PROLET AREC JE DELAVSKI LIST ZA MISLECE ČITATELJf PROLETAREC Glasilo Jugoslovanske Socialistične Zveze in Prosvetne Matice OFFICIAL ORGAN OF J. S. F. AND ITS EDUCATIONAL BUREAU AT. — NO. 2215 Enured at Mcoad-ciau waiter. Dm. 6. I«I7. el lhe po»i oft** at CJticaf, HI. ia 5, under i he Art ul (lon|itu oi M«ri I 187S CHICAGO, ILL., May 17, 1950 Published Weekly at 2301 S. Lawndale Ave. ,*„ LETO—VOL. XLV. Organizaciji Z. N, gre v "mrzli vojni čezdalje slabše ff AMERIKA NAJ POMAGA POVSOD -BODISI V AZIJI KOT V EVROPI Kakor Grčiji, tako je naša vlada obljubila pomagati tudi Franciji v njeni vojni proti "komunistom" v Indokini. To se je zgodilo'ob priliki konference velike trojice, ki je bila končana minuli teden v Londonu. Predno se je pričela, je bil ameriški državni tajnik Dean Acheson na posvetovanju s predsednikom francoske vlade ter njenim ministrom vnanjih zadev Robertom SchumQnom v Parizu. Zatrdila sta mu, da Francija sama ne bo mogla vzdržati vojne v Indokini "Naia" boaastva so r----'— last monopolov vzlic ^ ^ ° na*ih *« v nji nihče va- mogt l delati in bil je neaktiven njegov takratni predsednik Et- ren. ako ga denuncijantje raz-kriče za že od prej zaznamova- "J4 K"' OIII1 piruiruilin l • • » --- bfn Kristan, Rev. Zakrajšek pa n°Ka ' nelojalneža". Pri Prole-se je pritoževal, da mu ne damo tarcu smo imeli v tem v Prvi toliko finančne opore, kot bi jo svetovni voi"i skušnje, četudi za svoj tajniški urad v Washing- smo se vs,ed voinih vprašanj lo-tonu potreboval. Vendar pa so tlh <>d ^»»Hstične stranke. Nič katoliški voditelji — nekateri ni lM)ma«a,o. smo podpirali saj — še prihajali na seje Sans- Jv,l*onov<> politiko — na nas je ovih odborov, ali se udeleževali bl1 vrien ži«* da smo bi,i d«lovni njegovih deputacij k inerodaj-l ,eta ,n ,eta v socialističnem gi-nim oblastem. hanju. ki je bilo v boju proti u— : ■ «a • i ! Wilsonu in proti vojni, dasi se je Ker je L. Adamič imel večino >e vr-|a na svoii strani, da odobrimo partizansko borbo, so duhovniki To velja sedaj tudi glede ko-odšli iz Sansovega odbora. Po- munistov v tej deželi. S svojo tem šele se je delo resno pričelo.' veliko antifašistično kampanjo Druga konvencija je bila še so PreneKaI> i® bil sklenjen žele dobro obiskana in tudi ne- pakt P»iateljstva med Berli-kaj vodilnih katoličanov je bilo ncm in, Moskvo in jo obnovili med njimi. Po konvenciji so se f®1**.. ko Hitler P"kt bodisi pod pritiskom ali pa pro- ,omi1 ter udaril v stovoljno umaknili, odprto pa je Moje mnenje je, da naj bi ta prišlo zraven jako aktivno ne- zbor SANSa razpustil in potem kaj ljudi, ki so se potem v času ustanovil novo organizacijo, ako razdora med Titom in Stalinom bo večina uvidela, da so izgledi obrnili h kominformu. Posebno za njen uspeh. A načrt v ta našo to storili na tretji konvenciji, men naj ho v naprej priprav-toda kakega boja v Sansu niso ljen. povzročili - že zato ne, ker je Reke, sem že da take ustano. večina skozi vso dobo simpatizi-; ve 2ažare kadar je potreba za. rala s T.tom. njc najve^a Potem se bore za Na tretji konvenciji je bil SANS še živahen in dobiti kandidate v odbor (eksekutivo) ni bilo težavno. Celo dve bi lahko napolnili z njimi. Ne izgleda, da se bo to ponovilo tudi na tej konvenciji, dasi se bo kandidate tudi na nji dobilo. A vprašanje je — kot je pisal Anton Garden — ali tako, da bo delala ali pa šla kmalu po zboru v pasivnost. obstanek. JSZ je uspevala, ker takrat ni bilo v vladi še nikogar, ki bi upeljaval kak 'new deal" ali "fair deal". Zato se je tudi mnogo odbornikov raznih unij udejstvovalo v socialistični stranki. Danes vodi vsaka svojo politiko za "koristi delavcev" in reakcija pa zmerja celo Tru-mana. ki je konservativen da kaj, da nas peha v socializem. Po mojem bi morala biti nova Stavke niso več uspešno sredstvo za zmage Ko je nedavno zastavkalo 18,000 kurjačev na petih velikih železniških omrežjih, je bilo z njimi vred vrženih iz služb že v prvih desetih dne stavke nad dve sto tisoč drugih delavcev. To pomeni nadaljne odslovitve. Čemu je nastala ta stavka? Kot drugod, tako se tudi že« lezniške družbe trudijo zmanjšati število delavcev in izboljša« ti promet. Diselne lokomotiva so elektrarne na tračnicah. Brzi lahko iz Chicaga skozi do San Francisca ali do Los Angelesa, ali od tu pa v New York. Parne lokomotive, neglede kako so moderne, pa je treba menjati na vSfekih toliko milj, kar povzroča zamude, a oh enem so pomenile uposlitev toliko več delavcev. Diselni stroji so to odpravili. Imaš inženirja, ki vodi vlak, in on pa ima poleg sebe "kurjača", ki nima s čem kuriti. Vse je avtomatično urejeno. Toda ta kurjač bi moral znati še kaj drugega kot le gledati v instrumente in "kuriti". Nekoč je kurjač v lokomotivi bil skozi ves čas svojega dela uprežen z metanjem, premoga v peč. Sedaj imajo moderne parne lokomotive stoker-je — mašine, ki jih je treba s kurivom le napolniti in potem ga v peč avtomatično oddajajo kolikor potrebno. Včasi je bilo drugače. Inženir in kurjač lokomotive sta bila tiprežena zares. Eden je "šafljal" kot za stavo, drugi pazil, ker modernih signalnih naprav še ni bilo. Diselne lokomotive imajo sedaj prav tako inženirja ter "kurjača", kakor prejšnje lokomotive na paro, toda zahtevajo več pažnje zaradi tega, ker so za velike vlake sestavljene Iz dveh ali treh delov in kurjač mora biti buden — tekati sem in tja ter paziti na instrumente. V novejši dobi, od kar so bile instalirane v parne lokomotive razne nove naprave, predvsem stoker-ji, je kurjač imel lahko delo. Stal ali pa sedel je v ospredju ter gledal in pazil. Na drugi Mirani pa inženir. at Toda v diselnih se od njega zahteva tudi veliko znanja — biti mora nekak elektrotehnični inženir. Ako ni — ga železniška družba po kontraktu še vseeno plačuje, toda vrh tega ima najetega v isti lokomotivi še svojega posebnega tehnika, ki pa ni član unije lokomotivnih kurjačev. Niti niso najeti od nje temveč direktno od delodajalca. Njihova briga je skrbeti, da se tehnično delo v diselni lokomotivi vrši tako, da je vlak čim-bolj varen. V tem ozirti nimajo potniki, katerim je za varnost na vožnji, nobenega spora. Tudi uniji kurjačev bl bilo vseeno, če ne bi uvideli, da jih diselai izpodrivajo iz služb. Zato je nastala ta stavka. Zvezna vlada je imela glede njihove zahteve za najetje na vseh velikih diselnih še enega kurjača že dve preiskavi. V obeh so se preiskovalci izrekli, da eden zadeatuje. Toda spor m je nbdaljeval in tako ,so nfcstale stavke kurjačev za začetek na kakih petih vodilnih železniških omrežjih. Sedaj se v kongresu in še marsikje vprašujejo, če ne bi bilo dobro Taftov-Hartleyjev akt še bolj poostriti. Ker čemu dovoliti tako mali skupini vreči iz služb Četrt milijona ljtidi, uničevati tovor na zastalih progah ter upropaščati od tega prometa odvisne farmarje in trgovce. Te stavke je sedaj konec s porazom za unijo. Unije se bodo morale potruditi v ustanovitev nekake delavske zbornice, z zakonodajno močjo, ki bo lahko v prid delav* cev sklepala brez stavk, ki v sedanji dobi napravijo tudi delavcem več škode kakor koristi. Kajti tudi delavci sedaj vedo, da tudi ko stavkajo In so ob zaslužek, so njihni vodje plačani kot ponavadi, enako kongres-niki ter vsi drugi taki vladni ljudje, ki se pečajo z njihovimi problemi ne da bi se jim kam mudilo. ' r. Kaj s SANSom v bodoče, o ustanova, o kateri se bo sklepa-tem sta kolikor meni znano naj-: |0 v Clevelandu, elastična dovolj več pisala urednik Prosvete in a vendar načelno strogo socia-oo Sansov predsednik F. A. listična. Naloga varovati to kar Vider. Oba sta za reorganizacijo, j ž« jmamo dobrega med nami je ali za novo ime ali kar že. Ne- v današnjih časih težko delo, a kateri priporočajo, da naj bi se vse slične ustanove združile, ker še težji napori so za razne nove organizacije, najbolj mučno delo napredni Slovenci v Ameriki po- p* je zbiranje financ. Toda ako trehu je jo sedaj kako skupno je volja ter dovolj takih, ki so ustanovo. voljni pomagati tudi v slabem Toda združenje samo na sebi vremenu — pa borno vendarle še ne da življenja. Ako se bodo še nekaj imeli in z dovoljno sedanji voditelji umaknili iz od- energijo