pas i Fancies cr | © the “And Facts ESucho Small Aim as #4) World Peace. wiTsk, Tsk, Mr. Hull. fey “The statement of Cordell ogg dull in announcing the con- ae clusion of the conference, js pysignificant of the limited le, view of those in high places. Wir. Hull spoke of the pur- hyese of the Dumbarton ing aks conference being ‘to inake permanent the victory With VOn at such a cost.’’’ Colin He Sameron, GEE MLA, in 2a be CCF News. eS | e@ in @olish-German Border Te ieand Peace. metal - a “Like us, our Anglo-Sax- gon Allies (I am referring to gterious political circles) rea- ize full well that there is monly one way really to ren- “jler Germany harmless and what is to weaken Paissia, | shich has always played the a Mart of a rebber chieftain, \wigtd which organized and of ¢ ed the rest of Germany in apine. And Prussia, again, Spufan be weakened in only one mvay, namely, by tearing gemrom its clutches those dis- iembered parts of Poland stig rhich have so long suffered q-uelty and indignity at the @ands of generation after Sueneration of Prussian 4 utchers, from Frederick IJ to asmarck and from Bis- l@iarck to Hitler, and which ple otwithstanding everything ouijemained Polish.” From, lag On the Question of Pol- nds Future Western Bor- : by - famous - Soviet Biistorian Eugene Tarle. iMe Have Them i jere Too. a That (Republican) stra- ‘}2gy is to ignore the real is- [pes and by the constant spetition of irresponsible ilsehoods and reckless ap- Jeals to partisan prejudice, W2ce prejudice and class pre-~- idice to wrest power from = divided. people. They Jaarge us with having an fi Yet it is zgeilien ideology.’ Paey who have imported A Very ideological weapon fom the arsenal of fascism }ito this campaign.” Sidney pe iillman, chairman of the 10 Political Action Com- / littee. <==: Release of British Fascist Challenged by Gallacher On September 26 in the British House of Commons, Home Secretary Hi. Morrison rose to inform the House that he was taking the earliest Opportunity to tell them of his decision to release from detention the “Honorable and gal- lant member for Peebles and Southern, Captain Ramsay.” Following his statement the followings exchanges occurred between William Gallacher, Communist member for West Fife and the Home secretary, resulting in the exclusion of Gallacher from the house for the remainder of the sittings: Mr. Gallacher—i want to ask the minister if he is aware that this man is a rabid anti-Sem- itie The Speaker—The honorable Member must remember that this is. another member of Par- liament. Mr. Gailacher—I want to asic the minister whether he is aware that the honorable and gallant member for Peebles and Hee is a rabid anti-Sem_ itic 2 The Speaker—For members to make sueh suggestions against one another is not in order. : Mr. Gallacher—Surely I am entitled to draw attention to. the fact that anti-Semitism is an incitement to murder. That has been proved in every coun- try. (Cries of “@rder!’’) I Want to ask the Home Secretary if the mothers of this country, whose lads are being sacri- ficed now, are to be informed by him that their sacrifices have enabled him to release this unspeakable blackeuard. (Cries of “Order!” and “Withdraw!?) Mr. Gallacher—No, I will not . withdraw. The Speaker—The honorable member must not flout my rui- ing in that way. He will please withdraw those last few words. Mr. Gallacher—I will not withdraw. The Speaker—The honorable member must withdraw if I or- der him to do so. The honorable member is directed to leave the Chamber for the rest of the sit. tins. Mr. Gallacher walked quickly out of the House. Mr. Shinwell (Seaham, Lab.) pointed out that in the opinion of the Home Secretary Gaptain Ramsay’s activities were preju- dicial to the State. Surely in those circumstances it was not altogether invidious for Mr. Gallacher to” use language which indicated that in his jude_ ment Captain Ramsay was act- ing prejudicially to society. It appeared to him (Mr. Shinwell) that the treatment to which Mr. Gallacher had ben’ subjected was somewhat harsh. The Speaker—The hon. mem- ber for West Wife did use un- parliamentary language. That is what we ought not to follow. Mr. Pritt—May I ask the Home Secretary whether he would, if necessary after con- sultation with the Service Min- isters, tell us how many decent Englishmen have beem wun- necessarily brought to their deaths through the activities of the hon. and gallant member for Peebles and Southern? Mr. Tinker (leigh, Lab.) ap-_ pealed to the Speaker to exer- cise tolerance and not to ban- ish Mr. Gallacher from the House. Mr. Driberg—May I put to you with respect a fact that is not generally known? Mr. Gal= Jacher lost his son, who was killed im action a few weeks ago, and that may perhaps, to Some extent, excuse his use of unParliamentary language; and may I ask the Home Secretary whether the wording of his statement does mean