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German army, commanded
he same iingoistic slogans,

freated in West Germany, reports Tom McEwen from London.

McEwen to report
from Soviet Union

- (Tom McEwen, editor of the Pacific Tribune, is now on
@ Visit to the Soviet Union where he will report his impressions

Or readers of this paper in his regular wee

kly column and a

Series of special articles. The first of these articles, weitten from
Ondon, appears below. For Tom McEwen’s column, also

Written from London, turn to page 9.)
By TOM McEWEN

LONDON

Except for veterans who served overseas and immi-

D
stants who have come to

Canada since the war, it 1s

dificult for most Canadians to appreciate the alarm that
as seized the British people at the prospect of having a

hew German army, comman

‘td marching to the same jingo-
Stic slogans, created in West
“ermany. to trouble the uneasy
face of Europe.

The only scars on the face of
ancouver are those: inflicted by

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TOM McEWEN

ded by Hitler's old generals.

industrialists who subscribe to
town planning only so long as it
does not interfere with their pur-
suit of profit. But the scars left
by German bombs on the face of
old London are also scars on the
hearts of Londoners who lived
through the blitz and helped to
dig the bodies of parents and
children, friends and neighbors,
from the rubble.

It will take more than the de-
mands of John Foster Dulles,
y.§. secretary of state, and Sen-
ator Wiley, chairman of the U.S.
Senate Foreign Relations. Com-
mittee, and more than the assur-
ances of Sir Winston Churchill
to convince them that the crea-
tion of a new German Army
will strengthen the peace of Eur-
ope. Especially when they see
pictures in the press of Dr. Kon-
rad Adenauer’s steel-helmeied
“police” marching to the acclaim

Continued on back page
See McEWEN

Crisis on the Prairies
Report by Mark Frank

Page 9

COLLUSION
GHARGED |
FARE BO

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Scandal broke around the head of the embattled Public Utilities Commission
already tempest-tossed by a storm of public anger, as Effie Jones, veteran foe of the
B.C. Electric, charged collusion between the PUC and the company in the release of
the decision to raise fares in Vancouver.

“I challenge the B.C. ‘Electric officials to deny under oath that the new street

ear tickets were already printed
before the PUC decision was
made public,” said Mrs. Jones.

She backed up her accusation
with _a step-by-step review of
events concerning the release of
the decision.

@® The unconcealed bias of
Chairman Percy George during
the public hearings, a bias that
led to protests from many persons
at the sessions, including Alder-
man Elizabeth Wood of New
Westminster.

@ The fact that the PUC
claimed at 3 p.m. on the day of
release that it didn’t know what
the decision would be, and then
made it public at 4 p.m.

@ The making of the decision
available only to the compary
and not even to the municipali-
ties who had the franchise.

@ The suspicious speed with
which the BCER got the ads in
the daily papers, the Buzzer print-
ed and the new tickets out.

@ The public-be-damned at-
titude of the commissioners in re-
fusing to release any reasons for
their granting the boost.

Public anger at the fare in-

Continued on back page
See PROTEST

NFLY wants gov’t
to sponsor Marilyn

A campaign to get either the tions to both Premier W. A. C.
British Columbia government or benhett and Vancouver Mayor
the Canadian government to Continued on back page
sponsor a swim across the Straits See MARILYN
of Juan de Fuca next summer by
world champion Marilyn Bell is.
being started by the B.C. Na-
tional Federation of Labor Youth.

“We feel that a girl of Marityn
Bell’s calibre who braved the
waters of Lake Ontario without
thought of financial reward or of
public recognition, richly deserves
government backing,” said Glyn
Thomas, NFLY secretary.

“Government backing would
take the swim out of the class of
a publicity stunt and make it a
victory for all Canada.”

Thomas announced that his or-
ganization plans to contact all
other ‘provincial youth groups to
enlist their support. He appeal-
ed for all public-minded citizens
to join in the campaign.

The NFLY also plans deiega-

MARILYN BELL

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