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GUIDE TO GOOD READING

Peace only an afterthought in
Dulles’ book, “War and Peace’

JOHN FOSTER DULLES is
the man who prepared the Ko-
rean war during his visit to
General MacArthur and the
South Korean “President’ Syng-
man Rhee in June this year.

His book War or Peace was
published in Britain last July by.
Harrap. If the Korean war is
Dulles’ gift to Asia, it is worth
examining what his book holds
in store for the rest of us.

But first a word about this
almost perfect embodiment of all
that is most ‘dangerous and un-
savory in American public life.

Dulles is a business man—a
very big business man _ indeed.
Senior partner or the law firm of
Sullivan and Cromwell, he has
been at the center of most of'
the larger international financial
transactions of Wall Street in the
last quarter of a century.

‘He is also a director of the
Bank of New York, International
_ Nickel, American Agricultural
Chemical Corporation, and other
big American companies.

He took a leading part in the
inter-war years in stabilizing the
ramshackle finances of Marshal
Pilsudski’s fascist Poland. He did ;
the same for Admiral Horthy’s
fascist Hungary.

Above all, he was the chief
negotiator in providing the finan-
cial assistance which brought
Hitler to power in’ Germany.

As late as 1939 Dulles declared:

“These dynamic peoples (Ger-
many, Italy, Japan) are deter-
mined to mould their states into
a form which would permit them
_ to take their destiny into their
- Own hands.”

These days Dulles constantly
quotes scripture against the So-
_ viet Union and the working-class
movement.

He quoted precious little scrip_
ture against the Nazi bankers
with whom he negotiated vast
deals in bonds.

Nor against General Franco,

whose Bank of Spain he repre-
Sented in a suit against the USS.
- government.
Since the war he has been Re-
_ publican adviser on foreign af-
fairs to successive American sec-
retaries of state. His influence
has been a menace to the peace
of the world, and in 1947, Andrei
Vishinsky gave him pride of
place in a short list of the most
rabid warmongers in the U.S.”

Lately he has been advocating
the. banning of the unanimity
principle among the Big Five in.
the United Nations — which is
equivalent to killing that organ-
ization for good.

And he has been preparing war
in Asia.

* x *

SO MUCH for the man and his
works. Now listen for a moment
te what he holds in store for
Western Europe.

A whole chapter of his book is
devoted to the thorny problem of

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First presentation
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A PEACE PLAY written, as
the author explains, “not from the
outside looking in, but in the
thick of’the fight for peace,-look-

ing outward,” will be a highlight

of the annual Vancouver Book
Fair to be held October 20-22.
The play is But Ye Are The
People and the author Hal Griffin,
well-known Vancouver writer. It
is being produced by Vancouver
Theatre of Action, all of whose
members are active in the peace
movement,.under the direction of
John Goss, internationally known
singer and writer and an out-
standing figure in the peace move-
ment, whose many talents include

“a long experience in the theatre.

First presentation will be at
Clinton Hall, 2605 East Pender,
Sunday, October 22, at 8 pm. ©

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the “integration” of the capitalist
states of Europe—the American
way of saying that national in-
dependence (except that of Am-
erica) is out of date.

And I have to report that
Dulles has some sharp and im-
patient words for Britain.

The reason why Britain is re-
luctant to pool* her resources
with her neighbors is apparently
quite simple. -

She is engaged in hare-brained
experiments in “Socialism”, which
require complete isolation.

“Socialization ang ‘planning’ re-
quire insulation,” states Dulles.

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“The trend is one which, as it
goes on, makes it more and
more difficult for governments to

take part in a larger, freer
society. , ‘
“The longer people live in hot-

house conditions, the more re-
luctant they are to open the
windows. They seal the windows
untii, some day, someone outside
‘smashes them or inside pressure
blows them out. We do not want
to delay until that has to hap-
pen.”

Thus, even the Labor party’s
brand of ° “Socialism”
Dulles choke.

And what is the solution to
this problem put forward by the
man from Wall Street?

Simple. Break down all trade
barriers in Western Europe. Let
the starvation-wage industries of
Western Germany compete free-
ly with British industry. And let
America run the whole show.

On the future of Western Ger-
many, Dulles is quite specific.

