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But this pase d Eoulitary concept N Never be van- “The © do: * here mt do : Certain i We mo- Ha’ the MUSt be clear in aie of his €clared that Da Cont Ord in turmoil ; turmoil.” R il. aunt S turmoil, he said nb t i | DY what (Where) the United States gro popula- P with ever- CASTRO ON JULY 26th — : sot 4 ‘Cuba will never be vanquished ¥ ALL-CANADIAN CHAMPION ty WL Utox AM DEVINE a « in {tse goleek Velvet” ; Ney mee. It’s Sensation here oe fen in all the ave it fron 3 t- Sanna, is Pictures, Part Be the fineg tink, pope" has not Or it and w Op Va as R : Provincial Earlier, Fidel had looked in on Tauro, another strapping speci- men of bull, who weighs 1,600 pounds at only 17 months of age. Tauro is the offspring of Canadian cow, Rosafe, known in Cuba as The Champion (femin- ine). Rosafe weighs 2,100 pounds and gives 46 litres of milk a day. “Where did he (Black Velvet) get such a size?” Fidel mar- velled, quickly admonishing the animal’s keepers to “take him so he can rest.” Black Velvet — actually In- ternational Black Velvet — has a top-notch pedigree and back- ground. He’s the grandson of Rosafe Citation of Mexico, and he’s won all sorts of awards in various exhibitions. He was crowned Grand Champion of the International Fair in 1966, and obtained the title of “All-Can- adian” in August of the same year. Earlier, he won the titles “All-Canadian” and ‘“All-Ameri- can” for bulls two years of age, and before that, the title “All- American” for bulls one year of age. But Black Velvet had compa- ny on his trip down from Can- ada. Along with him came “Ella” the cow. Ella, located on a farm a short distance away from the - insemination. centre, gave up to 62 litres of milk a black Velvet wows Cuba day in Canada. When Fidel drove over to see her, he was also greatly im- pressed, and cautioned his com- panions to “be quiet,” and “not disturb” her. While the latest acquisition of Black Velvet is perhaps the most impressive, he joins a substantial number of cattle that has been imported by Cuba from Canada. Cattle imports were reported most heavy in earlier years after the triumph of the Revolution in Cuba. With stocks being built up, imports are said to have slackened in the last couple of years. But the trek southward still continues. In 1965, for ex- ample, some 9,250 head, valued at $1,640,885 arrived in Cuba. In 1966, 2,009 head, valued at $655,600 set foot (or hoof) here. And for the first two months of this year, the figures were 324 head worth $70,000. There is no breakdown as to cows and bulls, respectively, but cows are said to outnumber bulls by a fair margin. The cows are used for dairy farming and as beef animals. The bulls are used for Cuba's artificial inse- mination program. This last is a giant-sized undertaking. In his speech last January 2, marking the eight anniversary of _ the triumph of the Revolution, Fidel increasing courage and hero- ism.” The tragedy of imperialism, he continued, is that “at the same time that it has become the international gendarme, it has also become a_ repressive police force against the progres- sive and revolutionary move- ment all over the world.” But, “when the imperialists have not yet been—nor will they be—able to put out the revolu- tionary fire beyond their bor- ders, the flame of revolution, arising from the same source, is growing increasingly — brighter within the dominant, aggressor empire itself.” The rebellion of the oppressed of our continent is always blamed on Cuba by the imperial- ists, said Castro. But it would be “ridiculous” to blame the struggle of the black people in the U.S. on Cuba. Naturally, however, Cuba’s sympathies are with the oppressed people every- where. On Latin America, Castro re- ferred to the subsequent confer- ence of the Latin American Soli- darity Organization (OLAS) which opened in Havana July 31. He said there is no doubt the conference “alarms the im- perialists,” and he paraphrased the famous statement by Karl Marx to affirm that ‘a spectre is haunting the continent—the spectre of OLAS.” On domestic issues, Castro asserted that the most difficult task was not the taking of power, but “‘the one we are en- gaged in today; the task of building a new country on the basis of an underdeveloped eco- nomy; the task of creating a new consciousness, a new man on the basis of ideas that had prevailed in our society for cen- turies.” The most difficult “Moncada,” he went on, has yet to be taken —the Moncada of old ideas. However, he said, “there is a vanguard that has entered vic- toriously, that is taking the first outpost and is advancing un- swervingly along that road. And that vanguard is made up, with- out doubt, of our youth.” Some learned Marxists, he said, may ask why this talk about age and not about classes. But, “we sincerely believe that to talk about age is very Marx- ist; to talk about age as well as class.” It must not be forgotten, he continued, that many genera- tions were completely formed under the influence of capitalist ideas, methods and _ attitudes, While the Revolution has eradi- cated a great number of these ideas from people’s minds, “‘it is specifically in the virgin minds of the new generation growing up with the Revolution where we find less of the thinking of the past, where we most clearly perceive revolutionary ideas.” Reviewing the economy, par- ticularly agriculture, he noted tasks accomplished and projects planned for bigger crops, land reclamation, highway construc- tion and dam building for irri- gation. Speaking a day later at a special agricultural project at Gran Tierra on the easternmast point of the island, Castro said that by 1975 it will no longer be possible to speak of Cuba as an underdeveloped country. In a subsequent interview, he said what formerly took 10 years now can be accomplished in one. peat Fidel visits Black Velvet Castro spoke on this point. Hardly 20 months earlier, he said, there were only 60,000 cows in the artificial insemina- tion plan. But by the end of last year there were 1,200,000 cows in the plan. The plan, he stres- sed, will permit Cuba to reach very high levels in milk and beef production. He recalled that in 1959, the year of the triumph of the Re- volution, there was not a single insemination technician in the country. But Cuba now has 2,000 such technicians, and will have 5,000 by 1970, target date for fulfillment of the country’s main agricultural projects. And, added Fidel, the number of cows in the artificial insemination +. August:25))1967—PAGIFIC TRIBUNE— Page 3 plan by the end of this year should total almost two million. Black Velvet, from all ac- counts, should play a mighty role in this plan. One estimate states the giant Canadian bul] can enable the insemination of 45,000 cows in a single year. No wonder Cubans have taken Black Velvet to their hearts so much. As a matter of fact, if they’re particularly enthusiastic about Black Velvet, they also have high praise for all of Can- ada’s cattle that have arrived here. We found that out quite clearly during a recent trip through the island. Which seems like a, good thing: for:both Can- ada and Cuba.