* SAN FRANCISCO—T of them. And as you scurry sther where ‘The settlers of California took this rocky peninsula be- hween the great bays and the hast ocean as they found it. they could. not wait. until all ‘ge hills were lévelled,. could sey? They. made the most of hat they found. They spanned re waters with ferries, and \3,en with splendid bridges. And quey, kept on building. it? In a way, this is the key to ipril and May, 1945. A world w\reanization is being built. The harter is being debated phrase ; oy phrase, like the drafting of * plueprint for a series of build- ags. An association of nations, jivhich together defeated Ger- 1an fascism and will defeat apanese fascism, is being sol- lified through a code of behav- aor, a set of rules. -The question is asked: has ‘it sueceeded? Will it endure? My answer is that the politi- zal Jandscape is a hilly. one, qo begin with: The valleys (and peaks of world political §'-elations are plain for every- me to see. Yet, if we once see that clearly (without kid- a ding ourselves or moaning f about it) we can then say the i) most important thing. This world security-parley is 4 refiection of world politics. At Fine same time, it represents in d-self a forward* movement of | ‘orld politics, opening out new | ossibilities of change in a pro- ressive direction. : Se ‘SHE fact that Argentina (a fas- - cist country) was seated in ais organization is a very seri- a4 as thing. It shows us a deep 4} ‘evice in world relations. Pow- 7 cful American reactionaries i yanted to make a political ) ‘emonstration to BEurope and fhe whole world: They were aight very hard toretain the frases of reaction, and even acism, wherever possible, } But that is only one side of 4 be. matter. It is equally true, pj snd more important in the long wun, that the Soviet Union, in 4 che company of half-a d6zen other countries, mostly from ‘the new Europe, spoke’ out jagainst Argentina. They spoke so clear and so true that hun- 7 dreds of Americans here were ashamed. Our delegation was “split, and has still not gotten “gover the after-effects. Millions «of Americans were alarmed. i Was anything solved by # the seating of Argentina? . No,- not at all. The United States will still face the Ar- gentine menace to its most basic interests, and the at- tempt to embrace these Fas- cists will not get any long- range results.. There will be a historical kickback. You must judge the weakness of American foreign policy ‘on @' this issue very ruthlessly and A call a spade a spade. Yet, 4 you must not judge every- thing which is “happening here by this one‘ cliff-side of world politics. 3 the cultural work of the Mecurity conference takes place, you are impressed with the shat is happening here this © | aying, in effect, that they will | : The same can be said about “the refusal to seat the’ Provis- ional Government of. Poland. * his city was built on hills, 14° around from one hotel to an- United Nations @ enius and daring of Americans who built sucha magnifi- @ent city on slopes and peaks, on waterfronts and cliffs. The fact is that our State De- partment and British Foreign Office are deliberately refrain- ing from a settlement of the Polish question. They are mis- interpreting the Yalta agree- ment. They are taking up the cudgels for the most reaction- ary underground agents in a provocative way. Very well. We understand why. They have-a lever in the Polish issue against a demo- cratic Europe and they are going to make the most of it for a long time. They will unquestionably use it to keep many new democratic nations of Europe out of the world organization as long as pos- sible. oo OLAND will go its way, will carry out agrarian reforms, will re-build. political. life, will clean out the rubbish of two eenturies. And the Soviet Un- ion, by its leadership and friendship, by a network of alliances which have been offici- ally recognized by this confer- ence as part of the structure of world security, will continue the battle to eradicate fascism. Then what happens? Am- erica’s refusal to recognize the new Poland will compli- cate matters; but will it “fundamentally change the currents of European his- tory? Who will have to back- track—the Polish peoples, or we Americans? I think our own policy will have to back- track. The landscape is hilly, but the process of building the City of Man -will go for- ward.. ‘ : : I have been watching for three weeks how the Soviet del- egation has behaved