een me A SOF therdetien Wak is hs wut a: O CUT through the maze of contradictory argu- ments concerning the means -and procedure by which Canada’s constitution can be changed (most of them are arguments to prevent change) the Dominion govern- ment should set up a Royal Commission to hear briefs and arguments in a democrati¢ way, as the Rowell-, Sirois Commission did concerning taxation and Dominion- Provincial relations. The hearings of such a commis- sion would transform the discussion from a welter of confusion into an organized examination of public opinion. When the commission has completed its. work the gov- ernment could convene a national constitutional conven- tion to study its report and decide upon the fundamenta] character of Canada’s national constitution. S Readers who consider that the “foregoing looks like a big order should bear in mind the fact that it is per- haps the only way to get serious public study of the constitutional crisis started. Not only that, some of the proposals now being put forward can be considered as serious “‘groposals only on the assumption that the public men who sponsor them expect that a Royal Commission or a Constitutional convention, or both, will work’ out proposals for at least a far-going rewriting of the con- stitution under which our national life is regulated. One example of such a proposal is the motion tabled in the Senate by Senator Arthur Roebuck calling for a Bill of Rights in the constitution. The need to deal with the constitutional crisis in a thorough-going way has been realized for a long time by the most widely recognized authorities on constitu- tional question. Recently, a member of parliament re- ferred to the fact that in 1935 Dr. Beauchesne, Can- ada’s outstanding authority on parliamentary procedure, told a Commons committee on constitutional problems: “The time has come, in my humble opinion, when the British North-America Act, except as to minority rights, should be transformed and a new constitution more in conformity with present conditions should be adopted: Amendments here and there would be mere patchwork would could not last. The people of / 935 are different from those of 1867. What we wanl is a new constitution.” (House of Commons Debates, Oc- tober 17, 1949, page 866.) — In the comprehensive and thoroughly documented: brief submitted to the Royal Commission on Dominion- Provincial ‘Relations by the Communist Party of Canada in 1938, we also proposed that a constitutional con- vention be called to deal with the constitution, and Whistling in the dark TO ALL'RKO SECRETARIES From John A. Farmer : The new slogan of our industry is— HOLLYWOOD'S CLICKING! ie ~. As chairman of the motion picture industry's e conference committee, which has suggested to all companies and exhibitors that they use this slogan wherever possible, Mr. Depinet believes it would ‘be helpful if it were to be placed at the close ‘of all RKO letters. — tS A US There are several ways in which this slogan could be used. Please discuss this with your “superior who should decide. : ‘gee te HOLLYWOOD'S CLICKING! might be the last sentence, or the last paragraph HOLLYWOOD'S CLICKING! ' might be used instead of “Sincerely yours. HOLLYWOOD'S CLICKING! might be written in caps at the bottom of the letter. SAN NK: SiN It is’ requested that this slogan in some way ~ be used from now until, further notice. ank you for Se Seperate Tie 1a pe : Better make sure you click first. By TIM BUCK Royal commission, convention proposed in constitution crisis Peaceable warmongers EOUL, Korea—(BUP)—President Syngman Rhee, of the Korean Republic believes that his government ,could take North Korea and unite the country. But, he says, he has been warned by the United Nations and the U.S. that by doing so he might start a third world war. “People in the North urged me to give them _ a radio broadcast message asking that loyal Koreans in the North rise up and overthrow the Commun-* ist regime,” Rhee said in an interview. ‘“Then they would expect us to join them. “T am sure that we could take Pyongyang, the Northern capital, in three days. And an all- Korean border with Manchuria would be easier t defend than the 38th parallel. ; “We need arms,” he said. ‘No one can deny that we must defend ourselves.” similar proposals have been advanced by numerous authorities. Nothing has yet been, accomplished. e The first task of progressive workers who recognize that the constitutional question is also a question of bread and. butter and health and education for millions of workers and their children, is to arouse the labor movement and all democratic organizations to press the federal government and their respective provincial gov-: “ernments to set,up a Royal Commission to receive briefs from “all interested organizations on the question of our constitution. me Space does not permit even a sketchy outline of all the matters of urgent concern to working people that would be dealt with in a rewriting of the constitution; but progressive Canadians would have to fight with all their energy to ensure that, as a minimum, the following needs and interests of the masses of the people shall be given recognition: TS RY i . Contrary to the present provisions, the Dominion government must be made responsible for all general social security measures, including a national health and ~ over Canada. ‘ The government must be given authority jo legislate concerning labor-management relations for all industries. Labor legislation must be the same for all workers in all parts of Canada. ~ A Canadian Bill of Rights must be written into the constitution. It must prohibit racial or religious discrimination and guarantee fundamental civil rights te every Canadian. ; The right to a job at union rates of wages or, failing a job, adequate unemployment benefits for the full period of unemployment, must be included as a fundamental right. — ROS ak The guarantees written in the British North America . Act concerning the legal status of the French language - in Quebec, in the houses of parliament and in federal . hospitalization plan, and benefits must be uniform all — courts and concerning religion and education in the province of Quebec are inviolate and must be honored in both the letter and the spirit. In addition, Canada’s new or revised constitution must include the