The Archive · 1940

Railwaymen Oppose War

London, Mar. 24.

An immediate ending of the war with Germany was demanded resolution approved by the Essex dis-tsien of the Council of the National Union of Railwaymen yesterd The resolution stated that the Ca cil "strongly condemns this war Imperialist and contrary to the inter= sts of all workers, We demand the Immediate cessation of hostilities and '2 conference of all nations to deter-nine and settle economic require= ments of nations by a fair distribution cof raw material, "We demand a plebiscite of minorities (0 celermine their independence attachment to the country in which they live and that all assistance to the White Guards and Fascist rulers of Finland shall stop, "We demand the ending of the political truce and we instruct our leaders to got on with the struggle for Socialism, which alone can bring lasting' peace' and prosperity. to. the world, and to fight for the freedom all' colonial peoples

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