Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 28, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights printed and published daily except sunday by us Winnipeg free company limited 300 Carlton strut. Winnipeg Manitoba. Authorized at second claim matter the Post office department Ottawa. Tom Kent editor Grant Dexter associate editor Victor Sifton president publisher r. S. A luxe vice president we. Lord general Man Ajmer. Winnipeg tuesday labor and arms the British labor party has voted its support for a policy of rearming defensive Alliance with the Atlantic Powers. It is not often that a political convention and particularly the convention of a party in opposition has so direct a link with great events. Tuesday s vote has sensibly improved the prospects of Success at the conference of nine now trying to prepare a new european Security plan in place of the defunct Edc. If party vote had gone the other Way the harm done might have been serious. The germans would have been made uneasy by the implied vote of no Confidence in them coming from a party that represents almost a half of British opinion. French doubts about the permanence of any plan for integrated rearmament would have been yet further strengthened they would have Felt that no extended British commitment in Europe Given by or. Eden could be expected to survive a change of government in Britain. And while or. Eden s hand would thus have been weakened american impatience with the vacillation of european countries would have been Given fresh stimulus. Or. Attlee himself was clearly conscious of these dangers. He is a Man who much prefers to steer round difficulties even if somewhat ignominiously rather than let disagreements come to a Sharp Issue. It had been widely feared that faced with heavy opposition to German rearmament he would qualify his own support of it and find some innocuous com rather than risk defeat at the hands of his party conference. From a narrow political Point of View that temptation must have been Strong. In the event or. Attlee put tie needs of the Western Alliance first ran his political risk and triumphed. A a this Resolute action so soon after or. Attlee s civilities with the communist world must be comforting to those people in the United states who feared that any Contact would corrupt. It is not of course surprising to canadians who Are More familiar with British politics and politicians than our american neighbors. The party conference s vote against extremist policies can leave no doubt that or. Attlee was right to go to China himself rather than leave it to the More easily deluded or. Bevan to pose before his followers As the Only Man Whir really knew the communists and How to get on with them. In that event the labor party vote most probably would have gone against German rearmament. Even As it is or. Attlee s authority has been Only just maintained the majority for German rearmament was tiny. It is however sufficient to ensure that another labor government if it should come next year would not reverse the european policies of or. Eden and upset the scheme on which allies Are this week trying to agree. Mr.1 Bevan and the left Wing extremists have been sensibly weakened within the labor party and All the free world must note with Relief the courage that or. Attlee and or. Gaitskell have shown in order to achieve this result failing Star the United states Senate the Watkins report be fore it will decide in november whether Joseph Mccarthy has been guilty of conduct Unbe coming a member of that great legislative body. It is obviously not for canadians to lecture the Senate on its responsibilities or on the course to be Fol Lowed in these strange Circum stances. There will nevertheless be much interest in Washington reports that the Senate is Likely to Back its own bipartisan committee and to censure or. Mccarthy. This would not necessarily Force the Wisconsin senator into retirement and he is under no compulsion to face the voters again until 1958. But it is difficult to believe that a senator after such a condemnation could Ever again recover his former influence. And from the standpoint of other nations it is the Mccarthy influence far. More than the career of Joseph me Carthy that is important. By foreign communists mccarthyism was identified with american democracy and this Gross caricature gained Veri similitude from the fact that the senator at the height of his career and in the season of his greatest excesses unquestionably exerted a wide influence. This became All the More dangerous when playing upon ancient prejudices or. Mccarthy began to indict whole nations without so much As a Bow to the state depart ment As he had once accused and bullied individuals. If his Star is now falling friends of the United states abroad can feel nothing but satisfaction and Relief. Advice to protectionists president Eisenhower has Yurnikl Down a request for Hig her tariffs on hand blown glassware imports into the United states. The companies making the application claimed that increased imports resulting Tariff conces Sions were hurting their bus iness. Three members of the Tariff commission agreed with the companies. Three Mem Bers disagreed. They Felt that the greatest Competition came from machine made Glass Ware Tho president accepted this second View and in rejecting the application had some advice for the applicants. He said he did not believe any change in duty could avoid the Neces sity of the Domestic industries preparing to meet changes in Industrial techniques and con Sumer preferences that Are inescapable in a dynamic econ omy. He advised the Glass firms to find other specialities or products which they could make and for which there is a profitable Market in the United states. He declared Tariff Protection of fers no comparable real Bene fit in my opinion. It might of Fer some Short term Relief. This Relief however birthdays t. And j. Martin Winnipeg born London eng land september 28, 1877. John Alexander Macdonald Grosse Isle Man. Born Man Illa ont., september 18, 1873 mrs