Mexico stands by Cuba
against U.S. pressures

MEXICO — Recent statements in support -of. the
Cuban government made by prominent Mexican political |
figures: ex-President Lazaro Cardenas, Congressman |

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Sanchez Piedras, and Senator Moreno Sanchez, have served)

first, that in recent years the

U.S. has always felt able to
depend on Mexico in diplo
matic matters, and, secondly,

that customarily Mexican legis-
lators do little but adopt presi-
dential proposals and have
confined themselves to domes-
tic affairs.

U.S.. Ambassador Hill has
been seeking to influence Mexi-
can feelings by holding out the

Jardware strike ends,
mediator’ wins praise

A ten-week strike at three Vancouver hardware firms
was settled last week. Retail, Wholesale and Department
Store Union announced settlement with Mc and Me, Mar-
shall-Wells and F. C. Myers Ltd., following several days

to illustrate the strength of Mexican: popular support for; hope of an increase in Mexi-| of “closed door” negotiations.

Cuba and the degree to which this support is finding
reflection in official circles.

From Lazaro Cardenas, deep-
ly respected ex-president, man
of the people, partisan of
peace, words..of support for
Cuba, while . very important,
are not unexpected.

After all, it was Cardenas
who led the Mexican people in
their struggle against the for-
eign. oil companies in the ’30’s
and won a great peoples vic-
tory in the nafionalization of
Mexican oil.

To support Cuba today is
completely. consistent with
Cardenas’ political trajectory,
and in Mexico support from
such a man is an important
factor in politics.

Much less expected and of
greater importance in indicat-|
ing trends in official thinking | ... in the tradition oi the
were statements to the effect! Mexican revolution”
that Mexico stood with Cuba| sented this interference; sev-
made by Sanchez Piedras, pre-| eral independent unions
Sident of the Permanent ee gan to adopt and publish reso-

é o Soe
LAZARO CARDENAS

mittee of the Mexican Con-' lutions condemning it.

gress, and by Senator Moreno] Foreign Minister Tello, an
Sanchez, leader of the Senate,
both prominent members of

mat, issued a carefully worded

the Party of Revolutionary In-| statement after three days’!

Stitutions (the PRI) that has| silence.

g80verned Mexico for over 30} As yet President Lopez Ma-

years. | teos, who a short time ago
Statements of this kind were| declared that his government

at once challenged by the U.S. | was “of the extreme left with-

State department. In Washing-| in the constitution,’ has not

ton the Mexican ambassador | commented, and the U.S. state

Was asked for an explanation | department is licking its
of the remarks of Sanchez! wounds. :
Piedras; in Mexico city U.S.| To appreciate the excite-

on| ment caused by the Sanchez
| Piedras and Moreno Sanchez
one must realize,

Ambassador Hill called
Foreign Minister Tello.
Mexican opinion hotly re- speeches,

APPEAL 10 THE PEOPLES

ODAY the peoples of the world are living under con-
stant threat of nuclear war: they cannot accepi the
failure of international negotiations.

Disarmament is indispensable to save mankind and
Suarantee peaceful coexistence.

The peoples must demand disarmament. They have the
Power to enforce it. The recent successes won by mass
action prove it. ;

We call for a world conference open to all couniries,
members and non-members of the United Nations alike, to
Secure general and controlled disarmament: by successive
Stages. We consider that, in order to avert the most immedi-
ate peril, the first stage must include the banning of the
means of delivering nuclear weapons and the closing down
down of foreign military bases. ;

We ask all governments to declare their readiness to
take part in such a conference and their determinnation fo
Produce concrete results.

We ask all governments to begin now to create favour-
able conditions for the holding of this conference. To this
end, they must avoid any action liable to aggravate the
Cold war, renounce nuclear tests, and respect the sovereigniy
8nd independence of other States.

