Canadian youth calls for end ~ to murder of anti-fascists score price The Canadian committee of the World Federation of Democratic Youth released in- formation this week to the press, received from Austrian and Spanish young: people on’ a series of terroristic events with which Canadians are still too unfamiliar. From Austria comes the report of a hideous crime, committed by British occupation forces and Austrian authorities against the youth brigade of Democratio League of Slovene Carinthia “Frans Tausman-Lenart” (3 times shock-brigade). Qn October 5th more than 50 British soldiers and Austrian police attacked the brigade while crossing the frontier on its way back from the Samac-Sarajevo Youth Railway (Yugoslavia). Later that day British and Austrian police attacked the brigade with rifles and machine guns, tearing one brigade and one company flag, and seriously wounding 6 young brigadeers. The police arrested Karel Perce, who had fainted because of the wounds, and on October 16th he and two other Slovene youths were sen- tenced to imprisonment by British Military Tribunal at Beljak. This is an example of treatment given the Slovene-Carinthinas who fought against fascism. We pro- test ‘the treatment of these young e who worked side by side with 42 other foreign brigades in complete freedom and equality with pride in their own nationality to build the Samac-Sarajevo Youth Railway. We who were privileged to participate in the construction did so with the knowledge that we were helping to build prosper- ity and peace and will make this fact known around the world so that this kind of treatment of freedom-loving people will be ended. And from Spain comes a letter from Ignacio Callege (for the Executive Committee of the Uni- ted Socialist Youth of Spain) from which is given a few extracts. “From May to July of the present year, in Madrid alone, the courts of Franco passed 22 death sen- tences. Later, on August 27th at dawn, in the courtyard of the of Carabanchel (Madrid), 17 Republicans were shot. Among them owas Antonia Gonzales -Barona, a brother of Luisa and Adolfo who were sentenced re- ‘cently to hard labor during the}. well-known trial of the 9 young miners. After the murder of his son and the condemnation of his two children, their father com- mitted suicide out of sorrow ond — despair, “Last April, Ramon Mayola -Larrange was arrested together - with 14 young people. He is at pres-) ent in the prison of Larringaga (Bilbao). He is being most cruelly tortured with his ankle and wrist broken and horrible burns on his fingers. _ “Angel Carrero, Pedro Valverde and other anti-fascists whom - Franco is intending to sentence to death after a mockery of a trial, are being tortured in the prison of Barcelona, their flesh torn by the police in the process of “interrogation.” “Enough of these murders! . should be the cry of world youth. No more crimes against the pat- --giots of Spain who are now fight- ing for democratic rights, for whose cause the youth of all countries have shed their blood during the war against Hitlerism. World News Services Spain fights on In 1945 there were Widespread guerrilla activity by democrats, Communists and Socialists against the Franco regime continues in Spain. Succes- sive wage cuts and oppression with widespread jailings of any- one who protests or is suspected of feelings of opposition, There are over a dozen regions where continual armed attacks are made on the government and the militia, with a long record of rescued prisoners, arms captured, support from the 350 recorded military set-to’s with Franco forces, 1946, 446 actions, im the first six months of this year, 427 actions. The map shows the areas of guerrilla activity. peasantry. Fox’s “The Iron Curtain” here among citizens. ing the movie group from Holly- wood as “fomenters of ill-will,” last week’s developments included a meeting on Parliament Hill ad- dressed by prominent citizens and sponsored by the Ottawa People’s Forum. ; Members of parliament D. J. McCuaig (CCF) and H. W. Her- ridge (Ind. CCF) supported the public protest about the film. - Charging the film “utilizes com- mercial and political exploitation,” members of the forum group led by A. T. McFarlane, Edith Hol- tom and H. N. Edelstein, urged that the film be stopped in the interests of peaceful international relations, the dignity of the Cana- dian parliament where scenes are being shot, and the rights of citi- zens acquitted in trials arising out of the Royal Commission report. A blunt attempt to take movie action shots in the room formerly For a Good REGENT . i 2 | Suit or Overcoat 324. West Hastings Street TAILORS | EVERY GARMENT STRICTLY UNION MADE Ottawa citizens protest ‘fomenters of ill-will’ By MARK FRANK