iy

—HOY (Havana)

French demonttrations

More than 200,000 Pari-
sians took part Monday in the
biggest demonstration since
the liberation of Paris in

1944, to protest the action of

the French police in shooting
down their fellow workers,
es against the terrorist. acts}

block path of fascism

of the right.

The, impressive demonstra-
tion was accompanied by a
general strike which com-
pletely paralyzed Paris. It
was a powerful demonstra-
tion of the unity of the peo-
| ple against the right.

Buck Here For

Communist

Party Anniv. Celebration

‘The 40th Anniversary of
the Communist Party of Can-
ada -will be celebrated in
aC. this month at a series of

DATE SET FOR
SUDBURY VOTE

Four hundred and_ fifty
Miners at the Eldorado Mines,
Uranium City have voted to
accept a 28c package and a

ree year agreement con-
Cluding negotiations between

the Mine Mill and Smelter

Workers Union and the Eldo-
rado Mining Corporation.
The agreement will bring
the basic rate to $2.50 an
hour, the labor rate to $2.19

and tradesmen rates of pay to

as high as $3.19.

Hours were reduced from

44 to 40. :
It was announced

and March 1.

this
Week that the vote in Sud-
bury between Mine Mill and
; the Steelworkers Union
Would be held on Feb. 28-29

meetings and banquets at
which Tim Buck, National

Chairman of the CPC will
speak.

_ Here is a list of the events.

Okanagan-Kamloops; ban-
quet, Tuesday, Feb. 20, Elks
Hall, Vernon. Delta-New
Westminster: concert meeting,
Thursday, Feb. 22, 8 p.m.,
Dreamland Hall, Church St.,
New Westminster. Dewdney:

Haney.

p.m., Masonic Hall,
Greater Vancouver: banquet
and. dance, Sat., Feb. 24, 7

p.m. Ukrainian Hall, Vancou-
ver.

"Nanaimo: meeting and re-
ception, Sunday, Feb. 25, <2
p.m. Harewood Community
Hall. Courtney: Monday, Feb.

26, Native Sons Hall. Pt. Al-
berni: meeting, Feb. 27, 8
p.m. Longshoremens Hall,

2nd Ave. Victoria: banquet,
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 6 p.m.,
Kings Road Hall.

-—$16 million more than last

banquet, Friday, Feb. 23, 6,

Hear - TIM BUCK
FEBRUARY 24 BANQUET
Celebrating

40TH ANNIVERSARY —
COMMUNIST PARTY OF CANADA

See HALL - 805 E. Pender St.

DINNER SERVED — 7 P.M.
oe EVERYONE WELCOME

Socre

budget

tackle people s needs

“It might be a new budget, but it’s the same old

Socred policy of ‘tax- the-poor to make the-rich-richer’,”
Nigel Morgan, B.C. Communist leader declared on the

Party’s weekly radio comm
‘Station t.K.W.X.

‘Its another real big bus-
iness budget” Morgan charg-
ed, “It will take $161 million
(nearly half the government’s
total revenue) out of our poc-
kets for sales, amusement and
various consumer taxes; yet
the government will only re-
cover $85 million from all
the forest management lic-
enses, mineral rights, oil and
gas reserves, crown grants,
royalties and all natural re-
sources income added togeth-
er,’ he claimed.

“One hundred and sixty-
one million from us in hidden
sales and consumer taxes; yet
only half that amount — eigh-
ty-five million dollars —-from
the big profitable lumber,
mining, pulp, oil, gas and
utility companies that are
eating up our natural resour-
ces.”

NOTHING TO LIFT
BURDEN

“The Premier proposes to

spend a record $356 million

year, and three times the size
of the 1952 budget when Soc-
ial Credit came to power—
but nothing to relieve the
hardship of our unemployed
welfare recipients and pen-
sioners.”

“True, $2 million has been
set aside for the provincial
share of the promised Ottawa
pension boost, but unfortun-
ately doesn’t mean any in-
crease in the present $20-a-

entary Sunday evening over

sioners, but is rather a device

ment to negotiate a revised
agreement with Ottawa re-
specting old age, blind and
disabled pensions,’ Morgan
stated.

