are ‘PEACE CAN BE WON - IT WILL BE WON’ HADDOW TELLS PARLEY . _ Washington mesmerizing itself- | not people-with war propaganda | ‘“‘T believe that 99 percent of the Canadian people are fot peace as against war. All of these people can be rallied in the fight for peace. It: can be done. It must be done. It will be done!’’ These ringing words of Bob Haddow, guest speaker at the second annual conference of the B.C. peace movement, brought a standing ovation from 424 delegates and observers who packed Clinton Hall here for the two-day sessioiis last weekend. Haddow, Canadian, director of the Fur and Leather Workers disaster for our country. “If we drop atom bombs on ‘them’ will ‘they’ drop cream puffs on us?” he asked, “If for no other reason that our own selfish interests, we need peace. Otherwise, we'll all find ourselves fried for breakfast some fine morning, when the atom bomb is dropped on Vancouv- ” Sr. Washington and Ottawa war propaganda “isn’t scaring anybody but ourselyes,” > said the Montreal unionist. “Our warmongers mesmerize themselves into thinking they’re in- vincible, by reading their own hack writers’ in their own warmongering newspapers. But the people of Eyrope have had a belly full of war, and they're not going to fight again — and _ especially they’re not going to, fight for Yankee generals! And if the Yan- kees can’t find willing cannon fod- der in Europe, do you think they’ll find any in Asia? “We musn’t let war happen again. If we don’t act in time to stop it, there will be few of us around af- terwards to criticize our mistakes. The war danger doesn’t come from | Warsaw or Peking or Moscow. It, lies closer at home, and right here, is where we have to tackle the prob- | lem and prevent the warmakers from unleashing a third world war. “We're . justified in taking our fate in our own hands and doing a . job for peace outside the United Nations if it can’t be- done inside. But do the job we must. It’s a ques- tion of life or death.” Discussion at the conference centred around the nine points of the Appeal to the United Nationg adopted at the Second World Peace Congress in Warsaw. Papers were presented dealing with each of the, points. , 3 Most of the delegates present | registered as “corresponding dele- gates” to the National Asembly to “Save Peace, which meets in To- ronto April 7-8. Between 10 and 15 delegates will attend the As- sembly, and more than 500 B.C. — i citizens are expected to become corresponding delegates. The credentials committee report listed 341 delegates and 83 observ- ers ,a total of 424. There were 83 delegates representing peace groups and councils; 68 trade union dele- gates; 140 delegates or observers from national groups; and 29 youth delegates. Seamen, steel workers, civic em- ployees ,hardrock and coal miners, packinghouse ‘workers, fur and leather workers, fishermen, shore- workers, millworkers, office work- ers and electricians were at the ‘conference; 18 trade unions sent of- ficial representatives, TKere were 140 delegates or ob- servers from these national groups: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Jewish, Finnish, Chinese, Lithuanian, Scan- dinavian, South Slavs, Latvian and French Canadian. Provincial points represented at the conference were Kimberley, Ex- tension, Copper Mountain, Prince Rupert, Nanaimo, Burnaby, Westminster, North Vancouver, Sointula, Victoria, Websters Cor- ners, New Denver, Bralorne, ‘Court- enay, ‘Cumberland, South Welling- ton, Britannia Beach, Cloverdale, Ladysmith ,Pemberton, Chemainus, Surrey, Port Moody, Lulu Island, Port Alberni, Fort Langley, Sea Is- land, White Rock, Coquitlam, Lang- ley, Langley. Prairie, Campbell River and Salmon Arm. New | - Union, warned the conference that war meant ruin and | Canadian press echoes Nazis in glorification of war, says Gardner “Without war propaganda, there can be no war. But the fact is that Canadians are now being debased, as the German people were debased, by a war propaganda compaign virtually equal in depravity ; and certainly equal in intensity to that which Hitler used to brutalize the German people, tuming them. into the callous murderers of 27 million innocent people. identical in content with that of the Ray Gardner, well-known Cana- ; dian newspaperman and organizer of the B.C. Peace Conference held in the city last weekend, made this charge in a paper he presented deal- ing with point five of the World Peace Congress Appeal to the Unit- ed Nations. Point five demanded that all parliaments should enact a law to punish any who propagand- ize for a new war. Gardner recalled that Hitler taught young Germans to sing: When the storm trooper leaves for the field Then he is of good cheer, you can tell; = . , When Jewish blood spurts from , the knife Then things go twice as well. For months past, Gardner point- ed out, dispatches from the Cana- dian Press have been informing readers that Canadian soldiers, who have left for the field, are “of, good cheer.” But, presumably, things go twice as well when, to quote a headline from the March 8 issue of the Vancouver Sun, “Chinese Blood ‘Drips From Pats’ Bayonets.” “What is the purpose and what is the effect of this glorification of Nazis.” More, this Canadian war propaganda is almost. © -murder?” asked Gardner, after cit- jing other instancés.. “Its’ purpose is clear enough. It is intended to incite our people to murder ,to so blunt our moral sensitivity that we ‘will condone the murder of people |unknown to us and who have never ‘caused us the slightest harm. As for the effect of this propaganda, it lis already apparent. “We know that war can not be waged without the consent of the people who, after all, are required to do the fighting and the dying. To wring consent from the people for the waging of an aggressive war it must be justified on high moral grounds as well as on grounds of self-interest War propaganda seeks to establish such justification: “It becomes our responsibility, not only to urge the passage of a ‘law to prohibit such propaganda, but to rally our own people to re- sist it themselves. “From the very’ practical stand- point, it means that we must under- take a very much more ambitious propaganda campaign on behalf of lasting peace.” WOMEN’S DELEGATION GETS BUSY AT OTTAWA _. | Le ‘ Some MP’s favor 5-power pact OTTAWA Demand of the women of ‘Canada for peace and a halt to the rising prices was presented to. the St.