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Ro°B BOUCHETTE, who used to write a column in the Sun, re- marked one day just before his deadline, that he had nothing to write about. At that time the struggle against Fascism and Nazism in Spaim was at its height; Mussolini had just folded his wings after a the rape of Abyssinia; the “China inci- dent,” as “the Japanese call- ed the callous and barbaric war they loos- ead on. the peaceful Chi- nese people a with the crossing of the Marco Polo bridge was in full swing; Chamberlain was fenagling with Hitler for a war against the Sov- iet Union; although it was near the end of the Hungry Thirties and most of the workers of Can ada were living on _ hand-outs, there were threats of strikes from all those who had jobs—but Bou- chette had nothing to write about. In a fix like that, if he had not had limits placed on what he was allowed to write about by his “freedom of the press” bosses, all he needed to do was to get a copy

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- of the latest issue of the Sun, read the headlines, and he would have

all the inspiration he could use. Here, for instance, iis a sample of headlines skimmed from that medium of confusion of Saturday, Oct. 30, early edition. Pact Means

* “puka sahibs’” (which is the Indian equivalent of Eng-

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lish gentleman) and their noble ladies are at it again. An Associa-

ted Press dispatch from Tokyo.

October 26, tells us that “Lady

Gascoigne gave the season's dog-

_gonest party at the British Em- ‘bassy.” The “party” is described

as “a charming affair’, honor-

poodles— the fa- ther and nine ‘Pups of a litter of Lady Gas-~ coigne’s pet, The 3 ‘poodles dined sumptuously on

heart and bones, served on the lawn by gaily kimonoed Japanese

servants.” The “press was invit- _ ed to cover the party.” but omit-

ted to tell the world just who were the other noble ladies who assist-

_ ed Lady Gascoigne pour te... er, milk. It did tell a lot however

which wasn’t intended. .

The story pdints up—for those who are prone to forget the “tif-

fin” guzzlers of Hong Kong, Sin-

gapore, Tokyo and all the other eastern outposts of decadent im-

-perialism, which fastens its talon claws upon the backs of the colon- jal peoples, and whose sheer para:

citicism reaches a point where

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Guns Instead of Butter, tops an article from Dillon O’Leary, Ot- tawa, on the Atlantic defence pact to which Canada is now commit- ted, diplomatically and militarily.

Doesn't it sound familiar? In fact, isn’t it the same slogan with which Hitler inspired the Ger- mans between 1933 and 1939 jin his five-year plan of murder and world conquest?

Again, Regional Pacts Are the Answer—St. Laurent; Russia of course is the enemy against whom regional pacts are to be organ- ized. Our new Prime Minister is sure that Canada can’t keep out of a third world war even if

_everybody in Canada but one lone

citizen wished to remain neutral. There is a great brain for you, if you like! Although St. Laurent Goesn't like spies in Canada he is not above using the work of spies in other places. He says the Rus- sians have 300,000 trained and in- doctrinated police to enforce Communist policies in the East- ern zone of Germany, figures which could only be compiled by spies or liars. He is compelled however to admit that Russia doesn’t want war—at least not until 1956. He has H. G. Wells beaten a mile for seeing into the future! e

Student Finances to be Clarified. Grant Livingstone, president of last year’s UBC Student Council, has assumed “full responsibility” for whatever mismanagement there may have been of the stud- ents’ funds. Well, that stops Fad- ling from blaming the Reds for

not even the dogs are free from the idle and senile attentions of its votaries. ‘

It would seem that under the regime of Mikado MacArthur and his Asiatic Marshall Plan, which bars Japanese work€érs from strik- ing against hunger and exploita- tion, the British Embassy in To- kyo, under the austere “social- ism” of Bevin and Company, has become a glorified dog kennel, with the poodles setting the pace for Lady Gascoigne’s select so- ciety. It is claimed that “Nero fiddled while Rome burned,” but that is an honorable vocation compared with what the modern Neros dabble in to keep them- selves from expiring through boredom,

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When Premier Stalin gave. his answers to the Soviet newspaper Pravda on the six-nations’ com- promise agreement for ‘submis- sion to the big powers on the Berlin deadlock last week, an- other bagful of. Anglo-American imperialist tricks was exposed. Millions of words under venom- ous anti-Soviet headlines poured out acrogs; the pages of the kept

“press. “You just couldn’t trust

the Russians,’ moaned the pro- fessional anti-Sovieteers,

Now however it appears there was an agreement between Andrei Vishinsky and Argentina’s Juan Bramuglia, representative of the “six neutrals” (which included

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getting away with the students’ money. ;

Bus Curtailment Affects Few .

Vvips. B.C. Collectric explains that the cutting out of four bus trips on the North Shore really doesnt mean anything. Just a little more waiting, a little more walking for the North Van “pat- rons” and four men’s wages to make sure of the 15 percent profit they assure purchasers of their new issue of preference shares.

