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Show JSEWS NEWS REVIEWRough REVIEWRough REVIEW REVIEWRough Roughon Rough on Reds : Byrnes ; AFL Overrides Lewis ! MEMOIRS MEMOIRSJVo 1 No Patience Patzence PatienceJames PatienceJames James F Byrnes who when he hewas hewas hewas was secretary of state was a veri veriI veritable ventable I table personification persomficatlOn of patience on ona ona ona a monument in his dealings deaIrngs WIth WIthRussia withRussia withRussia Russia stepped down from bis Ius his ped pedestal pedestal : estal and announced that It was time timeto timeto timeto to start slugging SIUgglIlg sluggingIn SIUgglIlgIn In his published pubhshed memoIrs memoIrsSpeaI.mg memoirsSpeaking memoirsSpeaking SpeaI.mg SpeaImg Speaking . Frankly Byrnes pro proposed proposed proposed posed that the U S reply to Rus Russla Russia Russia sla sia s obstructionism obstrucbomsm , on atomle atomic atomleenergy atomicenergy atomicenergy energy and German peace treaty treatyagreements treatyagreements treatyagreements agreements with better and more moreatomIc moreatomic moreatomic atomIc bombs and a decision to todnve todrive todrive dnve drive the Red army out of Germany Germanyby Germanyby Germanyby by force if necessaryE'Cponents necessaryExponents necessary necessaryExponents Exponents E'Cponents ECponents ' of o1 the get tough With WithRussIa withRussia withRussia RussIa policy pohcy now have a sturdychampIon sturdychampion sturdy _ champion m 1Il in the theformer thej thejformer former secretary secretaryof of sta state te who re resIgned resigned reg7 r & signed that postonly post ' j . only last January Januarybecause Januaryn ? vy- vy vybecause $ - because of illhealth ill , < , health . . ' y Byrnes pre presented p r erf e rf rfsented & j sented a 10 stepy stept stepyo stepcourse step f of actionfor actionfor action yo yof yocourse y > , t course ' ! ? | | tor for restormg restoring restormgpeace restoringpeace restoring- restoring restoringpeace - " > " peace basis of ofBYRNES ofBYRNES ofBTRNES BYRNES BYRNESwhIch which must bethe bethe be bethe the conclusion of o1 ofa o1a ofa a satisfactory German peace peacetreaty peacetreaty peacetreaty treaty At the same time tJrne be he con conceded conceded conceded ceded that the plan of action con concelvably conceivably conceivably celvably ceivably could lead to World War WarIII WarIII WarIII III if Russia refused to co operateFirst operateFirst operate operateFirst First of all said Byrnes the theU theU theU U S should ask the Big Five to tocall tocall tocall call a full dress conference of all allnations allnations allnations nations on Germany early in m to 1948 1948I 1948If 1948If 1948If If Russia refuses to participate or orIf ori1 orif I If i1 she boycotts the conference the thei theother theother i other nations should proceed wIth without without : out herThen her herThen Then comes the stinger stmger whIch whIchByrnes whichByrnes whichByrnes Byrnes advocates It If Russia refuses refusesto refusesto refusesto to sign the treaty and likewise hkeWise re refuses refuses refuses fuses to withdraw Red troops from fromwestern fromwestern fromwestern western Germany other nations nationsshould nationsshould nationsshould should ask the U N security councII councif coun council cil cII cif to order her out And if RussIa RussIavetoes Russiavetoes Russiavetoes vetoes the security council order orderthen orderthen orderthen then the U S must drive her out of ofGermany ofGermany ofGermany Germany by forceHo forceHowever force forceHowever Ho\\ Ho However Hoever \ ever Bymes Byrnes is firm in his hisbehef hisbelief hisbelief behef belief that the U S probably wIll wIllnot willnot willnot not have to resort to warfare He Hethinks Hethinks Hethinks thinks Russia will withdraw her hertroops hertroops hertroops troops from western Germany upon uponcompletion uponcompletion uponL completion of a peace treaty "REFUGEES REFUGEES " REFUGEESFrom From Soviets Sovzets SovietsStreams SovietsStreams Streams of refugees are reported reportedto to be coming commg througn Russia siron sironcurtam s iron ironcurtain ironcurtain curtam curtain to the southeastern coast ot of otSweden ofSweden ofSweden ofSwedenReason Sweden SwedenReason Reason for their flight filght they say sayIS sayis sayis IS that the Baltic lands where they theymade theymade theymade made their homes now under con control control control trol of the Soviet Union Umon are being beingcombed beingcombed beingcombed combed by the Russians for men menand menand menand and women to be deported to toSIberia toSiberia toSiberia toSiberiaA SIberia SIberiaA A secret transportation route out outI outof outof outof of the Soviet zone manages to SpIrit SpIritthe spiritthe spiritthe the refugees to Sweden Cost for forsuch forsuch forsuch I spiritI such a lourney Journey - 2 500 German Germanmarks Germanmarks Germanmarks