d SS ~~, Get that damn bird out of here ee CHARLES SIMS -U.S.-designed endangers peace in anadian Hong Kong veterans are demanding that their Claims for reparations from Japan be dealt with at the Sept- ember 4 San Francisco meeting On the Japanese peace treaty. Charles A. Clark, president of the Hong Kong Prisoner of War Association, charges that Japan Violated the 1929 Geneva Con- Vention and for almost four years © “starved, tortured, murdered and deliberately withheld medical treatment.” British Columbia is aflame with °Pposition to the U.S. treaty pro- _ posal that would open the way for Japanese big business to con- duct pirate-like poaching in Can- adian waters. C. Gordon O’Brien, Manager of the Fisheries Council of Canada, declares: “As things Stand now we will have no pro- tection for the salmon and other fish .. Our American friends ap- Parently feel that other things have a higher priority than fish- ries and they are sufficiently anxious to get the treaty signed that they prefer to leave the fish- ‘ery treaty until later.” _ Yes, the U.S. “peace” treaty has given “other things higher Priority” than justice for the™ Hong Kong prisoners and Can- ada’s fisheries. Japan is the only place in Asia nan Monument reproaches ‘greedy. politicians’ HE following news item, pub- lished without comment, ap- Peared on the front page of the Butte (Mont.) Daily Post on July 12, under the heading “Sign of the Times.” — ‘ SAVANNAH, GA., July 12—_(UP )—A large granite monument will soon be placed on the edge of U.S. highway 80 near here. The inscription reads: ; “In memory of 19-year-old PFC James Waring Horning, Jr., USMCR killed in action December 2, 1950, Yudam-ni Chosin Reservoir, Korea. “The incompetent, greedy, confused politicians elected in 1948, were responsible for this boy ‘being murdered in Korea.” 4 where it is possible for a dang- erous, imperialist aggressor to be built up. Yesterday is was Jap- anese imperialism that menaced the security of Canada and the U.S. Not China, not the Soviet Union—but Japan! The peoples of India, Indonesia, the Philippines and China know what Japanese militarism was guilty of yesterday; they ‘know what .the consequences of U.S. rearming of Japan could be. That is why they are bitterly opposed to the U.S. draft “peace” treaty . for Japan. e ie More than this. As E. Zhukov, member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, writes in the July issue of News, the new fortnight- ly journal: foie “Possibly the policy of remili- tarizing Japan and continuing the occupation indefinitely conforms directly with the interests of the concerns ahd monopolies which are engaged on order for the . , ‘ Japanese treaty Paciti Under no circumstances can Canadians sit idly by while the St. Laurent government helps the U.S. warmongers build up Japan as a centre for imperialist mili- tarism and aggression in the Pacific. We know what the policy of shipping ‘Canadian nickel and scrap iron led to—death to our sons, a murderous rampage of Japanese imperialism. This must never happen again. The Soviet Union is sending a delegation to the San Francisco conference. It canbe expected to put forward a sensible, realis- tic set of propositions for a Japanese peace treaty; demilitar- ization and democratization of Japan, the withdrawal of foreign troops from Japan, plans to help Japan increase her peaceful trade with Asia and the world. ‘That is a policy that serves .the interests of peace ‘in the | Pacific and the world. It is a policy that will be supported by the billion people of all Asia, by armed forces or have a share in the masses of Japan herself. the capital of Japanese firms similarly engaged. It is these interests, we know, that Dulles represents both as a lawyer and a diplomat. But is his draft of a separate treaty with Japan compatible with the national in- ’ terests of the United States? It is not, will be the reply of every sober-minded person. And it is just as little compatible with the security of peace in the Pacific.” Zhukov warns: “A risky game! Dulles is too absorbed in the task of increasing the number of Ja- pan’s guns to realize the simple truth that they are capable of shooting in more directions than one.” pice ee ie e Pog a the St. Laurent said that it is support to this To its shame, government has giving Canada’s Dulles-drafted “peace” trea tN And, so far, neither M. J. Cold- well, CCF national leader, nor “any other opposition leader, nor, as far as IJ know, any member of parliament, has voiced protest. What is needed is protests - from all section of Canadian pub- lic opinion, added to the protests of the Hong Kong veterans, the B.C. fishermen and the LPP against this sell-out of Canada’s national interests and security. GUIDE TO GOOD READING - | Carters write outstanding book on their USSR visit tharlotte and Dyson Carter were invited to visit the Soviet Un- ion for a month, and see for themselves what it is like. They were the guests of Voks, a Soviet . society for cultural relations with other countries. They travelled widely in the Soviet Union, and visited almost every kind of place imaginable—cities, villages, fac- tories, farms, government offices, homes, hospitals, schools, child- ren’s palaces, nurseries, scientific institutions, theatres, -stadiums, workers’ clubs, and rest homes. They went where they wanted to go, and spoke to whom they pleased. eat . Now, back in Ganada again, they have written a book, We Saw Socialism, published by the ° Canadian Soviet Friendship So- ciety and available in Vancouver at the People’s Cooperative Book- store, 387 West Pender, price 50 cents. This will help tremendous- ly in dispelling the big lie and building friendship between our people and the people of the Soviet Union. The Carters, are .well qualified to write such a book; Charlotte _ being a graduate nurse with pub- lic health experience and Dyson | a scientist weli-known for his books on modern science and its effect upon society. They have done their work well. In the first place, they have written a popular and interesting account. which shows that the Soviet people are gaining all they want from life without war, and that they want nothing more than to continue to build their country in peace. They also in- ‘dicate clearly, although only in outline, why socialist society pro- gresses and seeks. peace, while imperialism stagnates and pro- vokes war. They make us realize how out-of-date the ideas are that many of us have, who perhaps think we know something about the Soviet Union. Socialism drives ahead so fast that last year’s knowledge of the USSR is out of date, let alone ideas based on pre-war knowledge. Some parts of the book stand “out as especially good. Among — these are the sections dealing with Soviet hospitals, medicine, \ ~ Homogenized Horse *BAAN’S best friend is on the hook ° | For meat to fit your pocketbook; 3 We eat our pal in time of strife To preserve the American way of life. Porky squeals, and Bossie hollers, - We're off in search of Yankee dollars, But Dobbin goes to Hastings Street To give our millhand cheaper meat. ‘The millhand spreads his margarine on Where the butter should have been. “This horse came last,” he slowly said. ‘‘He’s resting now, between the bread.” j Our hero said, “It don’t seem right,” And raised his mouth for one more bite. “T paid out twice for this damn nag, Once on the nose, and once in a bag.” - But what'll. we do when we eat them all And there’s nothing but (you know what) in the stall, While sheep and cows cross the line with the hogs We might have to cat all the neighborhood dogs. ; —Les Roberts in IWA’ Local 1-217 shop paper. \ PACIFIC TRIBUNE — AUGUST 31, 1951 — PAGE 9 and public health. As we read them, we are reminded by con- trast of things like the over- crowding in our own hospitals, the expense of medical care, and the scandal of the hospitalization scheme in British Columbia. A particularly good section deals with living standards. The Carters’ figures show that the wages of Soviet workers compare very favorably with those of Canadian workers. They also an- alyse very carefully and clearly the question of purchasing pow- er, They compare what a Soviet worker can buy with what a Canadian worker can buy, after rent, medical care, and fixed charges have been paid for. Al- — though the comparison is difficult for individual items, it is clear that the Soviet worker in gereral does as well or better than his ~ Canadian brother. The peaceful development of socialism daily widens the Soviet lead. Rent is one of the heaviest crosses that Canadian workers — have to bear. They pay a quarter or more of their income in rent. Soviet families fay no more than 4 percent. Behind this lie two fascinating stories. One is the way in which socialist planning uses the profits of socially owned industry for the good of all. The, other is the spectacular socialist housing program of bu ilding. : houses and apartments. In scope: < and technique, it completely out- . modes anything that the capital- ist world has ever known. ’ Near the end of We Saw Social- _ ism there is a section which is. of great importance for us in Canada. It shows how trade with the Soviet Union and all. of the world, can maintain our exports, overcome the chronic dollar crisis, make Canada independent of the United States, and streng- then the cause of world peace. © In one place the authors have — been led into a false statement. by rhetorical c onside rations. (There are a few other similar slips elsewhere in the book). They _ say, as is correct, that we will never have trade with the Social- ist part of the world as long as we are strangled by Washington - war policy. But the explanation that follows is misleading. “The Socialist ‘world certainly won't trade with us while we arm day and night for an anti-Social- ist war.” This says that it is the Soviet Union which refuses to trade with us for political — reasons, and I am certain that . the Carters do not really believe this to be the case. Actually, and not far away, they make it | clear that it is in fact Canada which refuses for political rea: sons to trade with the USSR. We Saw Socialism deserves a wide circulation for within its coyers are the answers to the questions thousands of Canadians | confused by the lies of the anti-— Sovieteers, are asking. For stu-— dents of international affairs it could well serve as a basis for ‘discussions like “Does the Soviet \Union want peace?” “How does | the Soviet worker live?” or “Can — we have peaceful trade with the Soviet Union?”—DON FRASER. —