/all St. hatches cuckoo’ $ egg. in Attlee’s ‘socialist’ nest IME ‘Mae Attlee’s “‘message’’ to the British people this week didn’t only write finis tq “‘socialism’” . in Britain (as per Washington’s instructions), but heralded a quickening of Canada’s’ growing market crisis. The are definitely in the variety.” “savings” announced by Attlee for Britain “penny wise, pound foolish” Ten million pounds is to be “saved’’ by cur- tailment of the National Health Scheme. A mately 140 million pounds is to be “saved” in — expenditures,” which include s, hospitals, schools, and public works.’* Five aillion pounds is to be “saved” in reduced educa- tional costs, and students’ meals in schools are to be upped one penny or more. Some 30 million pounds is to be “saved” in expenditures on the armed forces by the simple process of Yankee im- perialism taking over the policing of. various “‘out- posts. of empire.” It may be noted that the bulk of the “savings” listed by ‘“‘Socialist’’- Attlee are at the expense of the health and living standards of the British people. “new build- British monopolists still collect fat profits and are - immune from the disastrous effects of such “savings.” And for Canada—a trade cut of $100 million dollars is promised, perhaps more if the Marshall plan pawnbrokers say so. fish, wheat, and other Canadian exports to Bnitain are due for drastic curtailment) ERP dollars will Insults butter no bread PRESS piece Gui Ottawa quotes Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Lester .B. Pearson as declaring in the House of Commons that Canada will not recognize the: new Chinese People’s Re- public government independent of external control.” A Pearson is demanding much greater assurances than he is in a position to give. — i The new Chinese People’s government seeks - bas trade with Canada on the basis of equality and na- . tional dignity, and doesn’t qualify its offer by ask- ve Pearson if he can assure the Chinese that Canada “independent of external control. y ‘ Canada needs that trade—and in the critical months ahead, as a result of Wall Street domination in Canadian economic and ges affairs, will Syve Suan ae » Approxi- _ -Canada very much.” by “very much” Bacon, eggs, lumber, | “until it has shown that it; is, only be ‘available to Bath for trade with Canada —to the extent that such trade does ‘noi cut into the profits of the Yankee pawnbrokers. - ‘Tt is obvious that the Washington talks’ to “Solve” the British “‘dollar solved nothing. On the contrary, it has put the British people in the unenviable position of a nation of paupers depen- deni upon Yankee handouts, and tossed their hopes of extended social security and prosperity out of the window, | . crisis” Despite what is now so plainly obvious, Trade Minister C. D. Howe is quoted as saying that economy program “‘will not affect What Howe may mean is anybody's guess, but what Wall Street imposed on Britam and Canada is no longer guess work. Get a bd : Aas ., Britain’s “new Canadiamr trade with Britain is vetoed by dollar “orders” from Washington. Canadians may. no longer trade with Britam, or vice versa, except on lerms stipulated by the Washington moneychangers. The reward of both for strict adherence to Marshall planned dollar rule is gréater “austerity,” strangling of normal markets, peeleerng poverty and_hard- ship. eh Ree ; ty Attlee’s ‘ bnbssnee” British “‘socialism’”’ under social democracy and a notice to Canada that British markets exist, by the grace of Wall Street—and not by the mutual goodwill of the British and Canadian sited . Pearson’s statement, if quoted correctly, in- dicates that official Canada is still thinking in terms of Mosquito bombers and bullets for the discredited and disreputable Chiang Kai-shek, rather than re- cognition of a people who have fought their way, despite terrific odds, to freedom—and full equality with the so-called * “West.” ine Mao Tse-tung, his government, and his people, have liberated themselves from the “external control” of the yoke of foreign imperialism. That is mainly what worries Pearson and prompts him to resort to insult where. Mosquito bombers and ‘explosives have * failed. - The Canadian people must cee ‘of the St: Laurent government that it extend full recognition to the Chinese People’s Republic without further -delay—and ~without pine casita _ Machine election SULTS of the eight byelections across — ae country this week indicated that, in the four months since the general election, there has been no appreciable change in political trends. The St. Laurent government held three seats Writ coulornuble-majuctice sncthise otter vests it Quebes, went to “Independents” “Independent Liberals,” Thus tae i Sais Hine ce ee “independence” Hey DORMER. Fe serge governs. Se Gain Oe i ~-Quly in the British Columbia constituency of — New Westminster, shorn of its progressive South — “Bumaby and Richmond areas in the last distribution to make it “safe” for the Liberals,( did ‘the govern- ~ ment have any cause for perturbation. [In that constituency, embracing the city oe New EE Acar bp emai ya ORIG south of the river, William Mott, the Liberal, was ee ey ae means be construed as an expression of CpBACHES ‘in government policies. i ik (baie aise: MSHA Sah candidate, backed by a strong machine. As a former mayor of New Westminster and. a long-time _ resident of that city he held a distinct advantage ‘ eapaiionl pa aactad 1h eee er shies been ‘considered A E chesal diichiide with only a 2,000 lead over Elmore Philpott, Vancouver columnist running as an Independent with the back- ing, of the Vancouver Sun. It is true that Philpott’s position on basic ‘issues - of policy, as demonstrated by his column, differs only superficially from the government's position. — Nonetheless, a large part of Philpott’s vote was drawn from those who consider him a radical in politics and through him hoped to voice their Gppost tion to government policies. ‘Generally, the! smaller: CCF vote Toronto-Greenwood and New eke consti- tuences was a direct reflection of the fact Ags he people find little’ to inspire them, and _ real fighting opposition in thespolicies and ahi: of that