— PENTAGON — Continued f the U.S. Pentagon should have military installations in B.C./ at all. But how-much credence ean be put on announcements from the U.S. military after | the U-2 incident? Wasn’t that} Supposed to be a “weather re- connaissance?” The truth of the matter is) that U.S. bases in B.C., as else-| where in Canada, have been! used by the U.S. military for| hostile acts against Canada’s! neighbours in the north and across the Pacific. This is| borne out by a dispatch from | Ottawa published in the Van-| couver Sun May 24. The writer said “In Ottawa! it is widely assumed that bases! and other installations on Can- adian territory in the far north are being used by the U.S. to gather intelligence’ on the Soviet Union. The report add- ed that U.S. equipment at bases in Canada “includes de-| vices for very long-range elec- tronic peeking into the Soviet Union for monitoring Russian missile and atomic experi- ments.” It ends by saying “Cana dian pilots have flown Strate-| gic Air Command aircraft on| Secret missions. They have| penetrated Soviet air space.” Is there any reason to be-| lieve, after what has happen-| ed, that U.S. military forces] are not using bases in B.C. for these provocative purposes? | British Columbians should | realize, particularly after re-| cent announcements from the| Soviet Union that missiles will| be used to strike against bases| from which hostile flights over| the Soviet Union are launched, | that we are courting disaster | by allowing the U.S. military| free reign in B.C. ‘ The real big tip-off regara-| ing large scale U.S. plans for| turning B.C. into a major base | for nuclear war comes from | the speed with which plans are being rushed through to build the Pacific Northern Railway | from Prince George to the| Yukon Nborder. Pioneers in| B.C. who remember the many years it took before a decision Was reached to build the PGE are amazed at the speed with which this $240 million project is being pushed through by the Social Credit government. Popular Front wins. Paris council vote PARIS Socialist, Commu- nists and members of the Unit- ed Socialist Party formed a “Popular Front” last week for elections to the Greater Paris County Council. They won all ten offices be- tween them with five Com- munists elected. The previous council included four Conser- watives, three Gaullists and ne Popular Republican -(Cath- Olic). | build a series of mobile and a rom page 1 | Opponents of the railroad have asked why build the rail- way when there isn’t enough activity in that part of B.C. to make such a railway econo- mical? This mystery is now cleared up. The Wenner-Gren| interests who have applied for the right-of-way reserve, are! now reported to be secretly admitting that they hope to finance the northern railway | with the assistance of the U.S. | defence department. | It is no longer a secret but a subject of public discussion | that the U.S. military want to} permanent nuclear missile; launching sites for the U.S.| Will not swerve from co-existence policy —K BUCHAREST—The Soviet Union will not abandon ‘its efforts to eliminate international tension in spite of the U-2 flights and all that followed. said Soviet Premier Khrushchev here last veel Bring fraternal greetings to} the third Congress of the Ru- manian Workers Party, he said if the Soviet Union took up the American challenge and ended efforts to eliminate tension it would be playing into the hands of the U.S. Khrushchev said that the data obtained by spy flights were of ‘no importance’ for ensuring the so-called defence of the U.S. for the spy flights were made in areas where there are no Soviet rocket bases. He said it was now clear to the whole world that when the U.S. torpedoed the summit army. British Columbians have no | objejction to a railroad being! Soviet Union was not going to swerve from the policy of peaceful co-existence that had conference it had no construc- tive proposals to discuss there whereas the Soviet delegation | which surrounds U.S. military built in the north which would | open up new territory for de-| velopment. But they will cer- | tainly objejct to this right-of- way being turned over to the} Pentagon for purposes of mak-| ing B.C. a U.S. military colony. It is time the people of B.C. shook off -the complacency “Mind where you're sit- in’, Butch — that’s the world-wide H-button.” —British Daily Worker China backs Sovie! activity in the province. eee disarmament plan the people of Japan realized; BUCHAREST —China’s fra- what the U.S. military were ternal delegate to the Ruman- up to look how they respond-| ian Workers’ Party Congress, ed to the danger. Soi | Peng Chen, said last week that Without a doubt this issue) the present international situ- will be very much in the cen-| ation was favourable to the tre of the forthcoming provin-| struggle for peace. cial election in B.C. The Com-| “The Chinese people fully munist Party and its candi-| support the. just stand. taken dates have let it be known) }y Comrade Krhushchey at the that they intend ‘to see that if preliminary meeting of the is. | Four-Power Heads of Govern- Public protest however. ment conference toward the should start now. Ottawa and qs aggressors. Victoria must be pressed to) «