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URING the past two weeks the

threat of open U.S..interven-
tion in Cuba has mounted to alarm-
ing proportions. In the phraseology
of the late John Foster Dulles and
his Pentagon hierarchy, U.S. pro-
vocations and acts of aggression
against the Republic of Cuba, is
nearing the “brink.”

This is seen in the U.S. embargo
on export to Cuba, not only from
U.S. industry, but pressures upon
other countries, Canada included,
to follow suit. In this U.S. im-
perialism hopes to starve Cuba
into submission, thereby. facilitat-
ing its counter-revolutionary plans

_to overthrow the Fidel Castro gov-

ernment.
Secondly, over the weekend, the
landing of nearly 2000 U.S. Mar-

An historic

OVEMBER 7, 1917, the historic

turning point in human
society; a social order founded
upon peace, brotherhood and So-
cialism. The Russian revolution of
1917, the first great break in the
chain of world imperialism.

Only a short 43-years ago, yet
within that short space of time,
guided by the imperishable science
of Marxism-Leninism, a backward
multi-national peasant nation,
ninety-nine percent of them illit-
erate, have become the world’s
foremost leaders in all branches of
human effort: In science and edu-
cation, in industry and agriculture,
in culture and the arts. And, for
the good of all humanity, the fore-
most champions of: total disarma-
ment and peace. No longer an illit-
erate exploited peasant with his
back bared to a tzarist knout, but
a Socialist giant with his pennant
already planted on the Moon and
his Sputniks orbiting the Sun.

No unemployment, no ‘market
problems’, no monopolists fo fatten
on the labor and resources of
others. And all in the short span of
43 years.

Our salute to this great and his-
toric anniversary, the guarantee
that come what may, Man’s destiny

Pacific Tribune

Editor —- TOM McEWEN
Associate Edixor — MAURICE RUSH
Business Mgr. — OXANA BIGELOW

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Urge ‘hands off Cub

I

ines at the naval base of Guantan-
amo; a base on the Island of Cuba
ceded to the U.S. by a previous
Cuban puppet regime. Pentagon
military brass described this pro-
vocation as ‘a holiday’ for the
Marines.

These are tense days for the
people of Cuba and their govern-
ment; the necessity of defending
their country from armed inter-
vention and counter - revolution.

In this the people of Canada, and
first and foremost the working-
class, must stand shoulder’ to
shoulder with the people of Cuba;
must demand from the Diefen-
baker government, no involvment

in embargoes or military aggres-
sion against Cuba.

milestone

is assured in every new achieve-
ment of victorious Socialism and
its pioneer builders, the govern-

ment and peoples of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics.

.

a’ Unity spells progress

A. appraisal of the recent B.C.
Federation of Labor conven-
tion must take into account the
fact that, despite some negative
features in its week-long delibera-
tions, its delegate body took a
forthright position on some of the
most. burning issues of the day.

Resolutions adopted on the vital
issue of disarmament and peace,
and the necessity for Canada to
give “world leadership for total
disarmament by setting an ex-
emple,” provides a grand~ oppor-
tunity for -organized. labor to
exercise its full strength and: in-
fluence in the struggle for peace.

Equally important, and actually
complimentary to the broader fight
for peace-and general wellbeing,
was- the: convention’s decision to
again “urge the CLC to speed up
the process of bringing all trade
unions presently not affiliated to
the CLC into Canada’s trade union
centre.” This renewed bid for all-
in trade union unity can.not only
add tremendous strength to organ-
ized labor’s fighting elan, but also
removes a basic weakness which
serves no one except the exploiters
of labor. :

Likewise-the BCFL conventi@
approval of the creating of tht
B.C. Federation of Unemployed ®
an integral part of organized Jaboly
indicates a more realistic 4a)
proach; the realization that if amy)
thing is to be done about (or fol)
unemployment, organized ]ab0})
must provide the initiative—a™
the action needed to get results.

