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NEW THREAT

which the

the Soviet

socialist camp in

leading power is

Union.

The

particular

forces of peace oppose

in the Paris and
Copenhagen decisions of NATO.
NATO
decisions, nuclear weapons of
miss destruction are to be
the hands of the

same German imperialists who

According to these

placed in
in a single generation launch-
ed two world wars and caused
the peoples so much bloodshed
and tears.

result of the
American

This is the

policy of the im-
restore German

to promote

perialists to
imperialism and
its economic, political and mili-
U.S., continue
their war preparations. They
sabotage every effort to relax

circles of the

international tension.

Through constant manoeuv-
ring they seek to prevent the
summit conference proposed
by the Soviet Union. They re-
ject an atom-free zone in the
centre of Europe. They refuse
to stop nuclear tests. They es-
tablish U.S. nuclear bases and
rocket sites in the European

NATO states.

In these ways, they aggra-

vate the international ~ situa-
tion. Everywhere the Ameri-
can imperialists incite new

conflicts and provocations and
show themselves to be the bit-
terest enemies of the peace and
liberty of the peoples.

Millions of people all over
the world oppose these dan-
gers with growing determina-
tion. The wish of the peoples
to live together in peace
finds every support from the
tary power. American imperi-
alism is supported by leading
circles in Britain, France and
other member states of NATO
in this policy.

The American finance mag-
ates aiming for world domi-
nation, plan to use the Fed-
eral Republic as the main
base for their aggresive de-
signs in Europe.

Today German imperialism
has been restored both eco-
nomically and politically in
West Germany, and is expand-
ing its military might at great
speed.

Starting with Speidel, the
German imperialists have
started to occupy the top com-
manding posts in NATO. The
Ruhr barons have increased
their domination in the Eur-
opean Coal and Steel Com-
munity from year to year.

with
goods and capital exports has
converted the West European
countries into debtor nations
of West German finance capi-
tal.

Their ruthless drive

In violation of the obliga-
tions they undertook when the
London and Paris agreements
they are de-
manding nuclear weapons and

were adopted,

missiles.

the arms
between -- Bonn,

Through agree-

ments Paris
and Rome and through the
Euratom Treaty they seek ‘to
appropriate the results of re-
search and development work
done so far and to start their
own production of missiles
and nuclear weapons, in order
to. achieve a technical arms
superiority over other West

Europe countries.

Thanks to the American de-
liveries of nuclear and rocket
missiles to the German im-
perialists and with the begin-
of their own. nuclear-
weapon production,.. the Ger-

man militarists will be ina

ning

position to pursue their own
aims still more ruthlessly, to
seize leadership over the
European NATO states, and
use NATO for their own ad-
venturous ends.

The danger arising from
putting nuclear weapons and
missiles into the hands of the
Federal Republic is all the
greater because these weapons
of extermination are to be at
the disposal of the same gen-
erals and S.S. officers who,
under Hitler’s regime, were
the murderers of Oradour and
Lidice, the experts of mass
extermination in’ Oswiecim
and Buchenwald.

The ruling circles of the
Federal Republic make no sec-
ret that they want to conquer
the German Democratic Re-
public. They make open terri-
torial demands on the Polish

People’s Republic and = on
other countries.
Chauvinist propaganda,  fi-

nanced from secret govern-
ment funds, propagates once
again a “Greater German
Reich,” which is to include
both Austria and Alsace-Lor-
raine. Thus the German im-
perialists aim to extend their
domination in all directions.

However, in view of the re-
lation of forces in the world
today, this adventurous policy
can only end in a complete fi-
asco for them. snd

Centennial city banquet honor
ent”

the cope :
banguel |

pioneers of socialist movem

Sixyy years of socialist activity, in the old Socialist and Communist parties,
the LPP, were represented by the 50 guests of honor attending the centennial
socialist pioneers held last Saturday at the Legion Hall on West Fourth Avenue here.

Among those seated at the head table were a foundation member of the CCF; Robe it]

Coe

ner, who joined the old Socialist party in 1910; a former CCF provincial leader,

Lyle Telford; the only~ sur-
viving foundation member in
Vancouver of the Workers,
later -the Communist party,
Julius Stelp; and one of the
two men-still living who con-
tested: ~ Vancouver. seats as
Socialists before the First
World, War, William’ Murray
McKenzie, now of Victoria,

who ran-in the 1909 provin-
cial election.
Introducing the..guests of

honor, Tom McEwen, editor
of the Pacific Tribune, who
himself joined the old Social-
ist party in 1916, said:

“Our purpose here . tonight,
in this centennial year-.of our
province, is. to honor those
who. have pioneered the soc-
ialist ideas, each according . to
his or her understanding - of

Marxism, which surely will
triumph in. our second cen-
tury.”

