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US: SBATE DEPARTMENT FEARED TOUR

Fight for peace advanced

—NEW YORK

Barred from visiting other
U.S. cities and speaking to the
American people on the need

Other members of the Soviet
delegation, recalling how yellow
journalism had distorted their
statements at the conference
and smeared the word “peace”
until it became synonymous
with “treason”, merely smiled
gently and pityingly at the mob
of hack reporters and boarded

is yet time to save the peace
if we truly unite. Humanity does
not want another war. Peace is
necessary and peace is possible.
The maintenance of peace is the
responsibility of all people. If
the American peopl2 recognize
their solemn duty and affirm
their will they can-.do their
share to maintain peace.”

Meanwhile, in Paris, a com-
mittee has invited labor unions,
democratic organizations and
leading writers and scholars in
all countries to participate in a
World Congress of Fighters for
Peace to begin Aprii 26.

The call for a World Congress
of “representatives of the mil-
lions of men and women who
can Only abhor war” was sign-
ed, among others, by Prof. Fred-
eric Joliet-Curie, head of the .
French Atomic Energy Com-
mission.

for peace, Soviet delegates to
the recent World Peace Confer-
ence in New York boarded a

Reena as ee the plane in ‘silence.
cape nl Yankee Doodle land BOR DINE GOL sone ne.) CULara
the war hysteria of its capitalist Bild ECR auar cre, rere
: + . many countries had limited the
Press, and the moronic frenzy (Conference in scope from its
typified by the picket sign urg- original plans, but despite thi§
ing Dmitri Shostakovich, world-  opstruction by the U.S, state
famous composer, to “jump department, the conference was
through a window. an outstanding success. “
Shostakovich, looking downhis .. The great peace demonstra-
nose at the journalists from the tion ended impressively before
gutter press who swarmed 20,000 people in Madison Square
around him at La Guardia Field, Garden. Thunderous approval
commented bitingly, “I’m glad was given to the main resolution
to be returning home,’ before which said, in part: “The hour is |
he climbed into the plane. late to unite for peace, but there

Here are (left to right) William O. Stapledon (Britain),°
Dimitri Shostakozich and Alexander Fadeyey (Soviet Union), and
Harlow Shapley (U.S.), conference chairman, as’ they appeared
before a crowd of 20,000 in Madison Square Garden at the rally
concluding the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace.

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LETTERS DIGEST

Churchill self-exposed

JACK BOYD, Vancouver, B.C.:
The essence of Winston Church-
ill’s speech is that in the distant
past “Asiatic hordes” shatteged
the armed power of Europe. And,
according to him, the Mongol arm-
ies threaten to march again and
only the Atlantic pact, superior

science and the atom bomb will
stop them.

He failed to point out that So-
viet foreign policy is a proven
peace policy, but’ that ever since
1917 the Soviets have been under
constant attack by the “cultured”
nations. Nor did he say that the
Soviets are still burying their
dead and rebuilding from the
mountains of rubble left as a re-
minder of the “superiority” of
Western civilization by other like
exponents of the Master Race
theory. So, though W.C. insists
the Atlantic Pact is not designed
for aggression, he exposes its ag-
gressive purpose by saying: mS
do not think violent or precipitate
action should be taken NOW.”

He probably deems it advisable
to wait until all peace’ advocates
are throttled and the U.S. has
built bases in China. This is ap-
parent ‘through his eagerness to
have America embark on large-

scale aid to Chiang Fai-shek’s re--
actionary regime. And this sug-"

gests that fascism is no more re-
pugnant to him now than when
he peaped praise on Mussolini.

Though Churchill poses as a
loving friend by hypocritically
pretending it is his ambition that
Russia have access to iice - free
ports, he evidences the contrary

by sadly deploring “the failure
to strangle Bolshevism at its
birth.”

Furthermore, Churchill falsely
claims that sublime ‘unity exists
among the Western Powers. But
how can there be unity when
there is bitter rivalry over mar-
kets and trade between them is
stagnant?

No wonder some ‘enlightened
American workers greeted Chur-
chill with placards reading, “Ship
that Bundle Back to Britain!”

PAULINE KERR, Vancouver,
B.C.: Ladies’ Auxiliary, Civic Em-
ployees’ Union, Local 28, are hold-
ing their first annual Easter tea
and bazaar Thursday, April 14,
at Pender Auditorium canteen,
339 West Pender, from 1:30 to 5:30
p.m. I would appreciate it if you

could publish this information in-

your paper.

A. FRASER, Vancouver, B.C.:
sends us a clipping from a Glas-
gow paper, analysing an average
family budget in the Old Country,
and reaching the conclusion that
the worker is better off under
the present Labor government
than under Tory governments of
the past. The article is unfortun-
ately too lengthy to reprint.

