4 Around the _ Slipways By Charles Saunders te hal Lado -NONYMOUS letters are usually consigned to the waste- paper basket, and that was my first impulse when I ‘ceived one in the mail this week from a soldier in camp at arriefield, Ont. But re-reading the letter, I got an impression the writer, whoever he is, as a former member of a ship- wd union and before that of an unemployed organization, ying to answer questions about labor’s part in the war fort and becoming confused by seeming contradictions. The letter showed this confusion. In one paragraph the triter would make threats against trade union leaders for that he chose to call their collaboration. In the next, he : ould denounce shipyard workers for obstructing production ad boast of what the soldiers intended to do on their de- mobilization. In one paragraph he was. the leftist worker, ajistrustful, suspicious, drawing on his bitter memories and igxperiences of the depression years. In the next, he was the ‘Woldier, trying to adjust himself to his new role and to an xtent already influenced by talk about those who hold soit, rell-paid war jobs while others serve in their country’s uni- xm. Qne thing was apparent. He did not regard the “Joldiers on the fighting fronts and the workers on the pro- uction fronts as part of the unified whole that is Canada’s rar effort. : @ [paeee is no doubt, soldier, that more could and should be done by the unions to keep in touch with their members vho are now in the armed forces. But a lot of the blame rests n the shoulders of the men themselves, who neglect to inform he union when they are either enlisting or drafted, and do not ‘eep in touch with the union after they are gone. ; or the information of the writer, I might point out that he Dock and Shipyard Workers’ Union sends $25 worth of igarettes to the Canadian forces overseas every month. If orees would communicate with the union, I have no doubt hat the membership would be only too pleased to have the shance to keep in touch and send such extra comforts as may *e needed. At its recent convention, the IWA adopted a @ ssolution pledging its locals to adopt the Forestry Corps and ‘eep the men supplied with cigarettes and other comforts. \lany other unions are also following this policy. e cf E REALIZE, soldier, as you must do, that if the working he scourge of fascism must be destroyed. This, then, is our oint task: yours, when the time arrives, in the firing line; ours n the field of production. But if we are to be successful, we nust not relax our vigilance against those employers who are = still more concerned with profits than production, who refuse 3 cooperate with labor in the elimination of wasteful and mefficient methods of production. Knowing the sacrifices you Aare called wpon to make, we are determined that your efforts shall not be handicapped by those who have only their own selfish interests at heart. Tabor is taking a leading part in the war effort today and soroving definitely that it can play a creditable role not only on the workbench but in the field of organizing and planning iT AGREE with you, soldier, that things will have to-be dif- ferent when you come back. By your efforts and our efforts now to win the war and destroy fascism we are helping fo ensure that things will be different. Fascism cannot flour- fish where there is economic security, and this is our goal, our joint goal; in the struggle towards a better postwar world. That is why it is part of our fight now to strengthen and unite the trade union movement, to establish it solidly in the life of our country, so that its voice may be heard and its in- fluence exerted in shaping the peace to come. Should the writer of the letter chance to see this column I wish he would write again, giving me his name and address. TI would welcome the opportunity to answer more fully the pertinent questions he asks. : IN REVIEW nose ex-members of the union who are now in the armed- class is to have a future that will be worth living at all SABOTAGE! The Secret War Against America — by Michael Sayers and Albert EK Kahn— Harper and Brothers, $3. * = = ANY exposes of fascist activi- M ties in Canada and the United States appeared in the labor press, in pamphlets and books in the years before the war, and facts proving the correctness of these warnings, uncovered by the United States Federal Bureau of Investi- gation, are outlined in this im- portant book. Divided into two parts, physical and psychological, Sabotage! deals with the many different methods of sabotage, not merely actual de- struction of goods, but also under- mining of morale by insidious prop- aganda. : One particular section, entitled “The Claws of the Black Dragon,” which might well have been read by Gommissioner J. ©. Cameron, deals especially with Japanese propaganda and espionage on the Pacifie coast. Proving conclusively that agents of the Black Dragon So- ciety “which by 1936 was virtua- ally in control of the Japanese government and High Gommand, worked through