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Washington, .C.—In a challeng
ing radio talk on foreign policy, AFL
President William Green called upon
the American Government to halt de
partures from the principles of the
Atlantic Charter by allied nations in
liberated Europe.
Mr. Green demanded immediate
creation of a United Nations Council
to pass upon international problems
that cannot be postponed until the war
ends.
"This would eliminate unilateral de
cisions and restore confidence in the
integrity and decency of the cause of
the United Nations," he said.
The AFL leader declared organized
labor is "deeply" disturbed by the
"apparent modification' of the attitude
of the United Nations toward the At
lantic Charter." He added:
"The high principles of the Charter
gave strength to our fighting forces
and sinew to the muscles of the Amer
ican army of production. We felt
all of us here in America—that we
were working and fighting for some
thing worth while, for the establish
ment of world peace that would be
lasting because it was based upon
justice.
"Now we are told by Prime Minister
Churchill of Great Britain, in his
characteristically outspoken fashion,
that while the leaders of the United
Nations are still aiming at the print
ciples of the Atlantic Charter, he and
President Roosevelt are resigned to
falling short in some respects of at
taining them immediately in post-war
international settlements.
"Meanwhile, Premier Stalin of So
Viet Russia says nothing, but his ac
tions speak louder than words. And
tliose actions are not consonant with
the Atlantic Charter.
"It. seems to me that this is a case
of
leadership lagging far behind the
desires of the people. Both in this
country and in Great Britain, where
free speech is still exercised as a
precious right, public opinion over
whelmingly opposes any compromise
with the principle^ of the Atlantic
Charter.
"The reasons for that opposition
«£ill burn fresh in our memory. We
telow from our own experiences after
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the last war as well as what we
learned from history books, that power
politics and the carving up of the ter
ritory of weak nations by the big pow
ers do not result in peace and world
security, but inevitably lead to future
wars.
'Another world war is the very
thing that the American people are
most determined to prevent. We do
not seek quarrels with our Allies, es
pecially at this critical juncture in the
war, but at the same time we do not
believe in surrendering our principles
to anyone, friend or foe, for the sake
of expediency. That way lies defeat
of our ultimate aims.
"If we are going to let Soviet Rus
sia seize territory of smaller nations
on her borders and create puppet
States as a buffer to any future at
tacks if we are going to allow Great
Britain to dictate the form and char
acter of Mediterranean nations in or
der to protect her life-line of com
merce to the East—the whole post
war settlement is likely to develop in
to a self-seeking scramble.
"Such actions by our Allies indicate
lack of confidence in our avowed -pur
pose of creating a world organization
to establish and maintain the peace
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VOL. XLIV. No. 43. HAMILTON, OHIO
Ground Hogs
Green Urges United Nations
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Labor Disturbed By Moves of Churchill and Stalin
AFL Chief Says
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Atlantic Charter
Housing—The Big Post-War
Challenge
By Harry C. Bates
Chairmai) AFL Housing Committee
(We present herewith the first of a
series of articles by Mr. Bates, Presi
dent of the Bricklayers, Masons and
Plasterers Union, on the nation's
housing problems with which he is ex
pertly familiar. These ai-ticles are
taken from a comprehensive state
ment submitted by Mr. Bates before
the U. S. Senate Sub-Committee on
Post-War Housing and Urban Rede
velopment. Because of the importance
of the subject and the cogency of Mr.
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Bates' views, We believe every Ameri
can worker should have the oppor
tunity of reading these articles.)
American workers believe that the
formulation of a sound national hous
ing policy is of the foremost impoi
tance to the attainment of full em
ployment and of productive stability
after the war. The moment hostil
ties end this nation will be faced with
an extreme housing emergency born
of cumulative housing deficiencies of
depression and recovery and greatly
intensified by wartime conditions.
The current housing need is inten
sified by each month's duration of tin
war. It is a challenge for Congress
formulate a realistic housing program
without allowing the coming surge of
activity in housing construction to
become subverted to the service of spe
cial interests and to become a specu
lative run-away boom destructive to
the future stability and the welfare of
the nation. Labor trusts that Con
gress will not falter is the discbarge
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"American labor believes worl
peace can only be safeguarded undei
such a world organization and it urge:
that meanwhile a United Nation:
Council bet set up to pass upon inter
national problems that cannot be post
poned until the war ends.
"This would eliminate unilateral de
cisions and restore confidence amon.!_i
the peoples of the world in the integ
rity and decency of the cause of th
United Nations.
"America's powerful voice must als
be raised now in favor of democrati
solutions of world political problems
We must insist that the people o
liberated countries in Europe be givei
the right to choose their own leader
in a democratic way. For it is onl
through the establishment and fre
exercise of democracy in these nation
that lasting peace can be firmly e^
tablished throughout Europe.
"Organized labor in America believe
that a strong and free trade unioi
movement is the most effective bul
walk for democracy in any country
and the best insurance against dictat
orship. Therefore, we are anxiou
to help in the re-establishment an
rehabilitation of the free trade unioi
movements that existed in Europe bi
fore the dictators seized power. Fo
that purpose, the American Federa
tion of Labor has organized the Frt
Trade Union Committee as an adjunc
to Labor's League for Human Rights
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contribute full measure of statesman
ship to the development of a policy
designed to harness the latent forces
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