MAY DAY PARADE IN MOSCOW: CALL FOR PREPAREDNESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 May 1947, Page 8

MAY DAY PARADE IN MOSCOW: CALL FOR PREPAREDNESS

LONDON, May 1. Mr Stalin attended May Day parade in Moscow, which, took place in the Red Square. Heavy tanks, armoured cars, and regiments of guards passed through the square, while fighters and bombers flew overhead. The Moscow radio, after giving the Soviet order of the day calling upon the armed forces to maintain their fighting preparedness at all times, said: “Long Live May Day, the day of the review of the militant forces of the working people of all lands, who must struggle for lasting peace against the incendiaries of war.” The annual May Day parade in New York was marked by posters directed against the pending antiLabour legislation and President Truman’s programme of aid to Greece, Turkey, and China. “Let the Greek people decide their own, destiny,” “Hitler Cried Red, and Democracy was Dead,” and “Free Spain Now,” were characteristic of the posters. It is estimated that 100,000 took part in the march and later gathered at Union Square, where they heard speakers, including the negro singer Paul Robeson.

Roman Catholics throughout the United States, Canada, and Hawaii joined in special prayers “for the Russian people and for the millions living in Communist-dominated lands.”