a iW - Sports CUBA IS NOT ALONE. This was the banner carried in front of the parade of 200 raketters Tuesday in front of the U.S. Embassy offices in Vancouver’s Burrard Build- 8. Slogans demanded “Hands off Cuba”, “Yankecs, Get Out of Cuba.” CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Attack On Cuba Denounced Ww ae to support. the dregs of Cana Srld let them go ahead. rom = Must cut itself loose hot uch elements if it does want to sink to the low leve] : of ige f the aan in the world Despite thee that it € the U.S. pretense Vasion ae no part in the in- taken . € world is not being Mouthed oy, this_shabby lie hy Adi ‘ Tepeatedly this week dent ye St€venson and Presi- “sennedy. cy a ieening evidence ac- an ae batore the invasion izeg > “hat the U.S. organ- ’ Supplied eee” directed and 2 the the invasion force. War aed day that the cold deniay 8s reported the U.S. Of gpj. Pictures were carried “Stments in Florida. teding S, the two weeks pre- € invasion of Cuba *Ppeared in the New ‘mes and _ Toronto eae Mail proving the §Woresg; $ US. in the act of Worlg ®n which burst on the tails peut Weekend. For. de- ang page New York Times Seq Sis € and Mail articles - Rea Story on this page. the yo MS. immediately to trage VS Of the attack 200 Yorke qui fron, . Mionists and 1 Lom, . people the ey Walks of life picketed Ver. ~ “Onsulate at Vancou- 8anizeg Urrard Building. Or- Cubs hid the “Hands Off seca nmittee” the picket- ‘eye a Cuban flag and Us, agg Slogans condemning ing | Fession and demand- See “ invasion be halted. Spok to above.) tee 4, s™an for the commit- S ° xX Gordon, said, “We are picketing here because we are. disturbed about what is taking place in Cuba. This in- vasion is an expression of de- liberate American interfer- ence in the affairs of Cuba. We are not going to stand by while this little country is strong-armed by American- sponsored counter - revolu- tion.” ‘Placards carried by the marchers read: “Cuba Is Not Alone,” “Yankee Get Out of Cuba,” “Cuba Si, Yankee No!,” “No Aggression Against Cuba,” “Solidarity With Cuba.” Wednesday night a mass meeting in the Pender Audi- torium, called by the Vancou- ver Committee of the Commu- nist Party, adopted resolu- tions condemning the US. organized invasion after hear- ing national labor secretary William Kashtan and PT ed- itor Tom McEwen. On Monday night the Van- couver’Centre’ New Party con- ference, meeting in the Pen- der Auditorium, passed..a.reso- lution demanding a hait to U.S. interference in the affairs of the Cuban people. € Hitting out at the U.S. in- vasion of Cuba this week Tim Buck, national leader of the Communist Party of Canada, charged that the Kennedy ad- ministration organized and carried through the invasion Pass this paper on to your friends of. Cuba with the declared purpose of overthrowing the Castro government. He said the Communist Party would arouse democrat- | ic opposition. to this brazen attempt by the U.S. interests. “Canada has friendly relations with the government of Cuba and. Prime Minister Diefen- baker should be pressed to protest against this outrage.” At press time the Diefen- baker . government had not yet made. its position clear. However, indications were that here again the Canadian government is seeking to get the U.S. off the hot spot by running interference. Ped- dling the U.S. State Depart- ment line External Affairs Minister Howard Green said, “It looks like a civil war.” The provincial executive of the .Gommunist. Party, over the signature of Nigel Mor- gan, B.C. leader, wired Prime Minister Diefenbaker urging “the Canadian government to protest against this outrageous act. against Cuba and demand the United Nations take im- mediate steps” to end the ag- gression. Vancouver Committee of the Communist Party also this week wired the Prime Min- ister condemning the U.S. - organized invasion of Cuba. It charged the U.S. action consti- tutes a threat to peace in the Western Hemisphere and the world. and. urged Canada. ask the U.N. to condemn the US. aggression .and demand it be halted immediately. e _. Expressing the indignation felt by people all over the ON EVE OF ATTACK Press reports expose US plot against Cuba. A few days before the invasion of Cuba was launched the New York Times and Toronto Globe and Mail carried © revealing reports proving U.S. backing for the attack . on Cuba. The New York Times story “ said that the external forces of| Council, set up in the U.S. last the counter - revolutionaries,| month with the express aim , “many of them highly trained| of overthrowing the Castro . in landing; infiltration and sa-| government. : botage operations, are now It said that.this army has concentrated at two majorj.an air force; navy, parachut-— camps in Guatemala and at a ists, artillery and that sabo-. _base in. Louisiana not far from|teurs have been landing in - New Orleans.” | Cuba for months from hidden - The « article stated that aj|.bases in the Florida Keys. e 5,000 to 6,000-man army has According to reports .plans been formed as the military|call-for establishing a beach--. arms of the Revolutionary’ head. in Cuba and then ap-~ = pealing to the U.S. and other LATIN AMERICA powers for recognition of the AROUSED Council as a “provisional gov- Latest reports from South [| ernment.” ; American countries indicate Pointing to these reports the widespread indignation over Toronto Globe and Mail asks: the sattnmc: on Gnba- an “Who is paying the bills? The Mexico City 25,000 are re- suspicion is bound to arise ported to have demonsirat- that the U.S. government has ed Wednesday. abandoned its long-established In Panama, Columbia, || P°licy of non-intervention in Venezucla. mass. demonstra: || -@tin. American revolution tions are reported. Many |) and is deliberately using these Cuban revolutionaries as an unions are discussing strike }| - Behan: instrument for overthrowing the Castro regime.” Bes world the Soviet Union} Zorin called in the United Na-— strongly condemned the U.S. aggression in Cuba. Premier Khrushchev in a_ letter to President Kennedy made the Soviet stand clear. : He said: “As to the Soviet Union, there: should be- no misunderstanding of our posi- tion: We shall render the Cu- ban ‘people and their covern- ment all necessary assistance in beating back the armed at- tacks on Cuba. “We are sincerely interest- ed in a relaxation of interna- tional tension, but if. others aggravate it we shall reply in tions for the immediate. dis- arming of all forces “on the territory of the United States and other countries." He also appealed to U.N. members to. give assistance to the Castro government if requested. Zorin demanded that the General Assembly condemn - “the aggressive activities of the United States and other countries on whose territory . counter - revolutionary bands - are being equipped, formed and trained.” He also asked for a resolution requesting all members: of the U.N. to end full measure.” assistance to invaders and not Meanwhile on Wednesday| put their territory at their Soviet Ambassador Valerian disposal. Teena name Be. — Veteran Communist To Be Honored On 70th Birthday Many friends and wellwishers are expected to be on hand at the Peretz School auditorium on Saturday, April 29 at 8 p.m. to honor the veteran Communist, Walter Wiggins on the occasion of his 70th birthday. A veteran of the first world war with the famed Fort Garry Horse Regiment, a one-time farmer and militant farm organizer- in Saskatchewan during the 20’s and 30’s, and longtime active member of the Communist party,-serving for a number of years as its Saskatchewan provincial chairman, Walter has put in a busy 40-years or so pioneering for a Socialist Canada. This affair promises to be one of the big ‘birthday’ events of the season. Don’t forget the place and date; Peretz School, 1173 West Broadway, Saturday, April 29 at 8 p.m. The Mt. Pleasant club of the Communist party is sponsoring the event in»tribute ‘to a grand Communist veteran. April 21, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3