Review EDITORIAL PAGE TOM McEWEN, Editor — HAL GRIFFIN, Associate Editor — RITA WHYTE, Business Manager. Comment . Published weekly by the Tribune Publishing Company Ltd. at Room 6, 426 Main Street, Vancouver 4, B.C. — MArine 5288 Canada and British Commonwealth countries (except Australia), 1 year $3.00, 6 months $1.60. Australia, U.S., and all other countries, 1 year $4.00, 6 months $2.50. ‘Printed by Union Printers Ltd., 550 Powell Street, Vancouver 4, B.C. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa LL SHow you HOW TO STACK THE CARDS oo. )°an10n Bureau of Statistics tally by the revinces on the profits made from ’ fiscal ® of liquor during the 1952-53 year show British Columbia run- " Hgfeg eeond Place with a $21,805,000 + WC, “RS but | Mc Ewen! Puow awarded 4 qe uewater sales. Ontario is me blue ribbon with a $30,580,- 00 net profit, = It woul handing Nents” d appear that the DBS judges Outsthese provincial “achieve- Overlooked the fact that Ontario Our times the adult population of only managed to nose us out of Position by a measly $8% million asis prided on a per capita capacity This ig itish Columbia leads the nation. Somekt ey why a Social Credit gov- Sumer _, -e28oned” that the B.C. con- Could stand another 10 percent fading oe Tom . bobor ANG: thie mass arrests of Douk- 138 on Bea n and women at Perry Sid- brutality Plember 9, charges of RCMP : Ressted, were made by many of those ' ee true aa tek » eTh ; 0 ; ne have eee pol ion on gre to give (s . . Rameg ico in t ‘ineg | Were all have be e Skin Ww S is usual i official al in such events, ue Ss Talse their eyebrows in a Cent of “surprise,” look as inno- devoure a tee Overbial cat that has just tmeworn © canary, and repeat the Statement that such charges Y unfo ‘ Seta unded, patank un to get some medico Instincts of a political heeler to ~ Police “innocence.” We en a - : Scores of yes €xperienced it ourselves : his instance is a lad ing « a Who is quoted as stat- ‘jury Ose (Doukhobors) claiming women and were exam- t - and found that : in ze. and hysteria 2 high state of excitement Ty Soot ets ; ang ni Case d ieee as he goes along: Ron ete nd serious injury Welts on 47 vuuries pomplained of were ich would a t 3 ppear to Ment Such oe . light flat instru- © hay Bp: nie, for Ss “doctors” in our time : Ore Qj Aber reasons, found it much kin” t to explain “welts on the a professi in- © causes Gf P Ssional opin nw diahorrea. Dr, Mor- Rom, WOuld seem ¢ trea. Dr. Mor. Sins co) nD Since these y o into that cate- Oukho Its on the bodies up Soc women persisted in show- , © official denials that their SO NO ONE WILL KNOW WHAT'S UNDERNEATH IT — BLAST “Ii * CE TRERT I” fs a» , TORY Down to the fundamentals. liquor profits and the new tax tax in his drinks and never notice the difference. For British Columbia’s one-and-three- quarter million population, a $22 million government profit on adulterated water is quite a respectable take. The total net profit for all provincial governments in Canada is some $121,293,000. With that as base figure to work on, we can well imagine what the big brewers and distillery barons scooped up in their take- home profits. The DBS figures on government profits from the sale of booze, like the current rise in crime indices, is something Can- adians will scarcely feel proud of. It is merely another reminder that in our Western “way-of-life” profits take pre- cedence over the nation’s health. existence was “unfounded, Inspector Harris of the Nelson RCMP sector gives the cue: “‘A mob of women, stripped, crying and screaming at officers, attack- ed members of the RCMP. The men were forced to use their riding crops (whips) to protect themselves . . - “Welts on the skin” of mothers “in a high state of excitement and hysteria — what mother would not react similarly, robbed of her children, dispossessed of her home, faced with the full force of the state in lawless enforcement of RCMP and vigilante “law”? When Premier W. A. C. Bennett made his fine speech in the House on the “problem” of the Doukhobors, he pie forgot to mention those “welts on / : skin.” We believe they, are Eg to all Canadians who reject RCMP Jd ing crops as a “solution” to social pro lems! ee Bury, ex-secretary of the Vancou- ver Labor Council (CCL) and one of Pea top CCF leaders in BC., has hese ay ated to the organizational staff of ie os ternational Confederation of Free ro Ps Unions (ICFTU), better known in a dian and world trade union circles as | the “Scab International.” oh ge si press reports Bury will proceed ae al sels for a “period of fe lh Be =F o to “Darkest Africa” to I eaves on the evils of Se a nae national independence, and the 7 a advantages of our free-way-of-life, e set forth in the U.S. State Departmen curriculum for cold hats Bury is well fitted for < g ICFTU. He oa So aaa e tensely, not for what it is, spe ee inks it is. To the best of 0 ; srs anf we have consulted many a gers, miners and other Rae Rass int, he has never been pr : the leadership of any strike, = Riser t! which weighs heavily in his a eee the bosses and the chiefs of the —who don’t like strikes. en n - We have observed Bury 0 ; form and the union hall and noted his e work of the Answer public ownership 66 Wayat Are .The BCER’s Intentions?” . This ques- tion capped the Vancouver Daily Province’s leading editorial on No- vember 2. What are the “‘intentions’’ of any profit-grabbing monopoly? To