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OME international congresses and
conventions are convened for the’
Sole purpose of throwing up obstruc-

tions against the onrushing tide of hu-

Man progress, to put all sorts of bar-
vicades in the path of history. Even
the United Nations in much of its de-
liberations, has “sunk to this small
measure,” despite the inspiring objec-
' tives of its charter.

sWithout exception, every internation-

_ al conference stemming from the so-

‘called Marshall Plan ideology, with its

_ ‘NATO, Benelux, Colombo and numer-

‘ous other gabfests of the high muck-

- amucks of Western “democracy,” has

‘been and is designed to do just that.
‘Like the fabled King Canute of old,
their chief business is to command
(with ‘threats and acts of violence) the
‘tide to stand still in its course—unless
ft is running their way. They do it
with fine words. of course. words that
‘drip with oily diplomacy and profane
‘the name of peace. But fine words.

‘aS an ‘old philosopher ‘has said. “butter -

No parsnips” and human beings still
‘prefer butter before guns. at
A few comparisons between these in-

ternational conventions and confer-

ences for “the preservation of our way

0f life’ through the medium of the
“bie stick,” and the deliberations of —

the 19th ‘Congress of the ‘Communist
Party of the Soviet Union now in ses-
Sion, will illustrate who is at “the
Wheel of history” and who is working

_ ‘feverishly to stop its course.

When the Yankee “keynote” speak-,
‘ers give the “line” to their satellites in)
‘conference, it is invariably one of turn-
ing this or that nation within the orbit

©f Yankee imperialism into a supply
‘base for cannon fodder and a dump-
‘ing ground for Yankee products—with
‘a heavy emphasis on guns. Yankee

dollar-aid is shelled out in direct ratio |

‘to the willingness of its “peneficiaries”
‘to goosestep to the war whoops of
Wall Street. Thus post-war reconstruc-
tion. housing. wages. educational and
“cultural standards—all are vetoed and
‘bluepencilled out, in ‘order that the
eold-war may be transformed into a

‘hot one, and the dream of the atoman- >

jacs for the U.S. “uber alles” become
& reality.

_ The 19th Congress of the (Commun-
‘ist Party of the Soviet Union sets forth
different perspective, not only to
the 190 million people of that land,
but to the whole world. Although the
Hitlerite destruction of Soviet centres,
industries and homes was higher than
in all other countries put together,
Post-war reconstruction in housing, in-

dustry, educational and cultural cen-
‘tres, agricluture, science, public health

Services, etc, is also higher than in
all other capitalist countries put ‘o-
ether, : :

_ While we in Canada and the U.S.
have “talked” of a St. uawrence sea-
‘Way ‘for nearly 200 years, the Soviet

People have completed one of the

‘World’s greatest inland canal and sea
Systems, the (Moscow Volga canal.
While we in Canada get lectured on
‘the “need of auterity’—if we would
preserve “our way of life,” and are

told that in order to survive we must
“accept lower standards of life,” the

*- Soviet people face the immediate per-

gpective of a fiveshour day, a sixty
“percent or more increase in real wages,
a doubling of their leisure time for
education and cultural pursuits, an-
other drastic cut in living costs (the
third in less than ‘two years), and the
renewed assurance, precious to more

than four-fifths of the world’s peoples,

that the socialist sector of the world,
embracing nearly one-half of the
world’s peoples, under the leadership
and inspiration of the Soviet Union, is
winning, and will win, ‘the battle for
a lasting peace. ;

In the capitalist world conferences,
the “diplomatic” representatives of the.
exploiters say to ‘the workers: “‘Tight-
en your belts ... accept less wages ...
‘work longer ‘hours . . . remove militant
Jeaders from your unions... practice
thought-control . . . pay your taxes
promptly ... and find a career in the
armed services. Yjour country (read
Wall Street) needs you.”

All in the name of “defense” and
“peace,” in a situation where. no one
threatens to attack, and where war-
mongers use the word “peace” ‘to fo-
ment war, ?

The 19th Congress of the Commun-
ist Party of the Soviet Union review:
ing ‘the stupendous efforts of the So-
viet people ‘to build socialism, and now
standing upon the ‘threshold of a com-
munist society, reiterates in deeds as
well as words, the peace policy of the
Soviet Union, as promulgated by that
great party ever since ‘November 7,
1917, and repeated by Joseph Stalin
upon numerous occasions, that peace
and socialism are synonomous,

In the capitalist countries under the
leadership of Yankee imperialism, the
‘impoverishment of the masses under
a “guns before ibutter” program is as

-eertain as ‘tomorrow.

