il bese | The Speech | They Killed By LESLIE MORRIS w what Fidel Castro said to the d Nations? The press had paid arrival and had covered itself with attention el ig T filth by its gos rting of the Cuban delegation. But why ren I that dirty press campaign? There are more i talk about. Without picious and sk what Dr. that he is a thousands of Canadians, sus- h as these, wanted to know hower. But now the real ) Eisei : voice of Cuba take his time and say the thing: : that »e0ple prevented from saying by Batis- lanced . But, to our Knowledge, published a fair account Times printed a lengthy MAURICE RUSH . Associate editor PT who will speak at a concert-meet- not a single Canadian newspaper f Castro’s address. -The New York q : yn which literally was meaning- less because of a garbied, illiterate translation. line arkine t 3rd ¢ i= We have been able to read the larger part of Dr. Castro’s Be earn a ASEO. ans speech only in Pravda, which gave it almost three full pages versary of the founding. of of its Sept. 29 issue. It was well worth reading and it is to be| the Soviet Union, Pender hoped that the Cuban government will publish it in many | aa eee ; languages and send it to its many friends around the world. “ | Auditorium, Sun., Nov. 13 at It was a magnificent address, full of homely truths and|8 p.m. containing many brilliant passages which many Canadians (i Se peat soe EP his country’s former subservience to the Reading Canadians could recall that the Latin-American countries put ‘ We can > here only two characteristic extracts: U.S. Admiral Burke’s threatening remarks U.S. News and World Report, to the effect ban people take steps to restore their sov- ereignty over the U.S. base at Guantanamo, U.S. forces would and that if the Sqviet Union came to Cuba’s aid, as it | romised, then it would be destroyed by the U.S. The 1 based his remarks on the allegation that the Castro | nment has “ruined” Cuba, Castro told the Assembly. “ft should emphasize this, that for this gentleman a 35} percent increase in Cuba’s industrial production, providing | jobs for an additional 200,000 Cubans, and the solution of} important social problems in our country, is the ‘ruination’ to} which he ascribes his right to prepare for aggression ... This gentleman thinks that we shall be alone in the event of ag- gression against us. That is Mr. Burke’s estimate — but you can mistaken he is, admiral or no admiral. ibling not only of Cubans, but of the world. Does he- think we are living in the ge-of the mu urely he has not forgoten that we live in| > atomic epoch, the epoch of catastrophic destructive forces as neither Dante nor Leonardo da Vinci could have named Or . =" That was pointed and eloquent. Canadians, remembering will be an independent can- nmare hases and Newfoundland < 3 ic. Ww av fe 3 2 nine Se ap foundland and the Arctic, would have didate for Surrey council in Another bit ne his speech: jthe coming civic election. “With regard to the Algerian question, needless to say we | an ca aes “apn completely support the right of the Algerian people to their | Pointing to the recent defeat independence. It is false to say that Algeria is vol of se of the sewer by-law because ‘rench state. Other countries have in the past spoken similar- Sa ha is Bo ae + and they have sathexedl defeat. : of heavy taxes, Bean said he “Algeria, gentlemen, belongs to Africa, just as France be-} will continue his fight for a longs to Europe . . . Perhaps at this very moment, while we ea pee é x 3 meet, Pisses Boke are vaining on Algerian villages and | ZEW tax deal for homeown- towns. Nothing is done about that. But how quickly we acted | ers. in the Congo! And how little enthusiasm there is to go to} Algiers! (Applause). « - We are on the side of all peoples fighting for their | liberation, not only for political freedom (because it is easy to put a new state on the map and write a national hymn) but for_economic liberation. It is not simply a matter of having a| flag, an emblem, or a representative in the U.N... . “Tf a country is to be really. free politically, it must be completely free economically, and have the right to nationalize, | without interference, its natural resources and the capital | investments which exploited them.” | When you read this excellent advice you can see the | reason why the Canadian newspapers paid no attention to his speech. It might give Canadians ideas. (OED ESE TET Ee MARXIST FORUM | SUBJECT — “Do Wages Curtail Markets?” that should the C see for yourselves how Apnplai He i (Apple € ZU x SELMER BEAN announced this week he 43RD ANNIVERSARY — CELEBRATION October Socialist Revolution will be held on Sunday, Nov. 6 5:00 p.m. Buffet Supper Entertainment TOM McEWEN Guest Speaker _ KENNEDY HALL Kennedy & Scott Rd. in North Surrey Admission—$1.00 Children up to 14 yrs. 50c PLACE — Pender Auditorium, 339 West Pender St. ub plese ot REE ey | Yl hs SPEAKER — Mr. Alex Gordon TIME — Sunday, October 30, 2:00 p.m. Disarming wont wait; warns Soviet Premier MOSCOW—The Pentagon’s stationing of Polaris-armed atomic submarines off Soviet coasts is “a criminal policy bringing the world to the brink of war, “Soviet Premier Khrushchev declared here last Thursday to a meeting of over 15,000 in the Palace of Sports. He gave the meeting a two-| secs = hour 20-minute report on the|a cost? Is there not a better United Nations Assembl y| way? Only adventurers can 7 | hich he. attended for 25 days.| take the view that a social sys" — F | . *We,.too, have atomic sub-| tem can be changed by war,” | |marines armed with rockets.| said Khrushchev, adding that What would happen if we did| the ideas of socialism ‘do not | | the same and sent them to the| need the help of force. ; | American coast?” he asked. | “Disarmament is difficult | | | hrushchev told the meet-| but possible. War would be | ing the Soviet Union is for| very much more difficult,’ he © | genuine disarmament under in- pointed out, adding that while ternational control. ‘“‘The armsj| capitalism exists there will al race won’t wait. Already three| ways be a danger of war, but % or four States have nuclear} there is now a new balance of | weapons and more will get| forces in. the world. ; them. We are opposed to any Outlining the proposals of © delay, and to talks for the pur- the Soviet Union for changes — pose of deception,” he said. 4in the U.N. Khrushchev said In this nuclear age, a new | “we will do all in our powel! | war would mean the death of|to ensure that . the United millions. Mankind would re-| Nations becomes an effective | ject capitalism. “But need a/and universal instrument of new society be built at such| world peace.” PUC hearing on Nov. 16 to affect B.CE. rates The Public Utilities Commission has called a hearing in Vancouver’s Public Library, November 16, to deal with the situation arising from a recent Supreme Court de- cision : ae Rex and won a favorable decision: The court decision granted If allowed to stand the the B.C. Electric the right to} pe. Rlectric would be in 4 ducky gage its Sey ay will wath position to increase rates to in a “fair return” of 6.5 per) consumers which would make cent on its operations. power, transit and gas rates In 1952 the PUC adopted|even higher than now. Under regulations over the B.C. Elec- public pressure, the PUC is tric fixing the “fair rate of re-| seeking at the hearing to re turn.” Since then the B.C.|scind the 1952 regulation. Af Electric has argued it is en-| fect of such a decision would titled to fix rates to earn the| be to force the utility monoP! full percentage allowed by the| oly to appear before the PUC PUC. The utility monopoly} each time it wishes to hike took its case to the B.C. courts| rates. Labor and progressive and lost. It later appealed to;organizations have supporte the Supreme Court of Canada| the action of the PUC. The NATO Plan For Control Without \ Disarmament \ y ie 4 2 os Y TODAY... TOMORROW.» AFTER TOMoRROW™ October 28, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 8 Paki saab