: Wute or profitable to insult and .abuse China as it was in the days of the opium wars of about 100 years go. Hits conditions for pickers af Penticton ARTHUR HENDERSON, Van- couver: I would like to expose conditions for apple pickers at Penticton, B.C. I got a few dol- lars together and went with an order to work from the farm la- bor office here. I arrived at Penticton on Mon- day last week and was told, “No work for several days.” I re- ceived a bed and two or three Meals from the Canadian Legion there, and wired for money. The last night I could not pay for my bed and the hotel people took my overcoat, the only one I had. There is no place to roll out our blankets and live a few days. I am an experienced picker, and I want to say that things are sure bad in district, Here’s sub for paper | wouldn't be without F. NORBACK, Lantzville: Here is my sub renewal for a paper that I wouldn’t be without, plus & new sub for one year for a friend of mine, and enough extra Cash to cover cost of sending us two copies of Kahn’s book, High Treason. Give People’s. China rightful seat in UN ROY REID, Rabbit Lake, Sas- tchewan: This week I sent the following letter to John H. Har- rison, MP for Meadow Lake con- Stituency: “Thanks for your prompt and definite reply to my previous let- ter. I gather, though you do not Say it in these words, that as far as the ‘police’ action in Korea is Concerned you will definitely act accordance with your pre- Wdices rather than in accordance With the facts. “What I said in my last letter I will try to put more clearly Now, and it is this: that the key to the war in Korea is not so Much who started it, since both Sides blame each other but rather Ow it came to get started just the way it did. “The fact is, the Security Coun- Sil could not have okayed the Police action’ in Korea by the nited Nations had the People’s €public of China been repre- Sented on the council, and it is & fact that the refusal to seat € representative of the 450 mil- fon inhabitants of China was & Violation of the spirit of the UN Charter, oO “According to the White Paper " China published well over @ Year ago by the United States reverament, the Chiang Kai-shek ee is corrupt, discredited and ees I can see no rea- Chi for the continued support, of lite by the U.S, and its satel- *S, except prejudices. My own ational prejudices are Anglo-- ’Xon but it is some time since of ered it to be either® wise Safe to allow my prejudices to NPRbroL My judgment or actions. a i a, shdula be realists and derstand that it is not as safe u Tht vs the Penticton - ~o “JT would appeal to you again to reconsider this matter, Mr. Harrison. Act like a man, Do your part to seat the People’s Republie of China on the security council of the UN. Do not .con- tinue longer to insult the 450 million people of China in order to please such base things as the Chiang government and the state department in Washington, Save the UN and world peace.” A mother -wrifes open leffer fo Sf. Laurent MRS. MARGARET DALE- WOOD, Lower Capilano PO, North Vancouver, B.C.: Last week I sent the following open letter to-Prime Minister St. Lau- rent. I am sure it reflects the feeling of mothers throughout our country: Hon. Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada. Dear Sir: As head of our government you are in the most responsible posi- tion in Canada. In your hands are the reins which the people of Canada have placed there be- lieving that you wiil steer a course for our country towards ‘peace and economic security after the tragic suffering and heartbreak of the war. Therefore, to you I address this ~ Jetter, for. I am a Canadian moth- er; one who lost a father and a brother in World War I, dear relatives and friends in World War II; who has given three citi- zens to Canada and who will soon give a fourth when my baby is born within a few short weeks. Mr. St. Laurent, during the past five years since the end of the Second World War, I have seen the shadows of the third war ereeping over our skies. I have watched the change in the edi- torials and articles in our daily papers; the vilifying of our for- mer allies; the growth of the “eold war”; the gradual intensify- ing of a “hate Russia” campaign —and it fills my heart with dread. Now I see in our daily paper (September 9) that you are in the midst of deciding whether a con- tingent of Canadian boys will go to Korea or elsewhere. In_ the same issue is a report of a con- troversy over whether Governor Thomas A. Dewey thinks war with Russia will come within a month. Over the air I hear daily the manifestations of a campaign for war—and I remember a clip- ping which I saved from a copy of the U.S. News and World Re- port of January 7, 1949. Here it is: “The biggest econ- omic danger faced by America is the danger of @ sudden turn to peace :.