An exhibition of paintings and art held recently in Peking,
illustrates the Chinese people’s strong opposition to U.S.
Imperialist aggression in Asian and African countries.

4inting on the right bears the words: Victory. belongs to

€ people of

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the Congo.

Pamphlet charts
labor unity

path

A LOOK AT LABOR’S PROBLEMS, by the Canadian
Tea International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s

hion,

eee eight-page pamphlet
7 €s a timely contribution to
aa as Overdue policy debate
cr abor circles. It generally
OMpasses the postwar
(ina and undertakes to set
Dolici in broad outline, the
ea Cles that labor should
Spt for the period ahead.
ee its point of departure
ne the present serious unem-
yment problem the pamph-
Taces through the “pros-
Y boom” that has shelter-
cae en workers since the
result S economic roots and the
iS “oad bad habits that labor
et allen into. In a rather
cat paomely of this section
aut udes, “The existence of
compel, unemployment in itself
roach us to revise our ap-
ang because high wages
Contin’ conditions cannot
With ue to coexist indefinitely
deg Masses of hungry men
Perate for work.”
attache with the employer
Popula On labour and_ the
Slogan «c22mber of commerce
oUt of labor is pricing itself
Statistic he market,” gq page of
thi . s on price increases in
clude Major countries is in-
Japan ire refute this claim.
Wo. € text notes, has had
dred and fifty times as

Nuch : :
Prewar gion as Canada since

ays,
Question of mechaniza-
automation is given
ent treatment. The
Plough: hore men’s Union is
tigg 28 New grounds in this
they Ses the concrete way
Probe, With this important
. <n in sharp contrast
Uiong illy Shallying in most
for , | ~€ union comes out
Policy of all-in unity of

Derit

it

‘ Sy
tion

L S €xce]]

| Canadian labor and commits
itself to unity with all unions
regardless of formal affilia-
tions. It adopts a. critical atti-
tude to the CLC’s continued
attempts to solve problems by

expulsions.
The peace question is treat-
ed well. The disappointing

thing here is that it finds it-
self on page seven and fails to
stand out as the main key ques-
tion confronting labor. Trade,
disarmament, ending the cold
war and recognition of China
are cited as musts. The trade
unions are criticized for lag-
ging behind other groups in
the fight for peace while they
should be leading the struggle.

The point is made that there
need not be any difference be-
tween International Unionism
and Canadian Autonomy. How-
ever such .examples as the
Ironworkers, Electrical work-
ers and Laborers show that
domination of Canadian mem-
bership by American based
officers does exist in many
Canadian unions. This must
give place to autonomous Can-
adian unions fraternally affilli-
ated with their American
counterparts.

While on the question of In-
ternational co-operation the
union comes out strongly for
genuine international ex-
change visits of trade union-
ists, pointing to a 21 country
visit being made by 24 rank
and file members of the Long-
shoremens Union this summer.

The pamphlet winds up with
a strong appeal for a new mili-
tancy and unity in the ranks of
labor. A weakness is the fail-
ure to deal with the question
of the “new political party” in
the_ process of formation by

The question of q

DOLLARS AND SENSE OF DISARMAMENT —

The authors. have produced

}an ‘important weapon in» the
struggle for disarmament. In

in compiling a
amount of information on this
‘question of questions.”

ished before the Summit break-
up it nevertheless shows the
work of the imperialist. forces

ticularly West Germany who
were working for a break-up.

an economist suggests that the
book deals. mainly with the
economics of disarmament. Ac-
tually only one-sixth of it deals
with the question from this
angle while another sixth de-
tails a program to take the
place of arms. This is entitled
“Catching Up With the New
Deal,” a title suggested by a
recent AFL-CIO booklet.

Early in .the book. the
authors make the point that
“The fundamental .. economic
truth is that to stop making
armaments is not to stop pro-
duction it is to shift produc-
tion.” In the U.S. some forty-
six billion dollars and_ six-
million people are involved in
the munitions industry. These
|sound like big figures but in
| comparison to the job of recon-
version after World War II
they are small, one-twelfth ac-
cording to the authors.

Using a semi-Keynesian an-
alysis of national accounts the
authors show that the econo-
mics of disarmament are not
an obstacle. They correctly
point out that the main task
is a political one and most of
their book is taken up with an
analysis of the forces both for
and against in the United
States.

