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in West Germany?

Eichmann henchmen in
W. German govt

As the eyes of the world were turned this week to
the Eichmann trial which opened in Jerusalem Tuesday,
the West German government attempted to cover up
its close association with many former top Nazis.

Flying in the face of fact
West German Chancellor
Adenauer said this week in a
statement shortly before leav-
ing for talks with U.S. Presi-
dent Kennedy that Nazism has
disappeared in the West Ger-
many of today.

Refuting his statement was
a dispatch Sunday from Ber-
lin by British Daily Worker
correspondent Alan Winning-
ton. This is what Winning-
ton’s dispatch said:

“The Adenauer regime con-
sists of frightenéd men —
seared over the exposures that
Eichmann may make, said the
national council of the Nation-
al Front here this weekend.

“This is because the Bonn
State apparatus is crammed
with Nazi criminals who were
Eichmann’s collaborators, their
statement said. Squeals from
Bonn about the trial damaging
Germany’s. reputation were
nothing but diversions.

“What actually damaged
German prestige was that in
West Germany: Seah

“Twelve out of 17 present
Ministers and State secretaries
worked for Hitler; so did all
400 generals and admirals, 84
per cent of diplomats in the

Fereign Office and ~ 1,100
judges.
“Leading Nazi police had

still bigger posts in the Bonn
police. The men who develop-
ed Cyclone B gas for killing
Jews still worked for War
Minister Strauss, including I.
G. Farben: Dr. Hans Globke,
who developed the anti-Jewish
Jaws, remained Adenauer’s
right hand man.

“The National Front state-
ment demanded removal from
effice and punishment in Ger-

man courts for all these ac-
complices of Eichmann as had
been done in the German
Democratic Republic.

“In a comment today, Neues
Deutschland said that nobody
need be taken in by .the ef-
forts of Eichmann’s former
friends to whitewash them-
selves by putting a few Nazi
small fry on trial.”

Officials - in the United
States and NATO are also dis-
turbed by the trial. They have
placed top former Hitler gen-
erals like Spiedel and Heus-
inger in leading military posts.
The * United Jewish Peoples
Order in Vancouver last week

in a letter pointed out that

General Heusinger was Chief
of Operations of the German
Army in World War Two and
that he was on the list of war
criminals and was held in
prison for three years and then
released by the U.S. author-
ities.

Island Banquets
Successful

Three highly _ successful
“birthday” banquets were
held in. Cumberland, Nanaimo
and Port Aiberni‘during the
past weekend. Sponsored by
Communist party clubs in the
area these affairs were promot-
ed-to assist in the Pacific
Tribune financial campaign,
and pay tribute to its veteran
editor, Tom McEwen on the
occasion of his 70th birthday.

At all affairs a sumptuous
banquet repast was prepared
by the women comrades, while
local talent was notlacking in

_ the provision of musical enter-

tainment and dancing. ©

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PTA CONVENTION MEETS

Urge cut in arms

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budget

to meet peoples needs

Delegates to the B.C. Parent-Teacher Federation, meeting in the Princess Mat
garet High School in Surrey last week, adopted a resolution askirig the Federal gov«

The resolution, overwhelm-
ingly adopted by the 550. dele-
representing 50,000
members in about 370 branch-
es, is to be sent to the nation-
al body with a request that
they press for action.

“Another resolution. passed
by the convention asked the
Canadian Home and School
and Parent - Teacher Federa-
tion to “urge the Federal gov-
ernment to assume responsi-
bility for a program of increas-
ed aid to elementary educa-

tion on a per pupil basis so}

that, at the end of five years,
the Federal government will
have assumed the whole cost
of providing a good basic stan-
dard of education for all Can-
adian children at the elemen-
tary level.”

In her keynote address P-TA
president Mrs. H. I. Horan
urged the P-TA to “state clear
ly what we stand for’ and
said that P-TA should ‘not
rest until we have brought
about needed and desired im-
provements.”

Hitting out at those who
criticize the P-TA for request-
ing more free services, more
tax relief, more money for ed-
ucation and welfare services,
and that the P-TA should say
where the money should come
from Mrs. Horan said:

“J do not consider it a func-
tion of this organization or
any other group to say where
the money should come from
to cover these vital services.
We are not asked to make up
the budget. We elect people
to do this, but we do have a
responsibility to point out to
the government the areas we
consider to be the most im-
portant.”

