~ Wall Street tears up the U.S. Bill of Rights HE United States Congress and Senate, over the veto of President Truman, has passed the most vicious and undemocratic piece of legislation in Ameri-- can history. This bill is aimed at compelling Communists, ““fellow-travellers” . .. or other citizens whom any hired stool pigeon cares to label as “communist,” to register their politics and activities with the federal justice department. It also provides that in case of war or other national emergency, that all such citizens © shall be rounded up and herded into prisons and concentration camps, without benefit of trial or appeal. This new bill is fascism, naked and unashamed, cutting across the American Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It is a legislatve blueprint for hunger, _ fascism and war. For working class America it is the hastening twilight of democracy—a temporary triumph of the witch-hunters and warmongers over the reason and conscience of the people. For the America of the atomaniacs, it is a legislative warrant to murder and exploit, at home _ Gloating on this infamous event, the Vancouver ~ Sun of September 25 announced editorially that “The US. Hits The Reds,” and lamely concludes by voicing President Truman’s fears that “‘it would give government officials vast powers to harass all of our citizens in the exercise of their right of free speech.” While that must be the inevitable result, neither ‘Truman nor the daily sheets that parrot his words, are ~~ agg This is what they have worked for, spoken for, and hoped for; to blot out democracy, when democracy becomes a stumbling block to imperialist a ‘ war and exploitation. Fascism came to Europe with the main attacks lawful—to think. Political ea of reaction directed against the Communists and when it ended, the trail of Hitler’s bloodlust led into the homes and organizations of communist, socialist and liberal, Gentile and Jew, Catholic and Protestant. Under German fascism all roads led (for those who. held to the ideals of democracy) to the concentration camps of Dachau and the death ovens of Buchenwald. Yet did not we, and the American people, fight a war to erase these very crimes against humanity ? be American reaction is building a like road to a like end, and the new “‘anti-subversive’”’ bill, ostensibly directed at the Communists, hits at all Americans who treasure the ideals of Lincoln, Jefferson, Paine and Roosevelt. ; In America the “four freedoms’ will now be interpreted according to the rules laid down by the FBI, the Un-American Activities Committee, the Klu Klux Klan, and the financial royalists of Wall Street. Only the American citizen who can fit. his thoughts to the pattern of American fascism will be blessed with the new ‘‘freedoms’’ allowed by the bill, In America it has become dangerous—even un- of American Negro citizens is now’ extended {o include all citizens who do not think according to the rules set forth in the 1950 atomaniac text books. The black curtain of fascism is being rapidly lowered to hide the war conspiracies of. . im- perialism from the American people. But we think the American people, drawing on the great revolu- tionary traditions that are their heritage, will refuse © to be blinded! by hysteria or bound by fear, and rise as they have risen before to reclaim*their Constitution and Bill of Rights from those who would destroy them. : , - _“Anti-communist’ resolutions - wh ne lunch pars : YT to be outdéne by Bengough in his anti- 2 es “purge” in the Trades and Labor Congress convention of two weeks ago, the Mosher- Conroy-Millard leadership of the Canadian Congress Labor have also organized a similar red-bogey “blitz” in the CCL convention now in session in To tens of thousands of Canadian trade union- ists searching for leadership and united action in order to win the wage increases they need to bolster their shrinking living standards, the -record of these two basic conventions presents a sorry spectacle. In the TLC, their demands for better wages r plans of the St. Laurent government, as drafted A year ago in the CCL, they witnessed the cunprincipled expulsion of a foundation union, the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter ork an old union with an unsurpassed record devotion and sacrifice, not only on behalf of its membership, but to the honor and glory of all Incensed by their inability to wreck Mine-Mill - expelling it from the Congress, by “‘selling’”’ its diction to CCF steel-boss Millard and raiding its ‘tossing out the United Electrical Workers Union UE). one of the largest unions (in membership) in Breathing fire and holy water, the CCL-CCF risleadership has decreed a “cleanout” of all Com- nists Other I.C. unions may follow Mine -should the high priests of CCF CCL decide that such unions are Fak hk Samanta procs scriblecs who. vente dee * at both conventions by the top leadership provides a field day for anti-labor propaganda, confusion and slander. Screaming headlines lauding the Bengoughs and Moshers push the imperialist war against Korea on to inside pages. In both conventions, the desire of the leaderships to avoid discussion alike on the recent railway strike and the treasonable role of Frank Hall and’A. R. Mosher and on the burning issue of wage increases for their affiliated memberships, was most evident. - ; 4 Unfortunately for the Bengoughs and Moshers, working men and the families cannot live on anti- Communist resolutions, or Defense Minister Brooke Claxton’s guns instead of butter. Already it is ap- parent that Mosher is having much less success than Bengough in pushing the issue of wages and economic standards into ‘the background. Among the rank- and-file of both trade union centers, the demand for substantial wage increases to meet rising living costs is rolling up like a tidal wave. : The growing demand for increased purchasing power will push the anti-communist resolutions of the Moshers and Bengoughs into the wast-paper basket, and project Communist and non-communist militant leadership to the forefront as the only type of leader- ship which can win wage batiles. The magnificent — record of Mine-Mill and UE, tossed out of the CCL on the “‘red-bogey’’ pretext, underscores that historical fact. Wages and peace is what Canada’s rank-and- file trade unionists want most. So far, the St. Laurent war policies, railroaded through both conventions by the Moshers and Bengoughs assure increased taxation for war, lowered living standards, and anti-Communist hysteria, with its consequent dis- unity, confusion and disruption. At convention