here. It has been an unforgettable ex- perience.. Foreign Minister Vy- acheslav Molotov met the press three times, Dmitri: Manuilski, the Ukrainian Foreign Minis- ter, and Kuzma Kiselev, the White Russian Foreign Minis- ter; met with many people here informally, too. The essence of their behavior is to fight. for basic principles, to fight for the program of the United Nations, to fight hard. _ But never in a negative way. They do not walk out, or se- cede from ‘world politics, even when they are beaten by votes. They have no axe of their own; when they defend the right of colonial. peoples to independ- ence, when they propose the _ ight to work” and the “right to an education” as basic hu- man: rights, when they press «for .a delegation from the World Labor Cénference — all that is common to the program of all advanced humanity. Many American figures here hate the Soviet Union, and the press has been abominable. But, in the long run, the capit- alist world cannot face up~°to its problems without meeting the Soviet Union half way. Here’s another thought in the same vein. So there has been a powerful argument here over the place of regional security in world security. The American delegation, with the exception 7 AGE 15 — P.A. MAGAZINE SECTION (Frisco Parley Can Build ‘City Of Man’”’ By Joseph Starobin of Comdr. Harold Stassen, wants to have its cake and eat it. It wants all the advantages of a seat in the Security Coun- cil, with jurisdiction over world affairs, and, at the same time, all the supposed advantages of- a ‘hemisphere bloc.” Very well. Suppose some formula is worked’ out here, as it_will be, to express this con- tradiction. It would be wrong to judge the entire project here - by any such formula. After all, a hemisphere bloc is a fact in world affairs; this conference alone, cannot change that. “But will the hemisphere bloc endure? I do. not think so. Many a Latin American delega- tion which has behaved here in ‘the worst: tradition of -subservi- ence to the United States, will discover,. upon returning home that the Security Council’s jur- jsdiction over hemisphere af- fairs is the best.possible pro- tection for Latin American sovereignity against reaction- ary tendencies of North Amer- ican imperialism. On the other hand, the United States will find that the center of gravity of world politics is not in the -hemis- phere but in Europe and Asia. And there, a fundamen- tal improvement of Ameri- ean-Soviet relations will, be- come a necessity. Many of- _ficials at this moment are stubborn. about facing this necessity. They hate it. But it is there. Much the same goes for the colonial issue, which-has caused so many headaches. No, the world organization: will not solve’ it. It may even strength- en the mandates system, as the British desire. The clear Soviet stand for the principle of na- tional independence may not be heard, here and now. But it is an illusion to think that the evolution of the colon- ial peoples can be checked. No world organization can be.used for such a purpose: -The- basic compatibility between a world free of empires and the inter- ests of capitalist America—yes, capitalist America—will reas- sert itself. Men propose, but history. disposes—that is the truth which. many pigmies here do not realize. . That’s how I feel about this conference here. This was rein- forced for me by two other events. One was the World La- bor Conference, which held its organizing sessions over in Oakland, and which wrote an excellent charter for the con- gress in Paris next September. In a way, this meeting was just as: important as'the secur- ity parley, even though the UNCIO has. stupidly declined to accept the world labor move- ment in an official capacity. Because it will be the labor movements of the world who will carry through the security charter being written in San Francisco. They will be the ones to make the real amendments. They will enforce the real de- cisions. .They will carry into life all its good things, and overcome all its imperfections. And I know that: Philip Murray understands this very well, and will therefore have gotten more out of his visit to California than Sen. Arthur Vandenberg. Becbedorbocbecbecbeciebeoncbrcbosbesbedeeboeknbecherbrbor be locbocbedorrebochorkednebeebnchocsntoce che Soetecbedoefecho obec CLUB DIRECTORY Be SS eS Te Se Se Se SS Oe SS aa oe Be e Cariboo Constituency— ; Prince George Club, John Gavryluk, chairman. Joseph