‘term effects of “the Abbott Plan” ooaear. UN Fe i The bitter fruits of Abbott Plan By TIM BUCK REPORT released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics some days ago provides sup- stantial evidence that the Tribune was correct last November when it said that the measures an- nounced by Mr. Abbott were contrary to the National interests of Canada. The Tribune warned Canadians that the long would be disastrous for Canadian industry and even upon foreign markets for Canada’s farm pro- ducts. The ‘Trib pointed out that .Douglas Abbott’s vague words about the possibility that it might be necessary to restrict Britain’s use of the credit already granted to her reflected the un- pleasant and dangerous fact that the King government had bartered away some of Canada’s control over her own foreign trade policies, as well as part of Canada’s traditional markets for agricultural products in Britain and countries of continental Europe. The Tribune’s argument was solid because it Was based upon facts. Mr. Abbott’s veiled refer- ence to the possible restriction. of credit to the United Kingdom was linked to two other facts that he did not mention. One of them is the fact that the King government had surrendered con- trol of the portion of Canada’s export trade as part of the price it paid in the hope of ensuring temporary large-scale U.S. expenditures in Can- ada under the Marshall Plan. The other fact not mentioned by Mr. Abbott Was the decision made by the U.S. Congress that all surplus agricultural produce in the U.S. must be used for shipment to Europe before the U.S. Sovernment purchased such goods in other coun- tries under the Marshall Plan. The King government’s restriction of Can- ada’s, foreign trade policy to conform with the Political aims of the Marshall Plan in the condi- tions created by that stipulation, tended in fact to make a large part of the production of Can- ada’s farms just an agtficultural reserve for the @ The DBS report confirms the correctness of the stand taken by the Tribune last November. mM another aspect, i.e. concerning the U.S. dollar Crisis and the prospects for world trade. The Yibune pointed out at the time that “the U.S. dollar crisis,” which the Minister of Finance de- _Scribed as a temporary difficulty, was in fact an Integral feature of the chronic post-war crisis Of imperialism. _ Capitalist world trade will be bedevilled by the “U.S. dollar crisis’ for as long as U.S. im- Perialism persists in its present policies. Now, @s though to admit that the Tribune was correct, the DBS refers to a UN report on world trade. his report acknowledges that in marked con- trast to the boom in North America, world trade Was still crisis-stricken at the end of 1947 and 'S actually continuing on the down grade this The UN report emphasized that trade eficits, inflation and shortages of basic com; Modities still. plague most countries. To that discomforting picture of capitalist World trade the DBS adds the following pessimis- IC estimate of the trend in Canada exports: s “Taking this year’s generally higher prices. into ¢ fount, ‘a considerable reduction in the actual Slume of our exports to these areas is indicated during the first half-of 1948.” ‘ survey of world trade each bears out the tate upon which the Tribune based its. con- Mnation of the Abbott Plan as a betrayal of HITLERITE POISON , Racism shielded _ by ‘polite’ mask Hk Canadian Jewish Congress Research De- ‘& partment lifted a corner of the racist cur- tain in Canada recently in a review of racist activities in Ontario and the failure of the tory Drew government to implement its provincial Racial Discrimination Act, 1944. @ About 36 percent of the vacation resorts throughout Ontario. discriminate on _ racial grounds in oifering accommodation to vacation- ists, according to a survey by Sydney Lawrence . Wax of the ‘Research Department of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Division. “The resort owner works beneath a mask of ; polite restrictions and refusals,” writes Mr. Wax in his report in a recent issue of the Congress Comment and Information Bulletin. The survey clearly shows the widespread ex- tent to which restrictive practices on racial grounds, are adhered to by Ontario summer re- sorts. It has proved that the phrasing “restricted clientele” and similar words of subterfuge in- dicate the refusal of accommodation at summer resorts on “race” grounds. There is certainly sufficient evidence here to establish the fact that the terminology used constitutes a breach of the Ontario Racial Discrimination Act, 1944. Racism in Canada, is growing at an alarming rate, but little attention is paid to the subtle spread of this Hitlerite poison, even by those who SMEs --victims, @ In British Columbia there is a “gentlemen’s agreement” of acceptance in many business and professional circles against the admission of Jews, Negroes, Chinese and others into certain _of the professions and other employment. These “gentlemen” don't like to speak about it. They are as reticent on the-matter as they would be on the subject of venerial disease in their own family. But the evil is there (deep-rooted and In Ontario they have an anti-racist law which the Drew government does not enforce. In British Columbia such a law is long overdue’... and one to be rigidly enforced against these “pure Caucasians” who propagate and practice racist doctrines of Hitler. . fixed. ; The DBS report on Canada’s exports and the. ‘Canada’s long term industrial and foreign trade prospects. It is no wonder that the DBS puts in its report a cautious “hedge” for its own reputation in the form of a warning to Canadians that the declining trend in Canadian exports to the U.K. ° and continental Europe may not be entirely offset even if there is some increase in U.S. buying + under the Marshall Plan. ; : @ There you have the first fruits of the Abbott Plan.