U. S. ambassador’s statements
‘unwarranted interference’
in Canadian people’ s affairs

TORONTO

U.S. ree ae Stanley Woodward’s epee chaos” and activities in Canada were described as
“unwarranted interference’. in Canadian affairs, by 7. Buck, LPP pesson a pageers in his May
Day address at Massey Hall last week.

“The U.S. ambassador to Canada has ceased to fihotion simply ‘asi an ambassador, »” Bnek

said.
things Ambassador Woodward is
saying amount to unwarranted
interference in the affairs of this
country, When a man stands up
and sneers at the national aspira-
tions of the Canadian people, and
suggests that those who resent
"U.S" interference in Canadian

life are dictated to by Moscow,

it can be certain millions are
being aroused and are not going
_ to stand for this kind of ‘thing.
The time has come to answer
these people. ”

French - Canadian

sive party in Quebec combined
to condemn Woodward’s  state-
“ments.

Andre Laurendeau, writing in
Le Devoir, declared:

“He has done an injustice ‘to %

‘Canadians who are worried at the
infiltration of capital and Ameri-
can trusts into Canada.”

-Laurendeau conceded that
sometimes the establishment of
a foreign industry | could benefit
Canada, but added: “It is very
rare that a parent company gives
up its branches. Canadian _busi-
ness could remain indefinitely in
the hands of strangers and obey
decisions taken in New York ‘or
Chicago, ~

“When an American corpor- |
ation manages to get a con-
, cession on Canadian natural
_ viches,’’ Laurendeau continued,
“this is again perhaps an en-
richment, but of an extremely
dangerous character. We know
what this has produced in
Tran. ”

Gui Caron, Quebec LPP leader,
asked if Woodward were ‘so
filled with race superiority that
he thinks -French-Canadians are
complete idiots who can’t recog-
‘nize a thief even when he is
caught with his hand in their
pocket? :

“Has Woodward the gall to
pretend that the grabbing off of
our Ungava iron ore deposits at
one cent a ton is ‘unprofitable’?
Does he think he will convince
the Asbestos miners, many of
whom die each year of silicosis,
that the Johns-Manville trust- is
their ‘benefactor’?”

- Woodward told Montreal ser-
vice clubs on April 28, that ‘“de-
nunciation of foreign capital,

trusts and unions have been a

- commonplace tactic’ (in Quebec)
only in recent years. He said
Canada’s natural resources must
be exploited or remain buried.
_ “To do so requires large amounts
_ of capital, technical ‘knowledge
and a willingness to gamble on
the outcome: I think you will
agree that my fellow countrymen
have contributed to the notable
tise in the French-Canadian stan-
dard of living.

"The 3,500,000 French-Cana-
dians living in close proximity to
 150.000,000 Americans perhaps
feel the economic and cultural
power of the U.S. more strongly
than other sections of Canada.”
-. Woodward also said neither
Canada nor the U.S. intend to
allow anything to divide them.
Evidently having in mind the new
program launched by the Labor-
Progressive party, calling for Ca-
nadian independence from the
-U.S., Woodward referred to those
who speak of “‘people’s democ-
racy” as making a ‘‘mockery” of
the term.

acide
leaders and the Labor-Progres- |-

“He is now travelling about, telling us how grateful we should be to the U.S. Some of .the

Textile workers strike

More than 6,000 Quebec textile workers, by aA) of the
United Textile Workers of America (AFL) are on ‘strike in

Valleyfield and Montreal,

Picture above shows workers on the

picket line at the Dominion Textile plant in Valleyfield having

victory for the pon
much sooner.”

a sing song. Back in 1946 a strike lasted 13 weeks, ending. in
“This time,” say the strikers, “we

we'll win

ee

Smear charges ‘hit

getting into

communism to “inspire’’ youth.
Challenged by organizations he’

was attempting to smear, Murdoch

jilamely asserted that they were

“influenced by communists’. and
were ‘not working in the best
interests of Canada.”

Mrs. Doris Blakey,: Labor-Pro-
gressive party pope) re-
torted:

“Ald. Murdoch’s efforts to res-
hurrect the proverbial red herring
by charging communist control
of. various local organizations is
just a feeble attempt to divert
public attention from the burning
questions of high living costs and
unemployment caused by arms ex-
penditures and cold. - war. market
restrictions.

“Individual | communists ‘are
naturally members of many or-

| ganizations in the community in

which they live and they put for-
ward policies they deem to be
in the best interests of the people.
Ald. Murdoch’s charges are just
‘so much publicity seeking by a
politician whose -opposition to
civic wage increases BEONE where
he stands.”” .

Replying to Murdoch's’ state-
ment that some groups are ‘‘in-
fluenced by communists,” Mrs.
Blakey said: “The LPP opposed
increased bus fares in a jetter

to city council. Council decided.

