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Show JAPAN LABOR PARTY SHOWS SIGNSOF LIFE TOKYO (U.P.) Tlie labor party movement in Jitpau has boon iyiiig 'more or Uss dormant as far as atirfaoe indications . are con-cernerl, con-cernerl, but recently a Kathcriny of several bmulred met to protest certain cer-tain .legislation expected to be pre-ent.ed pre-ent.ed in the preyent session of tbc t 1 at. , V . : ,:' ,. ,: v.: ! M'his ' lecislation is the -so-called Peace . Mnintena'nce. ' bill, which woiild pive longer, prison terms than nbw is possible under the law. The terfn frould' be 'extended from ' six months to a year the present law to as long as six years. Delegates from virtually every labor organization organiza-tion in Japan came to Tokyo to attend at-tend this conference and demonstration. demonstra-tion. A leader of the Japanese Federation Federa-tion of Labor presented n strongly worded resolution npiinst the bill. It was passed during prolonged applause. A procession through the streets of the city followed. The parade continued for nearly four hours. The police permitted the gathering, gather-ing, but any speaker who become too vehement in his remarks was forced to quit the platform. orMe than 20 speakers were interrupted hy the officers of-ficers for alleged radicalism and socialistic tendencies. A few arrests I'vere inaded uring the parade. |