mogoče tudi napredo-bora in prepustili vodstvom dru- vali. Ampak kaj posebnega op-gim, bo imel novi odbor, kakor timizma sedaj med našim Ijud-ga bi imel stari, pred sabo prob- stvom ni — to si lahko prizna-lem financ. Ako hočeš urad, vo- mo. diti kampanje in voditi razne ___ druge akcije, moraš imeti dohodke. Blagajna SANSa je sedaj Industrijske VGSti šibka in težko, da bi mogli pri- S •• četi z zanosom kakšno tako kam- 5lOVeni|# panjo, ki nam bi jo spet okre- Normalnotirna proga Bosut—- pila. Bijelina je bila izročena prome- Gotovo bo eksekutiva kaj kon- tu 9 aPrila Ta Pro«a povezuje kfetnega ukrenila — sestavila Semberijo v Mačvi s progo Za-kak tak nov program, ki bo pri- greb-Beograd. Zgradili so jo čla-lagojen današnjemu s t a n j u . j ni OF bijelinskega okraja s pro-C.lavni namen, radi katerega Je »tovolnjim delom in so prihra-hil SANS ustanovljen, je bil do- nili s svojim delom državi 63 milijonov dinarjev. Proga je dolga 21.5 km. sežen. Potem so se začele relifne akcije. Tudi te bi sedaj ne uspele. Politično — kam naj gremo? Pomagali smo progresivni stranki, a med sabo se sedaj tudi komunisti ne navdušujejo za Za 20 procentov se je povečala proizvodnja antimona dd-kar so vomo še plačevali in dajali podporo Japonski, Francm doma in v Indokini, zapadni Nemčiji ter državam severnoatlantskega pakta. Tak položaj je za svet skrajno nestabilen in ne bo vzdržljiv za vse večne čase. sko. Tovornih avtov nimajo. £a dovažanje materiala uporabljajo uurežno žjvino ~ največ vole. Namesto mogočnih parnih lopat se delavci myciju z ročnimi. Ko človek to opazuje, bi res strijo enega z Rusijo ter njenim blo-kom, drugega s seljaki doma, ki nočejo postati zadružniki, ali pa Jtf v tovarne, in ima spore tudi z raznimi državami zapad-nega bloka, npr. z Italijo in Av- mislil, da je to ljudstvo zelo srečno ob tem prostovoljnem (?) delu za narod. Ko pa vidiš pred vsakim krdelom delavcev, ki korakajo na delo, vojaka in vojaka za njimi, si lahko predstavljaš, da stvar ne izgleda "prostovolj- Kmete v Jugoslaviji se bo postavno primoralo pridelati dovolj živeža ne le zase temveč tudi za one v industriji. Ampak kmetje se branijo — skrivajo pridelke in nočejo denarja tem-_ - več blego za pridelke. Kaj ti na '. In cemu morajo tudi ženske; bodo dinarji, ko pa potrebščin opravljati taka težka dela'' kakršne kmet potrebuje, ne do-Zatof ker če bi se hranile, ne biš v štacuni temveč le ako dobe kuponov (krušnih karti s imaš kaj zamenjati — ti meni katerimi dobiš živež po nižjih recimo kako pohištvo, jaz tebi cenah. Brez teh kuponov, ki jih krompir ali sadje, ali kar že odmerja posameznikom vlada Sedanji Uetni Un j obUst, e stanejo čevlji v ame- slavije je bi, 2asnov/n za riski va*uti sedemdeset dolarjev, težke industrije Ko u funt sladkorja $4.50, najslabsa izpolnjcn> se bo Jpričel drugi ženska obleka stane na prostem nato tretjj itdM dokler ne bo iz-trgu $32.85 itd. Place najbolj i dnja ^^ j da bo izvežbanih delavcev so pa *rodukcija v V{ieh h kri. povprečno $60 na mesec. Tisti la pečine vsega prebival-delavci, ki so primoram delati stva yiada v Beogradu meni, dva meseca prostovoljno, imajo da se ji bo vse ^^ do lela hrano, lezisce in tristo dinarjev 1962 Tako so načrte zasnovali i lmamo železne rude v "i2obiliu ($6» na mesec za razne druge nianjrarii inan^vii* imamo zeiezne rude v izobilju, stroške. Seljaki, ki so poslani na I »l™lnrJl J^<>slavije. premogj lzdelujemo lahko alu- prisilno delo za kazen, zato ker T ZaPadnJakl> kl prepotovali minum, imamo svinčeno rudo, so oblastem skrivali kakega Dui-! ^S0*1*^0 ler, PoznaJ° nJen živo srebro, vodne sile itd. Do- razvoj, niso tako optimistični, slej so nam ta bogastva izrab-Planarji smatrajo, da je stroj, ljale v svojo korist tuje sile. Če-tovorni in potniški avto za one. mu jih bi mi ne zdaj zase, na-ki skupaj drže, važnejši, kot pa mesto da bi naši ljudje za druge npr. penicilin za zdravje ljud-J garali. Mj bomo postali industri-stva. alna država kakor je vaša Neki stari Srb je sanjal, da bi Pennsylvania." vojna spremenila sedanjo oblast. | ' »Konec prihodnjič). —Frank Barbič Sanjam o nji, je rekel, in z mano vred veliko drugih. .Nato je pomislil in reporterju pojasnil, dg je Tito vendarle boljši kot pa bi bili sovjeti, ako bi v vojni Rusiia zmagala. Torej je rajše za Tita kakor za Sta* lina. Isti reporter opisuje tudi veliko novo železarsko tovarno "Lola Ribar". Pravi, da je po velikosti sorodna neki sličnl tovarni v Philadelphiji. Izdeluje med drugim nadomestne dele za lokomotive. Ko je ta poročevalec opazoval način produkcije, zavpije nekdo nad njim, naj se umakne. Ozrl se je in uzrl pred sabo par volov, Iti je vlekel težko naložen voz. V Ameriki bi to vršij mogočen tovoren avto—a tam pa še vedno — voli. Kak kontrast — moderni stroji in voli! Jugoslavija hoče kar preko noči iz staromodnega orodja v izdelovanje modernih lokomotiv,* tovornih avtov, je dejal spremljevalec omenjenega re-porterja, Nadaljeval je: "Mi so oblastem skrivali kakega puj ska, ali kako žito, ali kar že, dobe "figo" za plačo. Deležni pa so seveda -kasarniške hrane, ker sicer ne bi mogli garati. Omenjeni časnikar opisuje, kako brezplodno je, če se pri-tožuješ. Pri tem sem si mislil, Po gmotni podpori najbrž ni posebne razlike med njima, ker se morajo držati obe. oziroma vse take organizacije, gotovih državnih zakonov, pa če se to zdi njim prav ali ne. Po mišljenju je pa razlika — SNPJ je svobodnejša in zato je menda zrasla v kratkem času v največjo. Vsakemu članu daje versko in politično prostost ter ne diktira nikomur, kaj naj bo. Zagovarja delavske pravice in spodbuja k skupnemu delu od vsega začetka. Upati je. da bo šla po takem potu naprej. Dati članstvu pravico do svobodnega mišljenja je že sama na sebi velika privlačnost. Saj se nikdo rad ne ukloni diktatom — ali diktaturi te ali one vrste. Navadno se onim. ki diktirajo, to dopade, ne pa podložni-, kom, ki morajo izvrševati odloke svojih predpostavljenih. Mi si lahko zamišljamo strogost raznih diktatur, a najstrožja je pa gotovo pri pevskih zborih, med pevovodjem in zborom. Tam še dahniti ne smeš kadar bi hotel, kaj šele usta odpreti. Vse ti je ukazano. Sploh ti nič ne reče, samo zamahne z roko in se mora izvršiti, kot ukazano — drugače pa rji prav. Tudi ne smeš iti s svojim glasom malo višje ali nižje, kakor bi bilo lažje za tebe — ne, prav takole mora biti in nič drugače. Toda če ena skupina dobro posluša takega diktatorja in ga uboga, ter stori kakor ukaže, se izvije iz nje lepa harmonija, ki bi v neposlušnosti bila nemogoča. Sicer pa taki ukazi veljajo le za nekaj ur />a teden in še te marsikdo ne more prenesti. Kaj šele stalne diktature — če tudi uspe- Chicago, HI. — Arly Božičniku, oskrbniku Delavskega centra, sta izročila naročnino za Proletarca John Volk in John Her-j bick. izročil jc tudi izkupiček za deset koledarjev, ki jih je prodal Frank Zbasnik, kakor tudi za svojih šest, ki jih je raz-pečal v klubu. ANNA BORŠTNIK je izročila znesek za pet prodanih koledarjev in prej dva, skupaj sedem. ANTON TROJAR se je ustavil v uradu in nabavil koledar za nekega bolnega člana. Zase bi že rad prihodnjega. j JOHN TURK je izročil vsoto za dvanajst prodanih koledarjev in oglas. Prispeval je listu v podporo $3.30. PETER VRHOVNIK je poslal naročnino, ki mu jo je obnovil John Bajuk. znesek za pet koledarjev in listu v podporo $2. Clarendon Hills, 111. — Prvič od kar se je vrnil iz Mehike je nas obiskal Joško Oven in si nabavil koledar. Prišel pa je tak — kot bi ga iz škatljice izpustil, samo cigare mu je še manjkalo. Pravil je, da je zelo zaposlen z zemljo okoli svojega doma, obdeljuje jo še primitivno — z lopato. Včasih sta menda z Johnom Olipom skupaj orala, najbrž tudi z lopato, zdaj pa Olip gotovo zvezde šteje v Hollywoodu, Calif. Joško pa kar sam orje — po isti modi. Upam, da bo v kratkem našel toliko časa, da bo obnovil svojo kolono in v nji razložil o vtisih v Mehiki in drugod, koder sta hodila s soprogo. Hinsdale, 111. — Ray Božičnik se je ustavil v uradu in poravnal za oglas v koledarju. Waukegan. III. — Martin Jud-nich je poslal naročnine, ki so mu jih