Pearl Wedro and Dave Biderman interview Pravda editoricl writer David Zaslavsky (centre) in-Moscow. No Soviet fashion shows, lies Collier’s - ‘I attended one in USSR’, say “One of the things we saw national Fur and Leather Workers Sovie: Union as a member of a Cana “Of course, the fashion sh ship Society. cause last week’s warmongering issue © to take an interests in fashions.” “Tell us about the fashion show, then,” said the Pacific Tribune re- - porter. “Tt was held in one of the large department stores, comparable to the Hudson’s Bay here,” Miss Wed- ro began. “They were showing beach pajamas, fall and winter dresses, fall coats, fur jackets and clothes for ‘teen-agers. “The beach pajamas were beautifully embroidered and had a Chinese motif. Dresses were in silk and wool, some embroider- ed, ‘the skirts about two inches shorter than is common here. We particularly noticed the nice- ly fashioned sleeves. “Cloth coats—some trimmed with fur—were of good materials and stylishly cut. The fur jackets (Russion squirrel) were very simi- lar to those sold in Canada. «As the models appeared, an an- nouncer gave the name of the de- signer who had created that pat- tern, and _ representatives’ from other stores as well as individual shoppers present jotted down the number of the pattern. “As a result of four big price euts in the Soviet Union since the war, clothing sales have risen by 38 percent.” * * * The Canadian trade union dele- gation visited a lumber camp, mines and industrial plants in many parts of the Soviet Union, and the Pacific Tribune reporter asked Miss Wedro, “What about the people, the workers?” “The thing that impressed me most was the security enjoyed by Soviet citizens,” she answered. “We visited the Echtomsky Farm Implement Plant, where 6,000 workers make mowe binders, - eutters and other farm machinery. I don’t pretend to be an expert on machinery, and while other dele- gates who were more interested in that subject examined the modern equipment, I talked to many of the workers. — : “About 40 percent of the plant employees are women, and I had a long and interesting conversation with one young woman and her middle-aged workmate. #y yearned that women can hold any job in the plant, and the single restriction is that they are not allowed to lift heavy weights. These two women earned 900 and s unionist in Moscow was a fashion show,” reported Pearl Wedro of the Inter- Union, who arrived back in Vancouver this week after a visit to the dian trade union delegation sponsored by the Canadian-Soviet Friend- ow wasn’t the most important thing we saw, but I mention it be- £ Collier’s Magazine claims that under socialism women are not allowed secretary, James Imbrie_ invest- ment banker. The committee’s ‘six-point declar- ation of policy includes the follow- ing program of action: repeal of the Smith Act (which makes ad- vocacy of progressive ideas a crime) and similar laws which deny fundamental freedoms; re- hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court of convictions under the Smith Act, pending which all other prose- cutions and arrests under this act should be suspended; defense of the right embodied in the US. Constitution against excessive bail and the right of all Smith Act victims to have lawyers. Explaining the reasons for its formation, the new organisation de- clared that it “does not aim to compete with existing civil liber- ties organisations, but hopes to be able to move with dispatch in situations where these organisa- tions are unable or unwilling to act." The committee announced a strictly non-partisan policy of de- fending accused of persecuted per- sons irrespective. of policy, race, color or creed. Founders of the new organisa- tion represent a broad cross sec- tion of American liberal opinion and include more than 50 members of the clergy and many well known educators and professionals from 39 states. ee New civil rights body in U.S. will fight Smith Act _ NEW YORK A new organization to fight mounting repression in ‘the United States, to be known as “Emergency Civil Liberties Committee,” has been launched by 150 prominent persons. ization has been announced by its acting chairman, Professor Paul Lehman of Princeton Theological Seminary, and its acting secretary Formation of the new organ- The “Emergency Civil Liberties Committee” was formed because of the failure of the American Civil Liberties Union — the long estab- lished organisation whose program embodies the defense of the demo- cratic rights of all groups — to act against the current wave of police state repression in the United States. CAT te) McINTOSH’S TRANSFER 523 West 7th FA. 9782 Baggage, Furniture Moving Crating, etc. PICK UP & DELIVERY A Ue Ot Ee et 1,100 roubles a month, respectively. Both had moved a short time be- fore into new, modern three-room apartments. The rent was fixed at four percent of the wages earned by the head of the family. “j learned that they weren't troubled by the type of problems facing workers in Canada. Un- employment? They laugh at the word, which is unknown in their country, where every worker is guaranteed a job by law. Sick- ness and consequent financial dif- ficulties? They showed me the modern clinic attached to their plant, with doctors, nurses and dentists in attendance. If they're taken ill, they get free medical care and full wages. Sometimes they are sent for a month’s rest to a sanatorium in the Crimea. - * * * Miss Wedro nailed the American- propagated lie that there is anti- Semitism in the Soviet Union. “After just one day there, the ab- surdity of the charge was so ap- parent that I realized it would be insulting to even ask if anti-Semit- ism exists anywhere in their coun- try,” she said. : Pearl Wedro and Dave Biderman, of Toronto, met and interviewed David Zaslavsky, editorial writer of Pravda, who told them: to even think of any sort of dis- crimination. This is a socialist country! - “Tt is a lie, which only the New York Forwerts sources could fab- ricate, that the Jewish autonomous region of Birobidjan has been abandoned, that its abandonment is being considered, or that plans ‘are afoot to limit the development of the Jewish autonomous region of Birobidjan. “There are Yiddish newspapers in the Jewish autonomous region, Yiddish schools, theatres and so on. taken place in the national Stalin- ist policy with regard to the Jews, or with regard to any other na- tionality.” ‘ On Friday evening, November 9, Miss Wedro and two other, B.C. delegates, Allister McLeod of the IWA and Ken Smith of Mine-Mill, will report on their trip at a public meeting in Ex- hibition Gardens. foie “You have seen for yourselves. that in our country it is impossible . “No change of any kind has; IEEE ER ETENE 1 HCE ENE HEE E EEE TULL * PPT UD LL ba NOW IS THE TIME fo act for peace and security — @ The Coalition government in Victoria ‘is in crisis over its BCHIS policy. " @ The Esquimalt byelection has dem has had enough of Johnson and Anscomb. The LPP is launching an all-out provincial campaign for the Coalition to resign. The LPP is striving to build unity with farmers, labor, CCF, veteran and pensioner groups around a positive pro- gram of action for Stop the Coalition from selling B.C. Don’t let the Coalition put over Fight for a program of peace and security. Trust. and austerity. YOUR DOLLARS can help to WIN THIS FIGHT! LPP NATIONAL PARTY FUND) a | ~~-November 30 CE en ee ae ee cma Ot raat EE Rae ME ae October 15 - - i- —_— —_ BA Ad pees ios tes i EE ee eames Tek. Wages y sae: wevaeenneecveneansnnsaneererecies wee : : : F eRe HENLE EYE EERIE ENE EEO ADVERTISEMEN T NRTA tcc: GAA ANS ks het ba Spe were ere A decent hospital insurance scheme A progressive milk policy A revision of school taxation A new labor act. onstrated that B.C. A revamping of the Public Utilities Commission short to the Aluminum — its program of war ‘donation to the LPP Fighting Fund. PR tL ee x e (BGLIEV ENE SUES ENBIUE! VENEMENE ERNE EL BIEN BEEBE ES PACIFIC TRIBUNE — NOVEMBER 2, 1951 — PAGE 2 PMNS RIBBLE EAT PT UL OL nL a \ t