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Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12
SENATAS REMIA
EUROPOS SELPI-
MO PLANA

u. S. Senate Kovo 8 d
pravesta $780, 100000 Eu-
ropos atstatymui suma SUI
lyg Marshall plano, nors
sumazinta. Tikima kad ta
biliu netrukdomai priims il
Atstovu Rumai, mes, kaip
pats Sen. Vandenberg pa
reiske, reikalas yra skubus
ir padetis labai pavojinga'
Ia suma bus padalinta
pirmutinei pagalbai 16-kai
vakaru Europos Sally ku-
rios dar nera sovietu ita-
koje.
&c k oslovakijos pavergi-
mas isjudino nekuriuos Sc
natorius remit Marshallo
plana, kuriam jie Xxi sio]
priesinosi.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12
SOVIETAI PATHS
ZYDAMS

Lake Success, N. " U.
N. taryboje sovietu atsto-
vas igys zydu palankuma
reikalavimu kad Palestinos
padalinimas, kaip tas yra
anksciau nutarta, turi bu-
tt ivykdyta, ko il zydai at
kakliai reikalauja.
Rusai prikisa kad Ame-
rika dvejoja padalinima at.
likti, mes U. S.. stengiasi
placiau tartis SUI Arabais,
kad jie atmestu savo nusl-
statyma boikotuoti U. n
nutarima. Ar Amerika su
Arabais ka laimes, bet So
vietai pasidare zydu "prie.
teliais", nors sovietams la.
bal svarbu kad kiltQ Ara.
bu-zydu karas del Palestl'
nos padalinimo. Gal sovle'
tai gales irgi savo kariuo'
meme ten pasiusti.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12
PASAUlIUI PASkLEIDE SAvO kL AS
ToTA zINIA BUK JIS kUSIzUDES
Protestas u. N. Neturi
Atgarsio

Lake Success, N. Y. =
United Nations saugumo
tarybos posedyje vyriausis
Cekoslovakijos dele G a t a S
DR.. Jan Papanek iteike U.
N. saugumo tarybai reika-
lavima kad imtusi tyrineti
Rusu remiama komunistQ
terora jo tevyneje. U. N.
sekretorius Trygve Lie ia
reikalavima atmete, pade-
damas j sail. DR.. Papanek
atsisake sekti sMaskvos lini-
ia ir budamas laisvoje A
merikoje pakele savo bal
So prizes sovietu pavergima
jo sales. Taciau, ia U. N.
yra beige ka nors daryti
ar suvaldyti. U. N. sel1re-
torius Lie palaike ia Papa
neko skunda privatisko as
mems, nepaeinanti nuo pa
Clos valstybes, ir Cekoslova-
kijos uztarimas niekur at
garsio neranda.
DR.. Papanekl.abejoja kad
Jan Masaryk norejo nusi-
zudyti. Jam ir pirmiau ko-
munistai grasino, Jam bu-
:vo@ atsiusta komunistu ga
minta bomba sesios savai-
tes atgal, uz priestaravima
komunistu ruosiamam c.
koslovakijos uzgrobimui.
DR.. Papanek pareiske jog
.jis pats U. N. taryboje at.
stovauja Cekoslovakija, ne
komunistu rezima Prahoje
Washingtone, cekQ Kill
mes kongresmanas K. Ste
fan, pareiske kad Masary'
ko mirtis "galejo butt tail
pat ir nuzudymas. Krem'
liaus valdovai niekad nesi'
varzo nuo zudymu kada tas
patarnauja ju tikslui".
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12
OAR VIENA AGRESI.
IA REIkS KARA!