following: Unequivocal definition of Canada as a two-nation — Recognition of the co-equal status of the French state. In certain and English speaking Canadian peoples. clearly defined areas of legislative action and administra- _ tive authority the people of French Canada must be granted sovereign powers. The sovereign’ rights granted to the people of French Canada must include the right td decide for themselves, through their own elected rep- _. yesentatives, what shall be the attitude of French Can- ada towards any issue or issues which involve or might involve the question of peace or war. — The above do not by any means cover all the ‘questions involved but an active and consistent public campaign in support of even those limited proposals will contribute a great deal to the fight for a people’s con- stitution for Canada. | LABOR FOCUS By TOM McEWEN Murray does job Gould wanted. re Nagai 50 years ago, during the course of a big U.S. railway strike, the Yankee rail magnate Jay Gould was credited with making the crack that “he could buy off one half of the workingclass to kill the other half.” The powerful U.S. Steel Corporation, in the current issue of its organ Iron Age, shows that in our day it ‘is quite unnecessary to attempt such Sweeping pur- chases. Al] that is required is to buy out less than a hawker’s dozen of the top trade union burocrats in — order to guarantee a full-scale wrecking job in the rank-and-file unions. eae Here is how the Steel Trust assayed the recent stee] strike, in which CIO. president Philip Murray bar- tered away the steelworkers’ wage demands for a steel bosses’ “social insurance plan.” Iren Age had this to say: J : “Efforts are now being made to settle the steel strike without ruining the prestige of Philip Murray as president of the Steelworkers’ Union. Steel men see trouble ahead if Murray is badly beaten. There are other capable executives in the union but industry leaders are afraid they lack the power to hold the membership in line. “Aside from the present dispute, the steel industry’s relations with labor have been remarkably good for many years; employers have generally been able te override the Reds and radicals in local unions by direct appeals to Philip Murray. Once this fight is settled, they'd like to keep things that way.” When the journals of big business begin to show : concern for the “prestige” of union leaders during the conduct of a strike, and openly boast of the aid they get from these people to “override the Reds and radi- cals,” it.is a sure sign ‘that the trade union movement - as a whole is being prepared for the chopping’ block. If any doubts exist on that score, the entire edition of the November 7 issue of the CIO News will speedily erase them, : In this historic llth convention of the CIO (how those three letters used to inspire workers) all mun- dane matters such as jobs, higher wage standards, *housing ,racial discrimination, greater labor unity to _beat the warmoners, were unceremoniously pushed into the background. The~-llth CIO convention, cus- todian of the hopes and aspirations of millions of work- ers in the U.S. and Canada, dedicated itself to a policy of mass fratricide. : 6 The November 7 issue of the CIO News featuring the convention “highlights” will certainly gladden the heart of the modern Jay Goulds and send their Taft- Hartley supporters into the seventh heaven of rapture. The quotation from Iron Age and this issue of CIO News should be nailed up in every union hali— to remind union men and women of the grossest and most shameful betrayal of labor ever carried out on — this continent. A ' “United Electric Expelled by CIO.” “Ten Unions to be Tried on Com- munist Charges.” A seven-point program of witch- hunting, empowering the “newly constituted” CIO ex- ecutive to remove democratically elected officers they don’t. like from CIO unions; to expel any CIO local which opposes the Vatican-inspired Murray-Carey edicts; to place,on “trial” nine ex-CIO board members and ten CIO unions for allegedly “following the party : line’-which, in more simple language, means fighting for wage increases and improved union standards, de- spite the United Front opposition of the CIO Murray- Carey hierarchy with the National Association of Man- ufacturers. ; Shades of Tolpuddle, the MacNamara brothers an Big Bill Haywood! What a front page for a so-called trade union paper. : carried through in a wordy froth of preserving “free, democratic unionism” against the “Reds.” Any “Red?” that stooped to one-tenth of the anti-union depravity of the Murray-Carey hieralrchy, would be summarily, and publicly expelled from the Communist movement. : The CIO News front page concludes with the bot- tom streamer line! New Electrical Union Chartered By ; Convention, which, interpreted into everyday practical activity means the attempted raiding and wrecking of the; UE and*other CIO unions facing a like fate from CIO convention decisions. , Even the pictures in this issue tell their sorry tale of betrayal and chicanery. One sees the. boss of Bethelem Steel shaking hands with CIO Philip Murray _ ... but the brutal massacre of steelworkers, fighting for: unién wages and conditions, is carefully omitted. One sees U.S. secfetary of state Dean Acheson, “con- — gratulating’\the CIO for doing a joh on the Reds (read unions) and “thanking” CIO for “men like Clint Golden _ and Harry Martin” who have helped the state depart-_ ment strangle Democratic Greece and throw a monkey wrench into the unity of the Trade Unions. . One sees a “touching” picture of CIO president Murray giving CIO secretary-treasurer James Carey his new “union” charter to raid and ruin the United Electric. : ‘ ; Yes, the November 7 edition of the CIO News is. a shameful edition—a 20-page chronicle, trick by trick, of a monstrous betrayal—for which North American ~ labor will yet pay a heavy price. Meantime Canadians must resolve NOW to stop the. CIO union-wrecking Copperheads in their contem- plated invasion of Canadian unions, at the border The fight is on. The union wreckers disguised as “democrats” will meet ignominious defeat. Red-baiting © does not\substitute for pay envelopes. _ 3 ae _ - PACIFIC TRIBUNE. — NOVEMBER, 18, 1949 — PAGE 9 } ; ad ’ and Farm Equipment (unions) And all this criminal wrecking is _ World Federation of af adh tua taaeaiaeins aise