FACE OF NEW AFRICA. These smiling and happy young Negro women have no fear of racial discrimination. They are from the new African Republic of Ghana and are students of the Accra Trade School for girls. They are learning to take their place in a new life. - Pearson's A-arms advocacy ‘gross betrayal’ of nation Statement of the National Executive, Communist Party National Liberal leader Lester B. Pearson has placed his party behind the demand of the indusirial-military clique that Canada accept nuclear arms. Thus the Liberal Party becomes the first political party in Canada to take this official position. In calling for nuclear arms for Canadian-manned Star- fighters, Voodoos, Honest Johns and Bomarcs, Mr. Pearson hinges his position on Canada’s “moral” obligation to hon- or an alleged commitment made to our NATO allies. To lend weight to his “moral” argument Pearson calls as witness none other than U.S. General Norstad, retired NATO chief presently employed by an armament monopoly, who had the insolence to lecture Canada on her “moral” commiiments while paying a courtesy visit to Ottawa. Mr. Pearson’s advocacy of nuclear arms now is a gross betrayal of the solemn commitment he made to the Canadian peopleduring the course of the last federal elec- tion. ; At that time he said that on the basis of information available now the defense policy of a Liberal government would not require Canada to become anuclear power by the manufacture, acquisition or use of nuclear weapons under Canadian or U.S. control.. In effect he said: nuclear arms if necessary but not necessarily nuclear arms. Today he says they are morally necessary. ‘ There is no “morality” to an alleged commitment which puts Canada in the nuclear club. Such “morality” serves only the Pentagon, the Canadian military, the arm- ament manufacturers and those Liberal and Tory politic- ians who are part and parcel of the “nuclear arms now” conclave. The possession of nuclear arms will neither pre- serve peace nor the security of our country. What it will do isopen the door to spreading nuclear arms to other countries, aggravating the war danger and torpedoing dis- armament. : The interests of Canada demand the rejection of nuc- and NORAD generals. Canadians must not allow them- selves to be duped by Liberal demagogy about “honoring our commitments.” This is nothing but a blind to cover up the conspiracy to put nuclear weapons on our soil. Since 1956 Liberal and Tory politicians have been manoeuvering to install nuclear weapons in Canada. They have only been prevented from so doing oe the force of public opinion. There are no nuclear arms on Canadian soil yet. There is still time toprevenitthem from being placed there — pro- vided all those who stand for peace and independence not only speak up but unite in a mighiy crusade against nuclear arms. All those opposed to nuclear arms in Canada should reply to Lester Pearson’s “nuclear arms now” policy by telegrams, letters, petitions, meetings, parades and dele- Democratic and Social Credit parties and to members of Parliament around the one demand: “No Nuclear Arms _ for Canada or for her Armed Forces.” lear arms. They must be kept out of the hands of the NATO REPORTS TO OVERFLOW MEETING CUBANS ONLY WANT CHANCE TO LIVE IN PEACE SAYS COX By JERRY SHACK “I went to Cuba because i think this is the road to peace. “Tf, after I’m finished speaking tonight, you people will under- stand the people of Cuba a littl; better—then that’s a step towards peace.”’ The above remarks just about sum up what Cedric Cox, NDP MLA for Bunraby told his con- stituents last Monday night. Cox, who was reporting on his con- troversial trip to Cuba, was given a Standing ovation as a vote of confidence by an over- flow crowd at the Capitol Hill Community Centre; every seat was taken, every available stand- ing space and loud speakers had to be placed outside the building. Leo Nimsick, MLA for Cran- brook and Gordon Dowding, Cox's fellow representative for Burnaby, also addressed the gathering. Russell Hicks acted as chairman. Cox told his listeners that ‘‘the people of Cuba are good people, just like the people of Burnaby. All they want is a chance to live in peace. “Tn ten years time, they'll have a paradise on earth—if we can get the Americans off their backs.”” Cox emphasized that his re- marks were entirely his own and that he arrived at his conclusions by “roaming the streets of Havana,” going where he pleased and talking to whom he pleased. He was convinced, he said, that the Russians were in Cuba only to help the people win and secure their revolution. DEFENDS VISIT Quoting from some press re- ports which claimed that Cox was an embarrassment to the NDP, he stated: “Tf going to the Soviet Union (in 1959) to find out about con- ditions for myself is a so-called embarrassment, if going to Cuba to see things for myself is an embarrassment, if belonging to the Mine Mill union is an em- barrassment to the NDP—then that’s too bad. “In