Senatorius Mcclellan, De-
mokratas is Tennessee, Ko-
vo 8 kalbedamas senate pa
reiske kad Suv. Valstijos
iteiktu Rusijai nota jog dal'
vienos valstybes uzgrobi-
mas Europoje reiks kara.
Senatorius ragina Anne
rika imtis vadovybes apgin-
I'll Europos valstybes kurios
dar yra laisvos.
Butu laikas Amerikai pa.
sirupinti apginti ir tas sa'
lis kurias per Americas w
siziopsojima sovietai paver'
J pc if naikina ju zmones.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12
SUOMIJA TARIASl
SU MASKVA

Is Suomijos pranesa kad
Suomijos vyriausybe, netu-
redama kitos iseities, suit
ko siusti delegacija j Mas
kva pradeti tarybas "drau-
giskai ir militarinei sutar-
ciai" SUI sovietais. Tai yra
zingsnis kuris veda Suomi.
ia ! sovietu pavergima. Il
ka darys il kai galingosios
pasaulio demokratijos ne
uztaria, 0 tils kalba. -.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12

AMERIKOS karo vado-
vybe daro bandymus Kali
fornijoje su nauju sunklu I1
lektuvu kuris mesa 42.OO0
svaru bombas. Tai naujau-
sia bomba. prizes kuria pir-
mesnes dideles bombos vra
niekis. Isbandzius ia lex.
tuva, veliau darys handy
ma If pacios bombos hume
timu if susprogdinimu jos
il kaip tik tiks sovietam'
suvaldyti.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12
Masaryk Rastas kieme
Negyvas

Praha, Kovo 10. = Jan
Masaryk,. Ceku veikejas ir
diplomatas, buvusio pirmu-
tinio Cekoslovakijos prezi-
dento sunus, nuzudytas ko-
munistu vykdymu tolesnio
Maskvos plano pilnam &C.
koslovakijos uzvaldymui.
Kaip prezidentas Benes,
taip ir Jan Masaryk ir ke-
Ii kit demokratines Ceko-
slovakijos vadai likosi ka-
binete ir Cekoslovakijoj
po Maskvos atstovo Gott-
waldo uzemimo Sales val
dzios visiskon komunistu
kontrolen. Jie palikti lai-
kinai, didesniam pasaulio
apmulkinimui, buk sales
valdzia susidaranti4 is visu
partiju. Palikti tik tol kol
ateis jiems laikas "nusizu-
dyti", mes komunistai nepa-
kencia nei vieno ne ju spal-
5os gaivalo, ypac tokiu ku-
rie turi visuomeneje kokia
taxa.
Jan Masaryk, 81 m. am
Claus, kaip komunistu cen
zuros sufabrikuotos zinios
sake, rastas issokes per Ian
ga ir uzsimuses uzsieniV
reikalu ministerijos kieme.
10 kambaryje buve palikta
laug surukytu cigaretu ga
lu....
Reikia suprasti kad Jan
Masaryk lauke atsilankant
pas il j kambari ginkluotq
enkavedistQ. Isbegti ir gel
5etis jam nebuvo progos.
Stalino galvazudziai atejo
SUI juo "pasikalbeti" Hitle-
rio naudotu budu: paduo-
dant revolverl nusisauti.
arba bus nusautas. -.
Masaryka nusauti ar pa
likti suviu zymes komunis.
tams nepatogu: jie priver'
te zmogu zudytis isstumda'
mi per langa.
Netrukus isgirsime kokis
mircia "pasidare" sau gala
prezidentas DR.. Benes. !.
Prahos komunistu fabri
kuotos zinios skelbia bul
Jan Masaryk nusizudes to
del kad j uzpyle visokiai'
kaltinimais 10 draugai i
Americas ir Anglijos u
pasilikima dirbti su komu
}nistais.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12
KOmuniStai Nuzude CekoS|ovakQ veikeja
UzSieniQl Reika|Q MiniStra Jan Masaryka
AMERIKON atvyko bl

AMERIKON atvyko bu-
yes Rumanijos karalius Mi
hal, kuri komunistu vyriau-
sybe priverte apleisti sosta
ir salintis is Rumanijos.
Jis pareiske kad savo tel
siu j sosta neissizadejo, jis
tik prievarta buvo isstum-
tas is savo tevynes.
Mihai pasake kad tik ka-
ras gales islaisvinti jo Sail
nuo komunizmo.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12

