Warns Canada: stop auto parts plan Pacific t iy F Pca bai RIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1963 VOL. 24, NO. 43 <<" 10¢ HOME'S APPOINTMENT ROCKS BRITISH PUBLIC Following on the appointment of the 14th Earl of Home to Succeed Harold MacMillan as Prime Minister of Great Britain, the British Communist Party de- Clared in a statement from its Political Committee that ‘of all the Tories who could be appoint- €d this cold, totally reactionary €udal relic is the worst.’ Recalling his record, the state- Ment said: ‘He is a member of that top group whose net- Work of class privilege has en- abled them to control British industry and policies for cen- turies and who believe that God 8ave them the divine right to Tule,” “He will be the most dan- 8erous Prime Minister Britain Could have,’’ says the statement, Which describes him as ‘‘a fan- atical anti-Communist who sup- Ported Chamberlain’s Munich Surrender to Hitler.”’ The Communist Party state- Ment says that, ‘just as he Supported Hitler, so today he sup- Ports the West German militar-- Se He would give them nuclear €apons in the multilateral force nd bring nuclear war nearer.” _ failing for an immediate gen- : al election so that ‘the people 81 repudiate this reactionary Perversion of the democratic Process,’”? the statement adds: Fane is “fan enemy ofthe Bri- a Se He has never done in) ing useful in his life. Every Mute that he rules he is a Menace,” fot year Lord Home, in an Usive interview withthe Lon- don Observer, came out with a full-blooded defence of Chamber- lain’s appeasement policy, of which Home was one of the archi- tects. bs Bra. Pair of Munichmen. On the left Neville Chamberlain and Lord Home shown walking together be- fore World War 2. Home, now British Prime Minister, was Cham- berlain’s private secretary and ac- companied him to Munich. In December, 1961 Lord Home as British Foreign Secre- tary, delivered a speech at NATO meeting in Paris which shocked the British people. In that speech he said the British people were prepared to be ‘¢plown into atomic dust ifneces- sary.” RA Lift U.S. blockade asks storm-hit Cuba vig; Cuba’s Premier Fidel Castro in a major radio and tele- 5 ion speech called on the U.S. to end the economic block- ; € of Cuba, “especially at this moment,” when the hurri- ane-hit people of Cuba are experiencing great hardship. It was revealed this week that the U.S. is stepping Up pressure on western nations to restrict shipping to Cuba, in Ninhuman effort to capitalize on the disaster which hit the island, for a id to the Cuban people. The Canada-Cuba Committee has renewed its appeal Send contributions to “The Mbassy of Cuba, 112 Sherwood Drive, Ottawa 3, Ont. _~ YANK THREAT _TRADE WAR U.S. government officials again this week threatened Canada with dire consequences if it did not fall in line with U.S. interests and demands. The latest blast came from Commerce Secretary H. Hodges who warned of U.S. retaliation against Canada if it followed through with plans recently announced in Ottawa for expansion of the auto parts industry. Last week Canada’s Industry Minister Charles Drury told the press he expects ;to outline de- tails in Parliament shortly for expansion of the automotive in- dustry in Canada. The U.S. threat is aimed at blocking any plans that may lead to greater manufacturing in Canada, and, which would inter- fere with U.S. manufactured pro- ducts, in this case. auto parts. This latest U.S. threat strikes at the very root of Canada’s problem. In fact the U.S. is tell- ing Canada that it should stick to being a raw material country and leave the manufacturing to the U.S. If the U.S. is allowed to have its way on this vital issue it would block future moves in Can- ada towards economic develop- ment, It would mean a victory for the U.S. in keeping Canada as an economic satellite, produc- ing raw materials for U.S. indust- ry and buying back manufactured goods at large prices. It would also knock on the head any plans for building. of secondary indust- ries in British Columbia, Statements recently made in Parliament by Finance Minister Gordon and Industry Minister Drury have stressed the need for some rearrangement of Canada’s economy, particularly in relation to export policies. Much emphasis has been placed on the auto industry, which an- nually accourfts for some $500 million of Canada’s trade deficit with the U.S. Canada has a chronic unfav- orable trade balance withthe U.S. - which is nearly a billion dollars each year. This unfavorabletrade balance is the underlying factor in Canada’s serious economic problems. It accounts for the dol- lar crisis which periodically shakes our economy. The government recently an- nounced an objective of cutting auto imports from the U.S, by $200 million a year. The plan which Drury is expected to an- nounce shortly will provide for the building up of production of car parts in Canada to cut im- ports from the U.S., and also win a larger share of the Amer- ican car market. U.S. Commerce Secretary Hodges told a press conference Tuesday, that the U.S. will re- taliate against Canada if the plan violates the terms of the General Agreement on Tariffs andTrade. He said if-Canada decides to do it by getting around GATT the U.S. will have to consider what other action it could take, NATO nuclear force plan would undermine trust warns Russia The Soviet Union has warned the Western powers that the latest moves to form a NATO nuclear force were bound to have a bad effect on the still unfirm shoots of mutual understanding andtrust between states.”’ A statement by the Sovietnews agency Tass pointed out that these moves ‘‘are.in complete contra-. diction to the spirit of the Moscow treaty banning nuclear tests.”’ The Soviet Union had to con- sider ‘‘the dangerous consequen- ces’? of West Germany’s access to nuclear weapons ‘‘in whatever form,’’ the statement said. It must consider ‘‘the need to in- sure the safety of the Soviet Union andits allies inthis event,” Tass pointed out. ‘‘The real sponsors and the main moving force behind these plans are the military circles of the U.S. and West Germany.”’ Revanchist and militarist quarters in Bonn were still de- termined to gain access to nu- clear weapons, whether by co- operation with France or partic- ipation in the NATO multilateral nuclear force, or both. In either case, ‘‘it would give an impetus to involving new states in the nuclear arms race.”’ The statement pointed out that at the same time warlike circles in West Germany were among the most rabid opponents of any measures to relax international tension, including a Warsaw Pact-NATO non-aggression pact. It was impossible, it said, to convert the so-called ‘‘pause in the cold war’’ into a period of fruitful co-operation and at the & same time attempt to satisfy the West German nuclear appetite by setting up the NATO nuclear force. The conclusion of the nuclear test ban treaty ‘‘created a more favorable atmosphere for searching for the solution of other unsettled problems in the a interest of removing the war threat and organizing business- like friendly co-operation be- tween states. ‘The Soviet government is do- ing everything for using this at- mosphere in the interests of con- solidating peace,’’ the statement said, GERMANS GET NUCLEAR TRAINING IN U.S. The above picture _ shows West Germanfofficers being trained at Fort Sill, Okla., to handle Sergeant missiles capable of carrying a nuclear warhead many times larger than that which destroyed Hiroshima. This week the U.S. announced it will increase the number of Sergeant missiles in Europe.