They maintain that, “It is a
fear of co-existence due to the
belief that peaceful competi-
tion with socialism would lead
to the defeat of capitalism in
the crucial battelground of the
underdeveloped countries. This
is the major obstacle to dis-
armament within the Ameri-

Canadian labor. The excellent
proposals put forth in the doc-
ument beg the question At
what level do the overall solu-
tions to many of these prob-
lems rest?

The answer must be in labor

issues beamed at achieving
unity of the labor and farm
community and the election of
a peoples alternative to the
old. line parties. Criticisms
aside this is a fine pamphlet
and can be used effectively to
stimulate the movement for
new policies in the _ trade-
unions. (Available at ILWU
office, 792 Powell St., Vancou-
ver, B.C.—W.S.

238 pages they have succeeded |
tremendous |

Although the book was fin-|

in the United States and par--|
| of

Perlo’s known reputation as|

political action around these},

| Carl Marzani and Victor Perlo (paperback edition $1.95).

can power elite.”

To back this statement up
they devote a whole chapter to
describe a confidential

vember 1957. At this. meeting
were Nixon, Clarence B. Ran-
dall, special
president; Allen Dulles and Ed-
ward Allen of the Central In-
tellingence Agency and a host
professors and business
leaders.”

At this meeting the growing |
successes of the Soviet Union!

are realistically assessed. For
instance, Professor Wiesner of

the M.1.T. stated ‘“‘there are in|
facilities, |

Russia computer
meteorology laboratories, radio

meet- |
| ing held-in Washington in No-

assistant to the|

EEO chiefly the — scientist
Teller) sabotaged the nuclear
tests talks, the expose of the

kground of the new
chants of death, the izing
change about in the opinions
of those founders of the cold-
war Averill Harriman,
George B. Keenan, and Arthur
Schlesinger Jr.

Of current interest are some
recent quotation from John
Kennedy. (It should be point-
ed out that Kennedy has also

made some other statements
which are quite contradic-
tory).

“Peace programs involve

risks ... but the risks of war
are even more dangerous.

“There are, of course, many
powerful voices in the govern-
ment both in and out of the
Pentagon who do not want
disarmament.

and electronics institutes, a}
space research centre and
many other institutes. the)

equivalent of which we de not)
have in the Western World.” |

...+ ‘When I really feel gloomy
I think that five years from
now they will obviously be
superior to us in every area.
But when I am optimistic I
feel it will take ten years.”

There are many pieces of
valuable information in this
book. Among them is a devas-
tating rebuttal of the limited
nuclear war theories of pro-
fessor Kissinger, the not so
well known story of how the

“The world of 1960, the ut-
| ter folly of the present arms
| raee, requires a new and differ-
ent look at where we are head-
| ed.

| “I do believe, more than
| ever before . . . the possibility
| for an effective start on arms
| control.”

Every person concerned with
|; peace can make good use of
| this book. It is a sort of
| popular reference book on the
| Subject of peace and deserves
|} a wide audience. -Bruce Yorks

NEUTRALITY -- YES OR NO?

John Lee, Vancouver,
writes: Independence or neu-
trality — we of the C. P. of C.
with our inheritance of re-
search and logic, must remem-
ber that these are -relative
terms and quit quibbling over

generalities and trivialities, as |
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some men seem to delight in.
Mankind is in a state of
change, of turmoil. Why? Be-
cause the people of the USSR
have proven that capitalism is

no longer necessary to the pol- |
itical economy of any country. |

We of the C.P.C. cannot be
either neutral or independent
of this fact and- its conse-
quences. We must stress this
fact to our Canadian people,
and urge them to buy out the
capitalists and take over the
system of production and dis-
tribution of this Canada of
ours, for the benefit of all of
its people.

We want an end to the class
struggle, to substandard citi-
zenship, which is so evident
even in our welfare state, or
particularly so in our welfare
state. Files, farm refunds and
crumbs. We must make this

July 29, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page

;change constitutionally.

oh.
|sure, we must be as constitu-
tional as our friend John a.
| who retails the war measures
; act in peacetime to make mur-
|der of the workers constitu-
| tionally.

The capitalist class recog-
nizes the fact that the USSR
a proven that capitalism has
lost its place in history it is
| Outliving its usefulness.

“You've got nothing to worry
about. If we can’t fix you up
Dief will.”

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