MOSCOW—Calls tothepeople of
the world to abolish colonialism,
strive for disarmament and un-
mask imperialist fomentors of
war are prominent in the Soviet
Communist Party’s May Day slo-
gans published here last week.

Sixth and seventh of the 102
slogans which ‘fill the front page
of Pravda express greetings to

_fraternal Communist and work-
ers’ parties and hail ‘‘the inde-
structible Marxist-Leninist unity

of the Communists of the whole
world?’

Britain, the U.S., France and

-other SEATO countries are to hold

military exercises in Thailand—

bordering on Laos — later this

_ year, it was revealed in Paris
last week.

A spokesman for SEATO (South

_ East Asia Treaty Organization) -

made the -announcement after a

U.S. Officer: “Good thing I
learnt to swim before I came
_ to South Vietnam as an ad-
: viser!™

“ Asbeahey General Robert Ken-
nedy has cited five additional
people for hearings before the

trol Board, under. “membership”
__provisigns of the McCarran Act. |

“Tt is an outrage to continue’
and expand this harassment while -

the issue of the very constitution- '
- ality of the McCarran Act is still.
pending in the courts,” declared
_ Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, chairman”
of the Gus Hall—Ben J. Davis”
_ Defense Committee.

Fourteen - - people—among _ tens:
men and women, “Negro and”
_ white, from various parts of. the
-country—had - already been thus
- cited to appear before the SACB,
and with monotonous teeularity.-

and solidarity of the great army ~

US. Subversive Activities Con- -

Peace features May Day call

Greetings ‘to the working peo-
ples of Republics ‘‘building soc-
ialism" go first to China, then to
People’s Democracies in alpha-

betical order beginning with Al- ~

bania.

Friendship and co-operation be-
tween :the peoples of Br-:.ain,
America, France and the Soviet
Union in the interests of world
peace are hailed next to greetings
to the working people and all pro-
gressives in West Germany oppos-
ing militarism and the resurgence
of fascism.

War games on Laos border

top-secret session of the eight-"
nation pact’s foreign ministers.
France is reported to be taking

: part, though last year the French

government refused to send forces
to Thailand during the U-S.-in-
spired crisis.

Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of
State, is reported to have out-
lined the latest developments in
Laos to the SEATO conference.

The left wing Neo Lao Hakset
Party, one of the members of the
ruling Laos coalition, charged
that SEATO’S discussion of Laos
was a violation of last year’s
Geneva agreements.

The Geneva declaration, signed
last July by major powers includ-
ing the U.S. and Britain, bound
the powers to ‘respect the wish
of the Kingdom of Laos, not to
recognize the protection of any
alliance or military coalition, in-

: chiding SEATO.”’

New McCarran Act victims

-on the fae of pear -pigeon evi-

“dence in the main, all were order-

ed to register under penalty of —
not acknowledge the rights of

five years in jail and $10,000 fine
for every day_ vey fail to so
register. |

. Registration, according to the
McCarran Act definition, means
to ‘‘confess’’ to the lie that the
registrants are subversives, for-
eign agents and traitors.

The latest order of the SACB.
is being appealed in the courts.
The date- for - hearing. on the ap-,
_peal from the SACB order before’ -
“the U.S. Court of Appeals has not
yet, heen set Fe f

The five named’ | are Fan
Potash, Will Weinstone, ‘Mildred ,

McAdory, Daniel Rubin, Thomas a

«Nate,

THE MELODY LINGERS O1

uber alles!”

“Whatever the sine, it talvays bias like “Deutschland

world over .

er. ”

LABOR ROUNDUP:

Seek parole for pickets,
long Alberni strike ends

Vancouver Labor Council
has instituted proceedings to
obtain parole for two union-
ists now in Oakalla for partic-
ipating on a picket line at
Allied Engineering. In fight-
ing for parole for Dave West
and Joseph Hendsbee, the
council also asked the B.C.
Federation of Labor and the
Canadian Labor Congress to
lend their efforts on behalf of
the imprisoned workers.

ee:

The 22-month-old strike by
the Retail Clerks union of the
Woolworth store in Port Al-
berni has been settled. Wil-
liam Wells, reporting for the
union, stated that the strikers’
spirits remained high ~ and
IWA and Pulp & Sulphite sup-
port strong throughout the
protracted dispute.

The striking workers re-
ceived some gains due to min-
imum wage changes initiated

during the course of the strug-
gle.
Ss

The Oil, Chemical and
Atomic Workers are attempt-
ing. to negotiate an industry-
wide agreement for the first
time in Canadian labor his-
tory. The union is negotiating
with some of the world’s larg-
est monopolies, including Im-
perial Oil and Shell Oil.

