“The ‘charge is ‘disturbing the war, Sergeant.” A blow at democracy 11 Communist leaders to jail for their ideas: But even Justice Jackson admitted that he had “little faith in the long-range effectiveness of this conviction to -* stop the rise of the Communist’ movement. pamminisre _ will not go to jail with these defendants.” The Communist leaders were convicted not only be- cause they fight for peace, but also because they believe in socialism, because they believe that a social system which breeds wars and depressions is doomed. “But the Supreme Court cannot outlaw socialism. That has been tried before. It was tried in Italy, in Germany, in Czarist (Russia and in old China. It was tried in the USS. also. when Eugene Debs was sent to jail for opposing the First World War and advocating sqcialism. But today - socialism is stronger throughout the word than ever before. The Communists were convicted because they believe -in peace, because they say the Korean war is an unjust war of aggression against a peaceful people. By this token, Abraham Lincoln should have been put in a: jak for denouncing the Mexican-American war. It has always been for the American ae to judge whether they will be dragooned into an unjust war. The American people will come to realize that what the Communists said is true—that the Korean war is a_ war for conquest and for profits, that their rulers are leading them—and us—to disaster, that the course of true patriotism is to speak for peace. Socialism cannot be outlawed and neither can peace. The truth cannot be put in jail: Ideas with .the force of truth, with the support of millions, will, triumph. The immediate question is how much time must elapse before the verdict is overturned by public opinion. The stakes are big. If the forces that fight for peace | could be even temporarily ‘silenced. the outcome might be the horror of a new world war and as barbarism of fascism. That is why fionést people eveywhere, seeing how the foundations of American democracy are being undermined by men who cloak their every evil deed and action with false references to democracy, must protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s’ decision as a blow to their own rights escde a threat to aie own desire to live at peace. = Celebrate with the Ukrainian Canadians T the Ukrainian Canadian people have wrought in this young land of ours is written in scores of thriv- cc hee in the railroads that link them and the ustries those railways serve. What the Ukrainian Can- aoe people have contributed to the making of a native Canadian culture is proclaimed by the accomplished dance groups and choirs that flourish wherever Ukrainian Can- cadians live. — What better way ue for every progressive (dation ‘to demongtrate his pride in the achievements of his fellow (Canadians who have given so much to our country than “to participate in the Ukrainian Canadians’ celebration of —— naa ba this: a week? zi a Rob ert Jackson was. one of the six members _ of the U. S. Supreme Court who voted last week to send | our provincial towns. Pinta Wy Onlin Pators Lid” Wad Rowe Goes Vasesares, B.C. 3 "Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Dept, Ottawa | movement were made possible because of , ous right-wing policy. UU As We See It by TOM McEWEN a ’ —UUtH£ qRwZT_TZz_ ATCC BOUT 40 years ago around any, Scottish “feeing” (hiring) market, the ever-present recruiting ser-:, geant from any_of Scotland’s famed regiments was really something to. look at. Resplendent in full dress regalia, flushed with moderately - spaced draughts of good Scotch and well heeled with ready cash, the recruiting sergeant moved backwards and forwards among the happy market-day crowds. Ploughmen lads who had taken on more of John Barleycorn than their sturdy constitutions could carry were his specialty. To them the sergeant would croon the beauties and joys of army life, made ever so rosy and mellow by “numerous draws” set up by the dashing sergeant. Against such a background of colorful” tartan, silver buckles, and a picture of a life of ease and adventure, what more could a man want? When the fog had cleared away and the penalties of an over- load of John Barleycorn hammered its devil’s tattoo in head and stomach, there came the stark realiza- tion that the “Queen’s Shilling” was in his pocket, and the glamor of yesterday’s dazzling uniform and duleet tones replaced by the not-so- dulcet fatigue — of a barrack’s square. ‘ sae fou!” In these modern, cold-war days; the busigess of | recruiting is much more refined, much .more “prac- tical.” “Mobile recruiting units,” accompanied by a band, and preferably a pipe-band (if available) tour If any RCMP are available these are brought in to lend “glamor” to the parade. Such a show is reported in a recent issue of the Cowichan Leader, and in varied. forms by other provincial papers, Some time ago, the. above paper editorialized on a “blot” on the Cowichan area, said’ “blot” being an ‘extreme Baa of recruits’ for ‘war service. .» Chie-) wherever they are. The most recent visit of ihe “Mobile Recruiting Unit” to Cowichan area show the “blot” still well . to the fore. - forms or the promise of “travel and adventure”, in Korea or Europe—extreme _ ends ‘of Uncle Sam’s _ dollar-axis—have little appeal at the moment to™ ‘Cowichan