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HMUGNENeL i

Wuen the Liberal politicians or the
ti port Shore were working overtime
oF, ‘Over control of the municipally-
whed’ Second Narrows Bridge to the
ean National Railways, their stock
‘goument was that the deal would bring
hew industries to North Vancou-

_ What kind of industries,-or where
: industries might find a market for
di it Products, these Liberal politicians
Cnt say. In fact there were many
the 3S they didn’t say—especially on
zy pustties already long established
i feeling the tightening squeeze of
Homie crisis as a result of Liberal
‘war government maladministration.

ue Jimmy Sinclair and his Liberal
7 Orts were extolling the virtues of

the CNR and all that it would do for

bid Shore if only it got a scissors-
ship ie the Second Narrows Bridge,
enn ding on the Pacific Coast has
_ 1 ¥educed by the Liberal government

& Mere skeleton of what it once was.
_€re thousands of men had hitherto
a employed in the construction and

ar of freight vessels, barely hund-

iy; . Were how employed, and these in
ice on craft primarily intended
ma Canada’s merchant marine? Even
ir and his Liberal cohorts were

BC» ai about “industry moving to
flying ith Pping under Canadian registry,
Cana, dia € Canadian flag and’manned by
ore N seamen, had been reduced by
Secong n half since the end of the
Weren’s Horid War. And, as if that
how stk ad enough, ‘Canadian seamen
Schedui ng on Canadian deep sea ships
Do at to touch at U.S. ports or world
3 See the U.S. “dollar aid” flag,
“and giv €ned by the U.S. Immigration
Wash» €n the standard McCarthy “brain-

Ship, °” their fitness to sail Canadian

Ih ‘ ;

no Ieumber and fishing the situation is
boys op critical. While St. Laurent’s
tragt n ate on how they alone can “at-
Canada Industries and investment” to
thei, . the big lumber monopolies and
hot old-war Liberal politicians have
Britich Priced” Canada’s lumber out
Strie Be and other markets, but, in
Dolicie Cordance with the atomic war
lottity? gic’ Yankee imperialism, have
ade .sSdained to have any truck-or-
accent W those nations. who do not
Poster all Street as god and John
esti need as its prophet. The result:
d Dro markets, monopoly-engineer-
Vloymen; 224 increasing mass unem-
The Liberal catch-all argu-
nis is, “Re-elect us—and in-
Will follow.”

E i :
» Claip le the appointment of Jimmy Sin-

ur to : te
Stieg © cabinet as minister of fish-

a Boog have been good strategy (and

Laurent bribe) on the part of the St.
Sppoy S°Vernment to woo B.C. Liberal

0
to the? it has meant Tess than nothing

e
| Aeyiqie tMOUsands of B.C. fishermen, be-

Kets g, With the loss of traditional mar-
Mdministra erect result of Liberal mal-

ation... A government that has
ot Tole of partner in the U.S.
amy about’: Searcely likely to. give a
Main the plight of the fishermen.
Patinershpree™™ in line with its U.S.

P;’ is for those powerful

ae ee ee i |

monopolists to whom the fishermen are
just so much “bait” with which to amass
big profits. :

In strict Liberal language, bringing
new industries into B.C.—or Canada—
means turning Canada’s material and
physical resources over to the U.S. war
trusts; making Canada a raw-material

hinterland for the U.S. war machine..

The “new industries” jargon of the Lib-
erals (while they studiously ignore their
ruination of the old ones) is geared to
this concept of industrial “development.”

How have the Liberals brought in
‘their “new industries”? First, by hand-
ing over to the U.S. war monopolies
vast chunks of timber, mineral, hydro-
electric, oil and other rich natural re-
sources for next to nothing. Second,
by Seeing these resources shipped out
of Canada in bulk—and returned to us
in manufactured goods and highly en-
hanced prices. © Third, by placing con-
tracts abroad, as in the case of the
BCElectric steel tower contract to Italy,
on the flimsy excuse of “saving mil-
lions” for Canadians at home. What
“millions” are being “saved” and for
whom? :

We can agree that a Marshall Plan
diet of Coca Cola, aspirins and Holly-
wood movies is insufficient, even to
keep a De Gasperi going. but this busi-
ness of robbing Canadian workers of
jobs in order to keep a satellite of Wall
Street afloat, puts a very high premium
on what we are being “saved” from by
the BCElectric and similar ‘monopolists
who carry through these Liberal poli-
cies of “industrial development”—and
make millions at it, while workers pound
the sidewalks looking for jobs.

Every time we hear a Liberal pundit

talking about “bringing more industry”
to Canada, we reach for the smelling

salts. We sincerely trust the people of —

this country will take full advantage of
August 10—to put an end to this Liberal
“record’and begin to Put Canada First.

This should also be an election issue.
From two separate hotels last week came
reports of vile racist practices in their
respective beer parlors. In the Metro-
pole beer parlor an East Indian worker
was refused service and brusquely order-
ed to “get out.” No disturbance, no
argument, just the curt order, “set out.”

In the American Hotel beer parlor
a mixed party of white and Negro people
was refused service, and told on the
spot that the house doesn’t have to “sive
any reason” for refusal .of services.

