People's China makes new plans for big leap By BERT WHYTE PEKING — Major targets of China’s second five-year plan have been fulfilled three years ahead of schedule, creating better conditions for a continued “leap forward” in. 1960 and the coming decade, said two main reports to the National People’s Congress which opened here Agriculture was affirmed as the foundation and industry as the leading force on the na- tional economy, with steel the key lever in industry and grain the key lever in agriculture. Li. Fu-chun, a vice-premier of the state council and chair- man of the state planning com- mission, made the report on the draft 1960 economic plan and Li MHsien-nien, a vice- premier of the state council and minister of finance, made the report on the final state accounts for last year and the draft state budget for 1960. Applause swept the magnifi- cent Hall of the People as leaders of the. Communist Party and the state—Chairman Mao Tse-tung, Chairman Liu Shao-chi, Viee-chairman Soong -Ching-ling and Tung Pi-wu, Chairman Chu Teh and Prem- ier Chou EnLai—mounted the rostrum. Chu Teh announced the opening of the second session. A new development in China’s leap forward, the form- ation of Urban people’s com- munes — which have already made great progress in cities like Harbin and Shangchow— was: made public for the first time in Li Fu-chun’s speech. He said that all cities are setting up, people’s communes in a big way, thus extensively _ organizing city dwellers and emancipating millions of house- wives: from household chores to take part in social labor. March 30. Great stress was also laid by the speaker on the mass campaign to raise production and practice economy, which is centred on technical innova- tions and a technical revolu tion. “The starting point for our country’s -general’ line for building socialism is that the masses of the people are the creators of history and are the most active element of the pro- ductive forces,’ said Li Fu- chun. “Once they are liberated from the old society and under the socialist system become the masters, they are able to bring their initiative into full play and bring about a high- speed development of produc- tion and construction.” The speaker defined the gen- eral: line, the leap and the peoples commune as the three “magic keys” for the entire period of China’s socialist con- struction. He paid tribute to the assist- ance given China by the Soviet Union and other fraternal countries and said trade rela- tions would be strengthened with socialist countries as well as with countries in Asia, Africa and Latin. America dur- ing the coming year. “As to the Western capitalist countries, we are also willing. to develop trade relations with them on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, but meas- - Photo shows workers in the Peking Steel Plant célebtnting the news they had oyer-fulfilled steel production quotas. Planned steel output in 1960 will jump 38 percent over Jast year. ures of discrimination against China in trade imposed by cer- tain Western countries must be firmly opposed.’ China’s planned steel output in 1960 will reach 18.4 mil- lion tons, an increase of 38 per- cent over last year; pig iron 27.5 percent; and coal 425 mil- lion tons, an increase of 22 percent. In agriculture, the output of grain and cotton will be in- creased by about 10 percent, the number of pigs by about 35 percent and the gross value of agricultural output by 12 percent. Finance Minister Li Hsien- nien said 1959 was a year of economic prosperity. Revenue and expenditure ex- ceeded the figures laid’ down in the budget, with revenue larger than expenditure. This was the result of the big leap forward and in turn prepared the material condi- tions for the continued leap forward of the national econ- omy this year. | ; Expenditure this year on economic construction and so- cial services, culture, educa- tion and scientific research, said the finance minister, will reach 81.9 percent of the state budget, while expenditures on national defense will drop to 8.3 percent. He pointed out that the United States military expendi- ture amounted to 57.1 percent. Meeting fo mark Lenin anniversary. The 90th anniversary -of the birth of V. I. Lenin will be celebrated in Vancouver at a concert meeting in’ the} Pender Auditorium, Sunday, April 24, at 8 p.m. : A lecture on the import-||.- ance- of Lenin’s- work. to Canadians will be given by Lionel, Edwards. -Tom> Me- Ewen, editor of the Pacific Tribune, will chair the meet- ing and. speak on. the life of Lenin. An excellent concert pro- gram is being arranged. The meeting is sponsored by the Vancouver Committee, Com- munist Party. Above is a picture of the rostrum of the National People’s Congress, which opened in Peking March 30. Bert Whyte, Pacific Tribune correspondent, reports on the important gathering in this article. Chou En-lai, chairman, is shown presiding over the meeting. Communist Party seeks to present brief before PUC Alex Gordon (above), spokesman for the United Fishermen and Allied Work- ers’ Union, this week de- nounced Canada’s compro- mise deal with the U.S. and Britain at the Law of the Sea conference in Geneva, | as “a betrayal of Canada’s sovereignty.” The compromise would permit U.S. fishing to take place within the 12-mile zone claimed by . Canada until Oct.,. 1970... }| cost, Morgan said, adding, |is to. be hoped that all labor The Communist Party in- tends to present a brief to the PUC when hearings are called shortly on B.C. hydro development, Nigel Morgan, B.C. leader of the party, an- nounced this week. Preliminary work on the brief is already underway, and. the PUC has been notified of the Communist Party’s desire to be heard, The Communist Party brief will put forward the case for a publicly - owned, province- wide grid to provide power at it and progressive organizations will take advantage of this opportunity of making their opinions heard.” City workers settle Vancouver Civic Employees | (Outside Workers) last Friday accepted the recommendations of a conciliation board in their dispute with city council. The new contract will provide a seven cent an hour increase for all categories. Gains were also, made on vacations. APRIL ® Television & the Child, PEOPLE’S CO- Store hours: 9.a.m: to 5:3 “Spectacular - EASTER WEEK BOOK SALE Archaeology in USSR, by A. Mongait — 425 pp. Just arrived. Value $8.00. Now only © 20% Off on LP Records & Paperbacks. 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