that s

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E_IN Britain who oppose

ae Multilateral Nuclear

orce (MLF) or an
acme that would give West
ermany access. to nuclear
pons are not hostile to the
€deral Republic of Germany

and its people. On the contra-

Ty, we are greatly encouraged
oe heartened by the fact that

€ most powerful popular op-
Position to the MLF in Europe

1S to be found in that country.

: It_is, however, an incontro-
ertible fact that the political
and military leaders of the FRG
are interested in the MLF and
og such’ schemes because

Y want a say in the control
Of nuclear weapons. They want
eater control over the NATO
Pretice in order to put across
blackmailing demands including
Teunification” on their terms,
aSs means taking over the
€rman Democratic Republic
and territories now in Poland
ate the Soviet Union, as agreed
ax the allies at Potsdam. At
oe very moment they are pres-
h & their NATO partners very
dard to take some initiative on
reunification.”

So the specific danger to Bri-

BRITISH PEOPLE SAY:

tain is that a nuclear-armed
West Germany pressing her ir-
redentist claims could very well
involve Britain in a_ nuclear
war, of which Harold Wilson
said in the recent foreign affairs
debate in the House of Com-
mons that it would annihilate
every human being in Britain.

The danger to Britain of the
MLF was quite clearly indicat-
ed by Mr. Wilson when, in a
speech in the House of Com-
mons in July, 1963, he said:
“We have feared all along that
it (the MLF) would whet the
German nuclear appetites and,
in fact, it is doing so, even be-
fore we have it. The very men-
tion of it is whetting German
appetites.”

Mr. Wilson referred .many
times to the need to prevent
proliferation of nuclear. weap-
ons and said that this was the
aim of the British proposal of
the Atlantic Nuclear Force
(ANF). I am sure that this is
meant sincerely, but on the
other hand, Defense Minister
Healy had the following to say
last December: .

“What do we offer Germany
in these new proposals for an

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BORIS EFIMOV in Krokodil {Moscow}

THE MLF—AS A SOVIET CARTOONIST SEES IT

London rail workers prove a point

pee following is from a state-

Raily by the London (Ontario)

a Oad Workers Council. It

eae in the London Free
SS recently:

Pier” recent announcement by
Paces Delagrave, vice-president
the Orne service, CNR, that
— R will expend $1,000,000
.. eautify 700 passenger cars

is : :
; of considerable interest and
Mportance.

Sot is another factor in the
ac. events on the CNR
trengthens the proposals
Rae in the brief of the London
Ntoad Workers’ Council to
© government on May 7, 100%

eves

Further vindication on justi-
fication of our claims is Mr.
Delagrave’s statement that be-
tween the Montreal and Trans-
cona shops, 500 new employees
have been hired since our dele-
gation was in Ottawa. Mr. Dela-
grave did not mention the un-
limited overtime that has taken
place in shops in Montreal and
Transcona (Winnipeg).

All the above happened while
here the London shops facilities
were utilized 50 percent and
less, and not one replacement
for employees leaving on pen-
sion. It completely wipes out
the claim of CNR management

PROF. J. D. BERNAL, president
of the World Peace Council,
voicing his own personal views
in an article for the Soviet
newspaper Pravda, describes
the grave threat to peace
posed by the MLF and the grow-
ing movement against it. -

Atlantic nuclear force? We
offer her participation in owner-
ship, management and control
of a new strategic NATO nu-
clear force and terms of abso-
lute equality with all other par-
“ticipants.”

The question then arises,
what will Mr. Wilson do if and
when he visits Bonn to have
talks with Dr. Erhard? He will
face a dilemma: either he will
stand by Labor Party policy of
relaxing international tensions
by stopping the spread of nu-
clear weapons, establishing nu-
clear-free zones and making
progress in controlled disarm-
ament, or he will suffer the fate
of Mr. Macmillan, who, when in
Moscow in 1959, made propos-
als for easing tensions in Eu-
rope and then allowed them to:
be vetoed by Dr. Adenauer and
others.

If this were to happen, we
would face a difficult situation
in Europe. That is why all the
peace and progressive forces of
Britain are calling on Mr. Wil-
son to stand by the declared
Labor Party policy.