End of Vengeance on Germany Asked, Churchill, like the dog in the Bible, returns to his vomit in a -war-mongering speech in par- liament, singling out Stalin, whom he not so long ago hailed as “my comrade-in-arms” as the “main instigation of a new war” and de- manded that the Western Powers should put no obstacles in the way

of a reconciliation with Germany. Among other reversals oi uttered policy, he says it is “time to stop

_ the denazification trials in Ger-

many!”

The latter demand seems to be already in ‘force when at Nuern- berg a few days ago, an Ameri- can war crimes tribunal acquit- ted 13 leading Nazi chiefs, three field marshals, nine generals and cone, admiral. They were not only found not guilty but almost given medals for their gallant conduct and honorable service.

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Canada) on the UN _ Security Council. With Moscow publishing the Draft Pact so that “unin-

‘formed readers” would get the

low-down, a British Foreign of- fice spokesman has reluctantly admitted there was such a pact-— after all the leading “statesmen” in London, Washington, Paris and Ottawa denying jts existence! The admission of course’ does not get the same front page prominence as the misrepresentations con- taining the anti-Soviet slander which accompanied the diplomat- ic denials of such an agreement.

Small wonder that Stalin could say in his Pravda interview that “the inspirers of the agressive policy of the United States of America and Britain do not consider themselves interested in agreement and cooperation

with the USSR.” .“The instigat- _

ors of war, who are striving to

_unleash a new war, fear more

than anything else agreement and cooperation with the USSR undermines the positions of the warmongers, and deprives the aggressive policy of these gentlemen of its objective.” “Precisely for this reason they disrupt agreements already reached, disavow their repre- sentatives who have reached

such agreements with the US- SR, and transfer the question, in violation of the UN Charter, to the Security Council, where they posses an assured “major- ity, and where they can ‘prove’ anything.” |

“It can only end in an igno- minious failure on the part of the instigators of a new war.’

It is not the first time in his- tory that Premier Stalin has re- minded the instigators of war against the Soviet Union that the results would end in “ignominious

failure” for them Seemingly they .

have forgotten the fate of Mun- ich and the {Anti-Comintern” of Hitler. Hirohito and Mussolini.

#\ job for civic workers

(Paes of Municipalities R. C. MacDonald proposed to the recent Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention that no wage awards should be made to civic employees after the municipal budget had been adopted. “Tf the workers don’t like that,” the minister is said to have added, “let them go on strike.” Bill 87 would take care of what might follow!.

Flowing out of this it is reported that the executive of the UBCM will seek an amendment to the Municipal Act, providing that any arbitration or other wage awards affect- ing the salaries uf civic employees must be made before February, 15 of each year.

MacDonald’s ukase on wage hikes, embodied in the UBCM proposed amendment would deprive thousands of civic employees of wage increases and union conditions for undetermined periods. Experience. in Vancouver already shows the Non-partisan administration as expert stallers in wage and working negotiations.

While all B.C. municipalities are incorporated under the Municipal Act, Vancouver has a special Charter known as the “Vancouver Incorporation Act, 1921.’ For a goodly num- ber of years successive ‘non-partisan’ administrations at the City hall have argued that the city charter forbids the granting of ‘closed shop’ union agreements. During negotia- tion proceedings covering the recent civic employees’ wage agreement, the civic workers took the position that they bargain under the terms of the ICA as amended, and that if the city council were sincere in their arguments they could easily bring the City Charter in line with existing labor legislation. :

The matter was submitted to Attorney-General Wismer, who brouglit down a real shyster ruling, to the effect that the union was right because they and the city are bound by the provisions of the ICA—and the city is right, because the ICA cannot interfere with the scope of the city charter!

If the existing union provisions (or lack of them) in the Vancouver City Charter supercede the ICA, it provides a handy precedent for every reactionary municipality in the province to refuse closed or union shop conditions to its civic employees. 4

These two provisos leave civic employees nothing except ”

the penalties, restrictions and limitations of Bill 87. It would greatly weaken their bargaining power (which is prob- ably what is intended), and provide a stepping stone for the outlaing of strikes by; public employees, an objective some of our non-partisan solons seem to be aiming at.

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vou Wt they do call it crimson, mark my words, you'll get into trouble waving that flag. Why don’t you listen to what Mr.

Anscomb had to say about the communist menace?”

Looking backward

(From the files of The People’s Advocate, November 4, 1938)

_ Maxim Litvinov speaking to the electors of) Leningrad on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the founding of the first Socialist state said: The Soviet Union stands today as the bulwark of peace Strong witl: the strength of her people whose hand is stretched out in sympathy to the struggling peoples of Spain and China. The Soviet Union alone stood prepared to defend the integrity of Czecho- Slovakia against Nazi Germany. The Soviet Union alone stood ready to fulfil her pledges. u f

However we have no grounds for any particular alarm for our

own interests, our own frontiers. No matter what bargains the

capitalist. states may strike among themselves, no matter what com — we shall remind these states of how well

binations they plot . .. and l:ow strongly guarded is every inch of the Soviet land. If, contrary to expectations, the worst comes and despite our policy it will be impossible to preserve peace, the Soviet people shall arise as one man in the invincible cause of our Socialist fatherland.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—NOVEMBER 5, 1918—PAGE 10.

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