<< ES ae rica os a EP ETO IRIE oer ~ ‘Marcel Chaput, seperatist leader of the Quebec Repub- lican Party, is employing red- baiting and deliberate lies in seeking to implicate the Com- munist Party in terrorist ac- tivities, charged Sam Walsh, Quebec leader of the Com- munist Party. Walsh emphasized the Com- munist Party’s opposition to terrorist methods ‘‘which can only bring great harm to the national and democratic movements of our country.” The Quebec Communist Party leader’s statement fol- lowed the bombing of an army recruiting Montreal, which resulted in the death of a 65-year-old jan- itor, William Victor O’Neill. The bombing has_ been blamed on the Front Libera- tion Quebecois, It was also feared that vengeance squads of English Montrealers could provoke more violence. Walsh pointed out that the Communist Party’s constitu- tion declared that “any mem- ber shall be expelled from the party who is found to be a strikebreaker, provocateur,, or traitor to the working class. Any member shall be expelled from the party who advocates force and violence or terrorism.” Walsh underlined the fact that although the Communist Party recognized ang advocat- ed the right of French Can- ada to self-determination, “we YCL raps The Young Communist Lea- -gue in Quebec has issued a statement denouncing refer- ences in some newspapers to alleged connections between _the Quebec Front of Liberation (FLQ) and the YCL. ‘The YOL said it had nothing to do with the FLQ and does not approve of its methods. centre in ACROSS THE th): NATION Terrorist tactics hit e by Quebec C.P. leader do not believe that separation is the best way to achieve full national equality.” Separation, he added, “would divide the people of English-speaking and French- speaking Canada in the face of common problems, espec- ially the United States domin- ation of our country, which threatens to make us nuclear targets as well as crippling the development of Canadian industry and jobs. “Although we do not fa- vor separation, we recognize the right of French Canadians to advocate a separate state and their right to have it if the majority of French Can- adians want it; “But we condemn without reservation terrorist methods to achieve a separate state. “Such methods do untold harm not only to the move- ments for national equality and self-determination, but also to the cause of socialism, because their terror acts serve as a pretext for such lying provocations as those of Cha- put and others.” - “There is no excuse what- soever for employing terror- ist tactics in French Canada,” Walsh concluded. Montreal labor council has protested against arbitrary ar- rests and the seizure of books by police in that city after bombings blamed on Quebec separatists. _ A labor council resolution said that although the coun- cil did not agree with the aims of the separatists or me- thods employed by them, it had to condemn the action of police in arresting persons suspected of being members of the FLQ hours before the warrants: came into effect. The resolution criticized police for not allowing those arrested to communicate with their lawyers and for the seiz- ure of books which had no- thing to do with the declared aims of the FLQ. Stiffer drug controls Stiffer control over drug manufacture and .distribution are to be implemented in Can- ‘ada. The new controls are set out in amendments to the food and drug regulations of the Food and Drugs Act, which was amended at the last session of Parliament to provide for increased federal jurisdiction in the field of pharmaceuticals, Under the new regulations the federal health depart- ment’s Food and Drug Direc- torate has power to force manufacturers to meet man- Wheat trade World trade in wheat is down sharply this year from last sea- son when it reached record pro- portions. It has been estimatea that between Aug. 1, 1962 and early March this year the four principal exporting countries, (Canada, U.S.A., Argentina and Australia, had shipped just. under 700 milion bushels as against 880 million in the same period in the 1961-62 season. ufacturing standards, hire qualified personnel, test drugs, provide for quality con- trols and keep records. There has been wide public demand for stiffer govern- ment control over manufac- ture and distribution of drugs since the births of deformed babies were attributed to tak- ing the drug Thalidomide during pregnancy. Proposals for nationaliza- tion of the drug industry have. been put forward by the Com- munist Party as part of a national health plan. - down sharply Canadian shipments of wheat — (including flour) were down al- most 15 percent to 192 million. Those of the United States fell off by 20 percent to 387 million. Argentine shipments were up 16 percent to 37 million, though still at a relatively low level. Large crops in Europe and Asia last season were mainly responsi- ble for the decline. Morris, Kashtan visit Peking Leslie Morris, general sec- retary, and William Kashtan, national executive secretary of the Communist Party of Can- ada, were in Peking last week. They were welcomed at the airport by Peng Chen, member of the political bureau of the secretariat of the central com- mittee of the Chinese Commun- ist Party, and Chao Yi-min, alternate member of the cent- ral committee. Morris and Kashtan are in Peking for discussions with representatives of the central committee of the Communist Party of