DEMAND U.S. KEEP

HANDS

OFF CUBA

HUGE

U.S.

VOL. 20, NO. 2 °*
"FRIDAY, JANUARY 13,

VANCOUVER, B.C.

Be FOC

1961

Reject Columbia treaty
urge B.C Communists

“Signing of the draft T
rendering the vast Columbi

reaty with Washington, sur-
a watershed to the U.S. for

Storage, will open one of the blackest chapters in Canad-
ian history,” Nigel Morgan, B.C. leader of the Com-
munist Party warned this week in a press statement.

“The scheme will be disas-!

trous for Canada,’”’ he stated.
‘It represents a big step in
Carrying through the original,
Century-old dream of the

ankees for U.S. annexation
of B.c,

Ratification of the 60-year
Treaty.will- mean jettisoning
for all-time ‘the advantages: of
a major block of cheap: power
for the development of Wes-
tern Canadian industry, the
loss of thousands upon . thous-
ands of job opportunities and
the sacrifice of vital: Canadian
peerests to the insatiable de-

qmends of Yankee imperial-

ism.”

“The days left to stop this
criminal conspiracy are num-
bered with completion of the
draft,’ Morgan declared. “It
has only proceeded this far
because the actual terms of the
agreement have been hidden
from Canadians in_ top-level
secret negotiations and a slick
propaganda campaign about
so-called ‘downstream benefits’
used to cover-up the real sac-
rifice that is being foisted on

| See COLUMBIA, pg. 6

~ OFTAWA. | Canada

HAZEN ARGUE

‘ees

QUIT NATO SAYS CCF LEADER

‘should. withdraw from the
North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization and North Am-
erican Air Defence .Com-

“mand. said national C.C.F.
‘leader Hazen Mate this
week.

He said NORAD was a
waste of time, energy | and
money because there is no

~ air defence against thermon-

uclear weapons.
In - speaking for  with-
drawal. of Canada from

~ NATO, Argue was - giving

expression to the stand. tak-
en by the last’ C.C.F. con-
vention which urged such a
stand.

ARMED FORCE
HREATENS LITTLE CUBA

The U.S. was pushing the world dangerously close to the brink
of war this week with its actions in Laos and Cuba.

In Laos,
opinion has: so far stopped the
U.S. from direct. intervention.
As the Pacific Tribune went
to press pressure was growing
for reconvening of the Inter-
national Truce Supervisory
Commission, to seek a peace-
ful solution of the Laos crisis.

In Cuba, however, the U‘S.,
this week announced huge
military..maneouvres- in- the
Caribbean and at the Guant-
anamo base in Cuba.

In an unprecedented show
of naked force the U.S. has
sent the following military
forces into the coastal waters
of Cuba:

—A flotilla of 150 naval
vessels.

—A 45,000 ton super air-
craft carrier.

—tThree cruisers armed with
guided missiles.

—Two nuclear submarines.

A total of 140,000 US.
troops are involved and the

military threat is scheduled to |;

be kept up until the end of
March.

In Cuba, meanwhile,
people are preparing to repel
any invasion forces. The Cas-

tro government has_ charged |:

that the U.S. and its stooges
are planning imminent invas-
ion. Cuba labor unions have
called on workers’ every-
where to demand hands off
their Island. republic.

Adding weight to Cuban
charges of plans for invasion
are reports circulating in the
U.S. Recently Dr. Ronald
Hinton of Stanford University
said, ‘there is now a wide-
spread belief that the Central
Intelligence Agency is spon-
soring an invasion «of Cuba
from. Guatemala. He added:

“Reliable observers in Gua-
temala say that without doubt
there is in Retalhulau (Guate-
mala) -a. large and well forti-
fied. base where Cuban ex-
iles are being trained to in-
vade Castro’s fortress.”

After pointing out that it. is
“generally believed” - the
source. of funds is the U.S.
government operating through
Allan Dulles’ C.I.A.,; Dr. Hin-
ton says. the . Cuban -govern-
ment is aware of this base.
According to him the Cuban
government “believes the plan
is to seize the Isle of Pines
and set’ up aU. S. -sponsored
government,” |

Dr. James Endicott, Canad:

ian Peace Congress chairman,

only world-public

‘now visiting Cuba, wired
Prime . Minister Diefenbaker
that Canada urge the USS.

the |:

government to keep hands off
Cuba.

Text. of the Endicott wire
says: ‘Urgently request you |
urge upon U.S. government |
“Hands Off Cuba” policy. |
There is a clear. and present
danger of U.S. armed inter-
vention in Cuba. World peace
hangs in the balance.”

Meanwhile, in
it was announced that the
U.S. embassy at Burrard and
Georgia Sts., will be picket-

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play for Cuba Youth Com-
mittee on Saturday. Picketers
are gathering at the Pender
Auditorium at 10:30 a.m. and
will march to the U.S. em-
bassy with placards.

Last week the Communist
Party of Canada in a strong
appeal urged “all peace-lov-
ing Canadians to voice their
opposition to imperialist in-
| trigues in Laos and: Cuba, to
make their voices known to
the government by wires, res-
olutions and letters.”

(Full text of the Commun-
ist Party statement is on page

ted by supporters of the Fair-

3.)

Cuban worker militiaman ready to defend his country
ifrom attack.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Next week’s Pacific
Tribune will be 12 pages.
Succeeding issues will al-
ternate between 8 and 12
pages.

Because of the  Holi-
days, technical and edi-
torial problems, this, and |
the previous two issues

Support for Belgian workers
pledged by Canadian union

Victory for Belgian workers would be a “victory for
the working class everywhere.”

This was the statement of
C. §S. Jackson, president of
United Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers this week. -

In a wire to the Belgian
Metalworkers’ Union; Jackson
expressed full solidarity with
the Belgian working class in

‘their struggle to prevent
Belgian monopolies’ attempt
to loot workers’ pensions;

sickness, disability and unem-
ployment benefits.”
Despite state violence the

were 8 pages.

| strikes continue in Belgium.