TOM McEWEN As We See lt United action wins results WO incidents in British Columbia this week, During the fall of 1949 and throughout 1950 widely separated, yet closely related to the over- the Pacific Tribune has consistently underlined the ; all problem of Canada’s economic stability, point up serious economic situation facing British Columbia ssh yiiees 2 has a mone? Rigs nian a ae sues aang ‘ + Sane . an y whom, in case 0 isaster. nly a ghiy selec’ ew out- the sterling worth of unity of rat Sa ies tree fruit industry, and especially the Okanagan apple side of its originators have been privileged to see this blueprint for — To meet still rising living costs—now at a new 8TOWETS: whose export markets have been completely survival. Like the A and H-bombs, it is “top secret.” Among its : : . hattered by the Marshall plan policies of the St. high-ranking inventors are Police Chief Walter Mulligan, heads of the all-time high—Vancouver Island coal miners, through | * : ‘ kahe ‘ ded b ey Laurent government. The 1949 apple crop was al- Provincial and RCMPolice, Mayor (BCER) Thompson, and others the medium of their union, deman' a substantia of that social strata. wage increase in their new 1950 wage agreement. most a total loss as far as the growers were concerned, Western Canadian Colleries (Dunsmuir) Ltd. coun- and the 1950 outlook is even worse. tered with a long doleful brief, complaining about hard times and shrinking profits (?), and demanding a wage cut, in some cases as high as $2 a day. The company also demanded rental boosts for its dilapi- dated company-owned miners’ “homes,” and an in- crease in transportation prices for hauling the miners A “Disaster Plan”? . Webster’s Twentieth Century Dictionary yee disaster as including “misfortune; mishap; calamity; any un-— fortunate event, especially a sudden misfortune, While the B.C. and Nova Scotia. tree faite a mememmmm etc.” S o be congratulated on the unity the That definition could conceivably cover the bulk ce = : be a: . % say, y of the social, economic and other ills that millions © achieved in maintaining pressure on the St. Laurent of our workers and farmers come up against in government to advance such a “‘grant,”’ let no one these “cold war” days. Lack of markets for an be under the illusion that the market crisis is over for abundance of produce, the deliberate creation of . mass unemployment as a necessary condition for the B.C. fruit growers or other primary producers. increasing profits, the criminal lack of homes, schools, hospitals, or other social needs. For sixty That will only be over when a greater unity of work- ers and farmers has compelled the government to break with the suicidal war policies of Yankee imperialism, and seek those ready markets where millions of people want our produce, our trade and our friendship. Then, and only then will the problem be on the way towards solution. thousand or so workers in B.C., the studied agree- ment of the tycoons of industry to force sweeping — wage cuts, is a disaster of no mean proportion. These problems however, singly or together, SO often disastrous to so many, are not included in Vancouver's “Disaster Plan.’’ Clearly Webster’s definition does not fit the concept of “disaster” held by the watchdogs of the status quo. For them the greatest disaster is an awakening and alert people—a people who want peace, and the prosperous economy of peace; a people who want neighborly relations with the growing millions who look t0 — socialism as a solution for their manifold economic and political dis- asters. to and from work. “The coal miners of Cumberland and Nanaimo said NO—a vehement and united NO! Seeing the company’s “blue ruin” lament, the Dunsmuir coal barons promptly withdrew their wage-cutting brief and will now have to consider the wage and other : Thus unify won the first round for the Island : : fae: of the Sag PS RS extended to include tens of thousands of workers and miners an wage-cutting farmers around the issues of peace and prosperity, It can therefore be said that the originators of Vancouver's “Dis: — coal operators. can break down the Marshallized obstructions to . astor Plan” are primarily concerned with blueprinting a “plan,” de- E . ‘ c : security, which might become a challenge to the “cold war’ policies seen in: this reante press headlines ge eet dg, Se $2 ; : and class interests of those who would place the future welfare of million “grant” to tree fruit growers in British Colum- At best, it shows that only through united effort mankind under the “protective custody” of an atom bomb. this amount. fort, the greater the results. : ; one quarter of ) < Speaking to the Ottawa Rotary Club, one of Canada’s top scienitsts ‘ underlined what we mean when he said: “You may be involved in@ W or d Ss ai and deeds tainly will be... .” The speaker was Dr. L. G. Cook, head of the ~ : chemistry department of the Chalk River atomic project, maintained iat) tbe se ” ‘ k Ta ocak a“ ca hes Havel th, ZCGDD scala dollar sears dget, Laticlled “defence by Canada’s taxpayers at the cost of millions of dollars as a key lin é ‘Prime Minister Louis St. 1 Bes i Your children almost certainly will be. . : statements. Weighed ainit government The prime minister was loudly cheered in his To make certainty more sure, Dr. Cook demands of his Rotary — _ categoric =k Vancouver speech when he declared, ‘Local author-. crackers-and-cheese audience that “Canada ante up with money and obvious that the gap between Liberal political oratory -y want it badly enough to go after it.” When you tuck the little chap into bed and kiss him goodnight, and action on a given issue is wide indeed. don’t forget that the hopes and dreams you weave about his future Just one week ago, on March 31, another meet- %re already cancelled out by the atomaniacs. They have other plans 1949, the prime minister declared that “the first con- . That is the real disaster into which Canada has been recklessly — » omotion of prosperity and Dr. Leonard March, town planning pert for Van- plunged by warmongering policies and politicians, the relegation of _ cern of government is pr : couver told the annual meeting of Vancouver Housing the youth of this generation