The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
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nous hero of the revolution, the
civil! wal and the second world
war, delivered the main May Day
address at Moscow, saying that
the armed forces of the Soviet
Union stand guard ove our from
tiers and over the state interests
Of our country"
Heads Agriculture
There was no indication whether
there was any significance in
Buddeny delivering the speech. He
is 81 and his only official function
now is directing the livestock
technical council attached to the
horsebreeding and stock farm adj
ministration of the U. S. S. RS
ministry agriculture.
The May Day issue of Pfavda,
the Communist party's official
newspaper in Russia. printed one
Of the strongest blasts against the
United States since the war. Writ
ten by llya Ehrenburg, Russia's
No. l propaganda writer, it charg-
ed that Fascism was being trans
ferred to the United States and
warned Americans that they fac
ed the same fate as the Germans
if they followed anti-Russian lead
ers.
Budenny closely followed an or
der of the day issued earlier by
Gen. Nikolai Bulganin, deputy
premier and minister of the arm
ed forces.
THE armed forces Of our coun-
try celebrate the May Day holl-
day on conditions of persistent
struggle for raising the quality OF
their fighting and political pre-
paredness for the successful full
fillment of the tasks set by Com
rade Stain to the army, air force
and fleet" Budenny said.
Essential Move
He said it was essential for the
Soviet armies and fleets to mas
ter Stalinite military science anc
achieve new successes in perfect
ing their military and politlca.
knowledge" He said the Soviet
Union was struggling for a "stable
democratic peace, for equality ane
friendship of nations and for close
cooperation among countries
''Under the leadership OF the
Bolshevik party and u leader
and teacher. Comrade Stain, the
Soviet people L going unWaver'
ingly toward successes ane
the full victory OF Communism II
our country" Budenny said.
His last words were drowned
out by thunderous applause ane
the music of a military band
Then the parade began to go BY
led by military units.
Highlights of other May Day
celebrations in Europe and the
Orient:
France-Thousands of Socialist!
and Communists in Paris parades
through the ~boulevards from the
Place De La Republic to the place
De La Concorde. The Paris pa
rade was led by Maurice Thorez
secretary general Of the Commu
mist party. and jacques Duclos
secretary of the Communist cen
trail committee. 1t was a genera
holiday in France and government
offices, businesses and lndustrle:
were closed. There were hundred!
OF celebrations in the smallel
cities of France.
Italy-The whole country took {
holiday. Much of Rome was deco
rated with Communist and Social
ist flags, but there were almos
as many white banners OF Pre-
mier Alcide De Gasperi's Conser
vative Christian Democrats The
Communist-dominated general la
Dor confederation's highly public
lied "mass meeting of all work
ers" in the Piazza Del Popolo wa:
considerably less than that. TWEEN
ty to thirty thousand, fewer thar
last year, attended and they nae
all cleared out by noon for 5each
es and country resorts.
Trieste-Fist fights broke out a
noon during a pro-Slovene parade
uniformed Yugoslavs broke rank
and charged at Italians who Jeer
ed them, but police quickly re
stored order. There we're scatter
ed fist fights throughout the city
Heavily armed American and brl
fish soldiers and civil police pa
trolled Trieste. Police patrol
were doubled after last night
bomb throwing in which 10 pro
Slovenes were killed and II
wounded. The 8Sth United State
Division guarded the Yugosla'
hospital. Three bombs Wer'
thrown on the hospital ground
last night. ,
Germany - Herman Schllmme
chairman of Berlin unions, told
mass meeting of an estimates
$50. 900 that "only a united work
ers class and a strong, uhlte'
trade union c a prevent a new
war and solve the present mlser!
of the German people. Five thou
sand Germans in Frankfurt, tn
United States Army's headquar
tiers city, attended a rally in tn
beer garden at the ZOO and near
Communist speakers urge IN
"classless party to overthrow
the ..reactionaries'' in the West
ern zones of Germany. $50.
Greece - There was no publ
celebration. Labor unions an
leftist groups called for strikes
but the government forbade then
and announced it would be
'.kind Of holiday for those VIII
wished to take it," At the sam