OSCOW PEACE PARLEY REPORT

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During the sessions of the
orld Congress for Disarma-
€nt and Peace all delegates
d observers were divided
to four commissions.

® Disarmament, its Politi-
and Technical Problems.

* Disarmament and_ its

nomic Aspects.

* Disarmament and Na-

Mal Independence.
Disarmament; Moral,

Itural,: Medical and Legal
spects.

The discussions in the com-
SSions and  sub-commis-
Ons proved to be most lively
d productive. They brought
tth many proposals that
Suld make easier the real-
On of the aim. of com-
€te and universal disarma-
€nt under strict interna-
nal control.

fhe commission on the
litical and technical aspects
disarmament proposed the
tting up of denuclearized
hes; evacuation of foreign
litary bases and the with-
Wal of foreign troops
®m every continent.

€re were many other
Toposals from this commis-
n, among them the peace-
Use of space; co-operation
tween States into the ex-
loration of space; all nuc-
- tests should be stopped,

EACEFUL TRADE

“he Commission on the
onomic aspects of disarm-
Ment agreed that there is
Need for unfavorable ef-
&cts of disarmament in any
Untry — but disarmament
2 be the road to increased
standards for. all

ple,
Participants in the Com-
Sion on Disarmament and
ational Independence ar-
U€d that as long as arms
Ntinue to be manufactured
Md stockpiled and the big
Wers continue their arms
&ce, there will be no secur-
Or peace in the world.
°n - independent countries
Strugsling for independence
Il face greater difficulties
Achieving their objectives.
—“tany speakers raised the
Yestion of the new forms
“ch Colonialism is assum-
8 to perpetrate its econom-
mination over newly in-

Adopt many proposals
fo advance peace-fight

This is the second article on the World Congress
Disarmament and Peace held in Moscow written by
C. Peace Council delegates Elsie Dean and Jeannette

dependent Countries.

One of these new forms
consists of substituting a
domination which though in-
direct, is none the less dan-
gerous under the form of
economic intellectual, tech:
nical and military assistance.

This Commission suggested
that the struggle for general
and complete disarmament
and the struggle for Nation-

al Independence are both
complimentary and inter-
related.

They urged the delegates
to intensify the struggle for
disarmament and National
Independence as the twin es-
sential tasks to establish
world Peace.

In the sub-commissions on
moral and religious prob-
lems, a large number of re-
ligious leaders from around
the world took part, includ-
ing -Reverend Perkins from
Toronto and Reverend Goth
from London, Ontario, as
well as Dr. James Endicott,
chairman of the Canadian
Peace Congress.

RELIGION AND PEACE

There were many points of
view and strong differences
of opinion on some questions,
but there was general agree-
ment that the great resources
of World Religions should be
used to obtain general and
complete disarmament as a
basis for world peace.

Scientists from these sub-
commissions made _ special
recommendations to the Con-
gress in that Scientific For-
ums be formed in countries
where they do not exist,
and encouraged and support-
ed where they do exist.

The Forums would have as
their objectives, information
to the general public on mat-
ters affected by science; to
keep the public fully and
correctly informed of the
achievements of science and
expose any attempts at the
distortion of scientific know-
ledge; and to encourage sci-
entists of many countries to
the service. of science and
peace. .

They recommended the
possibility of setting up, on
a very broad basis, an Inter-
national Institute of Science
Against War and for Peace.

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‘Renounce trade blocs’
call of Soviet Union

Only non - discrimina-

. tory trade based on mutual

benefit can ensure peace
and prosperity for Europe,
declared a major article
in Pravda recently,

“Experience has shown
that the losers are those who
renounce mutually advan-
tageous trade and subordin-
ate their economic interests
to military and political strat-
egy.”

The article, to which the
Soviet Communist Party
newspaper devotes two full
pages, is an exhaustive anal-
ysis of economic “integra-
tion” in Western Europe and
the Common Market.

It was prepared by the
authoritative Institute of
World Economy and Interna-
tional Relations — a research
body affiliated to the Soviet
Academy of Sciences — for
an international conference
of economists from 20 coun-
tries which opened in Mos-
cow on Aug. 28.

“Closed trading blocs are
becoming an instrument of
the economic war of imper-
ialism against socialism,” it
says.

The U.S. boycott of trade
with the Soviet Union, it
points out, is not holding
back the rapid economic ad-
vance of the socialist coun-
tries.

The calculations of the
leaders of the economic “in-
tegration” of Western Europe
that their policy will achieve
this aim are short-sighted,
says the article. The first
countries to suffer will be

those of the European Econ-
omic Community itself.

“The Soviet Union and the
other socialist states reject
the discriminatory policy of
exclusive economic group-
ings.”

