An AMGOT for Germany - U.S. Has Blueprint for Day After Invasion
An AMGOT for Germany - U.S. Has Blueprint for Day After Invasion Army's Civil Affairs Suction Prepares Staff of,Experts WASHINGTON', D. C—The Allied nations " already have prepared an AMGOT set-op...
...There is a possibility that this was ag*m| upon by Hitler and Mussolini at their maittp The King tried to save the King aad not teja flow jj the United Nations wffl to fo*j| enough to renounce their demand for...
...however, are ?* «?* as tbtr i*nni -» aswaar *hen thev maintain that the ouster of the chieftain of the biack-shirt* means the end of fascism...
...do not yet know, and may aever km*, V the details of maneuvering that ?? the junking of Mussolini...
...Musaoluu had to go because his a^toOMl could no longer control Italy...
...They have no plans fer anion straggto...
...For it was obvious that the NMU leadership was not interested in conditip/is for the men—they were interested only in imposing their own fink line ami collecting dues tor the Stalinist apparatus...
...With regard to Germany the situation is vastly different...
...mar« that ev«n imminent danger and universe, catastrophe do not suffice to induce people to ae.iess smpeahrisd and lees guided by wishfu-thinking than they unfortunate ar...
...The mere questioning qf the Communist sell-out tactics would be sufficient for the NMU leaders to "finger" a man...
...From these groups the Army's cMl administration will be augmented with the ahn of establishing an independent civil police as seen as possible...
...these cracks is the potential entry for an Jts*B» afti-tctolhariaa'reyolition...
...This convention served only to further expose the criminal betrayal of maritime labor by Cur-ran* Company, and to reveal the Communist trade union line for what it is—a pure sell-out...
...It rosy become the begimng of th* end, but it stay turn out to be something quite different What ha* happened to Musso.mi on July 26th...
...Bat the problem will not be so easily solved...
...The NMU demanded that the sesmen receive, at some future dste, the'following bfnerfts1. The 49-hour week...
...On tsw day the Allies march into Berlin the flpst task of the Civil Affairs section will be to plaster the city with proclamations letting the ?**?* its new status and telling them in their own language what they can do...
...It is Fascism in piteous disguise, running for harho...
...In reality it does not...
...It has s phoney militant line whh* tt passes ? tit to the membership when things get too by but to Ha bar ?-door dealings hi Washing it sells the me> down the .**?.1 :''··-' - ; ·· 3. $250 mQiOlo war risk bonus...
...Now, two yearn later, -they raise the cry as if it wer* *omething haw that they had just thought up...
...Their caution indicates that they wish to "see how Bowles behaves in his latest office before indulging in a attack that might1 antagonize him from the start Chester Bowles is stepping jnto one of the most difficult posts in Washington...
...It w...
...At a time when the shipowners control the government's maritime apparatus and use their new authority to slash at union security and conditions, at a time when union seamen are dying by the hundreds at sea only to have the shipowners sit safely at home and pile up profits and plan for the scab hall after their war has been won by the workers, the Stalinist leaders of the NMU spend six whole days beating their drums without uttering a single word of militant unionism...
...The coechjeion charged that the statements aad representations made "are misleading as* deceptive, and eeasti- 1 tut* false advertising ' "In truth and in fact," the FTC report . states, "Sal Hepa tica will not correct eye- . terns tic acidity . . . constitute an effective . treatment er cure of a cold . . . treat or ' care rheumatism, arthritis, and neuritis -j...
...Most of the papers which have followed the established line of the' big advertisers have refrained from,denouncing the new deputy director...
...fhe liberatorvhose revindfcaaoE ft implicit ir...
...Colonel Wade favors the addition of a psychological division in the adminiataation to...
...Fortunately the Communists are not sufficiently strong to shove such * program down the seamen's throats...
...on the Allies...
...have just gotten . « j a careful going-over by the Federal Trade Commission...
...wwj That more or less they wul give tos {hdh* people what they want—if it is ? ??????, partkularty...