obnovili Frank Belec, John Butcher, Mike Kaucic, Louis Kuznik, Lovvro Mozek, Mary Potočnik, John Sifler, Lovro Ogrin, Math Ogrin, Joe Žagar, John Zakovsek, Frank Zupec, in sam svojo. List% v podporo so prispevali Joe Žagar $2, John Butcher $2, M Kucic $1.50, M. Judnich $1.50, Tony Mesec $1, Frank Zupec $1,! Rezi Skala, A Kobal in Frank Belec vsak po 50c, in T. Gosar 25c. Skupaj $10.75. Poleg tega je poslal znesek za sto prodanih koledarjev, katere jc tako hitro' prodal, da še nikoli tako prej; uajbrž se je toliko bolj potrudil, ker se je bal vročine. Mogoče se kdo še spominja, ko je bilo v tem listu opisano, kako je Judnich koledarje prodajal, ko ga je veter premetaval in ko se je drsal po ledu. Saj udobno je res bolj v lepem pomladnem vremenu, iti na okoi z njimi; vendar pa to nas ne opravičuje, da bi ga zato tako pozno izdajali. Arrna, Kansas — Antonu Shu-larju so obnovili naročnino na Proletarca Pete Jenko, Chas Vorioa, . Edison; Mike Fele, Breezy Hill; in John Bobrauc, Franklin. Listu v podporo Chas. Vorina $1, Jerney Okorn $1.50, oba iz Edisona, Mike Fele, Breezy Hill, 50c. _ Chisholni. Minn. — Frank Klune je poslal znesek za oglase v koledarju in jih naročil petnajst izvodov. Duluth, Minn. — John Kobi je poslal v tiskovni sklad Proletarca $5.60, ki jih nabral Fr. Pipan na seji Minnesotske federacije. Kdo je koliko prispe- j val, ni bilo sporočeno. Brooklyn. N.Y. — Frank Pa-1 dar je obnovil naročnino, poslal znesek za enajst prodanih koledarjev in prispeval listu v podporo $3. Cleveland, Ohio—Anton Jan-kovich je poslal znesek za oglase v koledarju, ki jih je imel zelo lepo število in naročil še 50 izvodov koledarja. Se Cleveland, O. — Erazem Gorshe je poslal znesek še za nadaljne poslane koledarje. Girard, Ohio—Anton Nagode je obnovil naročnino. Shady&ide, Ohio — George Vuselich se je na novo naročil na Proletarca. Zadnjič, ko je poslal znesek za Prosvetno matico, je omenil, če dobi pokojnino, katere že dolgo ni prejel, da se bo naročil. Zdaj ni še dobil pokojnine, pač pa je dobil plačo od društva 258 SNPJ, katerega je tajnik in plačal iz nje tudi list. Oregon City, Oregon — Mary Kmetic je ponovila naročnino in prispevala listu v podporo 50c. Ob enem želi obilo uspeha listu v petinštiridesetem letu svojega obstanka. Coraopolis, Pa. — Frank Vidmar je ponovil naročnino, poslal za koledar in listu v podporo 50c. koledarjev. Sheboygan, Wis. — Franku Stihu so obnovili naročnino na list Math Koscak, Frank Nagode. George Pistotnik in Anton j Zorman. Ob enem je poslal znesek za pet koledarjev. LaSalle, III. — Prihodnjo nedeljo 21. maja bodo gostovale v Narodnem domu Progresivne Slovenke iz Chicaga. Seboj bodo j privedlč "Tri viške Tvetnike". Le pojdite jih pogledat, kaj so to za eni tiči. da je nekako tako kot ako se bi Vprašan je bil, če si jo zares želi. pritožil porotnemu odboru SN-' PJ, ako nisi dobil bolniške podpore, ker te zdravnik tedensko ni obiskoval. On pravi, čemu, bolan si. kaj ti bi delal stroške po nepotrebnem. Pridi ti k meni; Nedvomno Imajo sedaj v sta- Jaz k tebl kadar Potrebno rem kraju že naš letošnji Dru-A pravila pa seveda drugače....... ukazujejo. Odbor se nanje sklicuje. Ameriški družinski koledar v Sloveniji z zanimajem čitajo * stik, Dora Gruden, Erna Muser in drugi. Pripovedni del prinaša prozo raznih slovenskih pisateljev (Juš Kozak. Milan Pugelj, Josip Ribičič in drugih). Od izvirnih del je nedvomno najzanimivejša igra v štirih dejanjih "Za nov svet ", ki jo je napisal Et-bin Kristan. Igra je zanimiva že zato, ker nam kaže, kako so Zahvalim se vsem oglaševalcem v koledarju, ki so poslali zneske v urad za oglase, kakor tudi onim, ki so poslani potom naših zastopnllk>v. fcad bi jih omenjal, pa vseh je nemogoče, radi tega je menda najbolje, da nobenega ne omenim. Saj vidite v koledarju, kdo v njem oglaša. Upam tudi, da podpirate oglaševalce, ker oni nam pomagajo kriti visoke stroške, ki so vezani z izdajanjem te knjige. odri. Na kratko omenim še 26. zvezek Prosvetne matice ameriških Sharon, Pa. — Joseph Cvel-bar je poslal znesek za petindvajset prodanih koledarjev in potoži, da so težave, oni, ki bi radi čitali, nimajo denarja, oni pa, ki imajo denar, pa čitati nočejo. Neola, Utah — Anton Petcrca je naročil koledar zase in za George Sheffrarja v Mytonu, Utah. Kenton, Wash. ^ Fred Med- vesek je poslal znesek za šest GLAS Z DRUGE STRANI Cleveland, Ohio — Tudi Mor-ley Cassidy je bil v Jugoslaviji in podal o svojih vtisih poročilo v dnevniku "Cleveland Plain Dealer." Pričelo se je v izdaji z dne 1. maja. Začetni stavek pripoveduje, da se borba proti Rusiji pričenja ob šestih zjutraj in vrši se v imenu naroda, ki zmaguje v spopadu s kominformom V svoji "mrzli vojni". To je zanimivo posebno za one, ki zabavljajo zoper Tita. Beograd je zgodaj na nogah, ker tam gredo ljudje raditi že ob sedmih zjutraj. Glavna ulica Terezija je polna pešcev, ker delavci nimajo dovoljne transpor-tacije (pouličnih kar, busov in vlakov), pa morajo peš na svoje posle. Poročevalec pravi, da je zanimivo, ko jih vidiš tako k nogam korakati, čestokrat z zastavami na čelu — pa harmonika in petje — in tako vsi radostno hite v predel ob Savi, kjer grade nova velika vladna poslopja, tovarne, kasarne in palačo pre-zidiuma vlade. Možje zidajo, žene in deklete nosijo malto in opeko, ali pa rinejo samokol-nice f Vojaki se ne vežbajo samo v orožju — morajo opravljati tudi težaška dela (kopati jarke) in graditi vzletališča. Seljaki (kmetje) grade ponekod hleve za zadružno živinorejo. A vse to vrše — namreč gradnje, na stare primitivne načine. Vse orodje, ki ga uporabljajo, je stačin- žinski koledar, a še vedno se dobi tam kdo, ki lanskega opi-_ suje. F. N. ima v dnevniku Tako nekako se ponovih po- Slovenski poročevalec, ki je gla-stavah ravna tudi s seljaki v sii0 Osvobodilne fronte Slove-Jugoslaviji. "Suti, boga ti .. nije, 0 lanskem letniku in o knji-Večini glavnih voditeljev v gi Prosvetne matice sledečo oce- Jugoslaviji, če je večina ljudstva no: ................ z režimom zadovoljna ali ne je Dve knjigi Ameriških Slovencev j ameriški siovencTdoživljali o" dobro Ljudem pa, delajte, poje- Dobili smo v roke dve knjigi, i svobodilno borbo v Jugoslaviji te tudi žiher — smete tudi ple- ki nam govorita o življenju na- začne se pa na dan, ko so Ja-sati ako je še kaj časa na razpo- ših rojakov v Ameriki. Znana je ponci napadli Pearl Harbor Vsa lago, ne smete pa na glas godr- ljubezen naših izseljencev do igra kaže močno povezanost a-njati- Ker če si kdo to upa, ga starega kraja". Domovina pa meriških Slovencev z domovino sliši tajno uho državne policije to ljubezen izseljencem tudi vra- j Prepričan sem, da bi jo lahko z (OZNA». Dasi je v Jugoslaviji ča ter jih je že mnogo sprejela uspehom uprizorili mnogi naši svoboda govora ustavno zajam- za vedno na svoja tla. Vedno čena, moraš biti jako previden, novi in novi se vračajo iz Ame-kaj boš svobodno govoril. rike, saj danes v novi Jugosla- Kajti kaj veš - morda je tvoj viji nikomur ni treba biti v stra-1 sloven^vTchi^tfu6 k^rin^ sosed kak Matt Cvetič (pitts- hu za kruh in zaslužek Ame- ^ves^l^ burški rojakK ki je vlekel na riški Slovenci dobro čutijo, da s^sfovom ' tne S usesa kaj je kdo pretil, ah skle- se temeljito postavljamo na svo- Henih dni" Vso H*ln iJliL pal, ali predlagal, ali žlobudral. | je noge. Knjigi, o katerih bi na- X in tri dele OpremHeno le potem pa vse prenesel v FBI. pisal nekaj besed, nam povesta. z avtorjev" shko^ C 1 im Beogradski politbiro je uka- kako so ameriški Slovenci doživ- ; Hotelo kriTna Sln!tn«w zal državi po navodilu maršala Ijali našo borbo za osvoboditev. M^^vl^!