Evening star., 1949-04-30
Anti-Communists Plan
To Counter May Day
Red Demonstrations
BY The Associotsd Press

LONDON. April 30.-Anti- Com
munists outside the Iron Curtain
plan some stiff competition to the
high pressure propaganda blasts
the Communists will let fly in to-
morrow's May Day celebrations.
In the Soviet orbit. where Com
munism has the field to itself.
the international labor holiday
seemed headed for its old program
of denunciations of the United
States and Britain. Pravda,
official Communist mouthpiece in
Moscow. kicked off with a May
Day editorial accusing war
mongers" in the United States and
Britain of mad plans to rule the
world-plans which 1t said. will
not succeed"
Moscow planned the usual par
ade. with a big military display.
and mass meeting with speeches
in Red Square.
Outside the Iron Curtain. the
anti Communists will have their
say. too. and they plan to say
plenty.
Rivalry Acute in West Europe.
The rivalry Is especially acute
in countries Of Western Europe
which signed the Communist
hated North Atlantic defense al
lance and in Germany. hub Of the
cold war.
Frances Gen. Charles de Gaulle
called a big mass meeting of his
supports to counter the Commu-
nists' traditional parade and dem
|onstration against the Marshall
Plan and "warmongers."
Italy's Communist dominated
Chamber of Labor ordered all
public transport except railway
trains to halt for the holiday.
Communists and fellow travellers
in Rome and the anti-Communist
Free Labor Confederation sched-
uled rival mass meetings.
Rival parades will be held in
Copenhagen, Denmark, and rival
meetings in the same park there.
Separate demonstrations also are
planned in Norway. where Com
munists and Communists eel
ebrated together in past years.
This time Norwegian labor organ.
izations excluded the Commu
nists.
Robson Billed In Sweden.
Communists in neutral Sweden.
trying to muster q bigger crowd
than the other fellow. billed Paul
Robson. American singer, as an
attraction at their Stockholm
rally. This will be In the same
park as that Of the Social Demo-
crats.
West Berlin police have been
alerted for possible disorders
stemming from rival celebrations.
as a result Of street fighting Thurs
day. The Communists plan to
send marching columns through
the British and French sectors in
addition to their big meeting in
the Soviet sector. American off,
cials refused to permit the Com
munists to march through the
United States sector. West Berlin
Germans plan a big meeting in
the British sector.
The Labor Party will dominate
Britain's celebrations. but there
will be no parading in London.
Political professions have been
banned there because Of recent
demonstrations against the union
movement" Of Sir Oswald Mosley.
prewar Fascist leader. Commu-
nists will hold a meeting in Ira
falgar Square, however.
Attlee 70 Attend Rites.
Prime Minister Attlee will at
tend q memorial service at Saken-
ham, and other British Laborites
will address meetings sponsored by
their party elsewhere in England.
A million yards Of cloth, fash
ioned into Red flags and bunting,
decorate Warsaw for Poland's big
Communist demonstration. for
which placards proclaiming Down
With the Atlantic Pact" and other
slogans have been printed.
May Day is not an official holi-
day In Tel Aviv. but Israel's trades
union executive approved q gen.
|eral work stoppage.
Macarthur Tells Americans