.
billion"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-16
ARE C0-OPs A NEW INVENTION?

Enemies of the Cooperative movement, who now masquerade
under the Notwithstanding title of tax equality" try to scare
americans who mistrust all isns (and rightly SOY with the prevarica-
ton that co-ops are something new, revolutionary, and allied with the
destructive isms of the old world.
They, of course, know (but won't teD that Cooperation, which
is nothing but groups of people working together for the common good
SC as to protect themselves from the selfish interests of the predatory
minority, is older than the machine age. Even in a organized sense
economic cooperation dates back to the best days of the Chinese civili-
zaton. Over a thousand years ago, the Chinese operated cooperatives
that followed some of the cardinal principles Qr instance). divi-
sion OF savings according to patronage, rather than invedment) that
were later ingeniously compiled by the Rochdale pioneers.
Perhaps the Chinese civilization would never have deteriorated
and fallen apart if these early co-ops had managed to gain a n upper
hand in Chinas economy, and to also infItrate the rest of Asia? And
perhaps occidental civilization will manage to pull out of its current
tanspn toward destruction If cooperatves and other forms of economic
democracy manage to overcome the power of shortsighted. predatory
international profiteers who are now plunging the world into one
bloody crisis after another?-The Cooperative Builder.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-16
GETTING ALONG
WITH CONGRESS

Up to date, one of the most
gratifying developments in con
nection with Harry Truman's sue
cession to the presidency has been
the friendly relations which have
developed between the White
House and Congress. Cynical OBJ
servers ask: How long will the
honeymoon last?" Our guess is it
will last for quite a while.
The fact is that Congress under
stands the new Chief Executive
and he understands Congress. They
speak in the same language.
We think that is the way the
Founding Fathers intended. They
created three branches of govern
ment all equal, all independent.
They hoped all three would work
together, respecting each others
jurisdiction.
That hasn't always been the
case General the Executive has
sought to dominate the Congress.
Even if the majority submitted, a
sturdy minority resisted, and the
result was squabbles galore. =
Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-16
THE D A DUcE

Mussolini is dead officially. AS
a political force III Duce' has
been dead ever since the American
armies landed in Sicily.
Mussolini's career shows that a
clown can take the crown in our
kind OF civilization if properly
press agented.
The receiver of the greatest
bride known to have been paid up
to 1915 A. D., he is also known
to have paid the bride that broke
that record, wien he bought Laval
in 1885, and took the League of
Nations off his Abyssinia trail.
The career of this son of an
anarchist blacksmith of the Italian
village of Forli shames all the
artisans of novel and drama. They
could not think up a thing like
that.
The real question remains. Can
we pay for any more like that?-
The Chicago Daily News.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-16
WANT MORE BUTTER?
PAY MORE MONEY!

WASHINGTON.-A simple man
with a simple solution to the butter
problem is Secretary Charles w
Holman of the National Cooperat-
i've Milk Producers Federation.
Holman is a veteran lobbyist for
the big dairy interests here.
Appearing before the Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
March IA, Holman said a six cent
increase in the market price for
butter would be a practical
means of increasing the domestic
supply"
The dairy lobby also wants 500
million in subsidies, making
a total Of $796 million.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-16
DUBINsKY AND GERMAN WORKERS.

David Dubinsky, President of the International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union, speaking at an exhibition concentrating the uprising
OF Warsaw Jews, was SO carried away by the coldblooded Nazi policy
CT determination of Europe's Jews that he announced willingness to
support punishment of the German people, as the only form of retri-
button.
Dubinsky went beyond the United Nations declaration which as
serts that the German people must be held responsible for the Nazi
IF Germany a well -"
ASIDE from the improperly, to put it mildly, of issuing a denun-
citation of German workers from New York, Dubnsky bylpasses the
TACT that German workers and socialists we're the first to suffer when
Hitler came to power.
That the German labor movement was unable to prevent the rise
81 Hitler IS an indictment too of the labor and socialist movements of
tae WorIdnlt does not call for the SNUG assumption of moral superior
-ty n the part If a leader in the American labor movement.
Dublnsky also revealed the hope that a free labor movement will
assert self IN Germany. But such a free labor movement will find
y impossible to arise unless the workers of the world demand that
sanor everywhere De free. To support Allied plans for long range
suoJugaton 10 the German people under the guse of punishment
means to prevent the resurgence of free labor in Germany. 1t PLAYS
directly into the hands Of Stain, who has already staked out his claim
for German slave labor.
n AFL convention decisvely denounced slave labor as a weapon
Whlch would b used to destroy free labor all over the world. This
has Eel echoed by the United Mine Workers Journal and by Labor
the official organ of the Railway Brotherhoods.
Their attitude comes much closer to an international labor fenino
than does Dubnskys view.
Inc WORLD has lived through enough hate. Dubnsky deserves no
support he adds his bit to Vansittartsm-The Call.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-16
Quit Wondering

Have you eve wondered where
you fit into the national wealth
picture? If SO, you can quit won
dering right now for here are the
latest figures:
Lila r multimillionaires.
12,085 are millionaires.
22,735 are worth $500, 900 or
over.
49,4o5 are worth $25o,OO0 or
over.
117,549 are worth 500, 600 or
over.
5o5,2so are worth $50, 900 or
over.
1882 are worth $4,000 or
over.
l,3os,275 are worth $4,000 or
over.
As for most of US coal diggers,
we belong in the next class Of
Americans-worth less-than S.
600, and with our scale of wages
and lack of work, we'll always re-
main in that claSsification.-The
Progressive Miner.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-16
A Choace Labor Muffed

The prison term of eight and one-half to fifteen years imposed on
Joseph Fay, Of the stationary engineers union, and James Bove. of
the nod carriers union, by New York Supreme Court Justice Munson
a jury had convicted them of the extortion of large sur of money
o construction concerns on the $780, DOC, 900 Delaware aoueduct
PROJECT will bring no tears to the eyes of the hundreds If thousands
OF self-respectng and decent trade union men and women in the
metropolis.
Most deplorable, however, is the fact that it took a Judge and iuy
to rid the labor movement of Fay and Bove, a step which should have
peen ne primary duty OF the labor movement itself The argument of
uaoe-unlo autonomy and lack of power by the central trade union
auhorlty 70 dal effectively with instances of racketeering sounds thin
ana hollow in the face of such predatory conduct as revealed in the
fay-6oVe tra over a long period of years. Extorton and racketeering
are acts nlcn involve not only the unions and the individuals directly
concerned with them. They bring shame and pillory to all of organized
labor-Justce.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-16
RUSSIAN DISCUSSES
DEMOCRACY

1T would be a completely hope
less business to demand that dem
ocracy in all European countries
be constructed exactly along
British or American lines"
That quotation is taken from the
Soviet magazine, WAR and the
Working Class" The writer con.
tinues:
There is no dispute over the
fact that there is a difference be-
tween the democracy which is
fulfilled in the Soviet Union and
the democracy which exists in a
number of other countries, but it
also is indisputable that this dis
tinction should not serve as an
obstacle in the way of strong n
lasting collaboration among the
Allies"
All sensible Americans will APP
prove that statement. The Decla-
ration of independence, the found
alton of our liberties, declares that
governments derive their Just
powers from the consent of the
governed" That's the real test.
Where we find in other
tries governments set up in that
way, we should not bubble abou,
their form, but we have a right
to ask: Did the people act freely
or were they subjected to compui-
sion?-Labor.