rest Wie Te cn: hale ic fF TP VMN ve FROM CREW, PE CN. WORLD EYES ON GENEVA: START ON ARMS CUT CAN hood a steel Sti ny) VOL. 19, NO. 10 Phone MUtual 5-5288 50 Authorized as ‘second class mail by the Post O1tice Department, Ottawa. VANCOUVER, B.C. FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1960 B.C House urged to adopt peace resolution Adoption by the B.C. Legislature of the Nimsick peace resolution would be an important contribution by our province to the world-wide demand for disarmament, B.C. Peace Council said this week in a public statement. Soviet warning | on Spain bases A Soviet warning against plots between West Ger- many and Franco Spain was - contained in a note sent by the Soviet government. to, U.S., British and French embassies last Friday. ‘Charging that attempts to establish West German bases in Spain, “seriously complicates the situation in Europe and cuts across the relaxation of tension,’ the Soviet note said: “The Span- ish - West German intrigues clearly aim at causing fric- tion between those taking part in East-West talks, and undermining the ten- nation disarmament com- mittee and at making the work of the Summit confer- ence more difficult.” ‘The note accused the 3Y CANADA“£ “As one of the 10 countries on the United Nations Disarm- ament Commission, Canada can exert an influence out of all proportion to her size, in getting the commission to start work on proposals for total disarmament, dress by Tim Buck, national leader of the Communist Party of Canada, to a public meeting in Winnipeg last week. ; East - West disarmament talks get under way in Geneva, March 15. The com- mission was set up by the United Nations and has five socialist and five capitalist states represented. Canada has appointed General Burns as its leading representative to the talks. Buck pointed out that five of the countries on the com- mission — those of the Social- ist bloc — have indicated their preparedness to start work immediately. However, the U.S. has influenced the other Western powers to agree to ‘two delays in convening the | commission. By voting to start work now, Canada could swing the balance to make sure that the commission makes a start on total disarmament. The resolution, moved by Leo Nimsick (CCF-Cranbrook) | calls for “full support of total world disarmament and of all practical proposals towards this end.” “This resolution should win the support of every MLA — Social Credit, Liberal, In- dependent and CCF,” the peace council said, “for peace and disarmament are of equal concern to all. Peace is above politics. “We urge everyone to write his MLA, ‘care of the Parlia- ment Buildings, Victoria, and urge him to vote for this reso- lution. If your MLA already supports the peace resolution we ask you to write to Prem- ier Bennett, urging his sup- port.”’ Adenauer government of “taking action designed to undermine international confidence and ‘co-operation every time prospects open “Disarmament would usher in a period of peaceful co-ex- istence,” declared Buck, ‘and this is indispensible to Canada. It is the only way to ensure our au This was UCK the theme of an ad-- TiM survival as entity.” The form of struggle be- tween capitalism and socialism today is changing in the direc- tion of an economic contest. While capitalist countries are squandering their resources on preparations for war, socialist countries are giving aid to un- derdeveloped countries. BUCK an independent Buck took issue with state- ment of Prime Minister Dief- enbaker to the effect that Can- ada is threatened by the eco- nomic offensive launched by the Soviet Union which is re- sulting in- Soviet dumping in Canada’s traditional markets. “Tt is not true,” Buck declared, “that the Soviet Union is un- derselling Canadian timber in Britain. The reason why Soviet forestry sales to Britain are rising is because Britain does not have to pay for them in hard American dollar cur- rency. The Soviet Union, in re« turn for sales of forestry pro< ducts, is buying British goods.” Buck called on the’ federal government to establish a fund to guarantee exports of surplus farm, fishery and forestry com< modities to underdeveloped countries. This would greatly develop foreign trade with those countries which are rapidly gaining influence under the explosive force of nation-. alism. = This ad appeared in a Scottish newspaper in January. Despite widespread unemploy- ment in Canada, the ad says that among others “urgently required” are steel and metal workers, painters, plumbers, welders and carpenters. The Canadian government, accord- up for better relations.” ing to the ad, is offering loans to assist workers to come to Canada.