You Department » Wte What You Pleate. “WALL STREET GENERALS WITHOUT JACKBOOTS' - Soviet atom progress sweeps U.S. war plans into confusion CAPT. G. S. WUCHINICH, DSC, Pittsburgh, Pa.: An atomic blast by Russia has raised the curtain hiding the American stage. Ex- posed before millions are gen- erals and admirals, banker “statesmen” and industrialists, . Democratic and Republican poli- ticians, and the whole cabal of bi-partisan leadership which has been doing a war dance for Wall Street’s benefit since 1945. War plans have been swept in- to confusion and nothing’s more awkward than a Wall Street gen- eral in bare feet without his jack- boots. Spent Marshall plan bil- lions now come back with real force to a wobbly U.S. economy and cherished dreams of Ameri- ' Can imperialism turn into a bad dream with a hangover. Bursting of that far-off bomb Was a blow for peace; a new and teal world situation. Nevertheless, Washington continues the war- making pace; brandishing dollar billions, faster jets, new gases and Pact upon pact. But accounting for these mad schemes will come from the American people who already stir uneasily as national Production drops (now 30 per- cent less than 1948) and unem- Ployment spreads. Not a word in the American Press and radio devoted itself to atomic energy as a tool for man- king at peace. Our policy-makers —— cloak this scientific discovery as a horrible thing. Russia announced the blast as one which split a mountain to make nature give up her wealth: not a word of war, This an- nouncement throws fear into Marshall plan imperialists; in fact, it can be said with double emphasis that Washington and Wall Street don’t fear Russia's bomb as such — they fear that atomic energy will be put to peaceful and useful purposes. Energy will soon be available to every man and woman and humanity has within its grasp something that may become as free as air, A nation’s wellbeing, a people’s livelihood depends greatly upon the number of horse- powen it has available. And like the Prometheus of Byron’s epic to man, chains are being broken, . limitless energy is. at man’s threshold. Limitiess horizons for a rising standard of living; and reaching into our children’s lives is a future that will not be weigh- ed down by public utility bonds, oil certificates, municipal shares, railroad bonds, first or second debentures on power plants, all sundry and otherwise. The ‘grievous blow” has. solidly shaken Marshall planners who thought of two worlds, East and West, hoped to make it one Pax Americana imperialist style, now wonder whether there’s going to — e A charge of 50 cents for each insertion of five lines or less with 1 cents for each additional line fa made for notices appearing in this column. 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Save $10 to $20. Phone right now. be any at all for them. What can atomic energy do for China’s 450 millions in peace? What can it: do for the 250 mil- lions more in Indo-China and Southeast Asia who now struggle for liberation? What of ourselves; the devastated European nations; and a half billion more who await its use in a concept of life that wil) throw into the pale the mort- gage and the unemployment of the American scene? National medicine needs it for cancer, arthritis, mental diseases and a host of other afflictions. Agriculture needs it for fertilizer to enrich the earth; industry for power. On every side atomic en- ergy becomes a gigantic friend of man—not the evil genii whom Washington has encased in a bomb shell, hooked to a jet plane. A whole new set of standards is created. When Russia burst” the komb it blew the top off the Washington-London-Rome war tent. We cannot accept this axis to create new standards; these will only come from the people. And this is so, because the new standards are jobs for peace, of man @bove nature, of man with man and not man against man. LETTERS DIGEST “Why | am voting LPP’ E. BURNELL, Langley Prairie, B.C.: We, in New Westminster constituency need in Ottawa a proven fighter for the interests of workers and farmers. Many changes have taken place in our lush green Fraser Valley during and since the war. Our population has almost doubled. Surrey municipality has a subur- ban atmosphere. Langley Prairie, Cloverdale, and‘*Ladner, are now centers of activity and business. In spite of these welcome changes we are plagued with a host of not so welcome changes. \ Federal and provincial govern- ments continue to foist the bur- den of education on the munici- palities in ever greater measur. Here in Langley a junior-senior high school was recently built by contract for which ratepayers paid $9,000 to the provincial gov- ernment in sales tax alone. In the valley, real estate speculation has - fattened some operators to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Our workers and farmers have further