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ES Tom
McEwen

T° me it was a very solemn occasion.
My interpreter had stressed the need

to be punctual. At the entrance to the

Red Square, cordoned off by a line of
strapping militia men (police) I under-
stood the need for punctuality. A line of
humanity standing three abreast stretch-
.-ed for miles, waiting to pass through the
massive red and grey marble Lenin-
Stalin Mausoleum. ;
Presenting our pass to a militia cap-
tain, we were admitted through the cor-
don and a-militiaman was detailed to
escort us up near the head of the vast
waiting line — a gracious concession to
me as a foreigner. : :
Only the day before, this great historic
Red Square had resounded with the
thunder of a million marching feet, cele-
brating their socialist achievements and
pledging themselves to scale new heights
of socialist grandeur. ‘Now it was filled
with the combre auiet of other tens of
thousands, waiting to pay their homage

and shed fresh tears for their most be-

loved sons. ;
xt pon. less ,
At the head of the line Moscow work-
ers stand with huge wreaths of flowers
and evergreens which they will place
beside other wreaths at the entrance to
the Mausoleum. ich .
Slowly, as if moved by an invisible
hand, the great portals of the Mausoleum

swing open. Red Army Guards stands ~

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at rigid attention with bayonets gleam-

ing. On the Red Square the vast line
moves forward, ever so slowly. High
above, flocks of pigeons circle in wide
sweeps, and below a sound like a deep
sob arises from the silence to blend with
the lowering clouds of a grey November
day.

Slowly, we descend those granite stair-
ways, already repolished by countless
millions of feet and a sorrow which
seems eternal. .

There they rest, side by side, in all —

the grandeur and majestic dignity of
death; vet never were two of the world’s
immortals more alive. Lenin and Stalin!
social architects, builders, liberators.
Men whose hand and brain re-created a

new world; men who bequeathed to

mankind a new hope and a new freedom.

Around me in this Temple of the Im-
mortals I hear the sobbing of men and
women, and the loud blowing of noses
by some in an effort to hide their grief.

In that moment I think of all humanity -
as a mighty river sweeping on towards |

its destiny, while I stand there beside the
indestructible rocks of its headwaters.

With a few men from other lands I go
behind the Mausoleum to the beautiful
tree-lined Avenue of Heroes. There I
fause for a moment before the graves,
each marked. by a sculvtured bust, of
other men who made history while they

lived: Kalinin, Zdanov, Frunze, Derjin- .

sky. <n ‘

And behind these, other names in the

Kremlin Wall, written in gold and
bronze; names which live in the hearts

_ of millions of workers far beyond the
borders of the Soviet Union.

William D. Haywood, hardrock miner,
leader and pioneer of fighting American
labor; Arthur MacManus, writer, teach-
er and guide of fighting British labor;
Charles Ruthenberg, founder and leader
of the heroic Communist Party of the
USA, which the men of Wall Street
today vainly seek to destroy; Sen Katay-
ama, pioneer of peace and socialism
in Japan.

Names, many names, which make this
historic Red Square, its Lenin-Stalin
Mausoleum and its Avenue of Heroes, a
temple dedicated to Man’s unceasing
_ struggle for peace, international brother-
hood, and socialism.

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LE ‘the new German army is al-
lowed to come into being it will

be equipped with the most up-to-

date U.S. atomic weapons.

That must be foremost in our
minds when we read the labored
attempt of British Foreign Minister
Sir Anthony Eden to convince us
that there is no danger in allowing
the West Germans to manufacture
atomic materials for allegedly
peaceful purposes.

It should be remembered that
U.S. atomic weapons are in Eur-
Ope in great quantities, that the
whole of the dispositions of the
Western imperialist forces are built

.around the assumption that these

weapons will be used and that the
new West German army, like the
rest, will be trained in their use.

*

It is in this light that Eden’s
letter from West German Chancel-
lor Adenauer agreeing to limit the
production of nuclear energy in
West Germany, must be judged.

The European Defense Com-
munity agreements permitted the
West Germans to manufacture a
certain amount of nuclear energy
for peaceful purposes.

There is no such clause in the
treaty now before the parliaments
of the North Atlantic countries.

