SS Mass demonstrations are taking place in South Korea against Syngman Rhee and his policies. Notoriously cor- rupt, he was recently “re-elected” in a farcical election ’ which has aroused wide protest. ‘This picture shows a demonstration of 15,000 in Pyongyang on March 20) against U.S. missiles in'South Korea in violation of the armistice. The crowd is seen shouting the slogan: “U.S. ‘|-cipal “ed States, ~ capital. get out of South Korea!” OTTAWA BUDGET (Continued from Page 1) lief? Then this is for you: “IT am proposing an increase in the maximum amount of medical expenses that can be deducted in calculating taxable income . . . The new limits I am recommending are $2,500 for a taxpayer who is single, $3,000 for a taxpayer of mar- tied status .. .” You are concerned about the mounting crisis in Canadian agriculture- You will find not a mention of farm problems in $ the budget. In case any of the 327,000 registered with the National Employment Service, whom “Doubting Donald” hesitated to consider as unemployed, looked for a glimmer of hope in the budget, they could find this gem: “Canadians can increase their own domestic capital and make this country financially more self-reliant if they are prepared to pracdtise increased efficiency, ‘productivity and thrift.” § For civil servants, the bud- get ‘left no doubt that ‘‘thrift” was the order. ‘Where are the basic econo- mic policies that Ginadal needs? The knowledge is. widespread’ of the very serious problems. confronting us. But the min- ister of finance just skates around them or ignores them completely. “Canada needs to cut down the colossal ‘balance of pay- ments deficit running to $14% pillions, largely with the Unit- by loosening the bonds tieing us to Washington. We need to end the domin- ation of our SCP aUy by U.S. We must manufacture more of the products we now import and process our raw materials further before we export them. We must free our dollar from the artificial level caused by the ‘heavy inflow of- capi- tal, which hampers our exports and stimulates imports. We must provide jobs for the near million fully and par- tially unemployed Canadians and gain the benefit to all which would come from their output of useful goods and services. : ‘ Our social noe eet so no one need suffer privation. Where is the money to come from? There is one very obvious place. The budget for fiscal year 1960-61 still allots $1,616 millions for military spending. ‘budget. | ties to Washington ‘this- would Yes, that sum is nearly $100 for every man, woman and child in Canada—allocated for military expenditures this year. A substantial cut in this fan- ‘tastically wasteful - military spending that.has ‘been going make many constructive things possible. If enough of us Canadians |Jdemand it loud enough, we could force a cut in military possible to reduce taxes, - — increase social security, —carry On our own. expan- sion without shied capital, —stimulate foreign trade, —encourage more manufac- ‘turing in Canada. — All of which would isttovide needed‘ jobs for those unem-|- ‘ployed or working short time. But you don’t get any of this in Finance Minister Fleming’s More important still. A big cut in military spending here, |- with the necessary loosening of entail, would put Canada clear- ly on the road to disarmament. This is the goal which would ‘benefit everyone except those Ly: / the crisis year, 1949.” few who profit from war. and benefits must:be extended |. on in Canada for years would ‘budget. that would make it} ‘| clare Diefenbaker was compelled to bow to overwhelming public opinion and agree to a debate, after the Easter recess on South African race policies. Last Monday Surrey muni- council. unanimously agreed to wire the Prime Min- ister asking for a trade bar on South Africa. Vancouver Civic Employees Union, Outside Workers, last week circulated a petition ad- dressed to the Prime Minister, expressing horror at the sav- age repression of the Negro people. It urged the govern- ment, ‘‘in the name of human- ity to publicly condemn the apartheid policies of the South African government.” Eight hundred members of the union signed the petition in two days. The petition was sent to the Prime Minister this week with a covering letter by union secretary Jack Phillips, which asked that, “your gov- ‘ernment give voice to the strong feelings of the Canadian people on this matter.” — Also, in- Vancouver, the Wo- men’s Committee of the Com- munist Party staged a picket line around Eaton’s downtown Dominion store, on Hastings St., asking the public to boy- cott South African goods. ‘Large numbers of leaflets were distributed urging peo- iple to ask store managers to ‘take South African goods off the shelf. Reports from all over the ‘city indicate that where a pro- test has been made, it resulted in. ‘stores removing South | African products, or moving them to branch stores where mo ‘protest has yet been made ‘by customers.’ : Recently, the National Exec- utive Board of Mine-Mill, meet- ing in Toronto; wired ‘Prime ‘ing that the- ‘government “de- the atrocities being committed ‘acy. ” A céreectibn= “The would jike to make. a correc- tion in the article on un- last week on page 2. - The sentence at the top of the third -column should have read: “This is striking- ly illustrated) by the. fact that the percentage of un- employment in the “boom” year, 1956, is higher than in S$. Africa boycott grows as atrocities condemned As the world-wide protest against the brutal racist policies of the South African . government grew, the movement for a boycott gained new impetus. . In Ottawa Prime Minister Mine-Mill wins support for hearing by AC Support for the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers’ Union request to be allowed to place its application for affiliation before the coming CLC convention, is winning support from important B.C. unions. Rec en tly Division 101, Street Railwaymen’s “Union, passed a resolution to go to the convention asking that, a motion which passed unani- mously, urging that the Con- gress agree to the request of Mine-Mill to place its case be- “Executive Council of the CLC give immediate implementa- tion to this Convention’s wish- es of accepting the applica- tions of affiliation from all unions that will abide by the conditions of affiliation that all unions are required to ac- cept.” fore the coming convention. Many unions across Canada have also supported the Mine- Mill application. A most rec- ent one was the powerful U.- A.W. Windsor local, which asked that, “in the interests of solidarity’? Mine-Mill be al- lowed to present their case be- At its regular meeting March | fore the delegates of the forth- 24, Local 213, IBEW, adopted coming . convention. Meeting denounces Dief for OK on West German bases The action of the Diefenbaker government in approve ing a NATO decision to allow German military bases on. foreign territory, was roundly condemned at a public meeting, Sunday, April 10, in Vancouver’s Pender Audi- torium. Speakers at the rally were Tom McEwen, Pacific Tribune editor, and Spanish civil war veteran Robbie Robson. Both speakers denounced the NATO action as a violation of the Allied treaties on de-militariza- tion of Germany. The resolution, unanimously adopted by the 200 people pre- sent, said the Federal govern- ment’s action was “contrary to the desire of the Canadian people.”’ It demanded the gov- ernment withdraw its approval of German bases. : Resolutions were also adopt- ed by the meeting against the revival of Nazism in West Ger- many, and condemning the failure of Ottawa to denounce the policies of the South Afri-' can government. ' Minister Diefenbaker demand:|. - ‘itself ‘publicly. - against]. Pacific Tribune . employment. which appeared. 5 | in the name of white: suprem- |’ ree.