LABOUR DEMONSTRATION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 27 October 1941, Page 6

LABOUR DEMONSTRATION

TRIBUTE TO SOVIET FORCES ( Al l. TO BRITISH WORKERS (K 1 Rugby, v )ct. Miss Ellon Wilkinson speaking at the Trafalgar Square demonstration said: 1 think Mr Churchills speeeh on 22nd June —the day the Germans invaded the Soviet —may prove to be one of the turning points of the war. Remember, that speech was not automatic. There were great risks to be taken not only in Britain but in America. Great interests, financial, industrial and religious, were instinctively against any aid to the Soviet, but because the speech was made America and Britain lined up to give all aid to Russia.' Mr Noel Baker said: ‘-Hitler seen to take a kind of fiendish, joy in thinking he created the grii holocaust of human life and a greatc mass of suffering than ever befor Against this onslaught the Russia people held firm. The Russians \vi in my profound conviction never co lapse. Behind the Russian lines gre; armies are being built up and the morale is stronger than ever befon Behind the Nazi lines I believe ther are German people more exhauste and more defeatist in heart than eve the Kaiser had to deal with. Ther is something else behind the Na: lines—there are still the Russian resisting unchecked by the blood massacres.” A WARNING NOTE Dr. Edith Summerskill. Ml’., said : “Do not let us get hysterical and repeat Crete and Dunkirk. We cai not afford another glorious failure. This time when we strike we must know we shall be successful." The following resolution was carric unanimously: "From the war damage' capital of the British Commonvvealt this demonstration of London trad unions, labour and co-operative move ments sends warm-hearted greetings t people of the beleaguered cities c Moscow and Leningrad. It expresse unbounded admiration and gratitude t the Russian armies, air force and nav for the heroic resistance to the Gei man aggressor. It appreciates wit the utmost sympathy the horrors of wa now being endured by millions of Ru: sian men, women and children in de fence of human rights of the con mnn peoples of the world. The demon stration assures the courageous defend ers of the Soviet of the British pe< pie's determination that the greater practicable help will be given Russi with all possible speed. It pledges i! self to press for complete fulfilment c Britain's assurances on this point, an calls for the expenditure of every el fort in factory and workshop that th materials needed may be produce quickly and in adequate quantity.” Six thousand Coventry women work ers sent a resolution to Mr Churchi giving a pledge to play their pan t the full in the common struggle. A message of greetings to the wome of Stalingrad was handed to Madam Maisky, wife of the Soviet Ambassa dor. together with gifts for Russia troops.—B.O.W. ENEMY TRAINS DERAILED MANY CASUALTIES CAUSED (Rec. 12.20 p.m.) Rugby, Oct. 21 A supplement to the morning Rus sian communique records the feat of group in the Dneipropertrov.sk distric composed of Krivoirog miners wh specialise in derailing enemy trains af ter mining the track. In one case 2 guns were destroyed and 40 soldier killed, and in another 200 soldiers weri killed or badly wounded. —8.0. W.