Western vice-president of
Parent-Teacher
organization, Mr. V. Madder,
in his address to the delegates
said that the resolution on
world peace passed at the an-
nual meeting! in Banff last
year had provoked a great
deal of discussion. The reso-
lution read:

“Be it resolved we attempt
to bring about increased un-
derstanding among peoples of
the world to reduce interna-
tional tension and create a fa-
vorable international climate
for the bringing about of
world peace.”

He said this resolution will
be further discussed at the an-
nual meeting to be held in
Montreal in June of this year,

ernment to implement a definite program of reducing the arms budget to release funds
needed for education, social welfare services, unemployment and hospital insurance.

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and that one suggestion was
that Canada should promote
a conference of international
Pareni-Teacher organizations.
He added that the Parent-
Teacher organization in Japan
was interested in hosting such
a conference, and that the
president of the Japanese Par-
ent-Teacher _movemeni met
recently with the Canadian
national president to discuss
ways and means to bring this
about. : :

Mr. Madder said it was felt
that ‘organizations such as the
P-TA’s were vitally concern-
ed with promoting world
peace for the future of world
youth.

Many resolutions dealing
with the Chant report came
in for a great deal of discus-
sion. One resolution said that
the amounts spent on _ high-
Ways, roads and bridges were
out of all proportion to the
amount spent on _ education
and social welfare.

Among the exhibits at the
convention was a display of

the. Radiation Hazards Com
mittee which attracted wide
‘attention. Hundreds of signa-
tures were collected on the
Linus Pauling petition and
several new groups were form"
ed.

During the convention the
policies of the Social Credit
government came under sharp
fire. “I never knew a govern
ment could be so heedless of
the wishes of the people.”
“Such arrogance,” “I think its
time more of .us went into
politics” — these were only
a few of the sentiments ex
pressed -by delegates in th@
discussion:

A Vancouver mother who
attended the convention told
the Pacific Tribune _ that
“throughout the whole con
vention there was a_ strong
feeling that peace in the world
and a higher standard of ed:
ucation for both children and
adults was foremost in most
parents’ minds and they aré
prepared to act to gain thes¢
things.”

Vancouver May Day Rally
Features Cuban Speaker

Vancouver labor will celebrate May Day this year with
a giant parade and rally at Exhibition Park, Sundays
April 30. Highlight of the meeting will be a Cuball
speaker. This was announced Wednesday by May Da¥
Committee chairman William Stewart. :

This year marks the 75th
anniversary of the fight for
the shorter work day out of
which May Day arose. It also
coincides with the 75th anni-
versary of the city of Van-
couver. Stewart told the Pac-
ific Tribune the May Day cel-
ebration will mark the joint
anniversary.

“The working people of this
city have written some great
chapters in the history of our
city over these 75 years, and
the workers on May Day will
pay tribute to the founders
and builders of the city and
to our labor pioneers,” said
Committee secretary William
Turner,

Organizations participating
in the parade are asked to
prepare floats, banners and
slogans on the theme of the
75th anniversary of May Day
and Vancouver.

‘Central slogans of the 1961
May Day Committee will be

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“Banish Nuclear Weapons,”
“Jobs for All”, “Defend L#
bor’s Rights.” ;
“The parade will assemb!¢
at Powell. St. Grounds, Pow
ell and Princess St., at 12:34
p.m. (Daylight Saving Time)
Prominent labor speakers wilt
address the meeting at thé
Outdoor Theatre, Exhibitio®
Park. A musical program will
be presented by the Milesto®
es, outstanding folk singin’
group.

The May Day Committe?
has appealed for volunteer ta
sellers and parade marshalls
All those able to help are ask
ed to report to the May D@
Room 6, 339 W. Pender St-, of
Phone MU 1-9481. i

Large numbers of poster?
and May Day messages a@
being printed for distrib
tion and help in this wo"
would be very much appre?
ated by the Committee.

April 14, 1961—PACIFIC. TRIBUNE—Page 2