2, ese | I : Pc ay 4 Y y : h | n le ) | } 7 %4 4 tn, dl | = ! hie Fae ‘ S ; Ee lon Vol. 7, No. 14 Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, April 2, 1948 Five Cents Remember these pictures? U.S. Remember these pictures? They were taken in Spain 12 years ago when the’ Span- ish people were fighting to maintain their democratic republic against General Franco and other fascist traitors who had organized an armed rebellion against the constitutionally elected people’s government. While the governments of the Western democracies, which are now so eager to inter- vene in Italy declared for non-intervention, the superi- or arms of Hitler’s Nazi Condor Legion and Musso- lini’s Fascists rescued Fran- co from defeat and establish- ed his fascist regime. Docu- ments now in possession of the U.S. state department prove that Franco Spain, de- spite official neutrality, gave the Nazis economic and military aid during the war. Despite this damning evid- ence, the U.S. Congress this week carried the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan to a logical conclusion by voting, 149-52, to include Fascist Spain in the program to save Western European CCF SPONSORS RIGHTS BILL AT VICTORIA VICTORIA, B.C.—Harold Winch, CCF Opposition leader, has completed the draft of a Bill of Rights which he will introduce in the legislature during tnis session, it was learned here this week. The bill contains provisions to guaran- tee freedom of conscience, opinion and belief, freedom of expression, freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention, the right to vote and to emp'oyment and compensation without discrimination. It also prohibits any form of racial and political discrimination, aid for Franco arouses world “democracy” from “commun- ism.” Immediate repercussions in London, Paris, Rome, were bitter, if only because governments hard-pressed to defend their support of American imperialist policies found their positions still more untenable. -In London: the action was described as “a perfectly frightful act re- flecting incredible political naivete.” In Rome, De Gasperi’s government esti- mated the action would cost it thousands of votes in this . month’s election. Continued on page 4 — See BILL OF RIGHTS Sun hires anti-labor writer Not content. with slanting its news columns and loading its editorial page against labor, the Vancouver Sun. titis week intro- duced Bob Morrison, paid propagandist for big business, as its newest columnist. 2 “We think that anyone who sets out to tell a part of the fascinating story of these times, a part which he fears might otherwise be overlooked, ought to have a chance,” was the Sun’s lame editorial explanation. Yet the edition containing Morrison’s first column—the dubious account of a Yugoslav family in this city who supposedly live in fear because “there are some around here who call us fascists, and we're afraid they might hurt the kids some night”—contained 20 other anti- labor, anti-Soviet items. And, far from Morrison’s theme being overlooked, there was also a “news” report of John Hladun’s claim that local Ukrainians and Yugoslavs “fear discrimination, slanderous attacks, and possible violence from their Communist comrades,” indicating close collaboration between Morrison and Hiladun, ‘ Addition of Morrison to the Sun’s contributors is arousing considerable resentment among trade unionists who are familiar with Morrison’s cfforts as a radio propagandist for employers’ organizations, notably Stuart Research, in attempting to split their unions. Some locals, it was learned this week, are already taking steps to protest Morrison’s appointment. Unionists to canvass for prices petition With this Saturday, April 2, designated as “Signature Day,” trade unionists, housewives and others will be out in force on the streets of Vancouver seeking signatures to the prices petition already signed by an estimated 40,000 people in this province. Organized by a’ representative continuations committee set up by a recent city prices conference, the mass canvass is expected to add thousands of names to the petition. Trade unions participating in the conference have each been assigned corners and shopping centers in the city. In addition, members of other organizations and individual volunteers will be despatched throughout the day from 9 East Hastings Street, headquarters of the B.C. Housewives Consumer Association, and Pender Auditorium, 339 West Pender Street, with a fleet of cars organized to provide transportation, Highlight of the campaign to restore price controls at 1946 levels will be the provincial prices conference to be held in Pender Auditorium here, Saturday, April 10. Im- mediately following the conference, B.C. delegates will leave for Ottawa, where the monster petition will be pre- sented to the government on April 15. _ - Bn a cual SSM 2 SRG RS ABT TR oe —— rns a a ia a