w. P. Wallace Arrow River Mian. Born. Huron county ont., september 18, 1869, f. G. To Hes Plumas _ mum born Plumas i september 1894. Cloud the issues As to the Industry s Long run needs. By postponing the needed changes it would tend also to Dis courage product and Market although the president s advice was directed specifically towards the hand blown Glass Ware Industry it is applicable to All industries in the United states and in Canada which think that More Protection through higher tariffs is the answer to their economic ills. Winter warning All the Beauty of a Manitoba fall is for a few Days filling our City Parks. Great Trees spread their Rich Gold Brown yellow and dying Green leaves against the Blue september sky. And beneath their still Welcome Shade Gay children gather into piles the year s first dead leaves. Children have not been alone in enjoying our Parks. From a Low Shrub conies the Melan Choly lisping Call of the White throated Sparrow. The Lovely Little Hermit Thrush rustles among leaves that match in color his Reddish Brown Tail. And everywhere there is Evi Dence of the ceaseless food searching Industry of the slate coloured Junco. These Birds have been miss ing from our Parks since May now with their family duties for the year pause briefly on their Way South and let City Folk enjoy their Charm. But their appear Ance is also a warning for when the Junco comes the blasts of any new hurricanes on the Way the wat Kins report i Mccarthy stands condemned to Washington the wat v v Kins report May end Sena Tor Mccarthy s career As a National political Force in the United states the weight of its condemnation cannot be Felt in any sum Mary of its findings. The com Mittee recommended that the Senate should censure senator Mccarthy for having defied Anil abused the subcommittee on elections and privileges which investigated his own election in 1952 and various phases of his career. It also recommended censure for his abuse of general Zwicker. It stopped Short of actual Cen sure on two other counts that senator Mccarthy had incited Federal employees to give him secret or confidential information and that he himself had improperly received a secret document prepared from Fri information and had repeatedly offered to make it Public. But in giving the senator a respite from censure the committee used the strongest language in criticism of senator Mccarthy that he has Ever received from any Senate group. The Only charge in fact on which the senator got off very nightly was the complaint that he had abused senator flan Ders by calling him. the committee rather grimly concluded that senator flan Ders had provoked these at Acks by his own criticism of Mccarthy a verdict which has commanded overwhelming approval in Washington. Hostile tone it is 1he uniformly hostile tone of the Watkins report that provides the True measure of to condemnation of senator Mccarthy. During the hearings before the committee the sen Ator refused to ask for mercy or to deny the accuracy of the charges. His Case rested on. He argument that everything he had done was justified. In Tead of being the subject censure these actions he claimed were worthy of Praise by Pijie Senate by F. I was invited to this dinner i did t know it was a plate v on three separate Points each essential to his defence he has suffered defeat. The Watkins committee has refused to _ admit As relevant to the present inquiry the general Campaign against communism senator Mccarthy. No longer in other words will it be possible for the senator to say that his objectives justify his methods. Refused to accept claim secondly the committee re fused to accept senator Mccarthy s claim that the elections subcommittee had no right to examine matters which had been decided by the voters of Wisconsin when they re elected him in 1952. The com Mittee ruled that the Wisconsin voters could have no Juris diction Over a charge that he had been contemptuous of a Senate committee. Only the Senate itself could resolve that Issue. Lending an Edge of bitterness to its indictment the Watkins committee added that the Wisconsin electorate could hardly have settled the Issue of senator Mccarthy s Fin ances new evidence new charges had been produced since 1952 to support the claim that. Senator Mccarthy had diverted to his personal use funds originally contributed to fight communism. Finally and most important the committee refused to re View the conduct of other senators Over the years in order to test the Validity of senator Mccarthy s claim that there could be found ample Prece dents for what he Nad done both As an individual senator and As a committee chairman. It concluded that senator Mccarthy had to find direct expressions of the Senate s judgment and procedures to justify his conduct. He could not take Refuge in the argument that other senators had sometimes broken the rules with impunity. Since there is no Senate judgment or Senate precedent formally recorded by a or Resolution on the Senate floor the weakness of senator Mccarthy s Case and the peril in which he now stands can both be seen at once. As expected the Watkins re port was unanimous. Only two or three democrats Are dose friends of senator Mccarthy and the bulk of the democratic party will certainly vote against him. A hard Core of about 15 republicans will take risks1 in defending him on the the Senate. That today s scripture Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability at thy Means that the Odds Are heavily against Mccarthy. It should be understood that the censure debate will turn on two resolutions of censure to be introduced by senator wat Kins on behalf of his United committee. That committee has already held senator Mccar thy to be in contempt or the Senate subcommittee on privileges and elections. The Serate itself must overrule and de feat the Watkins Resolution in effect repudiate two of its own committees before. Sen Ator Mccarthy can escape the formal vote of censure. The debate will take place on november 8 six Days after the congressional election. Senator Knowland thought