on } 0s Pac ifi ic fe FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1963 VOL. 23, NO. 11 VANCOUVER, B. E 10¢ McEWEN HITS BETRAYAL Liberal admits U.S. laid down law on A-weapons Leading Liberal “defence” expert Paul Hellyer, ad- Mitted in Vancouver last week that Liberal leader Pear- Son took a stand for nuclear arms after talks with priv- ate U.S: military and NATO sources. Hellyer said ‘‘Washington was boiling,” and this convinced the Liberal Jeader Canada would have to take a “positive” stand. Tom McEwen, Vancouver South Communist candidate, told an all- Party~ rally Wednesday in the Vancouver Labor Temple, spon- Sored by Local 453 Carpenters and Joiners, that Hellyer’s statement s “clinching evidence of where Liberal leader Pearson and his Pro-American Liberal Party. get their orders from.” “Hellyer sure let the cat out of the bag,” stated McEwen, “and Confirmed what the Communists have been saying right along, that Washington hands out the Orders, compelling Pearson to do 4 fast about-face from an alleged Man of peace to a nuclear sales- Man for the U.S. make it crystal clear that U.S., interference in Canadian affairs and the imposition of nuclear weapons are one and the same, and both must be vehemently op- posed. In my opinion Pearson is a traitor to the best interests of Canada and the Canadian people. “There’s only one thing to do with such people who speak out of one side of their mouths about peace and nuclear weapons out of the other, and that is vote them into oblivion on April 83" said McEwen. Hellyer also revealed last week jto students at UBC. that ,'the Bomarc has a theoretical range of 450 miles but an actual range of only 250. Beyond that point, he said, the radar signal becomes weaker and it could be turned back to its base by plane with a NDP leader hits U.S. domination ‘CAN WIN BALANCE OF POWER’-DOUGLAS Calls for crusade against A-arms NDP national leader Tommy Douglas this week lashed out at U.S. domination of Canada, called for a national crusade against nuclear weapons, and predicted the NDP will hold the balance of power in the next Parliament. Speaking to an overflow audi- ence of 2,500 in New Westminster, Douglas said the NDP is making tremendous strides across the country, and that it will become “the hinge or hub upon which ‘will depend the future develop- ment of our country, and will de- termine whether we move ahead as an independent nation or re- main a satellite.” Pointing out that ‘‘we are in imminent danger of becoming a political as well as an economic satellite’ of the U.S.,’’ Douglas said he will deal exclusively with this issue at his forthcoming giant rally in the Vancouver Forum on Wed. April 3. Speaking at a giant rally in Saskatoon on Saturday night, Douglas called for reclaiming by Canadians of foreign-controlled business. He lashed out at Liberal leader Pearson for having con- verted the Liberal Party into a satellite party for U.S. interests. Douglas challenged Pearson to disclose contributions to his cam- paign chest from U.S.-owned in- dustries in. Canada. The NDP leader told his en- thusiastic audience: in New West- minster that, Canada’s ‘‘job is not to add to the nuclear stock- pile; our job is to prevent nu- clear war.” He ‘called on his listeners to launch a ‘great crusade’’ against nuclear weapons and to speak to their friends, neighbours and rela- tives because ‘‘the issue is that important.” “Tf you want nuclear arms then don’t send us to Ottawa; if you do send us, we promise that we will do everything legitimately The choice is an independent country or U.S. satellite, said Tommy Douglas at the overflow rally in New Westminster Monday. possible to keep these weapons out,” said Douglas. He said there was not a mili- tary expert in the whole world who does not admit there is no defence against the ICBM. The only defence is the prevention of nuclear catastrophe. Castigating the Liberal slogan of ‘‘stable government,” Douglas said the people of Canada have not forgotten the results of 22 years of “‘stable’’ Liberal govern- ment—‘‘so stable that it never moved,” except to hand over millions of dollars of taxpayers money to the Texas oil promoters in the infamous pipeline deal in 1956. (For an earlier report of an im-- portant speech by Douglas see page 5). “Hellyer’s statement should Picture shows U.S. Western Europe. These are being The Pentagon’s hope is that after A heads and open the way for the ins 4% _ Ons at bases in Canada. stronger radar. troops assembling a Saale mi spread all over the world by the U.S. pril 8 Canada will accept nuclear war- tallation of these U.S. nuclear weap- issile somewhere in UBC petition condemns nuclear arms for Canada A petition urging the Federal government, opposi- tion parties, and B.C. candidates in the April 8 election, to reject nuclear weapons for Canada, was signed by 191 staff members at the University of B.C. The petition, which was carried in full in the Pacific Tribune a few ‘weeks ago when it started to circulate, points out that ‘a balance of terror’ is no guarantee against war. Dr. Peter Remnant of the philosophy department, spokesman for petition, said it .was officially sponsored by 15 staff members repres- enting a cross-section of the UBC staff. The petition makes four main points: e That Canada continue to refuse to accept nuclear wea- pons on Canadian soil or for Canadian troops. e That Canada _ disassociate itself from any multi-lateral nuclear force within NATO. @ That Canada maintain and develop a “truly independ- ent Canadian foreign’ policy.” e That Canada exert ‘more vigorous leadership in ‘ex- ploiting opportunities for the reduction of international tension and the termination of the arms race.”* Dr. Remnant said that of those canvassed only one fre ulty member expressed aut- right opposition to the peti- tion.