Lesson from the past Budget for big sholt

WENTY years ago this week, on the morning of June 22

1941, Hitler’s armies invaded the Soviet Union. In the Hitlerite “drang nach osten” (drive to the east), burning cities, towns and villages and the charred and muti- lated bodies of millions of Soviet citizens, old and young, marked the trail of this: bloodthirsty fas- cist beast in its drive for “lebens- raum” (living space).

To attack the Soviet Union was precisely what U-S., British, French and other so-called “West- ern” imperialisms had built up the Hitler Reich to do, but the irony of history had upset their plans.

In order to destroy the Nazi Frankenstein they themselves had built up to destroy “communism”, they were faced with the alter- native of accepting the Soviet Union as an ally to save them- selves from destruction. “Those who fight Naziism,” declared Win- ston Churchill, the arch anti- Sevieteer of British imperialism, as Hitler’s legions rolled across the Seviet frontiers, “are our allies.”

That was a mere twenty years ago. Today a deadly pattern is once again emerging. Just as Western imperialism violated the provisions of the Versailles Treaty and put arms in the hands of Hit- ler with which to spread the death and devastation of World War II,

so today Western imperialism re-. duces the treaties of Paris and .

Potsdam to “scraps of paper”, and equips the West ‘German govern- ment of Konrad Adenauer’ with nuclear weapons with which to launch a‘war of revenge upon the Soviet Union and the countries of Socialism, to add to the 60 million dead of two world wars.

The mantle of Hitler is worn today by the West German gov- ernment. Its top ministry, | its judiciary and military brass con- sist in the main of ex-Hitlerite war criminals. The West German gov- ernment is the prime cog in the NATO war alliance of Western im- perialism. Its avowed object, em- phasized hourly by provocations and belligerent threats, is “revan- chism” against the Soviet Union and “re-drawing” the frontiers of neighboring socialist states. Its spokesmen | use the same battle-cry

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Editor — TOM McEWEN Associate Editor —- MAURICE RUSH Business Mgr. — OXANA BIGELOW

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of Hitler, “Jebensraum”’ and anti-

communism. Its Eichmanns are

-witheut- shame for the rivers of

blood they shed, only fearful that human decency and indignation may halt their revanchist plans.

Today West Germany’s defence minister Herr Franz-Josef Strauss can boast, thanks to Yankee imper- jalism and its backers, that “every aggressor must know -that -the reply to the very first rifle shot will be nuclear and thermonuclear explosions”. And West Berlin’s social - democratic mayor, Willi Brandt, like the right-wing social — democrats of the Second Reich, serves in the capacity of an anti- Soviet rabble-rouser, “defending” West Berlin against non-existent Soviet “threats”.

The lesson which this historic anniversary of June 22. should . drive home with telling emphasis is the reminder to the: common people of all lands not to permit the same mistake twice; not to. permit the nuclear arming of West Germany and the emergence of a new crop of. Nazi ghouls of the- Eichmann type, already (under the pretext of anti-communism) - pre- paring to bury civilization in a welter of blood and ashes.

HE much - publicized Fleming budget came down this week. Its arithmetic contains nothing for the common people, other than the certainty of higher living costs. Its chief beneficiaries are the big monopolists. They are assured extended protective tariffs in cer-

tain industries, cancellation of the °

7¥4-percent sales tax for the auto- mobile trusts, plus inherent infla-

tionary trends on which big busi-~ ness can cash in and which spells —

greater economic hardship for workers, farmers and small busi- ness.

The budget’s $650 million or more “deficit spending” to put the Canadian economy “on its feet” is small potatoes compared to the overall $614 billion Fleming bud- get, the bulk of which is earmark- ed.to follow other billions down the arms drain in accordance with U.S. dictates.

- In his budget “objectives” Flem- ing outlined a program to “de- preciate” the Canadian dollar below par with the U.S; dollar: The end result of this can only be that Can- ada as an export nation can sell “cheaper” in the export market, and in return pay-a higher price for imports with an artificially

“depreciated” dollar.

