oe wn / Dean of Canterbury defends his right to speak for Socialism LONDON—Defending his right to act as “a Christian spokesman within the Anglican Church for the great mass of English opinion in the mines, factories and fields which had elected as socialist prime minister the man who a Hewlett Johnson, the famed churchman who has be Dean” of Canterbury, has replied sharply to Dr. Archbishop of Canterbury, who recently made a public statement saying that Dr. Johnson “speaks only for himself.” Dr. Fisher’s statement -was made Only a few weeks after Dr. John- son’s return to Britain from a nine- week tour of eastern. Europe. Saying that he was deeply im- pressed with the need to tell the people of Britain and the United States the truth of what was happening in the new democracies of eastern Europe, Dr. Johnson had planned to come to Canada to speak. at Toronto, but illness forced him to cancel hig arrange- ments, ; The statement issued by Dr. Fisher said: “Tt is unfortunately the case that recent actions by the Dean of Canterbury have given rise to widespread misunderstandings and Geoffrey Fisher, : ppointed me Dean of Canterbury,” Dr. come known to the world as the “Red misconceptions, both on the con- tinent and in the United States, liable to affect the relations of the ‘Church of England with for- eign churches or countries. “The Dean’s office and jurisdic- tion in this country. does not extend beyond the confines of the cathedral body of which he is the head. Outside those limits he speaks only for himself. The Archbishop of Canterbury has neither responsibility for what the Dean may do nor power to con- trol it.” Dr. Johnson’s reply to Dr. Fisher }pointed out that he had been appointed Dean of Canterbury in 1931 on the recommendation of the late Ramsay MacDonald, then prime minister, “precisely because I had long urged that socialism was, in my view, not only scien- tific, but the logical consequence in our age of Christian morality. Socred gov’t approves 60-hr. week in lumber The Alberta Government, which has boasted of its ad- vanced labor laws, took a step back into the nineteenth cen- tury, when they recently approved of a 10 hour day and 60 hour week in the lumbering industry in Alberta. The board of Industrial rela- tions which has the power to Shorten or lengthen the working week or day in any industry, from the 9 hour day and 48 hour week, provided for in the Labor Code, now has yielded to the pressure of the lumber . barons, despite the we For Purity and Quality BUY HASTINGS BREAD CAKES & PASTRIES HASTINGS BAKERY 716 Hastings Street E. neuen Branches at 4068 E. Hastings and 4191 Main St. opposition of the IWA, and ordered that the 10 hour day, 60 hour week, be made applicable to the lumber industry. Taking advantage of the fact that the industry is only partially organized, the Lumber operators seek to enhance already swollen profits at the expense of the work- ers. They also are seeking to use this as the opening wedge, of a fight to lengthen the hours of work all over the province and defeat Labor’s attempt to win a 40 hour week. The lumbering industry already proven to be the second most hazardous occupation in the prov- ince, will even show a_ higher accident rate with the institution of the 10 hour day. Following a request by the Min- ister of Trade and Industry, that Labor reconsider it’s demand for a 40 hour week, it definitely proves & reversal in the position of the Government on the question, to’ that of last year when ministers of the Cabinet advocated a 40 hour week. The 10 hour day and 60 hour week will be met with furious resistance not only by the workers and the Union in the Industry, the International Wood Workers of America, but will be fought by the entire Labor move- ment in the province, and Labor will demand that the Provincial Government live up to it’s prom- ises made to the workers of Alberta. Namely that a shorter work week would be established. For a Good . | Suit or Overcoat come to the OLD ESTABLISHED RELIABLE FIRM REGENT TAILORS 324 West Hastings Street EVERY GARMENT STRICTLY UNION MADE FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1948 “I thus naturally became a Christian spokesman within the Anglican Church for the great mass of English opinion in the mines, factories and fields which DR. HEWLETT JOHNSON had elected as socialist prime minister the man who appointed me Dean of Canterbury. “The rights of the common man relative to a national church are Sometimes overlooked. Were the Church of England disestablished (separated from the state) the position would be wholly different.” TUC skirts fight on Marshall plan LONDON — Attempts to reconcile sharply divided op- inions marked the recent ses- sion of the British Trades Union Congress general council. This was reflected particularly in discussion of the Marshall Plan. The council’s right-wing majority favored outright en- dorsement of the plan as an aid to European reconstruction but the left-wing minority dissented, arguing that the U.S. proposal involves interference in internal affairs. A compromise resolution put the TUC on record support- ing “the principle of aid to Bur- ope,” with this qualification: “While appreciating that the American people will require as- surances that relief under the general plan will be effectively administered, it (the TUC) con- siders it essential that condi- tions will not be imposed which will infringe the sovereignty of the states concerned.” The council further resolved that at the next meeting of the World Federation of Trade Unions executive bureau in February, British delegates should urge ac- ceptance of the TUC position. Delegates were also instructed to speak in favor of a conference of the labor movements of the 16 nations involved in Marshall plan talks to “examine practical steps for the most effective utilization” of American loans or grants. ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE Auto — Fire Sickness & Accident Personal Property Floaters, etc. LAURIE NOWRY Representing A. J. Rudland Insurance Broker & Auto Finance M.A.7756 163 W. Hastings -M.A.9407 (after 4.30) Quality of justice’ strained at Nuremberg By ISRAEL EPSTEIN The, first results of the U.S. army war crimes of Ger- man big businessmen who backed Hitler were announced December 22. We are not sure which they illustrate more— the shortness of human memory or the strength of moneyed solidarity. Of six Nazi industrial- ists who powered Hitler’s war machine, used his slave labor and supplied his gas chambers, three were released scot free. Freidrich Flick, Germany’s biggest coal and steel man, got seven years. The other two got five and 2% years. Since all had been held many months pending trial, their re- maining terms are much shorter than their sentences. The judge in the case was Charles B. Sears of Buffalo, N.Y., an old Republican who in 1942 ordered Harry Bridges, west coast union chief, deported as a “dangerous alien.” This verdict was later set aside by the U.S. supreme court. With the Nazi bigshots, however, Sears did not live up to his tough reputation. In fact he was soft as putty and summarily dismissed the “crimes against humanity” charge against all defendants. In Nuremberg on December 22, Sears ruled that “a person cannot become guilty of a crime against humanity by exerting anti-Semitic pressure to procure + . . industrial property owned by- Jews.” In other words, this crime does not exist if you “merely” get a Jew killed to take over his factory, which has competed with yours. In Nuremberg also, Sears vir- tually apologized to a defendant, and rebuked a prosecuting attor- ney, for “harsh” courtroom treat- ment of Otto Steinbrinck, No. 2 man in Flick’s coal and_ steel empire and a longtime member of Hitler’s SS storm troops. He rejected as “unthinkable” the idea that Steinbrinck, “who as a U-boat commander has risked his life .. . to save survivers of a Ship which he had sunk, should willingly be party to the slaugh- ter of thousands of defenseless persons,” The defenseless persons are dead and cannot speak for them- selves. While we are not law- yers, however, we know that nei- ther legal nor lay opinion ac- cepts good conduct in one respect as disproving crime in another. Some of the worst yeggs in his- tory were model husbands and fathers. : The famous British musical comedy writers, Gilbert and Sul- livan, noted this long ago in their |. much beloved Pirates of Pen- zance. When a felon’s not engaged in his employment, or maturing his felonious little plans, His capacity for innocent enjoy- ment is just as great as any honest man’s, When the enterprising burglar’s not a-burgling, when the cut- throat isn’t occupied in crime, He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling, and listen to the merry village chime. Coming now to the big busi- ness solidarity angie, labor-bait- ing Sears passed down an opin- ion that there was “some shadow ° of justice” in the Nazi defend- ants’ claim that “in their per- Sons, industry itself was being prosecuted.” This of course wouldn’t do. _Sears also evidenced tender un- derstanding of the German indus- trialists’ problems when he said that their $40,000 annual ‘gift to the Nazi party might have been “not too high a price to insure personal safety in the fearful days of the Third Reich.’ We haven’t heard that those who fought the Nazis, both in Germany and in the Allied armies, had much chance to worry about their own personal safety, or money to buy it: : Gilbert and Sulivan had some- thing to say on that side of matters as well, If you’ve seen the Pirates of Penzance, you'll remember that the pirates were acquitted of all crimes as soon as they turned out to be well- born aristocrats. When they were caught, the major-general who led the police gave an order: “Away with them and place them at the bar.” The pirate king, however, stop- ved him effectively with: ; One moment, let me tell you who they are. They are no members of the com- mon throng, They are all noblemen who have gore wrong. ( No Englishman wnmoved that Statement hears, Because, with all our faults, we love our House of Peers. No sooner had the major-gen- eral heard this than he apologized handsomely, like Sears to Stein- brinck. I pray you, pardon me, ex-pirate king. : Peers will be peers, and youth will have its fling. , Resume your ranks and legisla- tive duties. And take my daughters, all of whom are beauties. There doesn’t seem much more to say on the German business, except that if Hitler’s still hid- ing anywhere, he may as well come out. 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