Canada’s deep-sea going fet may soon become a host navy. A quick look ‘the figures in the accom- anying tables shows that Ocean-going fleet has Opped from an all time gh in 1948 of 1,178,791 Oss tons, to 49,124 tons in 62. The drop after 1948 was ectacular. That was the year of the Orld-wide strike of the fMadian Seamen’s Union its fight for survival ainst U.S.-imported scabs @ thugs. As has been “n further revealed in € recent probe of ship- M8 on the Great Lakes, and the Be government irked hand in.hand with Our dying Merchant fleet Conta from pg. 2 ,.. Mutual study and peace- ee mise frontier questions f a tTma and Nepal; why is it ., "Negotiate them, even. with culty, Abd have no tension or Pe, with the Himalayan of Bhutan and Sikkim— nly by the Indian Govern- . 'S there a threat to unleash ever lies partly in India, in ve all in Washington. The Government is headed by » Whose words and actions : tee enmment have meant a eto the cause of peace. ‘dia desperately needs to help advance her my, US. Congress and the ly nk have alike shown that they have scant ten- for any friend of China. ’sinessman’s bible in the ©w to Buy Friends and a People,”’ is well studied a... Who control and direct "at flow. pore are many willing to them in India. oe liberation had an effect in India. The Me rage bt SParty-led Government, 1M many provinces and Dana by the local business- dg landlords was failing Nn oppress Icuns. essing the people. Pe of Chinese agra- : em as a shining Voter e Indian peasant and , . India began to turn ) °mmunism. ae wrist-twisting has oa the interests of tive classes in India : a diabolical, blacken €stroy the popularity among the Indian sy: t a €S and provocations Dalai o agents close to the ee intransigence Yontier—these have ; . Weapons. Vanishing fleet’ YEAR No. G.T. 1939 38 241,684 1941 57 283,948 1943 94 502,719 1945 173 1,075,903 1947 155 1,008,692 . 1948 172 1,178,791 1949 145 981,255 _ 1950 139 933,408 Pe 1951 85 561,249 1952 ae. 529,584 1954 47 324,031 _ 1956 25 183,336 1958 17 144,011 1960 16 136,177 1962 4 49,124 ° So oe of the information is the Canadian Ma the Hal Banks-led Seafar- ers International Union to smash the CSU. During the 1948 and 1949 struggle, the CSU warned that policies pur- sued by the government would lead to the elimina- tion of a Canadian merch- ant marine. In a recent article on Canada’s ocean-going fleet, the Financial Post reports speculation that even its present strength might be “slashed by 25% — from four ships to three. — by sale to foreign ownership.” “As fast as the rumors flew,” adds the Post, “fas- ter came the denials and shoulder shrugs from ship- ping men and government officials. Number and tonnage of oce- an-going Canadian flag vessels ol 1,000 gross tons (G.T.) and over, including passenger, and dry car- go and tankers. i The never-resting Pentagon popularisers of war, nuclear pre- ventive war against Russia, war against Cuba, war for Berlin,. are rubbing their hands. May the Indian people not allow their natural and worthy love of country to be distorted and exploited to make a triumph for those whose professed desire is to set Asians at each other’s throats. There is no aspect of the fron- tier question that cannot and should not be negotiated. Then the tragedy will be averted. Cont'd from pg. 6 the catch-phrase ‘NATO — fourth nuclear power’ the trick by which nuclear weapons are to be placed in the hands of the Federal Republic.” West Germany has used the threat of an independent Franco- German nuclear force against its own allies, including the U.S. to win its goal of nuclear arms. ADVANCED PLANS Plans in this direction are ac- tually further advanced than is generally assumed. West German arms trusts like AEF, IG Far- ben, Delgussa, have close connec- tions with French nuclear arms trusts such as the Ateliers pat- riots and Establissement Kuhi- mann. West Germany has been mak- ing intensive