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Cypriots defy Britain

Even schoolchildren have joined in defying British military
edicts in Cyprus where workers recently staged a 24-hour strike
to protest continued British'rule. This picture shows British troops

“marching through the deserted streets of Nicosia, the capital.

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_ MIDDLE EAST

of dependence on Western im-
perialism.”

That was the reason USS.
Assistant Secretary of State
Allen’s recent mission to Cairo
to wean Abdul Nasser away
from his independence and
neutrality policy failed, said
Sneh.

What Allen could not achieve
through “negotiation,” the U-S.
State Department is now trying
to gain by coercion.

Israel is thus being used as
the “big stick” against Egyption
neutrality. The U.S. rulers are
doing everything possible to
draw Egypt into their military
schemes, and disrupt Egypt’s
friendly relations with the so-
cialist camp. By their inspired
preventive-war talk, the im-
perialists “are knocking Israel’s
head against the wall of Egyp-
tion neutrality.”

Israelis Premier - designate
Ben Gurion is carrying out this
task, in the hope ‘of gaining a
place in the Western imperial-
ist military camp.

“Israel,” Sneh continued, “is
pursuing an opposite policy to
that of Egypt. It is prepared
to join the military alliance with
Washington against the social-
ist and neutral countries, against

“the rising colonial peoples of,

Asia and Africa. And as long
as this will remain the policy
of the government, there will
be no peace for Israel.”

Instead of blaming their own
‘policies, spokesmen for the Is-
raeli government and its sup-
porting parties are carrying on
a campaign of venom and slan-
der against the socialist coun-
tries, Moishe Sneh charged. _

He added: “Premier Bulgan-
in stated quite clearly at Gen-
eva that the Soviet Union stands
ready to give full assistance to.
every neutral country. Let Is-
rael give up its orientation on
a military bloc, and we too will
receive everthing that Egypt is
getting. a

“The example of Egypt shows
beyond any doubt, that the So-

viet Union, Czechoslovakia, _

China, India are able to guar-
antee, without any political con-
ditions or strings attached, the

economic development and na-
tional security to every country
in the Middle East that shows
a desire for friendly relations
and trade exchanges.”

Only after a complete change
of policy, will Israel be saved
from the horrors of war. «Only
then will peace, national inde-
pendence and economic devel-
opment be guaranteed, Sneh
stressed.

He ‘concluded:

“Not in a military bloc with
imperialists, but by a policy of
independence and _ friendship
with the Soviet Union and other
peace-loving countries.

“Not against the peoples of
Asia and Africa, not against the
liberation movements of the
colonial peoples (not voting in
the UN against. Algeria, Cyprus,
West Guinea, as the Israel rep-
resentatives did), but on the
side of the oppressed peoples
against colonialism.

“Not through adventures, but
by readiness for negotiation, for
a mutual friendship pact and a
just peace with the Arab coun-
tries.

“Such is the road ahead for
Israel, for a free Israel. Such
is the road to, security, peace,
independence, econdmic well-
being. Only by following a
peace policy will we develop
our country, raise the living
standards and assure happiness
for the people of Israel.”

James Callender .
dies in Burnaby

BURNABY, B.C.

One of the oldest members

of the Labor-Progressive party,

James Callender, of North

Burnaby, died on Tuesday this
week at the age of 90.

Born in London, England, he |

was a pioneer resident of Burn-
aby, where he carved a home
out of the bush 44 years ago.
Until great age curtailed his
activities, he was a consistent
worker for the LPP and sup-
porter of the Pacific Tribune.

Funeral services were to be
held this Friday, November 4.

-ities,

‘Peg re-elects —
enner, | Zuken 7

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WINNIPEG

Calling for the federal government to assume the full cost of elementary educa’

'- tion, two veteran labor spokesmen were re-elected to civic office in the Winnipeg civic

elections Wednesday last week. They were Ald. Jacob Penner, with a 20-year recot :
of civic service, and School Trustee Joseph Zuken. Both were elected with good majon’
ties as candidates of the Labor Election Comittee in Ward 3.

Both contested the election
on a program designed to win
federal grants to municipalities
to cover the cost of elementary
education.

“Such grants, made statutory,
will solve all financial diffi-
culties of Canadian municipali-
ties,’ Ald. Penner said at the
city council meeting at which

his motion to that effect was

discussed.

His motion was not endorsed
by the council, whose majority
representation supports big busi-
ness policies, but two weeks
later Penner brought this issue
before a Town Hall meeting at-
tended by over 1,000 electors.

“This issue is vital for the
very survival of our municipal-
and is now transferred

from the floor of the city coun-

g

cil to the people,” he stated
amidst tremendous applause:

Ward 3 electors endorsed this -

all important issue on election
day. When the transfers of
second and third choices were
completed Ald. Penner had 4,920

votes, 620 votes above his near-
est opponent, and School Trust-
tee Zuken ended his victorious

SOAPAAARHARAAMAE BF pre

race with 5,390 votes, 709 votes
above his closest rival.

As a result of the victory in
Winnipeg there can no longer
be any doubt that the issue of
federal grants to defray the
cost of education of all children
in the age groups of elementary
grades, ‘has. strong support
among citizens.

Opposition candidates tried to
bring forward two points against
the proposal, both of which
were effectively refuted. by the
labor candidates. They tried
to scare the electorate with the
bogey that federal grants meant
control of education. Penner
and Zuken replied that the Can-
adian constitution guaranteed
that education must remain

‘within the jurisdiction of the

provinces.

: - Another opposition argument

was that it does not matter
who pays the cost of education,
whether the federal govern-
ment or the municipalities —
it all comes out of the same
pocket.

Penner and Zuken told their

opponents to give the proposal
a second look. It explicitly
states that the money for ele-

ALD. JACOB PENNER —

mentary education must be pro-
vided by a reduction in militaty
expenditures, now made P05"

sible as a result of the easing f

of world tension after the Ge
eva conference. ;

The progressive movement +
Winnipeg is quite confiden!
that this major issue can ay
become a _ pivotal point °
struggle, for peace, reductio®
in armaments and for the solt-
tion of all major municipal ¢”
ficulties. :

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