^^ TUa nasprotovati Moskvi ter * Najprej o "Ameriifcem dru- vojno 'med okipacijo in" ^ njenim satelitkam in tako mora iinskem koledarju" za leto 1949. osvoboditve na prTmeru dveh To je že 35. letnik, ki ga je ure- bratov; eden je živel pošteno ter dil Frank Zaitz. izdala in zalo- se je boril proti Nemcem, drugi žila pa ga je Jugoslovanska de- pa — slabič je postal orodje lavska tiskovna družba v Chi- okupatorja. Tudi ta povest je do cagu 23, 111. (2301 S. Lawndale kaz, da ameriški Slovenci niso Ave.), ki izdaja znano glasilo pozabili na domovino. Uvodna Proletarec \ V okviru te druž- beseda k tej knjigi prinaša kra-be deluje tudi Prosvetna matica tek življenjepis Etbina Kristana s knjigarno "Proletarca". Kole- ki se je rodil 15. aprila 1867 in dar obsega 224 strani ter je ves podatke o njegovem književnem natisnjen na umetniškem papir- delu. Na stara leta se je preselil ju z mnogimi slikami. Poleg re- v Grand Haven v državi Michi-klamnega in koledarskega dela gan. p (oboje na koncu knjige) in na- biti, pa tudi če se kdo na glavo postavi. Kajti gre za samostojnost Jugoslavije. In bas radi tega so nasprotniki sovjetskega komunizma Titu toliko hvaležni. Kajti na svoj način jim pomaga nagajati velikemu Jožetu. Vzlic'temu jugoslovanski režim nima mnogo prijateljev. Krega se — povsem iz razumljivih vzrokov — z vsemi državami moskovskega bloka (s kominformom), ob enem pa v isti sapi zatrjuje, da noče nič skupnega z državami zapada—namreč s kapitalističnimi deželami. A vendar — vzlic temu Jugoslavija v svoji mrzli vojni z Rusijo zmaguje. Tito ima polne roke bojev: kov, je v koledarju največ literarnega gradiva, pesmi in proze. S številnimi pesmimi je zastopan Oton Zupančič, Franc Lev- r AMERIŠKI l»IMZI\SKI • t | KOLEDAlt . . -i LETNIK 1950 CENA SAMO $1.50 Naročila naslovite PROLETAREC 2301 So. Lawndale Avt, Chicago 23, III. oznajba mer Pri čevljih je razlika v označbi 324 do 33 točk, ki jih je tre-ha odšteti od evropske mere, bodisi pri moških ali pri ženskih čevljih. Na primer: če vam pišejo, da ielijo čevlje št. 3», to je ameriška mera št. 40 je 7, št. 41 K 8, i*. 42 jc 9, št. 43 . je J*, it. 44 je 11. Ženski čevlji so navadno manjši nego gornje mere. Tako bi na primer: št. 38 bila it. 6, 37 št. 5, 36 št. 4. • Ženske obleke: št. 40 je ameriško 32, 42 je 34, 44 je 36, 46 je 38, 48 je 40 itd., vedno za 8 točk manjše od evropske mere. • Enako je pri deklicah drugača evropska mera. St. 38 je ameriško 12, 40 je 14, 42 je 16. 44 je 18. in 46 je 20. Pri moških oblekah pa se za-čanja v Evropi i it. 42, kar Je v Ameriki 33, 44 je 34, 46 je 36, ** je 38, 50 je 39, 52 je 41, 54 je 43 In 56 je 44. (Se vrti med 10 in I točk razlike., Moške srajca: it. 35 jt amen-*ko 134, 36 je 14, 37 je 14 4, 38 je 15, 39 je 15 4, 40 je 15*«, je 16, 42 je 164 in 43 je 17. IZ URADA "BIG" tONYJA Oakland, Calif. sva zopet uživala NOV KONZULAT Ambasada Federativne Ljud ske Republike Jugoslavije v Seliškar in morda še kateri drugi izmed slovenskih kulturnih žali, kratek proces!" lanskega leta. Glede stanovanja se naj vsak Z mamo VP prijetni I obvešča, da je pričel družbi par veselih dni. Peljala 2 delom Generalni konzulat sva se na velikonočne praznike FLRJ v San Franciscu, Califor-v Fontano po pirhe Midva se ra- n*a Naslov uradnih prostorov da voziva med prijatelje, to pa Generalnega konzulata FLRJ je zato ker se zavedava, da hi da-1 s*edeč: 461 Market Street, San leč čas ko naju bodo vozili drugi Francisco, California, in še takrat samo v eno stran. Teritorijalna pristojnost Ge-Tu sta bila na obisky Leo "eralneSa konzulata obsega sle-Mohar iz New Yorka in njegova dece drzave: Arizona, Califor-žena. Rekla sta, da predno se nla' Colorado, Idaho, Montana, vrneta, bi rada pogledala v Fon- Nevada< New Mexico, Oregon, tano, katero v svojih dopisih Ulah' Washington in Wyoming večkrat omenim. PovabiJ sem Fole* te*a tudi Teritorij Alaska ju, da prisedeta k nama,pa se' >n oloke Tihqg oceana. I OrflfUliTfirii* 7 II bomo skupno Odpeljali. Pgnud- Po naloKu Otpravnika poslov,! V" JfU""AllI»ip Mm. VI, . bo sta z veseljem sprejela. Svetnik Ambasade. • "mr-wlS uaUI" Miloš Bučar.| 9r6 V ITirZlI V0|I1I cezdalje slabše (Konec s 1. strani) JI* . 1 . »»» It UUIVII UUIIOJUI UU ouy nil Jw I'lisil I'WIllC, lil t "VT. 'L'}"! d°TVme; E" j« b» "dovoljen z lupe- kuj mu od«.,veri. ako ji po- o DOuO lUUl oarvni lil-, hnm- Knvnik tnn i<> nKItnKil "J., Pni«*** ' ' %»«' »r > I ju je oba razburila. Zofua se jej Ce ti moreš živeti z obema, jaz se je Smon zamislil. Kaj takega vprašala: Ali le prišel pome? In 'ne morem ob niem!" » ......: Ko je Koren odhajal od Suš- vprašala: Ali je prišel pome?'In ne morem ob njem! Zedinjenih Državah Amerike J™8'"™ ,barvnIi m'■ homl Sušnik mu je obljubil.'da :r*e: Pojd* i obvešča, da je pričel 4 maja b!''..P°!inel'_V.Ju«°" bo poskrbel /a njegov vpis in| Koren pa '•V 'Tu ostani!" je zaklicala za se mu že dolgo ni zgodilo. Raz* mišljati je bilo tako mučno in— nepotrebno, Življenje je užival neposredno, r in kakor kača, ki ako-ameriške delegacije, ki se ie "V ~ / «j-] ijenju ia*o razouru, aa se je vest Smon je stopil k oknu in vi- pogoltne živo žabo, ne misli, ka-........— ' risti si sicer za zdaj ni obetal, tresel. Zofija .se je zbala, da bil del, kako Koren skoraj drvi po j ko se njena žrtev duši v njenem njim Zofija, ko je vihral iz sobe. slavlii m ootnvanin in,,;, w ----»jegov vpis in Koren pa se je prvič v živ-INi slišal. 3 P°tOVanJU JUg°SlOVan- t^ZTX tako razburU. da seje ve«; Smon je stopil k oknu in vi- mudila v stari domovini konec razen, da bo laže navijal Sušni-ka, pač pa se bo tako preskrbel za bodočnost, za primer seveda, , vaj cj. povrhu pa bo s pametno igro on vladal prek Sušnika. "Vsekakor," si je dejal in se zlobno nasmehnil. "Klemene je našel imeniten recept za življenje: treba se je pošmGniti. Pa 225th Street, Euclid 23, Ohio), ali pa na drug način poskrbi že v naprej, da ne bo nepotrebnih skrbi zadnjo minuto. Prosimo, da upoštevate ta navodila. — Tajništvo SANSa. Zasedli smo našo "lizi" zgo- _ __________________ daj zjutraj in ob štirih pop. smo ■ i C A KICM bili že v Slovenskem domu v yrOOO >AN5d Pontani. Vožnjo smo imeli u~ Vse tiste podružnice in druge ga ne zadela kap. klancu proti Svetemu Ivanu, trebuhu, tudi Smon ni nikdar Brez besede sta strmela v Nasmehnil se je za njim. 'Pusti na svoje žrtve. Smona, ko je Vstopil. Ta je pri- starega jarca," je rekel Zofiji. Te odkrite Zofijine besede pa stopil k Zofiji in ji poljubil roko,, "Ne boj se, da bi si kaj napra-nato je ponudil roko Korenu kot vil. Preveč ljubi svoje življenje, staremu prijatelju. Zdelo se je, nesnaga, da bi bil zmožen kake kakor bi prihajal v svoj dom, velike kretnje. — A to povej, nikake zadrege ni čutil. zakaj te Tir1 bilo, Žofija? Hotel "Kako si, stara sablia?" je re-| sem' da mal° 1 pozabiš na to kel veselo Korenu, ki je kar smrdljivo gnezdo Svetega Iva-se je tako, moj dragi Klemene,! drevenel in ga samo prepadeno na" Koren pošmonil in se ti bo že gledal. Sele čez čas je prišel do Zofija se je že pomirila. Čez smo se zadovoljili s klobasami svojih delegatov še niso prija- žav ali pa ruske vlade. Med nji- žejo pa si gasili z vinom, pa ne vili aH morda celo ne izvolili, mi npr. je Italija. Rusija je pro- bo kdo mislil, da sem pijanec— prosimo, da to nemudoma store, I ti, da se po sprejme, dokler se kaj še—naj tukaj pojasnim, da kajti čas je kratek in konven- ne sprejme tudi Romunije, Mad- jaz pijem samo takrat ko sem ciJa je skoraj pred durmi. žarske, Bolgarije in Albanije, sam, ali v družbi, in še takrat Vsem delegatom bodo poslane vnanje Mongolije itd. ne pijem druge alkoholične pi- uradne poverilnice iz glavnega Zed države pa bi bile prej za jače kot pivo, vino, rakijo ali urada SANSa. Moramo torej slivovec. Kar je močnejših pijač, i »meti imena in naslove vseh iz- se jih ne dotaknem, ha-ha. voljenih delegatov in delegatinj, Rada se voziva na obiske, a da 10 uredimo P™d njihovim od- tudi k nama prihajajo obisko- hodom na konvencijo, valci. Tako je bil pri nas z dru- Lokalni odbor v Clevelandu oddolžil za ta nasvet!" mu je zapretil v duhu. Zakaj Koren še ni nikdar tako natančno čutil, kako ga je nekdo pahnil tja. kamor sicer ni nameraval. Tega ne bo odpustil! žino Frank Tomsic iz Helperja. PnPravUa privlačen program za Utah, a naju ni bilo domf, kar 27' in 28 maJ Med nami bo tudi je nama jako žal. Sicer *sek še P°znani slovenski pisatelj Tone1 preklan na dva. nisva videla, a mi je po obisku §f • pisal, da bi rad osebno vMel j.WSKO KrOfl/eC: 'big' Tonyja. čigar dopise čita v Proletarcu in Prosveti. Dalje pravi v pismu, da mi je naLožil pokoro, ker