Grudu ir Mesos kainos
vel Nukrito

hONO 0, OHlcdyOS DIfZOJo
vel pasirode grudu ir kiaulie-
nos kainu nukritimas lyginant
SUI sestadieniu prizes tai.
KvieciQ, kornu ir soybeans
kainos nukrito pilnai kick vie-
ma diena nukristi gall.
Kornai kurie parsiduos &C.
guzes ir Liepos menesi nukri-
to 8 centais buseliui.
Geguzes kvieciai nukrito 10
centu buseliui ir ju kama liko
S2.35 buseliui.
Prekiautojai nesupranta ko-
del taip daug kainos 'krinta.
Kiauliu kainos nupigo po 81
Xxi $3.50 nuo 100 svaru gyvo
svorio. Galvijai ir versiai nu-
pigo po SOC nuo 100 svaru gy-
vo svorio.
Washingtone, tue tarpu, Fe-
derale Grand Jury isnese ap-
kaltinimus astuonioms korpo-
racijoms kurios buvo susitaru-
sios palaikyti auksta pieno kai-
ma ir neleido pienui pigti kartu
SUI grudais ir mesa.
VALDzIAI pareikalavus mill
tu eksportui Europa maitinti
karo nualintus zmones, grudu
tiekejai stengesi pakelti grudu
kainas, ir valdzia laikinai at
sisake tuos grudus, kuriu rel
kia 100000 buseliu, pirkti.
Laikinai uzpirko tik 100000
buseliu kvieciu.
Tie miltai reikalinga paden-
gimui Balandzio kvotos.
36 VALSTYBES susitare nu-
statyti po So buseliui kvieciu
eksportuojamu is U. S. A., Ka-
nados ir Australijos.
Tarptautine Kvieciu Taryba
susitare penkiu metQ laikotar-
piui kvieciu kama palaikyti:
auksciausia So buseliui, dabar,
numazinant Xxi S1.50 buseliui
1949 metals. Paskui, kas me-
ia mazinti po 1Oc nuo buselio
Xxi 1852 metals pasieks $1.1O
buseliui.
33 salys kurios importuosis
kviecius is virsminetu triju sa-
liu pasizadejo per visas iris
paimti po 5OO,000,000 buseliu.
Jeigu kvieciai mamie parsi-
duos po $3.50 ar daugiau virs
50 buseliui, isrodo kad valdzia
lures primoketi kvieciu parda-
veiams tick kick kama stoves
auksciau negu So.
/ C. 1. O. VADAI pastate rel
kalavimus Industrious pakelti
darbininkams algas, bet nepa-
branginti gaminiq kainu.
Gaminiu ir reikmenu kainu
brangimas ir darbininku algu
: kilimas yra tai nepataisomas
blogas: isdirbejai nori oranges
niu kainu, daugiau pelnu, bet
nenori kad darbininkai reika-
lautu daugiau algq.
Darbininkai reikalauja dau-
: giau algu, tuomi pabrangina
reikmenu isdirbimo kainas, bet
! tikrina kad darbdaviai neture-
) tn kainu branginti.
Naudingiausia butu kad abb
: puses suprastu: ir kainu bran
q ginimas privers reikalauti dau.
: giau algu, ir algu didinimas
: privercia pabranginti kainas.
=. sIOJE salyje prieskariniais
81 metals budavo sunaudOjams
lpo 15,eOO tonu pipirq kasmet
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12

Nusove tevus. Eminence,
Mo. - Betty Kroeger, II
metu mergina, po susival-
diiimo su savo motina. nu-
sove ia, paskui nusove te-
va, kad jis nepatirtu apie
motinos mirtl.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12

ANIERIKOS karo vado-
vvbe is Frankfurto, Woke
tiioje, pranesa suemus lib
1ydu kurie ware tremtiniu
stovyklose juodos rinkos
bizni.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12