that the de Bate should be postponed until after the vote to prevent elec toral considerations from. Influencing the decision. There is at least another argument which is equally valid. Senator Mccarthy in fairness deserves ample time to prepare his de Fence and to consult the Sena tors who will rally to his Side. Many of these senators Are scattered Over the country now taking part in the Campaign. Postponement will enable both sides to be fully prepared. The final verdict whatever it be will therefore be More bind ing on the conscience and re Spect of the american people. Most important part no one can read the Watkins report or talk to the men who drafted it As has without realizing that the most important part of its findings Are those which re late to the conduct of senator Mccarthy towards the subcommittee on privileges and elections. In View of the abuse or. Support which. Senator Mccarthy has aroused this Point May seem meagre and disappointing. But Al Capone went to jail for failing to pay h is in come tax. The Senate is judg ing senator Mccarthy by the standards of decorum ind responsibility which should guide any United states senator. It is not being asked to a that senator Mccarthy is unfit to be a senator and should be exits task is that of deciding whether senator Mccarthy s conduct has tended to bring the Senate into if it he should be censured. Only three senators have Ever been Ever had atty Power after his Peers had delivered solemn judgment against him. It is appropriate that the Watkins report should be writ ten by six undistinguished senators. The Plain Man has sat in Mccarthy and denounced him. Instead of being the. Central Issue in the congressional elec Tion senator Mccarthy must now Battle for his survival. Social problems the key Marx 1st go i Nese Puzzie by Sam Watson t Ondon i have come by Home from China not with an answer but a big ques Tion in my mind. My Over whelming impression is of a potential giant which has just risen from its Knees. I am wondering where China will go from Here. My overriding impression throughout he trip was of the population. Every where we went we time in the cities there were people people people jostling in the bazaars crowding in the mar thronging main thoroughfare of peking on their or in their school Ped cars. In the next four years China will add to her population some people. Fifteen years from now there will be people living under the government of Mao tse Tung. You get a sense of this As you watch platoons of labor ers hurling themselves at the new building projects beneath the hot Sun of peking or in a cold Gray drizzle at Mukden. There Are few machines Many human hands that the Lack of mechanization some How seems much less important than it does to a Western technologist As i watched i remembered Reading about the. Human wave tactics in Korea. The sheer weight of China s Man Power in peace and War struck me As a Force which the Industrial conscious Weist May be Likely to underestimate. The sense my Brief tour gave me of the tremendous pressure China s population must exert upon her polic ies has also led to fee that in this situation discussion of How communist or marxist China is How much she likes the soviet Union what she really feels about Britain is somewhat academic. Inner drive or. Sam Watson though be has never sought the political limelight is among the most widely respected of British Trade Union leaders. He belongs Section of the labor movement the miners of the Durham Coalfield that has a Long standing reputation for loyalty and Tough Ness combined with practical Good sense and resistance to doctrinal extremism. Or. Watson Jias embodied these qualities during Many years As the mine workers representative on the labor party executive. He had also travelled widely both in Asia and in North America before he accompanied or. Attlee or. Bevan and others on the recent labor party Mission to China. In two Here by arrangement with the London observer he has set Down his forthright comments on the new China and the Westera world s problems in dealing with communism. Copyright is strictly reserved. Whatever use Mao tends to make of marxist teaching and stalinist experience arid whatever he May Hope to learn or receive from us i cannot but feel that the inner drive of the new China is its sheer physical and social problem and that the philosophy and pol icy of that government steers rather than generates it. This is not to underrate her present rulers. No single Man has impressed me so deeply As Mao tse Tung. He and the men around him seem Power Ful dedicated and dignified. To a great extent one gets the impression even from a tour As Brief As mine that they Are following the classical communist models and into the bargain Are pro Russia. Mao made it Clear that he did not believe that the social democracies could Ever attain the Justice and Equality of the marxist state. The Trade unions Are led in each fac tory and at All. Levels by marxist communists and the communists propagate marxist opinions and attitudes to the workers. I saw Many slogans in the streets which were translated to me As we must vie with our russian or we must emulate the rus Sian yet there seemed remark Able deviations from soviet principle and practice which to my mind were very significant and indeed indicated a modified concept of communism. Though Mao complains for example that Britain has not eliminated her capitalists he has not eliminated his either. The country s Economy in fact by contrast particularly with the uniformity which the russians tried to produce by their revolution is mixed. There Are four phases state managed state controlled but managed by private Enterprise control exercised through Supply of raw materials Central Pur chasing and so a sector of private Enterprise and the tens of thousands of Small traders who live work and rear their families in tiny shops in the Bazaar. I was particularly struck by what i was told and by what i saw of the third sector the private Enterprise sector. Be tween 35 and 40 per. Cent of the