In the latter case, we understand, re-
presentations have already been made
to Mayor Hume regarding this disgrace-
ful incident. We believe however it
must go much further than that. The
licenses of these beer parlors—or man-
agements of other public places who
think or act likewise, should be can-
celled forthwith until those in’ charge
undertake to do what such licenses obli-
gate them to do—serve the public, re-
gardless of the color of that public’s
skin. ‘ ;

Cases of this kind are becoming much
too prevalent in some Vancouver hotels,
restaurants and other catering establish-
ments for the good of this city. Stamp
it out now and the evil can be eliminat-
ed while it is still in an incident stage.
Hush it up or just let it pass, and this
racist disease will spread like cancer.
While the Canadian people have as yet
been unsuccessful in halting the rape of
Canada by the Yankee war trusts and
their Liberal allies on the spot, we can
stop this KKK racist ideology by insist-
ing that those licensed to serve the pub-
lic do just that, regardless of race, color

or creed.

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No clemency for Meyer

OP political brass in the U.S., Britain and France are working out “new clemency
plans” to speed up the release of Nazi war criminals still held in Western prisons.
The move is designed to help West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
and his puppet government in the elections this September. With typical cynicism,
the cold-war politicians reason that “Adenauer will get the popular credit for win-
ning the release of these criminals,” and thus it will help to save the day for NATO.
Among this gang of Nazi cutthroats is General Kurt Meyer, the man who had
scores of Canadian prisoners-of-war murdered in cold blood. It will be remembered
that about two years ago the St. Laurent government “cooperated” with the U.S.
war maniacs and their counterparts in Britain and France in having Meyer released
from Dorchester Penitentiary and returned to West Germany—and comparative

freedom,

Under fire from the Canadian people, Defense Minister Brooke Claxton and
Justice Minister Stuart Garson prevaricated. They knew, though they dared not open-
ly admit it, of the plans to put the Nazi generals back into uniform at the head of
West German armies, once more to threaten the peace of the world.

.Perhaps the effort to have all the Nazi generals set free points up better than
any other single action just what kind of “allies” we stand in need of, and the kind
of war contemplated — for which the Canadian people are being soaked $2%
billion annually by the St. Laurent government.

President Eisenhower could not grant clemency to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
convicted on a framed-up charge, although a whole world pleaded for a one gesture
of Christian mercy. But for Nazi killers, stained. with the blood of millions, the
U.S., British and French governments can find a thousand grounds for clettiency—
all spurious, ‘And the Liberal government of Louis St. Laurent, supported by the
Drews and Solon Lows, trails along without so much as a blush of shame.

The Canadian people should remember this on August 10. To Put Canada
First also means to keep faith with our war dead, to keep Kurt Meyer and his kind
where they cannot again threaten peace and commit new crimes against humanity.

Cold war and frozen aldermen

At the time Vancouver's Non-Partisan

city council gave the BCElectric a
lease on Larwill Park (the old Cambie
Street Grounds) as a bus depot, organ-
ized labor opposed the deal. It de-
prived amateur sports groups of the
last centrally located ball park in the
downtown area. And not even the most
gullible citizens could believe*the BC
Electric and its pliant city council when
they said it would only be for 10 years.
The substantial structure erected by
the BOElectric soon dispelled any such
illusions.

In 1954 the lease will be up and now
the BCElectric wants to purchase the
park outright, accompanying its offer
with a veiled threat of moving the
depot elsewhere if the city does not
agree. ‘As most citizens will recall, the
company made a similar threat about
“moving” when it was manoeuvring to
get the park in the first place. In
this instance though, it’s hardly neces-
sary since Vancouver's Non-Partisan
council has never been known to re-
fuse the BCElectric any major demand.

The threat merely provides the coun-

cil with an excuse for its actions.

The terms of the first deal ate now
conveniently forgotten. The question
is now one of outright purchase and,
as usual, the BCElectric wants a bar-
gain. Its offer for Larwill Park is
$292,000.

In the meantime, the council is feel-
ing the pressure of the demand for
construction of the long-promised civic
auditorium. So,.seizing the opportun-
ity, it proposes to use the proceeds
from the sale of Larwill Park for build-
ing the auditorium. In this way it
hopes to divert attention from the 10-
year deal made in 1954 and soften up
public opinion for another civic gift
to the BCElectric.

If Larwill Park is to be sold outright
to the BCElectric, the price should be
based, fot on’ surrounding property
values alone but with full considera
tion of what the loss of a centrally

located park is worth to citizens to say
nothing of its present value to a grasp
ing monopoly, And that means a con-
siderable upward revision of the BC
Electric’s offer.

Further, whether the council or th
park board receives the money, the
city’s future needs of parks must have

first consideration. The question of a
civic auditorium, agreed upon by al-
most every civic organization, must not
be tied to this or any other deal with
the BCElectric by aldermen whose atti-
tude to progress has been frozen by
cold war thinking.

The plain fact is that the reality of
Vancouver, with its spreading slum
areas and lack of progressive construc~
tion — there’s no lack of “planning”
— lags far behind the glowing promises
and idle boasts of its so-called civic
leaders.

A civic auditorium and a new pub-
lic library — their cost would be a mere
fraction of the huge sums squandered
on the cold war — have long been
“planned” and promised. The zeality
is that in order to satisfy the ™Wall
Street money markets even the pitiful
library facilities we have are being cur-
tailed to make “economies.”

If Vancouver’s Non-Partisan alder-
men, near-sighted with money-grub-
bing for the bondholders and greasy
with years of service to the monopolies,
had any regard for the people’s needs,

_the city might néw have its auditorium

and library — and Larwill Park would
never have been handed over to the
BCElectric in the first place.

“Mm’...m... Let me see. What
role am I playing today?”
— Johnston in the Ottawa Citizer

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