The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Comment On
World Events

Time and again the Soviet Union
has assured the world that it's in-
tentions are peaceful and that it
has no designs on its neighbors.
On Jan. IL, however Izvestia pub
lished this frank admission:
"Over 80 years ago Comrade
Stain set up the aim to build
citadel of Soviet power in the east
of our country, to build Socialist
Lighthouse lighting the way to lib
Grafton for the exhausted people of
the East. The East, said. Stain,
that is the base on which imperial
ism is building its riches. The task
Of Communism is to break up the
great sleep of the oppressed peo-
Piles of the East, to infect the
workers and peasants of these
countries with the liberating breath
Of revolution, to raise them to bat
tie with Imperialism"
China is now a Soviet province.
I 1t remains to be seen whether we
shall some day read in Izvestia that
"over 40 years ago Comrade Stain
decided to liberate the exhaused
Atlantic Pact nations-and has
brilliantly carried out this decis-
ion."
The international Labor Organ
ization's governing body is in the
final stages of setting up the first
international fact-finding and con-
ciliation commission on freedom of
association. The governing body, at
its 10th session in Mysore, India,
in January, approved the proce-
dures for establishing a Oman
commission to examine infringe
ments of trade union rights.
The members, "chosen for their
personal qualifications, who will
be expected to discharge their
duties, with complete independ-
ence", are scheduled to be selected
at the 111th session opening at
Geneva, March 3.
Last August, the Economic and
Social Council of the United Ma
tions requested the ILO to proceed
with the commissions establish
ment on behalf Of the United Ma
tions as we'll as on behalf Of the
ILO. The governing body at its
Mysore meeting established the
commission on the Hos behalf,
and at the same time agreed that
the new body should also act on
behalf of the United Nations.
y :. :.
Under the commissions proce-
dure, complaints alleging the viola
tion of trade union rights can be
referred to the commission either
by the governing body or the gen.
eral conference of the ILO. Any
government against which a COM
plant is made may also ask the
commission to investigate.
In addition, proposals for the
reference of cases to the commits
sion may be made by trade unions
and by organizations of employers,
but these proposals and those Of
must first be examin-
ed by the officers Of the govern
ing body who will decide whether
or not to circulate them to the gov
erning body as whole.
When the proposals are circulat-
ed any member of the governing
body may request that the govern
ing body refer them to the COM
mission.
After long discussion it was de-
cided that complaints could not be
referred to the commission for in
and conciliation with
out the consent of the government
In cases where this con-
sent is refused by a government,
the governing body will consider
alternative action to
safeguard the rights involved in
the case, including measures to
publicize it.
annual report, and they have an
swered mo-"
Phelps testified his division has
only three employees to supervise
IA foreign trade associations and
although it had asked the Budget
Bureau repeatedly for more help,
t had been denied.
Brown, the State Department ex-
pert Celler had quoted, followed
Phelps to the stand. He said it
would be "very undesirable and re-
for American export
to engage i'm cartel
leals in view of our foreign policy.
f such cartel deals were being
made, he said, they should be brok-
N up.