During October large ceremonies were held throughout Ugan- da to hail the independence of the African country from Brit- ish rule. Photo above shows one such celebration in Kampala, the capital. The new national flag of Uganda has six stripes in black, gold and red which symbolize the_people, sunlight

and freedom.

Komsomol criticized, lauded

The Soviet Young Communist League (Komsomol) was criti- cized at the recent plenum of the Central Committee for having “many elements of fanfare and show-off” in its work.

The critic, Komsomol leader ‘Sergei Pavlov, said that the fault stemmed from the Stalin era; Stalin’s prescription that the Komsomol should become an ‘‘ed- ucational apparatus’’ to ‘expose “enemies of the people’ had

greatly damaged the organiza-

_ tion.

But the Komsomol, now 20 mil- lion strong, was — despite short- comings — now “‘in the front line of construction work,’’ he added. During 1962 more than 130,000 young people had volunteered to work at construction sites, includ- ing the Bratsk (Siberia) hydro- electric station — the largest in the world.

US. DEMOCRACY IN DOCK

U.S. Communist Part: ‘ trial to open 1 Dec. Il

A powerful ‘“‘stop the trial of the Communist Party’ appeal has been made in New York by James L. Tormey, executive sec- retary of the Gus Hall-Benjamin J. Davis Defence Committee.

The trial, the first trial of a political party in the history of the United States, is due to open in Washington on December 11.

The charge is refusal to register as a “foreign agent’’ under the McCarran Act.

“If the Justice Department is allowed to bring the Communist Party to trial as scheduled, Amer- ican democracy itself will be placed in the dock; no minority party, no American will be safe,”’ said Tormey.

“A veritable sea of telegrams

and letters must flood the offices of Attorney-General Robert Ken- nedy in Washington demanding “that he call off the trial of the Communist Party and drop the indictments against Gus Hall and Benjamin J. Davis.

The appeal, which appears as a paid advertisement in a number of periodicals, says that Gus Hall and Benjamin J. Davis, leading spokesmen for the Party, have

‘ON THE COMMON MARKET‘'—

‘British lion is tamed’

Appearing under the above heading in the last issue of

the B.C. Native Voice is this article my Maisie Hurley, wife

of the late well-known lawyer.

Mrs. Hurley publishes the

Native Voice, which is a lively paper reflecting the needs of Native Indians. She has been active for many years among

the Indian people of B.C.

By MAISIE HURLEY Publisher, The Native Voice

For the first time in my life I feel like a baby left on a doorstep, alone and un- wanted.

At the time of Queen Vic- toria’s Jubilee in the 1890’s I was lifted to the table and for sixpence recited the Na- tional Anthem: God Save the Queen. “Frustrate their knavish tricks and in our

hearts we fix: God Save Our ~

Queen.”

I have been the most pat- riotic woman in the world until today . . . I am sorely beset by grave doubts.

In every war that has tak- en place in my lifetime, our ‘menfolk have enlisted to a man.

In the First World War. I lost uncles and cousins and suffered an even more deep and personal loss in the death of my only brothers, both of them killed the same day. The death of my young bro- thers, barely beginning their lives, caused my father to die of a broken heart. De-

‘spite our grief, we accepted

our lot without complaint.

We knew that our sad ex- perience was shared by thou- sands of other Canadians who stood by the Mother Country in her hour of trial.

As I write this on Remem- brance Day, I recall - these bitter memories, of a brother first wounded and 10 friends wiped out at Vimy Ridge. And I recall too those who returned crippled for the re- mainder of their shortened lives.

In the Second World War, three of my sons served in

“woud from the menace of

fascism—one in the Seaforth Highlanders and two in the Merchant Marine.

~~. MAISTE HURLEY

My eldest son was killed —the deepest grief a mother can experience.

But again I was not alone. Again, many thousanés of Canadian mothers went through the abyss of despair that only a mother can un- derstand. We took our heart- aches because we loved the Mother Country deeply.

Those vile German militar- ists who started all the trou- ble years ago set out to con- quer the world. To bring their own people behind them, they turned them against the Jewish people, plundered their property, and before it was over, brutally murdered six million Jewish children, women, and men. No nation before or since has exceeded the savage tortures inflicted by the Germans.