preparations to start its own production of atom- ic weapons and has accumulated - fission material. It has 1,300 spe- cialists doing nuclear-weapon re- search at Jelich. The Athens NATO conference in May, 1962 was considered by West Germany as only the first stage on the road to obtaining nuclear weapons. ‘There, the Americans agreed to an informa- tion-sharing plan with its NATO allies, and agreed further that it would not remove nuclear weap- ons from any NATO country’s territory without the agreement of that country. ‘introduced at Neutrals ask test ban Disregarding Western protests, 30 neutralist nations at the U.N. the weekend a formal call to end all nuclear testing immediately and _ by January 1 at the latest. Their draft resolution condemns all nuclear tests and endorses the eight-nation neutralist proposals Civic vote Cont’d from pg. 10 goes to school costs and _ this figure is mounting every year. Added capital costs, above those being retired at an annual rate are required to keep pace with education demands. © Debt: The Civic debt charge, that is the carrying charge on the existing debt is close to $15 million a year. Taken as a per- centage of the total taxes avail- able to spend on citv needs this actually means that 28c on every tax dollar collected goes to pay interest to the money lenders. It is estimated that for every dollar spent on capital improvements in the city. one dollar will be re- quired to pay the interest and carrying charges. These facts taken alongside the fact pointed out by H. Rankin, President of the Vancouver Rate- payers Council, that the city is deteriorating every year, show the magnitude of the problem. The first big step to their solu- tion lies in the defeat of the NPA. may be the year that speeds them on that long deserved path. There’ are indications that this _ made at Geneva ‘‘as a basis for negotiation” — proposals already accepted by the Soviet Union. The resolution calls on East and West to negotiate on the neu-. tralist proposals “‘in a spirit of mutual understanding and con- cession,’’ and asks that this be given priority at the 18-nation disarmament conference in Geneva. PROGRESS REPORT The Assembly would request a report on progress by Decem- ber 10. The neutralist proposals sug- gest an observation system based on national networks and the es- tablishment of an international scientific commission that could inquire into any suspicious seis- mic event. The U.S. and Britain countered the neutralist proposal with a draft resolution urging the con- clusion of a treaty ‘‘with effect- ive and prompt international veri- fication’ prohibiting tests in all environments. PASS THE PACIFIC TRIBUNE ON TO A FRIEND THE HOME STRETCH! Only Two Weeks To Go @ Have You Picked Up That Renewal? @ Have You Won A New Reader? e Are You Receiving a Weekly Bundle? DRIVE QUOTAS Greater Vancouver CLUB TARGET ACHIEV. Steveston 10." 2 CLUB TARGET ACHIEV. Trail-Rossland 40 11 Advance 35 19 Correspondent 15 7 Bayview a — Prov. Miscell. 70 15 ill B tt 11 fiery pie a Se Vancouver Island Cedar Cottage 40 11 Alberni 510 25 “Dry Dock * 50 23 Campbell River 30 14 Frank Rogers 40 11 Cumberland 40 21 Georgia 15 4 Cowichan 60 13 Kensington 60. 13 Nanaimo 100 23 Niilo Makela 15 7 / Parksville 10 2 Norquay 50 8 Victoria 35 18 Olgin - - 3 Saanich 25 9 Point Grey 16 Seen 75 a Dewdney Vancouver East 90 38 Haney-Maple Rg 40 5 Victory Square 60 10 Mission 15 6 West End 30 7 re) North Burnaby 50 23 kanagan South Burnaby 30 15 Kamloops 15 9 Edmonds 80 12 Notch Hill 30 4 North Shore 75 25 Vernon 35 2 City Miscellan. 55 15 Delta CITY TOTAL 1000 341 Fort Tonnies = “25 i eneral a 15 4 Brovinca’G . : New West. Ind. 50 22 Fernie-Mic y South Surrey 15 16 * Nelson 25 9 Surrey 70 39 Powell vent 30 at PROV. TOTAL 900 308 ane uber. 20 13 CITY TOTAL 1000 341 Sointula Grand Total 1900 649 Oct. 26 1962—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 11.