20 metu priverciamiems dar-
bans. Tiap pat netruko buvu-
vusios Vlasovo armijos kariu,
nubaustu 1925 metams. Ten
buvo atsiustos ir mergaites ku-
rios savo laiku buvo prievarta
is Rusijos sriciu deportuotos
Vokietija ir dabar grlzusios.
JOS buvo nuteistos "tik" Clio
metu, kad "pasitaisiusios gale
tn vel tikti gyventi SSSR vi
suomeneje". Ponia M. betgl
jaucia kad jos visos j ta "ai-
minga" visuomene nebetures
'laimes'' sugrizti, mes mfrs
pirm laiko toje stovykloje.
Kaliniu maistas: dvi rieku.
tes juodos duonos. Pc keliQ sa.
vaiciu maistas "pagerintas" =
Quota skysta aviziniq kruop'
sriuba. Per Ia menesiu il sto
vykloje nemate bulviu. Per t.
laika negave nei gabaliuko mui
10. Jeigu neispildydavo darb
normu, maisto kicks mazina-
mas
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Is sVEDIJOS pra n e $ a
kad keli simtai Pabaltijo
pabegeliu is Rusijos atsi-
RADIO prie Suomijos-Svedi-
los sienos. Kas is to kad
Maskvai pareikalavus tie
nelaimingieji bus raudonie-
stems atiduoti.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12

KOVO Is yra paskutine
"income tax" pareiskimQ
padarymui ir taksu sumo
kejimui diena. Apie 55 mi
lijonai U. S. gyventoju tu-
ri moketi taksus.
Dede Samas gaus virs 2O
bilijonu dolariu situ taksu.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12
DIENA DIRBA, NAkTl
TARDYMAS

Visi kaliniai buvo laikom'
tardytoju zinioje. Diena dirbe
ir grize namo, negaudavom po-
ilsio: mus tardydavo. Nereta'
tardymas trukdavo visa naktl.
Ponia M. prisipazista neture-
| ius sunkesnio tardymo: tik ke-
leta kartu jai sudave kumsciu
| i veida - sioje didzioje vargr
stovykloje tai buve laikoma tik
menkniekiu.
Kartais padarydave dvie]v-
triiu menesiu pertrauka, deja
90 to vel tardydave. Karts nuc
|karto sioje stovykloje buve IL
sprendimu. Naujai nubaustuo.
sius gabendave j Sibira.
[IR NKvD TARPE EsA
GERU zMONIQ...
I Ponia M. nutyli koklu buc'
jai pavyko pabegti is sio pra
CARO-. il yra tikra kad visaga
lingi NKVD gall tuos gerada
RUS nuciupti ir laisvame pa
saulyje. Taciau, anot jos, ge
; ru zmoniq esq visur, net g
ziauriausios NKVD tarpe. }
grizus j Leningrada uzrakint
tviename tusciame prekiniam
: vagone, po to kai eselonas grl
> 10 atgal atvezes j stovykl
: transpofta.
. (Bus daugian).
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12
PASkIAUSIOS r.
MOS IS LIETUvOS
RasO X. Pelekis.