country s Economy is still j in this sector i was told and j there seemed no sign of an in i Tention to reduce this proportion. Another feature which appeared to contrast with the situation in Russia was the Posi Tion of the Christian Church. From what we gathered from meetings with its leaders in peking the Christian Church is free and but it seemed to me too that it will remain so Only so Long As it does not interfere with poli tics or oppose the policies of the government. Sitting on the Steps of a courtyard in the forbidden City China s traditional religious Centre in peking i had seen several children read ing what seems to be picture books. I looked at them and an interpreter explained that these were pictures of Amer ican imperialists torturing North korean mentioned these books to the religious leaders and found that they approved of their use. Their explanation was some what As follows they were not indoctrinating the child Ren As we alleged. They were educating them when we asked How they squared teach ing children to hate human beings with the teachings of Christ they equivocate and we got no satisfactory an Swers. It was Clear however that they were four Square be Hind the government s social policy and at the same time appeared to believe sincerely that they were nearer the teaching of Christ than the Christian Church in China had Ever been. Throughout my contacts with our hosts and throughout those of my colleagues which i was Able to observe there were More evidences not of insincerity but of that Nai Vete which seems unexceptionable to those who accept marxist promises but seems to be deceit or at least double to others i believe that without concerning ourselves too much with the differences Between double think and deceit and Between naivete and insincerity we should Bear this mental phenomenon in mind when attempting to pre dict what China will do. Wants peace everybody made it quite Clear that China wants peace. At the same time they repeated incessantly that China must have Formosa. They say with apparent sincerity that British prestige has never been so High in China but they imply that Western Type democracy cannot succeed. They say they want capital goods from Bri Tain which would save them from exporting their much needed cooking Oil to Russia add that they want the Best Quality goods at the Low est possible Price and will give their business to the country that can provide this. Of one thing however i re turn feeling sure. It is More Likely to be China s mighty soc Ial problems a thei than her growing Power which will fashion both her internal development and her foreign pol icy. It is to these rather than to the statements of her leaders and to the flexible principles of her political philosophy that one should look for clues to China s plans and prospects. First of two articles i Only Jet paid 10 the fringe benefits include blur piece of chocolate cake when i m., _ used monday night club by a. F. A Alderman Simonite had a thievery reason to feel frustrated at the club monday night. As finance committee chairman it was his reluctant and painful duty to propose that a Money bylaw for 000 should be put before the ratepayers this fall to expand and improve the Parks system and to provide for play grounds pleasure grounds and Assembly Halls in various parts of the he has been in this position before and Alderman Simonite quickly made Clear that he did not concur with the commit tee s recommendation made in his absence. He was not a bit Happy about relaxing the City s purse strings at such an in auspicious moment. There was he said tremendous pressure civic departments for More Money. How therefore could the members1 give to one and not to. All and if they were prepared to give to. All were they also prepared to consider the substantial in crease in taxation that would result Large increase this was not the end of the problem. The Parks Board also wanted a Large in crease in its operating expenditure next year. Alderman Sim onite was not unmindful of the fact that the suburbs should contribute a. Share of these costs. He was he acknowledged chairman of the committee which was supposed to be studying the possibility of set Ting up a metropolitan Council and this was just one of the Many services which should come under such a Council s jurisdiction. The committee was t getting anywhere right now but he had Hopes. Mean while Council had to face facts was just too much to ratepayers to approve at this time. _ Alderman Hallonquist leading the attack. She painted a vivid picture of deplorable conditions facing the Parks Board. At the zoo for example the sewer a habit of Back ing up in the Polar bears Den. At one Parks Board property there was a horrible old Eleva Tor which one to pull by hand. As mrs. Hallonquist told it this was something to see but scarcely to be proud of. Verbal thrust while she was speaking or. Ernest Draffin walked in. Has accepted the . Nomination for mayor in the civic election and presumably was there to Bone up for his Campaign. It would be Nice to say that he Learned a thing or two and perhaps he did for at this Point aldermen Scott and Simonite squared off with the Type of verbal thrust and Parry which is such an incomparable part of club procedure. Alderman Scott scornfully dredged up past history to sup port his Contention that Alder Man Simonite was Ever reluctant to spend Money on worthy projects he mentioned the City incinerator As one example this was All wrong protested the finance committee chair Man. I m not going to bit and take a a chortled Alder Man Scott. A gentle admonishment by mayor Coulter brought matter Back to the subject under discussion and it Deve Lepej that everyone disagreed will Alderman Simonite. They sail so at length. He insisted on the last word however Are Obi willing to Tell the Public wha they have to he demanded. Are you willing to give a other services a percentage in no one answered his quest Ion his was the Lone the aldermen gave the bylaw their approval it will be up pc the ratepayers to make vision ;