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NEW YORK. The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born has today re leased a statement issued by 17 editors of national group papers condemning the arrest for depor tation of Michael Salerno. Editor of L’Unita del Popolo, Italian lan guage weekly, as “a further out rageous attempt to stifle freedom of speech and expression of the national groups of the United States.” Michael Salerno. 46 years old, is a native of Italy. He entered the United States in 1923. He is married to an American citizen and is the father of a nine year old boy. For five years, Mr. Sa lerno has been editor of L’Unita del Popoio, progressive Italian language weekly. On September 24th, Mr. Salerno was arrested and held for deportation because of his political opinions. He Was released on $lOOO bond. Hearings in Mr. Salerno’s case that were to have been held Oct. 11, were postponed at the request of Sal erno’s attorney,. The statement in full follows: “The arrest for deportation of Michael Salerno, Editor of L’Unita del Popolo, Italian language week ly, is a further outrageous at tempt to stifle freedom of speech and expression of the national groups of the United States. In recent months many means have been attempted. Legislation has been proposed that these papers be published in the foreign lan guage with translations in English in a separate column, thus mak ing publication almost impossible. Attempts have been made and some success has been achieved in forcing off the air foreign lan guage broadcasts on several radio stations. This is the pattern that has been set to eliminate all pro gressive voices from the national group communities. “The arrest of Mr. Salerno is the opening gun for the attack on other editors of the national group press. The progressive national group press, against which this threat is being directed, played an honorable role in support of the war effort of the United States and has always advanced the in terests of the American people. “Mr. Salerno’s arrest, together r.'ith the arrest of over 60 other non-citizens among whom are trade union leaders and leaders of the foreign born communities —must be vigorously fought if the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and freedom of the press are to be maintained. “The present deportation drive is far more vicious than has ever been experienced in the history of the country. In proportion and in effect, the current hysteria is a great deal more serious and more dangerous even than the in famous Palmer Raids of 1920. Un less nationwide action is taken to defeat this deportation drive, it will serve as the basis for the total destruction of the democratic rights of all Americans, native and foreign born, citizen and non citizen. “We call upon the American people and their organizations to protest these unwarranted arrests to the Attorney General. We also call upon the people and their organizations to support and co operate with the American Com mittee for Protection of Foreign Born in its campaign to secure 1,000,000 signatures on the Peti tion to the Attorney General of the United States demanding an immediate end to the deportation drive.” The signers of the Statement follow: Hungarian Daily News, Zoltan Deak. Editor, New York; Glos Ludov’y (Polish), Thos. X. Dom browski. Editor, Detroit; Ukraini an Daily News, Michael Tkach, Editor. New York; Narodna Volya (Bulgarian and Macedonian>, Michael Markoff, Editor. De troit; Uus Ilm (Estonian), Mi chael Nukk, Acting Editor, New York; Forum and Tribune, Al fred Hornik, Editor New York; Russky Golos (Russian), Dr. David Z. Krinkin, Editor, New York; Lraap (Armenian), Mardic T. Martentz, Editor, New York; Ro manul American, Harry Fainaru, Editor, Detroit; Morning Freiheit, Paul Novick, Editor, New York; L’Unita del Popolo, Edward Od dis. Assistant Editor, New York; German - American, August Ke gel, Editor, New York; Eteepain (Finnish), K. E. Heikkinen, Edi tor, Yonkers, N. Y.; Greek-Amer ican Tribune. D. Christophorides, Editor, New York; Armenian Tri bune, Annette Zemanien, Manag ing Editor, New York; Liberacion (Spanish), Rafael Lopez Rosas, Editor, New York; Magyar Herald (Hungarian), Hugo Kormos, Edi tor, New Brunswick, N. J. FAIREST OF THE FAIR: Chris Cabot, Queen of the New Jersey State Fair, earns