We call on everybody to support this demand.
Bureau of the World Council of Peace,
Stockholm, July 9-11, 1960.

ean sugar exports to the U.S.
at the expense of Cuba, but

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Terms of the agreement in-

clude a 10% wage increase, | ‘eit stooges have gone down

Latin American sentiment;

: Sas half to b active to Aug-
from. Mexico to Brazil is run-| Gee SetOar ee s% je
R ¢ ._| ust “of 1959, clarification
ning strongly against accepting | management rights (a key is-
increases to the detriment of Bee : . ~
Cha, sue in the dispute), improved

Aiacicaw feelinpes for Cuba| Boliday time, and an automa-

: tion clause giving present em-
hada chance for epreccon g é.P =
ployees preference for jobs

during the June official visit to :

Mexico of Cuban President Os- created by new equipment.

vald Dorticos. He was met at|_ The three presidents of the

the airport by an enthusiastic) hardware firms involved issu-

crowd. of 15,000, and received} © a joint statement, compli-

ovations in every public ap-|™enting Pen Baskin, interna-
tional representative’ of the

pearance. :
Not only is there in Mexico; United Steel Workers, for his

a keen sympathy with the land | able role as strike “mediator.”
reform and other policies of} pid, Senegal
the Fidel Castro government, |

In their recent union elec-

of |

| to defeat.

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| The RCAF has been accus-
ed of taking a $10,000 contract
from Nelson’s Laundry (union
shop) and giving it to Keefer
Laundry (non-union) where
the girls work Saturday and
Sunday for 45 cents an hour,
This switch has resulted in the
Nelson plant workers being
cut to 32 hours per week and
|less. Vancouver Labor Council
| has protested the action to the
|Department of National De-
|fence and the Department of
| Labor.

be-|

experieneed and wary diplo-

an awareness of the profits
now earned in Mexico by for-
eign enterprises (mainly U.S.),
a situation is arising in which
no Mexican government can
openly take an anti-Castre
|stand or support U.S. inter:
| ference in. Cuba.

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“Resign before you

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‘are swept away

Mr. S: Venizelos, Greek
liberal leader, speaking in Sal-
onika, called upon the reac-
tionary Karamanlis adminis-
tration ‘‘to resign immediate-
ly . . . before’ it is swept away
by the tide of the -people’s an-
| ger; to learn from internation-
al events ane especially from
recent events'in Turkey.”

The Greek leader also refer-
red to the Greek police state,
and warned police that ‘“ex-
emplary punishment would be
meted out to all who had been
>aeccomplices of the government
in crimes committed against
the people.”

Venizelos also called for
lifting of the government ban
“against the Communist Party
of Greece, “Those who still be-
\lieve,” ‘said the Greek Jeader,
“that in our-times, ideologies
and parties expressing them,
can be kept down, especially

ests of the working class, are
deceiving themselves.

“There can be no democracy
in Greece whilst the party of
the working class which holds
a considerable influence
among the people, is kept out-

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when they represent the inter- |’

lawed,”

but every Mexican has been| tion, Carpenters Local 452

brought up on the traditions of | have swept out of office all Sask MLAs SU ort

the Mexican revolution of|UNion officials who had _as- iwike DpPo!

(1910-20, including the history|S°Ciated themselves with the

of U.S. Spence to it. | ‘trusteeship’ clamped on ~ the end fo arms rece
With all this in mind as local by the international ex-} A tang in favor of cessa-

well as the memory of the) ecutive in 1955. tion of bomb tests and for an

struggle over Mexican oil land,|_ This was the second election |immediate start on disarme

since the lifting of the trust-|ament has been taken by 10
eeship. In the first election|Saskatchewan cabinet minis.
most of the worst elements! ters, and seven other members
connected with the disruptive] of the last legislature, includ
‘purge’ were thrown out. The | ing one Liberal,

recent election completed the The members took this posi

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job, with the membership now | tion in response to a petition

running their own affairs | issued by the Saskatchewan
through their own elected of- |Peace Council, according ‘to
ficers. | Mabel Hanway, chairman ‘of

This action is in line with | the Council. Mrs. Hanway

similar developments in Tor-| points out that most of - the
onto and Windsor, Oniario,| MLA’s who responded favor-

| where heavy-handed U.S.bas-| ably to this petition were re-

ed international dictators and |turned in the June 8 electio1

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July 29, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3

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