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Save the Rosenbergs

E. MARSH, Vancouver, B.C.:
Abraham Lincoln said: “Die when
I may, I want it said of me by
those who knew me best that I
always plucked a thistle and plant-
ed a flower wherever a flower
would grow.”

If “Honest Abe” was around
today we can be sure he would
pluck the thistle of injustice that
aims at taking the lives of those
two warm-hearted people, Ethel
and Julius Rosenberg. -

When tears well up in the eyes
of hardened jailers at the poignant
spectacle of Julius and Ethel, keep-
ing up such a brave front in the
presence of their dear little chil-
dren, ‘Michael and Robby, with
whom they play and sing when
they come to them for a visit, it
is evident that these jailers feel
that these two people have not
committed the crime of treason.

Evidence accumulates that

wherever this fine family goes, in
jail or out of jail, they ‘plant
flowers of hope and dignity in the
hearts of barren and poverty-
stricken lives. :
‘Such American families as this
one are a bulwark of the true
\American culture, as against the
sex,. gangster, fhorror and war-
comic Kultur.

This courageous family has a
vision, a vision that when brought
into practice would remove pov-

from the face of America. There
is nothing in the Constitution of
the United States forbidding any-
one working in the interests of
such a worthwhile project.

In the Canadian youth paper,
Champion, I have read two or
three letters from little children
in China, of seven or eight years.
In simple, well written words, di-
rect and to the point, these Chin-
ese children tell of their happiness
in the New China.

Yous

I mention this because I know
the children here in Canada could

write, along with all of us, to .

President Truman, calling upon
him to stop the execution of Julius
and Ethel Rosenberg . and
asking him to let Mommy and Dad-
dy go home to Michael and Robby.

Tribute to Butler

RAY MASSE, Nakusp,, B.C.:
Our profound sorrow leaves us
intensely stirred and we wish to
join with many friends in mourn-
ing the passing of our late belov-
ed comrade and friend, Jack But-
ler.

We had the honor of having him’

live in our home for three years.
We recall those many hours and
days when he \cared and tended by,
himself (he- was then partiailly
deaf and his eyesight impaired) our
growing baby daughter. They be-
came much attached to each other,
this elderly man and this thriving
baby. Whenever the child be-
came fretful or upset as most kid-
dies will, his favorite way to over-
comé her distress (and. it always
worked) was to start counting her
toes and fingers. .. . ,

Never in any: single instance do
we remember his losing his temper
or becoming impatient, although
often he was torn with pain from.
an ulcerated stomach, and we
have on various occasions rushed
him to the hospital. ...

Jack Butler’s years of experi-—

ence and study gave him ready
wisdom and political balance. He
constantly stressed the importance
of studying scientific socialism and
would always refer to a knowledge
of political economy as the weap-
on for advanced progress.

On many occasions, when the
burden of our problems would
overcome us, he was ever ready
to share them and assist us, to of-
fer his solace and guidance. He,
was a power house of courage and
hope.

Yes, his was a life of rendering
valuable service unto others, and
his going leaves an empty void
with us and with many others who
came to depend upon his timely
logic and clear guidance he so
freely and unselfishly gave.

What You Pleate.

We stand corrected

S.J.H., Youbou,\ B.C.: In an
editorial headed “They Must: Not
Die,” in the October 31 issue of
the Pacific Tribune, readers are
asked to: write to President Harry
Truman and U.S. ‘Attorney-Gen-

eral Howard McGrath at Washing- |
_ ton, D.C., in an effort to save the

lives of the Rosenbergs.

I would like to draw to your
attention the fact that Truman,
Yired McGrath several months ago
because of corruption in the jus-
tice department in connection with
the notorious Kansas City vote
fraud case and the equally notori-
ous “Amerasia” case. The attor-
ney-general of the United States,
is at the present time James P.
McGranery. This error should be

. corrected in your next issue.

Peace real issue

READER, Vancouver, B.C.:
The recent speeches of General
Eisenhower saying hhe will go to
Korea, and General Van Fleet’s
notorious letter calling for more
South Koreans to be in the front
lines, ‘are indicative of a growing
war weariness in the United States.

American casualties are believed
to amount to 123,000, of which
almost 23,000 are dead. This would
indicate that U.S. forces in Ko-
rea total more than half a million.

American mother and fathers
are beginning to isk -why, their
boys are there.

Vincent jHallinan’s speeches
pointing out a simple way to end
the slaughter of youth in this hat-
ed war are having an effect. And
the work of the peace movement
in the U.S. is making itself felt
throughout the country.

The U.S. imperialists are learn- —

ing what every imperialist coun-
try’s leaders have thad pounded
into their thick head since No-
vember 7, 1917-—that where men
and women are prepared to fight
and die for freedom and the unifi-
eation of their country, no im-
perialist power can win the final
battle.

~ HOW CANADA'S TAX DOLLAR IS SPENT
= (TOTAL BUDGET $4,200,000,000)

a eo)
aN

NON-DEFENCE
EXPENSES

erty, sickness, disease and crime -

Fifty percent for war

This official chart reveals that over 50 percent of the St.
Laurent government’s budget—$2,125,000:000—is going for war
purposes. Taxes and prices are at an all-time high—but the gov-
ernment claims there is no money for a national health policy.

LONDON: LETTER

‘Go Home Yanks’ becoming | :

popular slogan in Britain

: LONDON
HE case of a farmer who was
- forcibly detained and marched
off his own land at rifle-point by
American airmen engaged in a
“spy hunt exercise” is only one of
a thousand incidents, from indigni-
ties to rapes and murders, that ex-
plain the unpopularity of Ameri-
cans in Britain. In fact, unpopu-
larity is too mild a word; detest-
ation and hatred better describe
the feelings of British working
people in particular.

