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Comment ~ Tom McEwen - is just over a year ago, April 23, 1953, to be exact, that the Manchester Guardian's staff correspondent in Lon- © wrote his famous “Arrival and De- Parture” of Mr. Cohn and Mr, Schine, rat Sold-dust twins of Senator Joe Mc- mere, who were assigned the task of eflermining whether the British Broad- asting Corporation and other key Euro- oan broadcasting stations were show- ce a proper deference towards Mc- arthy’s USA. ; "9 mince Cohn and Schine do not special- it in erasing dirt—but rather in stirring foe: ‘their “welcome” by BBC officials a Somewhat short of what could be ik ned as “cordial.” Most Britishers, Oi elves, whether they be public w ae or just ordinary workers, hate Soi investigated” and snooped upon, 4 Icularly by super punks of the Cohn wy Schine species. a the current McCarthy-U.S. Army ae ey tournament, the uses of this couple be ascist crows are seen in much clearer Reese: — possibly because there is a British toe around to boot them full Into the obscurity where they right- ful yen: Thus, aided by a power- vai oe fascist clique with ambitions to ual Jewish fascists, provocateurs, cere: draft dodgers, professional Hitt and forgers—the kind who helped Deo a to destroy millions of their own es ne pievated to the rank of top tate lican “experts’—to gather all the ag , als for a gigantic “Reichstag Fire” 4 prelude to a Third World War. the handful of Zionists who serve in min camp of Yankee imperialism may fr a spasm of adoration for McCarthy’s Deg ees and Mr. Schine, but all decent Moti: whether Jew or Gentile, feel who nie but disgust for such carrion Banibline by snooping and smearing. As Mr Ing associates of the late Al Capone, opin Cohn and Mr. Schine are, in our Sh nion, highly expendable in a civilized paety. : ie bes % \ mactense Minister Brooke Claxton’s 0 St recent definition of the “chief aim” Canadian “defense” bears out what umn © Tepeatedly stated in these col- Ns, that Canada is not threatened by We sg . : s8ression from any quarter—except it aha Washington. prigeston has carefully outlined the pren®. Purpose of Canada’s “defense ®paredness—to protect the ability of © United States to deliver hydrogen ty anywheye; for Canadian “defense” task to be adequately geared to the Wee Of protecting U.S. air bases, key from ntustries, and big industrial centres with retaliation, should those showered In th H-bombs resent. such treatment. Week. Canadian House of Commons last eae Claxton put the St. Laurent gov- the wots “defense” policy (which costs ike Canadian taxpayers about $2.5 bil- der annually, in addition to the surren- T of their birthright) in a nutshell: thectless the U.S. can deliver the bombs, Rotrecthe, H-bombs) might just as well exist.” te feature that as the “defense” n te Of a nation which prides itself wee independence and its ability to the 224 work in peace with the rest of 7 world: : ante prime task of all decent Cana- _ a is not to build up such “defense” and € promotion of crime, but to unite cry lead the rest of the world in a qu Sade for peace—and the effective arantining of the H-bomb criminals. Bangs role cast by Claxton, Canada Rae before the world as an “‘acces- *y” for the promotion of crime. tride the world, a pair of inconse- ” Forty years ago (From the files of the B.C. Federationist, June 5, 1914) The first issue of a new monthly, The Social Democrat, official organ of the Social Democratic Pary of British Colum- bia, was published in Victoria. Welcom- ing its appearance, the B.C. Federationist observed that “the 11,500 members of the party (in the province) will no doubt become subscribers.” Fifteen years ago (From the files of the People’s Advocate, June 2, 1939) The People’s Advocate initiated a cam- . paign to convert the old Hotel Vancou- yer into a civic centre. Ten years ago (From the? files of The People, June 3, 1944). _ In a statement hailing opening of the second front, Tim Buck, national leader of the Labor-Progressive party, stated; “The greatest battle of human history has begun — for the liberation of France and all Europe from German fascist slavery, for the freedom of all man- kind.” : +t it it Officials of the provincial department of labor, completing their examination of the books of Local 480, International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Work- ers, indicated that the local would be certified “as the collective bargaining agency for Trail smelter workers. Emigre returns : ae Lausman, an ex-deputy prem- ier of Czechoslovakia who sought asylum in the American zone of Germany four years ago, has returned to his coun- try, disgusted. with the US.