rook the public in every way it can and give as little in return as possible. That has been the policy of the BCER from the earliest days of the old trolley transit sys- tem down to this latest ‘‘revision’’ of services. We recall some 30 years ago or more, when a protesting public objected to certain. street lights being shut off, the “‘public infor- mation” spokesman for the BCER. contended such lights weren’t needed during “‘moonlight’’ nights. Today the same outfit proclaims that ‘‘no bus line makes money’ in North Vancouver or elsewhere, so to hell with the public. Let them stand at bus stops until we are ready to pick them up. (A remarkable trait about the BCER monopoly is its continual howl that it is always “‘losing money’’ on its operations, and its brazen determination to take over ability to make a good “revolutionary”- sounding speeech. We have also noted the nimble agility he exhibits when deeds are in direct opposition . to words — that fine agility which marks the difference between the social demo- cratic opportunist and the honest social- ist. Bury, like CIO president Walter P. Reuther, is “red-headed” a feature upon which the commercial press lays great emphasis in its current “biographical” buildups, the general idea being, of course, that all “red heads” are great fighters—particularly when their “fight” is against the “communist menace.” Without wasting space on the biological absurdities of this claim may we just say that “redheads” are no more an indication of aggressiveness than long beards are a sign of wisdom! As we said to begin with, Bury is well qualified for the new job with the ICFTU for which he has been selected. In the era of rising imperialism we used to send missionaries to convert the “heathen” to Christianity. After the missionaries came the “pukka sahibs” and the army, who converted the whole into fabulous profits for themselves by ruthless exploitation. Now times have changed. In the pro- cess the “heathen” have converted themselves to the idea of democratic self-government and equality, according ‘to their own concepts of a Me Pes i ay we send out “missionaries” to ae them back again—to the ICFTU idea that the “free world” a la Wall Street is “the best of all possible worlds and that anything else flows from the evil. schemes of the “Kremlin.’ We wish Bury bon voyage to Brussels and a safe return from the continent where darkness is perpetuated by Prime Minister Malan of South Africa and Gov- ernor Sir Maurice Baring of Kenya and all those they have enlisted to help them. Selling ICFTU “freedom” to oppressed African workers will be like selling cracked ice to the Eskimo people — they’ve both had enough! ~ any and all competitors in the field of public transit. The more it expands and the higher its tar- iffs become, the worse its ‘‘ser- vices” to the public.) There is only one thing worse than BCER transit services, and it is becoming more obvious daily to increasing numbers of citizens. That is BCElectrified aldermen and councillors who give their approval’ to scaled-down tran- sit services. Like the Oak Street cars, these NPA yesmen for the BCER have outlived any useful- ness they may have had to the people, and are due for retirement —as the first condition for im- proved public transit services. The next step is public owner- ship of the BCER and an end to monopoly rooking of the public which is now compelled to de pend upon the BCER for trans- portation. “What are the BCER’s In- tentions?’’ naively asks the Prov- ince. That is standing the ques- tion on its head. The real question is, ‘““What should the people do about it?”’ take it over and run it for them- selves asia public utility, Ten years ago (From the files ‘of The People, November 6, 1943) Tim Buck, national leader of the Labor- Progressive Party, paid his first visit to Prince Rupert and was the guest of honor at a banquet. attended by Mayor W. M. Watts and members of the city council. Fifteen years ago (From the files of the People’s Advocate, November 4, 1938) Pedro Aguirre Cerda defeated Gustavo Ross by a vote of 212,000 to 199,000 to become the first People’s Front presi- dent of Chile. Cerda had the support of the united forces of the Communist, So- cialist, Radical and Democratic parties, as well as the backing of the powerful United Confederation of Labor. : x * x Great preparations are being made by the Soviet people to celebrate the “com- ing of age” of the world’s first socialist state. From Leningrad to Moscow, 180 million people will mark two decades of unparalleled progress and other millions throughout the world who look to the Soviet Union as the champion of peace will meet to acclaim its achievements on its 21st anniversary. . x * « Peace forces in British Columbia un- der the leadership of a joint Peace Ac- tion committee are uniting their efforts to present an inspiring program for the celebration of Peace Action Week, Nov- ember 6-13. The purpose of the program is not to advocate peace at any price but, as the slogans indicate, “Back to Collec- ’ tive Security” and “Peace with Justice.” x * * Bob Kerr, former political commissar of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, re- turned to Vancouver this week, stating: | “If the embargo were lifted and the Span- ish were allowed to obtain equipment, — ae Franco would be routed in a short time.” PACIFIC TRIBUNE — NOVEMBER 6, 1953 — PAGE >.