=) On labor unity Editor, Pacific Tribune: ~ am writing «this to let you know what I think of J. B. Saisberge’s article on trade union unity and I hope you will re- ceiye many letters and a full discussion on this article. First of all — want to say that a United Trade Union movement in Canada is what every rank and file member wants and is going to have. I have talked to AFL Railway Brotherhood and they say, “We are all in this together.” Why don’t we all move at the same time? IMem- bers of my own, union, the IWA ‘ask why did not steel and rub- ber and the other unions come cut when we did We could have won 25 cents and 40 hours. The rank and file feel that somewhere along the line some- body let them down. My own opinion is that steel should have led the fight as steel is basic, and as steel goes, so goes the nation. I heard that two men from Sudbury, Ont., now in New Westminster have told the boys they were all ready to move a week after the FWA went out, but it was called off at ‘the last minute. Maybe Millard has his eye on Humphrey Mitchell’s 4 job. Why was not steel repre- sented on the labor motorcade to Ottawa. It looks to me like another Humphrey Mitchell is about te be born. Canada prob- ably needs a higher birthrate, _ after all the pains of labor to give birth to a misleader. It seems to me that political, action is labor’s key problem and that demands unity. Sals- berg has hit the nail right on the head How are we going to deal with national wage rates, a na- tional health program, pensions, taxes, labor laws and a2 govern- ment policy on a national scale with an overall strategy and unity in tactical operation as Salsberg advocates? Labor and farmer unity on the political front will win large sections of the middle class to they will adopt them. The old | peace and prosperity. There is . no time to lose. , | Tif Salsberg’s proposals are _ -brought before the workers, | kept press make much ado about “dictating to small nations’; they pose as great “democrats.” The veto they say is an instrument of “totalitarianism” (read Commun- ism), and as such cannot be toler- ated among free peoples? It is not > unlikely that when Winston _ Churehill signed the Moscow con- | ference convention approving of | the veto, he did so with his tongue | in his cheek. That cannot be said | of Franklin D-_- -Roosevelt or | Joseph Stalin. They at least had not made imperialist war their ; } : life’s profession. They signed it at a time when British, Soviet and W:S:. forces were in a life and death struggle with a des- perate and blood-crazed enemy- They signed it with the vision and perspective of leaders taking those decisive steps which would, “save Succeeding generations from the Scourge of war, which twice in Gur lifetime has brought untold Sorrow to mankind.” Their successors in the Angio- American world, directing their War provocations against the So- | viet Union, recognize in the veto 2 powerful obstacle to their plans, therefore it must go, but to get Tid of it, it must first be pre- ; S€nted with all the wordy finesse FACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE 5 WGat labor slogan that in “Unity there is strength” means victory in strikes, peace and prosperity for the Canadian people. Here’s to more power to the Tribune. GEORGE EF. LANGSTARE. New Westminster. Labor mis-leaders Editer of the Tribune, Dear Sir: In answer to your invitation te write on J. B. Salsberg’s ar- ticle, I may attempt to add some suggestions which may or may not be helpful. The AF of L trade union movement is something after the stamp of the CCE in the political movement (keeping the workers divided) and it wouldn't surprise me if the CCE is the dominating force within their ranks. Mr. Salsberg says some of the “international repre- sentatives” + perform the tasks without relish while others do, but the AF of LL. membership gen- erally do not approve of these labor splitting tactics. That, Mr. Editor, is quite true. When I was a member of the “Pulp Workers” AF of & at Woodfibre, a resolu- tion was read from Powell River, Ocean Falls and Port Mellon strongly condemning the leader- ship of the AF of L on the stand they were taking in, not sending’ representatives to take part in the “World Federation of Trade Unions.” The rank and file sup- port the WETU. This is one of the questions in my mind which makes people say organized labor: is not what it should be. I’m not very well versed as to what methods could be used against these termites who have been eating their way into the rank and file of the trade unions with their phoney policies, but ene thing is certain, there cer- tainly will need te be some sort of action to halt their disruptive tactics. One or two things I might suggest are: that the representa- tives who do not relish their job could maybe be used to take a stronger stand against the Hut-— ehesons and Greens and their phoney policies, and impress strongly upon the rank and file membership the need to see that correct trade union policies are earried out. : The expulsion of the Machin- Keep the veto of a social democrat as an “evil thing.” World war three will not arise because the Republic of Andorra, - the Principality of Monte