‘ Laurent government when a delegation of 27 from the All-Canadian Women’s Conference deposited a brief with the cabinet. The brief called for government initiation to bring about a pact of ' peace between the Five Great Pow- ers, and for subsidies and a 100 percent excess profits tax to bring down the cost of living “which is now at record height”. The delegation was headed by Mrs. Rae Luckock, président, and Mrs. Hazel Wigdor, secretary of the Congress of, Canadian Women. While Finance Minister Douglas Abbott was in the House of Com- mons appropriating $1,700 million for arms spending — more than double last year—the women dele- gates were lobbying MP’s for action to bring peace. ~ The deputation divided into groups of twos and threes to visit their MP’s and discuss with them the proposals in the women’s sub- mission to the government. Response of MP’s varied from the violent opposition of R. H. McGre- gor, (PC, York East) to agreement on the problems raised without commitment on the suggested solu- tions, by David Croll, MP (Lib. last week | cussion with the women by Rev. D. McIvor, (Lib., Fort William) who took Mrs. Luckock and her deputa- tion out to dinner’, MclIvor agreed with the proposals for a 5-power meet, for equal pay for equal work, for trade with all countries, and for an excess profits tax. He said he would propose the government do something to cut the influx of crime and sex comics. Expressing a wish to meet with Dr. James Endicott, Peace Con- gres chairman, McIvor seemed genuinely concerned about main- taining peace. ; A. H. Jeffery (Lib., agreed with most points raised in the women’s brief, but said dis- armament was impossible’ until Russia agreed. “Germany and Japan should not be rearmed,” he said. “The United Nations made a mistake in going ahead in Korea, but we must stay now. We won’t go past the 38th parallel, though.” ; “Conservative member A. E. Ca- therwood, (Hamilton South) said “War is horrible to everybody. China should have -been recognized in the United Nations. A 5-power Spadina), to friendly thorough dis- meeting is a good idea.” . London), } 4 MRS. RAE LUCKOCK She asked MP’s some pointed questions. CCF members Noseworthy, (South York) and A. Stewart (North Winnipeg) claimed the wo- men’s proposals for health insur- ance and other social legislation were already part of their program. While Noseworthy thought China should have been recognized earlier, he had changed his mind for the present, and tried to justify United i : States action by claiming China as aggressor H. W. Herridge, (CCF, Koot- enay West) said he would not be’ for conscription unless there were conscription, of resources, “Your propoasis for peace are good,” he said, “but I don’t think Russia is for disarmament, China should be seated in the United Na- tions. Kurt Meyer should definite- ly be considered a murderer. On March 5, I raised the question in the House of Commons of whether there had been any trade -agree- ments between the ‘Canadian gov- ernment or Canadian businessmen and the Krupp interests in Ger- many. So far there has been no answer.” Herridge agreed with the women’s proposals for a 100 percent excess profits tax, increase in old-Age pen- sions, equal pay for equal work. He was against the freezing of wages, and thought a roll-back of prices was “nonsense” because the whole question is related to wages. Copies of the women’s brief were left with Senator Cairne Wilson and Mrs. Ellen Fairclough, (PC, Hamilton East) who were not avail- able for appointments. _ Holds highest — medal, screened — as ‘security risk’ i % fo oWALMINGTON The \Congressional Medal of Hon- or, highest award in the power of the United States, doesn’t mean 2 thing to the U.S. Coast Guard, when it comes to carrying out Pres- ident Truman’s screening orders. That, in effect, was the retort of Coast Guard brass at Seattle re- cently when the skipper of the steam schooner George Olson ob- jected to an order that “Sailor” Mc- Clusky, a member of the engine room crew, remove himself from the old lumber scow “because he is: a security risk.” : ? ‘Sailor’ McClusky, veteran sea- mon and longshoreman, was one of the handful of men in the First. World War who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery and service to his country . ie f - “But McClusky’s service to the U.S. didn’t end there. In the Sec- ond World War he returned to sea ed to carry the troops and supplies: And again McClusky was cited for his devotion and his service. Tiring of the landslide, McClusky, member of Longhsore Local 18, re- cently had been shipping on coast- wise vessels out of the independent Firemen’s union hiring hall. He was a good man of the SS- George Olson and the captain didn’t want to let go of him. After all why McClusky was a “security risk” or said who accused him, nor was he given any opportunity to himself. Ike “Let Bygones-be-Bygones” His- enhower would be sional Medal of Honor, if the “Sail or” walked down the street in his old uniform on Armistice Day. But to the petty Coast Guard brass: neither McClusky nor his decora- tion meant anything. fe. % They screened him! PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MARCH 23, 1951 — PAGE 2 ‘ ag 4 $ ae under fire. i a when experienced hands were need- — to the younger fighters overseas. — answer the charges and defend General Douglas MacArthur oF — , required tO salute McClusky and his Congres- — - the Coast Guard gave no reasons — ia