been burdened by in- creasing hospital insurance rates and high prices now made ever higher through the devaluation of the Canadian dollar. Has our present government provided any compensation for all these evils? Small fruits are down in price from 25 to 50 percent, poultry farmers are selling their flocks because of high feed prices lumber markets are slipping and fish prices continue .to fall, We have had enough of this type of government. For this rea- son, my vote will be cast for Mau- rice Rush, a candidate whose sole interests are those of the workers and farmers. CCF NEWS SLASHED LETTER Why are you in CCF? CCFer asks Alsbury ZELLA ROSS, Prince George, B.C.: The following is a copy of a letter which I sent for pub- lication in CCF News. If you will refer to the September 21 issue of that publication, in which my letter appears, you will note that the third paragraph was omitted. In my opinion, the sup- pression of even a part of a mem- ber’s letter is an infringement on his or her right of freedom of speech, and I am wondering whether you would do me the favor of printing the letter in full in your paper. OPEN LETTER TO . TOM ALSBURY Dear Comrade (7?) I feel that I must answer the charges which you, in August 31> CCF News have laid against my- self and other readers who have written what you refer to as “smearing letters’ in reply to the Cameron article in the July 6 is- sue. I am sure that this type of letter will do much harm to the movement which seems to be underway to remove all the socialism, as well as the democ- racy, from the CCF. I note that you are of the opin- ion that rank-and-file discussion of policy should be confined to club meetings, where only a hand- ful of members will hear the views expressed, and to council and executive meetings, which very few members are able to ~ attend, and where their ideas are at the mercy of the more experi- enced speakers. This column, which ig the only spot provided by the party where the member- ship is on an equal footing with the leaders, should, in your opin- ion, be devoted to singing the praises of our leaders and the policies, which, right or wrong, we are expected to support. In short, you disapprove of the mem- bership having any effective voice in the making of party policy. I was not surprised that you used the term “Communist” three times in your letter. But don’t you think that that line of hys- teria has been worn rather thin? After all it has been used re- peatedly by Liberals, Tories, So- cial Crediters and even some CCFers when they encountered opposition with which they could not otherwise deal, from people who did not agree with them or with the orthodox line of thought. I am sure that neither yourself nor the othergs.who make use of this line intend to pay the Com- munists any compliments, but you do imply that they are the only people who have any ideas of their own, or the courage to ex- press them. You have challenged me to name the leaders who have failed to uphold our constitution and our socialist principles. That is not hard. They include, from — Coldwell down, all those who have suppoimted the North Atlantie pact. I challenge you, or anyone else to prove that support of the NAP does not yiolate the Regina Manifesto, Section 10. ‘ In your paragraphs dealing with the IWA-WIUC dispute, you have deliberately misrepresented my meaning, as I have never at any time suggested that the CCF sup- port the WIUC. I am opposed to this party supporting either side, as it only helps to increase the friction between the two groups. It would be far more socialistic to use our influence to persuade both unions to cooperate in the struggle against their common enemy, the bosses, instead of ex- pending their resources fighting ~ each. other. You wonder why I am a mem- ber of the CCF, when I disagree so thoroughly with some of the party’s policies. Perhaps I can tell you why. It is because I be- lieve that the CCF can build socialism by teaching the people to work together, to think for themselves, to recognize the truth wherever they see it, and to free themselves from all the false teachings that foster the confu- sion, the frustration and the fear upon which the preservation of __ the capitalist system depends. On the other hand, you seem to be in complete accord with the Liberals on matters like for- eign policy, keeping labor divided, and using the follow-the-leader method of making party policy. Really, Mr. Alsbury, why are you a member of the CCF? Brother's Bakery Specializing in Sweet and Sour Rye Breads 342 E. HASTINGS ST. PA. 8419 STANTON Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries SUITE 515, FORD BUILDING, 193 E. HASTINGS ST. (Corner Main & Hastings Sts.) MArine 5746 & MUNRO ) EAST END ge 2 aS UNION DRIVERS HA.0334 Fully 24-Hour Insured 2 Service 811 E. 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