Evening star., 1948-05-02
May Day Celebrated
With Noise and Fury,
No Major 0utbursts
BY the Associated Press

pr me RSsotid'eC rreSS
May Day celebrati tions in Europe.
America and Asia produced noise
and fury but no major explosions.
Berlin, Trieste, Prague, Rome and
dozen other of Europe's danger
spots observed labor's holiday yes
terday in an atmosphere of tense
ness. But thoroughly alerted police
/ everywhere prevented serious clashes
between Communist and anti-Com-
munist factions of labor organiza-
tions.
Chile and Brazil, where authori-
ties feared Communists plotted AN
other Bogota" uprising. reported no
disturbances but much parading and
speechmaking.
Most serious case of violence any
where was in Athens, where a fac
tory worker assassinated Christos
Ladas, Minister of Justice.
Six persons were killed in a new
outbreak of guerrilla violence on
the Southern Korean island of
Cheju, bringing the total to 60 in
less than a month.
( Rival Parades in New York.
( Along the 18th parallel in Korea,
dividing line between American and
Soviet occupied territory. there was
fist-shaking by Korean Communists
who shouted across the boundary
at American troops and South Ko-
reans: You'll have trouble SOON"
3 The Russian controlled radio at
Pyongyang told Koreans the best
way to celebrate May Day was to
illustrate the elections in South
Korea" on May TO-
New York, center Of the United
States biggest celebrations, was
the scene of two rival parades
separated by three long blocks. One
up Fifth avenue was sponsored by
the Veterans of Foreign Wars as a
loyalty day" demonstration. The
other was by left -wingerS.
Pray for Russia" meetings spon-
sored by Catholics were held at
many places in the United States.
At Albany, N Y. 1000 gathered at
the steps of the State capitol and
prayed for the salvation" of Russia
and the redemption" of other
Soviet dominated countries.
% Arrested in Trieste.
/ In troubled Trieste, police charged
crowds with water hoses, night
sticks and motorcycles when several
thousand proItalians clogging the
streets attacked a police car.
! Several persons were injured in
the rock throwing, head-cracking
melee, and % persons were arrested
! throughout the day. About 10000
! Communists and anti Communists
staged demonstrations in a down.
pour of rain amid scattered fist
fights and rock throwing but mil
itary authorities kept the demon
Strators separated for the most part
Over the entire European CONT
nent there was din of Soviet prop
/ aPanda which insisted that COM
muniSm was never more powerful
and that it was moving on to new
triumphs.
/ A feet of gray Jet fighter planes
streaked low over Red Square where
Prime Minister Stain and other top
officials of the Soviet union reviewed
a parade.
/ Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, min
lister of armed forces said, there is
no doubt that the Soviet people and
the armed forces will be able to solve
the problems which face them"
Americans See Red Parade.
Foreign diplomats witnessed the
parade. They included United
States Ambassador Walter Bedell
Smith, who was not present last No
vember when military parade was
held on the Both anniversary of the
Bolshevik revolution.
The three American attaches who
did not receive invitations to the
November celebration were invited
to yesterdays exhibition.
In every European land the May
DAY celebrations emphasized the
split of labor movements along east
west lines. In Eastern Europe. par
ticuiarly in Warsaw. the United
States was eeSailed openly as an
"aggressor' nation with imperialistic
designs.
In Western Europe the United
States was acclaimed at many dem
+ onStrations as defender of liberty
and the savior of the continent.
! In the border regions-Berlin,
Vienna, Trieste-there was hearty
DartiSarShiO for both sides
Big Demonstration in Berlin.
In Berlin where half a million
/ turned out for rival demonstrations.
Well-drilled Communists paraded
/ for three hours, chanting eve don't
want the Marshall plan"
Lesser anti-Communist rallies In
the western sectors spoke bitterly
Of wave Of terror in the Soviet
zone and charged Russia was re-