party. The LPP, on the ‘other hand, although it trai 5+ ira reapuacler tual we Una bate ‘it contested, Montreal-Laurier, Toronto-Greenwood and New Westminster, did inject an element of fighting opposition into” the: campaign that earned jit a wide hearing, Political observers daenibe the peta as nai machine campaign out to do a job for the Liberals.” The machine technique was simple— obscure the real issues and i out the “‘safe”’ Party vote. win, a strike. it;-is -out” to fuller is a funeral oration for There is just the barest possibility. that Webster's “popes” TOM McEWEN T has become a recognized axiom that, the times and conditions ‘ being favorable, the shortest cut to fame and fortune is via the — “red herring’ technique. Given a neurotic imagination and a pet verted concept of what constitutes a moral code of ethics, any ‘amateur redbajter can win professional status overnight. The more * «far-fetched and lurid the tale on “Communism,” the greater ae notoriety-—-and the fees of the narrator. Just take a look at CCL superman Bill Mahoney, for instance. Until Bill came to B.C. no one had ever heard of him. He had never organized. a trade union local. He : had néver been on a. union picket line to not on record, anywhere, anytime, that he ever -negotiated a wage increase for his fellow men. Prior to coming to B.C., Bill was nothing more than a cypher in the Dominion Bureau of Statistics files. Now look at him. A “national” figure, “strong man” of the CCL, and already slated to succeed “Dr.” Conroy, should that individual “ever step _ holy orders. Virtually Websterized out of all recognition. Jack Webster of the Vancouver Sun, who specializes in dramatic fiction on the “red herring” route, has projected Mahoney Be the CCL “strong man” who “blasted the . reds in B.C.’s unions.” The mz%azine section of the Montreal Standard, October 22 issue, well illustrated with an almost life-size portrait of Superman Mahoney tells in vivid words how the job was done. Just as a “St. James street controlled press,” as TLC President Percy Bengough once Seas, it Che has repented since), built up AFL Frank Hall as “red-buster” extraordinary, so Webster with his special and pe fatiee reportorial ee has done a similar job pes nonentity Bill ‘Mahoney. According to Webster, the “Reds” in B.C... . and he names. e few such as Harold Pritchett, Nigel Morgan, Ernie Dalskog, Harve: Murphy, Bill Stewart, just fairly withered away when superma Mahoney turned ‘his supersonic eye on them. “Dr.” Conroy, directed “Operation Mahoney,” thought the job would take “at least four years,’ but superman Mahoney did it in less than ha that time. While Webster forgot to say so, he might have ad and at-half the price it would have cost the Canadian Manutfac Association. | bk, Of course, there are’ ‘a lot of ‘important omissions “from th Websterized Mahoney thriller which many pene do think are of some Tittle | importance. The many years of hard struggle to_ build drade union organi- zation in the lumber. industry of B.C. against terrific odds—black list, labor espionage, police terror. They remember Cowichan Lak and Blubber Bay...and the “Black Agency.” Of course, tha was before the Mahoney-Webster era. ‘ - The millions of dollars that the Pritchetts, Dalskogs and Mut- phys put into the pockets of loggers, mill workers, hard-rock miners .. compared with the first year of the Mahoney “poss bloc’ Te gime, where the lumber workers not only took a substantial was® cut, but saw a lot of their hard-won working and living conditions thrown away to appease the boss loggers. The long years of struggle in the hard-rock mining industry, beginning 50 years ago with the grand old Western Federation | of Miners, and completed by their worthy successor, “Mill and Smelter Workers’ Union, to establish union wages, an tions in a highly monopolized industry. Against blacklist, ‘terror, yes, even murder, Do you remember Ginger Goodwin, we ster, or you. Mahoney? Of course not.. He was before Fay ti but also branded with the red-herring technique of the day . a company gunman. finally got him. This much can be conceded. Travelling the suave even an erstwhile obscure and inconsequental Mahoney can ‘in a few short months what it takes years to build. cot the ‘union movement this is particularly true. — ° ae F . : Now that Jacke Webster and his superman ree Oe have atom ized the “Reds” in B.C., an additional question may be posed Canadian workers in both East and West. Does “blasting the put a single extra loaf on a workingman’s table? Does it provide his wife with a new and much ,needed coat, or his children be : shoes? Does it cancel out the evil effects of devaluation as weapon of class robbery? Does it compensate for broken promises or strengthen the foundations of a lasting ‘peace? It does none of these things, but it does weaken and destroy the fighting potential of organized labor—which is the prime P pose of-red-baiting, amateur or professional. It also encourages s our case) a “St. James street controlled” government to conti its drive against trade union standards and the peace and secu of'the nation generally, knowing that its Mahoneys can as relied upon to do a good inside job. As ‘the crisis deepens and Canadian ‘workers discover ne E will) that the “profitable. patriotism” of red-herring artists “ptt no parsnips,” the Mahoneys will sink back into the murky, ve a 0 _ scurity from which they so recently emerged. That they Mier eis of done a lot of damage to the unity and fighting potential of A is already obvious—but the history of labor is the history of tire ‘ consistent builders—not wreckers, , pestle as the Doktor Ley of the CCL will be lost in transit. a hort cut to notoriety via the red herring r route, The sh@ lo is ‘already gern Workingmen slo a habit _ Published | Weekly at 650 awe Street ° By THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHING COMPANY LTD. vais Been MA. 5288 Tom McEwen ........... ee ee Cs Subscription Rates: 4 ‘Year, $250; 6 Months, $1.35. ‘Printed by Union Printers Ltd., 650 Howe Street} Krsiga bi _ Authorized: as second class mail, Post Office Dept. _ PACIFIC TRIBUNE — OCTOBER 28, 149 — ”