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OULD the standard of living
of the peoples of Asia. Latin
lerica and Africa be brought
UD’ to the level of Britain or
nce or the other: industrial
Ountries within the life span of
present generation?
Technically it’s possible.
: The underdeveloped countries
Would need outside aid to the
€ of about $30 billion a year
€r 20 to 25 years, plus an in-
ternal effort of their own.
The figure sounds huge. But it
~ hot actually very much. It is
| tly one fifth of the amount the
Nember states of the United Na-
mS spend on armaments each

Jf this amount of money were
“Verted from war preparations
‘Md went to help the countries
Asia, Africa and Latin Amer-
ea, these lands would stand to
‘88in $500 bilfion over 25 years.
@se dramatic facts were
to emphasize the signific-
“€ of a draft economic pro-
for disarmament, submit-

by the Soviet Union for in-
lusion in the agenda of the pre-

: embly.
‘The projects referred to are
tthe fruits of idle fancy,” says
Soviet draft. “They are prac-
“al. They have been worked
e by prominent scientists
Sed on the latest achievements
Science and technology.
Their fulfillment would radi-
Y change the economic and
pura shape of the present un-
—tdeveloped countries of the
orld in a short space of time.
New centres of culture would
Se there, educational establish-
€nts and research _ institutes

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national
specialists would be. trained —
engineers, technicians, skilled
workers, economists, agronom-
ists, land reclamation workers,
doctors and teachers.”

Here’s how the different areas
of the world could use the funds
freed by disarmament, as the
Soviets see it:

Capitalist countries would have
the money to build housing and
community projects, reduce
taxes, supply free education and
medical aid, security for the

ATEST import figures _re-
leased by the Dominion
au of Statistics reveal omin-
the trends in the development of
fe Canadian economy. These

[Bare

‘a The United States now con-
ms More of Canada’s import
"rket. While the U.S. supplied
.. 68 percent of our im-
}; ~ In the first half of 1961,
; Tithis year the U.S. share has
| “Teased to 70.5 percent.
'2) Although devaluation of the
Nadian dollar raised the prices
lit ported goods by 7.2 percent,
; “ld not prevent a strong rise
ports. For the first five
Snths of this year, import vol-
®S were 9 percent higher than
Year earlier,
N June, the month devalua-
Volt Was announced, the import
|,. ‘Me index was about the
- © & a year earlier,
na © DBS figures once again
~*tlined the growing domina-
Tor a the U.S. over all aspects
Nada’s economic life.
ing - control over manufactur-
is pend raw-materials industry
'mly established in Canada
r 50 percent in both cases),
total U.S. investment here is
than $18 billion,

[Most of what we buy
| ‘made in U.S.’

“nist Party has emphasize

The overwhelming bulk of
goods exported by Canada _ (60}
percent) go to the U.S. and most
of our purchases are also made
in that country. To add to the
difficulties, Canada perennially
buys more in-the U.S. than is
purchased here by that country.

All this meang that more and
more, Canada’s economic life has
to be geared to the needs of the
United States, not to the needs
of our own country.

Many economists have predic-
ted that Britain’s entry into the
European Common Market, which
is now being negotiated, would
speed up the U.S. takeover of
Canada.

Canada’s economic and politi-
cal survival demands action 1n
two directions:

e Steps have to be taken ‘to
win back the ownership of 1n-
dustry in this country.

cent months, the Commu-

In re Hen
the only decisive move to achieve
this would be the nationalization
of U.S.-owned industry in Can-
ada.

e Steps also have to
to broaden Canada’s tra’

be taken
de with

other countries.

vasion has haunted the Demo-

aged, mother and child welfare
and othereconomic and social
needs.

Socialist countries could look
forward to the rapid -develop-
ment of their economies and a
huge increase in the production
of consumer goods.

Underdeveloped countries would
overcome their economic, back-
wardness and bring their stan-
dard of living up to that of the
industrially-developed nations.

- The Soviet plan outlines in
even greater detail what could

be done in these countries.
e

In South-East Asia—
The great_rivers, the Ganges,

Brahmaputra, Indus, Irawaddi
and Mekong could be harnessed.
Hydro-power stations of millions
of kw. could be built in India,
Pakistan, Burma, Thailand, Laos,
Cambodia and Vietnam.

Using the energy of such hydro
stations and the natural resour-
ces of the area, the inhabitants
could build huge industrial com-
plexes. The energy could also be
used to irrigate millions of acres
of land for new sources of food.

