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VOL. 19, NO. 34

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VANCOUVER, B.C.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1960

Power sellout looms Says Morgan at rally

“The Diefenbaker government is running interference for the B.C. Tories in blocking announcement of the sell- out that is pending on the Columbia,” Nigel Morgan told 4 Youth meeting in Vancouver East, Sunday.

Racy want to cover. up un- after the election is over € fact that they’ve joined p2tial Credit in scuttling a ut Canada First’ develop- Ment of Columbia power,” he thargeg. -

a chalténge them to deny

Asks action against American Nazis

ue demand that steps be of. © stop the dissemination teri Merican Nazi Party ma- lals through Canadian mails yee. this week by Com- Niet Party provincial-leader he Morgan in a letter to pour Bennett. -and. Prime Nister Diefenbaker. to Wns to the incitement ee omce against Jewish and tha, People Morgan charges Violat this material. clearly €s the United Nations arter of Human Rights of — Canada is signatory.” Sg Pacific Tribune © this s Carries an exposure of _ Sctivities of American

zi p : Page a in B.C. Turn to

that the so-called $1,000 mil- lion three-stage plan Premier Bennett and the federal -tories have readied for announce- ment will give the U.S. con-

trol _of. this vital resource which they’ve “wanted © for years — primary development

of the High Arrow for storage, the go-ahead on the long-con- tested Libby site, -and ~ clear- ance for: the secret Socred - Wenner-Gren - B.C. - Electric deal on the. Peace.”

“The Communist Party will fight with every resource at its command this capitulation and massive U.S. giveaway,” Morgan. pledged. “We will fight for Columbia develop: ment which puts géneration on the Canadian side ahead of U.S. storage; that will substi- tute a publicly-owned develop- ment of the Peace for the present . Wenner-Gren = give- away, a land area equal to a 12-mile strip stretching from Vancouver to Halifax. We will fight to bring electric and nat- ural gas utilities under one publicly-owned system to sup- ply power at cost,’’ concluded Morgan.

CONVENTION STAND:

S NATO SAY NOT

U N F

Delegates to the CCF national convention in Regina recently adopted a resolution calling for Canada to withdraw from NATO. Immediately after, newly-elected CCF leader Hazen Argue said he and the CCF MP’s would not be bound by this decision.

Following is the story from| the Pacific Tribune’s Regina correspondent:

By W. C. BEECHING

REGINA — The CCF na- tional convention above all else reflected the growing de- sire among wide masses of Canadians for peace. Despite strong. opposition from the right wing, the delegates ap- proved resolutions calling for the -withdrawal of Canada from Nato and Norad.

Resolutions turned into the convention. from CCF organ- izations, and positions taken at various constituency meet- ings and provincial conven- tions, revealed the mood of the- membership for neutral- ity and an end to the cold war,

Discussion of foreign policy was left to the dying hours of the convention so that very little time for debate and lit- tle press coverage was given the position taken.

Fortunately, there was some time left at the convention to discuss some aspects of Can- ada’s foreign policy. The con- vention debated Canada’s im- mediate withdrawal from its

Nato and Norad commitments. | allow this country’s defence

The resolution for with-

drawal from Nato and Norad |

reads in part:

“This convention re-affirms the recent decision of the na- tional council that Canada withdraw from Norad on the ground that Norad agreement provides no effective defence of Canada, but only hampers us from pursuing a more in- dependent defence policy in the interests of Canada. The keystone of Norad in Canada is to be the Bomarc anti-air- craft missile, which can be made relatively effective only by the use of atomic war- heads.

“We firmly oppose Canada’s consent to the use of nuclear weapons of any description on the ground that they will only serve to expand the ‘nuclear club’ and thereby make agree- ment on nuclear disarmament that much harder. This con- vention strongly urges the Canadian government to pur- sue a defence policy which is not determined by nor subor- dinated to any one country’s policies.

“We are especially appre- hensive that there is a grow- ing inclination on the part of the Canadian government to

policy to be influenced by American rather than Canad- ian interests. The net result is to infringe Canadian sover- eignty, while providing Can- ada with no real defence .

“We believe that Canada must at all times Bive vigor- Ous support to the United Na- tions and constantly promote the strengthening of the au- thority of the. United Nat- wons o.. 2

“Since Nato has become a purely military organization Canada should immediately withdraw from Nato in favor of promoting peaceful econ- omic and cultural activities through the agencies of the ITN2

Soon after the convention, over a Regina TV broadcast, Hazen Argue, in answering questions put fo him, bluntly stated he would be bound by the convention’s decision on Norad because the national council had already agreed to that proposition. He went on to state, however, that he considered the resolution for withdrawal from Nato not binding, but merely a guide, since the national council has yet to work out policy on

‘ this.

This week the Pacific Tribune publishes a special 12-page B.C. election issue. In these pages will be found the reason why B.C. needs a Communist voice in Victoria — to get action on peace, jobs, security.