citizens. Perhaps like numerous Canadian citizens, they prefer to remain a “blot” on Cowichan Lake rather than on some remote) Korean hillside, a sacrifice to glory and profit of Wall Street. An “opinion poll” of new recruits on our” trai ‘ recruit does not burden his “Man, I wad’na hae done 1G if I nadine been we'll have peac ‘Obviously, the glamor of RCMP uni-~ — svi heading for the various training centres, reflect a brand of “patriotism” which would make a Chinese — peasant blush. Shorty from Sunny Alberta: says: “J joined the army to get away, from’ the e—d— job of tamping tires for the CPR for 60 cents an hour. The chow they give you in those CPR extra _ gangs for $1.65 a day would make a hog sick. The S army can’t be any worse than that!” : 4 In his rare moments of sobriety, Slee for an adjutant says: “The army—there’s nothing wrong with the army. Between the canteen and the “broads” (girls), I can put in a better time than I’ve had since I got out. Work! Not for me, Mac! The army’s all right if you know how to get around.” Unlike the Good Soldier Schweik ‘this Canadian “patriotism” with moral ‘scruples. For him the army is an escape from. decent Canadian citizenship. -This is the kind that could rape a Korean mother, loot her PROr home for something, to drink—and boast about fit as a war exploit! ‘ ees ‘ > Slim has joined the army to “learn a trade.” He is serious and likeable, a lad anyone would be proud to call “son.” He doesn’t want to kill or be- killed...He would like a steady job, a trade, 2— Romy of his own. < a a Somehow or other forces he: cannot gnderstante » have thwarted all these ambitions. “Mebbe it’s just ‘my luck,” he says, “mebbe in the army it will change, and I'll get a chance to get the things I want. © Christ no, T don’t want to kill nobody. We've ‘noy damn _ business jin Korea. Those people just want to live the same as me.’ Good Soldier Schweik! “Me, ” says an ipa ceramie? Geet ‘Mac- Arthur. “I’m all for settling with the g—d— Reds. I won’t be pushed around by any g—d— Communist. When v we glean up as.” ‘ We mention Stalingrad, but it déesnit register. North Africa, Italy and France also draws a blank. We ask a question: “By the way soldier, what. oy were ony with in the last show?” “Me, hell, I was in Ottawa and Halifax chasing , Zombies. — Best. bloody job I ever had in my life. The s all right, brother. Non R Scan for me fone of your A jan ruling By WI LLIAM KASHTAN NOTHER BLOW. has. been struck | against ne rights of. the trade union movement of this. country. A few month ago it “was- the Canadian — | This time | \Seamen’s Union . which was affected. the Toronto ‘Newspaper | Guild is the’ victim. Mr. Justice Gale of Ontario Supreme Court has. handed down what the Toronto Globe and Mail calls a “re- markable judgments” — He quashed certification of the Guild for employees of the paper’s circulation — department. The Ontario Labor Relations Board - had previously, granted certification” to” the union. On the surface there seems. to. ‘be very little relationship between the ruling of Mr. Justice Gale on the Guild and the ruling of the Canada Labor Relations Board on the Canadian Seamen’s Union. - . In the case of the seamen the board recognized that the union had the support of the seamen on the — Branch Lines, but decertified it under the false pretext that it had ceased to be a union in the Mtrict “ineaming of the term end was. “political.” When union appealed the illegal and: arbitrary — ruling, . Justice Barlow upheld the board because its rulings could not be appealed. ’ In the case of the Newspaper Guild, Mr. Justice Gale took an exactly opposite position by over- ruling a decision of the Ontario r Board even though Section 5 of the Act states a Bogedl pee sa cannot be appealed. ae Thus, while one judge fe ‘the board Meee the other over-rules it, the end is the same. Both | unions have been decertified. No wonder the reactionary press and big Bua mess express gratitude to Mr. Justice Gale as the defender of “natural justice.” They are literally shouting with joy. For, having established another legal precedent, the road is open for big business to step up its drive against the trade union move- ment, tie it up in legal,cases of one kind or another, bankrupt them financially and wreck them if it can. These attacks on the rights of the trade union er- The national labor board would never have secertitiad: Re: CSU had. it Bots been for the fact that it got the iplecstiee of sebahet and Bengough. The decertification of the Guild might not have taken place had it not been eee by decertification - of the csU. The labor Ripeonient ja now reaping | the patter fruits of right-wing. policy. Mosher, Bengough and company thought that. by outshouting the red-baiters, by splitting the trade union movement, they could get some co cessions from big, business. . And for a’ ‘time thé seemed to pay. Now pig business is demanding its pound of flesh and is turning on its site helpers. There is no pleasure in saying that. But thi _Yesson should be clear to all. Injury to one gection of the labor movement is an injury to all sections “Guild of the labor movement. The attack on the and on the CSU is an attack on the rights of thé whole trade union movement. It gan only be. by united labor action, Trade union Iocala