gardening honors as queen of spades as well. In Los Angeles, la adunarea cea mare în stadium-ul Gil more, Wallace a avut*24.ooo oa meni cari au plătit, în timp ce Truman a avut 14.000 cu câte va zile înainte gratuit —, şi Dewey 20.000. Dar ce-i mai interesant, vi zitând diferitele comunităţi şi districte, Wallace a atras zeci de mii de cetăţeni din mijlocul minorităţilor, ca mexicani, e vrei, negri, etc., fiind primit cu mare entuziasm. Probabil că succesul cel mai important calitativ a fost în re giunile rurale, unde Wallace a vorbit la fermieri şi s’a între ţinut cu ei. Wallace a scos în evidenţă cum sunt prădate re giunile agricole din California de către marile trusturi mono poliste. Până şi ziarele din Califor nia au trebuit să admită că Wallace şi-a sporit votul, în acest turneu. Faptul că Wallace e atacat de ambele partide ale lui Wall Street, nu e un accident. Par tidul Progresist e singurul care s’a prezentat în faţa poporului, cu un program constructiv, lip sit de demagogie şi în intere sul întregului popor, arătând mereu masâelor americane, în ce consta pericolul prezent şi a cui e vina. Wallace a expus politica bipartizană externă ce duce la război şi a prezentat un program de pace care ar duce la o înţelegere cu Uniunea So vietică. Wallace a expus poli tica internă a candidaţilor ge meni, arătând qă legea Taft- Hartley şi celelalte măsuri le gislative reacţionare au fost vo tate, pe baza unui acord între partidele Democrat şi Repub lican. Truman face gălăgie contra legii Taft-Hartley şi apoi se fo loseşte de această lege pentru a sparge grevele, a spus Wal lace. Partidul Progresist, nu numai că se opune la aceste măsuri, dar oferă un program de reconstrucţie socială şi eco nomică, care include clădirea de locuinţe, şcoli, zăgazuri, pro ecte publice, etc. Catholic-Orthodox Unity Celebrated In Romania BUCHAREST. At the re cent Te Deum in the Bucha rest Cathedral, when the Greek - Catholic Clergy re turned into the Orthodox Church, Patriarch Justinian held a ser mon and declared that the Church will celebrate on October 21st, the re-establishment of the people’s spiritual unity within a single Church, with a single law and the liberation of tne Greek-Catholics from the captivity of Rome. The Greek - Catholic priests, re \ presenting the majority of the Greek - Catholic Clergy who re joined the Orthodox Church, pub lished an appeal to the Clergy and to the followers of the Greek- Catholic Church, declaring that the conditions leading to the schism two hundred and fifty years ago no longer existed. The appeal declares among others that the constitution of the Romanian People’s Republic guarantees equal political, econo mic, cultural and religious rights to the whole people. “We are a ware of the brilliant future await ing our nation and we consider it necessary to re - establish the spiritual unity of the Romanian People. When the whole world struggles for the defense of peace and for brotherhood of men, our brothers must not be disunited. We call upon you to follow our ex ample. We know that they will prove to be good sons of the peo ple and faithful servants of God.” • • • Greek-Catholic Clergy Joins Orthodox Church The Romanian newspapers con tain the names of the first 430 Greek-Catholic clergy to rejoin the Romanian Orthodox Church, fol lowing the ceremonial Te Deum in Bucharest's Cathedral last Sun day at which Patriarch Justinian, head of the Orthodox Church, re ceived into its fold 36 delegates of the Greek - Catholic Church. These delegates, representing the majority of the Greek - Catholic clergy, had asked that their church be readmitted to the Or thodox Church which it left some 250 years ago. Because so many inquiries on the formalities required for chang ing one’s religion have reached the Ministry for Religious Affairs, the Ministry issued a statement say ing that every citizen is free to leave a church or change his re ligion. This can be done individu ally or in a group and must be accompanied by a written decla ration. Rolul Lui Bohlen In Politica Externa a Americii (Continuare din pag. 1-a) In felul acesta, influenţa şi puterea deplină a consilierului lui Marshall sunt foarte mari. “Ce Soir” arată că Bohlen a luat parte la conferinţele dela Teheran, Yalta şi| Potsdam. El i-a însoţit pe Huli şi Byrnes la Moscova şi a luat parte la toate şedinţele