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BUCK HAILS MCEWEN ON 70TH BIRTHDAY

The National Executive of
the Communist Party of Can-
@da over the signature of its
Seheral secretary Tim Buck
this week sent a warm tribute
to Tom McEwen on his 70th

birthday. Here is the full text
Of the letter:

|

‘On behalf of our Party

ee bership, our .national
Ommittee, and, yes, of the
Many thousands who know
Feu tn-all parts of our coun-
'Yy Over many years of strug-

Ble; we
; greet you on your
70th Birthday!

pe Tom, are part of our
epest and most treasured |
Party traditions. We remem-
Serge as a blacksmith in
ee atoon; as one of the foun-
Ts and the secretary of the
Spo ata Unity League; as}
WEit the party: leaders who
Wieacs ie) Kingston Penitentiary
ing aaeition 98 of the Crim-
telat as one of the main
eee —s of the great move-
ae Which aroused the work-
etal Bennett’s Iron Heel
ae ae ercedtul economic. cri-
e€ 1930’s; as a member

Our National Executive; as |
woot who, in the second |
and to War, went. to prison |
“0 - concentration

& a opinions; as the editor
Bi Pacific Tribune; as a
ae candidate in many elec-
and + elit short, as a grand
pas fighter for the
for a rights, for peace,
3 ao independence,
for eRe for socialism:
Marxist-Leninist pro-

gram
aa of the Communist Party
Canada, ,

athe should we forget
ag in this greeting,
Work : we remember your
ightin Or the Furrow, the
1930%5 farmers’ paper. of the
§, and your work to ce-

"Greetings to a grand
and fearless fighter’

TIM BUCK
sends warm regards to...

TOM McEWEN ;
on his 70th birthday

cerely hope that your health
and strength will permit it to
be.

Now, when the joyous sight
of new young people coming
along in our movement. glad-
dens our hearts, when their
energy and devotion promise
well for

our future, it is a,

Our. world Communist.
movement, the strongest pol-
itical force in the world; the
great Soviet Union which you
have championed all through
the years; the growing social-
ist camp of nations, and the
revolutionary colonial peo-
ples in this hour of their
mighty battles against imper-
jialism — and our Canadian
party, the Marxist - Leninist
vanguard of . the Canadian
working class: these are the
joys of your life and the
proud landmarks -of mighty
human progress.

These are good days to be
alive, to be a Communist,
Tom. The .old order is giving
way to the new, and knowing
you as. we do, we’ know that
nothing makes. you happier,
because of your deep hatred
for the exploiters and your
love for the working people;
that the best birthday. pres-
ent you could possibly receive
would be a stronger Commun-
ist Party, a stronger press,
and a militant trade union
movement which organizes
and leads the workers into
struggle.

So, Tom, our best wishes
for the health of you and your
family.

More strength to your pen
and to your -voice.

May you be with us fo see
many more victories!

Khrushchev to Nehru

| described Premier Lumumba’s

Leslie Morris
Speaks Friday

Leslie Morris, national
executive member of the
Communist Party of Can-
ada, will speak at a pub-

A proposal te let Africans
question was the main poimt
Soviet Premier Khrushchev
published last weekend.

Similar letters. have” been

How Lumumba
Was Murdered

Patrice Lumumba was shot
dead by a Belgian officer more
than a month ago as he knelt
in prayer, according to infor-
mation which reached Presi-
dent Nkrumah of Ghana.

This is how Dr. Nkrumah

last moments.

“He and his two associates
were ordered out of their Ka-}
tanga prison on Jan. 18 and
told to pray. As they knelt a
Belgian officer gave an Afri-
can soldier the order to shoot
them.

“Myr. Mpolo, Minister of De-
fence, and Mr. Okito, president
of the Senate, were executed,
but. the soldier lowered his
rifle when it was Mr. Lumum-
ba’s turn and refused to fire.
The Belgian officer then drew
his revolver and shot Mr. Lu-

Let Africans settle
Congo issue selves”

themselves settle the Congo
of a 26-page letter sent by
to Premier Nehru of India

mumba dead.”

sent to 65 other Heads of
Government. In. the letter
Khrushchev calls for the for-
mation of a Commission com-
posed of reprentatives ef the
African States whose treops
have been sent to the Congo
in, accordance with the decis-
ion of the Security Council.

In the Soviet government’s
opinion, said the letter, this
would promote the implemen-
tation of measures aimed at
delivering the Congo from
colonial aggression and at res-
toration of the country’s mde-
pendence.

Khrushchev emphasized in
his message to Nehru that the
establishment of peace in the?
Congo requires above ail the
ending of foreign intervention
and aid to. the legitimaté gov-
ernment of the country head-.
ed by Antoine Gizenga. i

He also demanded _ that
Tshombe, the Katanga leader,
and General Mobutu, . Leo-
poldville army chief, be ar
rested and brought to trial} and
their gangs disarmed.

Two resolutions to the B.C.
government were passed ky
the delegates at the general
meeting of the Vancouver Par-
ent-Teacher Council Tuesday
night. The first asks the gov-
‘ernment to set up a royal com-
mission. on social and child
welfare immediately, and to
make known it’s findings as
soon as possible.

The other resolution, which
was the outcome of a report
from the Council’s Chant re-
port study committee, asked

Gity PTA council takes
stand on Chant report

the committee chairman asked
the delegates to alert their
membership to what would ae-
tually happen if the govern-
ments’ proposal was imple-
mented. ‘Not only will Van-
couver School Board be un-
able to provide more kinder-
garten classes, as they were
willing to,” she said, “but the
school board may decide to
discontinue operating the al-
ready existing kindergartens
in it’s primary schools.” “In
fact,” she added, “we may
find that the government will

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: U have reached: 70 years, | beaten. combination. We_need'|} sh der Audi. || ment had accepted the princi- this time, shared the operating
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ay °r many more years, to| ment the benefit of that ex- terium, starting at 8 pie mended by the Chant report from now on the Shaper: will
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©} as {or a long time to come | books; and also that. studious te to the United Social- || operation of kindergartens, . The council also reaffirmed
& “njey the benefits of your | nature of yours which has al- gate vention and {(and that kindergartens petits Position on grade thirteen
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we want. And we si “tm science of. Marxism-Leninism. : moving the- resolution,| longer school day.
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TOM McEWEN’S 70TH BIRTHDAY BANQUET & DANCE
Saturday, March 11th, 7 p.m., Hasting Auditorium, 828 East Hastings
| ae Admission - $1.50. Tickets: Peoples. Co-Op Bookstore — P.T. Office —€ommunist Party Office

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