By WILLIAM KASHTAN

Canada’s ghost towns of fifties

have people--butno employment

OSTtowns are in danger of

coming back again. In the Hungry Thirties they were grim- ly typical occurrences through- out the country. I remember Co- balt in northern Ontario — a silver town which became as dead as a dodo.

Today new ghost towns are emerging on the Canadian land- scape—places like Coleman, Al- berta; which was once a flourish- ing mining camp; towns and vil- lages in the Ottawa Valley which used to produce textiles. And now Redditt, a railway town east of Winnipeg, which, to all intents and purposes, is to be struck off the map as though it were swept by a tornado.

Behind this growing blight is human tragedy. After a lifetime of labor, 134 miners and the fami- lies have pulled up stakes in Coleman—to go where?

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There is no need for ghost towns in Canada. And if they are now emerging, the responsi- bility rests with the St. Laurent government whose policy of sub- ordinating our interests to the U.S. is destroying Canadian in- dustry.

‘Consider the question of the textile industry. The government takes the position that the in- dustry is expendable. If workers

By JOHN PITTMAN”

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are thrown out of jobs, so much the worse for them.

Yet everyone knows that the problem isn’t an “over-expanded industry.” The cause is US. dumping. The U.S. press has

made no secret of the fact that ©

U.S. ruling circles consider the textile industry in this country unnecessary and are out to de stroy and replace it.

The destruction of the industry is aided by inadequate purchas- ing power in the hands of the Canadian people. Purchases of textile goods have been dropping - steadily since 1946—and this at a time when employment was fairly high and incomes appear- ed to be high also. ‘

What accounts for this seemin contradiction? The fact is: the high and excessive taxation im- posed by the U.S. arms drive has eaten into our purchasing power The Canadian people are not able to purchase the goods pro- duced in this country.

Dumping, excessive taxation and inadequate purchasing pow- er and not an over-expanded in- dustry are responsible for the ghost towns of the textile centres.

The same is true of the coal mining industry. Mines are shut down because it-is alleged that conversion to oil and gas and, on the railroads, diesel fuels, have

displaced coal. But the fact re-

mains that millions of tons of coal come in from the U.S.—coal which could well be mined in this country’ and assure steady employment for thousands of min- ers for many years to come.

The same process is developing in other industries.

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These ghost towns are govern- ment-made with a U.S. stamp on them.

There will be many more of them unless the trade union move- ment steps in with both feet and leads the fight to save industry from destruction. Unfortunately, instead of giving leadership to this fight, some of the top trade union leaders shrug their should- ers and say, “What can we do?” The fact is they have already done plenty—in the wrong: direc- tion. By supporting U.S.-made policies they have become direct and indirect accomplices to the crime being perpetrated against the Canadian people.

Ghost ‘towns and closed shops can be prevented by the labor movement. But the first and most important thing that has to be done is that the trade union movement break with the “made in USA” policies to which it has been tied far too long, and ham- mer out new policies which put the interests of Canada and her people first.

hinese newspaper

in US. fighting gov't frameup

"THE mighty government of the

United States of America is preparing to add another chapter to a century-old record of racist discrimination against the Chin- ese people. —

This time its target is to be a fighting New York newspaper, the China Daily News, and its editor, Eugene Moy. ;

But unlike its persecution on other occasions, such as the Asian exclusion acts and the encour- agement of . hoodlum violence against Chinese in the U.S., this time the government is trying to conceal its racist blow. It will prosecute Moy and the China Daily News on a technical charge.

They published advertisements of agencies of the Chinese Peo- ple’s government, the U.S. _Sov- ernment is expected to argue, and thereby violated provisions of the law prohibiting trade or traffic- with “the enemy.”

Moreover, the government holds that the intent of such ad- vertisements was to “extort”

_ funds from Chinese in the United

States for the use of “the enemy.”

The government declared that

this “extortion racket” was based 0h demanding “ransom”

Chinese here for the lives and

liberties of their kin in China,

who were said to be threatened with death or prison unless the required sums of dollar exchange

were delivered. a

oe. : This charge and the entire case is a deliberate frameup.

The truth is that ever since their arrival as immigrants in the United States, Chinese have sent funds to their families in China.

This has been going on for more

than a century.

Anyone who knows even a little about the Chinese people knows that the bond of kinship, the love and veneration of family, is one of the dominant features of their culture. :

But with the expulsion of

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Chiang Kai-shek and his remnant Kuomintang regime and estab- lishment of the People’s Republic of China, the U.S. developed the cold war against China. Korea became an arena in which the cold war turned to a hot war. And China became “the enemy,” with the Washington administra- tion cutting off all communication ‘channels with the Chinese peo- ple and dealing only with the re- pudiated Kuomintang remnants on Formosa. :

So that the advertisements in the China Daily News offered the Chinese in the United States a means of continuing their nor- mal and natural relations with their parents, wives and children.

Obviously, therefore, the “ex- tortion” charge is a phony one. e

What is the truth, then, of this attack on the China Daily News, which, in contrast: to its Kuomin- tang-controlled competitors, was the sole publication among the Chinese in the U.S. which fully supported the U.S. war effort against Japanese militarism. The truth lies in these aspects of the case:

+ For years the Kuomintang- controlled competitors of the China Daily News sought to drive it out of business. When the U.S. government launched the cold war against China, they in- stantly seized on the anti-Com- munist hysteria, instigated hood- lum attacks and a boycott of the China Daily News. :

+ Collusion between the Kuo- mintange clique and U.S. govern- ment agencies results in syste- matie attacks on all anti-Chiang organizations and individuals in

_ the Chinese communities through-

out the U.S.

