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Committ so to Aid Spanish Demo craoy, 415 Mhnning.Chambers, Toronto,.April 18th, 1958.

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In an emergency bulletin; sent out a few days ago, we announced that Canada is falling behind in its pledged promises of aid to the Spanish people.

While the need for orphanage accomodation has more than doubled, payments due

for the upkeep of the present occupants of the two Canadian homes have not been met. ‘

During Harsh, $500 was sent to Spain from this office; Zfiuch more i. should have been sent; ELEASE D0 YOUR EART resins IEEEDLATE KAKIEG‘UP OF THE DEFICIEECY;

O With every foot of ground seized by the rebels, more and more refugees pour into the diminished Loyalist areas. This means a growing shortage of food; more wounded in need of hospitalization; more destitute and parentless children to be cared for, and additional need in every direction.

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A summary of recent information cabled by trustworthy correspondents

of various United states newspapers, shoes that; in recent weeks, 30,000 German troops; with specially trained officers, had left for Spain; that another 30,000 oho attended the "demonstrations" in.austria had continued on into Italy and thence would be shipped to Spain to give further help

to the rebels; that Franco now has more than 600 planes, "a majority of them modern tno~engined Gernan.and Italian bombers;“ and that prominent German aviation officers are in charge of the slaughter from the air of Spanish women and babes:

A FEATURE CF HITLER'S "STRATEGY" IS THE DESTRUCTECE OF ALL WHEELED VEHICLEo BELCEGEEG TO LOT«LISTS IN THE ZOEE OF GERELN OPEIPJETIOLES. THIS EIEILNS, OF COURSE, iJ.ZH31J;E:'CES .5.1iFD TIEIR CILR- GOES OF WOUNDED LOYLLISTS.

In pleasant contrast is the news from Saris, that the French Governr ment is helping to evacuate the international sounded from the hospitals of fiadrid. Ships have been chartered and equipped for the purpose, and temporary hospitalization will be provided in France. Canadian sympathisers can only regret that Spain‘s appeal to other democratic governments to assist in this work will go unheeded here.

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nllan.Hay, former Toronto newspaper man.and our representative at the Blood Transfusion Institute in Ladrid, who has just returned to the latter xity from the Guadalajara front, reports the carrying out of more than 100

blood transfusions in eight days, coincidentally with the setting'up of seven

new Loyalist front line posts during the offensive. In addition, as many as forty blood extractions were made in a single day, donors coming from a radius of fifty miles to donate their blood in response to radio and newspaper appeals.

Declaring that enormous sacrifices on behalf of world democracy are cheerfully being made in Spain,.A1lan urges that they be met with practical gratitude and generous giving by the people of Democratic Canada.

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0n.Sunday, April 10, a convention of Labor, cultural and fraternal organizations was held in Toronto to decide the best means of combatting the spread of Fascism in this country.

IT IS THE TRADE UKIONS OF SEAIN ~ NOT ANABCHISTS, SYEDIQnLISTS, C hflUNISTS OR OTHER EOLITIOAL AFFILIATE5 ~ WHO ARE LEQDLHG SPnl¥’S WEB FOR TEE SURVIVnL CF DEKOOELCY nEDoLIBE3TYs IT'WnS THE TRuDE UNIONS OF SPAIN WHICH EBOVIDED AN INARTICULLTE EB FLE WITH.A VOICE