25 years ago... WEST GERMAN POLICE PROTECT NAZI RALLY Landsberg, Germany — German police in this U.S.-occupied zone city brutally clubbed 300 Jewish displaced persons and arrested many of them on Jan. 7 when _ they held a counter-rally to a de- ‘monstration of 3,000 Germans agitating for the release of nazi war criminals. “Police intervened on the side of the pro-nazi demonstrators and, after a ten minute bloody battle, hauled several of the Jewish leaders off to jail. A number of the Jews were injured by the police as the pro-nazis screamed “Jews get out!” Many of the war criminals in Landsberg prison, about a mile from here, whose release the pro- nazis were seeking, tenced in Nurenberg for atrocities against Jews. were: Scen- Tribune, ‘Jan, 22, 1951 FLASHBACKS FROM THE COMMUNIST PRESS 50 years ago... WAITING FOR A SNOWSTORM The superintendent of the gov- ernment Employment Office in Toronto says that unemployment, while not so widespread, is more acute. His further comment is: “What we are waiting for is a real big snowstorm. We want a num- ber of casual jobs and that is the only avenue of casual employ- ment that can be looked for in the immediate future .. .” Waiting for a snowstorm! If there is any more caustic illustra- tion of the bankruptcy of the capitalist system, we’ve got to see it. If the skies don’t provide work for the starving, they’ll have to starve. They'll have to suffer and freeze through the hard Canadian winter. It’s asking for manna from heaven. The Nova Scotia miners are not waiting for a snowstorm. They are fed up — not with food, but with promises. They refuse to meet death half-way. The Worker, Jan. 16, 1926 “ See how well our automatic grievance machinery works! ” PACIFIC TRIBUNE—JANUARY 23, 1976—Page 4 Edidtoual Comment... Fight AIB’s wage-cutting spree If it were only a case of the Anti- Inflation Board vaudeville team, Pepin and Plumptre, blaming labor for hurt- ing their box office as they roam the: country, it could be said it’s well deserv- Need Canadian policy favoring disarmament Disarmament versus the stepped-up arms drive of imperialism — this is looming as one of humanity’s greatest challenges of 1976. One of the profound contradictions, among many, of the U.S.-led imperialist world system is its attempt to overcome its crises through the combined profits and power it sees in arms build-ups, interference in other countries and at- tempts to start new wars. This, when the thrust of human de- velopment, the tide of history is in the direction of political and military de- tente. This, at a time when world opin- ion is swinging toward support for a United Nations disarmament confer- ence. The Stockholm Appeal-1975 now-gath- ering signatures of men and women around the world, demands disarma- ment as a key to fulfilling human need and aspiration. In this country, side by side with cutbacks in social spending, the slash- ing of the purchasing power of work- ing-class families and the lowering of living standards, the government is squandering $3-billion a year on arma-- ments, with a commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s gener- als to increase this by 12% a year, plus additions to cover inflation. In fact, Canadian businesses are aid- ed by Ottawa in helping themselves to the billions squeezed out of Canada’s taxpayers. A former Canadian counsel- lor at NATO, E. A. Coolen bragged that on one $300-million military ven- ture, Canadian corporations got $12.2- million worth of “business” a “return on investment” of 5.12%. “Investing” in murder and interfer- ence in other countries, in military threats and subversion is considered good business. One need only mention Cyprus, Angola, Portugal, Spain, and now Italy, where NATO (and its spirit- ual leader, the USA) has special con- cerns and where, coincidentally, the will of the people is thwarted by outside aid to fascism and reaction. The Canadian Government “moni- tors” NATO expenditures to ensure opportunities for corporations here, “using the support from our Embassies abroad . . .” says Coolen (Canadian Commerce, Nov. 1975). And corpora- tion representatives “participate direct- ly” in The Conference of National Ar- maments Directors, while an “advis- ory” group including Philips Electro- nies, British Aircraft Corporation, Ronyx Corporation, ete., influence de- fence plans. 5; Choosing between leaving our future in the hands of that gang, or demand- ‘ing independent Canadian policies for disarmament should be enough to move many Canadians into immediate sup- port of the worthwhile proposals and petition of the Stockholm Appeal-1975. ed by these evil jesters for state- monopoly capitalism. But it becomes clearer daily that — when the Communist Party of Canada, on October 14, labelled the so-called ~ anti-inflation program “war... against — living standards and collective bargain- — ing rights,” it was soberingly accurate. — ‘Instances of AIB interference in the © collective bargaining process are indeed mounting up as casualtis of this war, while widely-held expectations of the right to democratic appeal against AIB decrees are now proven to be pure fan- cy. On the evidence so far — and the rules are kept semi-secret — workers and their unions have no appeal. The AIB is judge, jury and executioner. To- ronto high school teachers, deHavilland workers, pulp and paper workers, Uni- versity of Toronto library workers are among those whose rights have been rubbed out by Pepin, Plumptre and the so-far silent dictator of AIB, monopo- ly’s man, Donald Tansley. Understandably the heat is becoming uncomfortable for those labor leaders whose confidence in the monopoly sys- tem — if only it were fairer — remains unshakeable. The monopoly-run media, while sell- ing their souls for the system that — owns them, appear embarrassed by the ~ crudity of the assault on labor. It’s — supposed to-look like an anti-inflation program, not an anti-labor program. So when Jean-Luc Pepin says we'll have _ to wait all this year to see from com> — pany profits whether prices have been — too high, a longing for at least a token — attack on the prices dragon to “prove” the equalitarianism of the campaign, prompts the Toronto Star to cry plain- tively: “Tell us something about prices, Jean--Luc. Anything.” And the Toronto Globe and Mail in a democratic moment, blusters: “The whole thing is becoming a dangerous mess. Months after the anti-inflation program was announced, — the public is still being surprised by — new facets and new interpretations of it. It is also being given far too much evidence, as the AIB brings down its — findings, that different criteria exist — for different groups.” Its conclusion? — “How much better a short-term total — freeze in wages and prices would have been,” thus solidifving the inequities under runaway inflation. ; The apparent differences between segments of the ruling class are really onlv differences of how best to hobble — and rob the working class, the leading — defence force for those millions of Ca- — nadians who are victims of the monopo- — ly system. q For unions to wait and see means to be picked off one at a time. Communist 4 leader William Kashtan predicted that — back in October. Now we have seen it — happen often enough to know that — monolithic labor unity is the only pre- — scription for survival of an effective 4 trade union movement. 4 The Anti-Inflation Board’s every q deed and statement exposes it for what it is — an instrument of state-monopoly — capialism designed to put the burden — of the system’s crisis on the backs of all those who live by their labor.