HUT le ‘Fascism in action’ says WFTU of Korea ; e i : ¥ A _ On April 25, _ Also attacked was Genral Sec- Tetary Pak Myun Kun of the G Korean Democratic National Front, a coalition of progres- Sives. Both were jailed for hold- — dng public meetings, which are banned by AMG. ao Tae Reports seeping through the _ Strict censorship in the U.S. ~~ 20ne tell of continued suppres- | $1on of labor’s rights and civil bat? liberties, An estimated 12,000 po- __ litical prisoners are held in the ook, ‘S. zone, recently described by _ 4 visiting group of the World Federation of Trade Unions as 1 area where “fascism was in action,” Bd oo example of AMG rule is _ *0Und in the composition of the pouse department. Chough By- ng Ok, Korean police chief, has een accused of collaborating With the Japanese during their > Sccupation, Police under his } erro killed and wounded hun- mee eds of Korean workers last _ September and October when a ___-Seneral strike of 300,000 erupted to protest AMG suppression of Unions, ‘ i ee Major General Archer A Sen military SOVGErAOL, was tre Why he did not remove € collaborationist police, he - Said: “To eliminate all, those eye Who Served under the Japanese __-‘Would be unjust to those who soe have serveq us well. We interesting facts ap- ee in the ITU bulletin of ie Asie 19, in which the circulation : ' the two Vancouver evening _- Papers ig discussed. The com- : “sy yepent, which is based on a re- _ cent report by the Audit Bureau af ae: _ °f Circulation states: haat _ ‘Summary of the (audit) re- i SN . . . shows the Southam ee oh eid then had a paid grand A, att circulation of 126,283. Soon A Ae the Southams locked out Aa ITU printers and imported ae ee we have reason Lae Le ees that the Province cir- ation dropped somfething like 000 “copies 7 ee But ac trantic Racipat b i et Adio, ; eae billbes y full mail coverage, by - “hai by a battery of tele- _<70nes, and literally hundreds 2) Of ; ei pe ela canvassers for all of this om to date, has somewhat up- ed this figure”, ran : ese ere loss of the big indus- 21 centers is self-evident. The the 4b fkentea Province’s non- Workers have done. Despite a tbe the Southams have ae able to do to gain. circu- nN, with more newsprint aa net paid circulations of Province and Sun now er, 1946, Sun 126,421, Prov- fon attitude as the organized By FRED ZESERSON would have a breakdown in the maintenance of law and order.” : e@ ANOTHER example of AMG policy has been its effort to sidestep the leaders in the und- erground fight against Japan and force Syngman Rhee on the Korean people. Absent from his native land for more than 30 years, Rhee’s claim to recogni- tion as Korea’s rightful ruler is based on his “fight” for inde- pendence — in the comfort of Washington, D.C. Discredited by the _ broad masses of the people, Rhee’s strength lies with the terrorist strikebreaking organizations backed by pro-Japanese Koreans who have succeeded in captur- ing’ key posts as advisers to AMG. His supporters are the spearhead of the continuing ef- fort to crush the labor move- ment. Last May, meetings of the U.S.-Soviet joint commission broke down when the two pow- ers could not agree on which Korean groups should help plan a new government. While re- fusing representation to many progressive bodies, including ynions, the U.S. insisted on in-. viting Rhee and his cohorts. Pointing out that the list of groups the U.SS recommended for participation included 17 op- posing and only, three favoring the Moscow decision to estab- . a \ ince 87,672; 3 months, January to March, 1947, 130,011; Province 92,852. Total net paid, Sun 128,216 Province 90,261.” Considering the type of cam- -paign, and the money spent by ‘the Southam Daily Province to win back most of its 50,000 lost readers, they have failed. Self- respecting workers won't buy a scab paper. TYPO. Vancouver, B.C. : “Unemployables’ ing communities have not | x Vailable than they needed, the “nd: 8 months, October to De-— emb, : partes DAY, MAY 23, 1947. Editor, Pacific Tribune: I have only one criticism to offer of your otherwise splendid editorial in the issue of May 9, captioned ‘Senior citizens need our help,’ and that is that no mention was made of that body of people who are in receipt of — social assistance, otherwise known as ‘unemployables.’ It seems to me it was a fit- ting opportunity of drawing at- — tention to the terrible conditions under which these unfortunate people have to exist, and the need for their betterment. It is true that they have now been granted an increase of $2.50 per month, but that ingrease is not per capita, but is for one per- son or for a family. “In these days of rising prices, how on earth can they be ex- pected to live on the miserable sums of $30 for one individual, and $42.50 for two? If it is con- sidered by those in authority, living in affluence that $40 is ‘the minimum upon which body — and soul can be kept from dis- ‘Senior citizens S THE United States and Soviet Union resumed negotiations for a democratic pro- 7 visional government for Korea this week, Allied Labor News learned that Hoe Song _ Taik, a leader of the Federation of Korean Labor Unions, was brutally assaulted by American Military Government-controlled prison guards in Seoul, American zone capital, lish an independent provisional government with a possible five- year trusteeship, the Soviet Union argued for a broader cross section of representation. e TO SPEED solution of the Kor- -ean problem, the Soviet Union has now accepted a U.S. pro- posal to allow all organizations signing a statement supporting the Moscow decision to take part in discussions. This U.S. plan gives Rhee a chance to participate—if he signs a paper proclaiming support. The meetings will resume un- der the shadow of the Truman doctrine, whose next area of operation, according to Secre- tary of State George C, Mar- shall, is slated to be Korea. The Korean people have indicated that they want their, own gov- ernment set up before any U.S. money is lent, because they fear that a loan now owuld only strengthen Rheée’s domination. Last August, AMG jammed a $25 million credit through the Rhee-controlled AMG advisory council. After mass meetings at- tacked the loan, Chosun Inmin © Po, Peoples Party paper since suppressed, charged: “The en- tire Korean people do not want this kind of credit. ... It will turn out to be an iron chain enslaving the Korean people.” Americans returning from Korea confirm that this sentiment is widespread. integrating, why does this amount not apply to these “un- employables’? ; Many of them are sick and need extra nourishment, and in ° addition have to pay exorbitant rents. Possibly it is intended to exterminate them by a process of slow starvation, which per- haps would be more humane than to keep them lingering on. There seems to be what amounts to a conspiracy of sil- | ence on this matter of ‘unem- ployables.’ Is‘ it because they are unorganized, inarticulate, and therefore of no value to. aspir- ants for parliamentary positions? : A. CHEVERTON. White Rock, B.C. Midsummer festival Editor, Pacific Tribune: The Scandinavian Central Committee at their regular meet- ing Monday, May 12 in the Swed- | ish Community Hall decided to hold its twelfth annual Mid- summer Festival on June 22 in the Swedish Park, North Van- couver, SCANDINAVIAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE. “Vancouver, B.C. ; : Editor, Pacific Tribune: The Old Age Pensioners’ Or- ganization in British Columbia wish to thank you for the help- ful editorial in your May 9 issue. ud. Ws HOPE, 2 1.5 Old Age Pensioners’ — _ Executive Secretary, - Vancouver, B.C. Byes f Rk ‘ -UOUUTIUUNA Short Jabs Coed |) Ol’ Bill EN we read last weekend about about a B.C. Collectric jugger- naut that toppled over, dumping its passengers out on the street, -and but for the fortunate. location of a telephone pole, might well” have killed two of them, it remined us that we forgot to pay our respects to Dr. E. A. (Dal) Grauer, “home-— A wise ‘bird’ town boy who made good” (at least he’s from Richmond), who now shines as totalitarian demagogue in’ ordering the lives of 6000 workers of the B.C. Col- lectric and, through monopoly control of an alleged streetcar and transport system, gouging the people of Vancouver, the Lower | Mainland and Victoria. Dr. Grauer was once a college professor; . now he is'a streetcar company president. With these qualifications he should know everything. He seems to think he does. A few days. before that streetcar wreck, the all-wise doctor spoke to two gath- . erings in Vancouver, pouring fourth what passes for wisdom in . his circles. One of these gatherings was the Vancouver Medical Association. z To them he showed much concern about “democracy’s present pre-occupation with material and economic considerations.” Now, isn’t that terrible! What is the matter with democracy, that it should be pre-occupied about such material things as houses to live in, clothes to wear, foodstuffs to eat (with an odd bottle of : beer occasionally), aye, even about such material things as streetcars a in such condition and such numbers that democracy might ride in them in comfort, without fear of mayhem. Democracy is wasting its time, says the wise doctor, in these will-o’-the-whisp pursuits. According to him, it should be