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nae Vancouver, B.C. writes:
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In short, let us apply a dialectical,
class perspective to history. What is
right in one era may be wrong in
another, and vice versa.

Look Around, WAC

John Hargreaves, Gabriola Island,
writes: Now that we have come to
the end of the fire season, which has
been the worst in B.C. history and
has cost the taxpayer an enormous
sum trying to keep it under some
control, I would suggest that the
Minister of Lands and Forests and
our (Prime Minister) Premier W. A.
C. Bennett do some looking around.

For instance take a look at the
world’s biggest helicopter, which, I
understand has been sold to a
Canadian firm. This helicopter
carries 80 passengers, and is also
used as a fire engine. It can hover
over a swamp or any body of water
and its huge pumps can suck up
24,000 pounds of water in a matter of
two minutes and fly to a forest fire to
blast the blaze through six high-
pressure nozzels.

This helicopter, the MI-6 was
bought by a Canadian firm to carry
steel power-line towers in the
mountains of B.C.

This machine, another world first
is produced in the USSR, the country
that bid on turbines for the U.S. dam,
and also on generators for the Peace
River Hydro project, with all bids
rejected. Buying our wheat of course
is a different proposition. We like
that kind of ‘‘one-way”’ trade.

The B.C. contract was given to
Mitsui and Co. of Japan, with the
announcement that the bids from the
USSR were entered ‘‘too late’’. Since
Premier WAC is taking jaunts
abroad to drum up trade, it might be
good for him to visit the USSR as
well. There seems to be a goodly
number of politicians from this and
other countries going to the USSR for
a “‘look see’.

Mebby they are learning
something, scientific or otherwise,
for the,benefit of all humanity,
rather than just for the elite.
Anyway a few Soviet-made
helicopters like the one referred to
might have saved us millions of
dollars worth of good B.C. timber.

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Debunking lies about
Communists in unions

BY OBSERVER

The late William Z. Foster,
outstanding American trade union
leader and leading Communist, had
this to say about red-baiting:

“‘Red-baiting seeks to weaken the
effectiveness of the most clear-
headed and devoted workers in the
labor movement by singling them
out for vicious attacks; it works to
undermine co-operative relations
between the progressive
combination of forces, the left wing
and the center, upon which all
advances of the labor movement
depend; and it also serves as an
effective cover-up for the agents of
the imperialists and the war-
mongers in the labor movement.”

Communists are charged with
trying to break up the
labor movement. The history of the
labor movement in B.C. proves the
contrary. Communists have played a
leading role in organizing the
unorganized, building key unions,
leading important strikes and in
projecting policies to unite labor.
One of the best means of defeating
anti-Communism is to tell the true
story of what the Communists have
contributed to the labor movement
of our province.

From time to time, Communists
are falsely charged with being
recklessly in favor of strikes, and
with caring little whether they are
won or lost. In the first place,
Communist workers have the same
need as other workers to win higher
pay, shorter hours and more
security. In the second place, how
can the Communists expect to win
support for their conception of a
socialist Canada if they adopt an
irresponsible attitude towards
strikes? Therefore, they always
adopt a serious attitude towards
strikes and, when they become
involved in strikes, try to give
leadership that will help to bring
them to a successful conclusion
through united action.

One of the big lies that must be
exposed is the assertion that
Communists, directed by forces
outside the labor movement, seek to
grab control of unions and other
labor bodies by conspiratorial
means. On the contrary,
Communists are the first to advocate
and practice that once a majority
decision is made on a given problem,
that decision should be carried. out.

As for trying to acquire elective
positions by violating democratic
“processes, that is not so. Instead, and
as in the political field, they try to

And let no pacifist decry

All insubordinate allies.

(The

AMERICA’S PRAYER

Gentle Jesus, bless each bomb
We drop today on Viet Nam,
And keep our helicopters safe
From natives they fly low to strafe.

Lord of Life, increase our skill,
To build up added overkill,

The strontium — 90 in our sky.

Heavenly Father, we entreat
Let no one sell the Cubans wheat:
And grant us power to chastise

Holy Spirit, give us grace
To win the guided missile race,
And help our scientists amass
Vast arsenals of germs and gas.

From further dwindling, Lord, preserve
Our ever-shrinking gold reserve;
And we beseech Thee, come what may,
Let overseas investments pay.

The World’s most upright Christian Land,
We ask these blessings at Thy hand —
Be Thine the glory, Lord on high,
When women weep and children die.

By Frank Svanda,
Independent.

IN -Y ee pep, - 19672)

reach agreement with progressive,
non-Communist forces and win
positions on the basis of membership
endorsation for sound trade union
policies and programs.

The truth is that in relation to the.
role that Communists play in the
B.C. trade union movement, they are
under-represented in the committees
and councils of organized labor.

One of the propaganda lies against
the Communists is the branding of a
union as being ‘‘Communist-
dominated’’ when there are
Communists on the executive. When
that technique is used, it should be
explained to the membership that
what it represents is an attempt to
deprive them of the right to elect the
leaders of their own choosing.

Red-baiters still use the argument
that Communists are subversive,
totalitarian and seek to destroy
democracy. In short, they use
ideological distortion and coercion.
Where non-Communists work with
Communists around common goals,
and learn to respect and trust them,
this propaganda falls flat.

One of the big jobs before the party
is to explain in a popular fashion, to
the widest possible number of
workers, what socialism means and
the possibility of a peaceful road to
socialism. Also, the party must
emphasise, in a positive way, its
conception of a parliamentary
majority dedicated to Canadian
independence and a radical
restructuring of society, leading to
socialism under the leadership of a
multi-party coalition.

It is true that in the long run the
workers will turn left in large
numbers only on the basis of their
experience in struggle, and through
the understanding they gain from
that experience. It is equally true
that patient ideological work by
Communists will break down many
of the barriers which stand in the
way of united action around
immediate needs.

The removal of such barriers will
speed up the process of extending the
debate on the connection between the
struggle for everyday needs and the
achievement of socialism.

REMEMBRANCE
DAY VIGIL

The Peace Action League in
Vancouver has called for a
Candlelight Vigil to be held
Friday, Nov. 10 at the Cenotaph.
The public is urged to join in.
Assemble time is 7 p.m.

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