me ni bilo doma, naj pa jaz zdaj pridem v Helper njih obiskat. To se bo zgodilo, ako dobim dovolenje pri finančnem ministru. Obiskala sta nas tudi JohnFai-diga in njegova žena. 2ivita v sprejem Frankove Španije kot pa da bi dovolile vstop sovjet skjm satelitkam. Izven OZU sta še vedno tudi Japonska in Nemčija. Združeni narodi so torej jako razdruženi in Willkijev "one world" (en svet) je bolj in bolj sape: - • "Kakšna stara sablja sem pa jaz tebi?" "No, kaj se boš spotikal ob lepi kranjski primeri! Tako pri nas rečemo dobremu staremu prijatelju. Ti pa si se napihnil, kakor puran! — Kaj me tako gledaš? Zofija? Presenečena si? Sama nisi hotela priti, pa sem obiskal jaz tebe1." . "Nihče te ni klical ne želel," je dejal Koren. Smon se je na glas zasmejal, čas je dejala: "Cuj, ljubi Smon. Vem, da si, kakor pravi Koren, grd človek. Zato govoriva enkrat docela odkrito, ni treba, da me slepariš, saj nisem otrok, nisem šestnajst- so ga za trenutek ustavile. Ne morda, da bi se mu zasmilila ali bi ga zapekla vest, marveč ga je presenetila njena odkritosrčnost. Čutil je. da tu ni potrebna nikaka laž. nikaka hinavščina. Naposled je dejal, ne da bi se ozrl po njej: "Na cesto te, Zofija, res nisem mislil poslati. Da sem te povabil v gore, sem storil, da bi te vsaj za čas odtrgal od tega starega kozla. Lahko bi si sicer mislila. da je na svetu dovolj žensk, ki bi šle, če bi jih povabil. Fara Svetega Ivana Pristopajte k Slovenski Narodni Podporni Jednoti ROMAN (Nadaljevanje.) mo zadnja dopolnitev židovstva, Klemene mi je povedal," je zadnja redakcija, kakor bi rekli, odvrnil Koren. Sušnik se je zga- Z 2idi bo opravek lahek, odpoš-nil in se zastrmel v Korena, i lješ jih, kamor že . . . Teže pa "Aber nein. Das ist unmog- bo z židovstvom, z duhom. Saj lich," je dejal. "Od kod naj bi ne veš, kdo vse je že zastrup-Denverju, Colo. Tudi on je do- vedel? In kdaj ti je rekel?" ljen." ma od tam kjer imajo polža "2e pozimi." Sušnik je spet, "Iztrebili bomo!" je odločil priklenjenega, njegova žena pa razmišljal, nato pa zamahnil z Sušnik. "Ne bomo nikogar bo- od Iga pri Ljubljani. Oba sta roko. rekoč: I —--------------------------- ■ ■ . --- družabnika. Povabil me je, naj j "To si je kar tako izmislil. Ne jih pridem obiskat in pojasnil, ve nič. Naj le iztika. Mu bomo da kar se pijače tiče, ne bomo žo pokazali! Kaj mu ne pade v v stiski. Ima jo toliko, da jo pro- glavo. Hotel sem mu že odpo-daja. Videli smo se prvič pa smo vedati stanovanje, pa je bolje, bili takoj kar domači. Tudi on če je tu. ga vsaj vidimo, kaj je dober podpiratelj Proletarca dela — A s tabo bi bilo treba in Prosvete. Pri nas sta se mudi- še spregovoriti. Kolikor sem te la par dni. Iz Denverja mi je lani spoznal, si bil precej anglo-sporočil, da sta prišla domov filski. Kako je zdaj s teboj?" brez vsake neprilike na vožnji.! "Anglofilstvo!" je vzkliknil Pred odhodom mi je naročil, i Koren. "Slabo si me razumel, naj se še kaj oglasim v naših Mar nisem hotel Angležem v listih, a ne vem kaj bi pisal, ko svoji knjigi dopovedati, naj se je vse prazno v gornjem "štu- spametujejo in sporazumejo s ku • h Hitlerjem, ker bodo sicer slabo Odbor za SNPJ Day je pri nas obhodili? Vojna, sem hotel po-pridno na delu. Prihodnja seja vedati, se obrača v napačno tega odbora bo pri "Big" Tonetu stran. Proti vzhodu jo je treba na 2872 East 9th St., Oakland, naperiti. To ti lahko dokažem iz Calif., dne 4. junija ob 2. pop. napisanih poglavij. In pred 2idi Slavnost bomo imeli kar tri dni sem jih hotel posvariti " skupaj, namreč 2., 3. in 4. sept. "Ampak ti prekleti 2idje pov-V soboto bo plesna zabava v Slo- sod so zraven!" je vzkliknil Suš-venskem domu, 2101 Mariposa nik »Cudna stvar živiš ži-St., San Francisco. Plesali bo- viš p^ stoletja in ne misliš na-mo v obeh dvoranah. Naslednji nje Pa se nenadoma zaveš, da dan v nedeljo bomo pa imeli jc Vse naše življenje zastruplje-piknik v Alvarado parku. V no z židovstvom. — Nekoč sem pondeljek 4. sept. gremo pa spet jih v GaIiciji videl Raz ^ na Kranjski hrib, kjer bo v Slo- umazani, smrdljivi Ali verja-venskem domu vsega dqbrega meš; da imajo ^^nj vonj? na razpolago ,n vide H bomo tudi primojduš,. dišijo kakor neke Film nr efnrnrfn 1/nn iMu i ___' . Naročite si dnevnik // Prosveta // Naročnina za Združene države (izvemši Chicaga) in Kanado $8 00 na leto; $4 00 za pol leta; $2.00 za četrt leta; za Chicago in Cook Co. $9 50 za celo leto; $4 75 za pol leta; za inozemstvo $11, Naslov za list in tajniitvo j«: 2657 SOUTH LAWNDALE AVE. CHICAGO 23, ILLINOIS film iz starega kraja "Na naši vrste trava Kdo bi „ mU1I d Ir.-h St' *»*>.« »a- zem teh treh dneh, bo poročal odbor ko vl , Dob dfl jjh* v Prosveti. In tudi kažipot na nj » v kranjski hrib bo priobčen ;i2idov sicer n- „ j ^er jim je predolgočasno, krito, kake namene imaš z ma- ako gredo same. A jaz sem ho-no. Pa res odkrito, nič ti ne bom tel s tabo, ne da bi vedel, zakaj zamerila." prav s tabo. Vrag vedi. O živ- Smon se je obrnil od okna k ne premišljam rad. Dru- njej. "Kako misliš? Kake na- žen4ke so šle mimo mene mene naj imam9" brez sledu Pozabljal sem nanje, "No, kaj nameravaš z menoj9! ,kakor na sP(7ehod Jaz vendar tako ne morem ži-|lebl pa ,J? ^^ Y ,2acftku veti," je dejala. "Slišal si nje- Sem mt6Ul da ^ tudi U sla' a gov: ali —- ali. Toda ne glede na to imam vsega tega dovolj. Morda mi ni do Korena, vsaj od tedaj ne, ko je dovolil, da si ubil v meni tisto, kar sem imela. A sem se nekje ujel. Čedalje huje je. Včasih me obide, da bi stopil pote in rekel: Pojdi in se naglo poročiva. Vem, da ne boš verjela, toda če bi se poroka zgubiti ga vendar ne morem,! 7«,af nagl° .^aVlt\bi 86 Že _____ i...... stokrat poročil. Ce se ze moram razumeš, ne morem. Jaz zaradi tebe ne pojdem na cesto, pa raj- poročiti, sem si dejal, zakaj bi ne vzel tebe? Umaknila bi se v ši ubijem sebe ali tebe ali oba u . i • , . . . ... ' xi t . kak kraj, kjer bi naju nihče ne * m.tj m,Sh' t T - Zad"je čase me mine- sahm. Mnogo sem razmišljala ^ u misel J al s > i 1 t Remarkable quick-change interior design lets you rearrange shelves in 90 seconds to accommodate a large roast or turkey, or a whole ease of soft drinks. Separate roomy compartment for fVozen foods Two htiffe covered storage travs. Quantity Ice cube service. These are only a few of the features you'll enjoy when you try Servcl in your own home! Call Peoples Gas today for details, WAbash 2-6000 t A Yugoslav W»«kly Devotsd »o ths Interest of the Workers • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF J. S. F. and Its Educational Bureau PROLETAREC r EDUCATION ORGANIZATION COOPER ATI VI COMMONWEALTH NO. 2215 Published Weekly at 2301 S. Lawndale Ave. "Our" Mechanical Slave Robert Z Willson, Pennsylvania Socialists' candidate for Governor came to Reading from his home in Glen Falls last Sunday night and made a Socialist speech. Referring to the ideal Republic envisioned by Plato many years ago, Willson recalled that the ancient philosopher accepted the principle of a civilization based upon slavery. To have an elite tlass it was necessary to enslave the masses and make them support the better and wiser elements in leisure and luxury. Now, however, said Socialist Willson, we have enough slaves to keep everybody in luxury. They are not human slaves, but slaves of iron and steel. The modern slave is the machinery of industry in which is contained the power of many millions of horses. Why, then, isn't every American secure, well fed, adequately housed and possessed of a growing span of leisure? Willson answered that one too. It is because the mechanical slaves of today are not OWNED by the American people, but by a small but economically-powerful group. Machines, like human slaves serve their owners. And so it is that most Americans get only a meager part of the wealth that machines are capable of creating. We touch upon Socialist Willson's story because in it is the gist of the Socialist program. As he pointed out, what is called "national wealth isn't that at all so long as it is privately owned. Workers better understood that. For when they do they'll make this nation of ours a real Republic by socializing the ownership of mechanical slaves and making them serve everybody instead of a few As things are today, and have been all through th^-capitalist era workers who think they are free have to compete with the service of mechanical slaves. That is why so many people are forever living below a decency level, why unemployment continually menaces the lives of workers and why few workers are economically secure. Reading Socialists think they've gotten themselves a good candidate.