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said more than 100000 thronged the
Soviet sector to hear Communist
speakers attack the Marshall Plan.
Loudest applause at Berlin's anti
Communist meeting went to Henry
Rutz of the American Federation OF
Labor when he declared:
Il can assure you the Western
powers have no intention OF leaving
Berlin. Our transport and
communication lines will be held
Dur troops will stay until all occupa-
ton forces leave"
Mr.. Rutz said the West wanted
unity. but not on Russian terms
which would mean dictatorship and
Moscow domination"
Aim to Destroy Democracy.
Everywhere where they were
strong enough. the Communists
sought to destroy democracy" Mr.
Attlee said in his Plymouth speech
Britains Labor Premier held UP
Russia as "the supreme example Of
the police state; land OF fear and
suppression.
OF Czechoslovakia. Hungary, Bull
garia. Romania and Poland, Mr.
Attlee said:
The Communist methods en-
ployed in these countries are not
dissimilar to those employed by the
Nazis. Both parties are adept at
underground work. sapping from
within. and at working with disloyal
elements.
There can be no greater mistake
than to imagine the Communist
Party is the party Of the left. In
the very wide range of human ac-
tivity, the Communists are extreme
reactionaries.
The Communist creed, itself an
extremely narrow and perverted
variant of the Socialist theory, has
found its home in the most back
ward part of Europe and has there
acquired the characteristics Of its
surroundings"
U. S. Denounced by Poles.
Nearly quarter OF million Poles
Joined the Warsaw celebration
which was highlighted by denunci-
alton Of the United States and dec
larations that Poland always would
stand behind Russia.
1t was one of Warsaw's reddest
dayS-both in color and oratory
Red flags were everywhere. Social
lst Premier Josef Cyranklewicz and
Communist Vice Premier Wladyslaw
Gomulka led the speechmaking
which denounced American i'm
perialists seeking to subjugate the
nations of Europe"
Last night Gomulka. said the
United States is well along in be-
coming the worlds most hated
nation and declared America would
not succeed in stringing strands OF
economic barbed wire around
Europe.
Only a few scattered incidents
marked celebrations in Trieste
where civilian police formed q
barrier dividing the Italian ano
Slovene sectors to prevent several
hundred anti-Communists from
reaching the site of Communist
meetings.
$4,000 Hear Rome Talks.
Catholic and anti-Communist
labor representatives walked out OF
a Rome meeting, protesting it hao
become a Leftist political demon
stration. About $4,000 were on hand
in Piazza del Popolo to hear ad-
dresses by American, French, Brit
ish and Russian labor leaders
James B. Carey, CIO secretary, was
the American speaker. He ano
others are attending a meeting OF
the Executive Bureau of the World
Federation of Trade Unions.
Large crowds celebrated in Milan
Communist stronghold Of Northern
Italy. A raid on the Naples head
quarters OF the right-wing Socia.
Movement Party was broken up by
government police.
NCdlly COo,uUO OONiditSlS pal dOtA
in Vienna. Shortly afterward hey
were followed BY about 10000 Com
munists.
In Sofia more than 100000 pa
raded before Bulgarian Premier
Georgi Dimitrov. They carried ban.
ners condemning warmongers anc
preparation for a new imperialistie
war"
Socialists Snub Communists.
In the me- jority Of Western Eu.
ropes democratic capitals separate
observances were planned. Socialis'
and moderate labor groups turned {
chilly shoulder on the Communists
In New York, parade routes o.
leftwingers and anti-Communist.
were separated by three long down.
town blocks. The Veterans of For.
eign Wars sponsored the anti-Com.
nunist Loyalty Day" parade w
Fifth avenue. A Catholic mass fol
Russia was to be said before tn.
start.
Rival groups were to march sep
arately in a number Of other Amer
ican cities. Some communities hav,
scheduled pray for Russia meet
b,gs spop1Qred by lay Catholics.
Parisia members of the autono