THAT LAYS POWDERED EGGS!” Continued from Page 9 HESE are some of the rea- sons why reaction and mo- nopoly capital hate the very name of Tim Buck. At the same time, however, for the same reason tens- of thousands of Canadians look up to our na- | tional leader with love and ad- miration. fi have had the great privilege to be a close co-worker of Tim _Buck’s for nearly twenty years. ‘ft have often been asked what “is it that makes him such. a The an- ‘swer is that he combines great modesty with a confidence which arises out of deep know- ledges He represents fierce loyalty to the cause of the peo- ple and yet he is capable of the most tolerant of discussion with 'any opponent. He combines a wonderfully analytical mind with a phenomenal memory and he always is capable of reach- ing deep into the heritage of “magnetic personality. Marxism for effective and Seemingly inexhaustible sup- plies of ammunition. Friend or foe, when they meet our national leader are _ deeply impressed by his calm sincerity and singleness of pur- pose. 3 ey : @ | gome ask how it is possible { for Tim Buck at the age of fifty-four to be the friendly, joyial enthusiast he is. Many expect that the set-baecks, per- Secutions and the calumnies he Sutfered would have embittered “him by now. The reason why Tim Buck '_.has preserved his friendly at- titude and warmth in spite of the hardships he has Passed is to be found in his deep faith in humanity and the workings class. He is un- BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY Tim Buck Shakable in his understand- ing of history, as it relates to the future of our people and he views every hardship he faces personally as but an ineyitable episode in the course of a struggle always well worth while. T the age of fifty-four, Tim Buck is a great national figure and a close friend and comrade to tens of thousands in and outside of our party. In celebrating his birthday our party membership, espe- cially those who have come into the active labor move- ment recently, can well af- ford to learn from his life and experiences se as to make their own course clearer. APPRENTICE SEAMAN pour To SHIP OUT, JOHNNIE GELEGRATES WITHA CHARACTER. | BY JUMBO WHO, FOR REASONS OF HIS OWN, WANTS TO FIND OUT WHEN JUMBO USES IS ANNIE, WHO GOES TO WORK ON cIOHNNIE..... P. A. Features, January 13 — Page 11 Foibles, Fancies And Facts Meaning of “Soft Peace’ _ Frantic moves are going on in London and New York to try to upset the United Nations’ plan for the occupation of Germany. The industrialists behind the plot want to re-establish German industry before that of the rest of the Continent, thus creating a new Reich as a “bulwark against Communism and preventing Germans from being sent to rebuild Russia.” One British industrialist recently described this last plan as “nothing less than setting up schools for Communists.” (From “Secret History’ in Reynolds News, London, England.) d “Canute” Weaver Stops the Tide As to the proposal that a socialist movement should avoid criticism of a socialist country, there are two things that might be said. First, that even a socialist country is not sacred and beyond criticism; second, there is as yet no socialist country to be criticized. If Corn Cob thinks the Soviet Union is socialist he is entitled to his opinion. (George Weaver in the CCF News answering correspondent criticising him for attacks on the Soviet Union.) Your “Peace and Life” Definitely Certainly if the Red Army penetrates Europe; if the peoples who until now have been victorious fall into a terrible civil war; if the gallant German people are not able to resist the Orient .. . our peace and life will fall into the abyss. (from editorial in Spanish fascist newspaper; as reported in New York Times.) Reconversion : Sleeping presents its problems, too. We may be able to woo our wives on a Simmons mattress, but will we manage to woo Morpheus? More likely than not we'll toss and turn for a few hours, then search around for a spade or shovel, retire to the backyard, and dig ourselves a nice, cozy, safe slit-trench. All very well for us, but what will our wives think? (From a letter from Cpl. Bert Whyte, overseas, to Mel Colby as printed in the Canadian Tribune. ) The Americans Also Share Nor can Americans permit themselves the luxury of a “holier than thou’ approach to the current difficulties. It remains a hard fact that. American policy toward Britain in relation to postwar markets, as revealed in the Chicago international aviation con- ference -and other manifestations, has thrown the British bourgeoisie into a mood of panic and desperation out of which nothing constructive can come. Apparently America has no perspective to offer Britain, as yet, for the postwar period, other than one of unlimited free competition in free world markets, in which British industry can seé noth- ing but inevitable bankruptcy and collapse in face of Americas gigantic mass production plants expanded during and for the war. Until this basic factor is fundamentally modified, there will be no stable and lasting relations of cooperation between Britain and United States in a hundred questions vital to the successful prosecution of the war. America’s gigantic industrial power carries with it equally gigantic responsibilities for the formula- tion of policies which replace panic and desperation among our British Allies with calm- ness and confidence. (Earl Browder in the New York Worker.) Same Old Picture Not the least educational have been the antics of the “Liberal” and Social-Demo- cratic groups. In Greece as in Belgium, Social-Democrats provided the “‘face’’ for the “old gangs.’”’ And on his side of the ocean, all the way from Dorothy Thompson and the New Republic to M. J. Coldwell and the CCF press, they have veered from loud laments about the United Nations cracking up, Europe being divided between Britain and Russia, etc., etc., to pleas for a “‘soft peace’’ for Germany. All with “the best of intentions,’ of course, but they fit into the same old picture with the monarchist and collaborationist groups in Europe, giving Germany the hope even yet to prevent otal defeat. (From an editorial in the Canadian Tribune.) 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