a ih, HA Banks Gonccs” | Nanas th, : FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1950 EDITORIAL They want to conceal the truth from you W ITH what cheek and impudence politicians and daily newspapers attack Tim Buck for his visit to Europe! All sorts of snide implications and sinister inuendoes are hurled at him. The Toronto Globe and Mail publishes a slanderous and lying cartoon which says that Tim Buck’s expenses in the Trinity election campaign were paid by Moscow! And the Toronto Star, that gutter sheet, doesn’t miss the opportunity to write an editorial on Tim Buck which constitutes a record even for that paper’s utter journalistic depravity. When Tim Buck was an honored guest at a great demon- stration in Budapest to commemorate the liberation of the country from the Nazis and home-grown fascists, a Liberal MP. Tom Goode (Burnaby-Richmond) rose in the House of Commons to demand that Buck’s passport be lifted. It is reported that External Affairs Minister, Lester B. Pearson, is “‘studying” the matter of how to deprive a Canadian of his right to visit Europe. : It is a crime in the eyes of the proponents of war against the socialist states, for a Canadian to join with the people of Hungary in celebrating their liberation from fascism. Converse- ly, it is not a crime to advocate the rebuilding of a Nazi- ‘ofcered army in Western Germany, or to agree that ‘the defeated Nazi general, Guderian, should reorganize the U.S. general staff, with which the Canadian army is completely integrated under the North Atlantic Pact. Canadian soldiers died to liberate Europe (including Hun- gary) from fascism. But the wolf pack which now howls at Tim Buck’s heels is ‘planning war against the People’s Republic of Hungary. In order to do that they must turn the Canadian people against the people of that country. So when Tim Buck visits Eastern Europe to bring the good wishes of Canadians and to witness for ‘himself the achievements of the governments of liberation so that on his return he can tell Canadian audiences the truths which are kept from them by the press, radio and parliament, the threat 1s made to deprive him of his passport and the slander is repeated that he is in Europe to get “orders from Moscow’’! It is a good thing that the LPP’s few and hard-earned dollars are spent, on rare occasions, to send Tim Buck to Europe so that the workers of this country can by this means penetrate the iron curtain _ which has been drawn across the socialist sector of the world by the dictatorship of the press and radio here. How else are we to know the truth about the socialist reconstruction of Europe? The Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, the Liberal government and the assorted reactionaries who work themselves up into a frenzy whenever they think of people building a new society free from capitalists, want to keep the facts about the New Europe from the people. That is the ‘reason for the howls about ‘Moscow gold” and “‘orders from Moscow” from the mouths of men who do not hesitate to accept the U.S. Marshall Plan gold at the price of surrendering Canadian inde- pendence for a made-in-Washington plan for atomic war. ‘ Munitions convoys arouse speculation in Kamloops KAMLOOPS _mosa, is in Vancouver taking on Speculation is rife in this In-_ cargo.) terior city as to the destination ef army truck convoys, loaded with ammunition from the huge dumps located in this area. In some quarters it is rumored that the ammunition is being hauled to Vancouver for trans-shipment to Pakistan. (The SS Argofax, sister ship to the Argovan which recently sailed from Vancouver with a cargo of Yankee howitzer tanks to Chiang Kai-shek on For- # In view of the adverse publicity given the export of war materials through the militant opposition of French and Italian dockers, the “Atlantic Pact” merchants of death are seeking to cover up their illicit trade in a shroud of secrecy. Hence the destination of ammuni- tion and explesives from the Kam- loops dump must remain a close secret, despite the perturbation of Canadian citizens. Take a good look, Mrs. Roosevelt At a recent United Nations meeting, Soviet delegate Tsarapkin was describing current U.S. aid. te Chiang Kai-shek’s discredited Kuomintang re Vancouver aboard the Canadian freighter, SS Argovan. man Eleancr