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U.S. plans new invasion, Cuba warns

REVELSTOKE VOTE REJECTS COLUMBIA SELLOUT PACT

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Vo, %) SEPTEMBER 7, 1962 ESO 10¢ 22, No. 35 VANCOUVER, B.C.

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ap , here is alarming evidence that Cuba stands in danger ‘“W military attack. thay ae Castro and other Cuban leaders have made it clear Reteg © Cuban people are strong enough to cope with another ‘hf Wary invasion such as that which was so soundly beaten Were ay of Pigs a year ago last April and which was so the Ww Y condemned by public opinion in Canada and around tly ®rld. But they have found it necessary to warn, as Castro Yernti, July 26, that the threat of direct U.S. military inter- Temains grave. Wee *esident Kennedy’s disclaimer of such intentions last “tteg "Ings hollow in light of the way he seized upon a fabri- Big tY about a U.S. plane being fired upon fo issue a ack” order, Us, ®t there be no illusions about the lengths to which the Yo} ulers are prepared to go to destroy a couniry whose Meg ~ St achievements are inspiring all of Latin America to ie Struggles against Yankee imperialism. The U.S. hg ‘Stration is quite capable of manufacturing “incidents ©N using them as a cause for war. Uber “8's people are in the vanguard of the struggle for the Sth Hon of all peoples from colonial oppression. Their cause ety fause of all nations fighting against U.S. domination— Mg Canada. S % 4), CtY threat to the peace of Cuba is a threat to the peace : €stern Hemisphere and indeed of the whole world. ‘ous © Pacific Tribune urges its readers to take very ser- Wea” is new U.S.-organized crisis in the Carribean. We ‘late ®m to take part in demonstrations before U.S. con- tga » 8nd to encourage the adoption of resolutions by all beep jzitions of the people demanding that the United States ens S hands off Cuba, and calling on the Canadian govern- Cuba ® speak out against these fresh incitements against Nd against peace. .

Voters of Revelstoke provincial riding Tuesday delivered a telling blow against the present Columbia River Treaty by defeating the Social Credit and Liberal can- didates and electing New Democratic Party candidate, Mrs. Margaret Hobbs.

Following the election Mrs. Hobbs said the Revel- stoke election was fought over development of Colum- bia River power and said she will continue her late hus- band’s stand against the High Arrow Dam, which is a key feature of the present Treaty.

Speaking for the NDP, Mrs. Hobbs said she support- ed Mica Creek Dam and strongly condemned plans for the High Arrow dam which will flood large areas in the riding, and store wat- er for U.S. dams.

Final vote gave Mrs. Hobbs 1,095 votes against Social Credit’s A. Lundell 1,023, and Liberal J. W. Johnston only 465.

Although Mrs. Hobb’s vote is less than that polled by her husband in the last elec- tion{1,417), her election was by no means certain. The Tories had refrained from running a candidate in the hope that this would defeat the NDP and elect the Socred.

The capitalist press also speculated that the comple- tion of the Rogers Pass high- way would help the Socreds

and deprive the NDP of a few hundred labor votes of workers who left Revelstoke after completion of the road.

On the eve of the election Premier W. A. C. Bennett spoke in Revelstoke in an attempt to justify his Colum- bia policy. The vote’ a few hours later was a repudiation of his stand.

Election of the NDP in Revelstoke also proves the feasibility of electing an NDP government in B.C. in the next election, as advo- cated by the B.C. Communist: Party in its recent Labor Day message.

"INVENTED INCIDENTS’ CHARGED

Cuba hits U.S. war build-up

A build-up is going on from Havana indicated this Last Wednesday U.S. Pre- sident Kennedy told a press conference: “I am not for invading Cuba at this time.” However, despite Ken- nedy’s statement, Havana re- ports indicate that prepara- tions for a new attack were in full swing in Florida and some Central American countries, where Cuba coun- ter - revolutionaries have been placed in training camps by their U.S. masters. The 23 men who less than two weeks ago shelled a sub- urb of Havana ang then re- turned to Florida have not been arrested, although their action was a glaring viola-

in Florida for a new attempt to invade Cuba, reports

week.

tion of international law. Instead they have been wide- ly. publicized and hailed in the U.S. and Canadian press as heroes.

At the same time USS. planes and warships have made a number of _ incur- sions into Cuban territorial waters and air space, increas- ing provocation against Cuba daily.

A statement by Fidel Cas-

tro, released September 27

iby the Cuban Embassy in Ottawa, branded as an out- right lie the charge made by the U.S. government on Aug- ust 30 that two small Cuban boats shot at a U.S. plane.

Castro’s statement said: “We categorically affirm that the statement of the USS. government is absolutely false. It concerns an incident purely invented as a method in which Yankee politics have large experience.

... “Neither a craft, naval or aerial, of Cuba has ever committed a hostile act of any kind in any form against airplanes or ships, installa- tions and waters on North American land. Instead, mil- itary ships and planes of the U.S.A. have violated hun- dreds of times our aerial. space and waters.”

See U.S. THREAT, Pg. 3

_ Londoners say ‘NO’ to C

Many. centres in Britain have seen de- monstrations like this one in London’s West End calling for a general election and against: joining the Common Maar- ket. Public protests against Tory plans

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to take Britain into ECM have risen sharply on the eve of the Prime Minis- ters’ conference opening in London on

September 10.

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