| Show Food Protest Walkout Paralyzes Bavaria Bavari MUNICH Germany Jan 23 UP fl M Most Most at of Ba Bavaria was paralyzed F Friday da b by a ge general eral strike of up to work workers ri They were called out by union leaders t to pr pro protest protest pro pro- test food lood shortages The The strike started at midnight and was to last 24 hours purs Indications Indications Indications Indica Indica- in inmany many y ar areas areas were that it would continue through Saturday and Sunday It was the largest mass maM labor walkout In Germany since the war No violence was reported by early afternoon in any major cities Munich Augsburg P Passau u Coburg or Hof Strikers occasionally c were rough with small stores which stayed open in two ar areas s but generally the Bavarians used the strike asa as asa asa a day ay of ot rest Reds Beds ds Take Part Some Munich workers demonstrated here in Adolf Hitler Hitler Hit- Hit ler ler leri old pir parade dc grounds rounds marching with red banners demanding liberty liberty lib erty United States military government government government gov gov- observers said laid Communist elements took part Banners Banners' variously declared that Wo We are Germans not a colony and Away with liberty Speakers were interrupted with such cries as s We We want new elections elections elections elec elec- and Where there is hunger democracy h has s lost its rights The crowd dispersed quietly Earlier hundreds of angry German German Ger Ger- man commuters had stormed United States military trains train trying tryIng trying try- try Ing to get to work Rail authorities authorities ties tie finally put on emergency trains ra s. s Plants Idle Communications and Industrial plants' plants in 26 cities arid and a d t scores of towns w were re Idle The strike call had excluded workers for the military mili mm- military tary government and military es establishments establishments es- es switchboard operators operators operators opera opera- tors police Uce and workers in hospitals Some strikes were reported inthe in inthe inthe the Ruhr the industrial core of Germany which lies in the British zone Joseph Cardinal Cardinl Frings of Cologne Cologne Cologne Co Co- logne asserted the strikes were a spontaneous outburst of the peo peo- He urged allied occupation authorities to increase imports of food saying the situation is desp desperate desperate des des- p ra e long endure Tells Food Plan Flan Lawrence Wilkinson director of the United States military government government government govern govern- ment economic division said in a broadcast Thursday night that worth of food willbe will willbe willbe be imported at the expense of the United S States tes and British govern govern- menu ments into the two western zones this year This marked a n 50 O. O Increase over last year and an expense to the United States alone of A A union spokesman said Communist Communist Communist Com workers workers' supported the Munich demonstration hour general strike I |
