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Social Credit leader fills in for Goebbels

REGINA, Sask.—Praising Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” as a book containing
Regina platform last week mouthing the outworn lies of Goebbels and Julius

and throughout the world.

He shouted his opposition to the United Nations organization

new democracies of Eastern
against the USSR. Recognizing
that this was too much for his
audience to stomach, he hinted
vaguely that these alternatives
might be avoided if the world
adopted social credit, but there
could be no serious doubt that
in fact he was calling for an
immediate anti-Soviet war.

Much of his speech was taken
up with a diatribe against social-
ism which he chose to describe
as undermining all freedom. Thus,
he roundly condemned the Brit-
ish Labor government, and prais-
ed the American people for hav-
ing “protested” against socialism

Communists win
in Brazil vote

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, —
Ademar Barros, Communist-
Progressive candidate, this
week was elected governor of
the rich industrial state of Sao
Paulo on the basis of nearly com-
plete returns from last Sunday’s
election. :

President Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Was reported sending an envoy ‘to
Sao Paulo to assure that Barros
would be inaugurated, despite the
president's campaign plea for
Brazilian voters to spurn Com-
munist candidates. War Minister
Gen, Periera Dacosta said the
army would guarantee the inaug-
uration of the - successful candi-
date,

Former President Getulio Var-
gas’ supported candidate took
enough votes from the adminis-
tration candidate to ensure elec-

tion of Barros. Vargas, during
his 15-year presidency, had in-
stalled the Sao Paulo regime.

The Communist slate of candi-
dates for 50 aldermanic posts in
the Rio de Janeiro federal dis-
trict assumed a lead with 42,232
votes to 35,822 for the opposi-
tionists.

Europe. He claimed he saw

By NELSON CLARK

“many excellent passages,” Norman Jaques, Social Credit MP, stood on a
Streicher, and heaping insult on everything progressive in this country

“as at present constituted” because it had failed to prepare for an attack on the

two alternatives facing the world, “surrender to Stalin’s tyranny” or a “War of defence”

by electing a Republican Con-
gress. However, when he came
to speak of the foreign policy
of Attlee and Bevin, he could not
find words to praise it too high-
ly. He described the Greek people
as living, happily, now that the
British government had _ saved
hundreds of thousands of them
from “murder by the commun-
ists.”

Jacques boasted of his associa-
tion with Gerald lL. K. Smith the
notorious American fifth column-
ist. He recounted the meetings
he had addressed with Smith in
many American cities, and spoke
of the American fuhrer as an
“honest and courageous man.”
Under questioning, he admitted
that Smith was actively peddling
the discredited racial theories of
the white supremicists of the
Southern states.

Questioned about the problem
of the Jews in Europe, he de-
claimed that the Jews had really
suffered no more than any other
people, and we only heard more
of their plight because of the
propaganda put out by the “Jew-
ish controlled press.” He amazed
his audience by blandly asserting
that the Buchenwald concentra-
tion camp with all its unspeak-
able tortures and mass murders,
had been controlled by the com-
munists since 1941, He was of
course promptly called a liar by
several of his hearers.

Asked what he thought about
the infamous forgery known as
the Protocols of the Elders of
Zion, Jacques solemnly assured
the meeting that this document
Was a blueprint which is now
being carried out in every detail
by the Jews.

Turning briefly to the Canadian
Scene, Jaques spoke of the farm
Strike of last fall as “communist
organized and engineered.” He
commended the Alberta govern-
ment for calling out the RCMP
to club the farmers claiming that
the “life and property” of scabs
must be protected. ;

Although the audience was very
small, this torrent of slander and
war-mongering was challenged

again ang again despite all ef-

Paces

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: In 1924 Giacomi Matteotti, Italian communist leader and bitter
Murder will out opponent of Mussolini was brutally murdered. Now, 23 years

later, the four men standing in the rear of this Rome, Italy, courtroom, are on trial

for his slaying.

forts of the chairman to sup-
press discussion. High point of
the evening came when Jaques
made a vigorous defense of Dic-
tator Franco of Spain and his
regime, only to be answered by
a Spanish war vet, William
Beeching, who bluntly stated that
since he had fought in Spain,
he was in a better position to
know the truth than Jaques who
was indulging in deliberate lies.

The whole tenor of Jaques’
address is indication of the po-
litical trend within the leader-
ship of the Soviet Credit party
—the trend towards fascism and
reaction. Anti-semitism and race
hatred, coupled with anti-com-
munist slanders has taken the

place of monetary ‘reforms,’

Poland plans new constitution

Having decisively won the
the victorious Democratic Bloc
stitution, which will soon be drafted by the new

A manifesto published by the
bloc Wednesday outlines the gen-
eral features of the constitution
it will propose.

“The new constitution,” the
manifesto said, “will guarantee
freedom of speech and the press,
public assembly and equal rights
of all citizens. It will guarantee
liberty of conscience and _ relig-
fous tenets, particularly the
rights of the Catholic church.
“The constitution also will cre-

ate wide possibilities for the de-
velopment of cooperatives, and
will safeguard private property
as the basis of sound, private
initiative.”

The manifesto promised  in-
creased employment, higher sal-
aries, the development of social
services, school reforms, improv-
€d housing and financial aid to
farmers,

From this it appeared the
new constitution will contain
many of the reform, measures
which other new democracies in
Eastern Europe has included in
their constitutions,

The document also dealt with
the fate of the Peasant party,
headed by Stanislaw Mikolojezyk,
which was decisively defeated in
the election.

