“panded in

Veto:
‘Editor:

in the opinion of many people

the inclusion of the veto in the
United Nations Charter to in-

sure unity among the big powers,
Was one of the late President
Roosevelt's most valuable contri-
butions. Many people on the other.
hand, however, think lightly of —
the veto. and thoughtlessly ‘eon-
demn its use while not realizing
the amount of work and thought
whieh the ‘then President ex-
the conceiving and
drafting of this instrument that
was to give strength and durabil-
ity. to the United Nations during
the first weeks and months of
what turned out to be a stormy
beginning.

The late president was in many
respects among the greatest of
the world’s great men earlier in

life while he lay ill with infan-

tile paralysis and later during
his convalescence. There isn’t
any doubt but during this period
ke did much of his reading and
thinking which was later to find
expression in the writings and
words of what was later to be
recognized as one of the great
men of all time One thing is
certain, which was later demon-
Strated, he came to realize that
human values were of far greater
importance than any possible
elash of ideologies whether poli-
tical, secial or economic. He real-
ized that if peace was to be se
cured in our time, there was a
need of co-operation with the So-
viet Union, and he relegated to
the background the idealogical
differences that exist. His hope
appears to have been that the
best parts of both systems and
ideologies could be fused through
friendly competition and discus-
sions into a co-operative human
super-structure of freedom from
which would evolve a good and
free life for all peoples.

Under this super structure ar-
fuments would be substituted for
war, and to make this possible
some effective though not neces-
sarily popular instrument had to
be conceived so that heated ar-
guments would be prevented from
reaching the point of war.

_ Roosevelt expected the veto to
be used to first, prevent the abso-
lute breaking up of the United
Wations Gouncil by making it pos-
Sible to resume debate on 4nx
contentious point at a later date
and from some other angle until
concessions from first, one side
and then the other, could even—
tually Jead to an understandins
and a-final settlement short of
war; secondly, the desire to pre-
vent the capitalist countries from

‘ganging up on the Soviet Union
‘in the early stages of the Unit-
‘ed Nations organization; thirdly,
the foresaw the possibility of the
‘United States of America later

some day, being in 2 position
where the European powers
might be tempted to gang up on
her on any such controversial
issue, such as for instance, the
control of Pacific bases, ete.
Here again, he saw where the
veto wiould pave the way for con-
cession, argument and final set-
tlement.

Seeing now, after a number of
United Nations meetings, how
fhe veto has actually brought
about the fuller discussions of
knotty problems between the na-
tions involved, men and women
everywhere, should begin at last
to realize that the veto as surely,
Roosevelt foresaw, has been used
as a safety valve for the United
Nations to prevent its breakup

and possible war.
z —W. DAHLBERG,

PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE 5

Equal representation

Editer’s Note: The following
letter is reprinted from the Van-
€euver News-Herald. Wx-Alder
man Harry J. DeGraves presents
2 strong argument for the return
°f the ward system as a means
of giving the Beople cf Vancou-
ver democratic representation on
the City Council, something they
. Raven’t got under NPA rule.

After Surveying the slate adopt-
ed by the Non-Partisan Associa-
tion, I note that Alderman
George CG. Miller lives in Shaugh-
nessy Heights, Alderman Charles
Thompson lives in Kerrisdale, as
do Sam Cromie and Alec Fisher,
while J. D. Cornett lives on West
ing Edward. So far for the
aldermanic slate. ;

On the Parks Board; R. Rowe
Holland resides in the Wrest End,
Charles V. K. Van Norman and
Arthur M. Harper both live in
Kerrisdale, while Everitt J. Ir-
win, resides in West Point Grey.

On the School Board, Tom
Brooks, and James G. Sinclair
both live in Kerrisdale while Mrs.
Jesise Hollis and Mrs. Pearl
Eaton Steen’s residence I have
been unable to locate ,even after
contacting the Non-Partisan As-
sociation itself for this informa-
tion. Jack Henderson is the sole
representative of the eastern sec-
tion of the city for any of the
Civic offices in the forthcoming
civic election:

As one who served on the City
Council for 10 years, six of which
were under the ward system and
four under the present system of
election at large, I would strong-
ly advocate the return of the
ward system so that all sections
of the city would be represent-
ed in a more equitable manner.
i -shall no doubt be accused of
adopting a sour-grape attitude.
Wevertheless, I feel that I am
speaking for the vast majority
of the taxpayers in the eastern
section of the city. I feel sure
also that the good people of the
western section of the city will
see the manifest injustice of the
present non-partisan slate of
civic candidates.

d HARRY J. DeGRAVES,—
Ex-Alderman.