Carlo, or the Duchy of Lichtenstein have a backyard altercation on the price of cavair. World war three will arise because the Big Powers, the USA, Britain, France and China have reneged on their cove- nant with the Soviet Union; have reneged on their agreement to preserve the instrument of the veto to rule out any action in- imical or hostile to either of these powers. In short, the veto stands in the way of the war- mongers, so away with the veto. It is left to the hack scribblers of modern journalism to provide the smoke-screen of confusion which will enable the imperalists and their ‘running dogs’ to de- stroy the one covenant, forged in the fires of war, which can guar- antee the preservation of peace. The yeto does not bar small nations “from being heard”; it does not bar a nation with a legitimate grievance to place that grievance before the UN. What it does do is set forth in its agreed provisions, to halt actions inimi- eal to peace. Having embarked on a program of atomic war, the Departinend je i Peate. Short Jabs » o ei You ists from the TLC should be well advertised amongst the AF of L membership and a united rank | and file struggle against such union busting developed. @ne noticeable case is that of John L. Lewis and his mine wor- kers going over to the AFL, which I don’t think was the general wishes of the. member- ship. I think there is a form of trade union dictatorship there which needs to be ended. Mr, Editor, while I’m at i would also like to comment on the working class and the CCF. A few weeks ago the LPP advertised a Labor Jubilee pic- nic. A labor pienie is one which *of course would draw the at— tention of labor. It was very noticeable in the district where I live (Burnaby) that as soon as the LPP announced the date and place of their picnic, the CCE immediately went ahead and made posters advertising a picnic at Edmonds park on the Same date- The LPP and the CCE both profess to be a work- ing class ‘party, but the CCE as shown in this one instance Cwhich is not the only one) that they are still trying to keep the working people divided. The dif- ference between the two picnics would certainly convince any- one that the CCE is fast losing ground. , We have noticed a picture in the press lately of the atomic bomb explosion, but if you have ever walked on some of these roads in Burnaby, such as Bul ler Ave. or Willard Ave., and 2 car goes by, you can just about picture the same thing. You can see nothing for dust for 10 minutes after. I wonder if this was discussed at the Ed- monds park gathering, and I think we had an M.P. there who belongs to the CCE! The Burnaby Council and this MP. should get their heads together (or maybe banged together to Stir something up) and rectify this sort of thing, instead of worrying how to keep the work- ing people divided. I mention this, Mr. Editor, because people around where I live were cer- tainly disgusted -with the small- ness of this sort of thing. _ NELSON DEAN. New Westminster. INTUTE TTT TTT TTT warmongers must get rid of the veto. That is the objective sought to clear the war for Anglo-U.S. imperialism, armed with an atomic bomb and pious phrases about “peace.” The atom age has not opened it, propitously for mankind; the de-. but of the atom-bomb at Naga- saki and Hiroshima was a ter- rible introduction to a new age and a new force. Bikini Atoll was a test—and a threat of destruc- tion for those who refuse to knuckle under to the maniacs holding this new force in their bloody and palsied hands. The unity of the peoples of the Allied Wations, out of which came mili- tary victory over fascism, and the necessity of the veto, can yet win the peace by fighting to pre- serve the only weapon capable of blocking the warmongers—the veto. : The fight for the veto, versus the clamor about “small nations,” “simple majority vote,” ete., is the fight of the people for peace, which of course Must mean an unremitting fight against the atomic imperialists who threaten the peace and who seek to plunge the world into another devastat- ing war in which all humanity may well perish. - The role of “champion of small nations” was Champion of once claimed by Great Britain. If Turkey had 5 to be defended from ‘Tsarist Russia, Britain small nations was sJonnnic on the spot to do it. If some Stretch of African jungle was in danger of being gobbled up by expanding French or German imperialism, John Bull’s boys in Navy or red coats were right on hand to stop the big Hrench or Greman bully. If we have read history aright, we must remember such names as the Crimea, Fashoda and Agadir. In fact wherever there lay the possibilities for exploitation of the people of economically backward countries, there British di- plomacy plus British naval and military forces, would take steps to ensure that no big, bad, browbeating bully was to be allowed to interfere with the smali, helpless nations. So Britain became their champion. The reason, of course, was, that Britain felt quite cap- able of exploiting them herself. But things have changed . Britain, now in pawn for three and three-Guarter billions of dollars and the countless dollars of lend= lease money that went before that, has reached that stage in which