“By becoming the legal sup-
erstructure of the reactionary
underground, the movement
(Peasant party) has put itself
outside soung social forces and

national Polish elections, the government and leaders of:
parties now are engaged in discussions of the new con-
parliament,

list of forces which may con-
tend over Poland’s fate,” the
document said.

Observers from Poland reported

belief the government would offer
amnesty to resistance groups
which lay down their arms within
a specified time.

ish and American occupation

The report, which is being sent
to the heads of all Allied gov-
ernments, was compiled from data
found in all the zones of occupa-
tion. Among those who drew up
the report were Lord Vansittart,
former British permanent under-
secretary for foreign affairs; for-
mer French Premier Edouard
Herriott; and Robert Gillon, min-
ister of state and head of the
Belgian senate.

Issued while deputy foreign
ministers of the Big Four are
at work on the draft of a Ger-
Man peace treaty, the report
charges “there exists in fact
now throughout Germany a net-
work of Nazi organizations
whose power is increasing more
and More each month.”

has eliminated itself from the
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1947

Blaming both U.S, and British

Committee report shows
Nazi party rebuilding

LON D ON — German Fascists are regaining their
political strength as a result of the leniency shown by Brit-

authorities toward prominent

Nazis, according to a report released today by the Interna-
tional Committee for the Study of European Questions,

occupation authorities for gross
errors in handling of Nazis, the
report cites that in Bavaria, in
the American zone, “out of nearly
a million dossiers drawn up
against Nazis, nearly 950,000 had
not been examined at the begin-
ning of the autumn of 1946.”

It charges that, of those cases
dealt with, “only a very small
percentage” got heavy sentences.
The majority of convicted Nazis,
it reveals, were acquitted or serv-
ed such short prison terms that
they have already been freed and

jare back in circulation.

The new Nazi network the re-
port asserts, is being directed
by these former Nazi leaders
and by former leaders of the
Hitler youth movement.

UBC students support
Native Indian pleas

A packed meeting of UBC students gave unanimous

backing to the B.C. Indians’

campaign for full citizenship

rights Friday, after hearing a moving appeal by Guy Wil-

liams, Native Brotherhood of

Elmore Philpott, noted news
columnist and commentator, was
honorary chairman on behalf of
the Social Problems Club, spon-
sors of the meeting. f
“A resolution introduced from
the flor was passed unanomously
endorsing the Native Brotherhood’s
campaign for full citizenship sta-
tus, the franchise and access to
higher education.

Mr. Williams claimed the In-
dians are “a part of this coun-
try although we are not recog-
nized as such ... we are called
upon to do all. the duties, but
have not received the social bene-
fits,”

“The Citizenship Act does not
include our people and the time
is at hand when we must get
greater consideration .. . Indians
in the armed services faced the
Same battles as you people; they
wére accepted and now that the
conflict is over they are shoved
over to the other side of the
fence.”

“Higher education is the an-
Swer to all our problems,” he
Said, and mentioned the fact -

that the present annual educa- |

tion budget for Canada’s 125,-
000 Indians is only $30,000. “And
our old age pensioners get only
four to six dollars a month,”
he added,

Another resolution backing the
Brotherhood’s campaign came
from a meeting held by the UBC
Canadian Legion branch, when
500 student-veterans urged federal

and provincial authorities to give’

the Indians increased citizenship
rights. One clause demanded a
policy that will lead to econoimie
freedom for the natives.

A crowded protest meeting call-
ed by seven major UBC clubs
passed with an overwhelming ma-
jority a resolution condemning
Duplessis and the Quebec Govern.
ment for its actions against the
Jehovah’s Witnesses, Telegrams
were sent to Mackenzie King and
Duplessis,

Parliamentary Forum provided
the chairman, and representatives

of six other clubs spoke: Socialist
Forum, Social Problems Clubs,
Newman Club, Student Christian
Movement and International Re
lations Club.

Here are some of the viewpoints

expressed:

“Duplessig condemned the
Witnesses before they had a
fair trial, , . . What affects one

group of people directly or in-
directly will affect us. Hitier
taught us that.” 4

Newman Club (Catholic stu-
dents): ° “Catholics have for 60
years condemned the Witnesses
for their doctrines, but this i
a miatter of civil rights, Du-
plessis will have to answer for
his actions.”

“We have in Quebec a serious
attack on the freedom of our
people.”

“It is persecution.” f

Allan McGill recalled sections
of the United Nations Charter
which Canada signed, promising
toleration.

Jack MacGuire of the Social-
ist Forum quoted the Hen. C.
G, Power’s statement: “This is
a sheer abrogation of the whole

democratic process by which we

live.”

Youth body will
coordinate work

Seventy-five delegates, reprsent-
ing 33 young peoples’ groups, at-
tended the second meeting of the
Vancouver Young Adults com-
mittee at the YWCA last Sat-
urday and adopted a policy to
co-ordinate youth work in the
city. The delegates agreed on the
need to gain improved recrea-
tion facilities for young people.

Delegates came from various
church groups, the National Fed-
eration of Labor Youth, Youth
Forum of the Air and LPP youth
clubs. John Pollock, a social wor-
ker, was elected president of
the committee, and an executive
was chosen,

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