“Hews wrems— ‘ Z oc ceenanienmracr "REGULARLY’ OVER ——
Voluntary Pay Freeze|Dief put on spot by U.N. as
Said Need:in Canada nuclear arms storm rises

A-vice-pri :

Rr Biaienb at the Conny |Get demesne niu | _~ ‘The deep anxiety felt by Canadians about the U.S.

“fealled:-yesterday in ‘Toronto for!|{7i°r gdh the’ iwanis! | H-bontbers that are circling continually. over our heads
Br eay pay freeze in Can-| ee, was further heightened by the statements of Defense

a ae $a a Minister Harkness in the.House of Commons a few

Se a days ago.

| ¢ion*which asked for a UN in-
quiry “as to the conditions| °
under . which countries not
possessing’ nuclear weapons
might be willing to enter in-!
to specific undertakings to| —
refrain from manufacturing!

or otherwise acquiring such
weapons and to refuse ‘to re-

Harkness -confirmed that
U.S. planes are continuing to
‘carry their deadly cargoes
back and forth “across Can-
ada» but. tried to minimize
the whole matter by claiming
each such flight must. first be
“cleared” with Canada.

5s

“Se

Industrials Score. [

This has been the story put
out. by the Defense Depart-

ceive, in the future, nuclear
|

ment for several years, but

weapons .on. their territories)

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|Abitbi Power?
‘Crushed Stone

it is an open secret such try.”
flights have become So rou-) ie :
tine that “approval” is given| a one va ws cae
ically , _/ment estimated it wou e|

ae areas | ee oe smart politics to back this| Will speak at a banquet in
Meanwhile, Harkness’ “A 5.| resohition in the .U.N., but} Vancouver's AUUC Hall, this
pene Minister Sind Se./ ROW U. Thant: wants an an-| Sat., to mark the 40th anni-
Re eae: kj himself|S“°" from Canada, and he} versary of the Party. Ban-
AREY ss Wes xe sca ‘t| wants it before April 1—well| quet starts at 7 p.m. on Sun-
spoils pot Sian hte wo his before the Prime Minister | day Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. he will
hd cae Re ommu | could get the election out of| speak at a reception in Nan-

2 Te sas h 3 | F :
pa as hes ae ane Raga the way even if he were to| aimo’s Harewood Hall. Mon-
auane. Dube | day, Feb: 26 he will be at

sertion that the Bomare mis-| call «it: this»week. | 3 ‘
giles will “provide GHoktinre Thus the government may} Courtenay’s Native Sons Hall:

Beg : : i i - r i -
defense ‘against aerial Gitack | finally be compel ri pub-| Tuesday, Feb. 27 he will ad
‘€ war bréaks out in the mont licly admit it is willing to| dress a meeting at 8-p.m. In
. 3 : take nuclear weapons from) Pi. Alberni’s Longshoremen’s

three. pears, 4he U.S. before it faces the| Hall, and on Wed., Feb. 28,

ec - _ —
Mor tribute t
er ele Be age ct people ‘at the polls, and that he! will speak at a\ banquet
: vete r : M L A # U h | | = ¢ “ a the real intentions admission°*might well take it, in Victoria at the Kings Road
an om pi FEE | ming bo down to defeat. Hall, 6 p.m.

of the government to pring in
' i and itside-
A warm tribute to veteran labor MLA Tom Uphill, nuclear warheads, and*its

% . 6
r 2 ‘ ‘sire to keep these intensions : :
Who passed away last Saturday, was made by B.C: .ccret until/after the election. M. Mosher Commun | st

Communist’ Party leader Nigel Morgan during -his | un. LETTER :

Weekly radio broadcast Sunday night over CKWX. | .H r, at’ t th did = C ee Alb
radio broadcast Sunday nigh over | is eee Sa ee a can r ate in omox- :

Morga 4 $1)? :
n said: Tom Uphill’s In his broadcast Morgan hit desk a letter. from ‘the Act-)

Passing will sadden lab d an es scale
legislative Recon ana eee out sharply’ at® rising “civic | MS ‘Secretary-General “of the

TIM BUCK, Chairiman of the
Communist :varry of Canada,’