Wankee tub-thumping. politicians and scribblers have placed her for the past two generations.. She is “effete.” - f Uncie Sam WButtinski, the leading imperialist nation of today, the biggest bully in the school, has now taken over the role of “champion of the smali nations.” Byrnes, at the preliminary peace talks at Paris, in attempting. to bluster his way out of the fact that he was breaking the apree- ments made at Yalta and Potsdam by Roosevelt and’ himself to Maintain the unity of the Big Three that was responsible for de- feating fascism, outdid himself in his hypocritical claims to be carrying’ the banner of the small nations. Unfortunately for him and the reactionary groups he repre- sents, he is not now confronting Russian, French or: German im- perialism- His opponent is that spectre that haunted Burope in 1848 of which Marx wrote—no longer a disembodied spectre but 3 flesh and blood reality, a reality that represents human progress and its spokesmen are the delegates of the nations whose govern- ments are people’s governments. Byrnes is the “lip” of all that is decadent in social life. and his words make no contribution te the building of a new and better world. When he faces that new world and speaks to its representa- tives, nothing comes out of his mouth but venom, just like any other snake. 9a u But he is being slapped down for his pains. He who gets zast Monday he thought he could insult the slapped Soviet Union with impunity, depending no doubt on the atom bomb. But Vishinsky trimmed his wings for him and he practically had to apologise by. admitting that he had a “made a mistake.” ; Byrnes attitude at Paris is only the reflexion of the attitude of U-S. imperialism in every walk of national and international polities. Those nations whom they have bought by dollar diplomacy line up behind them out of fear cf being starved just as some workers refuse to join a uniom because of boss-inspired hunger. To these “small nations” U.S. imperialism is kind and benevo- lent| Mr. Byrnes pets them on the back! But to the small nations who refuse to sell out for Yankee gold, Secretary of State James T. Byrnes has another attitude. They are denounced and reviled. Albania and Outer Mongolia, for instance, are two small na- tions for whom Byrnes does not put up any fight. They are de- nied admittance to the United Nations and although Albania was over-run, looted and its- people murdered in their own homes by the Nazis and the Fascists and fought for their country all through the ocupation, even before the States came into the war, Byrnes denies them the status of belligerents who helped to defeat Hitler. Byrnes apparently eyen looks with favor on the Greek government Proposal to divide Albania between Greece and Yugoslavia although Yugoslavia is backing the claims of Albania. Byrnes attitude to these countries is determined by the fact that there are Communist ministers in their governments. He will not*champion these nations no matter how small they are. And this bullyings attitude of U.S. imperialism is not confined to the Paris peace talks It displays itself in every phase of politics, national and international. The contention of the Yugoslav government that its territory was being invaded ddily by Yankee rough-riders of the air, con- trary to all the rights of Yugoslavia, was denied by U.S. military and state departments. The Yugoslavs had to demonstrate the truth of their charge by bringing one of the American planes down a few days ago. ; An American crew boarded an abandoned U.S. freighter that had been salvaged by a British crew, hauled down the Union Jack, cut the Britisher’s towlines and took over the ship, while a United States torpedo boat stood by. That used to be called “piracy on the high seas.” Last Saturday, radio news reports told of 50 U.S. oilmen who demanded that the U.S. government take steps to prevent the spread of Communism in Wenezuela where the Communists are making headway in a campaign against American imperialism. Since these are the methods of American imperialism it is only to be expected that its representatives at Paris. will act the bully, particularly of the bully who thinks he has 4 weapon which gives him an advantage over everybody else. = if Byrnes, however, instead of sticking his nose into the busi- ness of the people who have set up people’s governments, would take steps to clean up the Nazi and fascist elements who still operate in the territorities under U.S. control, he would be doing more for the good of the world. So too, he would be doing a good job if he would return te his own country and begin the job of rooting out that unspeakable organization which represents all the ignorance and intolerance of all past ages, the moral equal of Hitler’s Nazi bund, the blight on the United States which takes from it all right or privilege to eall itself a democracy, the Ku Klux Klan. : We might then not have to read of such sickening’ happenings as that of a few days ago at Athens, Alabama, where little, help- less Negro children and old Negro men and women were trampled to death by a howling mob of white “democrats” of the same type as Secretary of State James T. Byrnes. FRIDAY, AUGUST i6, 1946