A miserable
recora-

By LESLIE MORRIS si
Foi 45 years, since the October Revolution of 1917, the
Dolicy of Liberal and Tory governments towards the Soviet
Union has been one of studied hostility. e

The younger generation, particularly, should know some-
thing of the shameful record of embargo, boycott and plain

nhumanity which has besmirched our country’s reputation for
these 45 years. Only for a short time, from the summer of 1941
to 1945, when the stupidities of Western
foreign policy almost gave the victory to
Hitler and we were compelled for our own
safety to enter into an alliance with the
Soviet Union, did Ottawa’s attitude change
—and then it was a lukewarm and grudg-
ing change.

It did not take long for the old hostil-
ity to reappear in even more venomous
forms.

One day the record will be document-
ed in history books and the men respon-
sible for them will be shown as the petty
eactionaries they were—and are.

Here are few notes on this miserable history.

* * *

qn 1918, without the formality of a declaration of war,
anadian troops were sent to Siberia to take advantage of
< “opportunity for the participation of the government in

sociation with leading financial institutions on behalf of
Snadian trade interests” in the words of the Borden govern-
ment (a coalition of Liberals’ and Tories). Plain words —
anadian soldiers were sent to restore Russian capitalism by
Orce of arms. ‘ :

During the awful famine of: 1921 Prime Minister Mac-
snzie King received a letter from a representative of the
USSian Red Cross asking that ‘‘a few million dollars” be ap-

Bpriated by the Canadian’ parliament for famine relief. “If
ifs 8n appropriation could not be obtained in the form of a

» Perhaps it would be possible to obtain it in the form of
Ses without interest, repayable, say, after five or mote
the Ss: when Russia shall-have passed her economic crisis,

—e Red Cross man suggested.

By this time, of course, Canadian troops had been brought
from Siberia, because the hungry Soviet people were
ting the armies of intervention. There was no prospect
€ Canadian Army enforcing trade ‘in behalf of Canadian

€ interests” at the point of a bayonet and the nozzle of
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the Another effort was made by Leonid Krassin, president of
than posian trade delegation in London. He offered more
ost fe Million dollars down payment, the balance to be paid
bola’. Or four years, for Canadian seed grain. Again, the

: shoulder from Ottwa. °

C) A May, 1922, the Soviet Union said it was anxious to
the hes with Canada and would like to place orders with
ngston Locomotive Works that would put the plant to

Wo
f s for a year. It was then almost shut down. Nothing came

Finally,
trade dele
- Plague by

in 1924, after Britain had recognized the USSR,

8ation was allowed to come to Canada, It was

Ottawa’s suspicion from the beginning.

Into M A. Yazikoff, chairman of the delegation, was called
Cases Be pcnzie King’s office to explain why he had brought

Officials books with him. These had been opened by Canadian

; library at St. John, They turned out to be the delekatien:s
- With eo 1,300 scientific volumes intended for exchange

F some i, nadian uniersities. The Canadian government Claud.

: ‘SDokegm a tganda” materials were included. The delegation’s

pee $aid he knew nothing about it.

. 8ation mienths. the accusations were hurled at the trade dele-
‘tnment a8 vigorously denied. When the British Tory gov-
Stunt peuded Soviet trade offices in London in one election
despite ackenzie King expelled the delegation from Canada

here mS OP admission that no “evidence” had been found

» Of the © Soviet delegation’s library was still in the hands
Were Snes government and all efforts to get it back

ltless. Perhaps it is still gathering dust in some Ot-
asement,

cae all this was going on, the Canadian government
though € Soviet Union of “forging” Canadian banknotes,
a all h ae a jot or tittle of evidence was ever forthcoming.
traga 4,24 to poison relations and finally to get rid of the
: delegation altogether.

= 30, when a million Canadians were on relief, the Ben-
trade Ae S0vernment declared a complete embargo on all
Products f the Soviet Union. Factories that could have made
farms y, °r the Soviet people, anxious to trade with us, and
° Politics Products they wanted, remained idle because of

Tebresen;. 2. hostility of the Canadian capitalists and their
Sentatives.

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Nett

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record still stamps Ottawa’s policy towards
n, and to China. Hostile, venomous, untruth-
wous, ignorant, narrow-minded and bigoted—
Liberal and Tory attitude to the socialist states.

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peace treaty, Walter Ulbricht,

SELLOUT TO YANKS BEHIND

CURRENT ARGENTINA CRISIS

When the chips are down
for those interests which
serve United States imper-
ialism in Latin America, de-
mocracy must go by the
board. Yet another example
of this was supplied in the
recent elections in Argen-
tina.

When the Frondizi govern-
ment lost its popular mandate
on March 18, democracy was
suspended in order “‘to defend
democracy”.

President Arturo Frondizi,
acting at the behest of the
wealthy landlord class and
the agents of Wall Street
monopolists ordered the mili-
tary to take over six key pro-
vinces where forces of the
people had defeated his back-
ers in the elections.

