“Threat To Canadian-Soviet Friendship Must Be Ended” known newspaper correspondent “explaining” the significance of the arrests. This correspondent as such an intimate relationship to government circles that he was able to inform his public 2 week in advance that the Do- minion government intended to make the arrests. After they were made he explained their sig- nificance in words to the follow- ing: effect: “Tt is well-known of course that all the big powers carry _ on espionage activities but ordin- arily the governments do not make public their counter-espi- onage action. For example, the United States government knows that the British government car- ries on espionage activities in the United States but the United States "government does not do anything about it because Britain and the United States are co- operating with each other.” The only logical conclusion to be drawn from that “authori_ tative explanation” is tkat the Canadian government does not Particularly want to cooperate with the Soviet Union. ‘Gonsider the evidence which emphasizes that. : 5 __ According: to.a member of the. Severnment the men have been arrested for imparting informa- -. tion to an ally. Mr. CG. D. Howe Says the information did not con- cern atomic energy. Apparently it concerns scientific or technical information which one would have made available anyway to the ally that was bearing the -brunt of all the fighting in Eu- rope until the last year of the war. : The arrests were carried out before dawn; the men are held incommunicade; are not per- mitted to secure a lawyer; we | Meanwhile the press has pre- judged the case with the most lurid insinuations that the communist movement is in- volved. It is not true. I do not know of any member of our Party haying been arrested. Such fabrications are possible only because of the artificially created atmosphere of sinister secrecy. ; Contrast all that with the manner in which Adrien Arcand and his fascist group were treat- ed. They were charged similarly with being in communication with a foreign power. The power concerned in their case was Hit- ler Germany in the midst of the war, not a major ally after victory has been gained but Ar_ cand and his fascist group were arrested, given public prelimin- ‘sult counsel. do not even know their names. el LEE ELECTRIC PLATES (COMPLETE) $4. ary hearing and public trial, with full freedom to secure and con- The contrast be- tween the handling of the two cases speaks for itself. Q-——Do you mean that the Do- minion government is seeking to sever relationships with the USSR ? i : A—A government spokesman is reported as saying that the government hopes it will not lead to a severance of relations. ‘I along with every Ganadian who subordinated all other in- terests to vic- tory in the war echo that. hope. T h e fact is, how- ever, that, de- spite the re- straint in Mr. King’s state- ment, ether Statements at- tributed to members of - his Cabinet are the main justifi- cation for the provocative cam- zc ccCETMMS ELECTRIC IRONS complete with cord $6.95 95 Now Available NORGE OIL HEATERS Delivery For Immediate 38-62 W. Hastings 999 Granville = eo PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE 8 The Largest Supply House of Ranges im Western Canada NTA paign. Unless this campaign is combatted, promptly and ener- getically, by all progressive Ca- nadians, reactionary will try to transform it into a demand that relations be severed. Q@.—Why should they want to do that? A.—For the same reason that the attempt is now being made to stir up hostility against the So- viet Union and against the com- munist movement in general. The victories gained by the Red Army in the war have been fol- lowed by almost equally signifi- cant moral victories gained by the Soviet Union in the postwar settlement. The victories of the Soviet Union are victories for Socialism, The historic advance which is transforming the~con- tinent of Europe is also a victory for Socialism as is the rising tide of national liberation strug- gles in colonial countries. Con- temporaneous with the great de- mocratic advance in the old world millions of men and women that the next forward stage of human society is Socialism. The labor movement and the social- ist cause are advancing while everywhere in the world, finance capitalist imperialism is on the defensive. : ‘The present campaign in Canada, like. the ‘Zinoviey Letter” in Britain, the world- wide campaign during the So- viet-Finnish War and the abor- tive attempt to make it appear that the Soviet Government had been responsible fer the horrible mass graye in the Katyn Forest, is a rear guard action. The main effort is con_ centrated upon stopping the grewth of friendship for the USSR and recognition of the fact that communist policies are the only ones that history is proving correct. Q—Do you think anything can be done about it at the present time ? A.—Yes, I certainly do. Fur- thermore, as the essential char- acter of the anti-Soviet propa- anda is contrary to the true in- terests of Canada something must be done. Our future as a sover- eign independent people depends upon the maintenance of lasting peace. That is only another way of saying that it depends upon continued cooperation between the socialist and the capitalist Sectors of the world. The fight to maintain Canadian-Soyiet friendship and cooperation is the fight fer a good future for our Own country and our children. Furthermore, the interests which are straining every. effort to pro- voke a break with the Soviet Union are the same interests which seek to smash the labor movement and reduce the real Wages of the Canadian workers. Every time those interests win, labor loses. Progressive Canadians must Speak out! Demand a stop to the anti-Soviet provocation! Demand a Stop to secret trials of men held incommunicado! End this threat to Canadian_ 2602 Main Street 736 Grenville Soviet Friendship by establish- ing free exchange of scientific infermation between allies HIGHEST PRICES PAID for DIAMONDS, OLD GOLD Other Valuable Jewellery STAR LOAN CO. Led. EST. 1905 719 Robson St. — MAr. 2622 elements CCL Executive con. The CCL meeting was sharply | critical of the National War La- bor Board, which it - correctly charged, with no longer haying the confidence of the unions. STATEMENT ON WAGE POLICY The following policy was issued: The fanadian Congress of La- bor will support to the utmost of its ability the efforts of its constituent unions to reach the following objectives: statement of in North America are realizing | @ A general increase in wages, in order to provide an ade- quate wage income to ensure every worker a higher stand- ard of living; A reduction in working hours to forty hours or less per week, with the same or high- er “take home” pay; The increase in production of consumer goods to the utmost possible extent, with a view to preventing increases in prices; of price contro] and subsidy of agricultural products and other necessities of life, in the belief that if (Canadian industry is properly organ- ized’ and co-ordinated, no general increases in prices are necessary to meet in- ereased wage rates. 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