wins Nae ~ NEUTRALITY FOR CANADA GAIN Charge Chiang agents - Chinese community and their Hh tuuld i | ae ALN Phone MUtual 5-5288 gss5>°0 Authorized as second class mail by the Post Ortice Department, Ottawa. VOL. 19, NO. 22 VANCOUVER, B.C. FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1960: ran smuggling racket A charge that the main organizer and chief bene- ficiary of the lucrative Chinese immigrant smuggling racket is the Kuomintang, was made this week by The Canadian Far Eastern Newsletter, which is published by James and Mary Endicott of Toronto. According to the charge the smuggling racket has netted up to $50 million for its sponsor- ers and involved 12 to 16 thou- sand people. In a press release issued May 27 the Canadian Far Eastern Newsletter says: ‘‘Kuo- mintang agents and organiza- tions have been supporting channels of blackmail were} a well-known part of the gang-/| sterism under Chiang’s rule in China.” Significantly, some of the top pro-Chiang officials in} B.C., who in the past seldom missed an opportunity to get into the limelight, are refusing any public comment on the The U-2 incident and growing awareness of our subordination to. the U.S. military, has aroused Gana- dians to the realization that some madman in Washing- ton or Denver can pull off a stunt which will land Can- ada right in the middle of an unwanted and _ devas- tating nuclear war. In Toronto last week Farley Mowat, Canadian author noted for his brilliant writings in defence of the northern peoples, announced the forma- tion of a Committee for Cana- dian Independence.” He says a cross section of people in the Toronto area have come together to organize the committee after reading James M. Minifie’s book, Peacemaker or Powdermon- key? “We are deeply concerned,” says Mowat, “with the giving away of our sovereignty to the United States.” He wants Canada to with- draw from Norad and disasso- ciate itself from Nato. ‘‘We must make our voice heard at Tim Buck writes on Summit Crisis PAGE 2 situation. The Pacific Tribune believes that if there are to be any legal prosecutions as a result of the exposure it should be against the organizers of extor- tions rather than eS innocent victims. themselves through extortion and blackmail against hard- working, honest and innocent members of the Canadian- relatives in Hong Kong. “These sinister secret societ- ies which are now exposed as ‘Sun’ story admits Canada used for spying on USSR _ from Canada. . eraft on secret missions. They have penetrated Soviet air _ Buried away on Page 14 of the Vancouver Sun Tuesday, May 24, was a story which proves the charges made by Cana- dian Communists that Canada was being used by the U.S. for spying missions against the Soviet Union. The story states: bases and other installations. on Canadian territory, especially in the far north, are being used by the U.S. to gather intellgence on the Soviet Union. “Tt has been accepted (in Ottawa) that if Canada agrees to ING WIDE SUPPORT | The demand for neutrality is sweeping across Canada as a result of the recent shock experienced by Canadians over the a9 gressive acts of the U.S. government. FARLEY MOWAT the United Nations as an in- dependent nation.” Therefore, he advocates not withdrawal of Canada into a shell of isolation, but ‘‘a posi- tive form of neutrality.” Meanwhile, also in Toronto, the Committee on Nuclear Dis- armament at the University of Toronto submitted a brief to Prime Minister Diefenbaker asking that Canada withdraw from Norad and seek a review of the Nato pact. The Committee also ee that Canada urge disengage- ment in central Europe rather than rely on a Nato deterrent force. The basis of Canadian foreign policy said the coms . mittee, should be promotion 6£ controlled - disarmament. It urged an increase in the flow of persons “between Canada and the Communist nations.” In British Columbia voices are also being raised in labor’s ranks for a new foreign policy. The May issue of Ship and Sh°p, organ of the Marine _ Workers Union, urges that Canada “tell Uncle Sam to take his troops off Canadian soil, cancel all military base leases and start steering an ing . dependent course in interna< tional affairs.” The Communist Party in British Columbia opened a big campaign this week for neu- trality and an independent foreign policy. Tens of thou< sands of leaflets are being circulated all over the prov- ince. Provincial leader Nigel Morgan is addressing a large number of public meetings in the Interior, while Pacific Tribune editor Tom McEwen is speaking at public rallies on Vancouver Island this week- end, urging Canadian neutral« ity. DIEF SENDS ARMS TO SOUTH AFRICA Canadian shipment of arms to South Africa so far this year is more than the combined total for the two previous years. This was revealed by Trade Minister Churchill in the House of: Commons Monday. Nearly $1,000,000 in arms was shipped to South Africa : in the last 312 years. The Diefenbaker policy is arms to the racist government | of South Africa, but not condemnation. : “In Ottawa it is widely assumed that w; U.S. protection it must close its eyes to American espionage “Canadian pilots have flown Strategic Air Command air- space.” The Pentagon As seen from New York and London. “Damn the summit! Keep ’em flying!” (U.S. Worker) “T can’t ‘amiietalnnd why ae didn’t © commit suicide — everyone else here is” prepared to!” (British Daily Worker).