History
Editor, Tribune:

History has been made by all
forms of life in the struggle to
survive, but man is unique, in
that, by reason of the written
word, he is able to place that
struggle in historical perspective

for the guidance of succeeding

generations. He alone is able to
avoid a repetition of the moth
and flame tragedies if he so de
sires.

If we study our history, we will
understand what is meant when
we hear the cry, “British Ameri-
can interests endangered in Hu-
rope, Asia, Africa, etc.” We will
understand what the term means
to the average person in Europe,
Asia, Africa, Britain, Canada and
the USA.

We will understand the term
British-American interests in its

proper perspective, that it means,
that British-American and other
capitalists, haye obtained the
backing of the USA-British, yes,
labor government, in their ef-
forts to obtain control of both
men and material in the places
mentioned in order that the capi-
talists can make a few lousy dol-

jars, and that you and Tf, Johnny

are to be the goats.

History teaches why we are

getting repeated calls for a third
world war. This one to be against
that mass of humanity whom
Hitler smashed in six or was it

eight weeks, and our crack-pots

are going to do it in one or two
dark nights, and you and I are
again to be the goats Johnnie.
Again the moth will go to the
flame, unless we wake up and
learn the lesson history teaches.

Your high-school text books
contain the first lesson “slavery
began when man could produce
more than he could consume.”

There you have the origin of
the “production of wealth” and
of what you see in our time of
planned poverty—planned desti-
tution.

Wealth was first produced by
slaves and to this day is. pro-
duced by slaves and by slaves
alone. Oh sure, IT was forgetting
you have the vote. Erom the
beginning wealth, produced by the
Slave class, was taken from that

‘elass by the master-class and

was distributed by and for the
benefit of the master-class, and
to this day, wealth is taken from
the producer and distributed by
the master. The term wealth is
tied to the term slavery and pov-
erty.

Again, there you have the ori-
Zin of the production of wealth

and of poyerty in the midst of

plenty, planned poverty and yes,
Planned destitution. But with
the coming of the USSR you
have the beginning of the. end
of the production of wealth, as
such, you have the beginning
of the end of poverty and desti-
tution.

We are living in the most mo-
mentous period of human his-
tory—the wage slave has been
taught to read and he is learning
to analyze the lesson history
teaches; he is learning to apply
the lessons of history for his own
emancipation.

—JOHN LEE,

CKWX

Dear Editor:

So, CKWX doesn’t want Al on
the air; same old game and ex-
cuses. The workers are pretty
well organized now, and if every
union man would pledge himself
to tune out CKW-X and get his
friends to do the same, then no-
tify the sponsors of the programs,
that we would prefer to hear
them over a station that is will-
ing to sell time for the workers’
side of the question, it might then
make them wonder if they have
everything their own way.

Yours truly,

BILL LAW.

MEMBERSHIP MEETING

LABOR-PROGRESSIVE PARTY
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Monday, December 2 — 8 p.m.

HASTINGS

AUDITORIUM — 828 EAST HASTINGS STREET

TT

Short Jabs or a

BA SAW a copy of the report and recommenda-
ore i : a :

= vre tions of the City Couneil ‘committee on the
Promises!!! wc wilectric, a few days ago. With the ex-
eeption of a small] increase (Small in relation to what is involved)
in the company’s payment to the City out of its earnings and for
the use of the streets, the people get no benefits other than they
have ever had from that monopolistic oetopus.

This report is to be the basis on which a new franchise will be
drafted. It deals with improved= transportation service, new bus
lines and so forth: but after reading it through, I thought about
a remark I overheard on one of these combinations of merry-go-
round, the whip, the big dipper ang rodeo chuck-wagon, that the
B.C. Collectric management calls, astreetear. One of the other
296 passengers travelling on it remarked to another victim im 2:
Whisper that could be heard by everybody within its elastic walls,
“Yes, and this bloody City Council’ as sentenced us to another 20
years of this.”

This committee of the City: Council assumes Bpparently: that
the B.C. Collectric moguls are “men of their words” and like the
ancient Romans that is all they need to put up.