that case I’m an embarrass- ment. But I helped to build the Mine Mill union and I’m still a card-carrying member and _ no- body is going to tell me I can’t talk to my union: (Cox had earlier spoken to the 19th an- nual convention of Mine Mill’s Western District). At this point,°a poriion of the crowd started shouting ‘‘Down with Strachan’’ and the meeting appeared to be getting unruly, but Cox immediately raised his hands, quieted the crowd and told them several times that “Bob is still the leader.” This was in direct contrast to Mexico, to name just a few. a story carried by the Vancouver 5 ‘ In closing, he Province the next morning which eee . listeners that ‘‘the pe of was headed ‘“‘Cox lashes Strac- = ; e oa : = e Cuba work with one hand tilling han’s NDP role’”’ and claimed that ee the soil and the other on a re ‘*. . Cox climaxed a speech on Cuba with an attack on Strachan peters Roan ee a es ucle And yet, ” Coe reported that he was _ in- formed in Cuba that he was the first elected representative to visit that country from Canada. death every man, child on the island of Cuba, bu While there, he met with MP’s they will never be able to OX: and other socialist leaders from tinguish the spark planted by England, Holland; Belgium, ee Cuba in ‘the rest of Latin gentine, Chile, France, an America.’ i reminded his. Sam. they are progressing— yes, more so than we, in Canada. “The Americans can bomb t@] - woman and t CLARKE TO SPEAK AT NORTH VAN. NOMINATION MEETING “No Nuclear Arms for Canada”’ will be the subject of an address by Nelson Clarke, national organ- izer of the Communist Party of Canada, at a public. meeting on Thursday, January 31 at 8 p.m. in the Lonsdale Hall, 23rd Ave. and Lonsdale. The meeting, called by the North Vancouver Communist Party, will nominate a party can- didate to contest the Coast- Cap- ilano riding in the next Federal election. Clarke is starting a national tour from Vancouver which will take him to most Canadian centres to hold public meetings on the nuclear arms issue, and to discuss. strengthening the Party’s public work. Obituary HUGH MEIKLE Prominent in British and Cana- dian labor and literary circles, Hugh Meikle of North Vancouver passed away last week in his 51st _year, a victim of cancer. An electrician by trade, Mr. Meikle was active in the British shipyard industry before coming to Canada, and in the British Communist party. Until his ill- ness ‘‘Hughie’’ was an active member of the North Vancouver CP Sclub; He is survived by his wife Paul- ine and three sons, Bill, and David. Funeral services were held in the McBride chapel. Typical of his life’s work, Hugh Meikle be- queathed his body to scientific research at UBC. William Stewart, Vancouver City secretary of the Communist Party paid a last tribute to the literary and political contributions of Hugh Meikle. The first sawmill west of the Mississippi was built at Fert Van- - couver, Washington, in 1827 by the Hudsons Bay Company. gations to the Diefenbaker government, the Liberal, New SUPPER — 6:30 p.m. AUUC PROVINCIAL CONVENTION BANQUET & DANCE Guest Speaker — P. Prokop & W. eraser AUUC HALL — 805 East Pender St SATURDAY — JANUARY 26TH Boe ASON: $1.5 D0: All Welcome - DANCING — 9 pF m. aS; Hugh | * hear’ POWER Cont'd from pg. 1 syndicates to finance the Peace River; Big question is another Wenner-Gren deal in the making? : : Undoubtedly widespread dis- satisfaction over Provincial gov- ernment sharing of sharply-rising school and municipal costs, 4° wide variety of proposals includ- ing establishment of a Royal Commission enquiry into the plight of B.C. municipalities, will be heatedly debated, Smarting from defeat in the Point Grey byelection, undoubted- ly feeling the growth in. anti- Socred sentiment, Premier Ben-, nett is expected to bring in some startling proposals in this field as well as some change in labor legislation. What will happen [0- the Premier’s promise to double the Homeowner Grant ($50 to $100), while cancelling existing “srants-in-aid’’ of the municipal ities will be known on Thursday. The NDP are expected to raise sharply the need for a medicare program for B.C., unemployment, as well as amendments to labor legislation and the Workmen's Compensation Act. a The Communist Party will in — ject the issues of resources de- velopment, the Columbia, indust- rial expansion, proposals to cut municipal] tax bills, and a Chartel - of Labor Rights, in a brief being forwarded to MLA's. Tune in CKWX Sunday evenini 7:05 p.m. for the Communist Party’s viewpoint on the Throne Speech. 9 ————! A Soviet cartoonist’s view of abstract ari. Civic workers oppose A-arms- - A membership meeting of the Vancouver Civic Empiovee? Union, Outside Workers, Friday: January 11 sent a letter to Prim Minister Diefenbaker opposi nuclear weapons for Canada. The letter also expressed i dignation ‘‘over the methods u by General Lauris Norstad a his sponsors to bring pressur on the Canadian gov ment to join the nuclear club