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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
HUNGER IS The ENEMY OF DEMOCRACY

1t is more than unfortunate that many Washington officials and
many American business men did not take seriously Secretary of Agri-
culture Cluade Wckard when early in the war he said: Food will win
the peace" Now we are in the midst OF a food crisis that may seriously
affect our relations with the rest of the world, that may conceivably
scutte the already weakened United Nations Relief and rehabilitation
administration and that already has brought liberated Europe closer
to actual starvation than it was under the Nazi conquerors.
Returning correspondents arc all of the opinion that unless food is
sent to Europe, democratic government and a lasting peace will be
endangered. Frank GervaS, a war correspondent who spent sever
months in France, Italy and Greece, recently told a Washington
audience, Democracy has many enemies in Europe, but perhaps tho
most formidable is hunger"
This food crisis is a result of the "bare-sheIf' program of the Wa
Food Administration, the failure to stockpile relief foods, and the dc
War Mobilization and Reconverson, predicted that there would be
last November, the Bureau of Agriculture Economics was stating tina
major food categories. An by the middle of March in this year, Byrnes
finally shocked the public by announcing that the U. s. had insufficient
stocks of food to handle relief commitments we had already made
abroad.
Since last spring, U. S. food policy has been that of the entrenched
and powerful food trades despite the OPPOSITION of labor, consumer in
terests and the Farmers Union. F.. u. President James Patton has des-
cribed the policy of government officials is being based IN "snorrange
commercial fears of the food industry. The Director of Food Dstribu-
ton of the VIA is Lee Marshall, now m leave from the presidency 81
the $4,000 900 Continental Baking Company. Marshall represents only
one of the many te-ups between official Washington food agencies and
the industry which has demanded and secured limited sockpiline
based on a domestic economic policy of consumption in peace with
production"
Appropriations for a strong OPA, credits to farmers along with
more fertilizer and farm machinery, and a sharing of our abundance
with starving peoples, will have more to do with a secure peace than
most of the decisions at the United Nations Conference in San Fran
cisco-(WPD
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
Let's Produce For Use

Now that one phase of the gobal war has endcd millions of re-
turning soldiers will begin looking for jobs. One lesson they, and all
the rest of u.s., should have learned since the day Of Pearl Harbor is
that this country is able to produce anything and everything in almost
unlimited amounts.
During the past four years we have our national income more
than double, indicating the vast increase that has taken place in the
production of material things And this increase in production occurred
I a time when twelve million of ~ most vigorous young people were
being indicted into the armed forces, and their places were taken by
Boys and girls, elderly men and women, and millions of inexperienced
workers shifted from less essential employment.
The almost limi1ess demands of war for thousands of items yer
met and oftimes exceeded. Under the spur of wr plants were
crested, new materials were created, new processes yer devised and
production, unfettered by private interests, responded to all of the de-
hands made upon it. ~
We know now beyond all doubt that this nation. which has pro-
huced Sc lavishly for war, can produce Is abundanty all Of the wealth
nat "a possibly be needed to provide for the security and welfare
~ happiness of every man, woman and child in This country.
This is the proved possibility for the future. To accept ANYTHING
cs is a betrayal of the interests of the who arc fighting omr
1attcS and of the men and women who in al and produce
I'll of the nations wealth.
Those who fight to preserve this a free nation. and those who
abor to create its wealth and to serve the public interest, alone are
worthy of the best that our collective efforts a provide.
Ii you want to learn how peace-tme production a be made to
produce an abundance for all, and real security for all, read Socialist
literature which is easily misunderstanding Labor Advocate.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
De GoUIIe end the Bic Three

