be nt So) ore ee er ae ‘TO AID the people's apprecia- tion of blessings received and yet to come from the charitable hand of Social Credit, that party has published and mailed out to thousands of voters a well-de- Signed booklet entitled It’s Your Canada. The booklet contains an ac- count of what Social Credit con- ‘siders its achievements and tells of blessings yet to come — but ‘only if the people vote Social Credit. The balmy weather, the green forests (not yet full Wen- Ner-Grenized)), the blue Paci- fic, the PGE, etc., etc., ‘‘all this and heaven too’ by the munifi- | cent grace of Social Credit. And | ‘there is more even than this, for freater benefits will be bestow- _ td on British Columbia and all } Canada if the electorate - will Only’ pay proper homage (in BPs cific Tribune Published weekly at Room 6 — 426 Main Street ans Vancouver 4, B.C. Phone: MArine 5288 Editor — TOM McEWEN “Associate Editor — HAL GRIFFIN Business Manager — RITA WHYTE tes Subscription Rates: One Year: $4.00 Six months: $2.25 _ Canadian and Commonwealth Countries. (except Australia): $4.00 | One year. Australia, United States “8nd all other countries: $5.00 one ~-year. Sawaal E ae This month marks the 70th anniversary of the: arrival of the first 1 trans-continental train in Vancouver in May, 1887. Shown here is the first locomotive to arrive in Vancouver, No. 374. . _. Why give it away? . votes) to this twentieth century political Alladin. It’s Your Canada. That be- ing the case the people will un- doubtedly ask a good. question before stampeding to the polls to usher in a Social Credit mil- lennium. Why give it away? Yankee, HE U.S. imperialists who love to fish in troubled waters got a warning in Taipeh last week that time for them is run- ning out in Formosa, the Chinese island of Taiwan where Chiang Kai-shek rules only by force of U.S. arms and U.S. financial support. The story of this outbreak against U.S. domination with in Chiang Kai-shek’s “‘island fortress’ is typical of the Am- erican empire builders who are so eager to relieve the British of the ‘“‘white man’s burden.” An American GI shoots a Chinese worker in cold blood and justifies his action by claim- ing that the man was a peep- ing Tom,’ a U.S.-dominated court rules the GI fully justified in this Deep South form of race homicide. A pent-up wave of indigna- tion sweeps through Taipeh. The U.S. embassy in Taipeh is besieged and wrecked, the go home USS. flag hauled down and torn to shreds, and American person- nel in Taipeh given to under- stand that they and their kind are no longer welcome in For- mosa. This incident is not the only one of its kind which has brok- en out in Taiwan in recent months, -nor is it limited to For- mosa, but it was much too big to suppress. The Chinese in For- mosa want the Americans to get out. That has been the es sence of all such protests. Ironical as it may seem, the U.S. has demanded from Chiang suitable apologies and “‘repara- tion,’ to which that “‘paper tiger’ will undoubtedly agree— provided the U.S. will oblige him with another loan to meet the damages. Last week’s demonstration in Taipeh before the U.S. embassy shows that Formosa is awaken- ing and that the rule of Chiang and his U.S. backers is nearing an end. : Tom McEwen ul Mvysexr when young did frequently frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about; But evermore came out by the same door as in I went.” Were Omar Khayyam with us today the press headlines of this federal election would give that immortal philosopher and sage plenty’ of material for satirical verse. . From now until June 10 it is a “promising” marathon. Headlines show these. old-line partisan sprinters taking all the low hurdles on the hustings race track, while carefully dodging the high ones lest they come a crop- per. Local newspapers chalk up the race scoreboard in unintention- ally humorous headlines: Socred Hits Liberal Funny Money, but Finance Minister Walter Harris Laughs Off Socreds while an- other headline cheers the sprint- ers on with an Aim ,a Little Higher, Gentlemen. Remarkable what one can find in headlines on this race. ‘Pitcher’ Pearson Hurls Sharp Curve. This gets our metaphors mixed but we get back in stride when we learn. Bonner Serene As Two Quit. Then again Diefenbaker Blasts High Gov’t Spending, to which St. Laurent shouts back A Billion, That’s What It Would Cost To Fulfill Tory Promises. Almost as high as the Irish Sweepstakes — but with less to show for it. ‘ (We could pause in ‘the race here to remind St. Laurent that for the past ten years or so, his government has blown approxi- mately $1.5 billion annually of the people’s money for U.S. war purposes. No doubt “Uncle” Louis forgot that item when estimating the high’ cost of Tory promises.) But on with the “promising” race. Howe Disdains To Discuss Socreds while Liberals Rule The Revision Roost and _ Sinclair Charges PGE Losing Money. It is all very confusing unless you know the race entrants. On the one hand we see sprinter Pickers- gill Lashed By Tory Candidate and on2 the other a Liberal ‘Tells How He’s Baloney, both hur- rahs being-well timed! Hard pressed by the fans about selling Canada short to the U.S. trusts, back comes a gasped out pledge, U.S. Domination Not For Canada—Pearson while Mr. Tory (alias Diefenbaker) Hits Voice- less Robots. To prove he isn’t voiceless St. Laurent Claims Maritimes Would Suffer Under Tories (that’s not the only thing that would suffer) and a Socred challenger scores with a feeble Tight Money Scored. Perhaps the blue-ribbon head- line of all, which none of the old line marathoners paused in thei “promising” stride to explain was the old teredo-eaten hurdle, Where Do, Parties Get Their Funds? $e 3 5 $03 An answer to that one would provide an answer to another which has long bedevilled the people: who rules Canada; the elected representatives of the peo- ple or the powerful monopolies and financial sharks? Having paid the shot in filling campaign coffers, it is the latter who for- mulate policies and call the shot on all vital issues. Safeguard Chinese, Says Tory, as another with a dump truck concept of trade vociferates we Must Trade With Reds. The race, as told in headlines, is still going strong. The track gets muddy but the sprinters are still hopeful that the old Barnum adage about “one born every minu °” will hold until June 10 to help them over “the winning tape! MAY 31, 1957 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 7