Democracy or Dictatorship in Yugoslavia?

...We know that the great majority of the Yugoslavian people are against dictatorship...

...The mobilization ot manpower was not handled by fiat...

...With atomic bombs the world cannot • isk the awful consequences of a war anywhere...

...This man and this movement represent the great majority of the Serbian people, and with their exclusion from political lite, internal peace cannot be attained...

...The alternative is an awful one Domination by dictatorship, whether by an individual or an oligarchy, is the invitation to war against the soul «f msn snd the existence of mankind...

...After a Constitutional Parliament has been freely elected, it should adopt a new Constitution for a federated and democratically conatituted atate on a nationality basis: Sorbs, Croats and Slovenes...

...The people can defend them-lelvee against this terroristic regime <>i,l>- by armed guerilla action...

...Watt servatives...

...Democracy, to be real, is founded on free will, sell disciplined in the Interest of the whole community of indl-vidual...

...The present associates of the former Associate Director General of the Office of Production Management made life miserable for him In those days...

...The same holds true of acts of the dictatorship towards the leaders of national liberty and democracy among the Croats and Slovenes...

...In the presence of 1,200 veterans of the 1910 strike who formed the core of the great assemblage in Madison Square Garden, the union and its loaders pledged themselves anew to carry on in the spirit of their great pioneers and re-dedicated themselves to the cause of those men and women of more than a generation ago who by their toil and sacrifice, by courageous struggle and devotion to principle had made possible today's mighty ediflce of their organization...

...Of course, there were a great many differences...

...Only those whom the people condemn and reject should be brought to trial before the nation's courts...

...Fortunately, their newly elected leaders have the experience, and they are the best qualified to do the job that neods to be done...

...They cannot earn real wages on a scale such as ours unless they develop modern methods and modern equipment...

...He believes in cooperation between management and labor...

...The publicity output of this gentlemsn was somewhat more impressive than the production record...

...Mement Attlee came over to New York in ?'U ? to attend the special session of the ILO...

...internal settlement and pacification...

...While under modern condition!, the rang* *f government sctivity is necouarlly expanded, the goal of democracy should be the minimum of governOur great task today is the establishment of a United Nations federation of the world in which the democratic liberties of the free peoples of the world are assured under a single government...

...Of course, they will have opposition and it will not lie limited to the eonSalute to the Cloakmakers TUK celebration this week of the 36th anniversary of the Cloakmakers Union, oldest affiliate of the International Indies' Garment Workers, was an event of importance not only to that great organization but to the entire labor movement...

...But without allied aid a free expression of the people's will ii impossible...

...This is made possible on a wider scale now, since Matchek is freed and all speculation of reactionaries on the dismemberment of Yugoslavia and the creation of separate states has collapsed...

...Friends of pears and friends of dimocracy outside of Yugoslavia ire duty-bound to help th* organization of Yugoslav Uomocrncy outside the country, so that it may become the expression of the will and aspiration* of the broadest national masses of people in the country, whose voice was stifled by the dictatorship...

...The Communists who won two seats instead of one in the House of < ..minims will be shouting for an immediate utopia in a land rsvaged by war...

...Thi$ memorandum was presented to all the Allied governments...

...He is content to let his work prove its worth...

...and establiahment of the fandamantal guarantees of personal •ml property rights through regular (•arts...

...They must mechanise with eMrient modern equipment so as to incresso the productivity of their workers...

...Our government appointed an Associate Director Genera...

...Under thi$ eye tern, no oppoeition in the country can expreeo iteelf even though it eonetitutee a great Majority of the people...

...The leaders of pis terroristic regime will defend their ,»„ heads tu the end as did the Naiis, irrespective of the consequences to the lountry...

...The technique employed seemed the opposite of those in use by the British Ministry of Labor...

...They are our friends...

...c) creation of a representative and unified government from all democratic elements...

...The New Leader extends congratulations and best wishes for continued success...

...there are some 100,-000 former soldiers in exile who are...

...Nationalization may be eno Important factor, bat It Is no cure-all...

...As regards the Serbs, the ¦'rtatoiial regime wants to exclude from any political activity the peoples' movement which supports the liberation struggle of Gen...