On foreign relations and th
need of labor in Canada to institul!
stronger international fraternit})
the BCFL also took a step forwal4 —
perhaps a timid step, but nev@
theless a step. eS

Unfortunately the BCFL polilll
cal action decision, reiterating 1)
allegiance to and -with the 7
as its. ‘political arm’ ‘and carry
over into the narrow concept aL
the “new party” in epposition i
the broader: perspectives of tht
CLC, Winnipeg resolution, leave
much to be desired. However
positive factors in the conventiol)
deliberations on peace, unity 4
the growing crisis, will serve }
determine a broader concept ~
political unity as events unfold.
the whole the BCFL convent!”
registered progress for B.C. Jab™

HE “new” Disarmament Plan
a submitted to the UN by
Canada’s foreign minister Howard
Green contains nothing new. Nor
do those of Britain’s MacMillan
and his foreign minister Lord
Home. To top these off we find
U.S. ambassador Wadsworth, like
a Saturday night Salvation Army
“convert,” confessing the readiness
of the Pentagon to ‘‘negotiate” the
vital issues of disarmament and
peace.

Taken separate or collectively,
and considered in the light of past
performances, these ardent protes-
tations for “peace and goodwill’
look suspiciously familiar. One
might ask why did the govern-
ments represented by these min-
isterial “peace doves’ scuttle the
10-n ations disarmament confer-
ence, forcing the representatives
of the Socialist world to withdraw
in disgust? Or why. didn’t either
or all of them avail themselves of
the opportunity during Soviet
Nikita Khrushchev’s presence (and
proposition) at the UN Assembly
sessions to negotiate an agreement
on the spot. Certainly a world
would have rejoiced had they done
so.

Instéad, they used the occasion
to heap slander, misrepresentation

and insult upon Socialist and neu-
tralist delegates, and -the UN
tribune to fan the flames of cold-
war.

Thus Green’s belated “new”? Dis-
armament Plan is not designed to
further the cause of disarmament
and peace, but to promote a new
spate of aimless negotiations. for
‘negotiations’ sake,” during which
the NATO countries they represent
can continue with their armaments
buildup and their nuclear war con-
spiracies, while the Greens’ talk
“peace.”

It is high time the Canadian
people told Mr. Green that his
new ‘‘Disarmament Plan” is as
phoney as the pre-election prom-
ises of the Tory government he
represents. That the Canadian peo-
ple want more action on disarma-
ment, and less filibustering dema-
gogy on “peace.” This is the prime
lesson flowing out of the Geneva
conference which Green pointedly
omits from. his ‘new’ disarma-
ment proposals.

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We often used to wonder how
come so many of our “new Cana-
dians” from certain areas in Eur-
ope managed to have “Doktor” or
some other “handle” affixed to
their John Hancock.

After some little research on
the problem, (not that it matters
a hell of a lot) we discovered there
are many enterprises in the U.S.
which do a brisk year-round busi-
ness manufacturing impressive di-
plomas, complete with elaborate
seals, ribbons.and. all, at. around
$1,000 and up per diploma, de-
pending upon the purchaser’s am-
bitions and ability to pay. :

So, we reasoned, if it- can be }
done: in America which always |
‘“Jeads” the “Free West;’ why not |p
in some countries of Europe where ‘|
“doktors,” “counts” and other jf
“titled”? specimens are «as numer- jf
ous as bugs in a city. mission ||
flophouse? y

In a recent investigation by the ||
American Council of Education: —
according to some~ authoritative |)
journals, there are some 200 of |
these “degree mills’ producing’ |
fancy diplomas covering all fields |||
of learning and science, available |
to all able to pay. the fancy price> || —
demanded. Thus a “Dr.” or 4 |
“Ph’d”’ or what have you, not |
only avoids the necessity of borin’ —
study for a degree, but provides ©
a handy persona grata “handle” |
for entree to “higher society.”

The Council ‘referred to als? _
estimates that the diploma racket
nets its “free enterprisers’ some
$75-million dollars annually, whilé —
a mid-summer edition of the Satul —
day Evening Post observed that
“the fake diploma racket is b@ —
coming big business in the USA:

That we have no difficulty ”
believing, in a country whet?
rackets of one sort or another in
business, labor, sports and othe?
national institutions, have almost
become a basic industry.

Thus if any of our readers,
vious of their next-door neighb™
“Dr.” Wolfgang Vogeldreck, 1°
such a “degree” would enhane
their social standing or thelf ||
chances of a job, the problem ie
simple — providing they can mee
the. U.S. “degree mill” co
charges.

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November 4, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—P#%