Slat in Photo shows the largest nickel smelting combine Europe, outside the Soviet Union, now under construction in the German Democratic Republic. The first ovens and machinery have already been installed. This combine will produce sufficient nickel for all domestic needs. Morgan hits secret US. base at Puntzi Lake TRAIL, B.C.—Nigel Morgan, provincial leader of the Communist Party of B.C., charged that a secret U.S. air base has been revealed at Puntzi Lake, B.C., after Ottawa had been questioned on the matter. He said U.S. military spokesmen had affirmed that such bases in Canada had been used for espionage flights over the Soviet Union. Mr. Morgan, speaking at a public meeting in Trail, B.C., in support of. provincial can- | didate Al Warrington, also claimed that such bases as this and the Bomarc installations in Ontario and Quebec, endan- ger the lives of every Cana- dian, Morgan said the Communist Party of Canada joins with non-communists by demanding that Canada declare its neu- | trality as a step towards world | peace and national survival. | The speaker also drew atten- | tion to the fact that problems | of urban taxation and debt, un- | | employment and trade were di- | rectly related to the crushing |; ° | arms expenditure which total-| |led more than $21 billion in| | Canada since 1947. He urged | | people of all faiths and politics | ito fight harder for world | peace. Civil defence schools hit by Ontario (P The Ontario Committee of the-Communist Party has | sion to December 31st, 1962 of | | | |] traiming | protested to the Ontario Minister of Education ae2sn6t “any plans or programs of so-called civil defence training | in our schools.” In a letter to Education Min- ister William J. Dunlop signed by Ontario leader Bruce Mag- nuson, the Communist Party Said: “In the present circum- Stances such ‘training can only Serve to detract from the main Purpose of education, which is to fit our citizens of tomorrow With the academic training they require, plus such phys- leal-and cultural instructions 8S will make them better fit to Meet the needs of our commu- nity, as well as their own par- ticular ability to contribute to Social and cultural enrichment 8nd to advance as better citi- zens, } preparations, is a _ uselesss| waste of money and effort. In the event of war our country would be hopelessly destroyed and millions would be killed. The only means: of defence against such a calamity is to see to it that it does not. hap- pen, that peace is preserved in the world. This is what. our , children need to be taught; not to be fed on illusions of civil defence. : “Our children need to. be taught that wars are not in- herent in human nature, are | not inevitable, but can be} avoided if people assert their | will towards this end. Let us| not clutter up an already bad. | ly mangled curriculum with | “The idea of civil defence, as| more nonsense, where reason | Presently associated with war | should prevail.” vl ALLL LA, aa i ime, lle perhaps earlier: These are the predictions of William Allan Beckett, diree- tor of General Research Assoc- iates, Ltd., of Toronto, in an interview in Maclean’s for June 4, Beckett’s view is that the coming economic slump will be of a different nature from those of 1948-49, 1953-54, and 1957-58. He calls these “in- ventory” recessions,. and says, AL WARRINGTON . C.P, candidate for Ross- | land-Trail, who spoke with} provincial leader Nigel Mor-| gan at Trail election rally. UFAWU asks more fime on hearing The United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union last Friday forwarded a letter to all B.C. MP’s restating their demand for a further exten- hearings into. the “Combines” charges against the Union. This action was taken following the presentation of Bill C-58 by the Minister of Justice. Bill C-58 has. extended the hearings by. the Restrictive December 1961. These hear- ings would continue investiga- tions into charges that the fishermen’s union. has. com- bined with B.C. fishing com- panies to fix prices. The further, extension .of time» has: been..asked by the price’ and wage: contracts now in’ effect: x : - “Everything in Flowers” FROM EARL. SYKES 56 E. Hastings MU 1-3855 Vancouver, B.C. Worst crisis since predicted for this Canada faces the worst recession since the 1930’s. There will be one and a half million Canadians unemployed. The recession will be gin after next Thanksgiving, and “We came out of them with- out much difficulty by clearing | out stock rooms.” But he goes on to say: ‘Now we face a ‘capital’ recession. That is much more serious. It is the result of having too rap- id an expansion of capital goods for too long — over i0 years.”’ He cites as an example ‘the | capitalist who has borrowed to build.an addition. to his factory and now finds other manufac- turers have come into the field and are taking away the ord- ‘ers he had counted on. nies Sin fthouble,’ — says Beckett. “His new debt. wiil be difficult to pay off. He'll probably have to cut his staff.” Beckett goes on to point out that ‘within six months. of the first two (post-war) recessions we were back at full productve capacity. Yet two years after coming out of the last. one in April 1953, we are not at full capacity. Plainly, we're not going to get there.” Taking the view that- reces- sion is “almost” inevitable. Beckett says it could be soft- ened.by a vast increase in gov- ernment spending. But since evidently he does not think in terms of a cut in defense spen- ding, he can make no suggest- ions for financing this spend- ing other than borrowing. “But,” says Beckett, “monéy for that spending will be hard to get. The U.S. is headed for the same fate as we are. That means -Canadian governments will have.a hard time borrow- ing funds.” Will back Algeria fight, says China The Chinese Vice-Premier, Marshal Ho Lung, recently pledged that “650 million Chinese people will resolute- ly support the Algerian people’s national liberation strugele to the very end.” He was speaking at a banquet in honor of the Al- gerian Provisional Govern- ment delegation. Trade Practices Commission to}: UFAWU owing -to the two year PUBLIC MEETING “Neutrality — Canada’s Path to Peace” HEAR HAROLD PRITCHETT Communist Candidate for Burnaby d on i Tuesday, June 14, at 8 p.m. NORDIC CENTRE—6th St. & 12th Ave. in South Burnaby. Auspices: South Burnaby Club — C.P.C. 2 Te IRS hues Amid increasing signs that the U.S. government is mount- ing pressure against Cuba to prepare the ground to justify open intervention, the Cuban people are rallying around the Castro government. Photo above shows Cuban peasants (in a recent anti-U.S. demonstration. June 10, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3