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Tories re-elected in P.E.I.

Monday, Dec. 10 saw the voters
of Prince Edward Island re-elect
their Tory government, although
it lost three seats to the Lib-
erals. The election was close in a
number of ridings because the
people didn’t have much of an
alternate, as that province is
still saddled, by and large, with
the antiquated two-party system.

With only a few polls still to
be heard from, it appeared that
the 30-member house would be
made up of 19 Tories and 11 Lib-
erals. Tory Premier Shaw had
made the abolition of hospital in-
surance premiums his main plank
for vote catching.

Meanwhile, the need for unity
to defeat the old line parties is

now a lively topic of discussion
in Manitoba, where voters will go
to the polls on Friday, December
14.

The entire level of discussion
on the question of a democratic
alternative and working class
unity came to the fore’ when
Alistair Stewart, NDP executive
member (and former MP’ for
Winnipeg North) and Saul Cher-
niak, NDP provincial candidate

‘in St. John’s constituency rushed

into print and over the airways
with noisy denunciations of Com-
munist support to the NDP in
the elections.

(The PT hopes to have more
details on this question in its
next issue.)

Canadian Slavs say ‘beware

The Canadian Slav Committee,
which co-ordinates the work of
Slav committees who are active
in several Canadian provinces,
warned last week that the ‘West
German fascists, nurtured by

- American monopolies and abetted
by the Canadian government
through NATO, creep stealthily
ever closer to thermonuclear
arms” and that “when they get
these arms the world will find
itself in greater danger than in

the week of Oct. 22-28.”

The warning is contained in a
statement calling on Canadians
of Slavic descent to observe the
annual ‘Slav Solidarity Month”
during January.

The committee calls for the
organization by Slavic Canadians
of ‘‘joint events — meetings, lec-
tures, concerts, banquets — to
demonstrate and strengthen the
friendship between Canadian
Slavs.”

Pay boost means election?

The odds that a federal election
would be called sometime in the
spring of 1963 took a sudden turn
upwards with the announcement
by the Diefenbaker government
on Dec. 10 that the nation’s 65,-
000 civil servants would be split-
ting about $100 million amongst
themselves in the form of a
much-delaygd pay increase.

The pay hike left out the postal

employees, who are in the midst
of the most frenzied time of the
year. Finance Minister (in name,
at least) George Nowlan tried to
explain away this deficiency by
stating that ‘“‘statistics are now
being collected’’ on postmen
which will serve as a basis for
a future salary boost.

He added that the raise would
be retroactive to Oct. 1, 1962.

SEASON’S GREETINGS. -.

and may the coming year see even greater advances
for the cause of peace, national independence and
socialism.

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4, 1962—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 12

Newspapers in the German
Democratic Republic have recent-
ly been giving front page cov-
erage to world reaction to the
important speech of Walter Ul-
bricht, made in Cottbus, G.D.R.,
last weekend. In his speech, UI-
bricht, who is chairman of the
G.D.R. State Council, said that
the policy of peaceful co-existence
demanded compromises.

The Berliner Zeitung said that
the world press “‘underscores the
readiness of the G:D.R. to reach
a peaceful solution of the Ger-
man question through genuine
compromise.”

Ulbricht stressed that the
G.D.R. was adapting itself to a
policy of peaceful co-existence in
Germany which ‘‘would lead to
the German peace treaty, to con-
federation and — on this sole re-
maining path — to reunification.”’

Referring to the Cuba situation,
he said that some people were

"So young — and already a

moustache!”
—Tvorba, Prague

4 Peaceful co-existence '
means ‘give and take

surprised that the Soviet Union
had compromised. But the U.S. ~

government had renounced ir
vasion and the Soviet Union had
withdrawn what President Ken-
nedy said were offensive weap-
ons.

“Also, in the relations between
ourselves and the Adenauer gov

ernment, many compromises are —

involved,’ he said.

“Tn conditions of tough contro: —
versy between two world sys

tems it is necessary to prevent
war through peaceful

means of negotiation and 1
reach definite agreements.

“Tt is not enough only to talk

about peaceful co-existence. —
must be realized that this ™
volves compromise on _ both

NDP pledges to fight Bills

Continued from Pg. 1
tempt of court procedings were
started this week ‘against Local
1518 of the Retail Food and Drug
Clerks union and six of its mem-
bers. Notice filed in B.C. Supreme
Court registry by the U.S.-con-
trolled firm Zeller’s (Western)
Ltd., asks for temporary seizure
of the defendents’ possessions, or
prison terms for those involved.

It is alleged the union breached
an injunction restraining picket-
ing at the company’s store in
Walley when several union mem-
bers paraded in front of the store
last Friday night carrying sand-
wich board signs urging people

not to patronize the store.

The union had originally been
prohibited from picketing by an
injunction granted on Aug. 23.

A subsequent court order also
forbids ‘‘their agents, servants,
representatives or substitutes, or
anyone having knowledge of the
order herein prayed for . se
from doing anything which would
tend- to make things unpleasant
for the company.

In answer to this mounting
campaign to smash or immobil-
ize the trade union movement, 95
top B.C. labor leaders met on
Thursday, Dec. 6, to map out
strategy for the fight for survival.

US bomber over city

Continued from Page 1

of toward the wide open ocean,
the only thing we could have done
would be to pray it did not hit
a populated area.”

The missile can travel over
1,500 miles and carries a large
H-bomb capable of destroying a
city the size of New York at one
blow.

Previously U.S. officials claim-
ed they could destroy the Polaris
or any other missile they launch
from the ground if it goes astray.
However, following the incident
last Friday, Cape Canaveral offi-
cers said a review of safety pro-

In November the Algerian people marked lst,
the first anniversary of their independence.
After seven long years of bitter struggle for
national independence the Algerian Demo-

cedures was being undertaken
since the security officer’s radio
signals failed to destroy the mis-
sile, and that there had been a
series of mishaps connected with
the Polaris.

In face of this incident only
last week, Canadians cannot but
be anxious over the threat posed
to their lives, and that of their
families by the flight of U.S. nu-
clear jet bombers over Canadian
‘territory.

A full and frank statement from
Ottawa is long overdue on this
urgent question.

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1961.

celebration.

_ cratic People’s Republic was born on Nov.

Photo above shows the |
heroes”—children of Algerian marty?’ the
died in the struggle—taking part 1”

ills 42-43.

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ternational vice-presidents, intel
national representatives, busines
agents and officials of the B.C.
Federaton of Labor. The only 1”
formation available after Hf
meeting was a brief statement bY
B.C.F.L. secretary Pat O'Neal, @
which he said: “We examil
many interesting proposals that
could be useful to those uniois
on strike and complete agreement!
wag evident on all matters @
cussed.”

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letter to all contractors, the V@™
couver and District Buildiné
Trades Council stated that ™
wants “to avoid the conditio™®
that bring about labor strife.

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derstood that we do not intend
stand idly by while the attack
which are now coming from ev®
side destroy our hard won righ
and the trade union moveme?
itself.”

The letter, in addition to 4%
manding the repeal of BillS ”
and 43, also stated that the lee®
lature should ‘forbid the use -
ex parte injunctions in labor di

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