= HVOL, 20, No. 19 FRIDAY, MAY 12, 196 RIBUNE| | | | | | { | VANCOUVER, B.C. 1 c. .10e | Cuba's friendship offer a ejected by Washington A May hee million Cubans celebrated their freedom on | thei hen and pledged anew their determination to defend Meland to the death. Bu Ft “ven as they rejoiced, thr B ¥23sion, fat of an American in- FP aing their country _ re- Ra “ever present. . 4 “fitister, ee Cuba’s foreign p e nig ‘ Natio ident of the United PSeing y 2ViNs that Cuba “is attack y Tanger of a direct Rowe, © greatest nuclear Bethe he West.” f Ovi , da, Said a newspaper, Prav- Sar]; at failure of the “Noy. 8CK on Cuba “has in 4 a - Washi. Cooled the hotheads in V 4 Pp Xgton.» } Renee Stated that the Ney 2 US. President Ken- Premion K Teply to Soviet pot Apri parushchev’s message ig Indicated that the {me 8S preparing a , i a 8amble, cena B used Kennedy of plot- i litary j = i Q : y interven PWtiregs 2 With three “black Clivered a note: to, iand former vice - president | Nixon. ot In Havana the Cuban Presi- dent Dorticos stated that: “the Cuban government is willing to hold diplomatic conversa- tions with the United States and to reach a peaceful solu- tion of all the problems.” The U.S. response to this was that “Communism in the western hemisphere is not negotiable,’ and it rejected Cuba’s overtures for a peace- ful settlement. In Havana during the May Day celebrations, Premier Cas- tro declared: “If Mr. Kennedy does not like socialism, we don’t like imperialism; Wwe don’t like capitalism.” “The aggressive policy of the U.S. can cause a world war that can cost the lives of tens do not endanger the life of a single American,” Castro said. ee wer and Truman lawa Peace Trek a Ct For May 15 & Por jo anadian Peace Congress this week called for full Fae in the : ids Mus es Of oF . e woe dia The Sotiatio fans. : il Trey Said ay Wil] u | : mens n for peace. fry Sarm Mal, ment agreement. € Trek to Ottawa which will take place May 15. the importance of the Trek, Dr. James Endicott tense and dangerous state of the world today t put the whole weight of her’ influence on the new Kennedy Doctrine has rightly alarmed Cana- Endicott, and stressed that the members of the ae that the Kennedy Doctrine be replaced bycdis- a Main nd peaceful co-existence. bly. Point ‘ one to be stressed will be the urgency of a W Many delegates are expected of millions of Americans. We} | S. PRESSURES CANADA A TREATY The U.S. put the pressure on Canada this week to sign the unpopular Columbia Treaty by sending U.S. Secretary of the Inter- ior Stewart Udall to Ottawa to press for action. Holding out the threat of the big stick, Udall said Tuesday that “if there is any inordinate | delay it would make us un- | happy.” He told a press conference in Ottawa that ‘‘this (Columbia) is a matter of very serious con- cern to us. We consider this one of the most fruitful and promising agreements ever en- tered into.” As he prepared to go into conference Tuesday with Just- ice Minister Davie Fulton he said, ‘““we are champing at the bit.” There are signs that the U.S. has become increasingly con- cerned over growing dissatis- faction among Canadians with the present draft treaty, andj are anxious to push through development quickly. Indicative of the growing | opposition was a resolution pas- sed by Vancouver’s powerful Building Trades Council Tues- day night, which denounced the High Arrow Dam as of no benefit to Canada and ‘only a water storage for the U.S.A.” The resolution asks that “the present Columbia River agree- ment be not ratified.’’ Ii urges instead that “the McNaughion; Plan be immediately imple- mented, wholly financed by Canadian capital supplied by the Federal and Provincial gov- ernments to provide cheap power for the benefit of Can- by Tim Buck, pg. 6. How. Integration With US. Wipes Out Our Jobs— Latin America’s Wind of Change, pg. 5 Hungary Faces a Bright Future, pg. 5. SPECIAL: “Mr. President, You Are Taking a Highly Dangerous Road”—Khrushchey’s letter to Kennedy which the Western press tried to suppress, pg. 8. SEASONAL BENEFITS, cr ES of Canada, including British Columbia. adian indusiry and the Can< adian people.” In a key proposal the resolu- tion asks Columbia River de- velopment “‘on an east-west all- Canadian grid rather than a north-south grid with the main power benefits going to U.S. | industry.” Representing about 20,000 building trades workers, the resolution is to be sent to Premier Bennett, Prime Min- ister Diefenbaker and leaders of the opposition. Commenting on the recent developments, Nigel Morgan, B.C. Communist Party leader, said Canada should reject U.S. ; pressure to force through the Columbia Treaty. He urged that Ottawa and Victoria ab- andon the present treaty and start afresh to negotiate de- velopment of the Columbia under public ownership and for an early start on an easi- west grid so that Canada will get the full benefit of B.C.’'s hydro resources. (See also story, pg. 3). —Fisherman Foto JOBLESS DEMAND EXTENSION UIC BENEFITS. Above picture shows the recent unemployed delegation outside the Robson Street UIC offices to demand that jobless benefits be extended beyond the May 15 expiry date for supplementary payments. This itical issue is expected to occupy the attention of the unemployed at a meeting Thurs- day, May 18 at 1 p.m. in the Pender Auditorium.