The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-31
Comment On
World Events

Fortnight speaking on the So
called Stockholm peace petition
featured a letter sent by H. A.
Bradley, president Of the Interna-
tional Chemical Workers Union to
the head Of a French chemical
workers organization. Bradley's
letter was, in reply to letter
which was part Of foreign Com
munist pressure on international
union leaders to gain labor support
in America for the "peace petit
tion," one Of the Kremlin's rankest
frauds. Bradley's letter reflected
the strong stand on the petition
taken recently by the AFL execu-
tive council.
Here is what Bradley wrote r.
Pascre, Federation Rationale des
Industries Chemicques, Paris:
81 acknowledge your letter of
July 26 on the subject Of the
Stockholm peace proposition.
81 cannot, and do not, agree with
you when it comes to supporting
that proposition. Peace is a wond-
erful thing. 1t is certainly the most
sought after and desired thing in
the world today as far as the
masses Of the people are concern
ed. know however that you are
under no misconceptions as to the
originators of the Stockholm pro-
position. further know that you
are under no misconceptions of the
real purpose and intent Of that
propaganda, and in your heart you
know that the greatest deceivers
in the world today, and the great
est liars, are the heads of the Com
munist Party.
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while they SOW the seeds of un-
rest and discomfort and practice
oppression and foment war with
one hand, at the same time with
the other they pretend to be seek
ing world peace. They seek world
peace only on their own terms and
on no other. They attempt to con-
fuse the issues and the facts. They
attempt to convince people that the
Wall Street capitalists are the only
ones not in accord with their met
hods and their ideologies, and this
on its face is a lie.
81 am grateful for the freedom
that is my heritage as an American
under our democratic government.
| am grateful that every member
of my organization in the United
States and Canada feel the same
way and | assure you, and do so on
behalf of those | represent, that the
vast majority of the working peo-
pie Of these two great countries
not only look upon the Stockholm
peace proposition as a vile, con-
temptible means of trying to de-
ceive people but that they will op-
pose the policies and the aims of
the totalitarian Russian govern
ment who conceived the Stockholm
propaganda plan with all the ener-
gies at their command.
Make no mistake my friend,
the American working man will
fight against the encroachment of
Communist ideologies and he will
fight with whatever is necessary.
| beg of you to be honest with your
Conscience, and with yourself, and
with your fellow man and be loyal
to your France and not to Russia"
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On the site Of the former Vienna
Rothschild Palace, which the Nazis
had turned into a torture chamber,
will rise a home for apprentices,
built by the Austrian labor move
ment. Earl Mantler, president ofI
the Vienna Chamber of Labor,
which is financing the project, an
nounced that between 200 and 300I
who are orphans or liveI
outside Vienna will be accommo-
dated in the home. In Austria manyI
workers learn their trade by start |
ing at IA as apprentices.