—e ! Dy aif EVERYTHING Y IT “weve. SOLVED OUR PROBLEN- THis tats Consumes maxes / ~ MOSCOW—History’ has for the preservation of peace se “Defense of the economic in-, arably bound with the struggle against the danger of @ new war, against. the arms , _ He pointed out that expendi- ture for wars in the first-half of this céntury amounted en ‘world scale to more than four trillion dollars, adding : give free bread to the en- re-population of the earth for yearsand to build. modern: sing, for. 500. millien: fani- Me rn FIGS Bes “the struggle for peace, for ‘the prevention .of. thefmeru- elear war, is the question of .? Khrushehev © de-} @lared that with the enier- gence of the Soviet Union and the other socialist - countries - their suecesses in the de- ment of economy, science)” and technology) and. wit i powerful weapons and armies," “the international) - -wérking class has obtained’ a mighty material basis for eur _ bing aggressors and preventing war ‘between states.” Proper understanding of this question, he said, is high ly “important for the correct - formulation of policy in condi- tions when imperialism no longer is the dominant factor of international relations. It was on the basis of such gn understanding that- Soviet Union determined its “policy, including the detision - to test nuclear weapons which “hay had* tremendous signifi- - eanee for preserving peace.” - quislear weapons are a mighty, “48 the imperialists want to con- strength they ~400-megaton bombs — yet, ger_bombs. of sow tiara tlass, Soviet Premier Khrushchev ‘told delegates of! 5th World Trade Union Congress recently. of working people is im-™ , that this sum would be enough) Declaring that Soviet rocket | Ee: - @eterring factor to aggressive f : eiréles, Kirushchev said that} duct policy from positions of } should know 4 what strength will meet their jj strength. They do not have 50-\j) — “while the USSR has even big-|f placed special responsibility on’ the international working: vesséls which carried Gawarin|. ahe Titdv could just *as éasily carry “another cargo” to” a precise destination. These“are not threats, said he? but a warning to Hot Heads. “The Soviet Union’ does” not threaten anyone, it only seeks) peace “and ese ‘disatma ment. - Noting - the ateee import-) ance of- united labor aetien.as correctly stressed -at the. Corl- gress, now that the «forces. sof ardad- tion. are uniting on »an.-inter- national .scale .to-.strangle-ev- erything progressive: it would be an irreparable mistake: for} “the workers’ movement. to -re- .pair-each to his -national-home and his particular unidA with- out cotinterposing a powerful labor-frent. to the international front of reaction.” ' It is time, he declared; for representatives of the various organizations to sit dow? at 4 common table and formulate a -platform of struggle for the in- terests’ of the workers, for peace; for vital rights, for na- tional independence and social Khrushchev. -said--that}~ Castro ou new Cuban political pa The emergence of a new party P Cuba, the United Party of the Socialist Revolution, was described by Fidel Castro ina five-hour speech inHavatia, Dee. 1. Following: is a brief resume of his speech?) ines nev ae The further advatice of the- revolution in Cuba; said Cas-} tro, was impossiblé" préjtidices about’: “the” Popular”: “Socialist Patty (the patty ofthe *Com- munists of Cuba)’ This was explained by a nuMber *6f ‘cir- curnstanees,” “sjneluding thé ab- sence of Pooddontact with ‘this party and: py the: splitting tac- tics: ‘of - some: inthe: Tanks of DEATH TOLL | Twenty-three “persons” ‘have died- in ‘cofistruction “accidents in Metro Toronto‘ so° far’ this’ ae : fe 4 the revolutionary -fneverdent: “These prejudices have been. overcéme,” said Castro: ‘NO ONE-MAN RULE! ‘In this eoheludifig summary, Castro said; “Over .a_ long period)-our ‘revolutionary. lead- ‘ership..was~ individualistic. “We are not speaking here of 6fte-man fule,”. he continued, “or of ¢apriees; “put dver a long tithe; decisions were” made in | “practice by thé prime ‘minister ofthe’ revolutionary” govern- ment” orf “the: stréheth’ of the faith placed in him. “T have said, and I now ° ‘de- clare,” sata. Castro, “this was a mistaké:® “We shold’ have ended such. a situation as Soom &s ‘possible and established a revolution- -ary party leadership, This is the’ best .guarafiteé