ie =A ALA As We See It by TOM McEWEN Canadians don’t want Franco as an ‘ally’ ; p= imperialism is desperate for “‘allies’”, Any,government willing to surrender its territory for Yankee war bases, and its people for cannon fodder in the service of the financial royalists of America imi acquires a new status in our wage! ia amea te “community of free nations’. everal weeks ago when it looked as though Neme- and woman mn Canada. Only a growing peace moves Ri ‘ ae \ § ment embracing millions more of the world’s peoples Sega oc ee R a : : ae Se y sis had overtaken our Western aiplomer ae will compel an end to mass murder in Korea ani The latest “ally”. in this unholy Atlantic alliance is Dictator 4. xorean front, and peace appeared to be within WiGGle Hoe hoea to ERBwe other Horead Gaver SepiOnn Francisco Franco, executioner of Republican Spain and butcher of reach, External Affairs Minister Lester B. Pearson the imperialist wolves are already licking theif the Spanish people. For long months the Pentagon’s slick diplomats “made one of his peviodie “policy” speeches. On chops. : : ae have’ been smoothing. the, way in Rome and Madrid for the formal that occasion the point he emphasized was not the ry ¥5e% ey a : : BAe welcome possibility of an early end to. imperialist admission of Franco into the anti-Soviet Atlantic Pact when it isa jo on ana Beetessibn da Korea. Bute the sik fact that the U.S. has already established in Spain a secret network onoy of not slackening in our “defense effort” and of war bases. _ Now they have succeeded, and are busy breaking down the promise of “other Koreas”. resistance to: acceptance of Hitler’s Spanish understudy in London, What of these “other Koreas”? The cease fire ceptional, and in view of the fact that most people ~ : } ees jaily. y key. Paris—and our own Ottawa. : : talks in Korea (at the moment of writing partially who order escalope of veal are getting don - deadlocked as a result of the provocations and jyeat will the. Honorablé Secretary give an assur: The arguments “by Yankee imperialism for the ene of | trickery of U.S: spokesmen) were ote bape the ance Jhat the government is taking the matter ax Fanii 3 representatives of warring imperialism y the grow- seriously? Hak-kaff!” x Franco as an “ally” against socialism and progress ‘are frank an ing volume of world opinion for peace. Peace is " direct, if somewhat alien to the oft-repeated ‘peaceful’ intentions of the last thing Yankee imperialism and its hangers- The Honorable Secretary’s reply on donkey steW ) ee on want. Peace, according to the more frank- corveg to Britons as “escalope of veAl”’ was a class the men of Wall. Street. 2 hati 5 Asi oath a spunea ical: ones." %. ? The government is not clear on Yall © “Franco” they say, with brutal frankness, “has experienced troops Scare a ha ieee 3 ae Area eeT a talking aspects of the subject raised.” that can be used against the Soviet Union, (the. notorious Phalangist peace in Korea, it is done with the idea in mind of : “Blue Division.””) He is also willing to cooperate in the allocation of | suiting: the spend Of operadions: of Bey ahc ee needed bases on the Ibernian peninsula. And best of all he is fanati- ° . enone case) wri tiewiion Ae moouwink, Se: people, ery ; : : of finding other and more profitable Koreas., cally anti-Communist. So why not accord him recognition as an im- aS eas eee 4 on- portant ally to help defend our “free way | of life’>?”” i nie ene ge 4 wens July “5 ata See day _ grown up in.a Marxian school of economics—even They might | have added that ast is no. Gane in the we Night a new Korea is in sight, with stage ‘props allowing for a dash of Fabian salad to take the : already being assembled. sharpness of reality from Marxian dialectics. of history, perpetuated against the dignity and decency of mankind, to f ; Oil! The ‘sacredness’ of contract! The bogey _ which Franco has not already stooped. So, away with fine scruples; of 2 People’s party taking power in Iran, and a such “allies” are not to be sneezed at in these: trying times. people determined and united on the viewpoint that Persian oil belongs to the Persian people. \ wrest oil from those to whom it belongs, it is part and parcel of his government’s war polici kes ineau Battalion of “Canada, Whose antifascist volunteers to keep the engines of war well greased and the dictated by Yankee imperialism, that the Canadi ae watered the olive fields of Spain with their heart's blood, in an effort podkalesot: tial oil tripe well lied with proiite? people should accustom themselves to the consump: to halt the first butchery of Republican Spain by the armed hordes a ie tion of horsemeat, while the cattle rustlers