Reduced to a “pay-envly level, this will simply meal the ‘Canadian dollar whi buys approximately 60 ri worth at the 1950 level, Wi much less following a few ee Fleming’s “depreciation”.

Doubtless _ under pressily criticisms of Tory fiscal ? and the alienation of our ‘ by U.S: monopoly by Bank % ada governor James Coyn®, ing larded a portion of his” spiel with references to | ment encouragement of investment from Canadiat) ings”. Since, however, his © a spending” and “deprecial! lar” nostrums leaves U*i@ opoly much the gainer an@ (9 pretty” with its control of dian industry, resources vestment, his “governi a couragement” is pure eye’ &

When the billions in thi previous budgets, reserved 4 P ly for armaments and W*) placed at the disposal of” the well-being of the peor and then only, will the i economy get “on its feet Fleming budget keeps its back,

Tom McEwen

T WAS the evening of Friday, the 19th day of June, 1953, just eight short years ago. The prison authorities, perhaps moved by compassion, perhaps by the sensed fear of world indignation, had per- mitted this husband and wife who loved each other dearly, to sit to- gether their last afternoon on earth, with “only’’ a wire screen separating them.

Outside this sacred chamber where the heart and thoughts . of all decent humanity kept vigil with Julius and. Ethel Rosenberg, two FBI agents stood guard. They had been there for > many: long weeks, their pens at the ready and elutching a “confession” : upon which they hoped to -collect two signatures; the signature of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg - admitting “guilt” for a crime of which they were innocent, and thereby absolv- ing American imperialist reaction of which a shocked and. indignant world had pronounced it guilty.

“We are innocent. This is the

_ is to pay too high a price even for the priceless gift of life — for life thus purchased we could not lve

whole truth. To forsake this truth.

out in dignity and self-respect,” Friday, June 19th, 1953. The hour is 8:02 p.m. As the last of the sun’s warm rays penetrate into darkened places, American imper-

.jialism makes a “concession” to

world Jewry. It won’t “desecrate” the Jewish Sabbath by committing judicial murder on the Sabbath, so the premeditated dual murder of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg begins on Friday, June 19th, 1953, at 8:02 p.m, to 8:15-p.m.

The bodies of an American hus- band and wife are on the slab of death, but no signatures are on the FBI ‘confession’ -to exonerate Yankee imperialism from its cold- ‘war guilt, “. . . for life thus pur- chased we could not live out in dignity and self-respect’’.

That was eight years ago come June 19. It is an anniversary none who aspire to human dignity, re- spect, equality and peace should: ever forget. The tremendous dem- onstrations embracing millions of workers in scores of world centres were. demonstrations — expressing pleas. for mercy, for justice, ex- pressing indignation and horror.

The judicial murder of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg was the act of a desperate government, aimed at instilling fear into the American people and intimidating a world. The balance sheet of those eight years shows that U.S. imperialism has not succeeded in either~ ob- jective. The. voice of the America

of the working people, Negro and

White, rises above the threalé noise and persecution of th€ clear maniacs, while the re people of Cuba smash its mill conspiracies on the beache 4 their island, echoing the Rose?” 4 ideal to “live... in dignity” self-respect”. : To these last. glorious words r Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: oes added those of a vast conti? oie people speaking through the V Hi of another murdered victim © 4 imperialism, Patrice Lumu cot first Prime Minister of the © | Republic: # ; F f “Without dignity. there is freedom, without justice the? opt no dignity, and without inde? pi ence there are no free men ‘a 4 not weep for me. I know # re! tormented country will be ab’ ip! defend its freedom and iss pendence. We are not alon@ jj

And from a Sing Sin8. se

house, Ethel Rosenberg pids ; ‘well to her sons: of “Mourn no more my sons; 2° “| why the lies and smears. framed, ‘a

the tears we shed, the }¥* bore to all shall be proclaimed- a a On this historic anniverstt the world-wide struggle for P eat the outlawing of nuclear W oun the banishment of war and * gy for human dignity pee

heights, let us not forget tB -|

of Julius and Ethel Rose? They were our people.

June 23, 1961—PACIFIC —