of the strength of our power and of our revolutionary line.” a The best govérfiment, said Castro} is one that bases oe on a ‘revolutionary’ ‘party, » party organized on a otto. cratic basis; “with a collective leadership.» WISDOM OF ALL - “The patty must always be above thé single individual,” he continued, “as thé party embodies’ in itself the wisdom not “6f one? but the’ wisdoni of tens and” “hundreds” of © thous- ands of people,’ ‘the “heroism. not of one; but the heroisir of all, the spirit of: Saétifiée, the = spirit of militancy, t the feéling of love forthe “evolution not of one man} but 6f hundreds of thousands“of citizens: © ephig is what it must: be. ‘the “urtited “party ‘of >the” sotialist then “as T do. ‘now, 10° years ett revolkition!’s: By JOHN WEIR Pacific Tribune Correspondent MOSCOW — Former coal- miner Nikita Krushchev greet- ed the 5th World Trade Union Congress as “His Majesty the working class” on behalf of the Soviet government recently and issued a ringing call for a “progress. ple Khrushchev thanked the the Soviet Union and declar- ‘ed that “the Soviet working | class, our whole people, sare) eorfidence of the internation- al working class and by ‘their successes to facilitate its ad-| vance’ to a == future.” On behalf of the Soviet peo- | united effort to win lasting peace. The Soviet Premier’s ad- dress was punctuated by get international working’ elass for, derous applause and at the end | labor the fraternal support it gave) of his remarks the assembly | struggle to help the remaining rose and sang “The Internation- | ss tie The warning sounded in the “the) doing their best to justify the, report of WFTU’s general sec- | retary Louis Saillant that the | | trade union movement hither- | to has not reacted sufficiently strongly to the danger of war | if ® Entertainment Supper only, $1.50; ; { He also pointed out that _ Célebrate: New Year’s Eve AUUC Hall — 805 East Pender SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31 Supper — Featuring Ukrainian Dishes 6:30 p.m. ® Favors Admission: Supper and Dance, $2.50 Each ® Dancing 10 p.m. Dance only, $1.50 - Sponsored by Association of United Ukrainian Canadians and t the W.B. A. : Unions. must. act: on: war’ danger clares world labor: congress: — is finding unanimous support in the discussion from the floor. All speakers stress the de- cisive role of the workers in action to prevent war over of atomic weapons tests and win universal and complete disarmament. _ Equally strong is the deter- mination of the Congress to throw the weight of the world movement into. the | colonial nations to, win their liberty. “Let 1962 become the year of the full and final liquidation |of colonialism!” is one oi the most popular slogans here and the congress has adopted reso- An- golan, Dominican and other peoples. endorse the proposed program of action for peace, liquidation | § of colonialism and defence of | j| workers’ rights and economic i; and social interests, laying the | ‘ main stress on buliding unity in action. Sharply criticising the class:' collaboration policies of the leaders of the International Berlin, to compel the banning |: lutions of solidarity with the) 4; Struggles of the Algerian, The delegates unanimously | Confederation of the Free Trade ‘Unions they call: for 2 _ greater effort to achieve joint action with workers in those unions around conimon €lass interests. ~ With 918 aceredited dele- gates and guests from 94 coun- tries, representing over two- thirds of the workers on the five continents, the congress is truly the greatest and most representative assembly of labor in history, 486 delegates come from Europe, 196 from the Americas, 149 from Asia and Oceania and 81 from Af- rica. The 68° million Soviet uniénists are represented by. 60 delegates. While WFTU has grown to 107 millions, the AFL-CIO since 1955 has lost nearly « million and a half members. Moreover, the WFTU is ai- tracting independenY centres jand unions to its activity. — Among representatives of inational trade union bodies that do no belong to the WFTU who are present ‘at this con- gress are those of Japan, Cuba, Indonesia, - Nigeria, Belivia, Chile, Algeria and others. Present from Canada as an ‘observer is C. S. Jackson, presi- ‘dent of the United Electrical | Workers Union. December 22, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 2 ©