Sausio % diena pasieke svedi-
jos krantus, j kur il atvyko per
Lenkija. Jei nesuklysime, tai
bus paskutine pabegele is tos
Sales. JOS gimimo vieta neto-
Ii siauliu. JOS vyras, rajono
agronomas, 1914 m. deportuo-
tas Vokietija ir nuo to laiko
il apie j nieko nezino. 81 pa
begele pasokojo:
Kai Rsai vel okupavo Lie
tuva, jie itare kiekviena Lietu-
vi ir suiminedavo kaip naciQ
kolaboranta. Greitai ir il ga
vo patirti nemalonu NKVD
(dabar MVD) demesi. Jie ne
tikejo kad jos vyras yra de-
portuotas. NKVD j, kaip ir
daugeli kitty j Vokietija pasi-
traukusiu Lietuviu, itare slap
stymusi ir noru pasisalinti nuo
SSSR "teisingumo". Nei jos
pasakojimas, nei kaimynu liu-
dijimai nepadejo: 1945 m. Va
sario menesi il buvo arestuota
ir deportuota.
10000 sIAULIEcIV vIENOJE
STOVYKYOJE
Ponia M. buvo nugabenta |
Medvezegorsk (Kar h u m a k u
stovykla Suomiu Karelijoje.
sioje stovykloje deportuotQ
tiktai is vienos Siauliu apskri-
ties, jos liudijimu, buve apie
10000 zmoniu. il mapo kad
bolsevikai is Lietuvos tik 1945
metals bus isgabene apie puse
milijono zmoniu! Labai mazam
deportuotuju asmenu buve SUI
darytos bylos, nei vienam tre-
miamajam nebuve sakyta kur
il YES. Daugelis ju buve nu-
vezti j Leningrado rajona, Vor-
kuta, siaures Russia, ar arti
Kaspijos esanti Taskenta.
TREMTINIAI VEzAMI PO
1910 zMONIU VACCINE
Eselona kuriuo vaziavo ponia
NJ, sudare 63 prekiniai vago-
mai 90 5O-7O zmoniu kiekviena-
me. Daugiausia buvo vyru'
bet netruko ir moteru. Trau-
kings pagaliau sustojo tuscia-
me lauke. Tebuvo matyti kele-
tas trobe1iu ir barakQ ginkluo-
tai sargybai. Cia kaliniams bu-
We isakyta tuojau islipti ir SUI
stoti j ellie pasiimti kastuvq bel
kirku.
KALlNIQ DARBAI
Musu darbas, sake p. NJ, bu-
vo kanalo, jungiancio siaures
ledjuri su Baltijos jura, atsta-
tymas. 81 kanala Leningrado
apsupimo metu buvo geroka'
apgriove Vokieciai.
Bent kokiu gyvenamu patal'
pu suimtiems nebuvo pasklrts
ir lie turejo "stovyklauti' snie
guose, kol pasistate siokius-to
kius medinius barakus. Dvy
lika valandu per para jie ture
davo dirbti prie kanalo daro'
ir tik likusi laika galejo pasklr
ii barako statybai.
Kai p. M. po IA meneslu tn
rejo laime ta baisia stovykl'
apleisti, grupeje kurioje j dir
bo nebuvo like ir puses zmoni'
gyvu. Kai kurie, neistverda
mi, .patys nusizudydave. Su
sirgusieji negaudavo glo b o
bent Xxi 1916 m. pradzios. Pa
galiau barakeliuose buvus lrer
gta ligonine ir il, kadangi Zinc
jus slauges pirmaja pagalb'
buvo pastatyta ten dirbti ka'
slauge.
MAUI ! MIRUSIV vIETAs
Nauji kaliniq transportai p'
keisdavo mirusius, pasakol
toliau p. M. Tai budavo da'
eiausia uzsienieciai, nuteisti !
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12
VIRSzMOGISKOS DARBO
NORMOS

Kaliniai neturedavo nuolatl
nio, jiems pastoviai paskirtc
darbo. Daug tekdavo kastl
sprogdinti griuvesius, skaldytl
ir kilnoti akmenis. Kiekviene
zmoniu grupe gaudavo darba
kuri turedavo ta diena atliktl
Jeigu jo nepadarydavo, mazln-
davo jiems maisto davinl. Is
sekusiems ir isbadejusiems ka.
liniams sios normos buvo virs
zmogiSkOs.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-03-12

sIOJE salyje prieskariniais
metals budavo sunaud0jama
20 $4,000 tonu pipirq kasmet.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20

the Italian elections will be
conducted unfairly. Nobody an
ticipates foreign military or
diplomatic pressure to bring
about the Catastrophe" result
that is feared. What, then, is
there to be afraid of?
Charles Van Devander of the
New York Post gave the an
swer in his Washington column
of March 9: "a us. emissary
just returned from Rome is
convinced that, as things are
now going, the Communist
front will poll more than 40
per cent of the votes"
ITALY happens to be
country where Communists
and Socialists. with the excep-
ton of a dissident splinter)
form political alliance. That
alliance is based on the united
Italian General Confederation
of Labor, to which the vast ma
jority of workers belong of
their own free will. The left
wing bloc is the greatest sin
gle political force in the coun-
try. But, as in France, it was
excluded by rightists from the
seats it previously held in an
all-party coalition government
because the right-wing feared
that Italy would not otherwise
get Marshall plan aid.
Although this happened when
the Marshall plan was being
sold to Americans as ''non-po-
1itical," Italian rightists had
reason for believing that no
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20
is THE AFL SUBMISSIVE?