...Leon Henderson, the "first director of ???, acted with firmness and directness only to discover that if you do your1" job competently in Washington you don't hold it long...
...th* SIS didn't get a | 2M bonus out of that strike, eat ? won an increase, and has wen acres el Ini isss*s since—all of which were passed on to th* NMR by the shipowners...
...40 rooft...
...importance...
...The Whole question of Allied cooperation m invelved in the setting up of penaaneat post-war governments In enemy end enemy occupied lands...
...But they are a resourceful enemy of the working class, and tbey will not become discouraged easily...
...This...
...This revolutionary demand fit already a part of the SIU progrsm It WkS sdoptetl'by tie SIU' Agents Omfererice hod mbrltfi^e^liurt'The NMU ??*?1...
...These words—apt to shorteh the war on all fronts and to get the -premises for ?versa...
...Te the prtoetfkjs • ' of unionism, to the welfare of the ? »aasen, they give lip-service and nothing els...
...and Health" staff, well don't believe it...
...Among those who assume such an attitude not all...
...This spring when the SIU was fighting for pensions, the Maritime War Emergency Board presented its 2nd war risk hutvr-anee policy which...
...Has Blueprint for Day After Invasion Army's Civil Affairs Suction Prepares Staff of,Experts WASHINGTON', D. C—The Allied nations " already have prepared an AMGOT set-op Tor Germany, The New Leader learned ads week) ? complete and...
...An Hisroric Moment Crumbling of fascism Carlo Sforza former itw.Io* Ff***«* MMafwr...
...ambitious ' blueprint for the orctrpation of a conquered Germany baa been drawn up by the United State* Army's Civil Affal re Section in London...
...What hsppe-ed or may still happen to the father uf 'Fascism is less relevant th'an what' must happen to ? monstrous offspring...
...The NMU method makes lmpossibie th* win- • rung of any concessions from the ssripownens...
...after the war a* well as -?'^??» it...
...the expectation of the words thai Italy, revering her real'Voice, will pronounce iif the near future...
...la—iesl attempt fhliikg hs embryo botli hy totersml measure* ssd no da*ht by amjhtog te nwaJdate th* war ? soase lese-than-cataat...
...There Would "Be no WorM War if BadogHo, the Marshall of Mussolini...
...with the strains and reWlao^satsnants sure to arise...
...There has already been formed in Moscow an Anti-Nazi National Committee," controlled by veteaan German Communists now in Russia...
...For six days hand-picked delegates dutifully applauded as a seemingly endless parade of ss)eah*ig discussed everything but the real problems which face the seamen today...
...already been put "on ice...
...before it* power,11 ~ *' "The duration of the fight that lies before ss...
...by* a" private eftisen, in the name of the United States...
...w*v Vanni MofifoM «*e#***MY of fhe i folio s Socio (Is* Ithink I express th* views of the '--Jurmjfr of the Und*rgr«*nd Sbdalist Partyr »? 1—Mussolini was not forced out by the Ifcg...
...Eddie Cantor, aad Duffy's ?? vera may have tickled your fansybone — hat as far that Sal Hepa tica "Smile of Beaaty...
...back to pre- Hi tier days and that many ethers will be easy to handle because they as* accustomed to doing what they are tdM to do...
...od| [Ur, Bar fete it the author of Gotiath, the THE exit of the man who was the first motor of the present universal disaster ? a dri-mstie episode wtomd^ inglorious fhodeimehs en-hsneee more substantia) hope...
...In (act, one of the principal demands of the convention was -for "an industry-wide labor, management and go ? -eninient set-up in the merchant marine.'' In other woods', they hope to continue to act as the shipowners' finger...
...hfl Merfltet rarieir, countries from Gibrafthr to the Daidanejies...
...There would never have beer...
...While Maxon was around doing his chores, labor turned the heat on him and made things uncomfortable at...
...purview...
...Th* seamen know from tong and hitter experience that the only way te get toghav wage* and shorter hours is by oondacting retonSnm* . and uncompromising sUuggle shstotd -fjnsvnaajpa and on the waterfront...