Increasingly, Americans station- e

ed in Britain are being looked
upon as occupation troops — and
many of them conduct themselves
as such.

As Eric Fletcher, Labor ‘MP for
Islington East, said in comment-
ing upon the fanmer’s experience,
“It is no mitigation of the indig-
nity to be told subsequently that
the Americans treated the matter
‘as a huge joke.” ;

The farmer, Wilfred. Cobb, was
arrested as an “infiltrating spy”
during exercises conducted by U.S.
forces ‘at Chicksands, near Bed-
ford, a radar research station op-
erated by the USAF with some”
RAF personnel attached.

And here, in his own words, is
what happened. |

“J was on my own land about
500 yards from the camp bound-
ary. I was going to feed my pigs
when I saw two people in battle-
dress. I shouted ‘What are you
doing?’ but I got no reply.

“They pointed rifles at me and’
shouted ‘Halt! I didn’t ‘stop.
They shouted ‘Halt! again, and I
remembered stories of people who
had been shot for not halting when
told to do so — so I stopped.

“They told me to put my hands
up and made me walk to my barn.
Then I was made to face the wall,
like a traitor about to be shot.

“Thes ringleader of the two
searched me from head to foot.
‘Then they made me walk to a dis-
used building I have on my land.
I keep some pigs there.

“They said: ‘Have you got the
key to this place?’ They knew I
had, as they had found it when
searching me. They told me to
unlock the door and said: ‘If we
find anyone here you will be shot
dead.’

“They made me sit on the grass.
I said: ‘I’ve got to feed my pigs,’
and one of them answered: ‘Oh,
no you don’t.’ Wares: f

“Another one arrived, and they
told him: ‘Keep guard on this
man. If he moves shoot him
dead.’ ”

Later another armed American ©

came, and the four of them march-
ed Cobb ‘away with his hands on
his head. ’ ‘

They marched him for half a
mile to their camp, where he saw
an American officer and com-
plained to him. The officer “just

' grinned at me.”

As they marched through the
camp one of the farmer’s captors
shouted to a friend: “If he doesn’t
do as I say I shall bash his head
ns '

. At the camp headquarters Cobb
saw the U.S. commanding officer,
who agreed that his men had over-

‘stepped the] mark by going on

Cobb’s land — but he refused to
give him their names.

When Cobb complained to the
local police the reply was: “I can’t
do anything. I have no power to
question the Americans.”

“Tt was a terrible experience,”
commented Cobb. “They behaved
just like gangsters you see on the
films. They were uncivilised. At
no time did they ask for my
name. They treated me as if I
was deaf and dumb.

“J have 12 acres of land and was

never nearer than 500 yards ta
the *drome. I hhave written to my

MP and the National Farmers’ _

Union.” :

Coming as it did only two weeks |
after U.S. Air Force police stopped
British] motorists and searched

‘their cars near the Upper Heyford —

air base, the incident has evoked
angry protests from all parts of
the country.
e@ 1
Fearing British public opinion,
the USAF endeavored to hush up
an act of sacrilege committed by
a U.S. serviceman in the 14th cen-
tury parish church at Pingstons
Surrey, last month.

Under English law sacrilege is
one of the most serious crimes.
Maximum punishment is imprison-

ment for life.

But as the man concerned in the
Kingston case was an American —
serviceman, the law of Britain
was bypassed. The police could
only hand the culprit over to the
U.. authorities.

On October 16 a Kingston pol-
iceman found an American walk-
ing through Kingston Market car-
ryin& a three-foot cricfix which
had been taken from the high altar
in All Saints’ Church.

Further investigations revealed
that other damage had been done
in the church. Altar candles had
been broken. Candlesticks had
been damaged and flower vases
turned over. The flowers were
strewn on the floor, and the riddel
post was almost torn from its —
socket. :

Until the London Daily Worker
published the facts in a front page
expose even the Kingston police
denied the’incident. Then, further
attempts to suppress the story be-
ing futile, U.S. authorities apol-
ogized for the sacrilege and an-

‘nounced that “an airman of the

USAF stationed at Bushby Park
has been admitted to hospital for
psychiatric examination.”

In Manchester, third largest
English provincial city, American
troops have become so unpopular
that the city has been placed out
of bounds to them.

(U.S. spokesmen at Burtonwood,
Lancashire, explained the ban by —
saying they were afraid of street
fights. ;

Although they denied newspaper —
reports that attacks on U.S. ser-
vicemen might be “inspired by
Communists,” they were not pre-
pared to admit their own men
might be to blame.

Stating that on two occasions
U.S. military police had been at-
tacked on the street, they claimed.
it was “the rougher elements of
the British people who are causing”
the trouble.”

‘Accounts of how some Ameri-
can troops have been conducting
themselves, however, place the

. story in a different light.

The manager of (Manchester’s
Claredon Hotel, for instance, re
ported that he had to call the
police when one American soldieT
threatened to bring his pals “and
pull the joint down” if he didn’t
get what he wanted.

The manager of the Union
Hotel, which is largely patronize’
by Americans, said: i

“There are some mad Amer
can troops but it is when they
have been filled with ‘Red Biddy,’
which| they buy in Warringtot —
and drink out of bottles on the
train, that they get nasty.”

_ As one railwayman put it, “You -
should see them swagger off the
trains here on Saturdays. — You'd —
think they owned the place.”

But the British people are hav
ing a word to say ahout that.

. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — NOVEMBER 14, 1952 — PAGE 4

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