GUIDE TO GOOD READING Budenz book’s only dubious virtue its lesson for liberals THE TITLE of Louis Budenz’s new book, Men Without Faces (Harper), is, of course, a lie. It is based, he explains, on the fact that on orders from Moscow, “men like Alexander Bittelman, Jack Stachel, John Williamson, Eugene Dennis” and a few other U.S. Communist leaders “were not to have their pictures shown” in the Daily Worker, Communist newspaper, It would take a col- umn to list the dates when pic- tures of those men appeared in that paper. The first sentence in the pro- fessional informer’s book is, of course, a lie. He says: “I man- aged the Daily Worker from a SHOPPING DIRECTORY Patronize Your Advertisers Grocery and Meat FERRY MEAT MARKET Men’s Furnishings THE HUB LIMITED Cafe ‘ZENITH CAFE Bakery BROTHERS BAKERY Jewelers : CASTLE JEWELERS STAR LOAN SO. Solicitors STANTON & MUNRO Theater PARADISE THEATER Fuel E. H. 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Dennis Chavez (a redbaiter himself), says nothing in Men Without Faces which Hitler and Hearst have not said before him. _* * AS A RENEGADE from com- munism, Budenz is somewhat more careful about revealing his _ true feelings about fascism than would be, let us say, his spiritual brother, James Farley, who prac- tically drools Coca-Cola when he hears the name Franco. Nevertheless, Budenz gives the game away. Spanish war, he speaks only of the “ruthlessness” of U.S. mem- pers of the Loyalist Lincoln Bri- gade in “stamping out nests of Trotskyites.” The implication is clear. He labels the democrats of Spain as murderers, and, with- out having to spell it out, ap- proves of Franco fascism, Oh, so carefully, he talks of the “Civil War” in Spain, without ever mentioning the Hitler-Mussolini organization of Franco’s insurrec- tion against the Spanish Repub- lic. There is nothing this degraded creature does not stoop to. He even idiotically assures the read- er that U.S. Communists didn’t have children until “Moscow’s de- cision to ‘go to the masses.’ Since the. comrades were supposed to look and act like other Ameri- cans, they were to have families as other people did, too.” One might assume that such a purified candidate for sainthood as Budenz would attribute babies to divine Providence. But, no. Characteristically, the wretched informer whispers: It’s a Com- munist plot. One marvels at the self-discipline which kept him from listing the names of all U.S. babies wrapped in pink blankets. Budenz can “remember” verba- tim, conversations of anywhere up to 15 years ago, in which Com- KEEP THIS DAY OPEN JUNE 11th 8 P.M. AT THE AUDITORIUM | Georgia at Denman All-Slav Concert ~ } UKRAINIAN RUSSIAN POLISH PROGRAM YUGO-SLAV CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN } CHOIRS - DANCES - ORCHESTRAS, ETC. Auspices Canadian All-Slay Committee Dealing with the, munists conveniently confided in him that they were “Soviet spies” and the like—he even “remem- bers” conversations carried on by others in his absence. So eager is Budenz to attack the Communists, that he commits the heresy of deviating from the fascist line, which has it that the “Communists” engineered U.S. en- try into the last war, and pressed for Allied victory because it help- ed the Soviet Union. But Budenz has it that “the comrades were jubilant” when the news ticker at the Daily Worker “told of the big offénsive in Luxembourg that was driving back the Yankee troops.” , This was supposedly uttered by men whose brothers were fighting in the U.S. Army, by men who had fought fascism in Spain, by men whose party was filled with thou- sands of combat veterans of the U.S. Army. It is, of course ,an invention; obscene drivel which could only emanate from a Budenz. * * * ENDING WITH a veiled plea for a third world war, and a more open bid for a further fascist at- tack on civil rights in the name of “exposing” communism, Bud- enz’s book deviates not one whit from the dishonesty of its title and opening line. ; In between, there is mild melo- drama about the Communist par- ty, the Soviet Union, socialism and the trade union movement which merits point-by-point refu- tation just about as much as did the Protocols of Zion or Mein Kampf. One final word. When Budenz went to work for the U.S. govern- ment as its fingerman, lying against the 11 