Gee MRA pamphlet aims to fan ional of cold war By WILLIAM Last week a pamphlet entitled “Ideology and Co- Existence” slithered through _the mail slots into millions -of Canadian homes. It was preceded by supplementary announcements in the form of full page advertisements in all major Canadian daily : newspapers, We are informed that this Pamphlet and advertising is being paid for by a group of public minded citizens. A rough estimate of the cost of such a. Canadian _ operation Would be half a million doll- ars. That is indeed a good slice of public-mindedness and pos- €s a question: ‘“‘What do these citizens want to accomplish with the public mind?” ' An examination of the Pamphlet provides the answer. “The choice for the world is Not co-existence or war, it is communism or moral rearma- ment!” This brazen assertion pre- faces the text and is the es- ‘Sence throughout. A more ap- Propriate title for this diabol- ical composition might be ‘Variations on a Theme by Hitler,’ From beginning to end it is a bare-faced apology for im- Perialism and imperialist pol- icies. The quotations from Adenauer of Germany, Kishi of Japan and other German Officials are quite revealing. Take the statement of Dr. Hans Koch, who represented the German foreign office at the M.R.A. summit conference at Machinac, in 1957, and Ad- enauer’s adviser on Soviet af- fairs. “What Stalin feared most was the ideology that could unite countries as far apart as Japan and Germany, which could unite all other nations - with these two, free east and west and black and white in . 8n ideological answer to Com- munism,” _. Clear enough isn’t it? The not succeed. However, need to be combatted vigor- | ously in the daily struggle, as. part of the fight against the. E. STEWART only ideology which Stalin feared that united Japan and Germany was fascism, All that is required according to Koch is that the rest of the free world unite behind a re- constituted West German- Tokyo Axis in a war to the end against Communism. Perhaps Dr. Koch might be reminded that Stalin was not alone in his abhorance of such an ideology. The «conscience of mankind still revolts at the memory of the crimes. of fasc- ism against mankind. Of course to Dr. Buchman, the founder and ideologist of M.- R.A., such recollections might be distasteful. His support for Hitler and Mussolini as the saviors of mankind is well recollected by the world la- bor movement, M.R.A. how- ever, assumes that the world has learned: nothing. They have enlisted God, adding a large measure’ of anti-com- munism and garnished the concoction with lies and half truths in the finest fashion and labelled it an ideology. A more appropriate name might be idiotology. ; An examination of the alms and objectives of MRA pro- vides an easy answer to the question. Where did the half million dollars come from to promote these ideas amongst Canadians? This document was originally published in September, 1959, coincident with Krushchey’s visit to the U.S.A. and has been distribut- ed in 20,000,000 copies since then. It is obviously designed to fan the flames of the cold war. Assist the cold war crowd to block the: world-wide carry forward their plans for a global war against commun- ism. 2 Leaning demogogically on the honest religious feelings of masses of people, this move- ment attempts to consolidate imperialist policies working class - movements. There reason to characterize this as an incipient “fascist move- ment, designed to assist in €S- tablishing | the complete | con- ‘trol of the most rabid. reaction- ary pro-war sections of the ruling :class over the - Saar | world. In their objective they will they bosses offensive on the labor movement, and part of the : world struggle for disarma- ment and peace. demand for disarmament and_ in the |} and peoples ! is every | At the earlier conference February 26 the trade union- ists called for the right to select labor candidates and for a program that would be com- patible with the needs of the people in the- constituency. A motion to that effect was adopted at the conference to be carried. through at the second conference. 7 The March 11 conference convened with 66 present. Al- so present were Paddy Neale, Vancouver labor council secre- tary and Roy Haines, first vice- president. of the Council. Or- ville Braaten presided and an- nounced at the outset that the conference had only one func- tion: to work to carry through the resolution of the B.C. Federation of Labor conven- tion for the election of a CCF government. The chairman de- liberately ignored the instruc- tions of the previous confer- ‘ence opposing such a narrow partisan approach and was im- mediately challenged by those present. Speaker after speaker refer- red to the many problems fac- ing the working class and the necessity for electoral unity to defeat the parties of monopoly capital, pointing out that no group of the left could achieve such a victory singly. At this point the representa- tives of the Labor Council did their utmost to advance the partisan line of the CCF. It was obvious that they had no other purpose for attending the conference. The trade unionists sane were very resentful at TED HARRIS 757 East Hastings St. Vancouver 4, B.C. - - Painters’ we 1 Paperhengers Sanworhe P Wallpaper Reg. 45¢ + Now 19¢ a roll “Tasile Jewelers = ‘Vancouver, B.C. PHONE MU 5-5014 Watchmaker & Jewelers Special Dis- _ ’ ‘count to all — Tribune Rea- ¢& ders. Bring } this ad with you. ; Strong unity demand at North Van labor meeting The attempt of the B.C. Federation of Labor - CCF liaison committee, all of whom are CCFers, to impose on labor in the North Vancouver constituency the narrow par- tisan policy of the CCF right wing, which is to conscript labor to back the CCF, was again demonstrated at a second political action conference held Friday, March 11. this intrusion by outsiders par- | ticularly Roy Haines who was: not adverse to a little coersion. * Finally, Orville Bratten pur- posely confused a motion which would have meant the acceptance of the CCF line if it had been adopted. However, he was challenged and the chair was overwhelmingly de- feated. On regaining the chair Bratten promptly adjourned the meeting over the protest- of those present. It is evident from the pro- ceedings of the North Vancou- ver trade union conference that there exists a strong feel- ing for unity. Many who par- ticipated in this conferences be- lieve that the only hope for an effective alternative lies in all.inclusive unity; CCF mem- bers, communists and some without party affiliation, be- : lieve it is still possible to unite in time for the next provincial election. A correction A reader has drawn to-the attention of the Pacific Tribune that an error was committed in. last week’s issue when “Negro” was spelled in a couple of articles with a small ‘‘n”. This criticism is fully justified, and the Pacific Tribune ac- knowledges its mistake. We are grateful to the reader for drawing it to our attention. Editor. Civic workers in conciliation Vancouver Civic Employ- ees Union, Outside Workers, this week went to concilia- tion board in their dispute with the City of Vancouver. The 1,600-member union will be represented by William Stewart of the Marine Workers Union. A. Hugo Ray, Q.C. has been named to represent the city. Chairman of the Board is R. G. Herbert, of the UBC Faculty of Law. Jack Phillips, secretary of the union, said the Outside Civic Workers seek a wage in- crease of 20c an hour for all categories, amendments to the vacation with pay schedule and other amendments to the agree- ment. 590 WEST GEORGIA — win an award. Room 6, 426 Main St. PT. Writing Contest "WHAT DISARMAMENT WOULD MEAN WHERE I LIVE’ *250 FIRST PRIZE RULES @ .Entries should be not less than 100 words and not more than 500. Write about the changes that disarmament could bring to your locality—what public projects could be undertaken if money now spent on the arms race was - devoted to people’s needs. There is no entry fee, and omy. number of entries may be submitted. — ‘© Contest closes May 15, 1960. All entries will be judged . by the editorial board of the Pacific “Tribune, whose de- ’ cision will be final, and must be submifted with the under- standing, that they may be published, whether or not they ae Address all entries to Pacific Tribune Writing Contest Vancouver 4, B.C. March 18, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page , ie be Oe leet