“The present demand that Can-
ada should accept nuclear weap-
ons is a monstrous hypocrisy on
the part of the United States,”’
asserted British ph!!osopher Bert-
rand Russell in an article in a
Yecent issue of the Star Weekly.

“It is open contempt for the
remnants of Canadian sovereign-
ty,”’ he continued, ‘‘and an insult
to the integrity of individuals in
your country.”

Canadians are now being ask-
ed, he said, “‘to accept the nuclear

missiles which were impermis-
sible for Cubans.”’
What is sauce for Cuba is

sauce, one would have thought,
for Canada, Lord Russell de-
clared. He offered these wise
words:

“T should wish to see Canada
withdraw from military alliances
which detract from her security
and sovereignty and endanger the
peace of the world. I believe that
a neutral Canada could rally im-
mense support throughout the
world on behalf of compromise
proposals aimed at the settlement
of the cold war.”

The U.S. proposal that nuclear
missiles will be under American
lock and key, with Canada per-

mitted to pass judgement on their

use after a presidential order is,
“in words of British Foreign Sec-
retary Lord Home on another
oceasion . .-. double-dealing. It
is a calculated lie so obvious
that it is embarrassing. It is a
‘sick joke’.’’

“The control,’ Lord Russell
went on, ‘will be U.S., the crisis
one of U.S. choice and more than
likely of U.S. creation, as in
Cuba. Did Kennedy consult with
anyone over his intentions to
blockade Cuba, let alone about
the use of missiles?”

“Do Canadians wish the life of
mankind to depend on the mili-
tary whims of the Pentagon with
the tame acquiescence of Ot-
tawa?”’

Lord Russell was sharply criti-
cal of Liberal leader Lester Pear-
son and that latter’s argument
about ‘“‘commitments.”’

“If, as Mr. Pearson contends,’’
stated Lord Russell, ‘‘the accept-
ance of these missiles could not
have occurred without awareness
that they would eventually be

Russell blasts U.S.
pressure on Canada

armed with nuclear warheads,
‘then the acceptance of the war-
heads implies their eventual use,
to which he will no doubt add
similar support!

‘Canada will not control these
missiles. She will become one
more dispensable rocket base

marked for certain elimination
and at the disposai of the Penta-

”

gon.

LORD RUSSELL

A consideration of the U.S. role
in Cuba “affords an understand-
ing of the arrogant character of
U.S. militarism today. This mili-
tarism is a grave threat to the
survival of man.”

Russell said that if Khrushchev’

had stuck to a similar policy
being pursued by the U.S. around
‘the periphery of the Soviet Union
“our corpses would occupy a life-
less planet.” :

Russell urged Canada “‘to re-
member that it was only after
the Cuban crisis that we learned
from the American Air Force As-
sociation that U.S. officials had
‘exaggerated’ the range of mis-
siles in Cuba.

“The policy of your country
should be independent. It ought
not to be spoken for by others,
who include you in their deceit.

“Peace and survival.’’ he de-
clared, ‘‘cannot be served by in-
creasing the race toward death.
/They cannot be promoted by the
spread of nuclear weapons, the
intensification of the arms race,
or the craven acceptance of devil-
theory as conceived in the Pen-
tagon.”’

BOMARCS ‘SECOND HAND JUNK’

Liberals right, then

In view of U.S. Defence Secretary Robert McNamara’s

recent disclosure that the Bomarc’s main value is to attract
a potential enemy’s missile fire, it is well to recall the state-
ment in Parliament by Liberal defence critic Paul Hellyer.
This statement, quoted here from Hansard, was made on
Dec. 13, 1961.

“This (the Bomarc) is one of the pieces of hardware
which I described as being second-hand; it is worse than that,
it is junk. The Bomarc missile is a 10-year-old concept. As
the minister well knows it was designed to shoot down
enemy .aircraft, manned bombers . . . :

“The picture at the present time and for the future is
this. To send a Bomare, even if it will-fly, with its 400-mile
range, against a ballistic missile that has a nuclear warhead
and a 1,000-mile range is like trying to fight a sword with
a toothpick. Long before the bomber force gets within
range of the Bomarc station it will launch one of its ballis-
tic missiles from under its wings, knock out the Bomarc
Station in toto and fly merrily on its way. Surely the
Minister is at least that much up to date that he can see
the futility of putting money in fixed bases, whether they
be Bomarcs, or SAGE or gapfillers, if they are going to be
destroyed at the outset by any one of three or four different
kinds of missiles, including missiles launched from bombers,
which is the only potential threat against which they were
designed. :

“The Bomare will never reach the carriers. What good
is it then? How can the minister justify spending Canadian
Money on a useless piece of second-hand junk?”

This statement proves the Liberals knew that talk of
the Bomare providing a ‘defence’ for Canada was a lot
| Of nonsense from the beginning.

“TOMMY” ON THE PICKET
LINE. Taking time out from
election campaigning, NDP
leader T. C. Douglas is shown
on a picket line in Hamilton,
Ont., recently, carrying a pla-
card for striking local 304 of
Soft Drink Workers’ Union.

Fishermen sending delegates
in reply to Cuba invitation

Delegates to the Nineteenth
Annual convention of the Un-
ited Fishermen & Allied Wor-
kers union voted overwhelm-
ingly last week to send two
delegates to Cuba in the near
future.