Communist leaders at the Foley Square trial and in other court proceedings, many “liberals” remained silent. But now that the emboldened inform- er has turned on his sponsor and smears adherents of the Truman Administration itself, one hears outraged howls and denunciation of Budenz. The Budenz story should teach such liberals that there is no com- promise with witchhunts and stoolpigeons, no limit to the drive pledged to “get Communists only.” —ROBERT FRIEDMAN. x * * U.S. DEMANDED DISMISSAL ‘ stirs world lions of people. new war. Joliot-Curie ouster OUSTER OF Professor Frederic Joliot-Curie as Frenca high commissioner of atomic energy has evoked protest through- out France and around the world. His dismissal followed a recent meeting of the World Peace Committee, which he heads. Communist party, Joliot-Curie has long been in charge of pro- jects involving peaceful application of atomic energy. He is acknowledged to be one of the world’s top scientists, along with his wife Irene, daughter of Marie Cune. Immediately after he was removed from ‘nis post by the government, 600 workers of the Commisariat of Atomic Energy went on strike. Department heads signed a statement denounc- ing the ouster as “regrettable and heavy with consequences for the future of atomic energy in France.” “W/e want to assure M. Joliot-Cune,’ spite of the measure he retains our entire confidence and our profound attachment.” & Bf. are PROF. JOLIOT-CURIE Earlier, the atomi¢ workers signed a declaration warning that use of atomic weapons would not reduce the horror or length of a war but would bring about the annihilation of mil- “Speaking for three million members, the secretariat of the Teachers Trade Union International charged that the Nobel prize winner was dismissed on demand of those preparing a From Britain, world-famed scientist Professor J. D. Ber- nal termed the dismissal “another example of the acceleration of the cold war and the extinguishing of a center of free, open and beneficial use of atomic energy.” protest A member of the Frenca they said, “that in Land of the teal, by games Bulgarian artists coming to Canadian Slav Congress Barke ($2.50): The author of the Robbie Burns series has written an even more effective novel which traces a hundred years of Scottish history. The Storm, by Ilya Ehrenburg ($2.50): A must book for any pro- gressive that will stand up as one of the outstanding novels of our time. , The Labor Story, by Aleine Aus- tin ($3.50): An effective popular history of American labor. Highest Prices Paid for DIAMONDS, OLD GOLD Other Valuable Jewellery STAR LOAN CO, Est. 1905 719 Robson St, — MA, 2622 EAST END TAXI UNION DRIVERS HAstings 0334 FULLY 24-HOUR INSURED SERVICE 811 E. HASTINGS ST. THREE FAMOUS Bulgarian ar- tists will attend sessions of the First Canadian Slav Congress to take place in Toronto June 29- 30 and July 1, according to an announcemnt of the preparations committee last week. Part of a delegation of four fraternal delegates from the Bul- garian Slay Committee, they are Mikhail Popoff and Rajna Mik- hailova, national artist-singers; and Prof. Tamara Yankova, pian- ist. Also with the group will be Dr. Ivan Pashoff, chairman of the Sofia city council and the Slav Committee of, Bulgaria, Promising to be the biggest* All- Slav rally in the history of Can- ada, enthusiasm is running high across the country as delegations prepare to leave cities, towns, farms and villages. A giant sou- venir program is being readied to mirror the strength of the pro- gressive Slav movement in Can- ada, Already hundreds of indi- viduals and organizations have sent greetings to the program of the Congress. Peace and friendship between Canada and the Slavic lands and the whole world will be the theme of this huge fourday demonstra- tion. A public session opens the Congress Thursday evening, June 29, at Massey Hall, with a pro- gram of guest artists and promi- nent speakers. On June 30 and July 1 sessions for registered del- egates will continue at the Uk- rainian Labor Temple, 300 Bath- urst Street. A giant picnic rally will close the Congress. STANTON Barristers, Solicitors, Nota7ies SUITE 515, FORD BUILDING, 193 E. HASTINGS ST. (Corner Main & Hastings Sts.) MArine 5746 & MUNRO PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JUNE 9, 1950 — PAGE 10