' on- behalf of any other _s
|

Increase Divid

i3Chesy

Mark Mosher, well-known to be seen +in «the huge. ex-
trade unionist, longshore| penditures for. arms at. the

|

1° COMMUNIST PARTY OF CANADA

invhis passing “the working
_ Men, the poor and ‘the under-
dog have lost one of their
Staunchest and most consist-
ent champions”, E

major blame on the provin-
cial government. Pointing out
that homeowners need not be
“Helpless victims: of big busi-
ness policies at City Hall or
Victoria,’ Morgan urged the
following measures:

e Tax machinery assessment
for general purposes as well
as schools.

e Increase and graduate the
business tax, as Winnipeg
does and from: which it ‘gets
four times more revenue than
: Vancouver.
e A basic homeowner exemp-
tion to lighten the tax bill.
e A more equitable method
of assessment, increased al-
lowances from. senior govern
‘ments, and grants in lieu of
F| taxes for provincial and fed-
| | eral properties. °

I : ME organ said if this, proy

‘nes ioe gram was carried out city and
Passed away: this week municipal taxes’ could “be
“87. sharply reduced.

enone

taxes, for“ whieh: he: putathe | United -Nations which. is:giv-

ing him sleepless nights.
_ At the United Nations last

New jobs thru
new markets
Communist Party
launches nation-
wide campaign

TORONTO, ONT. — “New
Jobs Through New: Markets”.
iis ‘the subject of a cam-
paign how being launched by,
the Communist Party. :

_A popular 5-cent pamphlet
is now - in. preparation for
wide circulation, bearing the
title of the campaign. Writ-
ten by Leslie Morris, it-argues

a radical change in the‘ for-
eign trade of Canada, plus.an

Celebrating

40TH ANNIVERSARY —

“AUUC HALL - 805 E. Pender St.

DINNER SERVED — 7 P.M.

the production of-goods. “The

-edld > war. brings. unemploy-
\ent,’s< says the» pamphlet.

“Putting all our eggs in“ the

q

gun of the Communist federal
election campaign.

velop unity between © Coni-
munists and NDP: supporters
-around employiment and new

Bin. _EVERYONE WELCOME

markets.” - ~

year the Canadian delegation
supported a ‘Swedish resolu-

the Communist position that)

‘expanded -home | market, is |
-urgently needed to tackle ‘un-
employment and to maintain:

“U.Siebasket spélls disaster for] * ©
i-Canada.’. | Sarge So ie es
This will be the ‘opening

Special }
efforts will be made to de-/>*

leader’ and ‘active community
figure}-was* nominated Com-
munist candidate for Comox-
Alberni riding at a member-
ship nominating conference
Saturday, February 10 in
Parksville.

Accepting nomination, Mo-
sher said ‘‘all other issues re-
cede in relation to the im-
portance of peace and Cana-
dian independence.”

He charged that ‘Tories,
Liberals’ and Socreds. alike
‘are the parliamentary instru-
“ment. through which U.S.
aims and Canadian domina-
tion ‘has been ‘carried out.
Those parties are responsible
for Canada’s commitment: to
various’ war alliances like
‘NATO and NORAD.”

“Mosher ‘charged that. the

‘ment to these: warralliances is

‘MARK MOSHER
February 23, 1962—

effect. ‘of Canada’s .commit-|;

expense of the people’s wel-
fare, and. in the loss of Cana-
dian independence.

“He added: © “Communists
welcome the establishment of
the New. Democratic Party
because we believe it can be-
come the “vehicle through
which ‘the aims of a majority
of the Canadian people for
peace independence and gen-
eral welfare can be realized.

“However, the NDP is not
united on the fundamental
question of peace and Cana-
dian independence. The right
wing leadership supports’ the
present government policy of
Canada’s participation in the
present war alliances, and
supports integration of Can-
ada with the U.S. :

“In Comox + Alberni ‘we
hoped a progressive — candi-
date-would:be selected: by the

= NDP, but’ unfortunately, this

was not the case: The right
‘wing. imachine managed te

| get a candidate ‘of their own

image in. the person of..Tom

“);} Barnett; who® supports the

right wing policy.
~~ *Ins these--circumstances* I

}eall-on ‘the people of ‘Comox-

‘Alberni’ to. work for the elec-
tion of the Communist candi-
hdate, and: in this way register

| your support for policies of

peace, independence and. se-

‘-eurity.”

Mosher has lived in’ the
Alberni Valley for many
years and is widely respected
| among his fellow ~workers. °

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