LABOR IN EXILE
DALLIN, DAVID J.
Labor in Exile By David J.Dallin THE TRADE UNIONIST is ExlU is a new publication that appeared in Paris last month. It is the organ ot The International Center el Free Trstte Unionists in...
...It is only fear that makes tyranny possible...
...They cannot sleep more during the day because of urgent house work...
...It may be that we are entering upon a new time when heroism will not seem foolish...
...Instead, loyalty to the Tito government is continually stressed...
...They involve thousands of Marxist eireles, tectum groups, clubs, "red corners," movies, and pukiicationg...
...When men stand up instead of lying down, miracles have a chance to happen...
...They did not imitate the link nations in the path of Hitler...
...David and Goliath, St George and the dragon have been enacted before our eyes in, realistic terms...
...Before the war it was prohibited in Poland, too...
...I suspect that all the time Goliath had a weak heart and the dragon was out of Macy's Thanksgiving parade...
...David beat Goliath, St...
...They had a reputation for cleverness, for intellectualism, for artistic talent They were, moreover, famous for individualism...
...It is doubtful whether there have ever been in the world as many cowards as during the past decode...
...The pioneers of Palestine are not so different from our own progenitors, and the Ideas upon which they are founding their brave new state are closely akin to these which were formulated here not so long ago...
...This committee and its publication are important sign-post* in the international relations of our day...
...A man's suit costs 81 hours, 36 minutes in France...
...Now, with the assistance of the American Federation of Labor, it has succeeded...
...They shouted something crazy about liberty or death and went in and won...
...No persuasion helps...
...All of the experts of the day, all of the realist would have advised them to keep quiet, or knuckle under, to make the best terms they could...
...According to the American Institute of Criminology," it reports, "every five minutes and seven seconds one murder takes place in Los Angeles...
...They are being joined ea.cn year by hundreds of new arrivals escaping from the "People...
...I have remained in conspicuous silence...
...We belong to Tito...
...Think of all the countries which submitted without resistance to Hitler...
...One bright example of courage may illuminate the world...
...The Arabs, on the other hand, were supposed to number 40,000,000...
...THE UNITED STATES was greatest when it was small and—theoretically, at least—weak...
...I had intended to write of quite other things, of the Israeli as farmers and gardeners and planters of trees...
...Miss King again appeared to tell a new story about a young and talented aviation engineer,' fired now for political reasons...
...The organ of too Poliak textile workers' union reports on employment of women: Every night, the report says, women fall asleep at their work...
...To earn a kilo loaf of bread, a Frenchman must work 17 minutes, a'Hungarian 30 minutes, a Russian two hburs and 34 minutes...
...The equivalent is seven billion dinars, or 140 million dollars...
...Or perhaps they didn't believe in anything to start with...
...The Home Front By WILLIAM E. BOHN The Lesson of Israel WITH REGARD to the establishment of Israel as an independent state I have exercised the most admirable self-restraint...
...They stood up...
...What these men and women have done is in the great tradition...
...50 of the New Times...
...dictator...
...Isn't it about the same as the other "Institute" which supplied lawyers for the eleven Communists in New York with precise statistical data about discrimination in the jury system against women, Jews and Negroes...
...In 1948, Yugoslav workers "voluntarily" put in 305 million working hours without pay...
...According to Miss King'ftletter, Alger Hiss was charged with these crimes...
...We have every reason to I be proud of them...
...When it became evident that the Israeli intended to go through with their resolution to defend themselves, practically all of us thought that this 'would be another case in which a great power would calmly march over a little one...
...Basically they are not fighting men...
...Everyone else in sight has written columns, articles, books about it...
...And authentic courage was what these Israeli boys and girls had plenty of...
...The first issue of the new publication reports on labor conditions in the nations of Eastern Europe...
...he sold his car to someone, probably to a Communist...
...TO ALL PEOPLE who have given up, given in, knuckled under, the example of the Israeli must come as a trumpet blast from a half-forgotten world of faith and courage...
...43 *c4 Not* Tines, with a latter to the editor bp a Miss Catherine King of^ew York...
...The exmUrtttSi mmi liemu by representative* of the French Force Qv,vritrt and by Irving Brown of the A. F. of L. The Soviet radio immediately attacked the new organization as a "center of espionage in the service of American counter-intelligence...
...In October, 1948, trade unionists of ten nations (Bulgaria, Rumania, Po-1 Urn *> YiMKwJfinia...
...The government has appropriated four hundred million dinars (eight million dollars) for the trade unionist center...
...At the end of each trade union conference the delegates shout "Tito, the hero...
...What intellectual misery...
...173 hours, 30 minutes in Hungary, and,»8u hours, -15 minutes in Russia...
...It was taken for granted that they were split into factions, that they could never organize in a big way...
...It was great because the people had nerve and imagination...
...1MB EfflS CHAMBEK1 embroglii was sol roparted ia the Soviet press...
...It may be that their deeds will waken the world from this miserable period of complacency and compromise...
...The engineer has never been a member of the Communist Party...
