‘LEFT TURNI

-A- Column For
WAR VETERANS

-- by Jack Philips
AMAT

(oy paid publicity men employed by the DVA _ prepare
aborate charts and glowing statements of progress. Dis-
on is free to every newspaper and news agency in the
try, and to anybody interested in asking or writing for same.
tively, this information is supposed to prove that Ganada has
most extensive and generous rehabilitation program in the

other points in the tottering empire.

7s = @
ut one question: Is it an accident that no comparison is
». between our rehabilitation program for yeterans and that
sviet Russia? This great ally of ours in the war of liberation
/the Main brunt of the fighting. Teday, her rehabilitation
seems are of staggering proportions. i :

»among the provisions of the law for reducing her armed forces
‘peace time level, we find the following (Ian, please note!) :

2 Generous cash payments. I -

i Guarantee of employment, to be proyided by local authori-
sn the course of a month. (No buck passing, in Russia ... and
iplet) <
> Guarantee of housing and fuel, to be provided by local
rities. (Mayor Cornett, please note! Rather an excellent
30, don’t you think?) :

Generous opportunities for demobilized farmers to obtain
immediately on state and collective farms. (No large down
mis necessary, a5 under our Veterans’ Land Act, but plenty
mchinery and all the modern conveniences.)

"he Soviet Government is eager te help demobilized men who
-:turning to areas formerly eccupied by the Germans. The law
‘eg local authorities to set aside timber ‘tracts for these
Biree of charge, to enable them to get building materials, and
ssxtends loans to them for building their homes.

socialist economy guarantees every veteran a home, and

ntees employment and opportunity for every veteran able to
5» Gan we say that our Canadian, capitalist economy does
tach for our veterans? Facts and figures speak for them-
'_ and the answer is “No.”

hen the present administration at Ottawa can provide em-
Sent for every able-bodied veteran seeking same, and when
fa can instruct Yancouver to provide shelter and fuel for
| veteran needing same, and when same is provided ..
will our rehabilitation program rank with that of Soviet
fa. AS it is, our rehabilitation program runs a poor second.
His no adverse reflection upon the sincerity and integrity of
Siany Canadian citizens who helped Shape this program, nor
an adverse reflection upon the staff who administer the
fas phases of our rehabilitation program. It only goes to
m that rehabilitation in a capitalist country is confined to the
Bitions of capitalist economy, which breeds unemployment,
ty and frustration. The opposité is the case in Soviet Russia.
HVE ME, itv’S TRUE!
) he atomic bomb, in its present stage, can destroy 300,000
m= in less than a second. The USA is said to have 1,500 of
which could destroy 450,000,000 people in a matter of seconds.
m7 All vets of the last two wars must fight to win the peace
avert another war .- an atomic war.

|S—Are you doing your bit in the press drive? Thanks, Jj.D.,

-~ - 88 compared to the USA, Britain, Australia, New Zealand!

traditional Hoover technique.

arrest at the-close of the demonstrations by starving and jobless workers.
er’s “food list,” but aid will not be forthcoming until a government fully acceptable to the
“atomic diplomats” is assured. That means that more of the Mussolini remnants must be
restored to power before the food needs of the Italian people are considered. This is the

Heavy tanks patrol the streets after police and military quelled unemployment demonstra-
tions in Andria, Italy. Fight people were killed, 50 injured. and nearly 1.000 placed under

italy is on Hoov-

are “repugnant”

Sections of this act, the Star
points out, “involve a presump-
tion of guilt unless the accused
proves his innocence—2 danger-
ous principle. Hor example:

“On ‘a prosecution under this
section, it shall not be necessary
to show that the accused person

“xe $10.00 towards smy quota.

was guilty of any particular act

i e Can And Must H

By TOM BARNARD

ave Peace’

| After six yeats of war with hitherto unimaginable upheavals, sufferings, carnage and
Bia, millions are left without home, family connection and faced by starvation and

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BThe fascist nations were defeated only by close cooperation of the Big Three nations.

| peace can come only by the same cooperation.

| reat struggle is evident be-

Gapitalist Imperialism led
ae USA and Communism
neaded by the USSR. Z
one is responsible for this
sle, it is due to historic eco-
and political developments.
[the present time there is a
ie struggle going on, direct-
a powerful minority group,
to drive the Big Three
They are spreading prop-
la in various forms, lies, half
$,,any and all to gain their

It seems quite in order for
Uncle Sam to occupy many for-
eign territories from Iceland to |
the Antartic, plus the Munro
Doctrine plus sole control of the
atomic bomb secret and Britain
from Greece to Indonesia, but if
the Red Army happens to look
over the border into Persia the
howl goes up “Poor Little Persia
a la Poor Little Finland.