1t is difficult to avoid belief that a serious error has been commit
led IN the decision to exclude Gen. De GauIe from the expected Tru-
an-Churchin-Stain meeting, Wherever the exclusion originated, its
reconsideration would be- welcome.
Assuredly it might appear easier to meet without De Gamle He
las Deer stubborn" and is always thinking of French prestige" But
t would be interesting to discover whether he might not be more
reasonable if really counted in Oh Big Four talks concerning Europe,
a more important considerations than De Gau1les personal e
lcuons, o MS past achievements, errors and blind spots n involved.
france has al absolutely vital role to play for peace. She is the major
continental influence of Western Europe. Most of the political questions
10 be discussed by MeSsrS. Truman, Stain and Churchill - none of
Whom is a statesman of Western Europe-obviously will affect France
deepdy. She has already been assigned various tasks of leadership in
conjunction with the three great allies. Why not let De Gaulle in O top
discussion of the tasks? 41
Partlcularly france should serve as a bridge between the two
mighty Western Powers and Russia. That follows not only from her
historic role, but from the present trend of French politics left of
center, as reconfirmed in the latest elections: elections which must
prompt D Gaulle himself o a more progressive position if his political
power is not to cbb. This trend, again, is representative of Europe as
a whole.
Today relations between Britain and America on the one hand and
hussao OF N other arc only too obviously in need of repair. Something
new seems to be needed in top allies counseIs. Why not try the leaders
of French denocracy-The Chicago Sun.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
SOON THIS miracle"
WILL BE COMMON

On the night of April %, the
New York Times did something
which is of great historical signi-
ficance. 1t prepared a special edi-
ton of four pages for the United
Nations Conference at San Fran
CISCO. The type was set in New
York, and two hours after mid
night a wirephoto of the edition
was transmitted to San Francisco,
5000 miles away.
There the pictures" were deve-
loped and photo-engravers made
zinc engravings. From those en-
cravings, 1000 copies we're run off
on a flat-bed press and distributed
among delegates and visitors to
the Security Conference.
1t doesn't require much imagi-
nation to predict that the day is
not far distant when this, or some
similar process, will be used to
print newspapers simultaneously
in a dozen parts of the country.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23

holes is insidious. There are athe-
lists"
Personally I have no repug-
nance to a tall story if it is we'll
told and has a certain element of
reality about it; but the words of
Chaplain Stowe are provoking.
Does he think we are a nation of
people with arrested mental de-
velopment to swallow such pop
pycock?
Atheists are in tie fox holes and
in the sky, they r giving their
lives but their convictions will be
gloriously kept alive. |, for one,
cannot allow this implicated smear
on atheists to pass without chal-
ienge.-Chieago. Kathryn Ward
(From The Chicago Daily News
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
MORE PROPAGANDA TO SCARE PEOPLE
Plea Thot Public Ownership Leads to Authoritarian
Dictatorship" RefUted by Experiences of T. v. A.

You can go to Heaven II you can go to He'll. likewise, you have
only one chance between free enterprise'and authoritarian govern
nent"
That deceptive logic" is being widely used by propagandists for
Big Business and monopoly An example is the Power Trust propa-
sanda against the bill to create a Missouri Valley Authority to do in
the Missouri River region a job like that done by T. V. A. in the valley
of the Tennessee.
"The choice is yours" says the Kentucky Utilities News, propa-
"governmentoWned dams and get a Russian system" O r stick to
"Jefersonian Democracy" and let the Power Trust build and w the
dams!
Is that sad choice the only one before the American people? Or is
another and better course pointed out by the successful experience of
the Tnnessee Valley Authority? Let's see what an impartial engineer
has to say on those questions.
He is IS. R. Finley, general superintendent of the Chattanooga, Tenn,
Electric Power Board. He recently made a speech in Muskogee, Okla.
Finley pointed out that he is not employed by the 7. v. A, land
came superintendent Of Chattanoogas municipally-owned power sys-
teh. It has n o connection with 7. V. A. except that it buys power from
that Federal government corporation.
First, Finley took a wallops at the idea that Federal power author
tiles" necessarily re relationships" in their region, telling people
what they must do and cannot do
eff the T. v. A. has ever had a preconceived plan to completely do
over its area, o to revise the lives of the people there, l have never
heard of it, he said, nor has there been any effort to force such a
thing upon III section"
Then Finley told what I. V. A. has done for the people of its great
region.
II is saving electric power users millions of dollars, not only by its
own low rates, but by forcing drastic reductions in the rates charged
by private companies.
Despite its low rates, the I. V. A. is earning enough money" to
in the dams and power lines, pay more state and local taxes than the
private companies used to pay, and to pay the full cost of T. V. AS
-"other programs" -E1F#a E
These other programs include FLOOD control, agricultural research
ad demonstration, fertilizer development, recreation for the public
~ public lands, and Improvement in the publics health.1-Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
Now, We've Got Another War of Nerves