marks _ _ _ _ BELABOR : Leiuis Lezvzs Lelvfs DoiLned DotLned Downed DoiLnedOn DownedOn On this issue 1 I don t think thinkthe thinkthe thinkthe the federation has a bead head I 1 Itlunk 1think Ithink tlunk think Its neck has bas just grown grownup grownup grownup up and haired balred over ovcr ' Thus spake John li L Lewis he of ofthe ofthe ofthe the king kmg sized eyebrows at the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican American Federation of Labor con conventlon convention convenbon ventlon vention in San Francisco The issue issueto issueto issueto to which he so lustily referred referrcd was wasthat wasthat wasthat that of whether the AFL should voteto voteto vote voteto to wipe out its 12 13 la vice presIdents presidentsof of which Lewis is one And despite Lewis name calImg calling calImgand callingand callingand and hammy mane tossing hlstnon histrion hlstnonICS histrionics histnonics ICS the AFL dId dIdvote didvote didvote vote to abolish Its ItsvIce itsvice itsvice vIce presidents residents in amove a move to make the theentire theentire theentire entire federationeligible federationeligible federation Meligible eligible to use thenabonal thet thenational the , .national national . nabonal national labor reI rela a abons : 7 ? " ' t , r rj tions bons Lions board underthe unde under r rthe fyithe , j the Taft Hartleylaw Hartleylaw Hartley ; " - law : lawThe The action acbon whichleaves whichP whichleaves which P : Aleaves * leaves only W WilliamGreen William 11am 11amGreen " "Green Green " Green president JOHN L Land Land Land and George Gcorge Meany LEWIS LEWISsecretary LEWISsecretary LEWISsecretary secretary treasurer treasurer treas treasurer urer as top federation officers wa was wastaken wastaken taI.en taIen taken . m in order to permit the AFL AFLofficers AFLofficers AFLofficers officers to sign non Communist Communlst affi afli affidavIts aflidavits amdavits davIts tor for AFL federal unions umons wluch which wluchha whichhaw whichha ha haw , e a no national officers of theIr theIrown theirown theirown own . . No union UDlon may have access to tothe tothe tothe the fac facilities ltles of the national labor laborrelatIOns laborrelations laborrelations relatIOns board under the Taft Hart Hartley Hartley Hartley ley ] law a w unless their theu officers SIgn SIgnthe signthe signthe the affidavItsLewis affidavitsLewis affidavits affidavitsLewis Lewis previously had adamantly adamantlyrefused adamantlyrefused adamantlyrefused refused to sign the non CommunIst CommunIstaffidavit Communistaffidavit Communistaffidavit affidavit on the grounds that he hewould hewould hewould would be making makmg a concession to tothe tothe tothe the Taft Hartley law Jaw much rev reviled reviledby reviledby ed edby by laborREPARATIONS labor laborREPARATIONS REPARATIONS REPARATIONSGermany Germany PaysEuropean Pays PaysEuropean European aid took a different dJ/Terent dJ Terent / turn tuns turnIth tunswith turttwith \\Ith Ith with \ an announced plan by Brlbsh British Brlbshand Britishand Britishand and American military govern governments governmerits governments ments merits to d smantle 682 German in industrlal industrial industnal dustrlal dustrial and war plants m in their two twozones twozones twozones zones for reparationsPurpose reparations reparationsPurpose Purpose of ot the move slated to tI U tIcarrIed Ucarried tlcarried carrIed out as swiftly as possiblQ possible possibleis possiblQis is to exped te to European economh economlv.recovery economlvrecovery . recovery Most of the factories at a ) * . I , metal chemical and electrical engl engi englneerlng engiveering engineenng neerlng veering shipbuilding shlpbUlldmg and power powerplants powerplants powerplants powerplantsThe plants plantsThe The announcement points up the theproblem theproblem theproblem problem still not fully solved of ofwhether ofwhether ofwhether whether completely to destroy Ger Germany Germany Germany many s war potential by cancellingout cancellmgout cancellmg cancelling out her industrial strength or to re rebUIld rebuild rebuild bUIld the German industry mdustry for forpeaceful forpeaceful torpeaceful peaceful productionObvIously productionObviously production productionObviously Obviously real zing zmg the possIble possIbleadverse possibleadverse possibleadverse adverse effects which the d sman smanthng smantling smantbng thng tling of the plants might have upon uponthe uponthe uponthe the German people the U Sand SandBrltam S and andBritain andBritain Brltam Britain issued a joint statement em emphaslz emphasiz emphasizng phaslz phasiz n that they would consIder consIdersuggestIOns considersuggestions considersuggestions suggestIOns from the Germans tor for torsubstltubon forsubstitution torsubstitution substitution substltubon of equivalent eqwvalent mdlvldual individual mdlvldualplants individualplants individualplants plants |