...But in the ease of Italy there was at least the wyaes that ?? Knssis* troop* were involved in th* war in that area, and that stomd* was nowhere contiguous with Italy...
...The next time yoa laugh at the comedian'* gag, remember that if yoa hsve to » listen to the commercial, yoa don't have to believe it...
...Whether the resignation of Mussolini is the prelude to surrender, it is too eaify to say...
...Colonel ?. ?. B. McNevis...
...Bristol-Myers Company, makers of the Sal He pa tica laxative areaaration...
...If the events in Italy dev^*p*M» stag* where they can point this lea** mjg clearly, then the repercussions within tto *t*f toto4)tarian state* may be monwmsomi'iblj» So many defeats had almost destroyed thaJlf of victory...
...bammteT end of Mussolini proves the chaStons^rno^ve, feaflTse nsivjiy sAeired fly alTthe reactionary castes of jfiaciits and Europe, in spite of...
...The platform at the convention was practically monopolised by such anti-union characters as Captain Edward Macauley who lectured the seamen for,their failure to hop, skip and jump every time a labor hating mate or brass hat harked at them...
...Badoglio is neither fascist nor anti-fascist...
...ami the Klag hare bee* brwagtt repreeenutrre of this potential re vest's* i" a diWPluHs...
...Their Hbewation would he moZ a necessary first stop toward the iiibesasiesta« tb**e who later fefl...
...whrnji*-** *s knew those feftoWa...
...edrjoation, snd transportation will plunge into the teak of bringing order out of whatever cbaoa may existThe sjsjsjljpj of education is regarded as likely to be particularly vexing, because of the scope and intensity of Nasi propaganda methods in sehooU and out...
...The Albas woald not to use Italy as a bombing point for GermfesV...
...decreased fhe benefits payable under lit 1st policy...
...eyss «3 mmi whmto ratorest in ^ ^r^ndTdmJ^r watching for the answer The NMU Parley - an Anti-Labor Line By JOHN HAWK Secretary-Treasurer, Atlantic and 6ulf District, Seafarers' 'international Vnjffn (SW) Two weeks ago the National Maritime Union held its annual convention in New York City...
...It is felt, however, that a great many Germans, especially those ewer fifty years of age, will welcome the chance to mat...
...along lines more acceptable to business.' One story as to how Bowles was selected runs as follows...
...derground, was forced to give...
...They have, therefore, no plans tor whvsanf better wages 'and conditiona...
...Meanwhile the experts en public health, finance, law...
...All the ? saw sa tkm talk about the check-off system was net bsraSHM the leadership was concerned about giving union security to the seamen, but because th* eaukreptcy of th* ' NMU is becoming clear to an increasing number of its members...
...They mest ?? "the amjtwncement of the Ralian "Republic, founded on internatior.al cooperstior and on domestic jus tice ' words that aWstbe sa^t* ^?^??^^?/ ton...
...gag^^^ United Natione shoaid com* oat with | ?» :?????% that they are n*r*Mnhmtvg'm?j||f tf ? Italian ptvpk sW'tC · ' ' UnAed Nitioha ih«d« ???* no dmdjfjf m.cnarchists...
...Little known to the general public, the Clril Affairs letH— has developed a detailed plan covering the multitudinous prob-terns involved la bringing Nsxi-ridden Germany back to iam*tlrlag approximating normalcy...
...created by the ^diord.^and^urtriauhto...
...They don't even envision t struggle against the shipowners once the Axis has been defeated On the very final day 'of the Convention the NMU leaders did present a list of post war "demands-'" Even the hardened Stalinists seemed embarrassed over the rankaess of their sell-out program,and decided to give lip-service to wage* and conditions...
...the Duke of And* Ababa, had not demolished the League of Na'-tions and paved the way to the remilitarization of fhe Rhine and to Hitler's march on Vienna We are ir...
...but the stirrings of ar Itaysn If*-lution couW almost even;-ht exorris* ?|?* AwThare...