promised all those Latin-American
countries"
" Just like the deals Russia has
been making behind our back" he
said. And what kind of game do
you suppose Churchill is playing
in Italy and SPAIN"
Don't be cynical l told him.
Didn't you hear Churchill last
Sunday? He said he was going to
insist on democracy and freedom
in Europe"
How a they agree on that?''
he demanded. According to the
evening paper, Russia is holding
over a hundred thousand of our
liberated prisoners of war, and we
can't ever make arrangements to
get them back"
Give them time" l said. Rus
STA has accused us of hiding some
Russian prisoners and we've told
them it was a lie. It's all a misun-
derstanding."
Il hope So" he said. Anyway,
I'm glad Eisenhower told our
Army officers to stop feeding
Goering chicken"
Then it began to rain, and he
pulled me under an awning. l saw
he had some confidence to impart,
After looking around, he whisper
ed something in my ear.
Il didn't like Roosevelt" he
said. Il voted against him. But
sure wish we had him back"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
THE STUFF OUT OF WHICH
PEACE MUST BE BUILT

! believe the Cooperative Move
ment is democracy in practice, the
antithesis of dictatorship mono
poly power, and the rule of force.
The mor Cooperators there are,
the broader the base of ownership,
the closer to identifying the eco
nomic initiative and activities of
the people with the general vel
fare of the whole nation. Co-opera-
ton is by definition the opposite
of conflict, the opposite of war
The Cooperative Movement is,
therefore, the stuff out of which
peace must be built. - Congress-
man Jerry Voorhis of California.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
MurshuI Tito Sees Need of Co-ops

Particular attention will be paid to the cooperative movement
which will play an important part in the reconstruction of the country"
SAID Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, in a speech which outlined the official
aims and policy of the new Government of Democratic Federal Yugo-
SlaVia.
Excellent! There is n region in the entire sorry mess called Europe
nat has more desperate need of the economic democracy of coopera-
ton than the poVerty-Stricken Balkan Peninsula.
The Balkans have been a n are of extremes-extreme wealth OF
the top-dogs in the feudalishc autocratic system; extreme poverty and
resultant Ignorance among the slavelike lower strata.
1t IS, indeed, high time that the South Slavs learn from their Bo-
hemEan, Moravian, and Slovakian brothers in Central Europe. The
latter groups, organized in the federation known is CzechoSovakia
made great advances in building, side by side, a enlightened political
democracy and the economic democracy of Consumer Cooperation,
They took an unfortunate setback when the imperialistic struggles Of
the ttans around them engulfed their little nation, a it did all little
alto IL Europe. But, barring postwar interference and dominance
by one OF the great powers, w e are fully confident that the Czechs will
make a magnificent comeback.
Now their blood brothers to the south, too, seem to be bent or
doing away with the drones from the thrones, and building, in Europe's
mos troubled area, a peoples nation-The Cooperative Builder.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
ATHEISTS IN BATTLE

In the Daily News prominence
was given to statements made by
Chaplain Clayton H. Stowe, viz:
mo Atheists in Air" There are
no atheists in fox holes nor in the
sky" etc. In REPUTATION of these
comments, as a matter Of fair play,
will you not give me space for the
following:
i have just read a published
letter from Sgt. Metro Staroschak,
Fort Lewis, Wash, in which he
says that There are no atheists
in fox holes, etc is not true
and is an injustice to the thou
sands of FTeethinkers dying in this
war for the cause of democracy
and freedom. Were the American
press to present d truly unbiased
picture of our boys in fox holes,
the air and on the sea the public
would readily see that religion has
no monopoly here"
In substantiation of the above
1t. Thomas NJ. Reardon, Roman
Catholic naval chaplain, who ac-
companied the Marines in the in
vasion of G~uadalcanal, in an adj
dress at the Waldorf-Astoria be-
fore more than 1900 men New
York Herald Tribune, March IS.
1944) said: 1--WE, the chaplains, do
not kid ourselves; the expression
that there are no atheists in fox
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
What Every American Should Know

