A sensible
on A-arms

The following editorial entitled
“Our Balky Neighbor,” appeared
in “The World,” a daily news-
paper published in Coos Bay,
Oregon. It was in the issue of
Saturday, Feb. 16.

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ANADA, the United States’

good neighbor to the north,
is behaving as though she isn’t
as good as neighbor as many
would like to consider her.

She not only has upset the
lumber market, (to hear some
producers talk) but now she
threatens to undermine our whole
defense set-up by refusing to let
us put nuclear weapons on her
soil. :

Well, good for Canada!

It is, to say the least, refresh-
_ ing in these days of arms race
power struggling to see a nation
take a stand against mass des-
truction — especially so when tie
tools of mass destruction would
be imposed upon the Canadian
people by another government:
ours.

The spread of nuclear arma-
ments throughout. the world to
nation after nation serves only.to
increase the likelihood that these
weapons will eventually be used.

Prime Minister John Diefen-
baker, a staunch advocate of no
nuclear warheads and no “un-
warranted ‘ intrusion” by the
United States was ditched by the
Parliament for his stand. Yet, as
we see it, the United States was
asking — almost demanding —
something that the Canadian peo-
ple as a whole should be given
the opportunity to decide for
themselves.

Canada has been accused of not

U.S. view
in Canada

contributing effectively to North
American defense efforts. What
this means is that Canada under
Diefenbaker has declined to ac-
cept responsibility for the event-
ual eradication of humanitv—and
herself.

There simply is no moral justi-
fication for nuclear armament
and it is to Diefenbaker’s and
Canada’s credit that they’ve balk-
ed over U.S. attempts to put U.S.-
controlled nuclear warheads: on
Canadian soil. The effect of such
a move would be to make Can-
ada, in fact, a nuclear power
with all of the responsibilities
but without the authority to
act. Such installation would
make Canada a potential tar-
_get for nuclear attack even
though Canada would not
have the authority to retal-
iate.

This would be akin to plac-
ing land mines in your neigh-
bor’s lawn to keep stray dogs
from encroaching on yours.

At the time when man-
kind’s only hope of salvation

from suicidal destruction lies .

in a sensible elimination of
nuclear weapons, we look
with admiration to Canada’s
resistance against our own
efforts to make her a poten-
tial nuclear battleground:

Canada, as a non-nuclear
power, will have more re-
spect among nations because
of it and can play a vital role
in bringing all nations togeth-
er to insure world peace and
lasting security for all of
mankind.

Canadians to

tour Poland

to mark Ghetto rising

On April 14th of this year,
a group of Canadians headed
by Mrs. Rose Victor of Win-
nipeg, will leave Canada for
Poland to take part in the
Memorial Celebrations of the
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

The group will go on an
excursion to Treblinka, visit-
ing the former Nazi Concen-
tration Camp, and take part
in thé ceremony of the un-
veiling of a monument dedi-
cated to the Treblinka vic-
tims. They will also visit the
former Nazi Jewish Ghetto
Ground, Jewish Scientific
Institute of History, a Syna-
gogue, Jewish School and
Workers’ Cooperative.

On April 19th, the group
will take part in the program
of the -20th Anniversary
Memorial Day in Warsaw. A
full day of events, including
a special meeting at the Con-
gress Hall of the Warsaw
Palace of Culture and
Science. At the conclusion of
the celebration, the group
will visit such centres in Po-
land as Krakow, Lublin,

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Kielce and others. The total
stay in Poland will be about
8 days.

From Poland the group
will leave for the U.S.S.R.
and will visit Moscow, Lenin-
grad, Kiev, Yalta and Odessa
for a total of 15 days.

For further information on
this tour, you can contact
“Globe Tours”, 615 Selkirk
Ave., Winnipeg 4, Manitoba.

Soviet scientist

isolates virus

Soviet scientist Lev Zil-
ber announced recently
that he had isolated the
virus which causes a spine
disease known as amyo-
trophic lateral schlerosis.

The disease affects the
nervous system in the
spine and brain and is fol-
lowed by muscular degen-
eration.

