ld A idl i LYS YY ves &. Fe, fe. fs Fabs. Fees LLISS TFS SA bef ee | Douglas, Argue disagree on Canada joining OAS While the Canadian government continued to refuse to commit itself on the question of Canada joining the Organization of American States, and the influential Financial. Post came out against’ membership, the two leading contenders for the N ew Party leadership appeared to have a difference of opinion on this matter, Premier T. C. Douglas of, Saskatchewan said that Can- ada should join the OAS. “As part of the western hemisphere,” he declared, ‘I don’t see how Canada can Stay out of the OAS. Canada Might exercise a useful in- fluence,” Douglas went on to express the opinion that the OAS Might be useful as a regional defense organization within the United Nations. Hazen Argue, national lead- €r_of the CCF, did not say yes or no. But in a speech to 38 New Party forum in Hamil- fon, Ont., he criticized U.S. resident. Kennedy for at- tempting to persuade Canada to adopt new policies in his Speech to Parliament during his visit to Ottawa last Month, Argue said Kennedy com- Mented on a number of aspects| of Canadian policy and invited Canada to join the OAS. “I think it is preferable,” 8sserted Argue, “that when a reign leader occupies the Tostrum of the House of Com- epons, he should outline his own country’s position without giving us too much free advice about what we should be do- ” ing.” latest issue of the Financial Post declares that “now is not the time to change our mind” about joining the OAS. “As a member of OAS,” con- tinued the paper, “Canada would everywhere be regard- ed as accepting a cat’s-paw role for the United States.” It went on to state that “membership in OAS won't help us to help the Latin Americans’ but “would help confirm the widespread view that Canada is a U.S. satel- lite.” “Right now,’ the editorial pointed out, “goodness only knows what American policy is going to be toward people they don’t like in Latin America. As an OAS member, it would be almost inevitable that Canada would find her- self having to go along with the U.S. on its southern ad- ventures no matter what we ‘really thought of them.” Youth from 80 countries expected at Moscow forum ~ MOSCOW—Some 300 youth “rganizations from over 80 fe World Youth Forum open- "8 here July 25. . Vladisloy Shevchenko, Sov- * member of the permanent big tured is the official em- oS of the World Youth For- bay It depicts the globe as an eed elipse with blue he and brown continents oat S$ with the profile of a in. 29 Man symbolically speak- ,~ °n behalf of the youth of "© world, secretariat, says 60 reports and | co-reports will be given by “Ouniries want to take part in| youth and student organiza- tions from more than 40 coun- tries. He said they will present en- } tirely different viewpoints on world affairs. The forum will be wide open for discussion, the secretariat has announced and once again invited the World Assembly of Youth and the International Union of Young. Specialists to take part in the forum. Both these groups had refused, t¢ attend and sent a rudely-w@r ed reply to Moscow. : But the secretariat. p out that it wants to create@p ditions of equality for all fat ticipants in the forum dé cold war propaganda segking to undermine the meeting. From Latin America alone over 100 youth organizations | will come ranging from Com-. i munist to Catholic ones. Commenting editorially, the) ducked in By NELSON CLARKE The draft program of the New Party reinforces’ the estimate in a recent issue of the Pacific Tribune. We point- ed out then that the policies ‘of the New Party “contain many good proposals for much needed reforms,” but that the “central weakness lies in their | continued evasion of the issues presented to all Canadians by the United States domination of our country.” The draft program states “the situation would be alarm- ing enough. But the truth is that most large corporations in Canada are themselves con- trolled from other countries, chiefly from the United States. Through their huge reserves, accumulated in Canada, these foreign corporations are able to extend their economic con- trol by using our Own money. This threatens the right of Canadians to direct their own economic activity; if permitt- ed to go unchecked, it will en- danger Canada’s political in- dependence.”’ (Emphasis in the original). WHAT WILL BE DONE? This is true as far as it goes, but the question is: what will the New Party do about it? The answer is confined to the following statement: “The old parties have talked about this problem a great deal, Nationalize U.S. monopolies New Party draft but they have done nothing about it. The solutions they propose will solve nothing; control will still remain in for- eign hands. The only adequate solution is provided by the in- vestment.and taxation policies of the New Party. These will enable the government to direct an. increasing proportion of the investment reserves of corpora- tions, both foreign and domes- tic in accordance with Canad- ian economic objectives.” FOREIGN INVESTMENTS In this section too, direct ref- erence to the major problem of foreign investments is avoided. The section says however, that “The New Party believes that | the investment of capital must be directed to serve public need. To this end it will estab- lish a National Investment | Board. By planning and regu- lating investment, the board will promote steady economic growth and full employment without inflation. Again there is nothing wrong with this proposal. But supposing the New Party government were to de- cide that we need an. all- Canadian car. Just how would the National Investment Board or anyone else go about gett- ing Ford, General Motors or Chrysler to invest their capital in such production? These great U.S. trusts care! a success. Sign A New Reader @ LOOK—in the mirror—there you will see- the person who can make this “Special Offer” @ THINK—Who can YOU sell—or give—an intro- ductory subscription to the P.T.? @ ACT—Visit that person right away. Don’t delay. There is just one short month before the Special Offer expires. *f CLIP AND MAIL Me lroductory Wer FOR A 3-MONTHS’ TRIAL SUB TO PACIFIC TRIBUNE Room 6, 426 Main St., Vancouver 4, B.C. ADDRESS - THIS OFFER EXPIRES JULY 15 AND APPLIES ONLY TO NEW SUBS not a fig for the national in- terests of Canada. They are concerned only with their own profits. To suggest otherwise is to be either incredibly naive or downright dishonest. ; WHO WILL PLAN? d In short, what is lacking in the New Party program is the idea that the great U.S. trusis operating in Canada and con- trolling vast segments of our economic life must be taken oui of the hands of their pres- ent owners and placed in the hands of the Canadian people. Without that essential step, all talk of planning is meaning- less, because the “plans” will continue to be made by the | present owners in the interests of their own profits. Contrast the New Party pro. gram with the clear-cut call in the policy statement of the Communist Party — Lei’s Be Masters in Our Own House: “Nationalize the U.S.-owned monopolies in industries such as automobile, rubber, oil, elec- trical goods and metal mining, the CPR, so as to make them work in the interests of the Canadian people.” Nationalization musi be the heart and soul of any program to. restore Canadian economic independence. Now it is true that the New Party does not exclude nation- alization from its thinking. But any relating of these propositions to the problem of |U.S. domination is carefully and studiously avoided. NO REMEDIES The net result is that the words about U.S. economic con- trol remain just words, with no remedies set forth, while | the point about public owner- ship sinks in a sea of general- ities. The fact that the New Party leaders thus evade the respon- sibility of advocating the ob- vious course of nationalization of the U.S. trusts cannot but create the impression that they are not really seriously pre- pared to do anything about U.S. domination. It is to be most earnestly hoped that the delegates at the Founding Convention will see to it that the emphasis on U.S. domination is greatly strength- ened in the New Party pro- gram, and that above all the measures, to curb that domina- tion through nationalization are spelled out in unmistakable terms. Otherwise the New : Party will be disastrously weakened. as it enters the next federal election campaign, because. it | Will fail to present any effec- | tive alternative to the dema- gogy of the Tories. June 16, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 7 *