consiliului miniştrilor de externe. Prin intrigile sale el a reuşit să câştige atât încrederea ari pei reacţionare a partidului de mocrat, care era la putere, cât şi cea a conducătorilor partidu lui republican. Secretarul de stat Marshall a fost nevoit să se împace cu situaţia pe care o ocupase Bohlen. Marshall nu poate să întreprindă nimic fă ră aprobarea lui Bohlen în timp ce acesta din urmă soluţionează chestiunile practice ale politicii externe fără a se consulta cu secretarul de stat. Afară de a ceasta, prevăzând înfrângerea lui Truman în apropiatele ale geri, Marshall transmite din ce în ce mai mult conducerea pro b 1 e m e 1 o r internaţionale lui Bohlen, care, se presupune că va ocupa postul lui Lovett a tunci când fruntaşul republican Dulles ar fi in fruntea departa mentului de stat. Trebue să re levăm că caracterizarea pe care ziarul “Ce Soir” i-o face secre tarului lui Marshall, Bohlen, coincide cu caracterizarea pe care i-a dat-o Donald Robinson în articolul său, “Secretarul de stat al lui Marshall,” publicat de curând în revista americană “American Mercury.” Leaders of the Romanian People s Republic Liuba Chisinevschi, Member of Presidium An enchanting smile, a soul of a kindness rarely to be found, a boundless love for the popple and working class, unshakeable optimism and an inexhaustible capacity for work these are the characteristics of Liuba Chisinev schi. Eleven out of her 37 years she has spent in prison. Joining the working class move ment in 1926 as a member of the Communist Youth. Liuba Chisi nevschi quickly distinguished her self as a devoted, conscientious and dynamic personality. Years of Persecution In 1930 Liuba Chisinevschi, then a member of the district Execu tive of the Communist Youth, was arrested in the town of Ismail and subjected to bestial tortures. Even today, when Liuba Chisinevschi tells about the “treatment” the Sigurantza « Romanian Security Police) in Ismail meted out to her, one shudders and asks oneself how a young girl of 19 could withstand such ghastly pains. Being under age, she was sen tenced to only one year’s im prisonment. After her release from gaol she continued her activ ity in the Moldavian District or ganization of the Communist Youth. Always with the Sigurantza hard on her tracks, she came to Bucha rest, where she was active in the leadership of the Romanian Work ers’ Aid Organization. As such, she helped to organize food supplies ; for the Grivitza railwaymen on strike during the historic events of I February. 1933. At the same time she was a member of the United Trade Unions’ Youth Com. In 1933 she was again arrested and imprisoned for one year. But even this sentence could not quell the fighting spirit of the young woman, nor her determination to carry on the struggle in the face of the terror and violence of the Sigurantza. She worked in Constantza as po litical instructor of the Communist Youth Central Committee, teach ing the youth to fight for a bet ter living standard of the people. APPOINTMENT WITH LIFE THE STORY SO FAR: On his way to one of Romania's big new construc tion sites, the author meets Virgil, an old school pal. Memories arise in his mind and he recalls how Virgil used to talk a lot about his girl friend, Gina. The author himself never met Gina, but, as a result of Virgil’s talk about her, a peculiar attachment to Gina was born in him. A few years later the two friends meet again in a street in the center of Bucharest. NOW READ ON VIRGIL was not the same person I had left on the eve of the Matric. He seemed more grown up now, his eyes had lost their feverish gleam and his voice had become manly and steady. His timidity had turned into a calmness, a seri ousness which fitted him well and which I liked. We talked, of course, about many things after all. many years had passed since we had seen each other about all the news that agitated the town, but both of us felt that we really wanted to talk about something entirely different. And as Virgil did not get down to it, I decided to break the ice. “And Gina. How is Gina?” At that moment we passed a street comer where a group of long-haired students, shouting aggressively, sold anti-semitic booklets. Virgil’s face darkened. “Let’s cross the road.’’ On the other side, he turned towards me and said in a tone less voice as though he was reading out the name of a firm: “Don’t you know?” "No, I don’t.” “She commited suicide.” For a moment I was stunned, and the next second I thought he was making a bad joke. “And if you care to know hoar, I don’t mind telling you: almost before my eyes.” I looked at him sharply, still. hoping to discover on his face the trace of a smile, betraying that what he said was not true. But it was not a joke. “I had gone there as usual, in the evening, after seven o’clock. Nobody was at home. Emma . . . “Emma?” “Her sister: she was at school. Gina seemed no sadder than She fought for the rights of the people, for equal rights for all nationalities. Later, in Galatz, ow ing to a provocation, she again fell into the hands of the -Sigu rantza. As strong as the class to which she belongs and to which she has devoted her whole life, Liuba Chi sinevschi withstood all tortures, and, for lack of proof, the Sigu rantza was compelled to set her free again. After only a few months, how ever, in 1935, she was again,ar rested and involved in the big trial of the nineteen anti-fascist headed by Ana Pauker. From then until August 23rd, 1944, Liuba Chisinev schi was imprisoned in Râmnicu Sărat, Dumbrăveni, Caransebeş, Mislea and Văcăreşti, withstand ing with strength, dignity and courage all the maltreatment anti fascist prisoners were subjected to in Romania. ( To Oil* mama isr wmmmm uhioKS ToR SttUOTf t&ASOHS- usual. T am tired,’ she said. ‘Perhaps you would go next door and look at some books I got at the library today. I am going to lie down for a little while to have a rest. Please wake me up in case Vera and Alice come along.’ She lay down and never got up again. The following morning she was found she had poisoned her self with luminal.” I remained standing on the pavement, my legs paralyzed. No, no, it can’t be . im possible. This man is in a de lirium, he is talking nonsense . . . Gina dead? Why, a long, long friendship ... True, I have never seen her, yet she knows by Aurel Baranga me, it’s impossible for her not to have known me; I used to think of her for hours and hours, days, months how can she be dead! THE death of a girl seemed | to me an outrageous insult, a cruelty of an unbearable violence, baseness. How can a person die a few steps from where I lived, al most next door, and leave me unaware of it? "She was tired of life." Vir gil added; I couldn’t tell whether there was sadness in his words or irony. And then, as if this passing to another subject was the most natural thing in the world: "You know, I have abandoned Arts and transferred to the Polytechnic: it’s more practical. We’ll talk about it some other time.” , At this moment a young jour nalist got hold of my sleeve, one of those journalists who, Freedom at Last On being released, Liuba Chisi nevschi threw all her energy and dynamic spirit into the sharp struggle which then began. In the leadership of the Ro manian Democratic Women’s or ganization and the trade unions wherever she was sent by the Party of the working class, Liuba Chisinevschi worked self - sacri ficingly, devoting all her capacity and talent to her activity. It is only natural that such a fighter is trusted and loved by the workers. A fighter trained and tempered in the fire of but recent heavy struggles, who has always stood at the head of the movement of the workers and the whole peo ple with unquenchable optimism emanating from her whole being, with her great soul open to the sufferings and aspirations of the working people. having once crossed the thresh hold of an editorial office with a story for the sports page, would like to give you the im pression that they know all the secrets of international con ferences. He stopped to tell me something quite irrelevant but succeeded in parting me from Virgil in the surging crowd. And I stood desolated in the center of the town, with only two thoughts in my mind: Gina's death and the phrase: “The following morning she was found she had poisoned herself wish luminal;” and “Please wake me up in case Vera and Alice come along.” (To be continued! (Conti nare din pag. 1-a) clica care duce o propaganda in tensă pentru un nou război con tra Uniunii Sovietice, acelaşi cli că care consideră bomba atomică ca instrumentul cel mai efectiv pentru a-si impune dominaţia pes te lumea întreagă, aceiaşi clică care spintecă Germania, care a nimicit