to atomic destruction for the greater HIP work. H 2 a 2 »A-Bomb” was how a local daily featured the Cook story, and Van- for all who are willing to : The (Liberal) ing units existed . . but less than one-third of the couver's “Disaster Plan” is designed to assure that the countless sacri-- policy of full employment does not mean jobs for every people who want ae: houses can afford home own- ‘cial lambs will be offered up to Moloch without undue oe bound to be seasonal oe. a only cis Electric) Thompson cracked at the same meeting, . Comte tag a Attorney-General wine's foove to have tne ; yment work in a free «y, - : : . i Y CMP e over the policing on the grounds of “economy” fase jol: Belt cme It is unlikely any immediate start will be possible pacific Tribune pointed out in its issue of March 17, “It is much more, _ employment insurance.” . _ whether or not so intended, points up the total bank- of ite centrally-directed political police raph rete gg al lees To top that oft the | M then » tuptey of S. Laurent’s Ef ; phone cheering It is now ‘obvious from the subsequent orations of Wismer, that the PT hit the nail on the head. Wismer’s “economy” has now bee? satisfied with unemployment as a substitute for em- Thus are jobs and low-cost housing—remuner- of every warmonger, ey bd , ~ construc- < ; ° 7 4 ; ployment. Besid es a ie AP of — 8 lo ative work and a decent place to live, tossed back In cold-war parlance, words don't always mean what they say, 1? tion, a large investment will be required in low-rent ang forth between the political poobahs of big busi- fact they rarely do. ning.” 7 - gic of jeange ot se search of the some real or dieainbd.- nem7, ae rap the extension of ica E : ios ulusive or spending in the attempt to get, control over the thoughts and actions of the people—and partic ; In the light of the huge electoral majonty rol- eels ee umemployment ‘benefits, vohunie weet the organized labor and farm movements, who may strongly di epinets the Liberal party and its Sacee on the . — or i it a ere and all out their jobs wiped out, and their children “marked for the A-bomb- could well too often below stand i cas mate Soe ee did ess “Disaster? plans, H-bombs and Gestapo rule, all nicely sugat — parody “Windy” Winston and say never did so In his Vancouver speech, Prime Minister St. coated with such words as “economy,” “defense,” “security,” ate., oy - sounded good, real good, one year ago. as well as the unemployed and the slum dwellers. It's time we all got wise—got together—and put our John Henrys Me Within hs es Bhat He said it “‘was necessary to ensure markets for the down on the year’s petition: BAN THE BOMB. That is the best ; 3 aos products of farmers, fishermen and other primary pro- to avert disaster, to free our children from the mark of the A- ‘tens of ‘thousands exhausting their unemployment in- kets and find new ones ..”’ and so forth. This when If YOU haven't signed the BAN THE BOMB petition, do so today! — surance benefits, as well as the few crumbs the St. it was already painfully evident that the so-called $s ey Sa ee gen wns ely cating of Canada's diene ge RD HG INE Ung miners couldn’t be hornswoggled into accepting the demands through direct negotiation or conciliation. The same unity that won the $2 million “‘grant,” The second instance where unity paid off was world markets and render such “grants” superfluous pre NE Shera err ate on te ea toes Demme Aer peace) NOla ama bia and Nova Scotia. (The latter will receive about can results be attained, and the greater the united ef- . war in which atomic bombs are used ... your children almost cer- ane his dartinntenina: : a hie hai: Wa dchiviee\ dorsi’ lea: aatich. for sadenss Sl edab estecas: in Yankee imperialism’s projected atomic war upon the Soviet ae performance over the past year, it becomes glaringly itie, can get what they need and what they want, if ™e t° stay in the race. . In his Hotel Vancouver speech on st 13; inet dpanenitink bok ith: rind cbak atcthoe. choses for him, culminating in the blinding flash of an atom bomb, social security, and that in large measure means jobs A... ciation that “a backlog of 20,000 needed hous- §10ry and profit of dollar imperialism. “Canada’s Youth Marked for man and woman every day of the year. There ership at present high prices.” And Mayor (BC @ country is one that is coupled with a. system of un- on such a scheme in Vancouver,” a statement which, likely that the St. Laurent government demands, as part of its cold- “Don't think this government is going to be audience of Vancouver's capital-Liberals, : stretched to the larger question of “security,” the stock-in-trade lable housing projects, slum clearance and community plan- _ ness, while jobless workers trudge the streets, going In this case “security” doesn’t mean security of Canada against with the Marshallized idea of having their markets ruined, their ‘may expect so much and get so little. But it all [| aurent had a word of cheer for the farmers also °@ the weapons of the warmongers against the people. Sic tad ae Sesto tall. aliens Works Wale eS ee is kawig doigmpeniald dan Ne ne ce re ation was not only cutting off Canada’s traditional wG Dy pS) q ull ‘Peaporming public. presure, jn the early: months of ee markets, (Britain in particular) but was limiting Can- 4] | Al ing \t any, LA JB}! f| (INGE St. Laurent’s promises of low-cost housing, slum ada to deal only with those countries and governments __filii303-€ : a HAA qi ee H Ba wy UN Fe . Published Weekly at 650 Howe Street _ a THE TRIBUNE FPUBLISHING COMPANY LTD. avail : “clearance and community projects have, by and large, having the blessing and approval of Wall Street. We suggest it is now time for the organized workers and farmers to look over some of Prime Telephone MA. 5288 Minister St. Laurent’s pre-election declarations,’ to Subscription Rates: 1 Year, $2.50; 6 Months, $1.35. rearrange them to suit their own needs, and unitedly printed by Union Printers Ltd., 650 How, incouver. determine to “get . - what they want.’ e Street, Vancou _ Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Dept. Ottaw® : ; PACIFIC TRIBUNE — APRIL 7, 1950 — pace § gone by the board. This is not hard to understand.