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US stand obstacle
to peace in Korea

Jacob Malik, Soviet delegate, this week told the UN
political committee that if American troops got out of
Korea, Chinese volunteers fighting under command of the

Korean People’s Army could immediately withdraw since
there would then no longer be any need for them to re-

main.

mains the big obstacle.

China in the UN.

The Soviet delegate characterized the 13-nation reso- ,
lutjon for a cease-fire in Korea as an attempt to obtain a
“breathing spell twr the broken American ranks.”

Throughout the Western countries demonstrations and
resolutions demanding an end to the war in Korea and
negotiation of a just peace testifies to the overwhelming
opposition of ‘the world’s peopies to President Truman’s
threat to launch an atomic war. But U.S, resistance to
including in the scope of negotiations the issue in the
Far East created by U.S. “protective seizure” of Taiwan
(Formosa)—without the formality of UN consent—re-

Formosa is indisputably Chinese territory and vital to
China’s security. The Chinese understand that so long as
‘Formosa is in the hands of Chan Kai-shek, supported and
maintained by U.S. military power, the threat to their
security remains. And with Formosa restored to the Chi-
nese People’s Republic there would no longer be even the
shred of an’ argument left for refusing to seat People’s

@ U.S. troops who broke through to the Chinese bor-
der this week were fighting their way through the
mountains to a mass evacuation from Hungnam or
abandoning stranded vehicles such as this in re-
treat below the 38th parallel.

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Results of civic elections
show NPA on downgrade

Vancouver voters this week
went to the polls and expressed
their resentment against the
dictatorial role of Non-Partisan
Association in civic politics by
ousting Mayor Charles Thomp-
s0n in favor of electrical con-
tractor Fred Hume; re-electing
Ald. Archig Proctor as an in-
dependent after he had broken
with the NPA machine; voting
overwhelmingly to extend the
franchise to include spouses,
and bling up an impresive
though a minority vote for a
“wide open” Sunday in protest
against city council’s refusal to

permit a plebiscite on modified
relaxation of present “blue

laws.”

The mayoralty race turned in-
to a two-man contest, as ex-
pected, and anti-NPA sentiment
brought about a landslide vic-
tory for Hume. Civic Reform
candidate Elgin Ruddell, mak-
ing his first bid for highest
office, polled 2,718 votes.

In the aldermanic field, 13

candidates contested four seats.
Ald. Proctor (Ind.) and NPA
Aldermen Cornett, Miller and
Showler were reelected with
Showler barely squeezing in.

CRA candidate Effie Jones pol-
led 8,410 votes, and independent
labor candidate Florence Dorland
more than 5,000 in her initial try.

NPA candidates Hollis, Steen,
Henderson, Atchison and Aggett
took all five seats on _ school
board, with the sole anti-NPA
contestant, Viola Bianco, polling
21,467 votes as an independent
labor candidate.

Arnold Webster (CCF) and
NPA candidate Brown, Mait-
jand and Taylor were elected
to park’s board. CRA _ candi-
date Maurice Rush polled 6,346.

CHINA

By TIM BUCK

Peace-loving Canadians have good cause to welcome the
fact that contradictions between the aims of U.S. imperial-
ism and the interests of British imperialism are, for the
time keing at least, an important obstacle to the Truman-
MacArthur scheme for open war against China. What they
should insist upon now is Canadian recognition of the Peo-
ple’s government. It is an open secret that the St. Laurent
government inclines towards such recognition.

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Unions urge peace policy

An end to the Korean war by negotiations was urged by United
Fishermen and Allied Workers Union last week in a wire sent to Prime
Minister St. Laurent from a general executive board meeting.

A strong position for peace was advanced in the officers’ report to
Mine-Mills’ recent district convention. The report, endorsed by dele-
gates, said “Our union . . . should insist that our government work
for policies in the UN, that will eliminate the atomic bomb, reduce all
armaments in all countries, settle international disputes in accordance
with the UN charter by mediation, recognize the desire of colonial
pgoples for self-government, and ban all war propaganda in all
countries.”

Joint board of International Fur and Leather Workers here
wired Prime Minister St. Laurent: “We are deeply disturbed about
the Korean situation. We urge our government in this critical time
to make decisions leading to a peaceful settlement through the UN ..”

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Now is the time to act. The tremendous world-wide
opinion. spotlighted by Prime Minister Attlee’s hurried trip
to Washington, stayed President Truman’s hand. Canadian
recognition of the People’s government now might turn the
tide of development definitely towards world peace.

President Truman’s cynical announcement that he was
prepared to use the atom bomb against the Korean and Chi-
nese people revealed only a fleeting glimpse of his inten-
tions, but the implications of that glimpse sent Clement Att-
lee off to Washington by air at a few hours notice.

According to newspapers and radio the main purpose
of his trip was to insist that the Truman-MacArthur line
must be abandoned to make way for negotiation of a settle-
ment.

Exactly a week after the newspapers were full of those.

official and semi-official assurances they printed. the text of
the revealing Truman-Attlee statem@nt summarizing the
published results of their discussions. That statement testi-
fies that the contradictions between the aims of United
States imperialism and the interests of British imperialism
are profound. Indeed, it appears that for British imperial-
ism they are pretty well decisive. All the protestations in
the document about complete unity of purpose couldn’t hide
the basic contradictions. The statement shows also, how-
ever, that propaganda suggesting that Attlee was going to
Washington to insist upon stopping the war and negotiating
a, settlement was deliberate deception. It shows he flew to
Washington for a war conference.

The character of the contradictions is indicated by the
contradictory attitudes of the U.S. and Britain towards
People’s China, proclaimed as follows:

“The United Kingdom has recognized the Central Peo-
ple’s Government and considers that its representatives

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