McEwen :paid tribute to a
number of socialist pioneers
“whom death has robbed of
their’ right to sit as our
honored guests tonight,” among
them the late E. E. Winch,
MLA, William ‘Ol’ Bill” Ben-
nett, Tom Barnard, E. E. Leary
and Ed Wennerlowe.

He alsa read greetings to
the banquet from Sam GQuth-

City unemployed rally demands

‘the

rie, former Socialist and later
CCF. MLA Cowichan-
Newcastle imprisoned for his
leadership in the Vancouver
Island ‘coal strike of 1912-14;
Helena. Gutteridge,  Vancou-
ver’s -first woman alderman,
who was a leading figure in
the suffragette movement and
the old. Socialist party; and
82-year-old. Bob Kydd _ of
Prince Rupert, who was a
foundation member of both
Socialist and .Communist
parties.

for

Among those who addressed
the 200 people attending the

-banquet were Mrs. Mabel Tel-

ford, who spoke for Dr. Tel-

ford — “although no one can
really speak for him except
himself” — who is slowly re-

gaining his speech after a re-
cent» stroke; Joe “Ivens .of

‘Okanagan - Mission who said

that “we old socialists have
laid the foundation~ and now
it’s up to the young people to
build a house fit to’ live in”;
W. M. McKenzie, who recalled
that’ he was fired from sev-
eral jobs in’ succession after
he ran_as a Socialist. candi-
date; C. M. Stewart, Helen
Mathieson, Harold Pritchett,
Robert Skinner; Rev. Albert

Hodgkins, Pete Muni)

Fraser Wilson, who ool
his first cartoon was PY
in the old B.C. Fede
in 1917. é
Seated at the
were: Dr. and Mrs. L
ford, W. M. McKenzies
Skinner, Rev.
Hodgkins, George Eds

old and Mrs. Pritchett Ff

Wilen, Julius Stelp, Pe
Mrs. Munro, Joe me.
Karme, Emil Saari, 9°

Mrs. Bingham,
Theodore Bardal, Mie
Davis, John Lee

Truscott, C. M. and Mrs. el |

art, Fraser wilsow,

Mathieson, Eb and MF

George Miller, Alf

Herbert and Mrs. oust i

Sarah Erenberg, Mis:
Chud, Georsgé
Duncan McLean,
Nick Tlatov, John
William and Mrs.
Fred Bassanoff,

ih
Queen, Nick Covale: | oi Mt
I

Among _ those inv) ¢
unable to attend
illness were Ale*

Mrs. Henne Bell, one

munity and iot eh ft
Organization, and FF |
nér of Victoria.

henefits as long as jobless

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Unemployment insurance benefits should be paid to all workers “from the ee

of one job until the start of another,’ Nigel Morgan, LPP provincial leader, tol
400 jobless at Powell Street Grounds on Friday afternoon last week.

“4 . . = * " 0) y
Calling for united action to compel the Diefenbaker government to meet its rea ii
to Canada’s half million unemployed, Morgan criticized trade union leaders wh? Fe

to give their jobless members
the assistance and leadership
required under present condi-
tions. :

“Those men and women who
have loyally supported and
built their union organizations
in recent years, and whose dol-
lars have gone into the build-

ing of fine union halls and-

substantial treasuries, have.a
right to expect more from their
union leaders than they: are
receiving today,” said’ the LPP
leader.

“This turnout is encourag-
ing, for it demonstrates that
you are prepared to battle for
your rights. But in the present
situation, where tens of thous-
ands of jobless workers have
just been: cut. off -supple-
mentary benefits by an Ot-
tawa edict, this park could be
jammed with unemployed, if
only the unions, the CCF and

other organizations would join
with us in. doing something
unitedly about it. United
labor-farmer political action
would force the Diefenbaker
government to act and act
quickly.

“Further, Diefenbaker. must
do something more than just
talk about the possibility of
increasing trade with China
and the socialist. countries.

“Many public works projects
could be launched to ‘take up
the slack’ in employment.
Meanwhile, benefits should be
available to all until jobs are
available.”

The meeting unanimously
endorsed a resolution address-
ed to Prime Minister Diefen-
baker which read:

“Whereas, there are still
more than half a million un-
employed in Canada, despite

July 11, 1958 —

are

ie tie

the fact that this y 4
industrial season, ye
“And whereas; sur

ary unemployment 4 nd
es

: ing *, jt
week in June, caus” of

benefits were. cut

distress to thousa?

less workers; yest
“Therefore be “400
that this meeting

ers demands thet ont
government (1) ve

pay unemployMe? ple

until jobs are 2¥* . {of
Call a conferenc® | ail!
provincial and CIV)" oi,
ties to plan a MO ots
public works ee
Take action to ? net
with China and
tries, which woul
for thousands of sd

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