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Pe chelit Ber | ye einai iid? . ad z a re gh Wee co ‘ ‘90 “NATIONAL AFFAL % SSS SS Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy, National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, National Federation for Con- stitutional Liberties, Soviet Russia To- day, the Spanish Refugee Relief «Cam- _paign, and the American Committee for “the Protection of Foreign Born. Joseph E. Davies: Affiliated with National Council of American-Soviet Friendship and Congress of American- Soviet Friendship. Sent greetings to New Masses. Signed statement of National Federation for Constitutional Liberties hailing War Department order permitting Communists to become Army officers. Author of “Mission to Moscow,” which glorified Soviet regime and justified totalitarianism. * Paul Robeson: Affiliated with Ameri- can Committee for Democracy and In- tellectual Freedom, China Aid Council, American League for Peace and Democ- team Amorican Poors Mahilizatan Art. racy, Amerncen rcact Sicoiizeion, mrt ists’ Front to Win the War, Citizens’ Committee for Harry Bridges, Joint Anti- Fascist Refugee Committee, Medical Bu- reau and North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy, National Coun- cil of American-Soviet Friendship, Na- tional Federation for Constitutional Lib- erties, National Negro Congress, New Masses, New Theatre League, New Dance League, New Theatre, Southern Conference for Human Welfare, Soviet Russia Today, Veterans of the Abraham Abraham - Lincoln Brigade, American Youth for , International Labor Defense, the Abraham Lincoln School, and the Washington Committee for To Pravda, the activities of Russia's friends proved that “foreign democratic intellectuals have become more and Ld May Party Line - Tho party line stretchod loag to China." . times there seemed to ‘ewer than police--2,800 uniformed and 4 1 Beahatathe woute At Union Square, he ” to routs. uare, / reviewing ocked law y ‘ picnic. A mother rocked ber war- |, riage in the spring sunshine. Two joys scramb over the from Tass, the official Soviet news a , and thousands of office and factory - ers en route to the 5 p.m. homeward sub- way crush, New York Communists and pro-Communist organizations marched in their annual show of strength. What The Daily Worker heralded as “united labor” turned out to be the old standbys—the National Maritime Union, the United Electrical Workers, and the International Fur and Leather Workers Union—al! CIO and Communist-infiltrated. Only a few left-wing AFL contingents marched and they paid the price—by nightfall, the AFL ordered the three ers who had sponsored participation in the pa:ade suspended. By far the test triumph of the da belonged to Communist party itself. It ordered into the parade about 700 vet- erans, in uniform and wearing military decorations. They marched in perfect ranks chanting: “One-two-three-four. We don’t want another war.” On placards, banners, and floats, the marchers announced where they stood: @ They were against military use of the atomic bomb, imperialism, the Taft- Hartley “slave” labor bill, Representatives Rankin and J. Parnel! Thomas, Senators Taft and Bilbo, war talk, Red baitin President Truman's to Greece and Foceigs poliy, "Lnas + Newsweek . 9 yf SH —S————— aurkey, Wall Street, and the House Un- American Activities Committee. @ They were for peace, independence of Puerto Rico, a Federal theater, the 35- hour week, housing, Soviet-American friendship, Gerhard Eisler, Henry A. Wallace, the Negro ballplayer Jackie Robinson, and the return “one-cent bubble gum.” Communist spokesmen vied with each other in trying to cover up an all too apparent fact—May Day, 1947, was a Bop compared with other years. Blatantly, Ben Gold, Communist president of the Fur and Leather Workers Union, nounced the parade the “best ever. fi. Ham Z. Foster, national chairman of the Communist party, added: “This great demonstration is but a foretaste of the great demonstrations to come.” The Daily orker announced that 80,000 had marched. The police count: 27,500, ARMY: Potato Air Base spot in the United States to Europe, the Army Air Forces last week revealed it would build « $14,000,000 base there for its * bombers--the Tan six-en- He IEE aL z 4 a . at :