China. Execution of Spanish Commun- ist leader Julian Grimau, above, has aroused a world-wide storm of protest. Last week the World Federation of Trade Unions pro- tested this ‘odious crime.” “By murdering Julian Grimau, Franco demonstrated his determination to intensify the terror against the Spanish people,” said the WFTU which called for a vast solidar- ity movement against Spanish fascism. F City Parade hits A-arms for Canada B. C. Peace Council has an nounced a public demonstra- tion against nuclear arms for Canada, for Saturday, May 11. The paraders are to assemble at 339 W. Pender St. at 1:30 pm. and proceed through downtown streets. The imminent danger of nu- clear arms being imposed on Canada, makes it urgent for all peace-loving Canadians to take part in this parade to express their epposition. Since this will be on Moth- ers’ Day week-end, plans in- clude a special procession at the parades’ head, of mothers and children bedecked with flowers and color, proclaiming ‘mothers universal demand for .peace and life. gave the ‘mandate to act on nuclear B.C. Electric bid to take Opposition to bartering-away of B.C.’s publicly-owned natural gas utility to placate the privately- owned B.C. Power Corporation (former B.C. Electric) was voiced by the B.C. Provincial Executive of the Communist Party Friday. “Repeated press speculation that a deal may be underway to hand natural gas distribution back to the B.C. Power Corporation cannot be dismissed lightly with the Bennett government’s long record of give-aways,’’ Nigel Mor- gan, Provincial leader of the Com- munist Party warned. ‘‘The peo- ple of this province have not forgotten how they suffered as a result of the excessive rates charged by this company—among the highest in the country,’’ he said. over gas system opposed “Instead of turning this lucra- tive operation back to the profit- eering B.C. Electric shareholders, the government should be taking steps to pass on to consumers of natural gas the benefits of public- ownership. “There already exists wide- spread dissatisfaction with the ridiculously-inadequate rate re- ductions announced last month. The savings on company divi- dends, federal income tax (which publicly-owned utilities do not pay), could provide for substan-: tial rate reductions. “To return natural gas distri- bution to private hands. would eliminate such a possibility and should .be strenuously opposed,’’ he concluded. U.S. forest monopoly moving to grab large B.C. concerns Another giant U.S. forest prod- ucts monopoly is moving into British Columbia — the Georgia- Pacific Corporation, which until now had nothing north of Seattle. _ This week it was reported that the company plans a merger with Puget Sound Pulp and Paper Co., of Bellingham, Wash. The merger is expected to be con- cluded in the next 30 days. = Included in the merger will be the Puget Sound’s holdings in B.C, which include three wholly- owned companies, Vanwest Log- ging, Anglo Canadian Timber Products and Eureka Sawmills. Under this merger one billion board feet of timber in B.C. will pass into control of the U.S. tim- ber octopus. The main logging operations in B.C. are near Co- mox and at the head of Howe Sound along the PGE near Squam- ish. It will also acquire two saw- mills, one at North Vancouver and another in Nanaimo. Be- tween them they produce about 60 million board feet of lumber a. year. Sawmill chips are also sent from the mills to the Bellingham ~ pulp and paper mill. Liberal blackmail try on nuclear arms issue Cont'd. from pg. 1 position and clear the way for early action to arm Canadian forces with nuclear weapons. Hitting out at the Liberal government’s announced in- tention to sign a nuclear arms. pact with the U.S., Stanley Knowles, (Winnipeg North -Centre) New Democratic Par- ty whip in the House said: . “I don’t think the election Liberal’s a. clear arms It’s the kind of thing that calls for discussion in Parliament.” Mr. Justice T. G. Thorson, ‘president of the Canadian Campaign For Nuclear Dis- armament, said in a_ state- ment following a meeting of the CCND board of directors, that ‘the new government has no clear mandate to ac- cept nuclear weapons.” The “deep moral implica- tions” of the nuclear debate “are now clear to many Cana- dians,” M. J. Coldwell, form- er CCF party leader, told the CCND board of which he 1s: chairman. “This issue has become more than a political and mili- tary question,” he said. Speaking to a meeting of the Ontario Educational Asso-~ ciation, Dr. Brock Chisholm, former director of the World Health Organization, declared that a crucial choice confronts mankind. “If we go on for just one more generation behaving as our ancestors behaved, we . will destroy the world,” he ~ said. ‘‘We are quite capable of — destroying the whole human race three to five times over . of destroying all life ex- cept some of the very resis- _ tant bugs.” He warned that ‘“‘we have — not by any means made a sat- _isfactory adjustment ‘‘to the reality that the human race as a species is in danger. If we do not adapt to a changed world, we'll perish as_ the dinosaurs did, for the same reason.” Picture shows mothers at Wellington, near Na- naimo picketing a crossing on the Island high-pass for children going to school. way where serious accidents have taken place. May 3 ,1963—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 8 _ They are demanding early action on an ove-