But these aldermaniec weisenheimers seem to have short
memories (or maybe there are other reasons). If they had the
interest of the people of Vancouver at heart, they would remember
that the B.C. Collectric has been making promises to improve the
street car service for 40 years that ET know about myself; that they.
are the champion promisers of this neck of the woods and that
their promises have never at any time been implemented except,
when the City made some concession to them which was worth
many times the value of the improvement involved.

No doubt in the discussions with the City Council’s pommntee
the spokesmen for the company, put on their ‘‘poor .faces” and
convinced these duds of aldermen that the transportation opera—
tion doesn’t pay, that they are losing money on it and are only.
carrying on out of the goodness of their hearts which, of course,
are bleeding for the unfortunate WVancouverites who live. out to-
wards East Hastings, Grandview, South Vancouver, Dunbar and
Kerrisdale, packed like sardines and hauled like cattle twice daily
in the interest of “more production.”

Rao T in spite of the terrible losses involved
Monopolizing Ye this kind-hearted public service by this
the Business tear-jerker corporation, they are putting
more money into this business of “losing their all on transporta-
tion.” They are buying up all the independent bus Services in the

-country. . j 5

They bought out the Neville independent bus service in_ Burn-
aby. They bought up the independent service to Sea island, the
Richmond Transportation Co.. They bought out the Blue Line that
offered competition to them right in’ the city. And in -the past few
days the press announces that the B.C. Power Corporation is re-
funding its bonded indebtedness at a saving of $225,000 annually
and with $200,000 of that saving they will buy up the West Van-
couver Transit System subject : to ratification - by the- ratepayers er
that municipality. 3

If Burnaby ratepayers grant Snare. a 20-year franchise at the
coming plebiscite ang the Vaneouver people do not prevent the
stooges at the City Hall from selling them down the river, the
B.C. Collectric will have a complete monopoly of the passenger
transportation- on the lower: mainland except on the steam railways.

If public transportation is such a hopeless investment, if money
sunk in it is really sunk and irretrievably lost, as the B.C. Collectric
would have the people of Vancouver believe whenever anyone men-
tions “public ownership”, would this greedy, profit-hungry gang be
so anxious to buy up everything on wheels that can catch a
seven-cent fare? Decidedly not. That tale is meant te arm the
Company stooges in the City Hall with figures to combat the advo-
cates of public ownership.

The promises made by B.€. Collectric are of the’ proverbial
pie-crust kind. They are made to be broken. It is nice to know
that they will tune-up some of their old rattle-trap trolleys, at
least, that they have promised to do so. And how. they need tuning-
up, those of them that succeed in avoiding the junk pile! There is
more than rumor to the story that deepwater sailors from visiting
freighters, coming inte town from the Lapointe Pier, get seasick
on the wrecks that provide the service on the No. 20 line.

The present franchise of the Company only gives them a
monopoly privilege to operate street cars. The City Council’s com-
mittee proposes to give them a monopoly on the operation of ALL
street transportation, busses as well as cars. And they are to get it
without cost to them except an increase of $100,000 in their rent.
The right to exploit the travelling needs of the citizens is being
handed to them by their friends in Jerry’s Junkpile.

It is time the people of Vancouver took a hand in the game
themselve&S. If they leave the same old gang of “free enterprisers”
in the council to play their cards - for them they will still! get a
raw deal.

There is still time to take this B-€. Electric franchise question
before the voters of the City to decide whether it is what they
want or not. That will mean that all the provisions cf it will have
to be mace public which is certainly not the case today. The Van-
couver Trades and Labor Council has demanded this already.

And too, let us get somebody in there who cannot be bought by
the monopolists. Put Hlgin Ruddeli and John Turner in the Council
at the coming election.

T is euphemistically called a scion of the Chur-

Another chill family, “a 35-year-old edition of his father,” in
P rophet other words a whippersnapper following in his father’s

footsteps, has been shooting off his face. He added his little bull
to the mass of bull already inflicted on the long-suffering people
of Chicago.

Like other brats who vote Tory because their old man votes
Tory, he thinks, as his old man told him that a third world war is
coming and it will be due to the venality of Russia.

It is not a new game for this ornament of British nobility, this
whelp of the Marlboroughs, to inflict on the American people, ideas
that have been pumped into his empty head. When he was hardly
out of school he was telling us to beware of Communism, but he
was not above seeking aid from Tito in the struggle against the ~
Nazis in the last war.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1946