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BOB WARD

J. Edgar Wo

ofer on trail

of all ‘hot’ dogs in U.S.

HE Wall Street Journal, that
friend of the working man,
editorializes in a recent issue on
how our neighbor to the south is
literally “going to the dogs.”

It seems that permission was
sought in San Francisco to use
10 acres of city property for train-
ing dogs in “detection and deton-
ation of land mines.” ‘An editor
of a San Francisco paper, not
knowing that this public infor-
mation was public information,
printed the story.

Since then’all hell has broken
loose and various security officers
in varying states of the union
have been barking at each other
as to whether or not dogs come
under the heading of Bade
information.”

It’s news of this nature which
makes the Garson amendments

to the Criminal Code of Canada .

have sense. For it is readily seen
that some sly old dog might leave
code messages on hydrants or
telephone poles and that conceiv-
ably a Russian Wolfhound might
later sniff out the information.

No one has yet suggested that
the Un-American Activities Com-
mittee conduct an inquiry. into
the doggone situation; but five
will get you one that J. Edgar
Woofer will snap into action and
will soon unleash an attack which
will make the dogs of the USA
run for cover.

Conceivably some FBI agents
might not know their Assiniboine
Retreiver from a’ Hound on the
ground. And equally confusing
how can one tell a Pointer when
it is setting? But despite this
and the possibility of barking up
a few wrong trees, the FBI can
be depended on to sniff out any
dogs who don’t believe that “our
way of life’ is something that
is worth yapping about.

We can well imagine that there
are some dogs who will turn a
cold nose to J. Edgar Woofer and
who will adamantly refuse to an-
swer the question: “Have you
ever had anything to do with a
Russian Wolfhound?”

Legally these dogs have their
rights under the Fifth Amend-
ment to refuse to answer such
questions, or to disclose whether
they ever bayed when Margaret
Truman hit a sour note.

But if they refuse to answer
they'll be hounded from pillar
to post and somewhere along the
way J. Edgar Woofer will prove
conclusively that they once knew
a Terrier who had known 2&
Newfoundland who hadi sniffed at
the same pole as a Chow which

worth)
should be asked to prove that .

“counted as

had once been given a drink
of vodka from the keg that a
St. Bernard wears around its
neck, <—

We don’t want to be a dirty
dog and critter-cize security regu-
lations unduly. After all, we do
have to “defend” the big busi-
nessmen who have taken over
Japan, Germany and elsewhere
throughout the world. It is our
“duty” to see that they make
more profits than ever before
and to work ,the 60-hour work
week, produce more, eat less and
all of the other “patriotic” meas-
ures that we all want to do, so
that the rich people can continue
to live in the manner in which

“they are accustomed. And, alter-

natively, so that the poor can
keep on being poorer.

But to get back to the oes
and the information which has
leaked out about the secret train-
ing Fido is getting in sniffing
out and snuffing out land mines,
it seems to us that a lot of
stink is being raised over what
is really a piddling question.

It’s our opinion (for what it’s
that all dogs in USA

they are loyal members of the
order of K-9—100 percent pure,
red-blooded, dog-gone Americans:
Of course,
Russian blood would be immed-
iately sent to Ellis Island, Alca-
traz or to the Dog’s Sing-Sing
—Bark-Bark. x

German Shepherds would be
‘Americans if they
came from the West Sector and
Spaniels would be naturalized if
they could prove they supported
Franco. If they didn’t support
Franco, they would be made into
Franc-furters; this as an object
lesson so that all dogs would
know an ally when ey sniffed
one.\

We expect from all of the pup-
ping off that’s taking place on
whether dogs are “classified in-
formation” that the Hon. Abbott,
Pearson, et. al., will soon be get-

ting their directives from their”

bosses in Washington on what to
do with Canadian dogs. We can
anticipate loud growls and the
emitting of yelps and whelps
from Ottawa once this occurs.

At one time it was rather com-

mon for humans to get into the
dog-house. What with the war

hysteria, dogs are now going to
want to get into our house. O.K.
Fido, we'll move over.

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dian UE News.

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“‘yilling to. cooperate with the countries of

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the Atlantic Pact.”

any dog who had.

‘Courrier de Geneve declared:

OWE CANNOT ALLOW THE NORTH ATLANTIC
, PACT TO BE DISCUSSED AS IF be
A CAUSE OF INTERNATIONAL TENSION

iT WERE
Wester Ministers «

“Can anyone believe that countries lipe Denmark or Norway

or Ccnada conceivably want to

join an alliance designed for aggression.” —British F oreign Minister Anthony Eden.

WORLD PRESS REVIEW

*

Collier’s ‘Third World War’ issue

draws condemnation of world

OLLIER’S magazine appears to

have injured U.S. government .

prestige in all sections of the
world with its horrifying illus-
trated special issue late in Oc-
tober devoted to the theme: “Pre-
view of the War We Do Not
Want.”

Collier’s editors claimed they
had consulted with outstanding
authorities in political, military
and scientific circles during
months of secret planning of the
special issue. They said their
motive was to avert an atomic
third world war by showing how
terrible it would be.