In the Near and Middle East—

Oil and gas deposits and other
natural resources in Iran, Iraq,
Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan and
the Arabian peninsula could be
used to build giant chemical
plants for the production of fer-
tilizers, synthetic fibres, build-
ing materials, medicines and
technical raw materials.

In Africa—

In addition to Egypt’s Aswan
dam, the Nile basin could be
used for several other, even larg-
er hydro-power stations in Sudan,
Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya.
These in turn could be used for
irrigation to result in more cot-
ton, rice and other agricultural
products. Power stations would
allow development of chemical,
engineering, textile, oil proces-
sing and food producing factories
and plants.

A second big industrial com-
pfex could be built in North
Africa, using the oil and gas of
the Sahara.

A third industrial complex
could be developed in the area
of the Niger and Konkoure
rivers in West Africa. This would
directly aid the development of
Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Nigeria,
Cameron, Mali and other coun-
tries. »

A fourth industrial complex
could be built on the basis of
the vast energy of the Congo

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oney from arms cutback could
ransform underdeveloped lands

High cost of war
Military budgets of all
the countries in tthe
world eat up $120 bil-
lion every year.

In 25 years the. am-
ount spent on war pre-
parations can be meas-
ured at $3,000: billion.

This is equal to the
total wealth that human
labor has created in the
whole time of its exist-
ence in the world.

River, and using the world’s
richest mineral resources in Kat-
anga and Northern Rhodesia.

In Latin America—

Hydro-power stations with mil-
lions of kw. capacity could be
built on the rivers of Argentina,
Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela and
Columbia.

These could be the basis ‘of
iron and steel plants, oil refin-
eries, machine-building factories
and other enterprises.

S

The Soviet proposals do not
detail what could be done in
each of the underdeveloped coun-
tries.

The draft, however, calls on
the General. Assembly to instruct
the secretary general ‘‘to conduct
consultations with the economic-
ally underdeveloped Asian, Afri-
can and Latin American coun-
tries,’ immediately even before
agreement is reached on a dis-
armament treaty.

On this basis, a plan of inter-
national assistance to these coun-
tries, to overcome their econo-
mic backwardness through the
use of funds released for this
purpose by general and complete
disarmament, should be presen-
ted to the session of the U.N.
General Assembly.

‘Peace saved by Mr. K’

OLLOWING is an article writ-
ten by PETER LEASK which
appeared in the Nov. 19 issue of
the Artisan — publication of the
Arts Undergraduate Society,
U.B.C. -
: e

Statesmanship has saved the
world from the tragedy of a
nuclear war.

Regettably for believers in the
Free World, it was Russian
statesmanship that saved man-
kind. The world stepped to the
brink of war and just ecsaped
the abyss. The statesmanship of
Mr. Khrushchev, his restraint in
the face of American provoca-
tion, and his willingness to lose
face internationally preserved
the peace of the world.

Mr. Kennedy, on the other hand,
gave evidence of political astute-
ness. In the interests of electoral
success for the Democrats in the
mid-term Congressional elections,
the American president was will-
ing to run the risk of world war.
The Republicans had been mak-
ing political capital out of Demo-
cratic “softnesg on Communism,”’
especially in regard to Cuba.

The abortive Bay of Pigs in-

cratic foreign analysts and pro-
vided a convenient focal point for
Republican attack, on Admin-
istration foreign policy. By taking
a strong line with Castro’s Cuba,
Kennedy was able to steal the
Republicans’ thunder. As a party
leader, he was _ successful—fail-
ure to lose seats in the mid-term
elections is recognized as a public
endorsement of the Administra-
tion.

But domestic political success
is a poor substitute for states-
manship. Kennedy won a Cold

War victory by the use of meth-

.S. KHRUSHCHEV __

Dec. 14, 1962—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page

ods which Americans are usually
the first to condemn. The resort
to force to solve international
problems is a violation of the UN
Charter. The critics of the Anglo-
French Suez action and the In-
dian seizure of Goa find them-
selves technically guilty of ag-
gression.

The imposition of a blockade
in peace-time ig a breach of
international law. The use of the
term ‘‘quarantine’’ cannot dis-
guise this fundamental illegality.

Do the facts of the situation
justify the American actions? If
rocket sites within 90 miles of a
Great Power’s borders are suf-
ficient justification for provoking
war, the Soviet Union could have
done so many times because of
the American IRBM’s in various
NATO countries.

If an offshore island equip-
ped as a military base by hos-
tile Powers justifies threatening
the world with war, the Peoples’
Republic of China hag a causus
belli as good as the Americans’.
The Americans have neither Cold
War precedent nor legal justifi-
cation for their action.

We are all alive today because
of Mr, Khrushchev’s moderation, ,