_ Eden tries to reassure the people
by flourishing Dr. Adénauer’s let-

_ ter agreeing to limit German pro’

duction of atomic energy for peace-
ful purposes.
We would remind him that Ne-

ville Chamberlain once flourished
a similar piece of paper, containing

Adolf Hitler’s vow to preserve the
peace of Europe. | :

There is no suggestion of any
controls being established to en-
sure that Adenauer’s promise is
kept .

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The Canadian people can only
conclude that the real position of
Western Germany on atomic en-
ergy was left obscure in the West-
ern, European Union treaty in
order to facilitate its acceptance
by the parliaments concerned.

At any rate, two things are now

_ evident. Atomic weapons will be

at the disposal of the West German
army if it’is created, and Germany
will be allowed to manufacture nu-
clear energy with no genuine con-
trol over the amount. '

*

. No less disturbing is the revela-
tion that two of the German firms
whose machines won notoriety dur-
ing the war — Dornier and Mes-
serschmidt — are now busily en
gaged in manufacturing aircraft in
Spain.

This means that technically they
will be ready to resume aircraft

production on a massive scale, if ©

the Nine-Power agreement is rati-
fied and West Germany is allow-
ed to manufacture military aircraft
up to a certain size.

This should awaken all but the
wilfully blind to a realization of the
fact that rearming the Germans
does not mean the creation of sev-
eral divisions of infantry which
will be fitted into some kind of
European army.

It means arming the West Ger-
mans with the latest weapons of
destruction and giving them limit-
ed facilities to manufacture them
—limits which the West Germans
will exceed at the earliest opport-
unity.

There is still time for the people
to stop this madness by demanding
that their representatives in parlia-
ment refuse to ratify the Paris
agreements. ~

Hal
Griffin

‘W men know the Canadian north

country better than Einar Kvale,
geologist, journalist and linguist. A quiet,
unassuming man who makes his home
in Vancouver between prospecting trips,
Kvale has travelled the north country
from the Alaska Panhandle to Green-
land and his undisputed knowledge of
it commands respect for his opinions.

Like many another Canadian, Kvale is
concerned over the stripping of our
natural resources to the detriment of
Canada’s industrial development and
the greater profit of U.S. big business.

He knows the untapped resources, the
yet unrealized potentialities of our north
country. He knows too, that U.S. mon-
opolies are seeking to seize these re-
sources for themselves and that the con-
sequence of their constant encroach-
ments may well be the bringing of vast
areas of our country under direct U.S.
control.

He sees both the possibilities and the
dangers of the Frobisher project in
northern B.C. and in this brief article
he advances the alternative which, he
believes, would serve Canada’s interests
best.

Pas ease ee |
By EINAR KVALE

PROTEAD of using Taku River as a base
for the Frobisher development, I be-
lieve it would be better to transport the
power to Stewart, the. most northerly
port in B.C. This power line would be
over 300 miles long, running from the
power stations over to Telegraph Creek,
then following the old Telegraph Creek
trail part of the distance almost to Bows-
er Lake. From there it would go to
Meziadin Lake “before crossing the Coast _
Range by a fairly low pass to Stewart.

The advantages of this route are:

It would use a port entirely within
Canadian jurisdiction, making . long
drawn out negotiations with the U.S. un-
necessary and avoiding U.S. pressure
and interference in the future. We al-
ready have the example of the St. Law-
rence Seaway, which the Americans
blocked for half a century. If Canada
asks the U.S. for a harbor at the mouth
of the Taku River, the development
could very well be held up for a long
time.

By developing Stewart, the severe

’ glacial silting and flooding of the Taku

River would be avoided.

Stewart offers more space for de-
velopment and is the logical gateway to
a huge hinterland. .

It is possible to build roads out of
Stewart at Atlin and Watson Lake where
they would connect with the Alaska
Highway. These roads would. pass
through and open up a country rich in
coal, minerals, timber and water re-
sources.

Power could be developed along the
main power line and fed into it. The
power line would pass largely through
the semi-dry belt, except for that section
which would cut through: the Coast
Range from Meziadin Lake.

Stewart is the logical outlet for north-
ern B.C. . By developing Stewart,a new
inland empire can be opened up, rich in
resources which we can develop to the:
benefit of our own country.

And we can tell the U.S. to go to hell
with its devil’s club country and flooded
mud flats at the mouth of Taku River.

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