a Se eS SES St nena ae ; toy vest G + Ockets P hoto of 4 Shows people of Ghana demonstrating in the streets cera. against French atomic tests. Slogans read it3 “Africa? tica fon: Soil for agriculture, not for tests,” “Leave Af- — oF Africans,” “Quit Algeria De Gaulle.” | One io for Ward expo wane xt - power, to the UNiteg ain, Sel] nt States is that we should theay T power quickly before “ Nuclea a~ailable “Car power becomes LR mcently one of the B.C. “4RCtrj a? ne He 3 top- experts, John Paster, Old a conference in Bet oe Canada that we should bydrg With the sale of our the ey © the U.S. quickly or . aes B.C.’s hydro re- arly will decline with the Dower, velopment of nuclear eThig «,- = ; Vere argument” received a fron , Ctback last’ Thursday L ox less'a person than J. Crow, >? President’ of the BY of fompany Atomic Ener- aga Lid + In: ecg; *BCOUVer this. week to the 7, .°2 honorary. degree at Se fe in fe tid nua ctsity. of B.C,, Gray f the arguments put|no effect on the “desirability | by, those’ who want to! or necessity” of hydro power N uclear power expert on ts) ®Xport lobby argument development located near a load centre in the néxt 15. to 20. years. TWO OUT OF THREE AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS “The -vote in. Esquimalt- | Saanich: by-election represents | a vote'for peace and progress,” said .B:C.- Communist leader | Nigel Morgan this week. | .“The majority voted to re- | ject. the Diefenbaker policies. | More. than two out of every three electors voted against the. government - candidate. The fact. the Conservatives only polled 8,597 votes to 19,288 for the opposition can- didates indicates the -mount- Continued: from page 1 to reach a sound partnership | deal that will be satisfactory| to- both and willbe the best) partner. ship; arrangement ever | made between a province and Ottawa.” naar This statement ‘will indicate that Bennétt’ is satisfied that Ottawa “will ‘work out ‘a deal | with him on the baSis of power export to the U.S. , Hitting, out against the be- trayal which. is looming, the Communist Party: of B.C. an- nounced that it had addressed an Open Letter to Prime. Min- He said because B.C, is “very fortunate in having good hydro resources, nuclear power is unlikely to find any application here for some time.” Askeq it it was unwise. to invest large sums in’ hydro development cheap nuclear power in the near future, Gray said “no, nuclear power will never com-|" plete with good hydro.” The U.S. power interests in the American Northwest know this too. That’s why they, want the present Columbia treaty rushed through. And they are not adverse to their stooges in B.C. and Canada attempting to stampede the Canadian_people into selling B.C.’s_ hydro en- ergy at “bargain basement” Due ; “far power will have; prices. &st Germany gets go-ahead for ~F nuclear rocket ships Ui] - ~~ S8est in the world. Will give the West beley ~ Man, ihe sale greater strik- haq ; 4 than Hitler’s navy E 89. Equipped with heag yp tying nuclear war- 7 we. are officially des- § destroyers, Ay. tte royal for the» newest & We, soos € nuclear-rearm- NC Westa. any. came from Which. European: Union, Sels “Pea ended the Brus- Saty’ “clause: limiting violation — of dcormany was last Week given the green light, ight 6,000-ton guided-missile warships — among | West German warships to, 3,- 000, tons. . Tome Morris;; national ex- ecutive’ member ; of: :-the Young Communist League : yeturned: )from,’ a tour, of. Latin’ America, will ‘speak. vatc-a s.- public meeting ~ in, Hastings“ Auditorium,’ 828 E. Hastings St, on’ Sunday, + June 4 at-8 pom." => < -. Morris’ -was. in, Cuba: shortly after the invasion. and. interviewed many: of the -prisoners .taken_ after. collapse of the invasion. | The . meeting vis, sponsored -by. the. Young. Communist ister. Diefenbaker demanding | ‘week sthat, your government is. ‘of ‘Canada, who zecently. |! HYDRO SELLOUT _ stitute an- outright betrayal of our ‘interests and of Canada.” “Premier ‘Benneti’s state- ment - fully: confirms . every- thing- the, Communist. Party has ‘warned -against,” Nigel Morgan; - B.C; - leadey.: of - the Communist Parity deckared.. “It confirms all the werst: fears| that~ have-been. expressed. in our campaign against the draft Columbia River Treaty. “Instead of a geod supply of cheap” power; which the-.€o- limbia could generate. if Ben- nett has his way, we're. to have some more fancy _Soered- fm- ancial juggling; little. H. any. reduction .in- our present monthly -light bills @vbich are amongst> the ‘highest im> all Canada). The B.C. Electric — Wenner-Gren ~ monopoly “will make a killing, and the U.S. will drain away: eur power re- sources, potential new imdus~ tries and thousands: of: jobs.” Morgan. warned that ‘once power is exported. to the.U.S. in large blocs it wilt never-be recapturable when we need it: “The whole history: ef .€an- ada’s- power . export: dealings withthe U.S. confizms:..this fact.2 He progressive . move- ment: in -B:C sand; aerass: €an- ada to oppose.the power, ex- port: plan’. being. pushed. by. Canadian:-and U:S. monepely interésts..- Dief policies rejected by Victoria election result : ing dissatisfaction with. Dief enbaker policies. It is akmest™ a complete reversal ef the vote in the last Federak elec- tion,”’ said Morgan. “The New Party. rade. a positive gain with ‘their can- didate rolling up 4 percent more votes than the CF re- ceived in the last election. “Had the New Party eandi- date spoken out mere. forth- rightly, instead ej alhéwing the Liberals to demogegieally make use of the nuclear arms and foreign policy issue, the seat could have been- taken from the Tories. “The lesson of the by-elec- tion is obvious: nothing short of , all-in, united. action for peace and Canadian imedepen- dence, as put forward by the Communist Party in. the eam- paign, can oust the sig busin- Fess-parties and win taber-far- mer representation,’ -cen¢ehud-> ed Morgan. Jobless hit cut: in. medical aid Vancouver anc-Lower: “Mainland Unempleyeeé= €eun- cil presented a brief: to the Vancouver city comneiH: pro-. testing against cutting. of ® me- dical assistance for wnenaploy- ed. employables ‘by the> Be. government. The brief. asked. the: . city council - to; - establish: a- fund »te:make drugs avaiable with-. eut charge to social assistance recipients not-now:coveredun-; der the regulatiens;. pretest to : the- .provineial. gevermment: -against. this heartless exaraple | -of.economizing: at the: exsense of the. least. . -fortusate«mem-- bers-of the commun:ty: US: OBSTRUCTION EN LAOS -HIT. Photo shows Citimese delegation at Geneva holding. a press conference at which “League sof B:C. - meeting were deneuneed.. June: 2, 1967——PACIFIC. TRIBUNE—Page 3. US iactics aimed at. hindering: the work: of the-24nation~