Elected by the convention
to represent the union were
Glen McEachern ang Murphy
Stanley, Stanley is believed
to be the first Native Indian
from North America to visit
the island republic.

In deciding to accept a wir-
ed invitation from the Cuban
Federation of Labor, the
UFAWU voted a $100 dona-
tion towards the delegates’
expenses and called for fur-
ther voluntary contributions
from the union’s membership.

The convention, which op-
ened on March 23 and con-
cluded its final session on

Marxist journals cover
many important topics

The continuity of Com-
munist policy on world peace
from the earliest days of the
international labor movement
is traced in a lead article ap-
pearing in Spring, 1963 num-
ber of The Marxist Quarterly

It provides valuable back-
ground for the present de-
bates on peaceful coexistence.

It also contains historical
notes and a critical estimation
f the role of the Canadian
trade union movement in the
struggle for peace. Other art-
icles cover “The Farm Crisis
in. Quebec,;? ‘Youth in a
Changing World,” and impor-
tant articles by Palmiro Tog-
liatti on “Democracy and So-

cialism,” and ‘‘The Changing
Structure of the Working
Class,’ by Bruce Magnusson.

Also now available is the
March issue of World Marxist
Review. It contains an impor-
tant article dealing with the
crisis of military doctrine
now facing the imperialist
world. The author, military
commentator General A. Nev-
sky, points that the war theo
rists can no longer work out
a strategy which offers im-
perialism guarantees against
defeat in the event of war.

Both periodicals are avail-
able at the People’s Co-op
Bookstore, 341 W. Pender St.

March 29, also reaffirmed its
previously stated opposition
to the acquisition by Canada
of nuclear arms, pointing out
that such an action by this

country would contribute
nothing to the cause of world
peace.

It also vehemently opposed
“ratification by Canada of the
North Pacific Commission
proposal to permit herring
fishing by Japan off the west
coast of the (Queen Charlotte
Islands)” and condemned the
Gill Report proposals on the
Unemployment Insurance Act
as being ‘retrograde in most
respects even by comparison
with the U.I. Act of 1940.”
MEET WITH GREEN

A delegation from the
union met with External Af-
fairs Minister Howard Green
for two hours on March 28,
to present its case against
ratifying the Norpac treaty.
During the session, Green re-
iterated the remarks of Prime
Minister Diefenbaker, who
had_ previously: stated that
Canadian fishermen’s rights
would be protected “and a
thorough investigation of the
whole question will take
place before there is any fur-
ther action by this govern-
ment.”

H. (Steve) Stavenes, a
salmon seiner and halibut
fisherman, was re-elected pre-
sident of the union for a tenth
consecutive term.

Also re-elected to the un- -
ion’s two full-time positions
of Secretary-Treasurer and
Business Agent were Homer
Stevens and Alex Gordon,
Stevens for his fifteenth term.
Gordon has been’ Business
“Manager since 1945.

CIRCULATION ROUNDUP:
Clear decks for Press Drive

By JERRY SHACK
Circulation Manager

Our circulation continues” to
show modest but steady gains.
During,.the month of March, we
won 23 new readers for our press;
the corresponding figures for
last year was 13 new subs. This
means that for the first three
months of this year, 77 new subs
have been sold, compared to 49
in 1962.

The paper sales picture is even
as it shows an improve-
sas ment of over
3200 copies. In
the month of
March alone
(thanks to the
election) we
sold. almost
2100 papers
more than we

did last March.

- The one area where no mark-
ed improvement is visible is in
the realm of renewals. This is no

doubt due to so many press
workers being involved in active
electioneering. However, we stand
in danger of losing all our gains
and actually moving backwards
if we fail in this key sector.

Once a person has been re-
ceiving the paper at his home,
it is nothing short of criminal to
have him dropped from the list of
readers, due to neglect.

We strongly urge, therefore,
that in the short period of time
remaining until the opening of
the Press Drive every club should
check and re-check their subs
and get every last one cleaned
up. Let’s clear the decks so we

can go out and really do a job
during the Press Drive!
©

Space doesn’t permit us to
print the clubs’ circulation stand-
ings as at March 31 — the end
of the first quarter. We should
report, however, that the city has
turned in 239 subs to date on an
annual quota of 1255, and 250 subs
in paper sales on a quota of 733;
the province has achieved 184
subs and 96 in paper sales on
quotas of 1330 ard 451 respec-
tively. So as you can see, we’re
a long way from home yet.

e

The Press Drive will open on
April 15 and run through until
June 15. Next week’s issue of the
PT will carry the accepted quotas
for all clubs.

No doubt all clubs and readers
realize the vital importance of

going over the top in the drive

. We can only add that the
surest way to guarantee this is
for the club’s to plan their ac-
tivities immediately, in order to
swing into action from the open-
ing day.

To raise $18,000 in two months
is a difficult enough undertaking
—if we fail to start on time (thus
reducing the length of the drive)
it will be much more difficult

= Suils

And one more point . . . when
you ask a worker for a donation
to the Press Drive, check to see
whether or not he is a reader. If
not, try and get him to take
out a sub also. In _ this
way, we will combine the tasks
of garnering financial support for
our press and extending its read-
ership at the same time.

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