MAIN THING IN 1961 By LESLIE MORRIS HE main thing in 1961 is to contest of this y nuclear war. THE . As if in anticipation of this the U.S. military is meeting the growin and general disarmament with a new comes (and. that is the basic aim of will not be-as bad as some people think, One of the bright young men of this ‘machine—Herman Kahn, a physicist at the US. Air Force “think factory,” the Rand Corporation—has just: wr huclear War, in which he adva government takes pro preparing “hard” H- million dead now a million in a thermo ¢ould be brought a itten a-$1 per steps in organizing ‘ci bomb launching sites, nticipated the U.S. could lose nuclear war—and economic reco bout in about 10 years, : This “it is not as bad as you think” the startli ng pamphlet, Community of Fea €entre for the Study of Democratic Instit One_of whose authors is a noted geochem a “Pugwash” man. -He writes: “Still more recently all-out thermonuclear wa vided it is not too all-out. that measures can be take individuals in the e r‘is by no means Proponents of this n which would save the lives vent of a large-scale attack. “It is argued that althou template, there could be Vivors, and a sufficiently éumer and capital goods nation to rebiuld its econ omy in a reasonable time—say 10 years,” & & & This is a remarkable for peace is a “point to- by the peace forces, the and_so on. It sho act,” or anythin which, as we in its gaining proof of the contention that the battle point” struggle—as-one point is taken war forces move to a “new position,” uld dispel any notion. that peace is a “single g but a prolonged and all-sided contest in started out by saying, time is of the essence, both , and in its urgency.. . ; : _ 4t will do no good to underplay are geared for action midable alliance of bureaucracy of the military on the forces in the USA who against the peace forces. They are a for- military, business and science, a new “the scientist-technician on the one hand and the other,’ as Harrison Brown says. He makes this grim remark: “There is little doubt that the armed services exert more control over Congress than that body exerts over the Defense Department. Indeed the military élite is clearly ina position to assume actual political command Over the U.S, striking forces. if there are serious signs of ‘weak- mess’ in U.S. foreign relations.” “Weakness,” of course, would be “an agreement with the Soviet Union.” : * Oo eB As the eloquent Workers’ parties says, most buring problem Statement of the 81 Communist and _"The prOblem of war and peace is the of our time. The warning is given by the parties: the threat of a new world war must be atom and hydrogen bombs begin to fall, Strength from day ‘to day.” "The situggle against waged and not when and it must gain in "The important thing is to curb the a dime, to prevent war, and not to let it bre The struggle can be won in ggres: ak out, i the new conditions of modern times, The Statement says: “The time has come when the at- tempts of the imperialist aggressors to start a world war can be curbed. World war can be prevented by the joint efforts of the world: socialist camp, - the international. working class, the national-liberation movement, all the countries opposing war, and all peace-loving forces.” : & sor in good a 5 t This was the supreme contest of 1960, when the Summit Was Sabotaged by Eisenhower and when U.S.-Soviet relation- Ships, the most important in all relationships between states, deteriorated. It will be the su thing will depend. That is why CCF leader Ha preme contest in 1961—and on it, every- zen Argue’s year-end message should be welcomed by the Left, and everything else subordin- ated to building working-class unity to change government policy on “the most burning problem ‘of our time.” Argue called for the total rejection of nuclear weapons by Canada in the new year. He said the government is ‘paying lip service to disarmament” by building Bomarc. missile bases at the same time as it called for disarmament. “Our defense policy in 1961 must become one of doing our utmost to prevent the outbreak gain more time in the supreme ear—the world struggle against -thermo- U.S. military policy) it 0 book, On Thermo- nces the theory that if the U.S. vil defense -and instead of the 80 “only” 20 nstruction line is described in r, published by the utions, in California, ist, Harrison Brown, We are asked to consider that even unthinkable—pro- view may believe of many gh such a war is horrible to con- a sufficiently large number of sur- large quantity of undamaged con- | and raw materials, to permit the Who advises AFL-CIO asked at last October’s B.C to throw any question raised by delegates follows under “Meany’s Cuba Adviser?’ Until now B.C. Federation; of Labor- officials have: failed light on ‘the Now the U.S. National Guar- dian on December 26 wrote as the heading AFL-CIO president George Former Batista chief : Meany’s advisor on Cub , the propaganda machine of| § demand for complete twist; that if nuclear war p Federation of Labor conven resident George Meany on Cuba? This was the quesif tion. = who fled with Batista. William Worthy reported these things about Mujal in Fair Play, bul- letin of the.Fair Play for Cuba } Heavy rain forced cancella- tion of the demonstration to a later date and the meeting de- cided to proceed by car to the city hall where a delegation met with the council. Highlights of the brief were: 1. Demand for a city bond issue in the nature of a “civic responsibility loan” through which city council could’ un- dertake’ a large scale city works program. City council was also asked to protest to the B.C. Electric and B.C. Telephone companies against the practice of cutting off power and phones of unem- ployed .who could not meet their bills. 2. City council was urged to demand of the provincial gov- ernment that social service rates he increased to the 1958 recommendations of the Van- couver Community Chest. Also, that the provincial Bov- ernment. undertake a large scale public works program and that a moratorium of debts of the unemployed be de- clared to prevent loss of homes and chattels. : : 3. City council was asked to urge the. Federal government to hoist unemployment. insur- ance benefits, lower personal jobless lic works project. 70th Birthday BANQUET to honor — TIMBUCK Mon., Jan. 16-6 pm KENNEDY HALL Scott Rd., North Surrey | ‘For Reservation Phone Jobless demand city hall action on needs “The weather is as considerate of the unemployed: as senior levels of government,” B.C. Federation of Labor secretary Pat O’Neal told 250 Vancouver unemployed who braved a torrential downpour to participate in a demon- strationo at city hall on the plight of the city’s jobless. income tax on lower incomes,| § and launch a nation-wide pub-| | The brief was jointly pre- ‘sented on behalf of the Van- couver and District Labor Council, Building Trades Council, B.C. Federation of Unemployed and the B.C. Fed- eration of Labor. The meeting in the Pender Auditorium was told by O‘Neal that the B.C. Federation of Labor executive had decided On a mass jobless lobby to Victoria, and that the date would be decided at the Janu- ary 25 meeting of the B.C. Federation of Unemployed. Other plans for jobless. ac- tion announced at the meeting are: @ A picket line around the home of oil tycoon George Mc- Mahon demanding the 10,000 jobs he promised if Bennett were re-elected. @® Picketing of the B.C. Electric if the company contin- ues to cut off the power in jobless homes. Meany’s adviser on Cuba is, ‘Eusebio Mujal Barniol, former | secretary-general of the Cuban Confederation of Labor (CFC), |. Committee, which he lealg while in Cuba for the B@ more Afro-American: © During. Batista’s 7 Mujal acquired a — 6,093 estate, pig farm and ranch, valued at. $4,000) The estate included a town aquaduct, an electrical pit ‘Silos, pasteurising plants modern pig breeding facili ® Mujal never explaifl how he got. the estate. His 0 ostensible income was a‘ 000 a year salary from CTC. For tax purposes his! itate was valued at-$70,000) @ When Fidel Castro cab y from the hills for -a_ gent } strike in the cities to ov throw Batista in the spring 1958, Mujal went on televis® to warn that anyone ¥ struck would lose his job ) ever. ® After Mujal fled, the ¥ olutionary government fol he had taken almost all of union’s retirement fund, 1 ing CTC bankrupt. Revolutil ary officials say they can 0 guess at Mujal’s wealth cause records show that sent money to foreign ba! regularly. Mujal went first to Bri and later te Washington, whe he joined Meany, presiden the AFL-CIO. q The evidence is there it’s irrefutable. Many 4g unionists are asking: Wh the B.C. Federation of Li going to do about it? Are} going to allow this. Bat stooge, who has the ear of ! top labor leaders in Can and the U.S. to block Ca dian unionists from going Cuba to see for themseli@n { es what is going on? WO 1-3784 ef nuclear war. We must work towards peace, and not towards Suicide.” at — .