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VOL 19, NO. 44 ~ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4,. 1960

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Communists win victory in Winnipeg election

W. C. ROSS

WINNIPEG — Communist representation on Winni- beg’s civic bodies has been doubled with the election of

VANCOUVER, B.C.

_M.-J. Forkin as alderman and Mary Kardash as School

Trustee in Ward 3. They will join veteran Alderman Jacob Penner on City Council and Trustee Joseph Zuken on School Board.

rIn a field of 8 candidates

Forkin polled 3,243- first Choices to place third, with a lead of 1,511 votes: over his Rearest contender. .Mary. Kar- dash received 5,101. first choice votes to place second in 8. field of. 4 candidates, with 2 to be elected. She. led her Nearest rival by 1,073 votes. the strong lead. on first votes Was maintained by both For- Kin and. Kardash to the final Count. ander Winnipeg’s trans- ferable -vote system. When. de-| Clared elected, Forkin had 3,861 votes and Mary Kardash 5,497,

-In both instances the seat Was won from the CCF. Of the > aldermanic seats from the Working class ward, Ward 3

_ See WINNIPEG, pg. 8

M. J. FORKIN who together with MARY KARDASH scored a big victory in Win- nipeg’s civic election, last week.

. STEPS UP ATTACKS ‘A FIGHTS

DELEGATION TO CUBA

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The United States stepped up its campaign this week against

affairs.

The world was shocked last weekend by the landing of about 1,500 U.S. marines at Guantanamo naval base in a

-|show. of military force. The

pretence ‘that it: was a “holi-

-| day” for the marines fooled | on: one: Even>the reactionary

Vancouver Province headlined the event: “Marines ‘holiday’ in Cuba ‘seen as ‘U.S. show of

| force.’

Some: madmen in‘ Washing- ton: who still live’ in the past when. the cry “the marines have: landed” was enough to crumble all resistance by a colonial people, have’ miscal- culated. This: time the U.S. ac- tion has aroused millions in South America.and all over the world to protest the naked U.S. threat of military inter- vention in Cuba.

In Cuba itself, the U.S. pro- vocation has aroused: the Cu- ban people as never before. More than 200;000 people’s militia were quickly mobilized to meet this or any other threat.

Meanwhile, Moscow Radio this week warned the world that what it ,called “quite ominous reporis” indicating an imminent invasion of Cuba had been received. At the same time the Soviet govern- ment newspaper Izvestia re- ported that 13 warships had appeared in Eastern -Guate- mala Bay of Porto Barrios ready to attack Cuba.

Attempting to cover up its preparations the U.S. state de- partment. charged that Cuba is preparing to attack Guatemala, At. the same: time U.S. repre-

|‘sentatives in the U.N. moved

to. silence. Cuba. by having its charge of U:S: aggression re- ferred. to a committee where it would be held up for weeks.

Izvestia_ said .in. its..dispatch that -all. the preparations were

‘being directed. by the U.S.

Pentagon. .- : Expressing concern with

| what is taking place in Cuba jand. disturbed by the

lies spread in the labor movement by U.S. state department spokesman, the B.C. Federa- tion of Labor last week decid- ed to send a delegation to

Cuba with new provocations and threats while the valiant Cu-.

ban people fought back to assert their right to run their own

Cuba militiamen like these are standing ready to repulse U.S.-backed attack on their Island republic.

in sending a. large delegation. Meanwhile, the

about Cuba.

U.S. provocations in

Canada must not only de-

Canadian government remains mum

nounce Washington’s economic war against Cuba; it must also raise its voice in the U.N, against the aggressive military threats and actions of the U.S, in the Carribbean.

Labor demands action against Nazi activity

Vancouver Labor Council Tuesday night condemned in the strongest possible terms the statements of Andre Bellefeuille, self-styled leader of a Canadian Nazi Party.

They asked. the Canadian Labor Congress to press for Federal action against him for a violation of human rights.

The motion reminded the as- sembly that a short twenty years had passed since the Nazis plunged the world into a war which had cost the lives of 23 million people. Delegates expressed their horror and dis- gust that, with the conscience of mankind still reeling from the memories of Nazi exter- mination chambers, — indiv- iduals could calmly project proposals for American gas chambers ,to eliminate Jews and Negroes.

Local 1-217 IWA reported that the situation in the. lum-

Cuba to see for themselves.

ber industry is getting worse

dent. of the Local said that “the work force in the White Pine has been reduced 50% from 800 to 400 while two shingle mills, Red Brand and Kerr Road, have been shut down completely throwing an- other 200 men on the street.”

The cut back in the shingle industry is mostly attributable to a fall in housing starts ig western U.S. and points up once again the folly of making Canadian industry almost en- tirely dependent on American markets.

On civic elections the VLG nominated Bob Skelly for council in New Westminster and turned down Taylor in Vancouver and Hansen for

Union locals are asked to join] daily.” Sid Thompson, Presi-| Burnaby.