-In Canada we have the so-
called spy scare, where appar-
S ently, resulting from the story
uston Churchill, represent-|from a Russian traitor Magna
ritish Imperialism, recently Gharta has been suspended after
ated, with the tacit agree-| being effective for 731 years.
o£ President Truman, 2 It would seem a number of

ry alliance between those| people are threatened with jail
sreat Imperial Hmpires —

st whom?

ently. those two iImperials,

h the UNO, tried to paint

SSR as a great pariah, but
effort badly backfired

sh a mutual agreement be-

: the USSR and fran.

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sentences primarily through the
actions of a man who who has

turned traitor to his own country.
The story of his counterpart is
recorded in the Gospel of Mat-
thew, with this difference: Judus
at least had the decency to re-

turn the bribe pay off, then com-
mit suicide.

We can and must win the
peace in the same determined
way we won the war. We must
have a genuine policy of peace-
ful cooperation with the Soviet
Union. We must smash the plots
of war mongering imperialists
and make the UNO the spearhead
for permanent peace. This we owe
as a Minimum to those who gave
their lives that we might live.

Big Four

WASHINGTON: It is reported
that Russia and Britain have
agreed to. a meeting of the “Big
Four” foreign ministers, to take
place in Paris, April 25th. It is
thought that such a meeting will
iron out some of the difficulties
that are holding up commission
agreement in the drafting of the
peace treaties.

“with war clouds already threatening

ights Of Citizens Endangered
By Official Secrets Act--‘lor. Star’

y ve Ont.—An editorial published by the Toronto Daily Star last week, se-
verely criticized the Official Secrets Act under which Canada’s
being conducted and declared that provisions of the act, which * ‘limit democratic practices, ’
to Canadian citizens.

“In May of 1939,” the editorial states,
ment passed the Official Secrets Act which is stillthe law in Canada.”

“espionage trials are now

, parlia-

tending to Show a purpose pre-
judicial to the safety or interests
of the state, and notwithstanding
that no such act is proved against
him, he may be convicted if, from
the circumstances of the case, or
bis conduct, or his Known char-
acter as proved, it appears that
his purpose was a2 purpose pre-
judicial to the safety or inter-
ests of the state.

“And then this:

““FMor the purpose of this sec-
tion, but without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing pro-
vision (a) a person shall, unless
he proves the contrary, be deem-
ed to have been in communica-
tion with an agent of a foreign
power if (1) he-has either with-
in or without Canada visited the
address of an agent of a foreign
power or consorted or associated
with such agent; or (2) either
within or without Canada, the
name or address of, or any other
information regarding, Such an
agent has been found in his pos-
session, or has been supplied by

him to any other person, or has
been obtained by him from any
other person.

“«“The expression “an agent of
a foreign power’ includes “any
Person who is, or has been, or is
reasonably suspected of being or
having been employed by a for-
eign power either directly or in-
directly for the purpose of com-
mitting an act, either within or
without Canada, prejudicial to
the safety or interests of the
state.” Also a person found with
what might be “reasonably sus-

|pected” as the address at which

a “reasonably suspected” agent
received communications would
have to prove his innocence of
having been in communication
with such an agent.”

“In many respects war limits
democratic practices. They are
limited by the Official Secrets
Act to an extent which will be
repugnant to many who have not
the slightest sympathy with peo-
ple who betray their country,” the
editorial concludes.

US-Brit. ‘Check’ In Greece

ATHENS — Athenians are see-
ing more Americans\ these days
than ever before. Looking closer,
as they invariably do, they see
on the shoulders of the soldiers
a familiar figure. It is the ancient,
squinting Athenian owl embroid-
ered in blue on a red background
bordered with white letters spell-
ing in Greek, “Election Obsery-
er.” This is the shoulder patch of
AMF OGE,: the Allied Mission for
Observing the Greek Elections.

One peasant in a mountain vil-
lage, when questioned as to how

he felt about the presence of ob-
Servers, commented:

“What good is it to have Al-
lied soldiers here on election day?
Tf we vote as we want to, when
the votes are counted in this vil-
lage of 800 men, it will be com-
mon knowledge ‘who voted’ and
‘how’ and the authorities, and
then men with their guns will
want to know ‘why’ we voted as
we did if.it wasn’t the way they
wanted us to vote. How long
after election day will the Allied
soldiers stay in this village to pro-
tect us?”

FRIDAY, APR 12, 1946