MIDDLE EAST INTRIGUE Ben-Gurion endangering Israel by serving as imperialist pawn HE ‘on-the-brink”. power politics of rival imperial- isms in the Middle East, with oil as the stakes, continue to the peace of: the world. For months an explo- sive situation has been build- ing up. Diplomats scurry back and. forth between Washing- ton, London, Paris, Haifa and Arab capitals. Proposals counter-proposals hold of UN sessions in endless debate. Middle East feudal potentates trek to Wash- ington in search of substan- tial “alms” as the price of their allegiance to the “free world.” threaten the and the stage In the midst of it all sits the Ben-Gurion government of the young state of Israel, cast in the role of an agressor occu- pying the territory of a neigh- boring state, unrelenting, de- fiant and aggressive, deter- mined to hold on to the Gaza Strip and the Aqaba Gulf area regardless of the growing weight of opposing world opin- ion; a fact which points up the Ben-Gurion government as the willing pawn of British French and American imper- ialisms in their struggle for control of Middle East oil re- sources and political domina- tion of the Arab countries. Despite the almost unani- mous appeals of Asian, Euro- pean, Western and United Na- tions spokesmen for Israel to withdraw her occupation forces from the disputed Gaza Strip and the Gulf of Aqaba, the Ben-Gurion government remains adamant. It demands “guarantees” for Israeli shipping in the Gulf of Aqaba and the Suez Canal, and against alleged Egyptian border “provocations”; guar- antees which have ho moral or ethical basis while Israel occupies Egyptian territory One-third women NE third of all Soviet scientists are women, according to a new Handbook published in Moscow. - The handbook shows that 36 per cent of Soviet scientists are women — 82,000 of the country’s 224,000 scienti- fic workers in 1955, the latest figures given. In 1914, Tsarist Russia had 289 scientific insti- tutions with a staff of 4,240. Now the USSR has 2,797 scientific in- stviutions with a staff of 97,800. seized by force of arms. Such “guarantee” demands however, provide the basis for Anglo-American war intrigues in the Middle East; an excuse to encroach upon Egyptian sovereignty and obtain a new grip on the Suez Canal and the rich oil reSources of the Middle East. Pretexts about “restoring Israel’s security” and foiling “Soviet plots” in actually serve the interests of the big oil cartels and their respective governments. The Anglo-French aggres- sion against Egypt because of the latter’s nationalization of the Suez Canal, was spearhead- ed by the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip. Anglo-French hopes of recouping some of the losses of that debacle, with the United States now mov- ing in through the “Eisenhow- er Doctrine,” are centred main- ly on encouraging the Ben- ‘Gurion government. to hold fast to the Gaza Strip — while loudly pretending to support It's a Canadian design yOP American and British manufacturers are now copying a reversible skirt style protected by world patents and invented by a Canadian dress- maker. .The North Bay, Ontar- ion, dressmaker’s design was originally conceived in fabrics especially woven for. her by Canadian mills and is now a big seller in Canada, the United States, Britain, and has creat- ed interest as far afield as Mos- cow and Peking. Now collecting royalties on the invention, the designer took six years to iron out the diffi- culties in producing what was actually an accidental discov- ery. Named the “In-and-Outer” and the “Turnabout,” the skirt had its beginning when the inventor was pleating a tartan skirt and matching up the stripes.. She turned’ the pleat- ing over and discovered the tartan had a completely differ- ent pattern on the other side— and an attractive one. This was the accidental part. Very few tratans will match up on the “wrong” side but speci- al patterns, designed in Cana- dian textile mills, were woven especially for the double-tar- tan skirt she had devised. The skirt is now in large- scale production and, although his own venture is very suc- cessful, the Toronto manufac- turer says- that he is. most pleased with the fact the skirt is a Canadian design that has made a great impression on the international market, immediate Israeli “with- drawal” from Egyptian terri- tory. an $e it ut Few will try to deny that since its formation the young state ‘of Israel has suffered a good. deal at the hands of in- transigent Egyptian and Arab elements on its borders and within its territory. Neither can it be accepted that such recurrent border and internal “ineidents” between Israel and its Arab neighbors are all one- sided. < The solution however, can- not be found in forcible seiz- ure of the territory of a neigh- boring states, nor by playing stooge to the war conspiracies and “policing” policies of the rival imperialisms. That way lies disaster — for Israel and for world peace! On the eve of Israel’s invas- ion of Egypt, the Communist Party of Israel issued a state- ment to the Israeli people. That statement holds doubly true today: “Israel should express read- iness to solve outstanding questions with the Arab states, by way of mutual compromise and agreement which will re- spect the just national rights of both peoples. Israel should also change her policy from one of subservience to imper- ialism, to one of independence, neutrality, and peace.” While Israel sits tight on Egypt’s Gaza Strip, U.S. im- perialism through the “Eisen- hower doctrine” continues to plan “solutions” — a perman- ent UN force to “police” Egyp- tian territory; a UN “naval force” to patrol the Gulf of Aqaba in “defense” of Israeli * shipping; an increasing flow of American arms to Middle East areas bearing the label of “economic aid’; new mili- tary bases in Saudi Arabia aimed at the Soviet Union and the awakening colonial struggles for independence in the oil-saturated feudal em- pires of the Middle East. Such a “doctrine” has only one aim, to dominate by war and bloodshed what can no longer be dominated by in- trigue and bribery. It becomes apparent to all peoples desiring peace that the danger of full-scale war in the Middle East and beyond grows with every hour Israeli forces remain on the, Gaza Strip and the Aqaba; that the Ben-Gurion government, by its continued flouting of world opinion, endangers world peace — and the existence of the dearly-won young state of Israel. TOM McEWEN ad eee ae oe , bunk ey Seta Pan asia oad GB Wig eeass Hediisvarenn LEER a Moe seer 9 v2 me 8 q %y Seas . é Pexet % ‘The Ben-Gurion government has resisted all appeal. for withdrawal of Israeli (tep) and the Gazza Strip, seized during the British-French” Israeli invasion of Egypt. Map outlines direction of Isra€ attack at time of cease-fire. forces from ‘the Gulf of Aqab# Pe ae a a = ey Old age pensions GEORGE TRUSCOTT, Van- couver, B.0.: Your issue of February 15 had a headline; $150 pension for every work- er. Now, Jack Phillips, who wrote the article, may be per- fectly correct on that- parti- cular subject, but it was not the time to headline it while old age pensions are the big concern all over the country. I was shocked at the headline because I thought it confused the issue. Another point of confusion is the means test which a huge number of people are protest- ing. The present fund from which the $40 pension without a means test is paid is said to be in the red. No wonder, when such a large number of well- MARCH 1, 1957 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE ° to-do-people are getting it. The only correct method : that only those people ove — who do not pay income should receive the old 9% pension. . ats . get Does our prime minister 8° the $40 pension? One way to get it STUDENT, University % Premie British Columbia: 4 Bennett has turned down # reasonable request of the UB for additional funds. He thinl® that private’ business shoul! make up the deficit, Well, ?| do I, but my proposal woul be different. : a Let Premier Bennett levy ; direct tax on business prof © to provide for university (¢ ultimately business) needs.