Montana labor news., 1945-08-02
One WORLD Al,.
LABOR
By Federated Press

An anti-fascist bloc Of four political
parties has been formed in Berlin with
the object of regaining "the trust Of all
other nations on a basis Of mutual re-
spect."
Decision to set up the Anti-Fascist
Democratic Union was taken at meet
ing Of representatives of the Social
Democratic, Communist, Christian Dem
ocratic and Liberal Democratic parties.
The parties will retain their independent
status, but Will work together through a
central committee One of their first
Joint activities will be the holding of a
mass meeting the first free public po-
litical gathering to be held in Berlin
since the Nazis launched their brutal
regime.
Purposes Of the new organization are
to fight Nazism, for reconstruction. es-
tablishment of legal rights and freedom
of ideas and conscience and religious
belief The Union has the approval Of
the Russian military authorities in Ber-
lin, whose policy it is to encourage all
democratic tendencies among the Ger
mans. In contrast, in the American
zone Of occupation all public gatherings
except for religious purposes and all
political activity are banned
rSorir ,.torlysre oa1ai,ta bod tho 1SGfb on
niversary of the storming of the Bastille
July IA by pouring out into the streets
in the thousands carrying signs and
shouting slogans that voiced the current
political demands of the French resist
ance movement.
The huge popular demonstration eli
NAKED 4-day meeting of the French
Renaissance which called the grievances
Of the people to the attention OF the De
Gaulle government. one slogan shouted
by demonstrators, we want a sovereign
assembly" was directed against Gen. De
Gsulle, who has severely limited the
powers OF an assembly soon to be elected
by the people Other demands were:
"The peoples voice must be heard" and
"A firing squad for Petain."
American tanks were sent into the
streets of Milan, Italy the day thousands
of workers demonstrated against high
prices and for wage increases, Allied
Labor News reports from Rome.
No incidents occurred during the DEM
onstration, which lasted two hours and
resulted in the winning of the workers
immediate demands. The demonstration
was called when price increases were put
into effect although Milans 45O 600 in
dustrial workers who are unemployed or
on part time work had failed to receive
emergency pay agreed to by major en-
ployers groups in consultation with he
local Italian General Confederation of
Labor
1t was agreed that laid-off workers
would receive three -fowths of their
normal pay. one third to be paid by the
employers and two-thirds by the Italian
government. An l1-point program, head
ed by the demand for the emergency
pay, better distribution of food and lover
ing of prices, was presented by the labor
to AMG officials The
italian cabinet in Rome Immediately
notified the Milan workers that its share
of the emergency pay would be met
Argentine anti-Nazi sources suspect
that a Nazi submarine which surrendered
at an Argentine base recently put ashore
Nazis escaping from Europe before sur
rendering, Allied Labor News reports
from Montivideo. They considered the
subs surrender as confirmation of their
repeated charges that German subma-
rines have been operating in Argentine
waters.
These sources point to two facts to
back up their theory that Nazis were
landed before the surrender; % The
subs surrender took place in Argentina;
% The flat denial by the Argentine navy
ministry, issued within "a hours Of the
announced surrender, that the sub was
not transporting Nazis and German Off
GERS. Such a short time lapse is con-
sidered insufficient to establish such evil
dence conclusively. The Argentine regime
is apparently anxious to hush up the
affair before too many embarrassing
questions are asked.
The administrative committee Of the
World Trade Union Conference meets in
Paris September 20 to consider applica-
tions for admission from those labor or
ganizations which did not take part in
the London meeting last February