HEN USS. tanks rolled up to

the Brandenburg Gate divid-

ing East and West Berlin with

their guns at the “ready”, and

drove armored cars into East Ber-

lin in a deliberate attempt to pro-

voke hostilities, some _ British

papers headlined pertinent ques-
tions.

“The Sunday Express” asked
the U.S. “what exactly they were
up to... and have they actually
calculated all the consequences of
what they are doing with their

_tanks and planes in Berlin?” The
paper urged the Yanks to halt such
“lunatic moves” ‘and their “policy
of daring brinkmanship.” _ .

“News Of The World” declared
that “British and American states-
men were. “playing at soldiers ‘in-
Berlin” and described it as “a
stupid game, a dangerous game.”

That’s what Dief, echoing Ken-
nedy, calls “standing firm” on
Berlin?

* * e

“JHE West German government

has arrested a Yugoslav citi-

zen, Lazar Vracaris in Munich and —
charged him with “killing German:

soldiers” while serving in © the
Yugoslav anti-nazi partisan forces.
With this as a starter there

should be no lack of “suspects”, up

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to and including the author of
“Those Valiant Years”, Winston
Churchill. In those pre-NATO days
Winnie was a strong advocate of
“exterminating Naa-zis.”

This Yugoslav arrest and charge
is a new manifestation of resurg-
ent West German arrogance and
revanchist purpose—a resurrected.
German militarism — with U.S.
arms in its blood-stained hands.

. nounced the U.S. will resume
nuclear tests in the atmosphere
that was “atomic diplomacy” get-
ting out the hatchet to again put
peace on the chopping block. It
was also the opening shot in what
may well be one of the most
nauseating spectacles of hypocricy
in history. —

Tory, Liberal and NDP leaders
couldn’t find words strong enough
to hurl at the Russians. “Poison-
ers of the human atmosphere”,

“inhuman barbarians’, “world ter-

rorists,”’ etc, are only a sample of
the epithets thrown at the Rus-
sians. Dief, Green and company
were “shocked”, “indignant’’,
tounded” and what not at the
Soviet test resumption. Liberal
Pearson spluttered out his “opin-

ion” on a TV broadcast that the.

UN should brand Russia as an
“aggressor” :

‘Advance’ in the fight

AST week the first edition of
Canada’s youth paper “Ad-
vance” made its debut, a lusty and
vigorous addition to a growing
family of workingclass papers.
As current newspapers and per-
iodicals go, “Advance” is not a big
paper, but what it lacks in size it
makes up in punch, and its size
will be remedied as it reaches the
tens of thousands of Canadian
youth for whom it will serve as a
much-needed tribune for exchange
of opinion, a common unity for
peace, and a trail-blazer to a happy

future for Canada’s young genera-

HEN President Kennedy an- -

“as. ;

The fact that the U:S., Bi
and France had exploded a total?
193 nuclear bombs to the Soviel’
82 drew no protests from thé
“shocked” bourgeois gentlemet

Now however, the Kennedy #
nouncement is accepted with
any “indignant” furors since
tests are alleged to be for ¥
“survival of the free world”,
as the apologetic Green puts it, th
“U.S. is not at fault if it does”
sume tests, since the “U.S. is not!
the same category as the Soviets: q

Precisely. All the hypocritical
“indignation” ~ ballyhoo’ is #
shown at its true worth frd
which the people can draw: the co
rect conclusions; viz, that all 1
clear. testing regardless, is i
nimical to health, peace and su!
vival. That only total world d
armament and peace can asst
human survival. 4

tion, now and for the future. ©

In these times of tension and UH
certainty, be it hot or cold wal
the exploitation of the job marke
educational or vocational opp%
tunity, or the vagaries of a
cadent social system, youth is al
ways the first victim of capitalist
crisis. In this dilemma “Advance ]
can and will play a decisive role if
providing young people with lead
ership for unity, peace and pi?”
gress. 7

Our congrats to “Advance!
torch-bearer for youth and its
right to a happy future.

Tom
McEwen

ITH winter on the threshold
W all the old cliches used by
government spokesmen at all levels
on unemployment are again be-
ing taken out of the mothballs,
dusted off and served up for public
consumption.

“Winter work programs well un-
der way’, “Why wait for Spring
—do it now’, “Vocational educa-
tion” prospectuses and _ so forth.
Commissions, “royal” and not so
royal, government spokesmen, in-
dustrial leaders and kindred pun-
dits, all sounding-off with panaceas
for ‘curing’ unemployment, each
with their, favourite brand of “sta-
tistics”’, cesae to put the best
possible “face” on a chronic social
evil.

Official statistics Have long pro-
vided a handy source for govern-
ment spokesmen and agencies to
evade responsibility, If they can
‘prove’ ’that the jobless situation

responding period of last year, al-
though worse than the year pre-

than the “base year” of 1870, such
gobbledegook serves (for them at
least) as a “solution” to the jobless
problem. Add to this “statistical”
claptrap a strong dash of ‘“‘confi-

this year is “better” than the cor-

vious to that, but® much “better”

dent optimism” and presto, the
problem is no longer a problem.

Despite all monopoly press bilge
and official statements to the con-
trary, the percentage reduction in
‘Canada’s peak jobless totals by
“winter works programs’ has been
infinitesmal. A cursory check at
municipal offices will confirm this
fact.

Moreover, the question remains;

.if “winter work” is available, why

wasn’t it available to almost half-
a-million jobless whose  season-
all winter unemployment now
stretches through Spring, Sum-
mer and Autumn?

The real answer of course lies in
the fact that a derelict capitalist
economy only moves to seek a par-
tial “solution” to the evils of its
inherent class structure, when con-
fronted by the pressure of working
class and peoples unity, employed
and unemployed alike. Without
that pressure it wouldn’t even re-
sort ot the pretence of a ‘winter
work” program.

During the past few years an-
other “apologia’’ has made its de-
but; that of pretending that lack
of “education” is the cause of un-
employment in our rapidly chang-
ing world. That technological ad-
vances, automation, etc., require
additional skill and “education”,
which our working people alleged-

= hy haven’t got, hence their growing

“jobless’’ status. ?

Needless to say, we are all in
favor of education and more educa-
tion, a subject upon which much
could be written from a working-

-ands of workers who had never

_ ie
class standpoint, and which would- |
n’t be too complementary to those ~
whose monopoly rule not only de- |
prives workers of jobs, but also of |
educational opportunity. However, —
that is another story.

It may be recalled however, that |
during the war years of two world —
wars, industry boomed and thous-

seen a ship, tank, plane or gun,
became in the space of a few weeks
proficient craftsmen, reaching un-
precedented production levels. So
much so that it was customary for.
governments to “congratulate”
erstwhile farm labourers, navvies,
unskilled workers, on their fine —
achievements.

Obviously then, it wasn’t the
lack of “education” that was. (or
is) the main handicap to a job, but
the existence of the job itself.

Yes, we are all in favor of work-.
ers having the opportunity to g°? ~
back to school, but no one should
be under any illusions about Lib- —
eral or Tory “vocational training”
programs making any appreciable
dent in unemployment, any mope |
than the “winter work” panacea [7
does. 7

The winter of ’61-62 is upon us
and the jobless ranks are growing:
That fact must be hammered home —
to government at all levels by 9 ~
united labor and peoples’ move —
ment.

The problem is not one of “sta-
tistics”, makeshifts, panaceas, dem
agogic oratory and “work.” It is
one of providing jobs, and the dis-
tinction is important. e

November 10,

1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Paé