BY TIM BUCK Le wey MA bs we Pearson won't admit it -- but he acknowledges LPP stand right NNOUNCEMENT of August 10 as the date of the federal gen- eral election emphasizes the drastic change of attitude forced upon Prime Minister St. Laur- ent by what he learned at the Commonwealth Conference in London. It reflects the fact ¢hat coming events already are onsequences of sh eo he policies = ~~~ pursued.~=—s until Kaname now by the St. Laurent government will be dis- astrous for Canada. The prime minister called the election the very day after he arrived back home because he didn’t dare to wait any longer. Liberal party realization that its slavish subservience to U.S. aims through the past five years is going to be discredited, is reflected in St. Laurent’s haste now to set up a screen of support for opposite policies or perhaps even to hurriedly modify his role. His proposal for a meeting with the Soviet Union was, pol- itically, a repudiation of the policy that he, St. Laurent, has pursued until then. His statement to a press con- ference immediately after his ar- ' rival in Canada, that he favors recognition of People’s China once an armistice is achieved in Korea, and the speech of External Affairs Minister Pearson at Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, on the ~ same day, were obvious attempts to change the public attitude of the Canadian government to- wards the provocative war poli- cies of the dominant circles in the USS. : Pearson’s speech, which he de- livered as a statement of Cana- dian government policy, was, in fact, a repudiation of the con- cepts upon which recently the policies of the St. Laurent gov- ernment have been based. It was by implication an admission that the St. Laurent government’s “explanation” to the Canadian people of why it sent Canadian boys to wage war in Korea has been a lie. : . R Pearson’s speech justified the prophecy sometimes uttered in jest, that the Liberals would’ temporarily switch to an anti- U.S. imperialist line to win the federal election. : He explicitly repudiated the US. attitude that everything pos- sible up to and including war must be resorted to, to prevent people’s governments from com- ing to power — the fact, that he used the words “Communist gov- ernments” did not change the meaning of what he said by one iota. — Against that concept upon which U.S. policies are based and upon which St. Laurent’s subservience to the U.S. has been based unfil now, Pearson advo- cated a return to the concept ad- vocated by Stalin that peoples should be allowed to establish governments of their own choice, that there should be a definite repudiation of the idea of mili- tary intervention against ideol- ogies. Without admitting it, Pearson acknowledged the correctness of what the Labor-Progressive party has pointed out consistently in its opposition to St. Laurent’s support of U.S. aims. He declared the people of Asia are going ‘through a profound, historical revolution and that, in addition to the moral wrong of the imperialist interference, all the armed might of the imperial- ist powers cannot stop that great change. He indicated very care- fully the attitude of the Cana- dian government as being that policies aimed at defeating the great aims of the people’s move- ments in Asia, must fail and will be discredited. The political coping stone of his speech was his warning, care- fully related to Asia, that Cana- dians “view United States strength with anxiety.” His speech as a whole was a striking | reflection of the growing isola- tion of the United States war party in world politics. These are all steps in the right direction and they will be welcomed by democratic Cana- dians. But voters will reject categorically the cynical assur- ance displayed by ‘St. Laurent that such oratorical gestures are enough. His statement to the press.conference that the sole is- sue in the elections is ‘“good gov- ernment” was a political brush- off for the Canadian people. The people. will show St. Lau- rent that they are neither so easily satisfied nor so unobserv- ant as he assumes. Precisely be- cause his sudden, change of front Kk KK A former Toronto stockbroker «4 now living in Tucson, health, \ celebrated. Coronation Day. with ¢ p of other Cana- dians now resident in the zona city. -He held a party on his patio and played recorded muSic ry the Coldstream C ds, .end- ing up with O Canad The next day he-was subject tc »stiga- tion by the FRI, who 1 they were acting on complaint of. a neighbor that Communist music and songs were played the night before. for his Ari- x x x Toronto Star June 9 Insult This is the latest insult to the people of Canada from U.S. gov- ernment officials. It is of a piece with TV chimpanzees on U.S. showings of British pictures of the Coronation in violation of a “gentleman’s agreement.” represents such a drastic change of policy and aims, the people will offer St.