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_»+ KEEP CANADA OUT: By Ben

Swankey, Canadian-Cuban Friend.

_ Ship Committee, 138 East Cordov1

S., Vancouver, B.C. 35 cents.

I 19 pages a graphic capsule
political picture of Latin

America—‘‘an ocean of misery”’

__ ls given as the reason Canada

Should stay out of the Organiza-

< tion of American States.

_ Convincing evidence substan-

ae Hates Cuba’s claim that the OAS
‘Is a “Yankee Foreign Office for

Colonies, a repressive apparatus
to be used against the liberation

~ Movement.”

. And no wonder—although the
US. has only $10 billion invested
in Latin America — Half her
Stake in Canada — the profits

in 1959 alone they
Were $77 million.

Revolutions are on the agenda.
Varied writers like J. B. McGea-
chy, Carlos Fuentos, U.S. Sena-
tor McGovern (South Dakota)
and Harvey O’Connor are quoted
On the need for drastic changes.

As the Second Declaration of
Havana points out, ‘“‘in this con-
tinent of semi-colonies there die

of hunger, of curable disease or of

Premature old age two million

OAS

per year _ . , meanwhile there
flows to the’ United States a con-
stant torrent of money, $2 billion
per year... - For each $1,000
which leaves us, a dead body
remains.” ;

Because the OAS, despite its
honey-worded charter, seeks to
perpetuate this misery we are
urged to keep Canada out of it.

15 years under both Liber-
al and Conservative governments
Canada has escaped becoming a
U.S. State Department accomp-
lice in the OAS. The OAS is nei-
ther affiliated with the United
Nations’ nor governed by the
U.N. Charter. It included Batista
in his day but expelled the Cuba
of Fidel Castro.

The answer for Latin America
lies not in the OAS but ‘in the
way indicated by the . Cuban
people. Swankey writes:

“They (U.S. corporations and
reactionary feudal landlords) will
be swept aside sooner than many
of us realize. The forces of revo-.
lution represent the needs of the
overwhelming majority of the
population . . « These revolutions
will be made by men and women
who are hungry and desperate,
angry and brave, intelligent and
resourceful.”

With two million dying every
year it cannot be too soon. J. R.

What do youngsters

think about A-arms?

Inan essay contest for youngsters
on nuclear weapons which was con-

ducted in the Fraser Valley, the fol-

lowing essay, slightly abridged, by
IRENE PERSON, age 17, won

- §Pecial mention at last weekend

Labor-Farmer picnic. It was ad-
dressed as an “Open Letter to all

~ Peoples.”

Dear Mankind: In August of

1945 two atomic bombs fell on
_ Hiroshima and Nagasaki respect-
vey Wvely and thus began the use of
_ huclear weapons in warfare. This
_ also marked the beginning of the
very dangerous world situation
___ We are now forced to face. In the
United States alone there are
_ &nough atomic weapons to destroy
the world and all living things

in it.
- How do a few men set them-

_ Selves up as executioners of all,

Mankind? We are too quick to

_ Pass off nuclear war as some-

thing that ‘may never happen”
or like some fools we may say

have a fallout shelter, what
do I need to worry about?” ‘This,
Tam sorry to say, has long since
been the attitude of many people
~ People who may fear the
thought of war so much that it
IS easier to forget about it. In a
recent publication of OUR GEN-

_ERATION AGAINST NUCLEAR

es Alice Kimball Smith stat.

“But the direct connection be-
‘Ween their own work and the
pers of 100,000 people suddenly
Ee ecuzed for all Manhattan
pect scientists how potent a

ree for evil science had be-

_ Come. With remarkable unanimi-

ty > they seized upon the one vis-

. ie tay of hope—that war had
_ 20w become so terrible as to be

possible.” This ray of hope is

ee st Only invisible but it does not
-_ &xist, :

We cannot say, however, that
Canadians are content with

_ Just hoping. Recently at Comox

arge group of Canadians ex-

a ppsed their ardent disapproval
eee weapons on Canadian
“oll. Other instances are the No

pee cet Arms parades, picketing |
© United States Consulate, hold-
Public meetings, distributing .