developing “a positive program of integrating the individual into the social group—to offset the erroneous direction of the totalitarian systems.” Speaking to a group of medicine men, it was only natural that such a weisenheimer as Dr. Grauer should recognize the ad- vantage of working in a little local color. He therefore cited “large numbers” of Canadians “afflicted with mental defects, epi- lepsy, psycho-neuroses, severe mental -unbalance . . . who are... dissatisfied and groping. because of a mental or nervous condition.” “What is more natural,” he apostrophized, “than that many of them would fall for the current left-wing slogans of exploitation and class struggle and attribute their troubles to the nature of the economic system?” THESE last few words are the meat of the thing. Professor Grauer, lacking argument to answer the critics of the ‘economic © system,’ descends: to the lowest depths of debate and like any other _ vulgar ignoramus who would pose as an authority in the sciences — \ of economics and politics, hurls insults at Some professor those whose knowledge is wider and more ‘ profound than his own ‘professional’ brand. They are crazy! If they ‘fall for’ the current left-wing slogans, if they are not desirous of, or cunning enough, to ge themselves a | job as president of a company that owns a broke! ywn streetcar system, they suffer from “a mental or nervous condition, psycho-- — meuroses, severe emotional unbalance.” Goa No doubt there are many unfortunate people in Canada today suffering from these ailments. Dr. Grauer, however, did not tell why. There were undoubtedly some medical doctors in his audience who could have told him why. They could have told him, with a measure of truth which was lacking in his address that the asylums _ today are filled with people driven out of their minds by the in- security and fear which is the product at one end of Grauer’s give wy enterprise system’ as luxurious and riotous living is at the other end .of it. ae : That there are not more people afflicted with mental defects an is surprising when we consider how they are handled in Dr. Grauer’s® >! streetcars. fearful of losing their jobs because of streetcar break- downs, shaken up like the ingredients in a cocktail and packed like sardines when they do get a ‘ride, that does induce “mental and nervous conditions.” And let me tell Dr. Grauer that the people who “fall for the © current left-wing slogans” are the most alert, the brightest, the: least neurotic, the least subject to mental or nervous conditions — and they refuse to believe that what is good for Dr. Grauer is — good for them. So much for Dr. Grauer, psychologist. The other occasion where he spoke was at the annual meeting | of the B.C. Collectric shareholders, reported in the delectable Buzzer. There he. indulged in a spate of propaganda aimed at the employees of the company and the general public. “Increased: out-_ put,” he purred, is the only way the worker can better his stan-. — dard of living and it is sheer nonsense to press for a 40-hour week. ‘he: only way the B.C. Collectric men can increase output is to squeeze more victims into the peregrinating torture chambers, — and I would hate to see it tried. Grauer’s contention has been an-— swered so often that I don’t propose to deal with it now, but if I _ were a combination of Voltaire, Karl Marx and the guy who wrote © the book Genesis it would be impossible to convince Grauer and — his CMA associates that they are plunderers and exploiters, but they are just the same. Last year B.C. Power, Grauer’s outfit, only — made $30,000,000 profit. It would have been much higher if the steel “monopoly hadn’t hoisted the price of haywire. of NOTICE that the trade union film ‘Native Land’ is being shown © on Sunday evening at Pender Auditorium. In these days, with = labor spies and steol pigeons cropping up in many places—even in graveyards—this picture has a particularly topical value. Whatever fe icc eee a a ee Native Land es on past unione and are today faced with the _ task of defending them from attack by every form of reaction. — I saw this picture and enjoyed it beyond measure. Particularly! interesting are the stills introduced at one point, of the police atroci-” ties committed at the Republic Steel strike in South Chicago, where) the picket line was attacked by ‘the cops and ten strikers killed. These still pictures created a wave of horror throughout the United States, even in the Senate where it is hard to make any such im-, pression. ; s ek Wi Aut aes "I would advise everyone to see it before it leaves town, PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE ‘