Now, as a reward for all the sacrifice we have made, Great Britain, the Mother Country, has made Germany the richest nation in the

“the bitter struggle to save the _

Germany’s side. With the mutual kiss of Judas, they have made themselves amcng the strongest countries in the world today.

With these two nations heading the so-called Com- mon Market, the British lion is sitting up like a pet dog whining pitiably for the scraps Adenauer and De Gaulle are willing to toss from their well - laden tables. And crumbs and scraps now seem to satisfy this once proud creature which _ formerly chose its own diet.

Our deep love and loyalty for her have been discarded by the Mother Country.

It is as reprehensible as to see a mother welcome to her bosom and bed the man who murdered her dead husband: and dear children.

Well, I’m getting old, I guess, but I think we and Great Britain should stop whining and begging at the Franco-German table.

A young German said very recently: “You licked us twice on the battlefield, but we’re not through. Next time we'll lick you with a suitcase.”

German money is financ- ing our mines strategic materials from them is is be- ing shipped to Japan (and much of it returned in manv- factured form, bringing a double return to the outside investors).

German citizens are buy- ing up Strategic and valuable locations throughout British Columbia—on the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Queen Charlotte Islands, at Squamish .. . Big signs warn us that trespassers (on our own land!) will be _ prose- cuted.

There are indeed none so blind as they who do not wish to see. ;

Yes, on this November 11 we remember and weep and _ think of Flanders’ Fields . . .

GUS HALL

been arrested and released on $5,000 bail each.

If found ‘‘guilty’’ for failing to “register’ as “‘traitors,’’ they face fines of $600,000 and 30 years jail.

The ‘editors of The Worker, Political Affairs and Mainstream have undergone secret Grand Jury questionings.

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, mem- ber of the editorial staff of the New York Worker, and Dr. Her- bert Aptheker, noted Marxist his-

torian, are testing the pas ss provisions of the McCarran which threaten people with ja attempting to travel. PRISON CAMPS

The American Committee ™ the Protection of the Fo Born, the Veterans of the ham Lincoln Brigade, and Council for American - Friendship are contesting” orders of the Subversive ities Control Board, which them to “register”? as ‘‘Col ist fronts.” :

The Mine, Mill and Sm Workers’ Union has been 1a? “Communist - infiltrated” faces persecution.

The Justice Department made ready the prisoner-of camps of World War II for tims of what the F.B.1. “Operation Round-up.”

Under this, in time of “¢ gency”’ the Attorney-General intern anyone without trial ¥ he thinks in the future may © mit sabotage or “endanger © nation’s security.”

The Gus Hall-Benjamin Defense Committee has apP fer contributions to help on the fight. Contributions sh be sent to Cyril Philip, treas 22 East 17th St., New Yor N.Y. (Room 1225).

Greenwell calls for 10-year parks plan

“Vancouver Parks have become political footballs and the recre- ational facilities needed by our children must not be kicked around to suit the needs of ambitious - politicians,’ Dusty Greenwell, independent candidate for Parks Board, charged this week.

“Our Parks Board should have a parks program, supported by

U.S. Builds Bases In Spain, Soviets Charge

The Soviet Union charged in the United Nations last week that American rocket bases had been built secretly in Spain.

Soviet delegate Zorin told the U.N.’s main political com- mittee the United States had transformed Spain into ‘a base for the launching of war in Europe”’, while the Franco regime was using the military bases as a defense against the Spanish people.

the city council and by from the senior governmel® he said, in calling for the € lishment of a 10-year-plan park expansion and an ¢? the present system of alder determining parks facilities all other requirements had squeezed out of the budget.

On the proposed purcha Shaughnessy Park, Greent stated: “I am in favor of ac? ing Shaughnessy, but I am op? ed to paying the CPR $2% i for it. Last year, rateP turned down a proposal to © Shaughnessy for $2.2 mill! CPR is paying taxes on Sha nessy on the basis of $7, acre; but we are asked t0 $36,000 on acre!

“Let the city expropriate ! pay for it on its assessed V@ *

Regarding the proposed P° chase of Langara Park, well commented: “Lang snould not be before the P this year. It is designed t? fuse the issue and should Dé over until the question of sha! nessy is decided.” ;

“Common Market or no Common Market, we're | not calling him Wilhelm Gottlob Smith!”