ES A Signal Corps photographer (left) and’two Russian soldiers exchange salutes on 4 Berlin street as the 2nd Armored Division takes over the U.S. occupation zone. New Bookstore On Cooperative Basis Great interest has been aroused by the announcement that a new, modern, progressive bookstore, with a wide range of popular books, magazines and newspapers, is to be established in Vancouver in the near future. The bookstore will be estab- lished on a _ cooperative basis, with membership open to indi- viduals ‘and to non-profit, -frater- nal organizations, and the en- , thusiastic response already re- ceived by the sponsoring com- mittee indicates that the venture will be an outstanding success. -Charter for The People’s Co- operative Bookstore Asociation, as the organization will be known, has beén applied for and ‘plans are going ahead to reach the large number of progressive- minded péople' of B.C. who are interestéd in the venture. Ineluded on the sponsoring committee are such wellknown people in the B.C. labor and “‘pro- gressive movements as Tom Bar- nard, Rev. A. Stiernotte, L. Phil- lips, Dr. R. Lourie, Bill Bennett, H. Berson and a number of others. - The new bookstore will inherit the goodwill of the present Peo- ple’s Bookstore which is closing at the end of August. In a loca- _ tion and premises. which will en- able it to reach a much wider range of progressive people, the new Book Co-op will earry a “large stock of the latest in all types of books, pamphlets, maga- zines and newspapers, as well as other items associated with this type of business. Of particular interest will be 2 new circulating library which, it is planned, will be available ta members in all parts of the prov- inee and will be stocked with all the latest fiction and non-fiction. Shares in the cooperative are being offered at $5 each, with an overall limit of 100 shares to any member. As is usual in coopera- tives, every member will have one vote no matter how many shares are held. Another interesting item will be the Association’s monthly bul- | the. AEU. executive council to four-power. occupation of.Ber, ‘self an admission that the Anglo- American attitude failed to ree- ognize the actual situation’ with- in Germany., It, was apparent, that both the British and Amer- icans assumed control of their particular areas of Germany that were not only basically anti- German*but had ‘no relation: to the decisions reached at the Yalta conference. And when the Canadian, British and American troops formally moved into Ber- lin last week and found the Rus- sians already well-launched into the tremendous task of ‘reeduca- ting the German people, the con- trasts in policy between the ma- jor powers was’ too marked to be ignored. f CONTRASTING POLICIES The western allies — France, Great Britain and United States —found upon entering Berlin that the Yalta decisions respect- ing Germany were being strictly adhered to within the Soviet zone of occupation. There was of course fraternization between the Russians and Germans. But Holds 2nd A ant Labor Conventions of the ish Columbia, due to the fact. AEU Demands Full Rights LONDON—The national com- mitteéof the” Amalgamated En- ‘in ng Union has instructed gine rps fight, for.full political rights for all union members belonging to the Labor party. i . The ..committee, meeting last -week,— vesolved that all union members who pay the political levy. tothe ‘Labor party should be... eligible for election to all Labor party bodies and to attend all party conferences. Under the present rules of the party, no Communists are eligible for elec- tion to Labor party posts regard- less of whether they pay the pol- itical levy. - The AEU is one of Britain’s largest unions, with a member- letin, available to members only, which will contain reviews and information on the latest books * and on future publications. For further information on the project, the public is invited to write to Myer Sharzer, secret. tary, People’s Cooperative Book- store Association, 420 West Pen- der Street, Vancouver. ship of close’ to a million. The national committee revealed that 136,000 members are now paying the political levy, as compared with 96,000 last year. LONDON—The administrative committee of the. world trade un- ion congress will meet in Paris on September 20 to consider appli- cations for admission from those trade union bodies which did not participate in the February con- ference. It is expected that the congress, which opens on Sep- tember 25, will declare itself the first constitutional convention of the World Federation of Trade Unions. . PAGE 2 — PACIFIC ADVOCATE B.C. Federation Of Labor nnual Meet The Second Anihual Convention of the British Colum- bia Federation of Labor (CCL) “‘will be one of the import- year in the province of Brit- that we are entering the post- war period, and much depends on the type of social and labor legis- lation