of W: _ of Franco, Hitler and Mussolini when the “non-interventionist’’ govern- In the past we managed it on the old “divide Street corral the bulk of our ‘beef supplies! \ “Escalope of veal’? The good old tory Blimp — rose in his seat, burped discreetly, and addressed himself to the “socialist” government of Clement Attlee. “In view of the fact that the amount of donkey meat being sold at “the present time is eX — Any Cockney costermonger would expect a mor intelligent answer from his donkey than that given by the spokesman for an alleged “socialist” govern ment, whose leaders pride themselves in having — Clement Attlee is perfectly clear on why the British people are reduced to eating donkey meat, despite. its pate de foi gras status on the menu just as Louis St. Laurent is perfectly clear on why _ Spain turn in thei people describes Pree aa) as a eeu. the imperialism, ne U.S. imperialism choosing our ti moe our “allies” in i adventures. “2 ‘ a 13-year old offshoot of the corrupt and hemophili -ain’s stoo Seek dee to appease aha is quite een an affront to 3 the British and French governments (official Canada so far has kept _ discreetly silent about its new “‘ally’’) the Pentagon is executing a _ series of diplomatic maneuvers to give Franco a triple coat of white- wash. It plans the return of a monarchy to Spain; the restoration of c Bourbons to the throne of Spain, with “democrat” Franco as the “strong man” ‘to maintain the a terror = eho tne rising enone of the Spanish Byen Ahe Said danaal of he Vancouvet Sun had difficulty _ in keeping that Al Capone ruse down. For ‘once the Sun demonstrated” : and rule” technique, accompanied by a few select ments of Canada and the US. Britain and France would not lift murders, assassinations and the promotion of small a finger to. save Sue | in Spain. ‘ Well might Canada’s dead sons r graves when a government of oF great ae Ff tribal civil wars. Just last week some inconsiderate stooge for one set of oil interests bumped off Brit- , King Abdullah, thereby providing the basis for a “holy war’, in which the imperialists could all join in as depuanl eres: a the naan tah ; an “ally” of Yankee cou! omes ipso facto, an “ally” oF Canadien imperialism. In the “other Koreas’’ promised by External Affairs Minister Pearson, Canadian and Franco troops will be “allies’’ in the service of Yankee _ imperialism—to forage. far and wide wherever the financial royalists” of Wall Street dictate. That is, unless we can draw the line at. oF King One say a Now jt has to be satis on the scale of a Korea— bigger if at all possible. The imperialists are there- fore hoping that the Persian Sygnman Rhees, Chiang Kai-sheks and such “democrats” will manage some- how to betray their own people .. to deliver them back again to the tender mercies of the Anglo- - ‘Tranian Oil trust. How can it be done? The London Economist puts it this way: “phere ?s of course, the argument that chaos in Persia will simply bring in the Tudeh party (People’s party). And a Tudeh government in Teheran, which is a long way over the mountains from Abadan (oil centre), might make the Persia positively anxious to be rescued from the politicians in the capital—and the United Nations more anxious to rescue them. SA ae Parallel runs through Persia too.” i This “38th parallel” thinking runs diaick the pattern of imperialist strategy like a blood-stained — thread. Pearson’s promise of “other Koreas” and the Eoonomist’s blueprint on how they can be real- Unable to afford current beef prices, were are urg “but must buy its beef (our beef) from the Ui inhabitants of Southern subjected to such menus in order to, assure gre “Escalope of veal.” Under the Marshall Plat of Yankee imperialism, Canadians cannot buy ou! good beef produced in Canada because our Yankee dollar requirements demand that the bulk of © beef be shipped across the line—to be sold back us, to Britain, and elsewhere at. enhanced price® as a “patriotic” duty, to sink our teeth into Dobbin t until the profiteers hoist the price on select ‘horse- meat too—and leave the proletariat nothing except | the spavined old nags with all the edibility of $Y! thetic rubber. The war profiteers will tell you with out batting an eyelash that the consumption 0 horsemeat “is essential to our defense effort.” -To bolster up its Yankee dollar crisis a ‘30 cialist” government in Britain (which pleads that it is “not clear on all aspects of the subject’) is prohibited by its Wall Street bankers from buyin: the bulk of its beef in Canada and the Pre To feed the guns and provide a steady flow © super-profits to the war profiteers, Britons are 0! reduced to devouring donkey meat, while we i? Canada are besieged