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Vol. 16 No. 43

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1957

VANCOUVER, B.C. lO¢

ER. A Authorised as second class mail by
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‘Foreign policy folly
‘Upparent, says LPP

“The folly of the present foreign policy of Canada must
oe quite apparent to you in view of the Inter-Continentnal
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Patties, and all MPs.
© letter continues in part:
| th Be ten years, since 1947,
oe Cold war” has brought
Pa, ang but trouble. to the
, Pe of this country. For
| aw of that time, the North
| ants Treaty Organization
in ©) has placed Canada
tute Position where she can
Matically be committed
os war. The Atlantic
bin.” has been openly ad-
Sor to be a plan for anti-
tou War, under “favorable
Mstances.” This would

®n world war.

he thuth’ is that there could
Oty pesibly be any such “fav-
| tae © circumstances.” This
the 4S now descended upon
toy; vetHMents of the NATO
| tq es: NATO is bankrupt,

The Mortal crisis.
tende, ICBM at one stroke has
Siva eed Obsolete the expen-
tefen ystem of air and radar
(,..°S Which has cost the
bihig #an taxpayers almost $12
Nation ™ nearly half of the
| Seye @l budgets for the past
buy al years. .This crushing
Cana of taxation has robbed
ag hae of such necessities
‘onal Health Insurance.

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"Mtinued on back page
See FOREIGN

istic Missile,” says a letter sent to Prime Minister John
fenbaker, leaders of the Liberal, CCF and Social Credit

‘Sickening lack
of foresight’

Charge that “Canadian lead-
ers have shown a sickening
lack of foresight” is made
by Dr. W. H. Patmore in a
letter published by the Van-
couver Province on Monday
this week.

Citing the $100 million spent \

by this country “for the CF-
100 jet plane recently discard-
ed” and the $200 million on
the A. V. Roe Arrow, “which
will be as obsolete as an In-
dian spear before it becomes
operational in two years, Pat-
more declares:

“ . . this $300 million total

Continued on back page
See SICKENING

NA RECOGNITION

William Black, president of the B.C. Federation of Labor, this week called for the
diplomatic recognition of China. In an-interview with the Pacific Tribune he said: “We
will have to recognize China some time, so why not now?”

Speaking of government policy up to now he said “there is no sense in sticking our

heads in the sand.”

The people of China “have
selected the government they
want and certainly need trade.
So why shouldn’t we estab-
lish normal diplomatic rela-
I am in favor of im-
mediate recognition and action
to increase trade.”

tions?

Black’s statement followed
on the heels of the annual leg-
islative brief presented to the
federal government by the
Canadian Labor Congress, in
which the CLC called for re-
cognition of China.

Prime Minister
Diefenbaker indicated his gov-
ernment does not intend to
recognize China. He did re-
veal, however, that a “two-

In_ reply,

man exploratory” team had
been sent to China to seek a
market for surplus wheat.

In Vancouver, Sam Jenkins,
president of the Marine Work-
ers and Boilermakers Union,
was highly critical of the
Diefenbaker government.

He told the Pacific Tribune:

“It’s foolish for the govern-
ment to say we won’t recog-
nize China, but we want to
trade with its people.

“This is adding insult to in-
jury. The Tories must open
their eyes to the fact that
there is only one China and
one Chinese government and
that Chiang Kai-shek is a joke.

“We need trade with China
in order to sell Canadian pro-
ducts. Diplomatic recognition
of that country would be a
big step in the right direction.”

Here Syrian Foreign Minister Salah Bitar confers with
aide at the bitter UN session in which he charged that the!
U.. was trying to dominate his country. (For story see back
page.)

City rally will mark
Soviet anniversary

A colorful celebration mark-
ing the 40th anniversary’ of
the founding of the first soc-
ialist state, the Soviet Union,
will be held here on Friday,
November 8 at Pender Audi-
torium, starting at 8 p.m.

Canadian, Soviet friendship for
peace and security.

The meeting which will also
feature an excellent program
of dancing and singing, is
sponsored by the 40th Anni-
versary Committee, of which
John Dubno is chairman.

Featured speaker will be
Tom McEwen, editor of the
Pacific Tribune, who recently
toured the Soviet Union and
China. Subject of his talk will
be “Forty Years of Soviet
Power and its Significance to
Mankind.”

SUB SCORE

Subs Received
596

A young Canadian mother
who was a delegate to the
World Youth Festival in Mos-

cow this year will also speak. Subs’ Needed

604

Central theme of the meet-
ing will be the improving. of

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