H. L. THORNTON, Vancouver,
B.C., writes on court imperfec-
tions “and why crime prevaiis.
As his letter has perviously ap-

peared in the News-Herald we ate

not reprinting it, as we feel it is
important to give space to cor:
respondents whose letters have
been rejected by the commercial
press.

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ZIMBERLEY MAN ATTACKS TRIBUNE

Your

Two articles draw fire from

CM8&S propaganda sheets

Editor’s Note: ,

THE LETTER published below
was received this week (by reg-
istered mail) from James Robert
McFarlane of Kimberley, B.C.
Placed alongside recent editorial
blasts in the TRAIL TIMES and
ROSSLAND MINER against a
series of articles in the PACIFIC
TRIBUNE by Bruce Mickleburgh,
it will appear to many that these
two “unofficial” organs of the
Consolidated’ Mining and Smelt-
ing Company and James Robert
McFarlane. speak. the. same
language.

The tides appeared. in’ the
PACIFIC TRIBUNE issues of
March 11-18 respectively, under
the headings. “Consolidated pre-
pares an inside job,” and “The
war scare pays off for Consoli-
dated”.

Reprinting of these articles for
wider distribution was urged by
PACIFIC TRIBUNE readers resi-
dent in British Columbia’s key
hard-rock mining centers. The
miners’ union as such’ or any of
its several locals had nothing to
do with the composition or distri-
bution of these articles.

To read into either of these ar-
ticles that the “Communists wan
a strike” in the metal mining in-
dustry is a stock lie of the prop-
aganda agencies of the CM &S
and has no foundation in fact.
But if the unions can be man-
euvered into “fighting the com-
_munists” son some pretense or
other, in which we now see a
strange “unity” between the Mosh-
ers, Conroys, Millards, the TRAIL
qUMES and similar CMA sheets,
so much the better for the mon-
opolists.

McFarlane’s letter would indi-

cate that lead poisoning and sili-
“eosis are not the only poisons

that threaten workers in the
cM & S empire.

The PACIFIC TRIBUNE has
not interfered nor does it inter-
fere in the internal affairs of Lo-
cal 651 or any other union. We do
have the responsibility, however,
of presenting critical comment on
policies and ideologies detriment-

al to labor. McFarlane’s letter and
the editorial rantings in the TRAIL
TIMES and ROSSLAND MINER
merely shows that our criticism
was well directed.

JAMES ROBERT McFAR-
LANE, Kimberley, B.C.: Will you
kindly allow me space in your
“magnificent and benevolent” pa-
per to thank Mr. Bruce Mickle-
burgh for his articles dated March
11 and 18, pertaining to Local 651
Kimberley and Local 480 Trail.

At first glance many of us who
are probably not too bright, con~
sidered these articles designed
for only one purpose. That is, to
split and break these two large
labor organizations and to cause
as much disruption as_ possible
just prior to our negotiations
with the CM & S Company.’ How-

_ ever, after the last union meet-

ing in Kimberley, with standing
room only, we realized how won-
derful and how subtle these ar-
‘ticles were in uniting our mem-
bership. ‘

This meeting had a number. of
religious and all political shades
represented. The Labor-Progress-
ive party was well represented
and included Robin Denton, who
was Local 651’s delegate on the
.Beaver Patrol to Europe in 1948.
After a great deal of discussion
concerning these articles, the fol-

lowing motion was passed with :

every member in ithe hall standing
up and voting in the affirmative.
The motion read that we con-
demn the Pacific Tribune and

Goajinent

the Labor-Progressive Party for

their destructive and insidious

interference in the,affairs of LO
cal 651 and for their malicious
and unwarranted attack on its
officers and members. It was only
after this motion was so unanim-
ously passed that we reajlized
how much Mr. Mickleburgh’s 4”
ticles have helped to solidify oUt
‘yanks.

I must warn you to expect 9% —
very sharp editorial condemniné —
these articles, by our Regional Di
rector Harvey Murphy, in out
B.C. District, Union News. Br
ther Murphy may not quite grasP
Mr. Mickleburgh’s subtle meth 8
of organizing the working many —
put he is one man who will pit:
terly oppose any interference
any outside organization, whe

“ther the CCL, the CCF | or ty
LPP, in the internal affairs °
any Mine-Mill organization.

We again thank Mr. Mickle
burgh for.his very opportune ape
timely assistance—the membé
ship of Local 651 is now unit
Of course, we all realize that nis
information is, in most case5; yy
solutely untrue and in other
very highly distorted and we sul
gest that the next time he ae
Kimberley, he pick an inform 5
with not only more mining oe
perience but also more experie? |
in the trade union moveme :
However, these “literary mast ee
pieces” have had the desired at
fect and after all that is 7

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