that he regards the release of the hon. and gallant member as taking a risk? Mr. Morrison—I have indi- eated that all releases involve an element of risk which it is for me to adjudge. I think the risk is such that in present cir- cumstances it can be taken, and if things work out wrongly there are remedies available to 4S Cent Specials Economists - The Story of Science The American Indian The Basic Teachings of the Great by John W. McConnell by David Dietz A Shert History of the Chinese Mary A. Nourse The New Invitation to Learning Mark Van Doren A. Hyatt Verrill Karl Marx, His Life and Work Otto Ruhle PEOPLE’S BOOKSTORE 420 WEST PENDER STREET Phone MArine 5863 Books and People — by May Gregory (pee many controversial subjects of our day have brought forth a spate of books, many of them undoubtedly attempts at capitaliz- ing on public interest rather than serious attempts at description or analysis. Reaction of both readers and reviewers has generally been reflective of their own firmly rooted ‘attitudes on the topic, rather than an evaluation of the quality of the writer and his work. it then becomes an oceasion of considerable interest when a book such as The Cross and The Arrow, by Albert Maltz, on the highly controversial subject of “the little man in Germany,” re- ceives uniform praise from the reviewers. The reviews in the New York Times, the New York Herald Tribune, the Saturday. Evening Post and so forth, have all been favorable. E Writing in the New York Sunday Worker another famous author, Howard Fast (Citizen Tom Paine, Freedom Road) has reyiewed The Cross and The Arrow. Following are excerpts from the review: @ (eS without fuss or fanfare, there has appeared on the American literary scene what is, for me, the finest novel in many: years. If the publication of a superb work of art meant anything special to American newspapers, then surely Albert Maitz’s' name would be on many lips. And it‘ will be on many lips, if only. because sucha book as this cannot be overwhelmed by the moun- tain of trash our presses deliver every month. The bcok is\ the story of Willi Wegier, German worker, re- cipient of the Nazi War Service Cross, who one night in August of 1942 made an arrow of hay; soaked it with Kerosense, and’ set fire to it, so that it might lead British planes to a hidden Nazi war plant. The book is an inquiry into all the many and varied things that led to that last act of Willi Wegler, and at the same ‘time a most profound study of human beings under tyranny. It is not only a tale of Germany, but of all people; and for those who wonder why Albert Maltz should write of Germany, the book itself is answer enough. ; The theme Maltz uses is both moral and materialistic, con- sidering. both terms in their highest sense. Specifically, he weighs and considers the responsibility of Willi Wegler—and, by the Subjective virtue of his crait, of all mren—for the crimes of fas cism. Willi Wegler is a good man. By every standard of our society he is a good man. He parades on his shoulder that sublime virtue, the art of! minding his own business. When his next door neighbor is taken away to a concentration camp, that is no busi- ness of Willi Wegler, good German. On another oceasion, he overhears one of the most ghastly inhumanities toward a child that the mind could conceive; Willi Wegler, who might easily have done sopleuins about that, again evades responsibility. As Maltz ~ puts it: of hope. I want to put to rest right here and now any thoughts that this book might aid the “soft peace” crowd. I know of no more savage indictment of fascism than this ; 1 know of no more realistic and understandable picture of fascism than this. This is a book about Germany for America—a book of terrible warning. Tf hope the warning will be read, understood, and heeded. Whether or not Maltz was ever in Germany, j 1 I do not know; that is unimportant; nor is it pertinent to inquire as to whether or not he knows Germans. What matters is that he knows human beings, that he loves them, and that he believes in them. As one of his characters, Pastor Frisch, states: “Once I had a creed. It was from Micah: require of thee, but to do justly, humbly with thy God?” TI wore that on my heart. ‘How wonder. ful,’ I thought. ‘This is the ethical path I will tread What non- sense! Did I understand morality? I did not. And do you know why? Because I understood nothing about man and the necessities of his life. I was ignorant even of God, because I am convinced that one cannot understand God if one is blind to man.” : Our writers have been blind to man for a long, long time. Out of their own little eZOs, we have been snowed under by the little books, by cynicism, by adolescent eredible ignorance of the hopes and thinking that a mountain of shaving paper, crowned by Harry Sherman’s Book of the Month Club, represents the culture of a nation. It does not.