Any good union up subversve
organizations-the MAN, American Action
then good union wouldn't have been signing
Was the AFL subversive? Hickman,
couldn't Perhaps
call having heard radical meeting
ing that
the Hickman
To his doubts, decided
inquiries to friends of hsRep Hartley
Robert A. Taft G Ohio) j. Edgar Attorney
Tom c. Clark officials National
Labor Relations
Pleading guidance
Gals of his union would of
tons OF which they might happen to be members
Isted?)
What run-around the
Taft didn't know to Philip R. Rogers
clerk of the Senate Committee Labor Public
Rogers didn't know he clkmann to he
George Bo regional director of the
ferred Hickman to Robert Denh the
Hartley whom Hickman really depending
help either First he wrote that
Then he admitted that he didn't either
to Charles M Brooks assistant NB
also didn't know.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20

A S unions in major indus
N tries prepare to negoti-
ate for third round wage in
creases, the giant corporations
are again asserting that a rise
in wages would set off another
inflationary price whirl. They
conveniently ignore the fact
that the steel industry, for ex-
ample, has raised prices in the
past five months by about $500
million a year before it even
received a wage demand from
the steelworkers' union.
The other fact which the cor
porations shy away from is
that they can pay substantial
wage increases running >25
per cent to 80 per cent - out
of their exorbitant prof s
without raising prices. After
paying such wage boosts and
without increasing prices, the
corporations would still have
profits after taxes twice as high
as the prewar average.
Here are the kind of facts
which the corporations lie
about. Corporate profits before
taxes in 1947, according to the
Commerce Dept, were S28.7
billion, compared with $21.1
billion in 1916. Profits after
taxes rose from $12.5 billion
in 1916 to STA billion la t
year. That was twice as much
as the profit take in the boom
year of 1929 and more than
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20

lion to 1884 million, a rise of
more than, % per cent.
Fifty-five tie x tile product
companies increased their prof
its from $132.6 million to $181.3
million, rise of 81 per cent.
Thirty-five cotton goods COM
panies increased their profits
from $61.9 million to $113.8
million, a rise of 1877 per cent.
Thirty-six iron and steel
companies increased their prof
its from $259.7 million to $409.5
million, rise of ST. per cent.
Thirty mine electrical equip
ment and radio companies in
creased their profits from $46.6
million to 1882 million, rise
of more than 1873 per cent.
Fifty-five automobile and
parts companies increased their
profits from $34 million to
$197.7 million, rise of 481
per cent.
THE huge increases in the
profits of the steel, electrical
and auto industries completely
expose the fake arguments of
the corporations that they cam
not pay higher wages to their
workers without increasing
prices. These profit figures
further prove that the recent
price increases in steel were
unwarranted and will increase
the already fantastic profits
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Why fight for wages?
BY THE ECONOMIST