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leaflets and the major discussions
brought out by the Canadian elec-
tions of this year.
Unfortunately, great care has
been taken to keep the noses of
inquisitive Canadians from find-
ing out really how much Canada
has contributed to the United
States’ defence policy. Farley
Mowat aptly stated: “At the pres-
ent time there are at least three,
and probably more, major bases
on Canadian soil where nuclear
weapons may be confidently ex-
pected to be found in storage and
where nuclear weapons’ carriers
are certainly serviced.”

“One of these bases is Harmon

Field, Newfoundland, - which is_
leased to the American Govern-
ment.

And just suppose Canada should
enter the Nuclear Club. Imagine
the money she would spend. A
statement, Economic Notes, is-
sued by the Labour Research As-
sociation, April, 1959 gave these
figures:

1. A B-70 bomber costing $15_
to $20 million could pay for 500
school classrooms.

9. One destroyer costing $27
million could provide 9 school
buildings.

3. A nuclear-powered Atlas mis-
sile costing $1.5 billion could pay
for the construction of 10 hos-
pitals.

4. One aircraft carrier costing
$214 million could double the am.
ount spent annually by the United
States government for all medical
expenses.

5. A guided missile cruiser of
$158 million could pay for 15,800
dwelling units in modern housing
projects.

Canadians—people on welfare,
old- age pensioners, the unem-
ployed—get little enough as it
is without detracting from their
i s budget the expense

overnment’
hip in the Nuclear

of members

Club. :
Canada must stop leasing bases

as Harmond Field to the
Americans. Canada must not have

t
nuclear weapons. Canada must
take a neutral stand in the United

Nations. Canada must belong to

Canadians.

such

sty ake bers

Cor nance ee

| Three gimmicks

to fool consumers

OST working-class families
M are constantly on the lookout
for sales and “‘bargains’’ when
‘they have to buy anything or
when doing their regular weekly
shepping. And indeed most sales
do help to keep expenses down.
But it is also a fact that many of
them are just ‘‘come-ons” and
gimmicks by which to entice the
buyer.

There are three selling devices
which are constantly used to fool
customers, according to Sidney
Margolius, consumer research ex.
pert of the Retail, Wholesale and
Department Store Workers union.
These are the set-up, the bait
and switch, and the exaggerated
list price. Here is how he de-
scribes them in Pe recent article:

The set-up: This technique is
used by even the most reputable
sellers and manufacturers. It
is especially noticeable in the
appliance, mattress and carpet
business. It consists of adver-
tisng a low-priced special, like
the $39 mattress now widely

advertised, and then persuading
the customer to buy a more ex-
pensive model.

F. f.>
Sometimes merchants
selves rebel at the small differ-
ences in set-up models. '-One
dealer complained that the set.
up model of a certain TV set
costs dealers $10 more, and the
manufacturer suggests they sell
it for $30 more, but ‘‘there’s not
$10 more value in at.

One prominent manufacturer
offers mattreses at $39,95, $49.95
and $59.95. The low-priced one
has a 220-coil innerspring unit
and the $49.95 one ‘has 312. But
for $59.95 you still get only 312

them-

coils, with the major difference -

a fancier ticking.

A manufacturer of ranges re-
cently admitted that his deluxe
model lists at $50 more than his
low-price leader, but costs the
retailer only $12 more. Similarly

»: a AS rts
in small appliances, most manu-
facturers have a sale-price lead-
er and a series of set-up models.
One manufacturer’s highest-price
mixer is the same size and capa-
city as his medium-price one, but
merely has chrome finish.

The set-up technique is used
in selling clothing too. One lead-
ing chain of department stores
offers nylon tricot slips at $4
and $5. The $4-one has the same
material and construction as the
$5 number, which offers merely
a little added decoration.

* * * ‘

Bait-and-switch: This technique
is even more deceptive than set-
up selling which merchants and
manufacturers defend as stand-
ard ‘‘salesmanship.”’

In. the bait and switch tech-

» nique» you have trouble buying

the advertised special at all. It

it “nailed to the floor.” This
WHAT PRICE PRESTIGE
Vancouver’s Art Gallery, its

Maritime Museum, its Historic
Museum, its Festival, its Theatre
Under the Stars, etc, all seem
headed for the ‘‘To Let or For
Sale’? columns.