Andre, chairman. e Comox-Alberni Constituency— Campbell River Club, Harry Pawlik, chairman. Port Atberni Club, James F. Saxby, chairman. Courtenay Club, H. Russell, chairman. Cumberland Club, Dorothy Soganic, chairman. Sointula Club, Arne Jonhson, chairman. : East Kootenay Constituency— Cranbrook Clubs Victor Oakley, chairman. Doolittle, chairman. Fernie @lub, Wm. Kimberley Club, Joe Cyralik, chairman. Gaseoff, chairman. Fraser Valley Constituency— Websters Corners Club, August Hilland, chairman Kamloops Constituency— ; Kamloops Club, meets each Sunday, 8 p.m., LPP Hall, 145 Vic- toria St., West., C. H. Cook, chairman. Malakwa Club, J. A. Johan- Wells Club, Creston Club, Kenny” J. Slemko, chairman. Michel Club, George son, chairman. Mount Cartier Club, P. Balyn, chairman. Notch Hill Club, T. A. Huhtala chairman. Revelstoke Club, Mac Ivan- auskas, chairman. Red Lake Club, J. W. Smith, chairman. Sal- mon Arm Club, Jack Honey, chairman. : Nanaimo Constituency-— Extension Club, Louis Tellier, chairman. Nanaimo Club, James Forsythe, chairman. Duncan Club, George Hawk, chairman. Ladysmith Club, Ethel Michelson, chairman. Lake Cowichan Club, Fred Wilson, chairman. ; Victoria Constituency— Victoria Club meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, 8 p.m., 1116 Broad St., Bill White, chairman. : New Westminster Constituency— Richmond East, Paul Bloom, chairman. South -Burnaby, J. Vi-- pond, chairman. Central Burnaby, Charles Stewart, chairman. White Rock, Fred Choate, chairman. Fort Langley, Angelo Gen- tile, chairman. Queensboro, Bert Samson, chairman. Langley Mrs. G. McDonald chairman. Green Timbers, A. B. Eyton, chair- man, Bridgeview Club, A. B. Armstrong, chairman. New West- minster Club, W. R. Miller, chairman, 59 Alexander St. Alder- grove, Victor Vesterback, chaicvman. Cambie Club meets second and fourth Wednesdays of each.month at 262 Winnipeg, Eburne, B.C. at 8 p.m. : é Bess Skeena Constituency— a Ocean Falls,-Harold Chernoff, chairman. Prince Rupert, Bruce Mickleburgh, chairman, Box 405. ‘Terrace, Joe Kelly chairman. Vancouver North Constituency— North Burnaby, Len Ainsworth, chairman, Norburn Hall, 38990 East Hastings. North Vancouver Club meets -every second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, 8 p.m., corner Lonsdale and Eighth ‘St., Mrs. Dorothy Lynas, chairman. Powell River, G. A Harris, chairman. Gibson’s Landing, Dr. F. Englis, chairman. Britannia Club meets every Sunday except change of shift Sun- days, Box 176, Townsite, G.-Garosh, chairman. : Wes? Kootenay Constituency— Blueberry Creek, S. Bergquist, chairman. Nelson, J. Tennant, chairman. Rossland Club, Elmer Thompson, chairman. Trail Club, Dick Gopp, chairman. Vernon Club, Steve Ursulak, chair- man. -Kelowna Club, R. Jones, chairman. Osoyoos Club, Max Rudnov, chairman. Penticton, E. R. Cobb, chairman. Yukon Constituency— Whitehorse Club, Boyd Gordon, chairman. ‘CITY CLUBS Burrard East— Meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 8 p.m., at 13802 BE. 12th: Val Christie, chairman. East End— Meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 8 p.m., 875 Bast Hastings. John Sawitsky, chairman. Fairview— Meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 8 _ pm. IOOF Hall, Sixth and Main; Jean Mason, chairman. Georgia-—— ; Meets every first and third Thursday each month, 8 p.m., Croa- tian Hall. Grandview— Meets every second and fourth Thursday each month, 8 p.m., 875 East Hastings St. Carolyn McFarlane, chairman. Hastings East— Meets every second and fourth Wednesday each month in Olympia Hall, 2303 East Hastings, at 8 p-m. Helen Mathieson, chairman. Kitsilano— Meets every second-and fourth Wednesday of each month, 8 p.m. in Pine Hall, Pine Street, between Seventh and Highth Avenue. Art Makepeace, chairman. Norquay— Meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month in Norquay Hall, at Kingsway and Slocan, Effie Jones, chairman. South Hill— _ Meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 8 p.m., in Horticultural Hall, 41st Avenue and Fraser; J. Henderson, chairman. Swing Shift— Swing Shift meets every second and fourth Wednesday, 11 a.m. Olympia Hall, Hastings and Garden Drive. Victory Square— Meets every first and Third Thursday each month, 531 Homer. William Rigby, chairman. West End— Meets every second and fourth Wednesday each month, 8 p.m., 1882 Davie St. Percy Pearce, chairman. SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1945. a Ripe oe - es S|