the Japanese Consulates on the Pacific Coast to obtain vital military informa- dion and communicate it te Ja- pan through the ‘fishing fleet’, i.e. Japanese Naval Intelligence officers, the book contains photo-— stats of letters from Japanese consuls to businessmen demand- ing such details as the complete water supply system of Los An- feles, and information concerning American companies having al- Ixylation and iso-octane plants. Although they conducted several raids and made many arrests, FBI officials found that Tokyo had se- cured sufficient information to pub- lish, even just before Pearl Har- bor, “a 200-page handrook filled with photographs and technical de- tails about the U.S. Wavy. Among other things, a large map show- ing the location of all major Unit- ed States airfields and bases, in- cluding those recently acquired from Britain.” : While ‘Japanese spies and sa- boteurs, firmly entrenched through their Black Dragon Leagues and other ‘Tokyo-controlled organiza- fions in Japanese communities on the West Goast,” may have receliv- ed a setback by evacuation from coast areas, yet the authors of this book show clearly that Japanese, German or Italian fascists do not depend only on their own nationals ele ¥ DANCE at the EMBASSY 1024 Davie OLD TIVE MODERN Wed., Fri. Tues., Thurs., Sat. “i PAY CHEQUES Cashed If you cannot get to your bank, bring your Pay Cheques to the Army & Navy. We shall gladly cash them for you. There is no obligation to buy. ARMY & NAVY DEP’T STORES Vancouver and Westminster for espionage. In fact, some of the biggest spies have been other than ‘enemy aliens.’ This is shown in another chap- ter, again proving true many statements in our labor press as te the threat to- Canadian safety of such fascist organizations as the Ukrainian Nationalist move- ment, long denounced by the ma- jority om Canadian Ulkrainian people here. “It is remarkable that in all the literature dealing with the world- wide machinations of the Axis, practically no mention has been made of this most important aux- iliary of the international Nazi espionage and sabotage machine: the fascist Ukrainian fifth column. Among fifth columns, it is unique in that the only land in which it cannot function is its native land. its activities in the Ukraine were brought to an abrupt halt in 1938 when the Soviet authorities round- ed up and executed its chief ring- leaders there. In almost every oth- er country in the world, and par- ticularly in the United States, this eriminal and ruthless fifth column is still at work.” Another type of sabotage, pre- vented in the United States now by anti-trust legislation, was aptly expressed in the motto of million- aire saboteurs during the First World War, to prevent increased output of materials by economic strangleholds: “I buy what I can, and blow up what I can’t.” Literally thousands of different mehtods of sabotage are uncovered in this little book. It should be read by all those who think there is any spot on earth free from enemy infiltration, Particularly would I recommend it to those who have charge of our country’s ef- forts to combat enemy sabotage, for, as Vice-President Henry A. Wallace declared: ‘‘We must be columnists who will try to sabotage not merely our war material plants but, even infinitely more important, our minds.” especially prepared to stifle fifth | Letters to the Editor = = Urges Inquiry s Into Boeing’s To the Editor. Sir: I have read the item in the last issue of your paper referring to the inefficiency and wasteful production methods in the Boeing aircraft plant. It is remarkable that after three years such a state disorganization Should still exist in one of our most vital industries, This Plant, which has been Op- erating for close to three years has, it would seem, hardly got into production yet. Perhaps it is more than a coincidence that we usually find such inefficiency flourishing in those places where the relation= ship between labor and manage- ment is not the best. It seems that in order to get an industry to function properly it is necessary, first of all, to get the closest co- operation between labor and man- agement, When the workers consistently bring: production bottlenecks to the attention of the management only to find their suggestions ignored and the same mistakes committed over and over again, as pointed out in your report, it is understand able that workers become discour- aged and adopt a cynical attitude towards production. The people should demand a thor- ough inquiry into conditions in this plant and insist that it be brought to full production or else be taken over and run by the government in the best interest of Canada’s war effort. I think your paper should be commended for bringing such matters to the attention of the pub- lic. These things should be fully exposed wherever they exist. ~ | A WAR WORKER. by William Z. Foster by Kate L. Mitchell 119 West Pender NIGHT IS ENDED A SELECTION OF THE POEMS OF J. S. 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