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sher wartime Christ-
pus, in the midst of
strife and bloodshed.
‘1 somewhat difficult
£ “Peace on Earth”

will to Men.” Yet I

t no other time in

aan the meaning of

%zhts be so well un-

now.

@ or every other hope

' of humanity it is
‘ay than ever before

= s a seeming paradox

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‘a their attainment.
fat. as the liberty of
- ean only come
'e restriction of the
veace depends upon
Find: goodwill upon
-ts enemies.

jar this is now. Love
ty means today the
intred of those de-
'uans who have lost
to call themselves
»ecoming the slaves
carriers of fascism
“ism. And those who
y forward death to
hordes and destruc-
ir possessions are in
builders — both of
a better world.

es “Merry Christ-

been symbolized as
en or woman carrying
food and sweets and
f; to some poor needy
fix be it from me to
) such symbol of the
- human hearts.

| year “Merry Christ-
ball it means is best
i for me in the pic-
ne of our boys over-
ing home death to a
Fhould I just say that
, “Merry Christmas”
B= of our glorious V.C.
Smoky” Smith May
many more of them.
AL. MACKIE

sonservatives

Anything worth hav-

Bth fichting for!

an age of the sur-
the fittest Through
rge do it’—lack of
est, laziness and lack
lion of the majority.

a! DO Y

Some twelye thousand voters. a
minority group. are in control
at the city hall. The Progres-
Sive-Conservative party mem-
bers of B.C. have a former
leader of their party in the
House at Victoria. Mayor of
Canada’s third largest city.
Vancouver, B.C.

The Progressive - Conserva-
tive members supported Mayor
Cornett.. both morally and fi-
nancially. Reinforced by the
former Mayor L. D. Taylor. ex-
perienced civie election cam-
paigners managed to elect their
man by going to the polls. The
masses lost out by not going
to vote.

On December 11, two days
previous, Camillien Houde, who
once led the Conservative party
in the Province of Quebec, was
elected Mayor of Montreal.

Ganada’s largest city. The Con-
servatives have changed the
party name but not its cunning
tactics. The majority of Van-

couver’s City Council are Pro-
gressive-Conservative members.
It is up to all voters of Van-
couver to act by pres. by speech
couver’s civic administrators

- and by action to see that Van-
carry out their duties, filling

up all vacant spaces so as to
improve all water services. sew-
ers and all other civic board of
works before any other expan-
sions into remote districts.
With the passing of all money
bylaws. the ratepayers can de-
mand action at once.

Public safety should come
first on the list. Step on the

erime wave. blind pigs, bawdy.

houses and gambling dens.
Make Vancouver a safe place
for every law-abiding person to
visit or dwell in. Let’s go ac-
tive!

Thanking you for your space,

I am. yours for. a safer place
to live in.

FF. DONOHUE.

RA, MARMADUKE=
“CANNING IS EVERY BIT AS SIMPLE AS ALGEBRA,
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"Saturday, December 23, 1944 — Pace 5

Short Jabs by oF Bill

Distortionist

(pe corroding influence of Social Democratic ideology is exempli-
fied in @ recent article by one of the lesser: known, but-none--
the-less vociferous, leaders of the CC@€F—George Weaver, a self-
styled Marxist, who at° times dons the academic fustian (yellow in
color) and dishes out, in lectures and articles, what he is pleased
to call Marxism: : :

But where Marx is brilliant in ireny, Weaver reaches only to _.
Marx was a master taetician, Weaver fails to recog- 2

Billingsgate.
nize tactical moves and succeeds only in parrot-like phrasemonger—

ing. Weaver, however, is a master at distortion, which he must_

have learned in some other school than that of Marx, Trotskyite un- “
doubtedly. :

In a recent article he outshines the gutersnipe press of the Mc-

-~Gormick Chicago Tribune type in interpolating (a device which is

never used except by reactionaries), chauvinistic motives into the
proposal of the LPP party leader at the recent provincial conven-
tion—that the Japanese should be excluded from coastal defence
zone, even after the war is over. ' g :

This pseudo-Marxist, Weaver, misleads his innocent readers to
believe, or tries to make them believe, that the proposal has its origin

in color prejudice. He is able to make this distortion only for one rea-

son, that it is a yellow race that is involved.

