AT THE GATES OF GUANTANAMO. Cuban armed forces are shown guarding the area bordering on Guantanamo—the only returned. foreign base on Cuban territory, which was le wrested from Cuba by the U.S. under threat of force—and which Cuba is now asking be | URGE PUBLIC HEARINGS NOW McNaughton warns new Columbia talks in B.C. may be disastrous __ A warning that the Federal §0vernment may postpone hearings of the Columbia Iver Treaty before the Com Mons External Affairs Com- Mittee pending ‘“arrange- Ments which may be unfor- tunate and .. . disastrous for Canada,” was issued _ this Week by Gen. A. G. Mc- Naughton. The warning came in a let- ter to Liberal leader Pearson ad NDP leader Douglas. In a special release this Week the Columbia River {for anada Committee repeated CNaughton’s charge and Slated that the Vancouver talks “were aimed at securing ‘Passage of the anti-Canadian draft Treaty without refer- “Nee being made to the Exter- Ral Affairs Committee of the Suse of Commons.” _ The Committee, which has llready distributed 45,000 ‘Postcards backing McNaugh- On’s Plan, called on the pub- © to vigorously demand that ublic hearings on the draft Slumbia River Treaty be helq. et was reported from Ot- “ae Tuesday that two B.C. Ps; Liberal James -Bryne Kootenay East), and NDP H. . Herridge (Kootenay West), ad Organized a meeting of Members of Parliament Wed- Yesday night to hear Mc- 2ughton give his views on ye ad the draft Columbia River Treaty. In his letter to Pearson and Douglas McNaughton said that the draft Treaty gives the U.S. jurisdiction that may well make B.C. “forever merely a ‘storer of water’ for the U.S. for power and flood control.” eee Indirectly admitting Mc- Naughton’s charges of sellout to the U.S. came this week from a statement by co- chairman of B.C. Hydro, Dr. Gordon Shrum. Speaking in Seattle on the Columbia Trea- ty he urged adoption of the Treaty and_ said that the Treaty would benefit both countries but that advantages to the U.S. are “more obvi- ous.” . Also, this week, B.C. Com- munist Party leader Nigel Morgan told a meeting in Ver- non’s Elk Hall that “Whether Columbia River power will be developed for the industriali- zation of B.C. or be surrend- ered to the U.S. will be at stake in the talks between Ottawa, Washington and B.C. which resume in Vancouver shortly.” “Now is the time,” said Morgan, “to tell the U.S. that the present draft Treaty is not acceptable to Canadians, and to demand the reopening of negotiations and that Gen. McNaughton be called back in to help work out a new approach which will protect Canada’s immediate and long- range interests.” Referring to the coming session of the B.C. Legislature Morgan said, “B.C.’s power policy must be opened up for discussion at the coming ses- sion. Premier Bennett’s secret negotiations with a Wall St. syndicate on the Peace should be laid on the table. “How do we know that an- other Wenner Gren deal is not under way? Bennett has ‘no right to act like a little dictator. Our elected repre- sentatives were put there to decide on such matters and we should insist that they be given the opportunity to. judge and pass on all pro- posals.” Paul Hellyer, chief Liberal defence critic in Parliament, told a meeting in Walkerton, SSG Tit Fite PE NE ~ SPECIAL XMAS OFFER $2.00 For 6 Months H (Including Personal Gift Card) GIVE THE PACIFIC TRIBUNE FOR PEACE, JOBS, CANADIAN PENDENCE. INDE- ADDREss 5 ence ete Ste ‘ ain St- ‘ : a ae if if XMAS. B.C.’s FIGHTING VOICE a if if if PACIFIC TRIBUNE ¥ Liberals out in open: back nuclear weapons Ont: a: 16. days ago that Canada should sign an atomic arms agreement with the U.S. He said Canada should agree to terms such as ac- cepted by other NATO coun- tries: that the U.S. make Nnu- clear arms available and that these remain in American custody until released by the U.S. president. Hellyer, who has made the major speeches in the House on Liberal defence — policy, said he was speaking ‘in my private capacity” not as Lib- eral defence critic. Liberal leader whose major speeches on the issue of nuclear weapons have been limited to urging gOv- ernment to “make up its mind,’ said -Hellyer was speaking only for himself. Hellyer’s speech is widely in- terpreted as a Liberal feeler before openly announcing its Pearson, support for nuclear weapons. Call issued for Congress fo support Cuba's stand A call has gone out from twenty-nine prominent fig- ures in Brazil for a Continen- tal Congress in support of Cuba. The call was prompted by concern over the failure by- the U.S. to give assurance that the sovereign rights of Cuba would be respected. Here is part of the Call: “Once again Cuba is threat- ened with armed invasion, once again we tell the in- 'vaders that armed aggression against Cuba would be looked upon as an aggression against all workers, all peasants, in- tellectuals, students and all men, women and children of our continent who are being exploited by U.S. imperial- ism, by large landowners and by the capitalist monopolies of our countries. To defend Cuba against ag- gression is to defend each one of us against all aggression; to defend the right of the work- ers not to be oppressed; to de- fend the right of the peas- ants to own the land they till; to defend the right of stu- dents and intellectuals not to debase themselves.’’ Messages of support for the Congress, the date of which will be announced shorily, can be sent to General Luiz Gonzaga de Oliveria Leitte, Rua Sao Jose, Sala 502, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. It was also revealed from Mexico City this week that the presidents of Chile and Mexico are scheduled to meet some time this month to dis- cuss the Cuban problem. The two presidents, Jorge Alesandri of Chile, and Adol- fo Lopez Mateoz of Mexico, are said to be meeting to discuss their concern over the situation in the Caribbean and the increased pressure which the U.S. is seeking from Latin American governments against Cuba. Early reports state that the two presidents are expec- ted to oppose any U.S. efforts to tighten economic or diplo- matic sanctions against Cuba. Chile and Mexico are two of the five nations who have so far refused to withdraw recognition of Cuba. Soviets reported ready for A-test ban by Jan. 1 The Soviet Union told the Geneva Disarmament confer- ence last Friday she was ready to end all nuclear tests by January 1, said a US. spokesman. He quoted Sem- yon Tsarapkin, Soviet dele- gate as saying: “We believe that by Jan- uary 1 there should be de facto an end to all tests. ‘We should carry this out unconditionally. The Soviet Union is ready for this—we await your action”. A Soviet spokesman said earlier that Tsarapkin offered “full co-operation” in servic- ing unmanned seismic station —‘black boxes’—-but Russia could not agree that these should be used in addition to obligatory on-site inspec- tion. Tsarapkin was quoted as saying that ‘‘the Soviet Union would be ready to agree that international personnel had access to automatic seismic stations, and the possibility of inserting reels and taking them out to _ international centres for analysis and study.” The Soviet Union is re- ported to consider that black boxes should be used as an addition to national detection systems and the international commission, so as to give as- surance that no underground tests be carried out. On Tuesday Tsarapkin told U.S. and British delegates to the test ban conference that if the West continues nuclear testing beyond the end of the year “other nuclear powers will take corresponding action.” This bronze statue of Simon Bolivar is in the capital of Bolivia, La Paz. Bolivar was the revolutionary leader of Latin America. He led the struggles of the people in many South American countries during the early 19th century, smashing Spanish colonial rule. In 1825 Upper Peru became an independent state and was named after Simon Bolivar. its founder, Vancouver, B.C. N R opetie nt Vaeets| Dec. 14, 1962—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3 ye ey ae bee 8 ett