According the Mayor Rathie
and his NPA aldermanic pundits,
there just ‘‘aint enough money
to keep all these things going’’?

They did manage, however, to
‘scrape up a_ measly $42,500 to
refurbish the Mayor’s office. The
old St. Roche can rot and the
spiders take over the Art Gal-

“lery, but we got to have civic

‘prestige’?

. And now, since MP’s and sen-

ators have voted themselves 4
50-percent wage boost, we hear
noises from City Hall promoting
a similar grab, again despite the
fact that we’re supposed to have
“no money’’?

Well, there’s always the tax.
payers to fall back on?

technique has been used to sell
at exaggerated prices a long list
of products, especially storm
windows, ‘patios and other home
improvements, and sewing, ma_

chines, vacuum cleaners and
other appliances.
“Bait-and-switch’’ has been

used chiefly by the fringe or
high-pressure retailers and door-
to-door salesmen. But sometimes
it is used by the supposedly
more reputable scllers. In fact,
other dealers have complained
persistently that the TV sets ad-
vertised by a leading chain for
under $100 from time to time
are hard to buy when you get to
their stores.
* * *

The puffed-up list: The puffed-

up list price is used to make
you think you are getting a big
discount. Perhaps the most flag-
rant example is the list prices
on wallpaper.
__The Pulp, Sulphite and Paper
Mill Workers union testified at
a 1962 prices hearing that wall.
paper which mills really sold for
27 tc 32 cents a roll was listed
in sample books at $2.40 to $2.99
and often sold to consumers at
$1.19.

As
I!

In contrast, Canadian wall-
papers of similar quality to pre-
pasted papers listed at $1.99 in ©
the U.S. were priced at 78 cents
and sold to consumers at that
price. The union declared that
the purpose of the greatly inflat-
ed price ‘is to give the impres-
sion of windfall savings.” pate

Perhaps the most widespread
of the many examples of exagg-
erated list prices is the printed
tags on many watches, In the
latest case, the U.S. Federal
Trade Commision found that
Gruen watches, customarily pre-
ticketed at $19.95, were specially
pre-ticketed at $49.95 for a West-
ern retail jewelry chain, and sold
by these stores at ‘‘sale’’ prices.
of $17.77 and $18.88. Complaints
of exaggerated pre-ticketing also —
are pending against Bulova, Ben.
rus and Waltham, the commis-
sion reports.

Soviet plan to launch a 36-
A inch telescope into an orbit
beyond the ‘‘fog”’ of earth’s at-
mosphere within the next five
years was disclosed by Sir Ber-

nard Lovell recently.
The telescope will be housed

with other equipment on an
orbital platform and will be op-
erated by a team of two.

The cosmonauts will be relieved
‘at intervals of about five days.
Women cosmonauts may take
part in the venture.

Sir Bernard, director of Jodrell
Bank radio astronomy station,
made the disclosures at a Press
conference at Jodrell Bank on his.
return from a three-week visit to
the Soviet Union.

He said that as a result of the
visit he had now entirely revised
his opinions on Soviet space inten-
tions.

There was ‘‘a great deal of dis-
cussion in the Academy of

the moon

“There are two problems which
greatly concern them. The ques-
tion of radiation damage, and the

SIR BERNARD LOVELL

Soviets plan space telescope

fact that there may be no solution
to getting a man back to earth
safely.”

Soviet scientists were not con-
vinced that it was desirable to
have a man on the moon. The
president of the academy wanted
an international agreement on the
value of a lunar landing.

The Russians thought 90 per ©
cent of the information could be
obtained by instruments.

He said the Russians conside-
ed the problem of rendezvous i
space could be solved fairly im-
mediately. ;

He was given a good deal of in-
formation about Soviet space pro-
grammes and the times of the

‘next launchings but said he did

not wish to be questioned about
them.
Moon race?—‘‘The Americans
are racing themselves.”
Plans have been agreed for co-
operation between Jodrell Bank

and the giant new radio telescope

in the Crimea, Sir Bernard an-