...Press reaction to Bowles' appointment was strikingly cautious...
...the' conqueror cf Fthiopia...
...j^feW rl#«*|1| Appear nexfwiek...
...Only England and the U. S. are involved in AMGOT in Italy...
...tt* - , ; fr...
...much more honest than Potain...
...2. Pensions for wounded and disabled seamen This demand is pure fraud, and the records will prove it...
...This AMGOT system, first inaugurated in Sicily, is the pattern for Allied policy...
...So maybe this was why Hitler agreed #S Mussolini out of the picture in the hop* ? fhe King would get a better pe*ce*~and get ah Aflies out of ftajry for a possible direct war at Germarry...
...Angelica BaiobanoH THE commenta and opuxnism aroused in public ' opinion by the more or leas spontaneous or votantory resignauor *f Muaaolmi show...
...Any future boosts will he dee te th* same cause, and not te any wtod front Oarraa...
...Russia is not included at all...
...he Imcrfter* of!Tiby...
...proved to practice and openly that uwf'MI litarUtn regimes have failed to *ihahwds*P sources of opposition, that they'*·**-* be permanent, that they, lis* all other IsjMf are mortal...
...Labor has been smoldering with anger and resentment at the failure of the Administration to hold the price line, while the Little Steel formula and labor's no-strike pledge are rigidly enforced...
...Wh** the actual occupation of Germany takes place, thai* vrijl undoubtedly be a conflict be...
...They are, content to reaffirm heatedly their faith in Lou Maxon...
...This would conceivably affect the SIU and SUP as well as {be licensed officers' unions...
...from London,' and from Moscow!* They cannot be withheld much longer...
...hopsa to keep them in line with the check-off He hopes to keep the union together by a deal with the shipowners rather than by light-iag them...
...Htky'hieUri» Aeat...
...Finding it dimcult to collect dues without giving the men representation, without settling their beefs and fighting for conditions...
...and military power ir...
...Echoing the slander about discipline aboard the'ships, Curran declared that those guilty of "misconduct" should not only be expetted frorr the union but have their certificates suspended and be brought before the Coast Guard for discipline...
...It charged that "the company'* was grossly negligent in the expenditure of funds for the cccutruction ?? oi said pl*nt witn intent to united States.* tt declared further flt hired many more men than were necessary and pah...
...V Phoeyddvf...
...There are signs that Tabor does not intend to remain docile in the face of continuous cuts in its real .wages through rising prices...
...to get on the bandwagon hefore it is too »te...
...Russian and German Communists are carefully jockeying into a favorable - position for control of "liberated" Germany...
...jr But to the Communists, "strike" is a horrid word...
...under the strains of adversity, cracks ?? opened in the fascist regime so wide thatA can no longer ?? cemented, in prhnte» Muaaolmi and his immediate clique, thf...
...All occupied territories will be 1 under Army rule...
...The next step will be to announce a series of ordinances and penalties for violations...
...Fascism...
...And each time the men were insulted in this manner, the Stalinist leadership would jump up and endorse the slanders snd call for "remedial steps...
...psiga te sell BadeegHs as a* 'snti -fssCtoX" It shoaid to ill Has that the...
...is not effective for unnatural fatigue . . . . headache* . . . indigestion . . .** etc etc...
...In terms of ?0 relation te the mffitory eondWA-Wf-moreover, which ,is not being decided tohM Roman doors, the mcideiu is of enty...
...Theirs -was th* program a few months *gt of civil disobedience started in Italy by to Socialist Party calling for mutiny, strikes «I peace demonstrations Mussolini, faced with military defeat ssd these factors created by the work of the «f...
...Should such a program be shoved through, no militant union man would he able .to go to sea...
...A good sign, that, of the actual spirit of the majority of Italians I prefer that the house-cleaning be done* by fhe Italians themselves, no matter for wnai immediate aims, rather than 'by fqreign military authorities of occupatioT...
