~ ae ae ne ee ee Pe ee ee a ae « -“Tt is for this reason that the - time, «, Suicide diverts us from trying » CCF national 2ST AEE Na: BAR Hazen Argue Says ‘Neutral -- In Effort War' ‘To Prevent The official position of should be neutral in an effort to prevent war. This was : set forth in a CBC broadcast delivered recently by Hazen Argue, national leader of the CCF, the full text of which is published in the last issue of the Commonwealth. “We in the CCF,’ Argue Says, “consider that Canada’s €eographicel position, squar- ely between the USA and the Soviet Union, forces us to do : @verything that we can to re- duce the mutual fears of these two great powers. This is in ‘eur interests and it is also in theirs, fer no one, absolutely + no one, will profit from ther- ; monucfear war. CCF recommends that Canada ; become a buffer between the : Soviet Union and the USA, not meutral in case of war — if ; War came our neutrality would not be worth a plugged , mickel, nor would anything » else — but neutral-in an ef- . fort to prevent war.” : “On the basis of this posi- tion, Argue restates the CCF attitude towards NORAD . which is that it “is a waste of energy and money. Worse, this preparation for to do something sensible to prevent war.” He then goes on to elabor- ate present -CCF policy to wards NATO. Particular inter- est attaches to this because it will be recalied that Argue fhad declared right after the convention in Regina in August that the CCF leadership did not consider itself bound by the conven- tion’s decision calling for with- drawal from NATO. Since then, Argue and _ his colleagues have decided to ac- eept the opinions of the con- vention. Pointing out that the CCF eriginally supported Canada’s participation in NATO, but NATO “has developed into a purely military organization, putting great stress on the use ef nuclear weapons to deter er, if necessary counter-attack, any and all Soviet encroach- ments on the NATO area, whether or not the Soviet Un- ion uses nuclear weapons first.” He continues: “NATO, or at Teast two of its major partners, France and Germany,- refuses to engage in a serious debate en the merits of plans for dis- engagement and disarmament in central Europe. The Ra- packi plan is ignored. Instead of being a means. to an end, mamely, the. preservation. of peace and of the integrity of the Western nations, NATO has become an end- in itself; the C.C.F. is that. Canada NATO is so mucn a military organization that instruments for efficient economic co-oper- ation have had to be develop- ed outside of NATO ... “Not only has the German army been reconstituted but there now seems a real danger that the German army will be given nuclear weapons. - For the life of me, I cannot see how this will help in solving the problem of Berlin and of the partition of Germany! “As I said earlier, while these ill-considered, indeed po- tentially suicidal policies are being followed within NATO, outside of the alliance there has been developing a growing number of militarily uncom- mitted nations. It is the view of the CCF that Canada would best serve the cause of peace by withdrawing from NATO and using her influence to build the Third Force within the United Nations.” Stressing that the CCF seeks policies to avoid war, Argué goes on to charge that ‘the present defense policy of the government with its military alliances is one of preparation for a possible thermonuclear war, It is this policy which we Oppose most vehemently. The CCF insists that we must pre- pare for peace. “The argument that by re- maining in NATO and NOR- AD. we can influence the poli- cies of the Pentagon have been ore one time and time again.’ Dealing with the arguments in favor of remaining in NA- TO, Argue describes them as “either illogical or sentimen- tal. Our withdrz-val from NA- TO and from NORAD would be to the benefit of all nations, since we will have taken a forthright step away from the polarization of the world in- to two power blocs and moved forward in that larger emerg- ing community of nations, the Third Force.” Argue, when he speaks of a Third Force, is still giving Support to the idea that there are two power blocs in the world both endangering peace. This does not accord with the facts since the truth of the matter is that there is a force working for war, which is im- perialism, and a force working for peace, which includes both the socialist countries and the neutral nations of Asia and Announcement by the So- viet news agency Tass. dis- closed that the new spaceship had been put into “orbit. with the aid of an improved multi- stage super rocket. Nikolai Kachan, a member of the Soviet Academy of Sci- ences, was quoted by Moscow Radio as saying: “The boldest expectations have been sur- passed.” The Tass science correspon- dent pointed out that the new sputnik weighs nearly two New Soviet sputnik bigger than large motor coach MOSCOW—The successful launching of a 7.1 ton sputnik marks a major new vance in Soviet rocket design and technique. tons more than previous Spits niks, and added: : “It is possible not to note the immense possibilities which the ever-increasing weight of Soviet sputniks provides for accommodating living beings.’ Soviet scientist Prof. Dob- ronravov said that the Soviet Union has gone still farther ahead of all other countries, including the United States, in rocket technique. It is recalled here that So- National Committee Meets After hearing a report from chairman of the Canadian delegation, Tim Buck, the Committee meeting adopted a resolution which stated: “The National Committee notes with great satisfaction that unanimity of views was reached at the Conference on the world developments and the political line of the world Communist movement. “The National Committee sees in this achievement a further proof of the power of Marxism-Leninism and the Canadian Communists back 81-Party Declaration The National Committee of the Communist Party of Canada, meeting in Toronto last weekend, ‘unanimously endorsed the documents adopted by the Moscow conference of 81 Communist Parties in November. massive _ idealogical unity which unites the Communists of all countries.” The resolution adds “that we are happy to note that politi- cal work of the Communist Part of Canada in working out its Program, in elaborating its policies of Canadian indepen- dence, neutrality and peace.. is in complete agreement with the viewpoint of the world|s Communist movement.” The resolution calls on all Party members to study the documents together with the Party Program Policy Statement. A LESSON BELGIAN BIG and this despite the fact that 4 Rt ae Africa, CAN’T IGNORE. That’s the way the re- sults of the month-long Belgian strikes: are summed up by Sam Russell of the British Daily Worker. He says they went . back “unbeaten and unbowed to continue viet scientists have previ tested new rockets by — into the Pacifie. a This time, confident of reliability of their new sul rocket; they have stra away used it to carry the gest payload yet: into spat Just over three years the Soviet Union began conquest of space by lawl ing a sputnik weighing @ Ibs.—about the weight ! motor _ scooter; yesterdi sputnik weighs more thal large motor coach. ; The sputnik may be ¢@ ing a capsule to be ejected! recovered, and this laun¢l may also be a dry run for V ture shots carrying substam F loads of equipment. { It was orbiting every) minutes 48 seconds, 202 | from the earth at its ful’ _ point and 137 miles ate nearest, inclined at 64 deg! 57 minutes to the equator and recent} Sis ae sa BUSINESS the fight against the Eyskens govern™ by other means.” The strikes are descril. as the most important the Belgian we a % ers ever conducted. Pictures show ciel 3 strikers in Brussels fighting police tacks. (Right) A strikers rally: in Li February 10, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Pa#”