“Tf there were a real political
unity of Western Europe for
common defense, then Germans,
individually, could be part of
that defense. It is possible in
this way to foresee the creation
of a military force in Western
Europe strong enough to hold off
an invasion from Russia.”

So here
tricks again. Bolster the Nazi
(bankers and generals in Western
Germany (they are the same that

the dealt with under Hitler) and

give them back their guns.

How closely developments in
Europe during the past few
months, as shaped by the US.,
have coincided with Dulles’
ideas!

* * *

AS FOR the American claim
to being a European power,
Dulles has these revealing things
to say—and here is the pure,
authentic voice of Wall Street
megalomania for you:

“The luxury of independence
is growing ever more costly ...
The United States now has the
opportunity to bring about what
every .Western leader -realizes
ought to be done, but what will
not be done unless there © is
friendly but firm pressure from
outside. ; :

“The United States can and
should take that opportunity and
exert that pressure.”

Why? Here, straight off, naive,
beautiful, is the answer: |

“Because, at Europe’s request,
we have made a tremendous in-
vestment in Western Europe.
This investment of blood and
treasure gives us a certain right
and need to speak.” /

And so it goes on, page after
page, interlaced with scripture
and shallow arguments from past”
history. : >

‘Clearly, Dulles thinks his coun-
try has bought the! western half
of the European continent.

And the trouble is, the West
European governments think so
too. é

Let no one take this appalling
book lightly. For it is written
by the man who will be !U:S.
secretary of state if the Repub-
licans win the next presidential
elections. :

As it is, he has one of the
most powerful voices in the mak-
ing of U.S. policy — for behind
him stand, grim and grasping,
the giants of Wall Street and
the racketeering political ma-
chine of the Republican party.—
DEREK KARTUN. ‘

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Present papers

PAPERS TO BE presented at

‘the annual Vancouver Book Fair

in Pender Auditorium, ‘October
20 — 22, will both project the lit-
erature of the future ang examine
the literature of the past. The
first paper, “Contrasts in Culture”,
will be presented by Bert Whyte,
Vancouver labor newspaperman,
on Friday, October 20, 8 p.m., and
the second, “The Classics and the
People’s Movement”, by Tom Mc-
Ewen, editor of the Pacific Trib-
une, Sunday, October 22, 2 p.m,

FILMS

Chinese story
fold in first
color picture

THE FIRST anniversary of the
national day of the People’s Re-
public of China, October 1, was
chosen for the first showing of
the first color film on the people’s
struggle in ‘ China. The film,
Victory of the Chinese People,
was released simultaneously in
Peking and 14 other cities.

Produceq jointly by Chinese and
Soviet film’ workers, the film
opens with splendid scenes of the
ceremonies at Peking’s Gate of
Heavenly Peace where, one year
ago, President Mao Tse-tung un
furled the five-starred national
flag of People’s China,

Then it recalls the miseries of the

Chinese people during the past
century under feudal and imper-
ialist oppression, their early
struggles, the betrayal and cor-
ruption of the Chiang Kai-shek
regime and the people’s struggles
against it under the leadership
of the Communist party.

To mark the anniversary, the
Chinese ministry of cultural. af-
fairs sent a number of films to,
other countries.

Among these were:

Glorious Family, sent to the
Soviet Union and Korea; The Red
Banner Is Flying over the North-
west, sent to the Soviet Union,
Poland and Denmark; Song of
Victory in the Southwest, sent to
Czechoslovakia and Hungary;
Birth of a New China,’ sent to
Mongolia, Rumania, Bulgaria,
German Democratic Republic, In.
dia, Viet-Nam and Indonesia and
Yangtse, sent to Switzerland and
Sweden.

Another Chinese film, Bright-
ness, has been showing tat 17
theatres in Moscow for several
weeks.

next weekend . .

«

. come fo the

book fair
pender auditorium

LOWER HALL

friday, october 20, 7.30 p.m.
Saturday, october 21, 2 p.m.
sunday, october 22, 2 p.m.

first presentation of
‘BUT YE ARE THE PEOPLE’
a three-act play by HAL GRIFFIN
clinton hall
sunday, october 22, 8 p.m.
see the display of progressive books
__ feviews - papers - discussion

Saturday afternoon is for the’ children
bring them fo see the puppet show

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