Show Moscow's Moscow French Communist Puppets Out to Destroy France at Any Cost Further evidence as t to o the strategy b of Communist domination of labor unions is coming from torn strike-torn France Francc There the General Confederation tion of Labor tightly controlled by French Communists who respond like puppets as the strings are pulled in Moscow is making a desperate effort to destroy France There is no other way to describe the tactics of this big French labor It is staging strikes and other demonstrations with the admitted aim arm of forcing the resignation of the existing government gO of compelling compelling- French policy in international affairs to switch to support support sup sup- I port ort of Russia of paralyzing French recovery recovery recovery re re- re- re covery of vr T wrecking eking the European recovery recovery recovery re re- re- re covery program i and f finally nalI of seizing control of France There was corroboration right here hereIn hereIn hereIn In Salt Lake City of this this- charge that the Communists in France are deliberately deliberately deliberately trying to wreck French recovery Pierre an of the French embassy in this country was in Salt Lake City this week He declared the Communists are worried over the excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent progress France has been making toward recover recovery He cited good crops this year restoration of rail transportation tion and industrial output at 10 per percent percent percent cent above prewar levels The Communists Communists Communists know their plot to seize control of France is doomed to fail if France gets get back on its feet economically So they are desperately trying to stop the recovery recovery re re- re- re covery ery drive with a campaign of strikes sabotage and revolt Major strike center is in the French coal fields This forced Communist-forced shutdown of coal production in France seriously threatens the entire nation It threatens to close down industrial operations operations operations oper oper- of all kinds forcing widespread unemployment It threatens the people with winter cold and sickness and with a shortage of electricity The Communists are arc doing this deliberately deliberately deliberately de de- in in an effort to wreck the French economy and spread such misery dissatisfaction and unrest that tile the disorganized disorganized disorganized dis dis- dis- dis organized nation will fall an easy prey to Communist revolution That is typical Communist strategy In the coal fields the Communists are sabotaging the nation by with withdrawing withdraw withdraw- raw raw- ing maintenance crews from the govern govern- owned ment-owned mines and thus permitting many of them to be flooded It isn't coal mine owners who will suffer from this deliberate act of vandalism it is France itself But do o the Communists care about France Of cOl course se not They owe allegiance only to Moscow They know but one master Stalin master Stalin one loyal loyalty loyalty comm ty-comm communism Actually the staged Communist d strikes in France are not a labor dispute dispute dispute dis dis- they are preliminary steps of of a planned insurrection The Communists have seized mines and factories and towns They have armed their sup sup- porters They have defied government authority They have fought with police police police po po- po- po lice and troops At this writing it does not appear that the Communists are arc going to get getaway getaway getaway away with it The French government is taking bold and vigorous action to put down this Communist revolt But the evidence of Communist treachery and deliberate betrayal of the nation is there for all the world to see There are undoubtedly hundreds of thousands of Frenchmen today who regret regret regret re re- re- re gret they ever permitted the Communists Communists Communists to get so firmly in control of French labor They are now suffering the consequences of their folly and France will pay dearly before these hese hese viciously disloyal reds are finally driven out of power France has had to learn the lesson of Communist treachery the hard way America fortunately can profit by that experience |