—Reading Labor Advocate. CHICAGO, ILL., May 17, 1950 VOL. XLV Fuses Are Useful This is a story about a worried wife who called her husband at the office to report a home problem. • Honey." she said, "a fuse Just blowed out in the basement. Do you think we might have a fire?" ' Heck no," replied the superior male "We'd have been more like to have a fire if it hadn't blowed out." A simple litle yarn, but it has a point that should be understood by Department of Justice officials who are trying to silence opponents of the capitalist private profit economy by placing them on "subversive lists.—R.L.A. # Different-colored Horse? Senator A. Willis Robertson, the Virginia Dixiecrat. recently said that the social security program is part of ' an attack on our system of free enterprise." Everybody knows that the social security program helps people who have helped themselves through contributions to a social security fund So social security is no more of an attack than is any other insurance. on free enterprise Bursting at the Seams Did the New Deal hurt Big Business? Is the Fair Deal wfecking profitable corporations? Look at the following facts They not only answer those questions; they also tell a story that should be very important to every political candidate who tries to tell the voters that the country is headed toward socialism. The facts, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission, are these: The liquid wealth—that is, the cash and securities—of American corporattons at the end of 1949 was higher than at any time since the early part of 1947 The working capital amounted to $67.7 billion or $2 9 billion above the total for 1948. Not bad, is it, Mr. Gabrielson? In 1942, the capital totaled $36.3 billion. Thus it increased $31.4 billion—or 87 per cent—in seven years. Mot bad, is it, Mr. Taft? Corporations owed the Federal Government $19 billion less in taxes at the end of last year than the year before. Not bad, is it, Mr. Millikin?—L,- R Good News From India India and Pakistan—the two independent nations into which the "sleeping giant" of India was split when freed from Britain, sign a new agreement to let both Hindus and Moslems live in peace within their borders. Adherents of the two religions have been mortal enemies, as a result of their conqueror's former policy of "divide and rule." If the new agreement works out as planned. India, Pakistan and their 300 million people will play a tremendous part in the world's future, and will prove that even the most bitter racial and religious differences c»n be solved by men of intelligence and good will. What Is Socialism? (From The Nation) The President of the United States recently felt called upon to observe that it was "an insult to the intelligence of the American people" to drag out the "motheat-en scarecrow of socialism." B u t the long-suffering public intelligence continues to be bombarded by such insults, which appear to be the more brazen t h e farther their source is from the lunatic-fringe which formerly had a corner on such fraudulence. Addressing presumably literate men, Edwin S. Friendly, president of the American Newspaper Pub- No, Mr. Fairless, Business Is Not Being 'Destroyed' But what everybody doesn't know is that Senator Robertson— and all other Members of Congress—can receive pensions too. And in most cases, these Congressional pensions are far more than- a work-ingman can get. Thus when Senator Robertson is retired by the voters in 1952 he will be eligible to receive an annual pension of $5.375—or more than $100 a week. Is that an attack on the free enterprise system too. Senators-League Reporter. 'You Can't Take It With You This True and Important Labor unions and organizations working for conservation ef natural resources have the same enemies and should be allies, says a letter to this newspaper. It quotes, from an editorial in the magazine "Outdoor America," these significant words: A generation ago. wage earners worked 10 or 12 hours a day --six and seven days a week " Now. because of battles fought and won by unions, "the 8-hour day and 40-hour week are the rule " That means workers have more time to spend in the "great outdoors." the magazine points out. So workers don't want our forests wantonly destroyed, and our lakes and streams polluted, by the enemies of labor and conservation. Poets have often pondered on the short-lived vanity of human Bank President Talks Common Senco power and riches, as in the lines: "Imperious Caesar, dead and turned1 "UIK* common Dense to clay, might stop a wall to keep the wind away. Now the same feeling is stirred by a news story from Egypt, where .a peasant s plow turned up the richly decorated sarcophagus of Queen akhut, wife of a Pharaoh who ruled Egypt 25 centuries ago." In the costly-carved sarcophagus was found a "mummy" of the ancient queen, "her face covered with a mask of solid gold, the head ornamented with a golden diadem, about the neck of a string of golden amulets, golden sandals upon the feet," and even the fingers of the hands 4 gloved in layers of pure gold." In a very unpoetic American phrase: "You can't take it with you " Proud Queen Takhut tried to take all that gold with her, but. if she is now where she can lok down upon her fabulous sarcophagus, she must know she did not succeed.—Labor. REFLECTIONS By Raymond S. Hofses IT USED TO be that "Patriotism" was the last refuge of a scoundrel. Now the propagandists for human exploitation, private profit and class rule have made a switch in the line. Now they speak of "Freedom." Socialism, they tell us, will make men slaves of a bureaucratic government. And some workers who once understood that there can be no freedom without the economic justice for which socialists strive are weak enough to cringe, while even some who still announce thempelvse as Socialists are foolish enough to be maneuvered on the defensive. FREEDOM UNDER CAPITALISM . . .? Bosh! The two are in-compatable. Men can not be free if private-profit and class privilege are to remain the motives for human activity. Neither can capitalism function when workers decide to be truly free. Socialists are able to go on the offensive armed with countless examples to prove how loss of freedom is the natural and inescapable consequence of holding fast to an economy that was never intended to serve the interests of mankind. Mussolini and Hitler never would have had their places in history if the peoples of their generation had not rejected the program offered by democratic, political socialists. And here in the United States of America, where the sour "freedom to choose" is offered as a substitute for planned justice and security to millions who never made a free choice in their lives, it is possible to ^how how workers are forced to shape their lives to controls that have been fashioned for the preservation of a predatory economy. , Are people free when their sons can be drafted for war maneuvers even while war does not exist? And the six million unemployed among us and the greater number who are permitted to work only part time—are they free? Are farmers free, even though they have what looks like prosperity, when they take government subsidies without which the entire private - profit economy would founder? Are the agricultural workers of our prolific western states free when their babies starve? Are workers free when they live in an economy that needs a Taft-Hartley law? Are t h e millions of American families who live on wages that keep them below the