which will be enacted pro- vincially and in the federal field,” states the preconvention bulletin of the Federation. Preparations for this impor- tant conference of B.C. labor are now well advanced, and calls to the conference have been issued to. the local affiliates and labor councils. Plans are being made to accommodate 150 delegates who are expected to attend. The importance of formula- ling a legislative program for labor in B.C. is emphasized by the fact that a provincial elec- tion in the fall is more than prob- able, and the Federation confer- ence will deal mainly with legis- lative proposals. The Federation has been requested to prepare a brief on the Rehabilitation of the Armed Forces, by the Royal Rehabilitation. The brief will present organized Commission ‘on labor’s views and suggestions for dealing with this important subject. A plan for action in the face of increased anti-labor activity by reactionary’ employers will undoubtedly-be evolved, and it is expeeted wide support will be gained for Federation proposals arising out of the conference among the labor movement. Four Power Occu Contrast In Soviet-,; P. ae as in and the much-publt ainvsetfect between British. and! U:S. troops and German civilians : Lifting, of .the ban was in. it. SSS tint < patic lied | Be 2 sae Sates Z Sharp contrasts in the policies adopted by the Angle-American ‘a: forces in Germany, as well'as'some curious and dangerous _ pews as > : : Sin: their: respective zones of occupation, have Deen, Cmpyast ed American-methods. in r 4 Wed lilting Of fhe foatern n She had become -Nazified. Thi were no known Nazis in-evidence, Thousands of them had, been rounded up and imprisoned pend- ing trial. Red Army tribunals were hard at work sifting the population, probing the back- ground of all suspected Nazi sympathizers. The entire’ Nazi administrative aparatus was be- ing cleaned out and new admin- istrators appointed from among those Germans who could prove their anti-fascist connections or background. Correspondents who entered Berlin noted that everywhere there were posters bearing such slogans as: “The aim of the Uni- ted Nations do not include the destruction of the German peo- ple’; “The Allies will destroy German militarism but not the German people”:, “Hitlers come and go but the German nation and people remain—Stalin.”)~ And these Yalta slogans are being applied in life. POLITICAL ACTIVITY Anti-fascist parties are being encouraged to organize. The trade unions have been recon- stituted. Just this week a co- .alition of the Communist, Social Christian Democrat Democrat, and Liberal Democrat. parties was announced. The result of this political activity has been to encourage | the German people themselves to assist in the purge of the Nazis, as well.as to elect their own local administrations,, .al- ‘ ready well advanced in Berlin itself. wei The German Communist Par- ty’s move to unite the youth. in a powerful organization which will undertake anti-fascist edu- cation is being helped by the grant of Soviet broadcasting and other facilities. All these fac- tors combined : explain why the population in Soviet-occupied territories are working more and mere enthusiastically with So- viet authorities in the.giant task of reconstruction. and reeduca- tion. But the picture in the territo- ries occupied by Great Britain, United States and France is con- siderably different and.. much less well defined. eee: The non-fraternization policy, while it-was in effect, did: con- siderable harm. “The ~- continued ban on political activity, even: by. anti-fascist groups, has” been any some cases, ruthlessly ;with ‘both the Catholic ‘and former Nazis. 0: latest moves was ta ; the beginnings of an a organization and to 4 police chief of Munich t ous Hans Ritter von Se held the same office to 1930 during which # sisted Hitler’s beer hall 1923 and consistently leading Nazis. ANTI-GERMAN POLI Elsewhere in Amer British-oceupied “regior are mantained in admi posts even when non-\ mans are available. All up. to a purely anti-Ger icy, as opposed to the Se ‘which encourages the people to work out their tinies -while sternly. su all those elements r for the Nazi regime of The: Western : -Adlies) a antly discovering once { fact, that Soviet policie many, 4s well as*in oth pean countries, have he correctly on. permitting. ples the.-broadest demeer Sistent -with -anti=fascist while their.own. methods tics :have done little, if to eliminate from Euro. the fascist. elements wh. One terrible war and th bring another. AL] 'B ig 3 sharp discussion among Three leaders, especial Churchill’s side. For his ment. has been carryin single-handed...policy in Italy and the,.Near Eas entirely. foreign to the g application of. Allied un’) General De Gaulle, ‘who. . pursuing an increasing] ionary policy in both | and international affan effect strengthening th chill line. The outcome of the