The socialist countries, it
declares, ‘‘propose calling a
world conference on trade
problems to discuss establish-
ing a world trade organiza-
tion embracing all regions
and countries without any
discrimination.”

The article describes the
Common Market as a “state-
monopolistic union of the
financial oligarchy of six
countries of Western Europe.

It says: “The financial oli-
garchy seeks to find in ‘inte-
gration’ an answer to the
growing might of world soc-
ialism, which is becoming a
decisive factor in mankind’s
development.

“With the help of the
Common Market, it is at-
tempting to keep the old col-
onial and semi-colonial world
in the orbit of imperialism,
to reduce competitive strug-
gle in world markets and to
achieve consolidation of the
imperialist camp.

“But all these attempts are
in vain. As is pointed out in
the Program of the Soviet
Communist Party, the basic
contradiction of the world
today the contradiction
between socialism and imper-
ism — does not remove the
profound contractions that
rend the capitalist world.

“The monopolies are,

ing a united front for strug-
gle against Western Europe’s

: in,
fact, setting about establish-

working class.

“The main obstacle to the
lowering of real wages in
most Common Market coun-
tries has been the upsurge of
strike struggles by the work-
ing class.”

The article then points out
that in the face of strength-
ening political reaction, right
wing social democratic voices
have been heard in the chor-
us singing “integration”, and
goes on to say:

“The servants and agents
of the bourgeoisie in the la-
bor movement replace the
principles of proletarian in-
ternationalism by the so-
‘called ‘European idea,’ act-
ively support the ‘Europe of
trusts,’ ignore the basic inter-
ests of the working class and
openly renounee the struggle
for socialism. :

It makes the point that,
while Britain is economically
strong enough to remain out-
side the ECM, the behaviour
of its leading circles is de-
termined by political motives
—mainly the fear of weaken-
ing NATO.

All the sound forces of
Western Europe are interest-
ed in breaking the growing
power of a handful of trusts,
states the article, and “this
creates favorable conditions
for forming a broad anti-
monopoly alliance’ uniting
the working class, peasant
farmers and urban middle
strata.”

“The unity of the working
class is the main factor to
secure its leadership of the
anti-monopoly alliance, and
the guarantee that the al-
liance will succeed.”

Mungo Martin: A great
Canadian Indian Artist

By C. B. (VICTORIA)

B.C. lost her foremost na-
tive artist recently in the
death on August 16th of
master carver, Mungo Mar-
tin. Until shortly before his
death he had been employed
by the provincial museum at
Victoria, as a totempole car-
ver and painter.

Mungo Martin was born a
clan chieftan almost 83 years
ago at Fort Rupert on north-
ern Vancouver Island, in the
days when the old Indian

culture was still alive and-

flourishing. He learned the
carving art at an early age
and for years turned out
many articles such as masks,
housefronts, totem poles and
other special ceremonial ef-
fects.

However, when the. law
against the potlach was en-
forced and the subsequent
to Christianity
ensued, many of the cere-
monial articles were confis-
cated or destroyed. With
these changes, it became
more and more difficult for
an artist to make a living,
and so like many other men
of his village, Mungo Martin
became a commercial fisher-
man.

Notwithstanding this, he
put his spare time and en-
ergy into guarding and col-
lecting the songs,

stories, -

MUNGO MARTIN

In
later years he acquired a
tape recorder to preserve his
knowledge and recorded over

earvings of his people.

300 songs feast songs,
war songs, gambling songs
and songs of his own.

It was not until 1952 that
he was again able to devote
his full time to his art, when
he was engaged to supervise
the totem pole restoration
program at UBC. Since then,
except for a few interrup-
tions, he had worked for the
Provincial Museum in Vic-
toria. During his last years,
some of his greatest work
was done. In 1956 he carved
the world’s tallest totem

pole — a magnificent pole
127 feet high which stands
in Beacon Hill Park.

What was considered to be
his most original work is the
100 foot totem carved in
1957 as a centennial gift to
the Queen from the people
of B.C. An exact replica of
this pole was carved to stand
in Stanley Park.

Although the last few
years were perhaps the most
productive of his life, Chief
Mungo Martin expressed on
many occasions his loneliness
for his people and his desire
to be among them again.

Today, the art of the
“Kwakiutl” has become al-
most extinct under the blan-
ket of the white man’s cul-
ture. This is an art which
has been sought by all ma-
jor museums of the world.

The work of Chief Mungo
Martin is a priceless legacy

- to the people of B.C. and

Canada. His art has served as
an example and _ encour:
agement to the very fine crop
of young Indian carvers who
are following in his foot-
steps.

His whole life’s work is an
example of high principle
and conscious effort to not
only preserve the culture and
art of Indian people, but also
to thereby enrich Canadian
culture as a whole.

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_ September 7, 1962—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 7