...The NMU, contrary to whst it is now preaching regarding fife pensions, introduced to the Msritime War Emergency Board for adoption a policy which was nothing more than a compensation act calling for a ceiling of $10,000 for total disability or loss of life...
...the amount of suffering and the number »> victims, will depend updn whether the' Itamft people will have to fach pew obstadfe JJ3E they obtain the elementary right ? | 1? snd social self-deternrinetior, TV judge bffZ names of those who are supposed- to phS Italy after the ouster of Mussolini, this rWfe of serf-determination Is not grantef to ? Italian* After having endured th*'y*» sfi dSsrrace of fascism, tbey will cert*irty hi tolerate to be represented and ruled by ? creators aad accomplices of that reghfce...
...Hbf central feces of this plan is Beraa: this fstma Is to be beaded by Colonel Arths» ?. Wade of Syracuse...
...Brtvlei leading Italian tpolsemen, w* km aWo asked Amencan oati-Faarists to...
...If any government board accepts the NMU recommendations, they would be in a position to sap the strength of the AFL seamen's unions tiirough individual suspension of certificates...
...Finally Maxon was blazed out, and when it came time to choose his successor, harrassed Prentiss Brown submitted a short list of suggested candidates for the job to Donald Montgomery, consumer Counsel to the United Auto Workers of America...
...This feeling may have been beig^t-ened by the deportation of about forty thousand Then to Croatian concentration The welcome of the AHied troops in th* villages, towns and cities of Sicily (m Palermo, above all) with flowers, cheers, kisses, tears was'a shock to the King, the army, the navy and upper classes of Italy And this is but the beginning of liberation from the internal fascist tyranny...
...and the failure of Curtiss-Wright to build one of the Helldiver bombers 04 which the Nary spent $27,000,000...
...peace—cannot be other than the words Maxzini...
...Me outcome depends partly on Hitter...
...In fact, similar proclamations for the ose everywhere fat uetuuiasr^arnne...
...vi*4w«*te a^ftod had been created for the defense of the popu iation^ as a wh^ote^««^acm4 at the disposal of n*t^te*s u^tb^^ow^a»^c^u»fc Ks^^m^J ^^Ttorpitede*of the fascist...
...tween Anglo-American policy and that of Russia, Wane British and American Civil Affairs concentrate on careful planning for "occupied" Germany...
...In any event, the fall of fascism ¦.* the beginning of the collapse of Axis poiit-ica...
...Don Luiqi St ? no Lea tier of fhe Chrisries 0 e m ocraric ffrt* TBE King-iadoglio coup has, tor ?. the "meaning that the Italian people apart from their strong desire for peace—were furious rnjUt fascism and especially aroused by the .hut threats of Scoria against the growing gene'ral opposition...
...Lou ? axon...
...61 be considered liberated territories, under the tide of the governments-in-exile in London...
...The men wfaofSewt,** Musaotoi and Hitler ? always shotst,*» *ewarn* much more intelligent than Hindenburg...
...dl tion ai surrender, and enter into a ssgajjtl peace with the King of Italy, it would aij Italy invulnerable to the' Allies and Hitter dHI have an escape...
...The' complaint, filed in Federal Court specifically accused the Alabama plane plant of using Federal funds to overpay fay materials and to hoard labor...
...Fascism has been a totally arti-fxial movement ? Italy...
...Curran and Company giro lip witter toWemw demends, but it is only hp-service tor Shay .have . no real intention of fighting for their ntaaV zation...
...Thus, while Allied troops will police Germany after defeat, Belgium, Hofland, Czechoslovakia, etc...
...Nazism "if the King of Italy hs| net called Mussolini to power, thus wrecking the rdleTef-Aw^iisd eeeeflcy in Turofi ^arsj setting- the example'for Hmdenborg-and...
...the downfall oi the tyrant...
...the black militia and the fastest party, has pot Mussolini and other chieftains udder guard, aad has banned all fascist insigriis...
...But he has dissolved, as ?? first set...
...It was Matthew Push sue, 8IU Washington Representative, who demanded at this same meeting that Congress be asked te paas legislation Which would pension disabled seamen for life and increase the death benefits...
