This Ws aly th Morris, President Council No. 1, IWA, ce Tesident of the Can- or Congress: : de f Dolitig; eOEUE is an insincere AP as05 4, Who appeals to the I his own advar.: ge. Nition Teminded of this When I read the , ‘ text of your ad- pence se 5 New Party Con- pe 1, Oe on Decem- Nit in. °e text, Me to quote from . Those 5 Sieg want commun- j Om e assert their free- ung ca es and vote for com- "inten, » 82 open and honest pe — Of their own | Orms of &m opposed to all ete me {chhunting eae ag dig.’ Brother Morris, f Comber Speak so well in Fg. Sbeak | 1960, and then fail Pye 1, * April, 1961, when Socal akusta, a member of } Pelleg eet, IWA, was ex- Th being a communist? peck, every such Bet bey v @ labor leader his 2 ‘“ighed up alongside Wh Ctions, : Vis ; F tha, Ga it, Brother Morris, = 8 nae Lakusta, a mem- Base for ten Princtialea igs f Standing as a can- Abby evj Gres. ‘ate } Wate pty in the ; Communist tion? he last provincial “ty is ea Communist Teoq; te party, was “Siveg - 0M the ballot and ia a. radio and_ tele- i rom th Wh. Mo awe CBC. By et He Jght, and under Pelleg tan law, was he Whe ae the: IWA?_ you tan point to - ee oe Ra girl has not yet become a space traveller. But hose coll of the great team of scientists and technicians nd | uve work is uncovering the secrets of nature, Her job is Made possible Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight. in an observatory in Soviet Central Asia to € effects of cosmic radiation. T UNIONIST JACK PHILLIPS | i the IWA constitution and say it forbids membership to work- ers belonging to the Commun- ist Party. But don’t you agree it is time that we set aside these’ McCarthyite provisions of made-in-the-USA constitu- tions and govern ourselves in the labor movement according to the principles of the Cana- dian Bill of Rights? Isn’t that what you had in mind when you came out against witch- hunting in Calgary? Oh yes! I’m sure you can answer what I have said so far by telling me that the first decision to try Lakusta ‘was made by a district convention of the IWA and that he was tried and expelled according to the due process of your In- ternational. But this due pro- cess is undemocratic and is in violation of the Canadian Bill of Rights! Remember what you said in Calgary: “Those who want Commun- ism should assert their free- dom to work and vote for Communism in an open and honest maintenance of their own party.” If you continue to remain silent on the McCarthyite ex- pulsion of Lakusta, can you blame the workers of this pro- vince if they question your sincerity in Calgary? I. would suggest that you practice what you preach. You may never be converted to Communism, but we trust you will be converted to the idea of freedom of speech, assembly and association. Yours fraternally, "The Cuban evolution analyses historic event THE CUBAN REVOLUTION —Report to the Eighth Na- tional Congress of the Popular Socialist Party of Cuba, by Blas Roca, general secretary. Available at the People’s Co-op Bookstore, 307 W. Pender St. Paper back $1.75. Cloth edi- tion $2.75. Although a great deal has been written about the Cuban revolution we have lacked a comprehensive Marxist analy- sis until recently. That gap has now been filled with the trans- lation into English of the re- port of Blas Roca to the Eighth Congress of the Popular So- MARXIST REVIEW NOW OUT The May-June issue of Marxist Review which is av- ailable at the People’s Co-op Booksiore, is filled with ar- ticles which deepen the study of Canada in the light of Marxism-Leninism. Articles of interest include one by Tim Buck on the New Party, as well as important material on the plight of Can- ada’s Indian and Northern peoples. British trade fair opens in Moscow The huge British Trade Fair opened in Moscow last Friday at Sokolniki Park. The British and Soviet govern- ment are co-operating to en- courage growth of British sales in the Soviet Union. cialist Party of Cuba which met in Havana last August. Here one is introdueed to the class forces and allies in the revolution — and also its enemies. Of the courageous struggles of the Cuban people against the tyrannies of Macha- do and Batista, and their un- relenting determination to he free. On Fidel Castro and the July 26th Movement the report makes the following point: “The great historic merit of Fidel was that while he recog- nized the essential point of the immediate revolutionary pro- gram, he saw the possibility of armed struggle as a means to destroy the tyranny and open the road to revolution, and he took the practical steps neces- sary to organize and develop that armed struggle, based on the mobilization and unity of the-masses in the cities and fields in which the battles were not taking place”. A chapter deals with the “Rive Outstanding Characier- istics of the Cuban Revolu- tion”. This sums up the world significance, the experiences and lessons of the revolution and is of utmost importance 70 the people of Canada. Referring to the close prox- imity of Cuba to the most pow- erful imperialist force in the world Roca has this to say te those who are terrified by “geographic fatalism’: “What power does geographic fatal- ism have against a people that is rising ready for every Sacri- fice which has at the head of its government courageous re- volutionary leaders who are not afraid of Nerth American imperialism and who do not tremble at its threats and ag- gression? Geographic fatalism is a myth. It is not geographie fatalism that keeps our people in chains, it is not that which stands in the way of their win- ning their rights and exercis- ing their sovereignty. If Cuba has overcome the North Amer- jean imperialist - domination, why should not the other coun- tries of Latin America also be able to overcome it?” The Cuban Revolution has prought to the Americas an important line of advance in the anti-imperialist struggle. We are an integral part of the Americas and affected by the same powerful imperialist forces that dominated and dis-. torted the. political and econo- mic life of Cuba. In the words of Blas Roca: “Insofar as it strikes at and weakens North American im- perialism, insofar as it favors the cause of peace, the Cuban Revolution is of importance to the people of Canada as -well®. If we fail to discuss, study and learn from the lessons of this revolution we will be fail- ing in our duty to Canada and its future. The reading of this brilliant and penetrating analy- sis will deepen your under- standing of its fundamental roots and characteristics. Aside from the joy of reading this report it should be regarded, as an important contribution to the fight for freeing Canada from U.S. domination. JACK SCOTT, Jack Phillips. A sketch of Taras Shevchenko. Ukrainian Canadians. seats are $2.00, $1.50 Booksiore. SHEVCHENKO FESTIVAL IN CITY JUNE 2-3 The Shevchenko Festival of Ukrainian musie, song and dance to be presented in the Exhibition Gardens on June 2 and 3 is one of the twelve Festivals sponsored by the Association of United National Festival in Toronto on July 1. The Vancouver Festival program will portray effectively what Shevchenko means to Ukrainian Canadians. It promises a night of sparkling and colorful dances, songs and music. Included among the performers will be the award-winning Vancou- ver AUUC Folk Orchestra, which won top honors at the recent 39th Folk Fesiival. Vancouver's Festival will be dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the City of Vancouver, which is being marked this year. i Four hundred performers will take part in the program which will-be conducted in English. Tick- ets are selling rapidly. To avoid disappoiniment the public is urged to secure tickets early. Reserved at the AUUC Hall, Co-op Bocksiore and Duthie’s i These will culminate in the and $1.00, and are available May 26, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 9