Roosevelt banged her gavel, rudely interrupted: speeches here.” Take a good look at the photo above, Mrs. Roosevelt. It shows the SS Argovan, gime:* Yankee howitzer-tanks shipped to Formosa from Perennial Human Rights Commission chait- “We are not listening to propaganda being picketed by Vancouver seamen and local Chinese workers at the CPR docks on March 22, 1950. Examine the ‘facts, the “cold war” facts, Mrs. Roosevelt, charges of “propaganda.” before you loosely hurl your irresponsible Trail Mine-Mill leader guest speaker at rank,file ‘stop raiding’ conference The threat which raiding holds to all trade unions in B.C. will be the al theme of the rank and file union conference in Pender Auditorium this Friday night, April 14. Leading members ~ of a dozen CCL, AFL and independent unions sponsored the all-in parley. Guest speaker will be Al King, president of Mine-Mill’s Trail Local 480. While the conference is dealing with the dangers o f raiding in this province, Steel raiders will be in Victoria applying to the Labor Relations Board for ‘“‘certification’” at Trail, basing their demand 0? a quantity of signed blue cards representing “‘members’’ who have paid neither initiation fees or dues 4° United Steel Workers. First hearing before the LRB ’ was adjourned after a short ses- sion in Vancouver last week. Con- cern of trade unionists on the question of raiding was shown by the large turnout of represen- tatives of important unions. Among unionists preSent were William Rigby and Tom Parkin (Fishermen), Jack Stevenson (TLC president), Alex Dorland (Electrical), Jack Berry (Long- shoremen), Don Guise (Civic Workers), William White and William Stewart (Boilermakers) and Sam English (UMW). Steel representatives Pen Bas- kin and Herbert Gargrave pro- duced letters which they claimed extended Steel’s jurisdiction to take in mine and smelter workers, and removed obligation of mem- bers of their newly-formed local in Trail from paying dues or ini- tiation. The fact that Steel began its raiding in Trail on February 8, whereas Mine-Mill was still affi- liated to the CIO until February 14, caused spectators to wonder if Steel was presenting false in- formation. Mine-Mill demanded a ruling as to whether representatives of that union were entitled to see copies of the letters which Steel had filed with LRB. The hearing then adjourned until Thursday, Marine Workers win Active Trading strike Six weeks on the picket line at Active Trading Company ended in complete victory for members of Local 1, Marine Workers and Boil- ermakers’ Union on Monday when the company capitulated and sign- ed a contract with the union. Under terms of the seitlement, workers will receive 314 cents per hour wage increase and three ex- tra statutory holidays with pay. Basic rate will now be $1.11% an hour. The strike was precipitated when the firm turned down a ma- jority award of a conciliation board. k April 13. “At Trail, Mine-Mill financial secretary J, A. MacDonald said _ that more than 600 workers’ who cancelled dues deductions when the Steel raid began have now rejoined the union. “Maximum left to Steel is 1,100 workers, one- fourth of the smelterworkers,” said MacDonald. “This proves without a doubt that Steel will never be certified as bargaining agent for the Trail smelters.” PACIFIC TRIBUNE — APRIL 14, 1950 — PAGE ce PEACE carried by the young runners 15 being fashioned out of an old shell casing by Montreal metal worke!® The relay will be timea so that. the final runner will arrive as thé convention opens, where, flanked by an honor guard of all the youns runners, he will deliver Quebec’s peace petitions and light’ the 99 tional torch, symbol of Canada’s will to peace. Graphic sign of mounting 1ab% peace feeling was action of Can® dian Congress of Labor’s executive council in endorsing a resolut opposing manufacture of atom and hydrogen bombs. Hundreds of GCL and AFh unionists are expected to attend the Congress convention as dele gates. Indicative of the mount: ing tide of labor representatio election of 19 official deles® from the 5,000-strong westine” house Local 504 of the United a ectrical Workers. Windsor Pe canvasserg collected 1,000 sign? ture from Ford workers. Vee couver Trades and Labor coun passed ‘a resolution dema? that atom bombs be banned. tanks aboard joD n is ain :