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Sovletized WFTU By reorganizing the leadership of the World Federation oi Trade Unions and byIts financial support, the USSR has effectively converted the WFTUar more aggressive instrument of Soviet policy man was possible before the recent withdrawal of the western labor organizations. The frank transfer of central direction ci the WFTU to Soviet and Satellite trade unionists makes It clear that the USSR is more intent upon gaining efficienthe world organization than It Is upon maintaining the pretense that the WFTUenuinely representative labor organization. Moreover, the creation of five "regionalaralleling the structure of the old Red Labor International, reflects Soviet determination to tighten Its hold on the WFTU-alflUated national labor unions. To regain the contacts it lost when the western organizations withdrew, the USSR is now organizing among such strategic industries as motalworking, clothing, and leather.
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