The fascist character of the whole Japanese warmongering set-
up is expunged from his spurious Marxist philosophy. He is naive
enough, or is he, to write of “innocent minorities.” Fascist minorities,
of course, are the most “innocent” of minorities. But that, however,
does not worry the great champion of minorities, Weaver. And there
is evidence sufficient, that the fascist Japanese government had its
agents at work here on this Coast in spite of the innocence of the
RCMP on the matter, : ae

He makes .the great blunder of stating that: “And “yet, Russia,
the paradise beloved of the McKean variety, allows no=racial, tribal
or color bar to classify any group as inferior in status to others with
different pigmentation.” All of which has nothing to do with’ keep-
ing fascists out of the Coastal defense zone, no matter whatoitheir >
color may be. : EOL NG)

The Russians learned the need to protect themselves when they”
moved the whcle German population from the German Volga Re->
public, 400,000 in number, im the first year of their war against Nazi,
fascism. Even after 200 years settlement in the Volga country, de-.
tached from their fatherland these Germans were being used by the
Nazis and were a danger to the defense of the Soviet Union.- They

’ were not yellow but white. But if they had been yellow, black or red

they would have been dealt with in the same manner. rs

But it suits the Social Democrat distortionists to gloss over
real issues and lyingly turn them into vote-catching manoeuvers!

That is an essential part of Social Democracy.

P.A. Shock Brigade

In the P. A. we have a good paper; the best in the West. As any
newspaper is more than just a newspaper, so is the P.A. Every
newspaper, besides being a newspaper, is a propaganda organ. So
is our P.A. There is however a great difference, in that the re-
actionary section of the press propagates whatever is in the interest
of a small class, of ‘big Biz.’ That is an exclusive function for it ex-
eludes every one who is not counted among the heads of the propor-
tionately small ecterie who own and control the natural resources
and productive forees of our country.

The P. A. on the other hand, carries its propaganda in the inter-
est and for the benefit of the majority of the Canadian people: the
workers, the white-collared as well as those who wear the overalls
and rain-tests; the farmers who carry their trademark on the palms
of their hands; the small business people who are squeezed by mono-
poly control and in whom fear of something they do not understand
has made necessary a new branch of the medical profession—psy-
chiatry. :

Since we have such a paper in the P. A. it is our duty to spread
it widely for its propaganda value. As it grows in circulation, so
do our ideas become powerful, become a mighty weapon for the
ehanging of the basis on which society rests and which must be
changed if we are not to continue living in the hell of the past.

Loyalty to our paper demands that we undertake this task—in~
creasing its circulation. Margaret Black, the circulation’ manager, is
tackling that problem in a very forthright manner. In another part’
of this paper you may read about the organizing of the 5x5 clubs.

That is good! It will increase the sales. But we should at the
same time be devoting more of our time to building the subscription
list for this is the basis of all the budgeting done by the business
manager and what makes it possible for the editorial staff to fulfil,
their proper function.

From a chance remark dropped by John Stanton, I got the idea
that through this column we ean do a great deal towards that end.
Here is my plan. I want 50 enthusiastic workers, including myself,
to form a shock brigade. We will each undertake to sell one sub-
scription each week for a year. If we succeed in that we can take a
fresh hold. A week missed could be made good by geting two read-
ers in the following week.

In a year, 100 percent results would mean 2600 new readers
added to the mailing list, make doubly sure that the P. A. would not.
go in the red and ensure that its work as a propaganda weapon will
be intensified. :

Now, are there 50 such readers? A member of a 5x5 club could
also belong to this brigade. Write to me immediately if you wish
to enlist. The sooner we get started the better. I am turning in two
subs this week myself. It is a big task, but—the bigger the obstacles,
the more pleasure there is in overcoming them.

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