“Some small (and long ov-
erdue) wage increases, recom-
mended by the Civil Service
Commission and ~ amounting
all-in-all to $234 million are
provided for. Reference to
promised cuts in electric
light rates were passed over
in the budget, with Finance
Minister Bennett announcing
they will only come in April
when the new merged B.C.
Hydro and, Power Authority
is finally established.
WRITE M.L.A.'s

“Monday, the budget de-
bate will get down to busin-
ess’, Morgan told his radio
audience. ‘“‘Now is the time to
let your MLA know how
you feel about the budget!
Why not drop him a note and
urge him to add his voice to
the demand for:

(1) A better return from
the. ‘extractive’ industries
using up our natural resour-
ces to make possible a reduc-
tion in various consumer
taxes;

(2) Assumption by the Pro-
vincial government of a mini-
mum 60% of local school
budgets;

to enable the B.C. govern-

Huge arms bill
highlights

Tory budget

OTTAWA — Arms spend-

i ing will continue to take first

place in Federal government
spending. This was a high-
light of the budget intro-
duced in Parliament Monday
by Finance Minister Donald
Fleming.

..According to his estimates
“defence” will account. for,
27 cents out of every tax dol-
lar. A closer examination of
the estimates will likely re-
veal that additional sums will
be spent for war preparations
which are not included in the
“defence” appropriations.

Health and welfare of the
nation will take 17.6 cents,
about 10 cents less than “‘de-
fence’, Public works, which
is seen by many as a means
of stimulating employment in
the country will take 3.5
cents.

Total government spending
expected this year is $7,013,-
211,000.

(4) Action to relieve the
hardships caused by unem-
ployment and increased al-
lowances for welfare reciv-
ients and pensions.

The Communist Party é-
peals to the people to unite
and. compel such a change in
the government’s- fiscal plans

month bonus to old age pen-

(3) Increased grants in aid
of municipal governments;

for the coming year,” he con-

cluded.

Bonn consul here $S man

The Pacific Tribune learned this week that the
West Germany Consul in Vancouver was a former mem-
ber of the Hitler Youth Organization and the S.A. He
was a member of the S.S. from Oct. 13, 1937, No. 310,-

959.

His name is Hans Grade
and he was born in Berlin
on April 8, 1913. He was ap-
pointed Consular Secretary in
Sept. 1939 and transferred to
the fascist German embassy
in Rome.

These facts were revealed
recently in a book entitled,
“From Ribbenirop to Aden-
auer,”” and is a documenta-
tion of the West German
Foreign Office. This well
documented publication  re-

veals the records of approxi-,

mately 200 West German dip-

lomats, among them Grade,

CLOTHING NEEDED —

FOR CUBA CHILDREN
Clothing for pre - school

children is still needed in

Cuba, sleeveless two - piece

cotton suits for boys and

simple little dresses for girls.
Donations of such clothing

may be sent to Fishermen’s}

Hall, 138 E. Cordova St.
The pencils and diapers
previously collected are on
their way and the committee
wishes to thank. all who con-

tributed so generously.

|
who are now in Adenauer’s
diplomatic corps.

The book also reveals that
the West German ambassador

in Ottawa, Herbert Siegfried,

is a Nazi of long standing. He
was a member of the Nazi
Party from Aug. 1, 1937. In-
cluded in the book are photo-
static copies of the record of
each mentioned diplomat.

It reveals that today the
overwhelming majority of
Adenauer’s diplomatic corps
consists of Nazis who served
under Ribbentrop.

‘| PROF. HOLLAND ROBERTS

February 16, 1962

&

U.S. PROFESSOR TO SPEAK
INVANCOUVER NEXT SUN.

Prof. Holland Roberts, well-
known U.S. educationist and
member of the World Council

: of Peace; will speak at a pub-
= lic meeting

in. Vancouver,
Sun. Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. in the
lower hall of the Pender Au-’
ditorium. under auspices of

; the B.C. Peace Council.

His subject will be: “New
Developments on the Ameri-
can Peace Front.” He will al-
so show slides of recent ds-
monstration in Union Square,
San Francisco by the Women
for Peace organization.

While here he will also
address a noon hour meeting
at U.B.C. Prof. Roberts will
be in the city from Feb. 23
to 25. 4

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