Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-09-16 | Page 6 | Strike Ban in Japan Blasted by Russians

Strike Ban in Japan Blasted by Russians V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Sept 16 INS The Soviet government Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day demanded that Gen Douglas MacArthur revoke his strike no-strike order In Japan and discontinue repressive measures against Japanese workers The Russian embassy Issued a statement attacking MacArthur for his decree forbidding strikes Inthe in inthe inthe the ex enemy ex-enemy enemy country Stron Strong language was used In criticizing the supreme military commander In the Pacific for al alleged alleged alleged al- al mass mass dismissals numerous numer numerous numer- numer ous arrests of striking worl workers er and n a broad campaign of repressive sive measures The Russians declared that the I general g had violated not only jonly the Potsdam agreement but two policy policy policy pol pol- icy decisions of or the far eastern commission in decreeing decreeing- a against labor strikes es Th The embassy statement was wa mado in the name of Maj Gin n Soviet representative on the far eastern commission This I commission is an 11 nation body I char charged ed with directing directing- postwar policy polley in Japan for execution by Gen MacArthur