But two principal ideas ran
through the entire project: (1)
the USSR would incite an A-bomb
war, using every inhuman horror
conceivable in an attempt ‘to
win; and (2) the U.S. would win
the struggle for the United Na-
tions without too much difficulty
and the world would be better
off for it.

From world press comment it
is clear that Collier’s put the U.S.
in the role of warmonger. The
conservative Paris daily Le Monde
declared flatly: “Collier’s’ has
overstepped the limit” and char-
acterized the special war issue
of the magazine as
aspects a provocation.” Stating
that Collier’s could not have al-
layed war scares in American
public opinion, Le Monde added:

_ “However, it is only too true that

by talking about war one finishes
by getting used to the idea of
going to war.”

The leftwing press of France,
which criticizes the government
for lining up behind the U.S. in
hostility to the USSR, featured
prominent displays’ of the Col-
lier’s material, letting the pictures
of world war III A-bomb horrors
tell their own story. The same
was true in Italy.

In Switzerland, the ‘Catholic
bak iy'e }
foresee war itself, to picture it.
as inevitable, is itself an immense
evil. It is most desirable that
either the U.S. government or the
U.S. should express their disa-
vowal clearly and use all possible
measures against this periodical.”
The conservative Gazette de
Lausanne said: “Let us hope that
readers will be found in: the US.
to protest against - this monu-
mental stupidity.”
.-)

In Britain the independent New
Statesman and Nation assailed
the Collier’s war-to-come in an

incall ats

‘article by Kingsley Martin, who
described it as “nauseating com-
mercial propaganda.” Pointing
out the unrealities in Collier’s
war situation, Martin wrote: “No-
thing is said of the reconstruc-
tion of other towns like London
and Paris which, some of the
writers suggest, might also be de-
stroyed. We are not told -what
has happened to the 500 million
people of China, who have also
e

‘Effects sickening’
says Ottawa paper

HE Ottawa Citizen in its

October 30 issue. delivered
a sharp editorial attack on_
the recent issue of Collier’s
Magazine which was devoted
entirely to accounts of an
imaginary war against the
Soviet Union. es

The magazine, said the
Citizen, “spreads the impres-~
sion that war is inevitable.

It will deepen misgivings else-
where about American insta-
bility and emotionalism.

“The fact that many distin-
guished people take part in
the grim game of World War
III,” said the editorial, “pre-
sents social science with a
portentous phenomenon. Not
content with mass slaughter-
ings, they dream up atrocities.
The sickening effect of these
narrations is aggravated by
.selfrighteous and sanctimon-
fous attitudes.”

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presumably been liberated from
communism. .. .

“The effect of this fairy story
in Russia must be to’confirm the
view that America intends to
make war. On the minds of its
western readers the effect is to
suggest that war is almost cer-
tain; that it may involve Ameri-
ca in some unfortunate loss of
life but no national disaster... .”

In the USSR and the Hastern
European and Asian countries

friendly to it, the Collier’s special ©

issue was also described and as-
sailed. Soviet novelist and journ-
alist Ilya Khrenburg, speaking
before a session of the World
Peace Council in Vienna, Austria,
scorned the prospect, described
by Collier’s, of American maga-
zines and musical comedies be-
coming the dominant culture of

Russia after the mythical war.

“This is the object,” Ehrenburg
said, “which, in the opinion of
these gentlemen justifies the de-
struction of Moscow, London and
Paris by atom bombs. This is
the reason why tens of millions
of innocent people are to lose
their lives.”

e ‘
The US. state department has-
stated that it had been asked by
Collier’s for help in preparing
the special issue and that it had
refused. According to the liberal
weekly,.The Nation, U.S. embas-
sies in Europe sent urgent com-
munications to the state depart-
ment reporting the damaging ef-
fect of the publication abroad
and “asking for a statement dis-
avowing responsibility and reject-
ing the assumption of an inevit-
able war upon which the whole
feature was based.”

The Nation commented: ‘While
it is mildly reassuring to know
that the state department did not
cooperate in this ill-considered
venture, an open refutation would
seem to be in order. Also in
order is a statement from the
military planners in Washington
explaining the extent of the parti-
cipation in Collier’s Third World
War.”

Dorothy Thompson castigated
the editors of Collier’s in her syn-
dicated column and pointed out
that they had close connections
with the U.S. state department.
There could be no doubt that they
believed in the inevitability of
war, .said Miss Thompson, sug-

. gesting that this attitude was also

shared in Washington.

_ The Pittsburg Post-Gazette de-
scribed the issue as “one of the
most irresponsible pieces of
journalism within our memory,”
stating:

“The magazine has presented a
collection of articles showing how
the war would be fought and won.
It is sensationally illustrated and
makes all the popular appeals.
The drawings include an artist’s
conception of atomic bombs de-
troying Moscow and Washing-
ton.”

The paper asks its readers to
imagine “the effect that a (Col-
lier’s) picture of an A-bomb de-
stroying Moscow would have up-
on uneasy Europeans” and adds:

“The most deplorable thing
about this inexcusable venture is
not the circulation practices of
Collier’s but the fact that so
many reputable journalists have
lent their talents to it.”

PACIFIC TRIBUNE — NOVEMBER 23, 1951 — PAGE 9