NANAIMO, B.C.
The Labor-Progressive party
here announced’ this week that
Nigel Morgan, LPP provincial
leader, had accepted an invitation
of its Nanaimo-Islands constitu-
ency committee to contest’ this
constituency in the forthcoming
provincial election. ‘Morgan, who
was well known in the Nanaimo
area as an organizer of the wood-
workers union prior to his elec-
tion as LPP provincial leader in
1945, is a native son of Galiano
Island,
In accepting the aniinAtion!
Morgan stated: ;
“There. have been vast changes
in B.C. since the last provincial
election in 1949. The great illu-

‘sion about Liberal-Tory prosper-

ty has broken down under the
harsh blows of war, taxation, in-
flationary profiteering, dwindling
markets and recent layoffs.
“Lumber production, which is
vital. to: British Columbia’s wel-
fare and especially to this con-
stituency, is facing a 40 percent
cutback which will throw thous-
ands of lumber workers and small
operators out of work,’ he said.
“An American-imposed dollar
shortage is responsible for loss
of the British market, and this
together with the fact that U.S.
domination prohibits Canada from
entering into barter,deals with
Britain or from trading with
other countries not approved by
Wall Street, is directly responsible
for mounting unemployment.
“Layoffs and the proposed 10

percent cut in loggers’ and mill-

Morgan accepts nomination
as LPP candidate for

Nanaimo-lslands constituency

workers’ wages, which affects

business and professional people

as Well as woodworkers, is the
inevitable outcome of the ‘cold
war’ policies of the Liberal and
Tory parties,” he charged.
“Labor has not ‘been adequate-
ly represented. The CCF, which
many voters expected to carry
the fight against big business poli-
cies, has failed to measure up to
those expectations. ad
“The right-wing leadership of
the CCF has gone along with the
war policies, It has done. every-
thing possible to prevent labor
unity for peace and we must help
the people of this province, and
the supporters of the CCF par-
ticularly, to see through the utter

hypocrisy of a position that says,

in ayming for war, the, workers
can gain reforms, and social ad-
vance. Only by compelling a

| change in basic policy, by. de-

feating the war parties and the

right-wing traitors to labor, can +

the workers and farmers, protect
their living a Nctaann aa irs Mie
new gains.”

When this eantee was an-
nounced the LPP issued an appeal
for labor nity for peace and peo-
ple’s welfare, particularly directed
to the CCF, Morgan eel ae gio
stating: ;

“In Nanaimo, apparently, only
the naming of an LPP candidate
can bring forward ‘bluntly - the
truth—which most people feel in
their hearts—that the real issue
in this election is. to change the
course from war to peace, from
war -preparations to people’s wel-

-~

fare. f

“We are going to work hard
to win Nanaimo-Islands for la-
bor and to show that the war
parties that they cannot take
the electorate with them down
the road to war and ruin. Unity
around a sound program of
peace, trade, jobs and security
is the only guarantee that a
fighting group of MLA's will
be elected to the next legisla-

ture. To that end the LPP, and
I as their candidate, will sub-
ordinate every other considera-
_ tion.’ iH \

Murdoch blasted
by Victoria groups

" VICTORIA, B.C

Strong reaction from city organizations has compelled Victoria
Ald. Brent Murdoch to retreat from red-baiting charges he made tO
a local PTA. In the course of his address he claimed youth were.
more trouble and |.

advocated a program of anti

to take up the issue and also OP

posed the increase, Does that
mean that Ald. Murdoch is him-
self a member of an organization
‘influenced by the communists’?”

Gominant made by the Victoria |
club of the National Federation”
of Labor Youth was:

“Tf Ald. Murdoch is really
sincere ‘in his desire to help
youth, he will concentrate om
providing more jobs, and edu-
cational opportunities for Ba «
people.” |

“We of the Victoria Peace
‘Council,’ said Mrs. E. A. Pease
secretary, in a letter to the pres,
“wish to assure Ald. Murdoch that
our membership consists solely of
men and women of diverse politi-
cal and religious points of vieW
whose sincere desire to maintai?
peace and to avoid the horrors 9
a third world war has brought
them together in peace council
not only in Victoria, but in cou
tries all over the world.”

Slavic Canadian organization®
reacted sharply to the implie
chauvinism in Ald. Murdoch’s T@
marks,

The youth section of the ‘Asso-
ciation of United Ukrainian ef
nadians deplored Murdoch’s usi “a
his position “to spread aiscord
among Canada’s national groups
instead of promoting unity a
friendship.”

The Workers Benevolent 4%

i sociation, which the daily pres

in one of its wilder fantasies 2°
cused of being ‘an executive
group for all communist work 1
the city,” also issued a stateme?
explaining its objectives.

“The WBA is a mutual insUt
ance society with headquarters 1
Winnipeg and more than 163
branches throughout the count!Y: |
covering more than 11,000 me
bers, Our organization has a chal
ter from the federal governmen
under the Insurance Act, and B
its books inspected by gover”
ment officials, We are also Be
tered with the superintendent | ae
insurance in British Columbia.’

“They are always trying 0
discredit public organizations:
commented Mrs. May Camp!
past-chaicman ot ¢he: Colne
Living Committee and now
candidate for Victoria, in refe™
ence to red-baiting charg
against, the committee which i
a delegate body representing
many organizations, (a

"International represent ative
William Doherty of the Canadian
Communications. Association told
the Pacific Tribune this week why
the union had walked out of the
Canadian | Congress of Labor and
the eee Labor Council
(CCL). :

AS We have anes locals in Van-

couver,” said Doherty. “Local 6
was -reorganizeq and we secured
a good contract. However, a dis-
sident executive asked thé CCL
to issue them a charter in order
to start union raiding. This was
granted on the grounds that our

1952,

Doherty charges CCE

frying to raid union

in per cast

union was behind
payments. ° nt
“The facts are that we *©

Congress a cheque February for

covering per capita payments riod j
the, three locals for the a arc
fro October 1951 ‘to M sel
The cheque was depos
twice, on March 5 and March
then apparently withdraw?

a bank in Ottawa and returne
us,
“It’s obvious the const
wanted to use the per capita a
ment issue as an excuse tO ex?!

us from the CCL and raid ond: ie)
ganization.” | ‘ ne)

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PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MAY, 9, 1952 — pace