...Prentiss Brown suceeded Henderson and it soon became obvious that if you played ball with business, you couldn't keep prices down...
...Internal dissension and personnel upheavals make administrative life in that agency txcitirfg and uncertain...
...The legal division is beaded by a former New York sawyer...
...I aas afraid that his fate will not be different from theirs if he hopes to be able to compromise at the same tfmFwfchth* Allies1 aiafwith Hitler ^ hri.A ^^^4...
...Liberated territories come aider State Dept.-Downing St...
...What Chester Bowles does in his new job will strongly affect labor's future policies...
...Igjbpr Sees Hope in Naming of Bowles WASHINGTON, D. C. — Labor- and liberal forces seem to have won a minor victory in the appointment of Chester Bowles as assutoat director of ???, 4he poet lately'?»?***3%7 big business' darling...
...Though, like his predecessor, Bowles is an advertising executive, he is a New Dealer of long and firm standing and shows no intentions of reorganising...
...Fred Allen...
...sonified by Mussolini, but not bp hfaa *j3' What the Italian masses waat^and WhsVoT are willing td fight Snd die for—is th* iilhgT tion of the roots of fascism They wars ? first victims...
...And no one can rely upon is* asm) of a perjurer...
...Jhe«a upen Wbto* the bo, ? of tto MtojM Uberal ???????*!* in this country as* MF * Many eyes to Germany, and in Rassls fjK and indeed in all th* world...
...He was forscd out of office first ???* United Natione military victories *a th* «*r front *»d second, by the wave cf stris* ssi peace demonstrations and mutinies is *h«h whieh in great part have been lnfiueacsd byHto undergroand directly...
...When the NMU now belatedly raises SIU dsmsai* a* Ha own, it reveals its double bSBkhesmiag...
...is what the SIU struck for ia th* fail *f m i Curran and company finked en teat strike and called it "a bum beef...
...1???, could easily have happeneo two decade, earitorif the se«tol sad ssihtory' ??fm^A are now arrayed against him had not assisted him fa> th* «rtahthjsmnjBt of hi* hiegfy anti-labor regime...
...employees for iidy'not work-,_ The complain t and the announced Truman investigation came after several months of rumors regarding the low production rate at the Bechtel-McCone-Parsons plant, a rate' said to be one-sixth of scheduled production.' This "scandal" follows hard on the heels of the Truman Committee's expose of the sale oi defective engines tb the Government by Wright Aeronautical Corp...
...The event of · July 26 is an epilogue in WbiW of an adrertnrer IR the hStoVt of flh^-and of fce wdridtt'ie a The Savoy-Badoglio regime cannot be anything but a preliminary phase of the Italian rev-olution...
...It 4a based on the distinction between occupied and <**r-ated territories...
...Expose Alabama Plane Scandal, Truman Committee May Act Committee Investigating the ????*??~?^-}*??>** W ? Senrte been quietly at work here, it is...
...Signs will be printed in advance and carried in by the occupying forces...
...Without hesitation, so goes the report, Montgomery chose Chester Bowles...
...Stalin clearly intends baring a voice in the regime that succeeds Hitler...
...In spite of th* immediate «sTichd as...
...So far as the King is concerned, he ? ? perjurer...
...The present boaas rate to the direct and exclusive result erf the RHU struggle...
...But these stories rarely receive the press they deserve—after all, is not labor to blame for everything...
...Perhaps no agency in Washington has had as tumultuous ' and unpopular a career as OfA...
...Its key significance is to be ftosfi in the sphere of internal political and mm structure...
...For with the NMU in the role of stool-pigeon, the security of any individual union man would be endangered for alleged "misconduct...
...therefore also, we tii.l*»^ hsve the first great te«t m pi...
...haats *This, therefore, is the first major ?? •^tback—which though it it still no morelPM[ ikirtttUh—which tOtoliUrianism ????* anywhere in the world since 1921...
...Their chickens have...
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