eficacitatea Consiliului Mi niştrilor de Externe si care sabo tează orice încercare de a ajunge la o înţelegere între cele patru mari puteri. Natural că dacă judecătorul Vlnson s’ar fi dus la Moscova să se întreţină cu premierul Stalin, planul imperialiştilor americani de a folosi Adunarea Oenerală a Na ţiunilor Unite care se ţine acum la Paris pentru o intensificare a propagandei antisovietice, ar fi trebuit să înceteze pentru moment. Dar urmările temporare sunt neînsemnate, faţă de complotul colosal născocit de banda impe rialistă din Wall Street care îsi are pe agenţii ei în Departamen tul de Stat si în Statul Major al Armatei. Complotul Lui Wall Street Incidentul Truman a scos la su prafaţă acest complot. El ne-a a rătat că fabricanţii morţii, insti gatorii reînvierii nazismului »1 fascismului în Europa, făuritorii unui război atomic, s’au aruncat peste “corpul slab” al preşedinte lui. ca ei să poată merge înainte cu planurile lor sinistre. La urma ur mei, Robert A. Lovett, subsecreta rul de Stat, este un bancher din Wall Street, un asociat al firmei de investiţii Brown Brothers and Don't Throw Your Vote Away: Vote (or Wallace And Taylor November 2 The key issue before the American electorate in the coming November elections is peace. Let there be no mistake about it. But the twin candidates of Wall Street, no matter how you slice it, are whooping it up for the war boys, under the false pretense of wanting peace, because they well know how the American people feel about this all import- ! ant problem. The munition makers of our country who helped build the Nazi war machine and the financial in terests who kept their ties during j the war with the Nazi bankers i and industrialists, are now the i prime instigators for the rebuild ing of a war-hungry Germany. With Forrestal in the saddle as the Secretary of National Defense, former president of Dillon, Read & Cos. of Wall Street, everything is being done to carry on the big rearmament racket. The agents of Wall Street both military and civilian —, are busy creating crises so as to insure millions of dollars of profits in war contracts for the trusts. Each ol the Wall Street candi dates is depicting the fake Soviet menace, in his own way. one under the cloak of blasting at the Re publicans, the other by preaching false unity, in order to chain the American people to the war chariot of Wall Street. That mere is no difference between the two candidates has been more than once confirmed. But the latest move on the Span ish fascist chief criminal Franco, brings out more vividly, not only the hypocrisy of Truman and Dewey when they profess to be for peace, but exposes the sinister plan behind the move. On the one hand we have Sen. Chan Gurney (R—SD) visiting France, and re turning with a proposal that we make up with Franco, and rearm him to serve Wall Street. The Democrats, on their side don’t even wait, and have Secretary of State George Marshall ask Bevin and Schuman to take the initiative in the United Nations General As sembly to rescind the anti-Franco resolution. If we add to these measures the freeing of hundreds of Nazi war criminals, including the chief military leaders of Hitler, the Nazi industrialists and financiers, and the virtual freeing of that woman Nazi sadist Ilse Koch, we get a clear picture of where the bipartisan rulers of our country are leading us. namely to fascism at home and an imperialist war in the world. But the American people have an alternative against the twin war candidates, in the person of Henry A. Wallace, Presidential candidate of the Progressive Par ty. In the face of the hypocrisy and double talk of the twin candi Harriman. Si această firmă are interese în industria de comunica ţii ai transporturi, în fabricile de avioane şi chemicale şi în bănci —toate interesate în industria de război. In alt birou şede Forres tall, ministrul Apărării Naţiona le, mai bine zis al războiului, un alt politician legat de Wall Street. Aceştia au intervenit ca Marshall să vie numai decât şi să execute ordinul lui Wall Street şi să-l o prească pe and. Truman. Dincolo de ocean, această bandă a primit sprijinul la care s’a aşteptat,’ prin declaraţia lui Winston Churchill, care temându-se de pace caşi aso ciaţii săi american), a recomandat un război atomic, înainte dece for ţele de pace ar putea ajunge la o