Today excellent campaigns are
carried out in many countries
against the MLF and in general
against the spread of nuclear
weapons. Suffice it to say that
ever since the spring of 1964
such peace groups as the British
peace committees and the cam-
paigners for nuclear disarmament
have been demonstrating con-
tinuously against it in marches,
lobbies of Parliament, meetings
and so on. Similar activity has
been going on in other coun-

*

that the proposed closing of
London car shops was an econ-
omy move.

What has this meant to Lon-
don?..Our claim that there was
no justification, economical, po-
litical or geographical to close
the shops has been vindi-
cated. There has been no new
industry in London since the
CNR announced the shop would
close in 1960.

The London: Railway Council
will continue the fight to save
the shops, and in cooperation
with municipal and other organ-
izations are planning further
_ delegations to Ottawa.

tries, above all West Germany
and the United States. The high-
lights of the campaign were un-
doubtedly the two lobbies of the
NATO Council, one by 1,500
women from 14 NATO coun-
tries at the Hague in May 1964,
and the other in Paris last

. Dec. 15,
It is significant, too, that in -

the recent foreign affairs debate
in the House of Commons pro-
gressive Labor MP’s made many
constructive criticisms and
above all were very specific in
their demands for more con-
crete efforts for peace.

-This activity by the peace
movement will be stepped up
in the early months of 1965
around the general demands of
stopping. the spread of nuclear
weapons and setting up a nu-
clear free zone in Central Eu-
rope. Already big marches are
planned for Easter in Britain
and West Germany, one has al-
ready taken place in Amster-
dam and there will be a very
big march in Brussels in March.
Many other forms of activity
are planned, especially by the
young people. —

Where German militarism is
concerned, the British people
have long memories. I want to
especially stress it speaking
about Mr. Wilson’s visit to
Bonn. Like the Soviet people
the British people suffered from
it during the Second World
War and are very sensitive to
any indications of its revival.
This feeling is based on the
fear that many of the people
who created nazism and wreck-
ed Europe are still in’ positions
of power and influence.

It can therefore be said that
the British people’s basic hope
is that Mr. Wilson will support
the progressive elements of the
German people: one thinks of
the famous German scientists
who have repeatedly condemned
nuclear weapons, the 700 wo-
men who went to the Hague,
and many others. There is also
a hope that Mr. Wilson will
stand by his statement that a
peace settlement in Europe ne-
cessitates some form of recog-
nition of the German Democra-
tic Republic. I believe that there
is a growing understanding in
Great Britain that the GDR has
made a big contribution to peace
in Europe: it has recognized its
frontiers with its neighbors as
frontiers of peace and has eli-

No nuclear arms for German generals’

minated active nazis from the
national life.

I. think that implementation
of the policy, proclaimed by the
British Labor Party, as contain-
ed in its election manifesto,
would take us a long stride
nearer to a world without war,
and would in the process ensure
the prosperity of the British
pecple. If, on the other hand,
there is no reduction in Britain’s
arms expenditure, then all hopes
for social and economic pro-
gress will go by the board:

But general pledges are not
enough. These promises are ac-
companied by danger signs in
such places .as Malaysia, and
there is as yet no _ indication
that_Britain’s. huge arms bill
will be reduced at all substan-
tially. For these reasons the
peace movement in Britain is
pressing for specific action to
reduce Britain’s military com-
mitments, and especially to en-
sure European security. It
would like to see a non-aggres-
sion treaty between NATO and
the Warsaw Pact Alliance, pre-
paratory to their abolition and
replacement by an all-European
security system. It will con-
tinue to press hard for disen-
gagement and denuclearization
in Europe and for the final
peaceful settlement of the Ger-
man question.

Ad dollars
add up high

The 100 largest advertisers in
USA spent over three billion
dollars for newspaper, maga-
zine, radio, television and bill-
board adverti-ing last year.
These firms dominate advertis-
ing in USA, (most of it slopping
over into Canada), spending
more than 52 percent of all ad-
vertising dollars.

The group bought 83 ie
cent of all tv network time; 62

percent of all tv spot commer-

cials, and 44 percent of all
newspaper advertising.

Procter & Gamble, soap mak-
er and food processor, headed
the list. General Motors was
second and Ford Motor Co.,
third.

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