CIRCULAR OF THE CTAL

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001400820010-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
.INFORMATION REPORT
CONFIDENTIAL
$KURITY INPOMAAt1OM
COUNTRY Latin America
'LACE ACQUIRED
Circular of the CTAL
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REPORT NO. 25
DATE DI$TL
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THE SOUKl NAWATIONS IN THIS WOST AN W *MM
THE AMRAISM OF CONIRd? It TNOATIW.
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The following is a translation, of circular No. 11/53, prepared by the
Confederation, of Latin American Workers (CTAL), calling all asmbere
of the' CTAL to .aid with moral solidarity, the workers of Ha>~aei1,.,on strike
for higher salaries and lower prices on food.
TO THE NATIONAL LABOR CENTRALS
AND AFFILIATED,ORGANIZLTIONS
TO THE ~EMS OF THE CENTRAL CO!2CTTEE.
Dear Companionst
Some days ago we wrote to the National Labor Centrals and Or atdsstions
affiliated to the CTAL requesting an intense; moral. solidarity with. the
workers of Sao Paulo, Brazil, who are on strike for better salaries and for
a lowering of the prices of foodstuffs.
The textile, metallurgical, construction, glass, and lumber workers,
as well as the mechanics, have been struggling for more than 25 days
against management and, government leaders, who passed from demagogic prosdses
to brutal and bloody violence against the workers, including von and
children..
Close to 300,000 workers are struggling to obtain better living and
working conditions.
The strike movement is extending to various mtni.cipalitiet in the
state of Sao Paulo.
The government of Lucas NOGUEIRA aarces has not pacifically mobilised
its resources to solve the struggle nor does it recognise the justice of
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the petitions made by the workers.
To the?contrary, the armed forces have been mobilized,."&nd the
maritime port of Santos has been occupied by military forces. Dozens
of male and female workers have been arrested, beaten and wounded, even
gravely.
It is important to know that prices in Brazil increased by nearly
600% from 1940 to 1952, and even in the two years of government of
&etulio VARGAS prices have-increased as follows:
Green meat
10.60
Pork
6.00
Rice
1.30
sans
2.30
Shortening
2.00
Sugar
1.30
Butter
10.00
Coffee
2.40
Meal
2.50
Matches
0.10
Eggs
1.x.00
Spaghetti
0.30
Milk
0.30
Condensed milk
1.10
Monetary inflation and the so-called rotative bonds rapidly ..
depreciate salaries. in practice, salaries of late have been frozen,
depreciated, and lowered. Today, with an apparently higher salary, much
less can be purchased.
On the other hand, management, under the protection of the govern-
ment, has obtained fabulous profits at the expense of the misery and hunger
of the great mass of the workers and of their families. We can prove this
with the following data;.
CAPITAL
EARNINGS.
I.R.F.M. (Matarazzo)
750,000,000.00
473, 8142,000.00
SAMS Industrias Gerais
432, 000, 000.00
95,794,000.00
Ford Motor Co. Export
100,000,000.00
285,666,000,00
Nestle
75,000,000.00
28,662,000.00
Cotonifico G. Giorgi, SA
75,000,000.00
23,739x000.00
Lanificio Kovarich, SA
60,000,000.00
ll,o6~,ooo.oo
Frigorifico Armour, SA
55,000,000.00
23,013,000.00
Companions, the struggle of the heroid workers of Sao Paulo
continue and are extending to other branches of production and to
other municipalities.
The CTAL again addresses you m d again requests that you do
everything possible to send our dear Brazilian brothers all possible
moral and material aid.
Telegrams, letters, and lists of signatures of workers.protesting
against this violence should be sent to His Excellency Getulio VARGAS,
President of the United States of Brazil, Palacio Catete, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, and to His Excellency Lucas NOGUEIRA Garces, Governor of the
State of Sao Paulo, Palacio de los Campos Eliseos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Meanwhile, committees should be organized to visit the Embassies of
Brazil in the various countries and to present written as well as verbal
protests.
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...The union and democratic newspapers, pamphlets, hand-made signs,
mural propaganda etc. are forms which, when used, could greatly aid.
our companions of Brazil, who are struggling for better economic and
social conditions.
Correspondence showing solidarity and economic contribctioiis for
the struggling Brazilian.workers should be sent to the following
addressesx
Confederacion de Trabajadores del Brazil
Caixa Postal numero 1175 ' `e ~
Rio de Janeiro, . D. F. , Brazil
Union General de Trabajadores del EstadO de Sao Paulo
Ruh Manoel t ictorino numero 151, Sala 2
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sindicato de SFr aba j adores de las Industrial
1~letalurgioa nicas y de Material Electrico
Rua is fle_ 2 r
Sindicato de Trabajadores de las Industries
do la Construccion do la Madera
Praoa da Se 97.y20
Sao Pau lo, Brazil
Sindicato do Trabajadores do la Industria de
Fiacao as Tecelagem
Rua ots ue nutiero 86
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sindicato do Trabajadores Conbtrueoion.'.
Civil. de Sao Paulo
Rua Conde Sarzedas,301.
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sindicato de Trabajadores do la Industria do Vidrios
y Cristales_del Eatado do Sao Paulo
Rua Anacleto 70
Sap Poulos Brazil.
We hope that you will give our -Brazilian companions the solidarity
we are requesting. We take advantage of this opportunity to send you
our fraternal greetings.
!FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF LATIN AMERICA!
Mexico,D. F. , 16 April 1953
Signed by Vicente LOMBARDO Toledano
President, C.T.A.L. and
Antonio OARC?,A Moreno, Jose MCI, and
Lourival VILLAR, Secretaries,
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