...It was an historic event in a national sense, for the great assembly of 20,000 cloakmakers in Madison Square Garden on Tuesday served to emphasize not only the impressive progress made by the garment workers since the great cloak strike of 1910 but also the achievements of American labor as a whole since the signing of the famous "peace protocol" that ended the strike and laid the foun dation for the development of the ILGWU to its present membership of 326,000 workers organized throughout the land...

...They will forget that if the workers of the usa and Britain had followed their advice between September 1939 and June 21, 1941, the people of Russia might have been unable to hold the Nazis at the gates of Moscow...

...Only through free cooperation can we build a futur* and *n-sur* peace In a world wher* the quality of justies must guide our decisions...

...So when the crisis faced Britain and the brave army was ferried off the beaches at Dunkirk, Ernest Bevin took the characteristic step of calling upon labor and management to handle the task of mobilisation...

...Herbert Morrison is a brilliant thinker ami a great organizer...

...His visit to New York in 1941 was evidence of his vision which could pierce through the clouds of Nazi planes and see beyond them into the future which free men could win...

...The history of human civilization has been the progress of the Individual towards the maximum of human liberty within the range of th* ?.ci ties of Others...

...Such methods and equipment will require fewer workers por unit of production and that will create one of the very real problems for the Labor Government of Great Britain...

...of the Office of Production Management, and he was given a aomewhat similar task...

...The oW balances of power become s sham and delusion when confronted with the potential power ef any single nation which may harness such power behind greed and imperialism...

...The democratic Allies should see to it that the opposition-in-exile is granted the right to return to its homeland, and the people be given the opportunity to freely choose between a truly democratic, federal Yugoslavia, and Tito's dictatorial totalitarian regime...

...The reestablished Yugoslavian Government under King Peter—a democratic constitutional monarchy—should be given the opportunity of organizing a temporary military and civil governmental apparatus in exile, including a widely -representative national body of delegates from all democratic groups, te> function until emigres can return, a free eleetion held, and the question of the monarchy settled by the people...

...Even in the days when the British stood alone against the Axis, the government was democratic...

...Even if the Labor Party rudely refused to accept ? marriage of convenience you will continue to And the "comrades" running their candidates in districts where the Labor Party could win if the forces were not divided...

...It simply Is not possible for British workers to compote in the world market If they are to as* outworn machinery and antiquated methods...

...Personalities and Problems of the New British Government American Labor-Liberal Forces Must Aid Britain By Robert J. Watt lirternational Representative, American Federation of Labor...

...The establishment of a real organization-in-exile was forbidden by war measures, because of which free travel is restricted...

...The accountability of •ach Individual for his own thoughts, words, and deeds is the mark of civilisation...

...They will try to dictste domestic and foreign policies to suit their ideas...

...The relationship of trade unions to the Labor Party has been knitted with care and patient adjustment...

...e) making possible the free return of emigres to the country by the esUUiahment of fundament si po-Weal liberttos for individual* and for •msseratle political parties...

...head of the Soeialitt Party of Yugoslavia, now in Home...

...It is neces->aiy to apply to Yugoslavia the general principles promulgated at Yalta about »»w to solve the internal problems of the liberated countries...

...We must help build that which Is new, and yet it free, or we shall live in dread of destruction from the selfish lusts of another totalitarianism...

...In their effort to make democracy a way of life with industry as well as politics, they deserve our support...

...Draza Mihailovich and the armies under his command...

...To the cloakmakers and their leaders, the advance guard of honest, militant and forward-looking American trade unionism...

...This minority is continually less capable to petty or to conciliate...

...The Communists present a problem which must be met...

...The organization of the emigres is now in progress...

...But we cannot consent to hsve the dictatorship impose upon US, in advance, a national dismemberment...

...Histery overwhelmingly teaches us that lust fee power breeds only eomprtitive last for power We must support our trsde union friends in Britain and help develop a real liberalism to work toward a true brotherhood of men of every creed, race, color and nationality...

...IN Yugoslavia · minority rules by ¦•ans of armad terror...

...The struggle, against Tito's dictatorship will be greatly strengthened by the return of emigres...

...Civil war in the country will not cease while this terroristic regime continues in power...

...One of the major problems In Britain is to ii.crease productivity...

...Let the dicatorial regime present its false accusations against Mihailovich and his followers before the masses of the people and hear the political verdict which the people will render...