înţelegere ca să ilegaltzeze răz boiul atomic. Poporul Să Decidă lată o pildă dramatică a politi cei bipartlzane şi un exemplu stri gător al bancrutei celora cari mai susţin că Truman e “mai puţin rău"! . Din cele ce au avut loc la sfâr şitul săptămânii trecute se poate vedea în ce pericol se găseşte ţa ra, sub dictatura politicei biparti zane a lui Wall Street. Pacea poate fi salvată, dar nu dacă ne pnnem încrederea în po liticianii lui Wall Street, fie că ae cheamă Truman sau Dewey, Mar shall sau Vandenber*. Ea poate fi salvată dacă poporul singur va de cide de soarta păcii, foloslndu-se de alegerile din 2 Noembrie, vo tând pentru lista Partidului Pro gresist, în frunte cu Wallace şi Taylor. By Harry Fainaru dates of Wall Street, Wallace’s t fighting peace propram stands out 1 as a shining hope for the whole of I mankind. In his address made Gil more Stadium in Los Angeles, a few days ago, Wallace outlined a 14-point peace program, which is . as follows: i 1— Elimination from poli c y J making power of all men who have a personal financial stake from policy decisions they help effect. 2 Take private profit out of the war industry business. 3 International agreement for \ armament reduction, in order to strengthen confidence in peace and produce for human need and not for human destruction. 4 Stop the exporting of weap-i ons by any nation to any other I nation. 1 5 Resume unrestricted trade between nations, except in goodsJ related to war. M 6 Reaffirm the free of scientific information and sci entific material between nations. J 7 Re-establish in a vigorous 1 form the United Nations Rehabili tation Administration or some other international agency for the impartial distribution of relief. 8— Put an end to the exploita tion of colonial empires. 9 Reinforce in all possible ways the prestige and authority of the United Nations. 10— Remove occupation forces of all nations from Germany. Japan, Greece, Korea and other countries as soon as possible. I 11— Announce a policy of refus ing to use economic or financial pressure in order to wield undue power in the internal affairs of other nations. 12— End the peacetime draft and plans for the establishment of universal military training. 13— Work for a United Nations rule prohibiting any nation from terrorizing or intimidating member states by naval demonstration, the massing of land forces, or estab lishment of bomber bases within easy range of the states. This rule should apply both to the United States and Russia. 14— End the increasing domin ance of the military in American foreign policy, thus invoking the wise policy of Clemenceau who said war is too important a matter to be left to the generals. The choice then, is a simple one: A vote for either of the Wall Street candidates is a vote that spells increasing war danger and taking the country on the perilous road toward fascism. A vote for Wallace is a vote for peace, free dom and abundance. There is only one choice: WALLACE. News from Romania's Republic Anti-Franco Meeting Send Protests to UNO Professor Constantin Parhon, President of the Presidium of the Orand National Assembly, other' members of the Presidium, the As sembly and Government and many representatives of all walks of life attended a large meeting in Bu charest yesterday to protest against the Franco regime in Spain. The meeting was organized by the Federation of Former Po litical Prisoners and Detainees and the Association of Former Volun teers in the Spanish Republican Army. The meeting adopted a resolu tion condemning the crimes of the Franco regime, protesting against the sentencing to death of anti fascists in the jails of Barcelona, Bilbao and Albacete. \n\n Pagina 4 National Group Editors Condemn Attempt To Deport Salerno Anunţăm cu plăcere deschiderea intreprinderei— Dimon Garage BUMPING - WELDING PAINTING Situată la 1941 E. McNlrhols Road (6 Mile Rd.) roll cu St. Aubin, Detroit GEOROE OYMAN, Proprietar Tel.: TW. 3-7515 Incercati-ne Serviciile si Vă Asigurăm de Satisfacţie ţ ~~~’r ’ S & ■-:■ «Sta I^l jşflr g .|j^ Progresul Campaniei Electorale (Continuare din pag. l-a) Românul American PREŞEDINTELE A GEDAT Sâmbătă. 16 Octombrie 1948 9h Ptăion TICKETS 60c %Vo $l«o B«cou«« •( Hi* llifiltod n««b« *f Hek •H, t*nd y*ur *<d*r n*w t* •••*»• «ood r*«*rv*d M*tl. 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