The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-14
.AttIee Warns OF
New Sacrifices
To Resist Reds

Brighton, England (LPA)-Bri-
|tish trade unionists must make
new sacrifices to meet COmmun-
ist aggression, Prime Minister
Clement Attlee somberly warned
delegates to the 82nd annual con-
ference of the Trades Union Con-
gress.
The head of the Labor govern
ment did not rule out wage in
|creases completely but said union
members must continue to practice
RESTRAINT" in wage demands and
must accept a certain amount of
"redeployment" and "changeover"
jim jobs. In addition, Attlee pointed
out, there would be an inevitable
decrease in the amount of consumer
goods and services. In short: more
austerity.
"We shall do our utmost to see
that these sacrifices are fairly
borne," the Prime Minister declar-
ed in speech blistering the Com
munists from all angles. The dele
gates, who were well prepared for
Attlee's solemn news, applauded
warmly. The Communists and Com
munist sympathizers kept quiet,
although on the preceding day they
had booed Alex Rose of the United
Hatters. spokesman for the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor.
TUG President H. l.. Bullock set
the tone of the five-day conference
in his opening remarks. He urged
the delegates to support the United
Nations police action in Korea and
to turn thumbs down to any "phony
peace campaign" British workers
must be on their guard against
Communist "stooges and cats
paws" the TUG leader declared
The delegates representing 8,000,-
600 workers, were expected to en-
dorse his recommendations.
"The rule of law must be main
tanned, whatever the COST" Bull
lock warned. "The alternative is
that those who believe in human
freedom will go down in bloody
ruin" Hitting hard at the Com
munists, he said, "Those who are
inspired by authoritarian and
totalitarian ideas are melting in
surrectionary disturbance and arm
ed conflicts at various points in the
world, while at the same time they
are running phony peace cam
paign in an attempt to lull to sleep
the people of other nations"
The Communists and their SYM
pathizers among more than 9G0l
delegates booed Alex Rose when
he denounced Soviet aggression
However, the anti-Communist maj
ority responded with cheers. Actu-
ally, Roses remarks were notl
greatly different from Bullock's
except for his references to. the
on Russian goods imposed
recently by AFL Longshoremen in
eastern US ports and his implied
criticism of British trade with the
Soviet Union.
Rose had sharp retort for his
hecklers. $50 far as | am concern
ed" he said, "a bit of heckling
merely accentuates the democracy
we enjoy here. | wish we had a
bit of heckling in the Kremlin."
Attlee, by his reference to "re-
indicated that Britain
might have to "direct" workers
around the country to jobs, but he
said every effort would be made to
defense projects where
there were signs of unemployment.
ed. note: One of the things which
astonishes British workers visit
ing the US is the readiness with
which an American in Baltimore
calmly piles his family into the car
and heads for new job in Seattle
or New Orleans.)
A broadened defense program
need not be overly damaging to liv-
ng standards if productivity is in ,
creased, Attlee reminded his list \
,ners. In this connection, the con-
'erence was expected to show con-
siderable interest in the report
submitted by a group of British
who visited the US to
study production methods and inl
he observations recently made byII
Will Gomberg of the International Il
ladies Garment Workers-AFL, inI
europe as a Marshall Plan consult
mt. HI
The conference on Sept. 5, sup
ported a "go-slow" view toward II
urther naturalization. A report of.1p
he TUGS General Council had, in
fleet, urged the Labor govern II
nent to perfect the naturalization
Ilready enacted before taking fur-K
her steps. HI