-financed activities of Czech emigres. Lausman, a former ieader of the Social Democratic party, told a press confer- ence in Prague that emigres were living on money given to them by the U.S. for espionage, terror and anti-Soviet activi- ties. “The four years I spent abroad have been mental torture for me, though at the ‘same time a political schooling,” he declared. He said the greater paryof the political emigration was “blindly and recklessly”’ supporting U.S. plans, though such plans jeopardised the very existence of the Czechoslovak state. Z He accused the U.S. of training not only spies and saboteurs, but also “in special courses, selected officers destin- ed to be members of the occupation force in case the American dreams come true.” “J learned the plans of the Americans from the closest’ range, and saw they would inflict new sufferings and new horrors on the Czechoslovak people. “Phis was one reason why I decided. during my stay in Austria to return to -Czechoslovakia,” he said. “Tt crossed the Czechoslovak frontier of my own will on December . 19, and presented myself to the state authori- ties.” THE EAGLE HAS TWO HEADS eerie |B aa the past week two basic policy speeches vitally affecting the future, of the Cana- dian people have been made, one in Ottawa, the other from Van- couver. In Ottawa, Defense Minister Brooke Claxton told the House of Commons that the main aim and .purpose of our national “‘de- fense’’ policy was to make sure . that the U.S. could deliver the A and H-bombs anywhere, anytime, - should Washington so decide. Our role, by Claxton’s definition, is to stand guard over USS. cities, air bases and war industries, while the H-bomb missionaries for the “American way-oflife’’ spread death and devastation: in other parts of the world—and specific- ally, the Soviet Union. No matter from what stand- point such a policy is examined, moral, political, social or econ- omic, it means economic, ruin, political vassalage and lasting dis grace for Canada. ae The other speech was made on Vote ‘No’ on Larwill Park sale [% the final disposal of Larwill Park that old familiar crack, “I can *get it for you wholesale,’ best expresses the at- titude of Vancouver City Council in its obvious haste to hand the B.C. Electric another handsome present. Fat This week the Non-Partisan city coun- cil decreed that the sale of this central park property, leased ten years ago to the B.C. Electric for a bus depot, would be decided by plebiscite on June 23. The vote will be on whether or not to sell this valuable property to the B.C. Electric ‘at the company’s last offer of $430,000 — less than half of what it is actually worth! | : : Since city franchise provisions allow only property owners to vote on ques- tions involving finances and midsummer is a poor time for holding a plebiscite, from the viewpoint of bringing out a high percentage of those-eligible to vote, the B.C. Electric stands in a fair way to grab off this property at considerably less than “wholesale” price. Had this plebiscite on Larwill Park PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JUNE 4, 1954 — PAGE 5 Who stands up .) * mains (regardless of whether we "curtain of oldine political ex- ~ to the Wednesday closing vote), it is ob know!” for Canada? Monday this week over the CBC proincial network by Alf Dew- hurst, provincial organizer for the Labor-Progressive party. Bas ing his thesis on the present danger of disastrous floods in B.C.—a danger that annually re- “We cou... have a flood year or not) because governmehtal policies are based upon experiency and not on sci- entific. planning and development —Dewhurst showed what lasting benefits to the people of B.C. and all Canada could derive from a comprehensive program for harnessing the mighty energies of the Fraser River to the needs of the people. Two speeches! “One __ relates Canada to a junior partnership in a Yankee - sponsored _ gigantic ‘crime against humanity; the other, looking behind the shabby pediency, shows what Canadians could achieve, for and by them- selves, if given an opportunity. - Two speeches — top level and bottom level! been held over until the civic elections in December (and the same thing applies a foregone conclusion that the people of this city would have recorded a sub- stantial majority vote against making the B.C. Electric an outright gift of Lar- will Park! Moreover, on such issues where it is not a question of money expenditures, but of safeguarding public property from the grasping hands of monopoly, and consequently a matter of wide public concern, every civic voter should have the right and the opportunity to register his opposition to such barefaced steals. _ Ten years ago when Larwill Park was “Jeased” to the BCER by a compliant NPA city council, the company perspec- tive was already apparent. Now the final grab — with NPA aid at city hall, is to be consummated. On. June 23 vote “No” in the plebiscite to sell Larwill Park to the BCER at back- © room bargain prices. ?