In the Soviet .Union, the 19th Con-
gress heralds the dawning of a new

age, the age of communism, in which

the material and spiritual wellbeing
iof the Soviet people will attain new
heights, hitherto unknown by man.
The reason is not hard to find. There
are no MacMillans to pocket $16 mil-
lion or more in profits annually from
Soviet lumberworkers! There is no
INCO or CM&S, no big monopoly coal
operators to pocket billions of profits
annually from the labor of Soviet min-
ers. Nor in the great cities of the
Soviet Union are there any BCElectric
monopolists to mulct the ‘Soviet citi-
zenry in huge transit profits. In fact
the Soviets are completely devoid of
this species of human carrion ‘who, in
the course of their daily exploitation
of the labors of others regard war
upon others as the most profitable en-
terprise of all. That being the case,
the Soviet people “‘plough ‘back” the

surplus values of their own labors into .

their own material wellbeing.

The monopoly press
quiet on the deliberations of ‘the 19th
Congress. The little dabs of “news”
they have ‘fed their readers on this
historic event have mainly been ill-
concealed innuendos that Stalin may
“die soon” and speculations as ‘to his
successor! ;

Tt isn’t an easy job the monopoly
press clings to. How can one. write
urging Canadian workers to accept
lower wages, work longer hours,

. tighten their belts, and get ready for

a war ‘some place, and in the same
column write of a Soviet worker cutt-
ing his workday to five hours, doub-
ling his wages, obtaining the leisure
an opportunity for culture, education
and science, and being determined o:

peace? ¢

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Tom McEwen, Editor

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Tarred with the same. brush,

Youth wants peace - not war

T the recent North Atlantic Treaty. Organization (NATO)

conference in Lisbon, the member countries undertook some

heavy commitments in the mobilization of cannon fodder for Wall
Street’s war on socialism. :

. Back home in their respective countries the NATO delegates
found the job a bit more difficult than they had anticipated. Young
people, whether French, British, Canadian, Australian or Ameri-
can just couldn’t see the army as a solution to all their problems.
Hence, in Canada as elsewhere, yes, even in countries like Western
Germany and Japan, recruiting fell far below NATO “‘standards”’
and new subterfuges had to be found to inveigle teenage youngsters
into the army.

The latest scheme just recently announced by which it is
hoped the required recruitment will be found, is to be ‘‘apprentice
soldiers.”’ After January 2, 1953 it is planned to recruit young

. people who have reached the age of 16 years, sign them up for a

period of seven years, allow them half a private’s pay, and teach
them a trade. This latter will serve a double purpose in the think-
ing of its progenitors., First, of course, they hope it will produce
the required number of recruits direct from the cradle. Second, that
in the field of mechanics, it will take the business of apprenticeship
for tradesmen out of the hands of the trade unions and make it an
army vocation. :

-One of the most noteworthy ‘features of this latest ‘‘soldier-
apprentice’ scheme for getting young Canadian boys of 16 years
into the army, is that in its immediate and ultimate objective, it

_ corresponds in every detail with Hitler's 1934 “‘plan” for the youth —

of the Third Reich. That, it. will be recalled, ended in disaster for
Hitler and a whole generation of German youth! { aie

ee “planners” of NATO with their designs for war on :
socialism would serve Canadian youth much better if they were to

plan for genuine peace and the new life that peace would mean to

Canada’s coming generation.

Clemens probe must be public
HE growing volume of protest from organized labor and other groups and their
demand for a public investigation into the brutal assault of two police officers
upon Clarence Clemens, Negro longshoreman, has scored its first point. The Van-
couver Police Commission has concurred in the need of an investigation, with in-
structions to “lay a charge if a crime has been committed.”

What kind of an investigation is, of course, something else. ‘A crime has
definitely been committed; on that there can be no two opinions. A Vancouver
longshoreman has lain at death’s door in the hospital for more than two months,
almost completely paralyzed as a result of a sadistic and brutal beating. Clemens
was so badly beaten up that it is unlikely he will ever recover to give evidence at
this or any other investigation! Should Clarence Clemens die as a result of this —
brutal attack, it will be an echo of the Deren case, marking the hateful progress
of vile racism and JimCrowism in B.C. ‘.
"Therefore the question, “. . . if a crime has been committed,” is highly super-
fluous. A’paralyzed and broken Negro worker in a hospital bed is sufficient proof

_ of that!

The main problem facing such an investigation is to determine the identity of
those responsible so that fitting punishment may be meted out, and race hatred
established as a punishment crime in B.C. The gimmick in the possible investigation —
mooted by the Police Commission is that such affairs, conducted behind closed
doors, can turn out to be nothing more than a whitewashing job—a job in which the
criminality of race hatred is sluffed over and those who practice it absolved of their
guilt. “x; ee : pes ;

The Pacific Tribune welcomes the announcement by the Police Commission
of an early investigation. It joins with all labor and progressive people in demand-
ing that it be conducted out in the open, and taketas its starting point the fact that
a Negro longshoreman was brually assaulted, because his skin was black!

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