OTTAWA—Filming of the “hate-picture” 20th-Century is stirring a storm of criticism Preceded by a series of editorials in a local paper describ- occupied by Fred Rose _ was thwarted by Dr. Arthur Beau- chesne, clerk of the House. “No actors, no . actresses, no scenes, no shooting in here,” ordered Dr. Beauchesne. Director William “Vancouver 4 lecneune ne FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1947 of this and they aren’t mincing words in telling Jimmy Gardiner, agriculture minister, about it. Last week, Alberta Farmers’ Union president Carl Stimpfile de- manded an increase in the initial price of wheat to $2.00 a bushel (the world price is close to $3.00); the establishment of a grain board (and the end of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange which gambles with the livelihood of the farm- ers); and the return to subsidies and price controls. This week, the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture expressed a complete lack of confidence in Gardiner’s policies. The Federation demanded that means be found to enable Canadian farmers to pro- duce food for Britain and needy European countries— and “give the necessary assistance to make this possible.” The financial crisis which has struck Canada as a direct result of Ottawa’s subservience to U.S. interests, support of the Marshall Plan and refusal to trade with new democracies of Eastern Europe, puts the farmer, as it does the worker, on the spot. Much of Gardiner’s policy was built on the agreements with the U.K. by which Canada could sell, jin this year, at least 160 million bushels of wheat and large quan- tities of meat and pork. But the crisis in the U.K. now makes such trade almost impossible, for Brit- ain must find trade with non-dollar countries in an effort to solve her own problems. Thus, she is turn- ing to the Soviet Union and this week, Harold Wilson for Britain went to Moscow and reported sub- stantial agreement in principle on new agreements. Under Anglo- Soviet trade, it is expected Britain will get much of her wheat re- quirements, thus removing our biggest market. ‘ Farmers across Canada- The King government's policy of lifting price controls and subsidies hits Canadian farmers as well as urban workers. And in exactly the same places. Farmers in the west and in Ontario are becoming aware policies In the meantime the U.K. has already drastically reduced her quotas of bacon and meat. Now Canada must seek new markets and the campaign is al- | ready on in the Senate to open the gates to the U.S. market for cattle. If and when this happens, the price of beef wil go much higher in Canada. The packinghouse in- dustry, quietly storing up meat in warehouses, will reap huge profits. The farmer may benefit for a short_term until the bottom falls out. But: how much will the farmer benefit? ‘ Take milk. When the Drew government permitted another in- crease in the milk price, con- sumption again dropped. ‘The farmers themselves protested that a two-cent jump was too high and would cut their production. And that is what happened. The urban worker necessarily cuts purchase as food prices go higher. Production drops and the farmers actually lose in the long run. Only a return to price controls, a roll back of prices-to the Jan- uary, 1946 level, a return of government subsidies .on feed grains and other essential food commodities, and closure of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, can guarantee the farmer a_ secure future in the light of world economic and political conditions. Refuge in the Marshall Plan by Ottawa will solve nothing—indeed, can only add to the crisis. The Alberta Farmers’ Union ad- ded another MUST for Canadian farmers: unity with the Canadian . labor movement. Both will lose their shirts through Ottawa's policies, Together in a concerted campaign, that policy cculd be changed. * a SOE A EE A ES A A A SR A A A A A AE DE RE RENE ECE The Vancouver Branch of the FEDERATION OF RUSSIAN CANADIANS Extend to All People of Goodwill _ Season’s Greetings for 1948 ' A A charge of 50 cents for each insertion of five lines or less with 10 cents for each additional line is made for notices appearing in this column. No notices will be accepted later than Monday noon of the week of publication. NOTICES Oldtime Dancing To Alf Carlson’s Orchestra Every Wednesday and Saturday Hastings Auditorium 828 East Hastings Phone HAstings 1248 Moderate Rental Rates For socials, weddings, meetings ASH BROS. CARTAGE 516 West Seventh Ave. General Cartage FA. 0242. FA. 0469 Meetings— Swedish-Finnish Workers Club meets last Friday of every month at 7.30 p.m. in Clinton Hall. O.K. Antonuck— ; Method approved by M.D. sci- ence. 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