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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1944.
POLISH-AMERICAN
DEMANDS
It often has happened in
this war that many Ameri
can citizens, of foreign
descent have exerted con
siderable pressure upon the
American Government to
champion the cause of their
former homelands.
Last week, a delegation
of Polish-Americans visit
ed President Roosevelt to
discover whether he was
“prepared by all means” at
his disposal “to assist upon
and to defend the just prin
ciple of Poland’s indepen
dence and also her territor
ial integrity.”
The group also wanted
the assurance of the Presi
dent that he would “insist
that neither an alien nor a
puppet government” be im
posed upon Poland, or that
any “of her population will
ever be disposed of or
transferred against the
freely expressed will of the
Polish people.”
This is a rather large or
der for the American peo
ple. Certainly, it is not the
business of the United
States to use all means at
its disposal to defend Pol
ish independence or terri
torial integrity. It is not
American business to pre
vent an alien or a puppet
system of government be
ing imposed upon Poland
or protect the Polish people
from the vicissitudes that
endanger the existence of
nations.
The gist of the Polish de
mands is that the United
States buck Soviet Russia
and insist upon a solution
of the problems between
Russia and Poland that will
be satisfactory to the Pol
ish-Americans in the Uni
ted States. Whatever
American sympathies may
be for the Poles, as a peo
ple and as an organized
government, it is unthink
able that the majority of
Americans would be will
ing to engage in a war with
Russia over the Polish
Border, or the type of gov
ernment established in Po
land.
It seems certain that Po
land will be re-established
as a nation. When this is
stated, the Allies come to
the end of positive com
mitments. There may have
I to be, and it certainly looks
like it will be necessary to
have some adjustment of
! the border between Russia
and Poland.
Obviously, in this argu
ment, there is no power in
| the world able to dispute
1 the Red Army and, so far
as we know, no nation
ready to send its fighting
forces into Poland to en
able that country to retain
every foot of ground that
the Poles insist belongs to
them. — Fairbanks News
Miner). .
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COLONIES AND
THE CHARTER
The Chinese delegation
at Dumbarton Oaks has
suggested that certain col
onial areas be put under an
international trusteeship
after the war.
Anthony Eden has sug
gested that Great Britain
will oppose any effort to
return lost colonies to Italy
without suggesting who
will get them.
The Atlantic Charter
subscribed to by all 26 na
tions at war with the Axis,
has suggested that the sig
natories “respect the right
of all peoples to choose the
form of government under
which they will live.”
It might also be suggest
ed that the governments
represented at Dumbarton
Oaks inform the world, in
cluding the peoples of col
onial areas, if, when, and
how this provision of the
Atlantic Charter is going
to be carried out.—Anhor
age Times).
PERCENTAGE
SMALL IN WORK
HOURS LOST
Approximately 18 one thous
andths of 1 per cent of man
hours have been lost by strikes
of workers under Twelfth Re
gional War Labor Board juris
diction in Washington and Ore
gon since the first of the year,
Dr. George Bernard Noble, board
chairman, announced recenty.
“This figure compares favor
ably with the percentages of man
hours lost in other areas and with
the national figures of man hours
lost by work stoppages,” Dr. No
ble said.
“Broken down into smaller fig
ures, it means that only 18 man
hours were lost for every one
hundred thousand hours worked
during the first ten months of
1944. There have been only
three strikes in the area in the
; entire year.”
Unions and Employees Praised
j Dr. Noble commended the un
ions and empoyer groups of the
region, saying: “Their fine spirit
and desire to settle disputes with
out resulting to work stoppages
or lockouts has been largely re
sponsible for this remarkable rec
; ord.”
According to unofficial esti
mates furnished, the Regional War
Labor Board, the War Manpower
Commission, there are approxi
mately 880,000 workers employed
in Washington and 509,400 in
Oregon. Each agency pointed out
the figures can be “off” by twen
ty thousand either way because of
seasonal fluctuations.
The three strikes which have
occurred since the first of Jan
uary have involved total losses of
199,680 man hours. The number
of man hours worked in this area
since the first of the year is 1,
080,000,000. These figures do not
include overtime worked. The
| number of man hours lost does
not cover strikes which occurred
in industries under the jurisdic
tion of national commissions of
the National War Labor Board.
These industries are logging and
lumber, shlpbuidlng^ trucking
and newsppaer.
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