' + The allegations of an “ex- tortion racket” charged by the U.S. government and pro-Kuomin- ‘tang newspapers have been trac- ed to Chiang Kai-shek circles in Hong Kong and Formosa. These

circles were actually engaged in extorting funds from overseas Chinese to fill Chiang’s treasury.

» The persistance of the US. government in pressing charges against the China Daily News must also be seen in the context of the Eisenhower administra- tion’s continued aggressive. pro-

_ gram against People’s China, its financing and arming of Chiang’s mob as a base of subversion and eventual attack on China.

But the essence of this attack is a racist one. It is a continua- tion of the policy of jimecrowing and discriminating against Chin-

- ese in the U.S. and of attempting

to crush all Chinese organiza-

tions and individuals who fight for equal treatment of Chinese- Americans.

‘GREEN FEATHER’ PARODY

Gin (sloe.) can lead you fo ruin

OT only is the anti-McCarthy sweating. As he approached ee

“green feather’? movement be- ginning to take hold in some U.S. colleges, university magazines are also taking swipes at the current Washington TV perform- er.

McCarthy is ribbed in cartoon and caricature in Wampus, humor magazine of the University of Southern California, and becomes “The Most Unforgettable Charac- ter I Have Ever Met” in a parody signed with the initials A.H.

It was in the bar at the Liar’s Club that A.H. first met Joe. Now take up the story in A.H.’s own words:

He was a sober-faced individual with five o’clock shadow and hound-dog like eyes. As I shook his hand, I felt rather odd. Then I noticed he was staring at my carnation.

“Red?” he inquired. ;

“Magenta,” I answered.

We looked at each other sul- lenly. Then I broke the ice.

“Can I buy you a drink?”

“What would you suggest?”

“Vodka, perhaps.” .

-“Were you born in this coun- try?”

“Ves,” ‘ :

“Been drinking vodka long?”

People began looking at us and, rather than create a disturbance I decided to change avin:

“I believe Tl have sloe gin fizz instead,” I said.

“T’ve never had one.”

“Be my guest.” :

The waiter served the fizzes “embellished with the dark red color of the sloe gin. Immediate- ‘ly, Joe picked up his glass and Seeuet. the contents against the wall.

He backed away. from me,

Joe

exit, he yelled:

“Read any good books, Jate ly?”

“Yes, I’m well-read.”

It was the wrong answer.

Immediately I was surrounded by TV cameras, photographers; men in black robes, an 4, band playing “Seper. Fidelis. two copies of | Led Three Lives (or was it three copies’ of | & Two Lives?) one old lady cry in the corner (my Mother), ? four chesty girls singing, Lordie Do.” uN

On the advice of my lawye played it cool and refused answer any questions. Then «" landed a low blow. i

He casually asked of me: f

“What was the nickname é the little boy who sat next ses you in your third-grade phY® class ... the one with the fre¢ -and buckteeth?”

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oa | t about How he had found ou on

where

that was beyond me, but I I was finished. He had me he wanted me. he

Not a noise was heard 12 ihe room, save the dripping of ©) sweat from my beaded brow: lodked around for my 4 nce but caught only a fleeting eee of him as he disappé ted: through the exit. I was bens:

“Well?” Joe asked smirki wy

Suddenly, I felt no pain. not tell them? Why not?

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a cause. I will be a martyr: Bis

“Red!” I screamed. “Red: name was Red.” cell

Today, as I gaze from my Com Window in the Sweet Afton ett centration Camp, I ean Tem oe ber vividly the man ca a

... the most unforgettabl ‘acter I have ever met.

H-bomb test footnote

KEN STEELE, Lucan, Ontario:

Many thanks for publishing ‘my -

article on Krakatoa in the April 30 issue of your paper. I read

with interest that excellent let-.

ter of Dr. F. A. Walton, New Westminster, on the same page and I would like to write you this little note.

My reason for comparing the Krakatoa eruption of 1883 with the H-bomb test is to try to give an explanation of the spreading of radioactive coral dust particles over an enormous area of the earth.

~My article is not meant to be

misleading, to the contrary, it is meant to give more emphasis to the warnings of the physicists.

Volcanologists, knowing the his- tory of the Krakatoa eruption of 1883, would have been able to pre- dict the: wide spreading of radio- active ‘coral dust particles after the H-bomb test.

Telling people about the effects of that eruption of 1883 would prevent people taking a Polly- anna or ostrich attitude, as Dr. Walton termed it.

I would appreciate it if you could bring this to the attention

OE DE. Walton and the people of

It is ours, isn’t it? J.A., Vancouver: On May 22 I

read a “South American Report” by A. T. S. Steele in the Vancou-

PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MAY 28, 1954 —

ver Daily Province. The Ne: could, and for all I know did his material from the U.9-

Department.

I was interested to n0 d “Brazilian Communists af 7) to have authored the sloga™» | , Petroleum is Ours,’ which oan lot to do with persuading Bre

ian legislators to vote 2 1

foreign participation in a - velopment of Brazil’s 0 ° serves.”

. Ale Now, we need a few alte is of

gahs in Canada—‘The Iro2 er

Ours” and “The Water Pow 2

- Ours” and “The Oil is our ses! _ while we still have anythiDe ”

to call our own. et: pace

I can : go on this way. I am living ~ |

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