Adenauer surrounded by his close associates.

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By MAX REICH
Pacific Tribune Staff
Correspondent

BERLIN To what an ex-
tent the poison of Germanic
nationalism in the spirit of
Goebbels and Hitler is again
paralyzing the West German
body, is reflected in what ap-
pears to be minor news items,
-but is symptomatic of the pres-
ent situation. The news items
are one day's vintage from
the two West Berlin dailies,
Der Welt and Der Tagesspiegle
of June 10.

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We start with the West Ger-
man chanceHor himself.

At a Bonn conference of
sport reporters, Adenauer de-
manded. that no West German
team attend any international
Eurepean or world sport com-
petition if it is held in East
Germany. He also. demanded
that West German teams should
withdraw from any event any-
where in the world in which
East German teams participate.

Adenauer said that he wished
Germans today had more na-
tional féeling, then added:

“German sportsmen are first
of all Germans and only in the
second place sportsmen, and a
time could come when. every
German's duty will be to know
that he is a German.”

Isn’t this the spirit out of

wich the Eichmanns grew?
* * *

Time was- when another
chancellor, Hitler, stated the
Germans’ duty in very sim-
ilar words to those now used
by Adenauer. In those days
Wily Brandt, candidate for the
echancellor’s office in the cur-
rent West German elections,
Wes a refugee in Norway, and
joined a Norwegian unit fight-
ing the Nazis.

Now Die Welt reports that
the leader of the All-German
Party, Sehneider, accused
Brandt before an election aud-
ience of 14.000 that in the
hour of need he (Brandt) had
conspired against the Father-
land and fought the . Nazi
troops. “A traitor. remains a
traitor,” Schneider concluded.

To be an anti-Nazi is to be
a traiter to Germany!

One day's news |

shows how poison of nationalism:
is again paralyzing West Germany.

True, Adenauer has not said
it yet. But the force of logic
of necessity moves along the
line from Adenauer to Schnei-
der.

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At the end of February the
Vest Berlin Senate published
a pamphlet called “Subversive
Activities of the East against
West Berlin.” Now the anti-
Communist Tagesspiegel re-
ports that West Berlin Senator
Lipschitz thas had to eat hum-
ble pie and admit that four of
the named ‘subversive’ West
Berlin organizations — among
them West Berlin’s Unitarian

' West Germany, its demand for

Church —-are anti-Communist
if anything:

In this context light has been
shed on how the title ‘‘subver-
sive” is earned by an. organ-
ization or an individual: Any-
one who at any time had any
connection. with any © peace
movement — as was the case,
even though only accidentally,
with the four organizations
originally named and now “re-
habilitated.” :

In the tradition of Goebbels,
to whom every. opponent of
the nazis was a “Commanist”’
and a conspirator against the
German nation, the West Ger-
man “defenders of democracy”
decry as “Communist subvert-
ors” anyone who criticizes the
stepped-up -militarization of

nuclear weapons and its mount-
ing provccations. These -‘‘sub-
versives” are therefore either
penalized er-terrorized into‘in-
activity.
« * a

As under Hitler and Goeb-
bels, se today the Communist
Party of Germany remains out-
lawed, because it is the only
effective foree to counteract
the enormous pressure of Ger-
man monopoly to once again
smash every resistance to their
wer drive and world mastery

The London Daily Express
(June 7) estimates that there
are several million supporters’
of the Communist Party in
West Germany.

There cannot be democracy
in West Germany without leg-
ality for the German Commun-

QUIT NATO, STAY OUT OF OAS URGED

kal

_|demands national equali

MONTREAL—A New Party seminar held here June 17-18 attended by

draw from NATO.

The - resolution on staying
out of OAS passed overwhelm-
ingly despite strong opposition
by the leadership of both the
New Party, and Quebec Fed-
eration of Labor who packed
the stand of the New Party
draft program calling for inem-
bership in OAS. g

Sweeping aside the false yno-
tion advanced by the right-
wing CCF-CLC-New Party
leadership that French Canad-
ians are a “minority,” the dele-
gates took the position. that
French Canada is a nation in
the full sense of the word and
that such a recognition should
be proclaimed in the constitu:
tion of the New Party.

The resolution adopted says,
“The New Party formally pro-

OBITUARY

The Kamoops-Okanagan Re-
gion. of the Communist Party
mourned the passing last week
of two staunch supporters —
Alex Melnychuk, veteran com-
munist of North Kamloops;
and Mr. Mowers, father of
Sandy Mowers of Notch Hill.

’ The funeral for Mr. Mowers
was held in Notch Hill ceme-
tery on Sunday, June 18th,
and Alex Melnychuk will be
buried in North Kamloops on
June 29.

The Pacific Tribune joins in
expressions of sympathy to
families in the loss of two
men, both of whom were
staunch supporters of the labor
press and every progréssive
cause for many years.

Quebec New Party semin

200 delegates urged Canada stay out of the Organization of American States

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claims its faith in federalism becoming better a
as being the ‘only system able threat of U.S. impe?
to ensure the development, in-developing their ow?
a bi-national state, of the two ism.
nations of which Canada is Willie Fortin, 0
composed and to ensure their Packinghouse Wor
full equality in law.” the separatist feelim
Jean-Marie Bedard of the bec had to be tak
International Woodworkers of count, although the
America pointed out that Eng- was for Canadian u?
lish-speaking Canadians were face of U.S. imperial?

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‘turned down a “no wage in-| said

5000 pulp, paper wor
turn down ‘no pay’ of

Five thousand coast pulp! there was no general
and paper workers last Friday! crease included in the
union vice +
crease’ company offer. Henry Hansen.

The workers, members of The company offer”
the International Brotherhood|an additional hol!
of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper! year, a two-cent houm
Mill Workers, voted 63 per; ential increase for
cent against accepting the! and night shifts and
offer which would have cover-| rate adjustments. :
ed 11 B.C. pulp and paper| Hansen said the ue
pints now willing to reope
Rejection was voted because! tions or go to concil

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