level the enemies of labor, thanks to the spineless capitulation of the | increases, higher economic standards, and greater trade union organization—in number and autonomy—the damage can readily be repaired. - or otherwise . . _tains a good deal of propaganda for a communistic state _ observed by so-called civilized peoples. only the opposite; ngoughs and _ -Moshers, have won a pyrrhic victory. At local level, with the widest unity and determination to win wage _ Printed by Union Printers Ltd., 650 TOM McEWEN As We See It ATIONAL traits. and characteristics in the higher circles. of so- called statesmanship provide an interesting study. Particularly in these modern days when “yes’ generally means ‘no,’ and where the highest mark of diplomacy is to set fire to your neighbor’s house— while pretending’ to put out a fire! A century or so ago when the call of “empire” beckoned, Scottish “diplomats” were in great demand. There was just nothing could . come up to a good dour Calvinistic Scot. for skinning the natives. The old Scottish “factors” of the Hudson’s Bay Company could skin an Indian out of his furs, pay a modest bounty on the scalps of those who became too unreasonable, and with a handful of useless beads and a -well-rounded Presbyterian homily on hell fire and damnation, show a very profitable balance sheet at the end of the company’s fiscal year. And then came the lads from the cricket fields of Eton and Harrow, the “career” empire builders, who mixed their tea, whiskey, and cricket and the exploitation of a native population with a finesse that was truly admirable in its technique and re- sults. These gentlemen could string up a native, cr a whole community, maintaining the while all the atmosphere of a sporting cricket game on the green fields of Eton in a language and accent with- « out a flaw. Against these, the moderns are crude to say the least. Let’s give a few examples. Like a mangy bloodhound sniffing the scent of a dead cat, “Gorgedus George” Drew came out of his kennel on Parlia- ment Hill last March 16 to howl at the House on the orders of the day. _ “Mr, Speaker: I wish to refer to a matter ... one that I think should be immediately brought. to the attention of the government, in view of the possible implications.” What was this matter “of common concern to the whole house”? A Dr. Lecpold Infeld, professor of mathematics at Toronto university, noted Canadian atomic scientist and co-worker of the famed Dr. Einstein, was returning to his native Poland for a series of lectures in the universities there. ° “Dr. Infeld plans to return to Poland armed with certain atomic knowledge that he gained during his association with Dr. Einstein, and from his several years’ activity in the fields of mathematics and physics. .. .” growled the Tory bloodhound, therefore, “. ... I believe that the appropriate department of the government should look into the matter immediately ... and appropriate steps should be taken .. .” (See Hansard, Vol. 90, March 16, 1950, p. 793, for the full text of the growl.) me ad Without doubt this warm friendly sendoff helped along Dr. In- feld’s decision to remain in Poland for good, as announced by the daily press last week. Well, there’s no cause for alarm. If we lost a good scientist, at least we are still able, thanks to the versatility of our “statesmen,” to hang onto the purloined Polish art treasures. We may lose a scientist and the respect of the Polish people, but we’ve still got the boodle—and Gorgeous George. Was ever a nation so favored? : Se pane ha ; 1 | usic and the arts. We just adore them. Recently Slav Congress was held in the city of Toronto. Pisriteke sae aaa cians, poets, artists, from the USSR and other European nations were invited guests. The government of Louis St. Laurent said no, they couldn’t enter Canada. This time it was a Liberal poodle that yapped at the moon with a long drawn-out plaintive howl. A Liberal mastiff calmed his nervous shaking. “Mr. Speaker: I have been aware for some little time of the in- tention to hold a Canadian Slav Congress in Toronto. .. . I may add that no visas have been granted to enable persons, poets, musicians - to,enter Canada for the purpose of attending this conference. They would probably supply a form of music that we do not desire to hear in this country.” (See 1950, p. 4349, for the full musical score.) ' Yes, we just adore music and the arts—provided : : , of course, the words and music are approved by the dollar troubadours of Wall Street- Sniff, sniff, sniff, the mangy hound is on the trail] ; , 1, again. This time it is advertising. “It pays to advertise,” say the high-pressure boys. of the Chamber of Commerce—that is, if you are advertising “our — way of life.” ‘ “Mr, Speaker,” bow-wows Gorgeous, “ th , » «+. . there has come to m: attention an extremely well-illustrated circular issued-by the Pari of Czechoslovakia, which is being distributed at the Canadian inter- national trade fair... in view of the fact that the publication con- We any similarly advantageous arrngement in Prague. .. .” bs tienes — -.. “I am not suggesting there is anything actually seditious. am merely pointing out that it is extremely clever and well-illustrated pnopaganda for what is taking place in Czechoslovakia.” (For the are see Hansard, Vol. 90, May 81, 1950, p. 3031.) Perhaps the week’s greatest contribution to “states: ” was a displayed by Governor Dewey of New-York at a beceur Gt enue ven the polished: boys of Eton and Harrow Whose diplomatic stom- achs are far from finnicky had to reach for the liquids in a hurry. Dewey shattered all previous moral precedents on hospitality, as Has TR sa new formula is simple. Just invite him and his family over — s iat “ when everyone is comfortably seated and enjoying the : we ea haps kick him hard on the shins, tell him his wife is a h x ; a ey — ig Should he resent this neigh- Drewish-Pearsonish traditio ke ane a mea a wee Then you can set fire to his house, resentment of your boorish treatment can be passed off as “aggression.” _ Published Weekly at 650 Howe Street THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHING COMPANY LTD. ‘ Telephone MA, 5288 ; : ’ Ten ana to i et Editor Subscription Rates: 1 Year, $2.50; 6 Months, $1.35. ae Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C: Authorized as second class mail, Post Office ‘Dept. Ottawa PACIFIC TRIBUNE—SEPTEMBER 29, 1950—PAGE 8 By Hansard, Vol. 90, June 29, | Just try it out on your neigh- firm in the conviction that his € full story on how to cut your neighbor’s throat with a blunt innuendo — Ned