The union reports that
there is a strong possibility of
a nation-wide strike in the
industry, centred around de-
mands for job security, union
security and a shorter work
week.

e

In a recent press release the
B.C. Government Employees
Association charged that
“many employees of the B.C.
government receive less than
the minimum wage said nec-

essary for a subsistence stan-_

City communists hit
proposed development

The Vancouver City Committee
of the Communist Party has writ-
ten Mayor Rathie and City Coun-
cil regarding the recently pub-
licized proposal to ‘“‘develop high
vise apartments and some sort of

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of some practical end, which
was. formerly deemed _ inop-
portune or unproductive,
might now or in the future be
considered oportune and_ use-
ful?’ <3

END RACISM

Other points in the encycli-
cal were:

+

1. All States should elim-
inate every trace of racialism.

2. “If any government does _

man or violates them, it- not

only fails in its duty but its ;

orders completely lack juridi--
cal force.”

"3: The United. aliiors he

claration OF. _ Human Rights
was an “‘act of the highest. im-
portance.’ e Hes ‘wished the

JUN. “may. become’ ever more

equal” to the magnitude. and
“Nobility: of: its task. Be

4. Working ~ classes the

tional objects without > free-.

“dom. ‘They insist that they be

always regarded as men with

a share in every. geTtor aS
~ human > society.

Fast

= 5: “Since . ‘women. are’ Sees

as coming ‘ever, ‘more “conscious
of their human dignity, they |
a will” not tolerate being | treat-
ed as’ mere > ‘material instro-
"ments, but demand rights” be- ”
ie fitting | a human person. both»

§ S inv domestic and”
: oe lore

“All hers are - ae in

ae ie natural. dignity. Conse-
F quently. there are no political
~ communities which are super: _
as ior by nature and none which :
: ne inferior by nature.” 3

“Peoples should set” up~

cn) a of mutual col- _
laboration facilitating the cir-

culation from one to the other
of pevital goods and. man pow-

‘in “public” &

waterfront prémenade’”’ in the
Coal Harbor area of the city.

The letter, signed by city secre-
tary Bill Stewart, states that ‘‘we
have serious questions as tothe
advisabiliy of this undertaking on
three counts:

e “We seriously question the
long range advisability of utiliz-
ing the shoreline of our priceless
harbor for residential develop-
ment.

e “We suggest that the develop-
ment of the West End area for

high rise apartments should pyra-
mid from the southern area of
Granville St. . . . To construct
high. rise» apartments . on the

‘i waterfront would ‘hog’ the view
for a few large income families. >

_© “Pending a. comprehensive
plan to provide efficient mass

_ transit for the city the proposed

development would. create traffic

. anarchy in the West’ End.”
«the. letter ends by tequesting
‘that “before this matter is given
public ~
hearings should be held at which ~
‘interested parties | avehila have the.

any final consideration,

-nportunity to appear.”

dard of living’ by the Com-
munity Chest. Anything be-
low that standard is consid-
ered to be a condition of pov-
erty.

The release charged that
“many government § salaries
are barely enough to provide
for a single person, Where
there are dependents, the
family lives in actual pov-
Brivescie.

“Provincial wages should
immediately be. raised to
equal the average earned by
other B.C. workers in similar
jobs.”

The bias of the Ontario La-
bor Relations Board against
Mine Mill was once again ex-
-posed when the Ontario Su-
preme Court prohibited David
B. Archer, president of the
Ontario Federation of Labor,
from sitting on board cases

. involving the Mine Mil! union.

The Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court ruled that
Archer, as a chief executive
of the CLC, which has declar-
ed a policy of destroying Mine
Mill,should not sit to decide
disputes between the two or-
ganizations or their affiliates.
“T think it is asking too much

‘of human nature,”* commented
the judge.

. The Supreme Court de-
cision in this, the Archer

case, should establish a pre-
cedent where independent un-
‘lions across Canada are faced
with labor boards
officers of the CLC sit
judgement.

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MacMillan Bloedel & Pow-
ell River (Canadian White
Pine Division) have their own
brand of democracy. They —
showed this recently in turn-.
ing down a number of reas-
“ onable employee requests, not —
even remotely associated with
production. : ‘
Getting the axe were re-
quests for annual holidays in
July (instead of August),

Saturday holiday for sis

' Easter weekend (instead of

Friday) and permission to sol-
1 Olt: SN ‘contribution |
for the NDP,

“refuse to : be 4 sy
_ treated as if they were irra- |

“‘Mounties’ image tarnished

RCMP Contes c w.
* Secret Police,”

his letter the RCMP. Commis- 3
_. sioner admits that. people have :
been: fired from. jobs /
- hounded. ‘by the “RCMP as

» for holding membership. ica’ 2
. legal Canadian party, the Com: nd
fin, 35 munist. Party. ay

“written by. Sidney Katz, states:
that the RCMP. ‘Directorate or:

~ 8,500, and occupies the entire E
~ two top floors of a. five- Slory eee
+ bulldlig. res

~ stanc es. al RCMP gapinods

‘Harvison this\ week vattacked —
an article in McLean's maga- —
zine entitled “Thside- Canada’s

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and. contusitig, epee: an"

fpbweueer are ‘the. ‘course’ of 4

“and

“poor security. risks” merely

‘The article in “MeLean’ Sy a

Security and Intelligence, “
“which ‘remains relatively un- |
known” employs’ an estimated
500 of the total RCMP. force of |

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