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No sale of airport

MAJORITY on our NPA-
A dominated city council are all
set to sell Vancouver’s interna-
tional airport to the federal gov-
ernment. Two or three of our ald-
ermanic incumbents have expres-
sed their opposition to such a sale,
while others demonstrate their
‘leadership’ qualifications in a
cumsee-cumsaw ‘wait-and-see’ at-
titude.

It is reported, with some varia-
tions, that Ottawa has “offered”
$234-million for the airport, a con-
siderable hike from previous offers
if “price” was the determining
factor. Some vague ‘promises’ for
the construction of a new terminal
is also put forward as a sales at-
traction. Considerably discounted,
however, since the last federal elec-
tion, tory ‘promises’ are one gift
horse demanding a close ‘look in
the mouth’ before included in any
‘deal.’

Meantime our NPA aldermanic
hucksters, with NPA - backed
Mayor Alsbury in the lead, are all
set to toss this valuable civic enter-
prise into the federal bag for a fast
buck, and to ‘recommend’ to Van-
couver voters, via a plebiscite, that
Ottawa’s “offer” be accepted.

The Vancouver airport is one of
our few publicly-owned assets
which shows a growing annual sur-
plus and potential. In this era of
monopoly grabs it may be wond-
ered why or how the tycoons of
‘free enterprise’ haven’t got their
claws into it before now?

To this there is probably only
one answer; the determination of
the people to hold onto what is
theirs, as shown by a previous
plebiscite on an attempted sale of
the airport—and which must be
demonstrated again in greater and
more decisive numbers — for a
NO SALE decision.

More action, less talk

HE fourth session of the 24th
Parliament of Canada opened
Thursday of this week. At press
time the contents of the ‘Speech
from the Throne’ were not avail-
able. We do know however, as do
millions of our fellow Canadians,
what it should contain.

High on the list should be the
development and use of Canada’s
vast resources for the wellbeing of
the Canadian people; the process-
ine and manufacture of these re-
sevrees in Canada, coupled with a
drive for friendly trade relations
with all countries, thereby creat-
ing a political atmosphere produc-
tive of jobs, economic security and
peace for Canadians.

Equally vital is the need for a
decisive break with the domina-
tion of U.S. imperialism in all
areas of Canadian affairs, and par-
ticularly in the area of socalled
“defence” and its criminal squand-
ering of the peoples’ resources.

By December there may be close
to one million jobless, whose plight
can only be solved by policies based
on disarmament, independence and

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Editor — TOM McEWEN
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neutrality; by the promotion of
trade and jobs, on performance in-

stead of ‘promises,’ on decision
instead of demagogy.
Failing that, the 24th Parlia-

ment can “follow John” to econ-
omic ruin and disaster.

Winch

ETURNING from a governr
ment-sponsored “world tour”
early this year, ‘Socialist’ Harold
Winch, (CCF MP, Vancouver East)
informed all and sundry, including
organized labor that “the world
doesn’t owe us a living.”

The burden of Harold’s global
observations was that if we’re ever
going to get anywhere, belts must
be tightened, production upped and
incessant demands for wage in-
creases toned down. To make it
sound good and less like a well-
rehearsed Chamber-of - Commerce
chorus, Harold included a ‘less
profits’ stanza in his tourist ditty.

Again selected by a tory govern-
ment to attend the current United
Nations General Assembly Harold
gives a repeat performance. This
time our self-styled ‘socialist’
pours out his “disillusionment”
with Soviet disarmament proposals
to a UBC campus audience.

Winch “doubts” if the Soviet
Unionl wants disarmament at all
and “came to the conclusion that
Khrushchev and company were not
sincere, had no integrity, and were
completely unreasonable” -ete. and
so forth. On the other hand Harold
was “greatly impressed” with the
U. S. position as presented by “Mr.
Wadsworth” and other “spokes-
men for the Western democracies.”

rides again

In short, ‘Socialist?’ Winch was
enamoured by the evasive ballyhoo 7
of the “Free West” NATO spokes=
men, but highly disturbed by the:
“heckling” of Mr. Khrushchev and
other Socialist leaders, “trying 10
drag the organization (UN) into
the mud.”