...y Arrests of scores' of trade unionists are reported frsen lfccsassajbv eapedally from the metallawg1e.ll sinter of •csita...
...No, he was a useful,.intellectual*] worker...
...When the Commission asked j him his political views, the engineer replied: 'I am a liberal.' This sealed i his fate...
...George conquered the dragon...
...For a kilo of butter, a Frenchman works three and tjireequarter hours, a Hungarian nine (hours and seven minutes, a Russian hours and 31 minutes...
...A murder every five minutes and seven seconds means 270 murders a day, almost 100,000 murders a year...
...HUWQARiAif communis?* - Xiyujrtandard of living of ji workers Is higher UlSft" iSat <M' Franc.' A few interesting fljrures help 'ompan living conditions in Franc Hungry, and Russia...
...There is much talk about Israel's being founded on American dollars...
...Having con tacted Communists, Hiss himself could be infected with Communism and, therefore, he might desire to overthrow the government and become a red...
...career was ended...
...They were known as men mighty in battle...
...One wonders what existence under a tyranny can possibly hold which makes it so v desirable...
...Dispersed throughout West - ern Europe, they become members ot local trade unions in France, Germany and Scandinavia...
...But they did none of these sensible things...
...But the main thing about this great adventure in what we used to cajl the Holy Land is something which especially appeal...
...Since the population of Los Angeles amounts to about 1,800,000, it won't be long before all its men, women and children are killed...
...The only comment csfne Jn_ No...
...Long live Tito...
...There were, I suppose, something like 750,000 qf these Jewish settlers...
...In the Balkans, great populations first accepted the Germans and then the Russians as conquerors...
...The liberal was fired...
...This age in which we live has been notable for official and public cowardice...
...And then a miracle happened...
...It is the organ ot The International Center el Free Trstte Unionists in Exile...
...But things much more important than dollars have flowr from this country to the eastern coasi of the Mediterranean...
...Democracies...
...I mean, there have been more people who didn't think what they believed in was worth fighting for...
...By the way, what is this Institute of Criminology quoted by Bolshevik...
...Die Trade Unionist in Exnle remarks: "In all civilized countries, night work is prohibited for women...
...Truly, no greater freedom of the press exists than in the Soviet Union...
...They acted like the British under Churchill, like the Americans under Washington...
...And people versed',) in law dare to make such charges...
...He rented his apartment to a Com« munist...
...Miss Kingj asks...
...Did Hiss break any law...
...Since the end of the war, thousands of Eastern European workers have refused to return to their countries...
...The reports in the press have had all the glamour of legend...
...We have seen played before our eyes an heroic tale...
...Nothing is said about improving labor ( conditions, wages, or working hours...
...j Nothing of the kind...
...There is a spiritual kinship between this big countaj and that far-away little* one which cannot be disguised or denied...
...Their whereabouts: Unknown...
...Howcould an ordinary, simple - minded American understand such a complicated subject as Zionism...
...to Americans, something which our history has prepared us to appreciate and understand...
...BOLSHEVIK, the most authoritative and serious magazine published by the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Moscow, gives a picture of a tremendous crime wave in the United States...
...j Miss Catherine King's letter , was followed by a number of other letters from England and America, printed in No...
...A breath of authentic courage was enough to do, for both of them...
...This Schweik-like capacity is " the prime curse of our time...
...Millions ot sympathetic persons must have had the thought that it would be wiser, more reasonable, more realistic to give in and acknowledge Arab rule...
...So I modestly held my ¦peace...
...But they were not wise, reasonable, realistic...
...IX YUGOSLAVIA, trade union activities are extensive, according to official reports...
...We admired the courage of Chalm Weizmann's young fighting men and women, but we took for granted that entry into battle was nothing more than a magnificent gesture...
...Did they find armaments or'] revolutionary leaflets in his apartment...
...The idea of creating a free trade union movement among the exiles,took shape slowly...
...Whenever I have suggested saying some words about the heroism of Jewish fighters or the wisdom of Jewish* statesmen, my notion has been greeted by my colleagues with a kindly smile...
...Neither the magazine nor its letter-writers dealt with the facts in the Hiss case...
...They are planting men and planning men...
...I ^Hungary, Eastern Germany, the UkralneTTmd'IKe^r^e Baltic Main) attended the ernaiufegfc** vwtfetaam in Parte...
...Except for a few valiant countries like Poland, Yugoslavia, Finland and Greece, it was taken for granted that ttttle countries have no recourse but to He down and be trampled on...
...IT MAY BE THAT these Jewish fighters and planners have done a much greater thing than to found a homeland for their few millions of pepole...
...Seventy million dinars were given to the French miners during their political strike last fall, the Communist trade union leadership reports...
...I must confess that the restraint has not come entirely from within...
...And that, too, serves as a tie between j them and us...
...In The Nation, Alexander Werth reports: "The Czechs have, I admit, a good deal of Micawberism in their make-up and a Schweik-like capacity to adapt themselves to almost everything...
Vol. 32 • March 1949 • No. 10