...From a »)>eech at a meeting of the Liberal Party of New York State CLEMENT ATT LEE, Ernest Bevin, Herbert Morrison, Ellen Wilkinson, George Isaacs, and the other sound democratic leaders of the British Labor Party, have won a victory which brings them the responsibility of leadership at one of the most difficult periods in the long history f Great Britain...

...It is now without value as in international document...

...On the basis of these promises, we ask for the formation of an inter-allied political commission for Yugoslavia...

...Democracy is deep in the fibre of His British people...

...b) ¦"•king the army anhordinate to the cWiHaa authorities, and redaction of the military organisation to the mini-»»m...

...in ¦olidsrity with the peoples' resistance in their country...

...The cloakmakers have remained the hack bone of the powerful International and have stood consistently in the forefront of progressive trade unionism, in recent years, under the direction of Israel Feinberg, they have registered new and impressive gains in wage and work standards and have taken the lead in the development of social security benefits within industry as shown by their recent establishment of old-age pensions financed by the employers and jointly administered by the union and manufacturers...

...The recognition of Tito's Government,granted on condition that it carry out the obligations of the Yalta decisions, should be revoked, since it did not fulfill those obligations...

...Ernest Bevin was chosen to do the job...

...d) disbandaient *t the all-powerful dictatorial police 0...

...A fifty-year period of development has'pie ceded this great victory...

...The Tito-Subasich agreement has been broken by Tito and therefore denounced hy the Xing...

...We must join with them to help bring reality to the ideal that sll men are created equal...

...Into this structure would be blended the sovereignties of all nations and the free will of the people of each nation would be given full opportunities for expression subject to their obligations to their neighbors...

...Therefore we ask this allied aid on the basis of the decisions of the Big Three promulgated at Yalta...

...The dictatorial regime is doing everything, to make impossible the participate in political activity of its chief opponents by slandering them as traitors »»d Fascists...

...On the other hand, the British Trade Unions refused to let any group knife their nation in the back...

...e· •Britain during the war made long strides towards a healthy Sociali «t democracy The people rallied because the need was great and because they were great enough to meet it...

...If we had followed their "corkscrew" line, we would have lacked the planes and guns which enabled the grim people of Britain to hold alone snd which later enabled the heroic people of Russia to defeat the Nazi hordes...

...He adopted no grandiose scheme, issued no wordy mumbo-jumbo pronouncements...

...He is s delernined sensible man who does not need to Impress people by displsy...

...British industries, with few exceptions, sre in much the same sick condition as were the textile mills of New England in the itWVs...

...He had built a powerful trade union out of many separate organizations...

...We fervently believe that this pledge will be maintained in the future as it has been in the past...

...This commission ahoald facilitate: (a) demobilisation of the army...

...Their task is tremendous...

...He had the task of fighting to preserve the City of London from internal collapse in those grim days...

...In 1940, wo had a group busily impeding the defense program by strikes, picketing the White House, end the output of propaganda...

...Long before the advent of t(e New Deal the cloakmakers had had biased the way for the great social and labor reforms achieved in the past twelve years...

...He never found It necessary to have a secret police to keep the people at their posts...

...Bevin was too tough for the collaborationists of that day to tackle...

...We wish that there were democratic means of fighting it, to open to the people the road toward freedom...

...Yugoslavia is ruled by a dictatorial one-party Communist system, by the Communist party's army, th* party's courts, the party's police, the party'd monopoly of the press, education and political action...

...He was then the outstanding trade union leader in Britain, a powerful man with a positive mind...

...The denunciation by partisan verdicts in courts controlled by the dictatorship of these men, in whom the masses of the people see the symbols of their highest moral principles and their national pride, is an act of terror which makes impossible any...

...He knows from experience that a democracy can become a true community in times of danger and can attain greatness from within, without dictatorship...

...If, after the establish ment of personal and political liberties, there is truly indicated a desire for more federated unite, the freely-expressed will of the people will be respected...

...We should welcome the opportunity to help them carry out their program...

...We hope that the Allies will make possible the creation of a Yugoslav Political Center in exile and thus give us freedom to express our opinions...

...It is the duty of the democracies of the world to give to this peoples' resistance and their leaders moral and every other support...

...The emifres and the guerrillas within Yugoslavia alike desire nothing else but t» enable the people to freely decide for or against Tito's regime...