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First soft landing on Moon socialist science is tops The Hustings Recalled William Stewart, Vancouver, (ates: In the last federal elec- ion campaign the Hon, Arthur aing publicly assured his con- Stituents that the Liberal govern- Ment was absolutely opposed toa ee nental approach to exploita- On of Canadian water and would Rot agree to any diversion of eanadian water to the U,S. until 2 full study of Canada’s long rm needs had been undertaken, ao a Candidate for the Com- Unist Party in Vancouver South, ay Constituency Laing repre- aa. in Hf sa I pointed out the ee ence between his as- Dae and statements of Jack Gas Liberal MP for Coast- Minist 0, who was also Prime Face Pearson’s Parliamen- aH €cretary, and Pearson him- tat countered by asserting si © was the Minister of Nat- Sop eaaeaioess under whose Ss ment water resources pol- Was administered and that he SPoke for the Matter, Syeriment on this s mswered that while Laing ah jee Minister of Resources a ra might well be his opin- Saas as obviously were not his ae y the main sections of Y and that if he tried to Bie. in the way of the sellout water resources, he would Pushed aside, It is note ‘i worthy that immed- tely following the elections, a Majo: F a T propaganda campaign was Nn to condition Canadians for The superiority of socialist science was once again dramati- cally demonstrated to the world last week when the Soviet space laboratory Lunik 9 landed intact upon the surface of the moon and began radioing back priceless information about earth’s sat- ellite. The success of such an almost unbelievably intricate under- taking has brought man.a giant step closer to actually landing on the moon and adds to the already impressive list of Soviet space “firsts,” including: First Sputnik; First animal in orbit (Laika, the dog); First man in space; First woman in space; First two man space flight; First three man space flight; First “walk” in space; First hit on moon; First photos of moon’s reverse side; And now, first soft landing. William Kashtan, national sec- retary of the Communist Party of Canada, sent the following congratulatory telegram to the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party, on behalf of the national committee: @Congratulations on historic breakthrough in further conquest the acceptance of large scale export of our water and that, in his cabinet shuffle, Pearson removed Laing from his post as Minister of Northern Affairs, These incidents support char- ges of the Communist Party that the Liberal Party is committed to a comprehensive policy of be- trayal of the national independ- ence of our country to the U.S. That whatever differences in- dividual members of the Liberal Party may have with this policy, no matter what their status in the party may be, they will be com- pelled to give way to the policy of continentalism being purused now by the Canadian government, And the Liberal brain trusters wonder why the Canadian people refused them a majority in the last election! Stop These Madmen Joe Ivens, Okanagan Mission, writes: Had I not seen much the same in the press as I heard over the radio a few days ago, I would have concluded I didn’t hear correctly, Mr, McNamara, right-hand man of President Johnson was saying, “We have the potential capability of wiping China andthe Soviet Union off the face of the earth, and carrying on the war in Vietnam at the same time.” If those weren’t his exact words that was the gist and essence of his bombast, I also recall at the time of the U.S. Powers U-2 spy plane in- of space, It marks another of the great pioneering efforts and victories of the Soviet Union and its people in cause of peace and socialism.” The rocket landed on Thursday afternoon, February 3 (Vancou- ver time) and promptly began sending back pictures which have been described by Western scien- tists as “amazing,” “fantastic” and “sensational.” Its lusty radio signals have proved that the moon is not en- tirely covered with a thick layer of dust, as one school of thought has maintained, It now seems that the surface is composed of dark chocolate colored rock, like pumice stone or volcanic lava, The big question for a future manned landing, now: possible before the end of the decade, is whether the moon’s surface will take the weight of a spaceship -and allow it to be blasted off on its return journey, Scientists want to know what the surface is made of, its temp- erature, and radiation levels;for the moon has no protective at- mosphere against cosmic rays and meteorites, Any moonquakes or tremors would need to be measured, for they could upset a spaceship. cident of hearing Krushchev say- ing something of the same, that he, (that is the Soviet Union) could also wipe any nation off the map, But with McNamara it is a horse of a different color, There are no Vietnam planes over Am- erican skies, as there were U.S, planes over Soviet skies, In Vietnam the Yanks have had to go several thousand miles with their armies to try and do what the French couldn’t do, and which the Americans will fare no better, One cannot forget that the late John Foster Dulles once said “wherever Communism raises its ugly head, we will be there to stop it.” I was asked by a neighbor the other day what the war in Vietnam was all about, My reply was that ever since I can remember the white man’s aim was to exploit the black man, the brown man, the yellow man, in fact anybody and everybody who had something the white man wanted, And so we come to 1966 with President Johnson and Mc- Namara on the one hand and Billy Graham on the other, all wanting to ‘‘save’’ the Vietna- mese from ‘Communism,’ Let each one of us who want peace and human brotherhood do what we can to stop these hellish madmen, before they engulf the whole world in nuclear flames, It is not too late yet, but. late enough, While we still have life left, it is certainly worth a try, . An artist's conception of Lunik 9 Then scientists would like in- struments to dig below the arid surface to discover if there is any moisture there, Protected against temperature extremes on the surface and warmed by the moon’s interior, it is possible that primitive life forms exist, but highly organized, intelligent selenites are not ex- pected, Anyway, it won’t be long now before the answers to these and other puzzling problems become available, thanks to the miracle of science applied for the eoodof humanity — socialist science: This latest accomplishment of socialist science illustrates once again how, givena world at peace, man Can creatively turn his ener- gies to wresting newsecrets from the infinite reaches of the cosmos, : ATTENTION, TRIB READERS: NFB requires help for Canadian movie The PT has received a re- quest from David Millar of the National Film Board, for help in digging up some items for use in ‘a film now in the preparatory stage. The request runs along these lines: The film will be about the Can- adian West and Millar is most anxious to get moving or still pictures from Western Canada showing the change from afron- tier to an industrial society, the rise of the Canadian labor move- ment west of the Lakehead, and the events leading up to the Win- nipeg and Vancouver general strikes of 1919 and their after- math, For example: pictures of un- ion or political activity in those years, of men at work, of every- GRANVILLE ISL. AUTO SERVICE TIME FOR FALL CHANGE-OVER DO IT NOW! We also cut keys day life or family outings, of immigration and living condi- tions, of soldiers leaving for the First World War, or vet- erans in demob camps and re- turning home, Millar wants pictures that show what it was like to live during those years, and during the social changes that followed just after the war. Any reader having access to pictures, documerts or other ma- terials which might be ofinterest to the NFB is urged to write the PT editors and inform us of what is available, We will gladly see to it that all materials are passed on to the film board or Millar, We have been assured all ob- jects received will be handled with great care and returned in good condition. [TED HARRIS | 757 East Hastings St. Vancouver 4. B.C. Painters’ and Paperhangers’ Supplies Sunworthy Wallpaper Reg. 45c—Now 19c a Roll a PHONE MU 4-9819 ‘2643 East Hastings Street, Planning a trip? ~ LET US MAKE ALL YOUR ARRANGEMENTS Vancouver 6, B.C. AGENCY Telephone 253-1221 ‘< February 11, 1966—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 7