with high-pressure propagand to assign Dobbin to the frying pan. “Escalope of veal” sounds much patter than “horseburgers,” but. the cause and effect of ca are equally disastrous to the wellbeing of peop! ate i could see tolerably straight upon occasion. It saw Franco as. . the real master, even as Mussolini was master. of the Bavsdht aa Lysol reclmapleea nn ines Coke cca J aed ; feel with this result they are nave indeed.” Tt is are matter of being. se of of soabedalio: ela: Ee Vine eh Cas are a danger signal. to every peace-loving man 4 profits for the war Rekaf ls | Ps T -BUP presents. Financial Post fantasies | be the final arbiters. ay peace and freedom, regardless or iu Peitaga to a Criminal Code. Butcher fanee is in | that pe ne upon society may find a common affinity and a common objective. In presenting Franco as a “democrat”, the men of the Pentagon are seen in their true measure . . - - the architects of gangster imperialism, threatening the peace of. the world, and recruiting to the ranks of their unholy oat alliance ae most pone and ope dices of | WwW ada will a Cl ace at the new “ally” hilicted’ for by Yankee imperialism, which may explain Ottawa’s indecent silence on the matter, But we have the historical assurance that, what- pais Posie nit elope. in this a Ae ee eee “hey at east housy Aiea Bri tis Canadien 2a the ae of international anti-fascism’ who fought for democratic Republican. Spain, while those who would now elevate Butcher Franco to o eminence of a “democrat” were knifing democracy in the back wi the diplomacy of “non-intervention”. By the treason of “non- ee vention” Republican. ‘Spain. lost the first battle. By. working class -. Republican Spain will win the last blasphemies against humanity. There are some. “allies” Canadians just” won’t accept from the Marshall Planners—not even” ‘under the club of the new amendments to the level of: the dadesworld, where those who r Financial Post, organ of big Ghbineee in ance ada, hires’ a man named Ronald Williams to | _ keep its readers “informed” on the doings of the embod This “expert” on Communism is a living nbodiment of the old scriptural adage that “the rer is worthy of his hire’. Williams mixes fact a fiction’ with all the finesse of-a famous chef, _ whose horse-and-rabbit pies were compounded on a catia 50-50 recipe ratio—one horse, one rabbit. As: an “expert” on ‘Communism, Williams follows a very simple technique. a He diligently reads all LPP publications, . (In this one. Tespect only, we would like to think that all LPPer’s and progressive - workers did likewise!) But Williams does more than that. He reads “between the lines”. What intellect- ual second sight he develops by this process we don’t know, but it is undoubtedly, this “expert” sub-— ‘'Stitute for crystal gazing that makes Williams | j peEay of his hire” to Financial Post addicts, His most recent blurp. in the ‘July 21 edition’ of the Post. deals with a ‘self-critical : article by Tim — Buck, LPP national ‘leader, in the June issue of _ National Affairs Monthly. | Space does not allow — an elaboration of this article here. Suffice it to say that it) was dealt with very fully, critically, simply, in great detail, and publicly by Tim Buck, where all could read, including the: “expert” ‘Williams. — Somewhere along the course. of Wiliams read- ‘ranks of the LPP. Of course Moscow dictati in a world pees to peace and socialism. the Canadian press that Tim Buck was on the “ in the June issue of National Affairs ‘Mon and its imperialist dope addicts. ‘ing Potviden the. lines”, this” “expert” daveaiss 30) prompting from elsewhere” than the democr Moscow laying down the “line” to the LPP and manding @ shakeup of Buck and others.. This the kind of dope thé Post addicts pay Williams © concoct in order to keep up their sagging “mor In similar vein ‘Williams sees the LPP ‘beset “inner” difficulties. In fact headed for the aes pile of history. To give this wishful thinking 2 pee oe tense of reality, Williams, with the assistance the British United Press, circulated the canat out”. Faced with the proof of their lying misrePr© sentations, they even lack the papery to make traction or correction. ey vA When the Financial Post: yar front-page prom nence to the rantings of “expert” Williams, 1 obvious that its hysterical addicts are in need oe tos" testful evening. Hence the “expert” leads fant ies on Communism, ‘ Ai Meantime all Communist and progressive W' ers should read Tim Buck’s “The character of © State in the People’s Democratic Republics”, page Among other things, it provided a splendid ins as into the worries of the Financial Post, its “exper PACIFIC TRIBUNE. — JULY mt 1951 — Pp. ae :. bac * 4 ay