a recent survey disclosed that 80 per cent of the American people
nave n idea of what the San Francisco Conference is about. Not so
ong ago a Congressman announced that only a few members of Con-
gress had read with care the U. S. Department Of State publication,
Dumbarton Oaks Documents on International Organization, and that
less than one in a thousand Americans really know what the Dunbar
ton Oaks Plan proposes.
The Dumbarton Oaks Plan takes its name from the meeting place
where representatives of the United Nations, after seven weeks of in
tensive study and discussion, drafted a plan to preserve world peace.
The Dumbarton Oaks Plan is now being put into working form at the
San francisco Conferences, and may.be briefly described as a plan to
maintain the peace and security for all nations, bring about peaceful
settlements of future disputes, and raise the economic and social stand
ards of all peoples.
Q viewpoint Of the commo people those who not only
nave to fight the wars, but must also pay for them, win or lose - the
Dumbarton Oaks Plan is the most significant human document since
the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and the San Francisco Con-
terence IS surely the most important event in modern world history
That IS why every American not just a small percentage - should
make it a point of personal duty to find out all there is t. know about
them. The Brewery Worker.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
NOTHING SACRED TO
BUSINESS WHEN PROFITS
ARE IN G

Nothing-not even the Bible or
patriotism-is sacred to business
men who G a chance to make a
profit. Two examples were reveal
ed recently by the Federal Trade
Commission.
The commission said that Bibles
for Victory, Inc" New York. has
been forced to stop making false
claims that its metal-covered
Bibles and prayer books will stop
or defect bullets, shrapnel or
bayonet thrusts,' thus providing
'armor for hearts and saving his
life"
Also that the metal covers are
IA carat gold plated" when they
+ actually only coated with a
gold color"
The books were sold to people
who want to protect their loved
one who are fighting for their
country.
The other example is a cores
pondence course sold by 'Sprague
Military Institute" of Chicago. 1t
has been victimizing soldiers and
young men who expect to enter
the army, by its "12-lesson course
in basic and advanced military
procedure"
The so-called Institute" is only
a slde-line for a man who also sells
correspondence courses in law, the
commission said. He simply com.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
I'M The WIND
From THE NATION

Dr. Friedrich A. Hayek, author
ii *'The Road to Serfdom,' really
should do somthing to keep his
name from being banded about
by the less reputable elements of
the right. An organization called
Americas Future, Inc. with the
anne address and phone number
s Frank Gannett's Committee for
Constitutional Government, is cur
emily referring to its most prolific
rack writer, Samuel B. PettengilI,
e the American Hayek."
Incidentally, Hayek's influence on
Worth American thought is indi-
,ated by the following statement
Il John Bracken, leader of Cana
las Progressive Conservative Par
Y: Planned economy, whatever
is auspices, leads inevitably to
socialism and, as we have all
witnessed in Europe-to totalita-
rianism."
Governor Simeon Willis Of Ken
lucky has announced that he will
appoint a Negro to the State Board
Of Education and will ask Attorney
General Eldon S. Dummit to APP
)oint another as IN assistant attor-
ley general.
In democratic countries civil
lights have always been won by
years of struggle. Franco has once
o demonstrated the great eff
cheney of dictatorship by handing
down to his people a ready-made
bill of rights. 1t grants them free
dom of speech, provided they don't
~disparage fascism, and freedom of
religion, provided they are Catho-
lies. All they need now is a bill of
rights.
Some three hundred Nazis in
Mexico's Perote prison have petit
toned Miguel Alaman, Secretary
OF the Interior, to release them, as
they mo longer believe in
Nazism.'
NJ. j. Coldwell, leader of Cana-
da's Cooperative Commonwealth
Federation, vas the only Canadian
delegate to San Francisco who
voted against admitting Argentina
to the conference. He said Argen-
tina should first remove the police
censorship on news, restore free
dom in universities and schools,
and empty the concentration
camps where democrats are incar-
cerated."
North Carolina will have the
nations first permanent state rec
reation commission. The bill autho-
rizing it, recently passed, provides
for seven full-time commissioners,
OF whom one shall be a woman
and one a Negro.
The University of Virginia will
open a school of foreign service
and International affairs IN
July 2.
Legislative Memo: The renego-
tiation act expires June 80. The
House Ways and Means Committee,
now considering an extension to
December 81, has under advise
ment nine amendments, proposed
by the United States Chamber of
Commerce, which would seriously
hamper the government in renego-
tiation proceedings.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
BY KENEsAW M. LANDS IL.