decency level while corporation profits and managers' bonuses soar to new heights —are they free? And are hidden taxes and deductions from pay checks, even before wages are paid, instruments of freedom? For the more fortunate worker such ' freedom" is the "freedom" of a privileged slave. For the cast-offs who's services the masters do not need it is the "freedom" of a dog who has been cast adrift by his master. In my opinion, business has shirked its social responsibility. It has misused its power." Who says that? Some "radical?" No, it is the president of a New York Bank. Floyd Cramer. And. he adds. "I'm a* acthre Republican and a believer in the personal enterprise system." Instead of complaining so much about the Welfare State," Cramer told an Associated Press writer, business should take the lead for the "welfare of the people." "No one should question the right of government to step in and provide housing, food and social benefits if industry fails to," Cramer declared "We should have no quarrel about that But business must do the main job, if it is to get out of the political doghouse. Management should set up pension plans instead of fighting them. "It should guarantee an annual wage—long overdue in many industries. It should take its employes more into partnership. "Leaders of large corporations see too many bogey-men under the bed." Wouldn't it be fine if more industrialists and financiers talked and thought in Cramer's common sense way? • Poverty-Stricken Uncte Sam Most American housewives of the working class will understand what is wrong with the United States of America, now that mail deliveries, one of the most cherished services rendered by any government agency, arc about to be cut. Uncle Sam is suffering from a, bad case of the "shorts" and is P°0t' *',ho wrote: "pulling in his horns" People 111 fares lhe land- serene is starved, but a policy that produces t h e highest corporation rake-offs in capitalism's history with and no direct benefit to the people is stuffed. Where is the progress that pro-capitalists like to talk about? Why we're going back, not forward, and American life is getting to be a cheaper thing. More than a century and a half ago the plight in which capitalism is placing the nation was described by Oliver Goldsmith, an English TAKE OFF YOUR DARK SPECTACLES AND LOOK AT THOSE ROSY PROFIT AND PROSPERITY REPORTS Powerful agencies and groups in government" are trying to destroy Big Business, Benjamin F. Fairless, president of the U. S. Steel Corporation, told the House Monopoly Investigating Committee this week. Newspapers played up his statement. It was a new variation of the theme that Welfare State" government is doing something dreadful to business. Well, let's see about that; If business is suffering as Fairless says, signs of its sad predicament should be visible in business magazines! and on the financial pages of the same newspapers which headlined his attack upori the government. But what do we find? An almost unprecedented flood of joyful nows about booming business and profits. So much of it that only a lishers' Association, called on the few samP1*?s can be cited here. press to "sharpen its vigilance" * * it * against the "evils of . . . the wel- "Business Week." a conservative magazine of business news, has fare state, . . . communism dis- a article entitled: "Profits: The Trend Is Up Again." It points out guisecf^as democratic socialism " lhat total profits in the first quarter of 1950 "topped any quarter" The government, he warned, was ot 1949, which was an exceedingly profitable year, trying to fasten its clutches on the Of the first 100 big business concerns whose reports were "an-nation's press by means of "ine- alyzed" by "Business Week." "two-thirds are ahead of a year ago." quitable" postal rates. The logic Sales, production and profits are "toppling left and ftght." here is a little muddy. The lower Fairless own company, U. S. Steel, came close to a record, net-the rates, the more the govern- tinS a profit of $49 2 million, practically the same as its $49 9 million ment would be subsidizing the | in thc same quarter of 1949, and equivalent to nearly a $200 million press, which has never paid its i profit for a full year. If there is any sign of "ruin" in those figures, way through the mails. In this is ,u,t visible to the naked eye. one case, presumably, government Summing up its article and looking ahead to the rest of the year subsidy is fine — good Ameriean »io«n u- w,-. ----^ . . . .! doctrine. But let the government shell out a nickel for the welfare of any other sector of the economy and you have rank socialism. Where Mr. Friendly sees "communism disguised as democratic socialism," Senator Byrd sees "socialism in welfare-state clothing." indicating the murky atmosphere in which we move, Truman's policies, the Virginia statesman advised the Academy of Political Science, crnment is "destroying" business? "commit us irrevocably to a so- j if it it cialistic state from which there can Perhaps most revealing of all is a Securities and Exchange Combe no retreat." And to clarify the mission report which the conservative Washington "Post" sums up issue, he challenges the President, j this way: m if he is really against socialism, to "American corporations are bursting at the seams with a record answer a series of questions: Why total of liquid wealth. The S. E. C. report is likely to lift the eye-does he send Oscar Ewing to Eng- brows of labor unions." land to gather information about The report shows that, in 1942, corporations had a total of $36 3 the British health program? Why billion "net working capital," or "liquid wealth." largely in caih is he for the Brannan plan and^and government bonds. By the end of 1949, that total had increased "socialized housing?" Why does his" to $67.7 billion. government lend money to the j Thus, in the seven war and postwar years, corporations have nearly doubled their "liquid wealth," not counting their other a/sets, such as plants and equipment," the value of which has also increased by tens Business Week" says "1950 can't be bad, and may be wonderful." Does that look like government is making things tough for business? * * * Even more reassuring for the American people, and for Mr. Fairless, is an article in "Time," a magazine read by thousands of businessmen. In the first quarter of this year, "Time" says, business scored a profit "touchdown." "The U. S industrial machine sped along with hardly a shiver or a shake." "First-quarter profits ran at an annual rate of $30 5 billion, almost $2 billion better than in 1949 It looks as if this year should be mighty good." Does that give any support to Mr. Fairless charge that the gov- lent is "destroying" business? Kaiser Corporation? And why does he "pressurize Congress" for enactment of his civil-rights program? So monumental is the confusion, deliberate and otherwise, suggested by these questions that the task of unraveling it staggers the imagina- of billions. The great McCormick covers 24,000 miles but learns little ★ * * Of course, not everything on the business front is as rosy as those reports, but Mr. Fairless must wear very dark spectacles if he sees any , lt , ruin and destruction of business. His "scare ' statement is contradicted tion. Socialism, first and foremost, | by the obvious facts-Labor. Washington DC contradicted is an economic system in which I--—----' capital goods are publicly owned and the profit system abolished It has nothing to do with an auxiliary system of health insurance, which doctors are rfee to join or ignore. Still less has it to do with a meager program whereby government finances a few badly needed houses which private industry does not care to build. Loans to private corporations through the RFC date back to that great Socialist, Herbert Hoover. Guy Gabrielson, the Republican chairman who coined the slogan "Liberty o r Socialism," heads a company/the Carthage Hydrocol Corporation, which has By BRADFORD V. CARTER LPA Columnist For good