- this would produce a shock to our national economy that would cause untold hardship to investors.” And back in 1948 I saw a@ copy of the Monetary Times, in which the following appeared: eater be 8 asmuch as the Russians appear to be achieving great success with. the peace and are unlikely to gain more by war, the conflict will have to be of our Own making, sparked eventually by some event, either in Berlin or elsewhere in Europe where Russia and aan West may come into conflict. UA AR out. Departinent t at You Pleat Mr. St. Laurent, I beg of you, do. not allow Canada to become further enmeshed in the drag-net of U.S. big business war plans. Lead our country away from, not toward war. See to it that Canada uses her voice in the Security Council of the United Nations to speak out for peace—for trade with all countries who have goods to offer us and who can use our goods — to» recognize the govern- ment which represents the great Chinese nation —*to ban forever the A-bomb and the H-bomb, ger- micidal and other horrible weap- ons of war. What price prestige with Wall Street? Come down into the homes of the people of Canada— see our children asleep in their cots—imagine their faces streak- ed with blood, their eyes vacant with shock, their limbs mutilated like the children of Europe in the last war. If this comes to us in Canada; if teen-age daughters like mine are cheated out of their ‘happy hopes and ‘dreams of husband, home ‘and babies of their own; if little boys like mine are sub- jected to the terror of bombs and the hell-fire of a war-torn coun- try, their’ minds blighted, their future gone; if our babies never grow up to normal manhood or womanhood, I, and countless other Canadian mothers, will re- member what you did to try and save us, and which way you led our country. I entreat you to gravely think, and consider this appeal from the heart of a mother. Library started in ‘memory of Ol’ Bill JUDY POWER, Vancouver: A library has been founded in South Hill community in memory of “Ol Bill” Bennett, beloved neigh- bor and friend to many here. A large collection of good progres- sive literature has been donated by OV Bill’s friends and co-work- ers, who feel that by making these works accessible to work- ing men and women to enlighten and broaden fheir outlook, they are best carrying on Ol’ Bill's lifetime struggle to bring peace, security and happiness to the people, We urge all our friends to do- nate a book to enlarge our lib- rary, or to start a similar library in their own loéality. Keep Ol’ Bill's torch burning. No froops fo Korea, constituents fell MP 20 CITIZENS, Kimberley: A letter to James Bryne, MP (Lib., Kootenay East) was recently signed by a score of local citi- zens, asking that he vote against the dispatching of Canadian ground forees to Korea, The let- _ter’s signers also demanded that the government immediately with- draw all Canadian forces from the Korean conflict. “We believe that Prime Min- ister Nehru’s. suggestion for a truce of all sides in Korea, with a committee to be set up immed- jately to hear the contesting sides, would offer at least one solu- tion towards a peaceful settle- ment of the war,” tthe ‘etter stated. “In the meantime, we urge that Canada contribute. towards such a settlement by withdrawing her forces from the conflict.” NO ATOM SHELTER WILL SAVE YOU! O the lady in Shaughnessy who puts her trust in the concrete “atom bomb shelter” shown above, we say: “Madam, if the bomb drops, you've had it. Your only guarantee of staying shelter will save you. alive tomorrow is to work for peace today. Civil Defense against the atom bomb is not to drop it.” SU Special Offer Pacific Tribune - one-year sub _......... $2.50 Copy of Albert Kahn’s new book High Treason 22 1.50 BOTH FOR: $3.00 TAMU No puny The only In the vanguard of the fight for peace is the Pacific Tribune, rallying support for the world peace petition, exposing the war plans of the Yankee imperialists, cal- ling for unity of the work- ing class to prevent the out- break of a new world war. The Pacific Tribune needs a minimum of 2,000 sub- scriptions before October 31. First week of the cam- paign brought in only 62 subs. We appeal to our readers to help us reach the target by getting out and hustling for subs without delay. Have YOU sent in YOUR sub yet? Have you got ONE friend who doesn’t read our paper? If so, why not sign him up today? 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