- Laurent some of his own medicine and will de- mand from him deeds to match his words. The people of Canada cannot re- elect the Liberal government simply because, belatedly, it has smuggled in a partial repudia- tion of policies that events are discrediting. The people must dé mand that St. Laurent tell them. what policies and aims he pro- poses to adopt in place of those that he is discarding. : The biggest Liberal daily paper in Canada has admitted that the St. Laurent government has amazed the world by the magni- tude of its expenditures on NATO and the enormous over-all mili- tary expenditures it has impos- ed on Canadian taxpayers. No wonder the workers, farmers and businessmen too are aa or an end to the pouring 0 a money down the NATO drain! The voters must demand that this policy be reversed. Recognition of China and seat- ing her People’s Government in the United Nations will be a tre- mendous step forward but it will be possible only as part of a broader change. That drastic re- pudiation of the aims of present U.S. policy must of necessity” be part of a complete reorientation, and change of world relation- ships, characterized by the great powers — starting with the sim- ultaneotls inclusion of the USA, and the USSR and extending to the inclusion of People’s China. Restored political cooperation between the great powers must, inevitably, bring about far-reach- ing changes in world economy; in the direction of trade, in the displacement of production for war by production for peace. That explains why the represent- atives of 20 British firms are now in Peking; it explains why doz- ens of U.S. firms have sent rep- resentatives to Hong Kong to be “on the doorstep” when the change of policy goes into ef- fect. Similar changes will take place in Europe also. The political shiftings of the St. Laurent cabinet will be mean- ingless unless the principle of trade with the socialist world. market is accepted. Economic re- lations of that kind are the basis for peaceful co-existence with the Soviet Union, and is the only way Canada can avoid eco- nomic crisis and instead, expand her economy in a world at peace. Premier Malenkov of the So- viet Union put this point square- ly in his report to the 19th Con- gress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union last October. olebe bellicose circles in the '-juejsuo0d ore uleyIg pue ysn ly reiterating that the arma- ments race alone can keep the industries in the capitalist coun- tries running. Actually, how- ever, there is another prospect, the prospect of developing and expanding commercial’ rela- tions between all countries irre- spective of the difference in so- cial systems. This can keep the industries in the industrially developed countries running for many. years to come, can ensure _ fight, in the House of Commons 000 - res i me ane L£ , } Protect yourselt..\ AGAINST ATOMIC RADIATION [- BE SHIELDED FROM CONTAMIBATIO (AQ\" FLASH BURKS by the ATOMICANS SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR MONEY REFUN J No ‘life-back’ guarantee This is reproduced from an advertisement which appeared sone time ago in a California newspaper. It is a sales appe@ atomic cape purportedly designed to prevent burning. The la ork! says your money will be cheerfully refunded if it fails f° ee «ghoul Progressive Canadians -shd vote for: the sale of products of which one country has an abundance to other countries, can help raise. the economics of the un- der-developed countries and thereby bring about lasting eco- nomic cooperation.” sawel @ Higher purchasing pow for the people. Higher hight higher family allowances © yp pensions, national health ! ance, homes, ‘ The reaction of the stock mar- kets shows that sections of the capitalist class fear economic catastrophe. But, the facts of the economic prospect show that peace can, if the government of Canada is prepared for it, open an era of prosperity higher and more real than anything that Canadians have enjoyed to date. iA @ Trade with all countries Canadian undertaking 1 ts i dollar‘s worth of producer. some part of the British monwealth to balance e¥@! a lar’s worth of products ore fhe ed in Canada by any P# f Commonwealth. Agreemen nett expanding and mutually 7 and cial trade between Can@ allt Canadians should, and must, ¢ the 9 ClP | demand of St. Laurent that he all the pune ve : ae Third of the World. state his position on all these t the questions. Indeed, they should @ An early meeting o' or demand that every candidate great powers, including the who asks for votes declare his viet Union, to negotiate ite or her stand on these issues. ment of all outstanding St. Laurent’s change Oot right on the eve of the % Drastic and far-reaching chang- es are now in the making. They are going to take place regard- less of what any candidate says — or indeed of which party or a Bly reveals the fact that thon 6 the problems confronting. it poe partial retreat now make pt parties form the next govern- ible to make those ment. What Canadian workers jgcues of the campaig2 Te it can do is to ensure that only be vas gram and platform of t Progressive party 15 already the program of nationhood. All hands on deck. election battle. nt ; Fight for every vote, fier i! every seat. Put Canad@ those candidates are elected who eer ist pledge themselves publicly to can and all over Canada;:for the poli- cies and measures that are nec- essary to ensure that instead of economic catastrophe, the great change includes economic. and democratic advance. If we die By ETHEL ROSENBERG You shall know, my sons, shall know Why we leave the song unsung, the book unread, the work undone to rest beneath the sod. ee Mourn no more, my sons; no more’ why the lies and smears were framed, -the tears we shed, the hurt we bore ° to all shall be broclaimed. Earth shall smile, my sons, shall smile and green above our resting place, the killing end, the world rejoice * in brotherhood and peace. Work and build, my sons, and, build a monument to love and joy, to human worth, to faith we kept for you, my sons, for ‘you. - Ossining, N.Y. January 24, 1953. e pad PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JUNE 26, 1953 ~