clean fun. there's nothing like read Editor & publisher the weekly of the newspaper business. And business is the word, not profession In a recent issue E&P carries a long story about Colonel Robert R. McCormick. editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, which by its own admission (carried on the front page SOCIALISTS MUST TAKE the lead in rejecting the standards offered by the beneficiaries, hirelings and dupes of capitalism. NOW IF EVER, socialists have reason to be proud. Now. too, is the time for socialists to take the offensive against those who, having used the bodies of the people for their own profit, now try to enslave the people's minds. Freedom is the possession only of people who have the power to produce abundance for their own use . . . who use their government to plan .their own lives , . . who need not fear plenty and the hateful unemployment that plenty brings to producers. Freedom can live only In a world that has been purged of exploita-tiorvlnsecurity and war. don t dispense with nice comfort able services to which they have been accustomed all their lives— like the service of getting a letter from home—unless they are forced | to economize. And neither do governments. Well, what do you think about this order to reduce the number of postal deliveries. In the light of government spending elsewhere— billions to destroy potatoes, hoard cotton, permit butter to become rancid, send arms, machinery and almost everything else to other nations around the world? And why do you think it is that the people who make our policies for us continue to tolerate the greater waste and then turn to the puny device of saving on letter carriers? What's the difference? Well, one difference—one very big difference—is that the money wasted to buy potatoes, cotton, butter and especially armament, helps to bolster up private profits, while the wages paid postal employes don't produce many orders for the big corporations who not only profit from capitalism but who ARE capitalism. Is that why we must continue to save a drip from the spigot and waste a torrent froqi the bunghole? Yes, that's It; so long as profits are more important than service! Think it over. A service that makes life easy and friendly and To hastening ill a prey, Where wealth accumulates And men decay." One of Many Cases The Detroit Free Press recently featured on page 1 a story, complete with pictures, about one Harold Coppens. Mr. Coppens. a school bus driver, was trying to hold down three jobs and was working 75 hours a week in order to pay $31 a day for a hospital incubator for his son and daughter, who were born prematurely. At his regular job, his whole year's salary would not keep the twins in the hospital for more than 80 days. Yes the Detroit Free Press continues to fight national health Insurance whereby the many thousands of family heads like Mr. Coppens would be able to pay for emergencies through a fund to which they would contribute. The big reason t h e American people don't have such insurance is because the American Medical Association opposes any insurance program, voluntary or otherwise, connected with health that It cannot control, But what would the medical brass think if th* National Funeral Directors Association fought burial insurance for the same reason?— League Reporter. daily) is "the world's greatest received more than $18,000,000 in ne~S,pa?Tr;l loans from this very agency. And . Co1 McCorm,ck (known to the the civil rights demanded 'in the I ,r^verent as Col. McCosmick) has President's program-this is almost , rotlirnpd/rom a 24.000-mile flying embarrassing to point out to a Sen- to, Europe' Africa and ator—are carefullv spelled out in And °f course' he had thin*s to the Constitution of the U n i t e d say aboi,t what he had Earned, in States. As long as questions are being asked, we should like to put one to Senator Byrd. Why didn't he cry out against what he calls socialism when the Commodity Credit Corporation bought more than 30,000 bushels of apples in his state, to be used in the school-lunch program? paper with a circulation of about a million daily, in the heart of America; a man who is supposed to do the political thinking of the midwest; a man who influences Congressmen and Senators and State legislators; a man so powerful that legislators are described as "McCormick men" — and that's the wisdom he has acquired after a wcrld trip "to see a lot of people and places I've never seen before." a broadcast over his own station WGN. THIS IS WHAT the publisher of a giant American newspaper said: That Western Europe is decadent; That Turkey is the most civilized country outside the United States; That Danish papers are "very Do You Agree? Winter Resort: A place where no one knows how unimportant you are at home. One or the Other "I want an explanation and I want the truth," stated the wife irately. "Well, make up your mind," he snapped. "You can't have both!" Is it perhaps because Bvrd, a big C01"™'"^" and that Denmark apple-grower, had an interest 'in ,s "not fi,r from becoming com- The House of Lords this thinly disguised price support? pletelv communistic—although the Senator I>ou«las, no friend of "stat- C?unt,![?f look* Prosperous and ism," pointed out in repl> to Byrd'cl°an : that the growing concentration of VMM mM economic power and the necessity nd,a' hr found "what appeared to of warding off another depression ^„.?U,te a few communistic report-require federal intervention for the sake of the general welfare. But his arguments did not seem to make good copy for the press. Senator Hubert Humphrey was perhaps more pointed in a speech on the same subject made in Richmond. Under the "welfare state,'* he said, "profits are at the highest level that they have ever been in the nation's history," with General Motors alone announcing a record-breaking $600,000,000 in profits for the year 1949. Back in the jolly da>s of "free enterprise," profits never approached today's figures, even after taxes, and bankers were periodically driven to leap out of skyscraper windows. Socialism, it begins to appear, is a system under which it Is possible to walk In Wall Street without fear of being struck by falling capitalists. By W. S. GILBERT (From lolanthe, one of Gilbert and Sullivan's light operas. It seems apropos now, when the Labor par- That in Egypt and in Bombay. £ has ireduced P®*er °< the Peers almost to sero.) Talk with men makes sharp the glitering wit; but God, to man doth speak in solitude.—J. S Blackie. ers That war with Russia is not imminent, lhat Stalin would not risk losing his empire in another war, and that the Soviet is doomed to eventual destruction from within. HE DID NOT explain why western Europe was "decadent," but did tell why he found some Bombay reporters'communistic." They asked him whether he would hire a qualified native of India as a re porter, "implying that they doubted whether he. or other American publishers, would hire such a reporter because of his race " And there you have it, If you ask an embarrassing question (and such a question would ^embarrass most American publishers) you are "communistic." If a representative of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People asked such a question he would be "communistic;" and the same would be true of any representative of a colored group Here is the publisher of a news- When Britain really ruled the waves In good Queen Bess's time, The House of Peers made no pretence To intellectual eminence Or scholarship sublime; Yet Britain won her proudest bayt In good Queen Bess's glorious days. When Wellington thrashed Bonaparte, As every child can tell, The House of Peers throughout the war Did nothing in particular, And did it very well; Yet Britain set the world ablaie In good King George's glorious days. And whi4e the House of Peers withholds Its legislative hand, And noble statesmen do not iteh To interfere with matters which They do not understand. As bright will shine Great Britain's rays As in King George's glorious days.