four times greater than the
prewar average in 1869.
THIS year, with higher pro-
ductivity and increased profit
margins, corporate profits be-
fore taxes are running at an
annual rate of $31 to $32 bill
lion. New price rises would
simply swell this astronomical
total. The profit outlook clear
ly supports the demands of the
workers for a substantial in
crease in wages.
An industry breakdown Of
profits refutes the argument
that although overall profits
are h ig h, they are not big
enough in key industries to
meet wage demands. The Natl.
City Bank of New York has
completed survey of $50
manufacturing industries. Their
profits after taxes increased
from $2.1 billion in 1916 to $3.2
billion in 1947, a rise of more
than SO per cent. Their rate
of return on net worth Gnvest-
ed capital plus surplus in
creased from 1875 per cent in
1916 to I'll per cent last year.
Here are the reports on various
industries where workers are
demanding higher pay.
EIGHTEEN m e at packing
companies increased their prof
its after taxes from $67.7 mill
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dollars WOulQ arrive unless
Italian citizens who voted left
were deprived of a voice in
their own affairs. The Posts
Mr.. Van Devander now admits
this. He says: every compe-
tent observer Gin Washington
agrees that Congress will
exclude Italy from the recon
struction plan if :. Commu-
nists approach a majority
OTHER writers go further.
Joseph Alsop, New York Her.
aid Tribune political common
tator, says that if the polls
make Socialist Pietro Nenni
premier, "the military phase in
Europe will begin and "war
will come closer" Syndicated
military analyst George Field
ing Eliot wrote March 9 that
Zero hour" in italy is APP
preaching. Pres. Truman, he
urged, Should ask for author
ity to use the armed forces of
the us. to help any nation
threatened with such fate"
In this way, says Eliot, "he will
give new life to the frightened
people Of Italy"
Since these same frightened
people" are the ones who ter
rifY Maj. Eliot by the prospect
that they will vote for the
thing they are supposed TO be
scared of. the point is a little
obscure. Agreeing with Eliof's
theory that Italian politics cam
not be left to the Italians. the
Washington Post declares that
the US. should back election
eering in Italy" to LET people
there know where America
stands.
Some Washington reports
state that the us. ambassador
in Rome has transmitted a re-
quest by rightist Premier Al
eide De Gasperi for American
arms to equip anti-leftists. The
Herald Tribune filled out the
picture by reporting March
that 10000 Italians shouted
for the restoration of the Ital-
ian empire and praised fascist
troops who fought for Franco)
in Spain at one of the most i'm
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EVEN, TOM CLARK DIDN'T KNOW

Tom Clark sent Hickman organizations
released to the
assistant wrote to Hickman that there available pubca
ton such list of organizations you request"
In despair, Hickman
Hartley, which he imply
slave labor law o
letter
RAISES of
act"
And to this day he still doesn't
NOT.
Perhaps he's beginning think
to stand by his workers fight against the law.
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World Wise
Will Italians express their own
free will in April 10 elections?

portant pro-fascist rallies since
the war"
THE Scripps-Howard papers
have whipped up a 'sletters to
italy" campaign, In which
Americans are supposed to
warn Italians not to vote for
left-wing parties. A us. fleet
is cruising in Italian waters
How would Americans feel if
the press of foreign country
called for letters to this coun-
try to back one candidate, or
if it advocated foreign govern
ment "electioneering" h er e
while foreign ships threatened
us. harbors?
The Sacred Consistorial Col
lege of the Vatican has threat
ened that Catholics who vote
the Italian leftist ticket will be
accommodated. Italian Is.
right and left both. are Catho-
lies. This is big gun.
The New York Times since
early in March has been insist
ing that dollars are not
enough" to stop communism"
The inference is that armed
Intervention, or arming of do
mestic coup in threatened"
lands, is required.
THE same paper on March 5
featured letter contending
that representative government
was meant only for countries
of "civic virtue, concord and
compromise" Italy is coun-
try where "the spirit of parti-
sanship rises to immoderate
heights"
The writer asks: Would the
countries interested in the sue
cess of ERP tthe Marshall plan)
not be justified in cautioning
Mr.. De Casperi's government
about holding elections this
spring? ;. Shall the blind be
invited and helped TO lead the
blind?"
The Marshall plan was at
first called Impartial. Then
it became "anti- Communist but
not military" then ga strate-
gle necessity" Now it's hackers
suggest that it be used against
the most elementary democrat
ic rights-the popular vote.
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after taxes of the industry by
more than $185 million year.
The workers and their I'M
ions enter the third round ne
EQUATIONS with real wages that
are considerably lower than
they were a year ago. Two
rounds of wage increases have
not enabled them to keep up