It would appear that Mr. Winch
the ‘socialist’ not only missed what
Nikita Khrushchey and other So-}
cialist and neutralist spokesmelt
had to say on the vital issue 0
disarmament and peace, but en
tirely forgot the resolution of his
own CCF national convention oF
the subject. A resolution recom-)
mending that Canada cut its ties}
with NATO and NORAD; a reso"y
lution coinciding broadly with the
peace policies of the USSR and the
socialist world.

Harold Winch’s “disillusion
ment” on Soviet peace aims is 10
new phenomena any more than his
‘the-world-doesn’t-owe-us-a- living
discovery. Harold is simply doing
the job ke is admirably fitted, an
repeatedly selected to do; viz, to
spread confusion, distrust, discor
and disunity, where-ever an
whenever opportunity arises.

In this regard it may be trul¥f
said, “verily, the labourer 18
worthy of his hire” ... or hie
junket.

—

Tom
McEwen

press). “U.S. Polaris
have ‘permission’ from

nuclear
Millan.”

warheads, says

thriller Hollywood dished

“permission” by

armed hoodlums in his

regarding mass murder.

tions

moved in.
Bugsie Mac _ is
They say so with big demonstra-

like “Our Hughie” can talk down.

EWS item from British
sub-
marine base on the Clyde must
United
Kingdom government before firing
Mac-

Reminds us of a big gangster
up a
short time ago, glamorizing a typi-
cal gangland boss, who interpreted
the number of
gang,
rather than by any moral scruples

* Thus on the Clyde (and else-
where), the scene unfolds. The Big-
time Capone gang are in session.
The job has been “cased.” Opera-
are to be directed from
Bugsie Mac’s residence where the
gang chiefs have unceremoniously

apprehensive.
The folks outside don’t like it.

tions which not even a con-man

“Say boss” says Bugsie Mac, “you
know I’m on the hot seat if fire-

works start from here.”

“Shut up jerk” snarls the gang
chief, smoothing a wrinkle out of
his razor-edged pants crease, “what
are you squaking about? Don’t we
pay off good? Why don’t you take
a walk?

PU. S
“T promised ...

“Shut up jerk” roars Bigtime
Capone, this time much louder as
he bites through one of his dwind-
ling stock of genuine Havanas,
‘who’n hell d’ye think gives the
orders around here- Your house
goes up, so what? You’re in this
with the rest of us right up to your
ears. Your house be’ dammed.
When I say “shoot” we shoot. Get
at???

The moral is that when govern-
ments give U.S. imperialism per-
mission to set up nuclear war
bases outside of U.S. territory, for
the express purpose of launching
provocations and agression against
the Soviet Union, the question of
“permission” to use such bases for
the purpose intended, isn’t even
academic.

Having granted such banditry
the right of residence, the onus
for its murderous activities fall di-
rectly on the shoulders of those
aiding and abetting this nuclear
base banditry. The legal profession
describe such criminal relation-
ships as ‘fan accessory after the
fact,’ ‘while history designates
such centres of crime as primary
targets — and the surrounding
population as “sitting ducks”;

.’? Bugsie Mac whines,

EY

neither of which can be cancelled
out by the phoney pretext of giv-
ing or with-holding “permission”
where the gangster has been given
domicile.

e

Postage stamp collectors are in
for a treat, if they are not too
finicky about what constitutes
“liperty.” The U.S. postal depart-
ment has begun a new stamp issue
entitled “Champion of Liberty.”
The first of these to come to our
attention made us reach for the
smelling salts. But it does reveal,
better than a whole book on the
subject, just who U.S. imperialism
regards as a “Champion of Liber-
ty.” This one is dedicated to. the
‘Liberator of Finland,’ Gustav
von Mannerheim, 1867-1951.

To the working people of Fin-
land and. abroad Mannerheim is
best remembered as the “Butcher”
of the Finnish people, who drown-
ed the 1918 revolution in a sea of
blood, imposed a rule of tyranny
upon the Finnish people, and
finally led his country into war—
on the side of Hitler. 1
With such a U.S. “Champion of :

}

Liberty” well up on the list, we
may expect to see Synghman Rhee
of South Korea, Chiang Kia-shek
of the Pentagon’s “other ‘China’,
Franco of Spain, the gangster
Menderes of Turkey, enrolled in
the U.S. postage scroll of “cham-
pions.”

When pasting up this U.S. series
of “champions” keep the aspirin’,
or smelling salts handy.

November 18, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Pagé ©