Recently Adolph Pot-
horn, for many years an
organizer of the Commun-
ist Party in B.C., who suf-
fers from the disease, was
examined by the Soviet
scientist while on a trip to
Eastern Europe. |

Isolation of the virus
now opens possibilities for
| investigating the nature of
the disease.

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JAILED TRADE UNIONISTS. Dave West,

left, and Joseph

Hendsbee, both members of the Seamen’s section of the Can-
adian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Work-
ers Union, are shown here on the courthouse steps the day
they lost their appeal. Both men are married and are now
serving six month terms in Oakalla on a charge of assaulting
a scab. Although visitors are restricted they can receive un-
limited mail. Write them at: Oakalla, Drawer “O”, Burnaby,

FISHERMAN photo

Fund started
for families
of slain men

An appeal for financial assist-
ance for the families of three
striking lumber workers slain by
armed strikebreakers near Kapus-
kasing, Ont. has been launched.

The three Men — Rene Fortier,
34, Joseph Fortier, 25, and Fern-
nand Drouin, 29 — met their
deaths as a result of being shot
by armed scabs. They were out
on a legal strike at the time.

The Toronto Labor Council re-
cently decided to initiate such a
fund. The Canadian Labor Con-
gress has agreed to back it and~
‘is asking all its affiliates to do
likewise. The CLC has also indi-
cated that it will help any in-
jured striker who suffers a per-

manent disability as a result of -

his injuries.

Some B.C. unions have already
contributed towards the fund and
a sizeable collection is expected
in the province.

All contributions
mailed to:

FORTIER-DROUIN FUND,
20 RIVERSIDE DRIVE,
KAPUSKASING, ONT.

should be

CPR should pa

VICTORIA, B.C. — The
City of Victoria should “place
itself on record as being op-
posed to fixed taxation agree-
ments” and should make the
CPR pay its full share of
taxes, recommended Elgin
(Scotty) Neish, former candi-
date for alderman. Neish was
presenting a brief on the
question to the mayor and
aldermen of Victoria.

He pointed out that on Dec.
29, 1923, the Victoria council
passed a bylaw which ex-
empted the CPR (in return
for the princely sum of $1
per year) “from payment of
all Municipal Assessments,
rates, local improvement

- charges, school taxes

and all Municipal taxes what-
soever . .”’ in connection
with the Crystal Gardens and
Empress Hotel and all its
grounds. —

Not only were taxes waiv-
ed, but the city actually un-
dertook to supply the com-
pany with “a good and suf-
ficient supply of fresh water”
and to plant flowers and
shrubs, install lawns, etc. —

y fair
all on company property at
city expense.

In June, 1944, the brief
stated, the twenty year agree-
ment expired and a new one
was signed between the com-
pany and city. This time
around, the CPR token con-
tribution to Victoria’s budget
was raised to $34,000 a year
— still far below what it act-
ually should be.

In reply to the company’s
cry of “losing money’, Neish
pointed out that other hotels
in the city “are paying trade
licences, business taxes,
school taxes, sewer levies, $3
per room taxes and (are) still
able to show a profit.”

He scored the policy of al-
lowing visitors to the city the
use of the Crystal Gardens

PROFITS

The giant General Motors —

Corporation has reported the
largest net profit in its his-
tory—$1,459 billion in 1962.
Highest in 1961 was the Am-
erican Telephone and Tele-
graph Co. which made $1.429
billion profit. ;

tax share

swimming pool free of charge
while Victoria citizens and
their children had to pay for
such use; it amounted to resi-
dents having to pay twice for
these things, he showed.

In 1964 the agreement will
again come up for review and
the city should quit subsidiz-
ing this giant monopoly,
Neish charged, then added
that CPR plans to build high
rise apartments on the hotel
grounds should be vetoed by
the city.

“In the 35 years since the
hotel was built, the original
investment has been amply
recovered with the profits
from the operation of the
building and grounds and it
is only right and proper that
this beautiful and open area
should be kept in its present
state for the enjoyment of
our citizens and visitors com-
ing to the city.

“This is the least the com- .

pany could do in return for
all the fine concessions and
subsidies which we _ taxpay-
ers have granted the com-
pany,” the brief concluded.

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