TURN CANADA INTO BROAD STREAM OF PEACE, SAYS BUCK TORONTO “The Geneva Conference opened a new stage of post- wat politics. lations,” It can be made the turning point of world re- Tim Buck, national leader of the Labor-Progressive party, told a meeting of the party's national committee, con- vened in Toronto August 25-27 to discuss the historic con- ference’s effects on Canada. First national leader of any po- litical party to discuss Geneva’s importance to the country, Buck gave a searching analysis of the events that led up to Geneva, the significance of the conference itself and the tasks before the Canadian people to make the spirit of Geneva prevail. Geneva opened the possibilities of transition “from the growing menace of a world war of H-bombs to peaceful coexistence of the so-. cialist and capitalist parts of the world; from universal fear of atomic death to harnessing atomic energy in peace. “For Canada the outcome of the Geneva Conference opened up far- reaching possibilities for wide ex- pansion of trade and, thereby, more balanced economic development,” Buck said, noting a number of sig- nificant steps recently taken by the St. Laurent government nese mir- rored the change. Among these steps Buck Nisted ister Lester B. Pearson, with ap- proval of all party leaders in the House of Commons, of an invita- tion to visit the Soviet Union and Prime Minister St. Laurent’s offer to receive a Soviet parliamentary delegation as guests of the federal government. Another example was the visit of the Soviet farm delega- tion now in Canada, as well as Fisheries Minister James Sinclair’s friendly sojourn in the USSR and his intending return to Canada by way, of Peking. “Big possibilities are opened to Canada by the results of the Gene- va Conference — new possibilities for trade, including growing ex- ports of manufactured products, big possibilities for cultural, trade and diplomatic progress,” said Buck. “Forward-looking Canadians must press the federal government to recognize other profound chang- es that have taken place in the world,’ of which the Geneva re- acceptance by External Affairs Min-} sults are a reflection. Recognize Buck called for increased de- mands upon Ottawa to recognize People’s China now. Referring to - newspaper reports of a speech de- livered by Lester B. Pearson at Vancouver recently, the LPP -leal- er said there were indications that the St. Laurent government was actively discussing the question of recognition. ‘Tikhere were evident- ly some even in the cabinet who favored immediate recognition de- spite U.S. opposition. Increased pressure by public opinion could bring positive results. Buck also warned that unless Canada acts promptly, she may lose the opportunity to get in on the “ground floor” in taking advantage of market opportunities presented by People’s China. Despite the favorable turn of events, Buck called for increased vigilance and effort, to preserve peace in the world. China now routed,” he pointed out. “Powerful interests in the U.S. continue to count upon atomic war ... They continue to stockpile the H-bomb. They plan to make the meeting at the summit’ simply an interlude. All the evidence available indicates that John Foster Dulles is going to the meeting of foreign ministers in October with that objective. But the meeting must and will be made a success ... The forces of peace are on the march.” Declaring that the outcome of Geneva “has shown beyond any room for argument that there is no basis for the pretense that an- other world war is inevitable,” Buck said ‘by the same token, the pretense of “defense needs,” by which the anti-Canadian policy of “integration” with the U.S. -has been carried through, has been com- pletely discredited. “There is another way — res- tore Canadian independence ‘in’ “The ‘war now’ camp is not yet SUGAR BOWL CAFE Extends LABOR DAY 1 Lonsdale Avenue - “SHIPYARD a aught pes eS SPOT” North Vancouver - GREETINGS ~ Willow 1240 KAY’S ‘CHINESE HAIR GUIS Hair Liquid for Growing Hair and Removing Dandruff 314 Dominion Bank Building LABOR DAY Vancouver 3, B.C. GREETINGS from ; STANDARD CLEANERS. 4097 E. 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Peace in the world, jobs, security and higher living standards — these spell peace and prosperity for Canada.” An important contribution to a clearer understanding of Canadian economic developments was con- tained in the section of Buck’s speech dealing with “Capitalism in Crisis.” “Financial editors of the capital- ist press are pretending that there was no crisis in 1954; that monop- oly capital in the U.S. and Canada ‘have the economic cycle under control.’ Workers and middle class people are not immune from the effects of such propaganda. “Today, as during the late nine- teen-twenties the question is be- ing asked: ‘Is it true that mono- poly-capitalism has, at last, learn- ed to prevent cyclical economic crises’?” According to the LPP leader, the answer to this question is an unequivocal NO! “The fact that there have been two cyclical economic crises since the end of the war is conclusive evidence that monopoly-capital is not able to prevent them.” Because the crisis oe over-pro- duction in 1954 “did not evoke a credit crisis, a banking or stock market crisis, it was possible to expand credit very rapidly once the nadir of the cycle passed. As a result of that credit has been an unusually important factor in the upsurge of economic activity during this year.” Buck continued: ra “The fact that the governments of Canada and the U.S., along with practically all capitalist govern- ments today, are resorting deliber- ately to inflation is of special sig- nificance. It illustrates the pro- found and deepening crisis of the imperialist system as a whole. It betrays the deep fears, almost panic, of the imperialists. Its fu- tility reveals the inexorability of the cycle of capitalist economy and the inevitability of periodic cycli- cal crisis. The effects of inflation upon the economies of the U.S. and Canada are, already, far-reaching. “The LPP warns the working; class against the illusion that. eco- nomic crisis necessarily implies a stock market crash or a credit crisis as did the crisis of 1929-33. At the same time we must repeat, unequivocally, that governmental ‘action cannot prevent the opera- tion of the objective laws of cap- italist production and, therefore, cannot prevent cyclical economic crises, including, at certain con- junctures of economic factors, gen- eral crises with their segmalegst effects. “Today, contradicting all the capitalist propaganda, mass unem- ployment remains an acute prob- lem for the working class even at the peak of recovery. . “To meet successfully the new conditions of peaceful coexist- ence opened up by the Geneva Conference, democratic Canad- ians must insist now upon a change from the economic poli- cies based upon war and infla- tion to economic prosperity in peace.” “Now is the time to turn Canada into the broad stream of peaceful world development made possible by the ‘success of the Geneva Con-| ference. Now is the time to start | a higher stage of development in! Canada’s foreign trade and de- velopment of new foreign markets, particularly with the socialist half of the world <“Trade with the so- cialist half of the,world remains an indispensable factor for Canadian prosperity in peace. The import- ance of the socialist market is growing rapidly; within a few years it will be the biggest factor in world foreign trade.” ‘But, he warned, “if the federal government waits until the US. government announces that it ap- proves of trade on an equal basis with that market, Canada will be up against tremendous odds in the form of U.S. credit, and dumping of surplus products.’ Buck called for development of the country’s natural resources through “great nation-building pro- jects, each one of which will be the basis of wide and varied indus- | trial development.” He scored the ieee to betray Geneva parley opened new stage Socialist trade vital Buck called for expansion of’the building of an all-Canadian Ban i our country.” One of the first nebde is ‘tat part of the public revenues tributed through wasteful contracts be expended through &% tension of ‘social services. “Higher old age pensions, high: er family - allowances, higher | pensions for the blind, would al exemplify the tremendous valt ta Canada of such a change- “Prime Minister St. Laurent ee explained several times that government refuses to oo establishment of a national hea insurance scheme because its penditures of two billion dollats per year on war preparations im pose a heavy ‘burden on the payers already. But, the het of the Geneva Conference move any excuse for such cose i ous expenditures upon prél tions for war. Reduction of the” will make available, without 2 new taxation, enough money eaeral meet all the cost to the fede government of establishing @ ™ tional health insurance scheme-, sl “The LPP urges the workin class movement to demand the troduction of a non-contribut health scheme now.” pipeline. “An all-Canadian pipeline,” he said, “would an industrial revolution.” In this connection, was necessary to refute a that was being spread by the ress eral party and the capitalist P regarding the LPP’s P iti “They pretend that the LPP ae, that it would be better to te ae industries in Canada than t0 ta industries owned by U.S. cap? ists. 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