Since then, Frondizi first
manoeuvered for position
within the military dictator-
ship, and was later deposed.
. The elections were an over-
whelming defeat for Frondizi,
losing him his majority in the
national Congress, and con-
trol of the governments of the
provinces which contain most
of the population of Argen-
tina. Frondizi’s backers lost
the Province of Buenos Aires,
which contains about one-

third of Argentina’s popula-
tion.

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Photo shows a rally of Ecuadorian farmers in Milagro

The results of the elections
should not have been such a
great shock, since Frondizi
owed his election, and his
majority in Congress and the
provinces to parties that re-
pudiated him last Sunday.

PURE FAKERY

In the West, propaganda
efforts have been aimed at
convincing ‘people that Sun-
day’s election results meant
a victory for supporters of
Juan Peron, the ousted dicta-
tor who now lives in Spain.
But this is pure fakery.

The Justicialist party and
its allied groupings, syoport-
ed by the Communists and
other left labor forces, carried
a campaign to the Argentine
people, based on the advocacy
of better economic conditions
for the working people .and
the ‘peasants, for indepen-
dence from colonialism. sup-
port of Cuba and an end to
“Yankee imperialism” in Arg-
entina.

It was this people’s pro-
gram the voters backed
against Frondizi’s subserv-
ience to the wealthy -land-
lords, the Wall Street mono-
toolists and the Kennedy
administration.

Even the attempt last
month of the Kennedy admin-
istration to influence the elec-

protesting the exploitation of the U:S. United Fruit Co.,
and Ecuadorian latifundists. The United Fruit Co., is
the biggest plantation owner and has seized the most
fertile lands. It monopolizes Ecuador’s banana export
which is the largest in the world.

tion with the announcement
of a $150 million loan to the
Frondizi government failed
to sway the people’s votes.

The base support of the
Justicialists and their allies
and the wide extent of their
victory was demonstrated in
the election for governor of
Buenos Aires province, of
Andres Framini, a 47-year-old
labor leader.

In this province the full
force of Frondizi’s dictatorial
measures was felt immediate-
ly, with the takeover of pow-
er by Gen. Guillermo Salas
Martines, commander of the
Army’s Second Division.

OFFICER CLASS

The military officer class
in Argentina is recruited
from the wealthy landowner
grouping which has kept
most of the Argentine people
in poverty for many genera-
tions. It is this officer class
which represents and defends
the interests of this exploit-
ing minority and acts to sup-
press any attempts at demo-
cracy. :

This landowner class is
now in firm alliance with
Wall Street monopolists,
whom Frondizi has been
courting with ever-increasing
ardor.

Ever since 1958, when
Frondizi was voted into the
Presidency, Wall Street
money has been pouring in-
to Argentina at the rate of
$100 million a year. As capi-
tal investment, this has prac-
tically taken over the nation’s
economy. It was this grab of
economic power which prov-
ed to be one of the elements
in the defeat of Frondizi.

This vast investment has
also impelled Wall Street to
demand a crackdown on the

« Justicialist party and its allies

in the wake of their electoral
victory, because Wall Street
sees in the victory the be-
ginning of the end of its eco-
nomic domination of Argen-
tina.

The illegal seizure by Fron-
dizi and the military of pow-
er in the provinces, is facing
the probability of massive
resistance from the people.
Sixty-two labor unions an-
nounced they would strike

indefinitely against the mili:

tary seizures.

GDR proposes new plan for Berlin problem

by MAX REICH

PT Correspondent
BERLIN—In a new appeal
for settlement on a German

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chairman of the council of
ministers of the German
Democratic Republic, has
proposed that the guarantors
of such a treaty could act as

a kind of arbitration body in
disputes between the GDR,
United States, Britain and
France on access to West
Berlin.

Ulbricht declared that the
“contractual settlement of the
use of routes through the
GDR_ presupposes a_ peace
settlement.”

“It is not possible to guar-
antee the use of access routes
to and from West Berlin as
long as the existing border is
not secured by a peace settle-
ment,” he emphasized.

- “Consequently, respect for
and guarantee of the sover-
eignty of the GDR is the pre-

condition for the guarantee of
West Berlin.

free access to

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and respect for the way of
life there, rendering possible
the viability of a demilitar-
ized free city of West Berlin.”

On German disarmament,
Ulbricht said:

“The German people have
twice tried out what results
from wars. How about trying
out now what will result from
general and complete disarm-

~ ament? That would be more

sensible.”

Ulbricht’s new proposals
had been presented to U.S.
State Secretary Dean Rusk a
week earlier at Geneva by
Soviet Foreign Minister
Gromyko, but the West
sought to cover them up and
maintain there was nothing
new in them. In fact, the idea
of an arbitration body includ-
ing the four big powers was
put forward by US President

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