by hENESAW NJ. LANDS III,
in the Chicago Sun
Hitler is gone, but we've got an
other war of nerves
In the House of Commons a wor-
ried member asked Mr.. Churchill
if he yer going to have a meet
ing soon with President Truman
and Marshal Stain.
Il devolutIy hope So" said
Churchill, 1T would be very odd
if such a long, fierce war ended
without any settlement even
among the victors."
1t would be more than odd. The
other day a fellow stopped me on
the street. Ordinarily he is a pref
ty easygoing citizen, but there was
a wild look in his eyes.
Grabbing me by the lapel, he
demanded: Whats the matter
with those fellows?"
"Who do you mean" / said,
backing away. But he held on.
you know who l mean. Stain,
Churchill and Truman"
well, they've had a falling out
over Poland" | answered. "Tru-
man and Churchill think Stain
has broken faith because he ar
rested those 16 Polish leaders.
They've demanded an explana-
ton
Il know all about that" he said
impatiently. Nov Russia is sore,
and Stain won't talk about it. Not
that care about Poland. l gave
Poland to Russia long ago."
Than he flicked away a half
smoked cigarette.
But one day it's Poland, and
the next day ISIS Austria. And nov
we've given Marshal Tito an ulti-
matum to get out of Trieste. How
will we ever agree on Germany
They'll work it out" l said, "at
the next conference"
Conference" he snorted. Look
at that free-for-all at San Franci-
SEQ. Just when I'm getting mad al
Molotov, that guy Stettinius lets
in Argentina. Wen be playing ur
to Franco next"
mo, we won't" | said. I'VE had
to take iii Argentina because we
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
BIG JOB PROBLEM IS
FACING AUTO MOGULS

No new automobiles until late
this year, probably not until next
spring, is the latest word from
leaders of the automobile industry
at Detroit.
In making the announcement,
fear was voiced of an extensive
unemployment problem in the
months ahead.
Reason for the delay in getting
into civilian production was the
need of retooling and failure OF
the government to provide recon
version information.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
STAGGERING RELIEF BILL.

A hundred billion dollars will be
Eeeded to provide relief of peoples
freed from Axis control, the United
Nations Relief Administration de-
clares. All but So. 900, 600, 900 will
be provided by the liberated count
ries themselves, it added.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
HOUSE ASKS ROLE IN
APPROVING TREATIES

On Wednesday, May 9, the House
passed, 288 to 88, an amendment
to the Constitution which would
permit ratification of treaties by a
majority vote of both Houses in
stead of by a two-thirds vote OF
the Senate, which has been the
rule ever since the foundations OF
the government were laid.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23
HOLLYWOOD STANDARDS

Two Hollywood kids were talk
ing as they walked home from
school. I've got two little brothers
and one little sister," boosted one.
How many do you have?"
II don't have any brothers and
sisters" answered the second lad,
but | have three papas by my
first mama and four mamas by
my last papa!'
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23

piled a our of "12 easy lessons
from military handbooks which
are available to any soldier.
Yet he claimed that this miracu-
lous course would qualify sol
diers for promotion and higher
pay, and that it constituted an
officers training course"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23

1t worries us-this thing of GO
ing into somebody else's country
to restore order" etc. That, and
being wrong in a loud voice, was
the way Adolf got started.-"Sen-
ator Soaper" in The Cincinnati
Times-Star.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23

If you wish to be a good sport
You must let people teach you a
lot Of things you already know.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-05-23

Diplomacy is the art of letting
the other man have your own way.