YOL. 22, NO. 15,

FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1962

VANCOUVER, BC 10¢

large Easter march to ONpose nuclear weapons

The largest Easter Peace March ever held in British

jain is expected to take place next Saturday, April

for when many organizations and supporters will join Ces to express their united wish for peace.

ects in many centres As ake place around the nN slogan: “No Nuclear oe For Canada”. Re Ancouver the B.C. mes tire of the Canadian ae cae for Nuclear Dis- 2 ea is ‘sponsoring a as which will assemble at * on Park, Fraser and eee at 9:30° ‘a.m. and off at 10 a.m. € parade route will be o Kingsway to Broad- » North from Broadway urrard, across the Bur- ns Hedge and along Beach + © Second Beach. cal will address the i €rs at the conclusion of hae Parade. The Committee __ ‘Nvited the public to join © march. highlight of the Vancou- Parade this year is ex- €d to be large scale par- econ of trade unionists ‘i Wing the recent action of in. ee Labor Council 1 me Saas the march. A cals as been sent to union pay? urging them to take

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= the heading “Does ore?” the letter states Baie nuclear war threatens this Vival of humanity on « ae It urges that stro ada must speak out

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The B.C. Peace Council this week appealed to its suppor- ters to join the Easter march. The Council also announced that it will rent an airplane to fly over the Vancouver parade with a sky banner reading “No Nuclear Arms’.

pom’ the “ Fraser ~ Valley”

came news this week that peace marchers will assemble at the Peace Arch at Blaine on Friday, April 20, at 8 a.m. to march into Vancouver, joining the Vancouver parade on Saturday morning at Rob- son Park. The Fraser Valley march is organized by the Focus Society of White Rock

which sponsored a_ similar march last Easter. From Vancouver Island’

also came word this week

_ that plans are under way

there for a peace walk spon- sored by local committees of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Theme of the walk will be “No Nuclear Weapons”, and is expected to be held Easter Saturday and end up at the Parliament Buiidings in Victoria.

Plans for the Vancouver Ishind peace action were be- ing finalized by peace groups this week and are expected to.be announced shartly.

U.S. ignores protest ver nuclear tests

the 72 world opinion and tral Ered pleas of the neu- Disarm €gates at the Geneva 4 ament Con ference, Nticg ‘S. this week served large that she will start a Soon Series of nuclear tests

mee cfter April 15,

INSIDE Report on CLC Onvention, Pg. 3. The Federal udget, see —_“ditorial, pg. 4.

The tests will be conducted near the Christmas Island in the Pacific, in an area 800 miles long and 600 miles wide.

Japan has protested to the U.S. against its decision to warn ships and aircraft away from the area, The projected U.S. tests are being protested in many corners of the world.

This week the Soviet Un- ion charged that the. U.>;- British ultimatum to accept their terms for a test-ban treaty or the tests will go ahead, was an attempt to jus- tify the new series of tests before-world opinion.

McNaughton charges sellout to U.S.

Charges by Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton last Friday that the Columbia River Treaty is a sellout to the United States has fo- cussed national attention on the draft treaty and aroused a storm across Canada. erating capacity of on-site

‘No further time should be lost in notifying the United States that Canada does not intend to proceed with ratifi- cation of the draft Columbia River treaty’’ Nigel Morgan, B.C. leader of the Commun- ist Party told the Pacific Tribune.

“Tt is unthinkable that Par- liament should even consider ratification now, in light of the grave charges levelled by the Canadian Chairman of the government’s own Inter- national Joint Commission,” he said.

“General McNaughton has confirmed what opponents of the Columbia draft treaty have said right along — the Canadian negotiators allowed ‘the Americans to skin them alive’. And who is in a better position to judge the effects of the draft treaty on Canada than the man who has headed for 16 years the government studies of engineering and de- velopment plans? eit

“The Benhett xovermnrent’s position that all that’s needed now is payment in cash for downstream benefits is totally unacceptable. the give-away have produced uncontestable evidence that so-called ‘downstream bene tits’ will neither compensate Canada for: (1) providing the storage facilities for the U.S.; or (2) for the losses in gen-

“CANADA-FIRST” PLAN

Opponents of.

power in Canada: The fed- eral government’s own . ap- pointed has now confirmed that fact.

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GEN. McNAUGHTON, whose charges proved the correctness of the cam- paign waged by this paper

. ivr, suiapping the Columbia

River Treaty. HITS DISMISSAL “General McNaughton’s weekend statements cannot be swept under the carpet. We protest in the strongest terms the vindictive and arbi- trary action the Diefenbaker government has taken in Mc- Naughton’s dismissal. It is a brazen attempt to gag another

Canadian patriot, who placed the interests of Canada be- fore his own personal for- tunes.

“We demand that Ottawa make immediate provision for a public hearing where the opinions and evidence of the man who headed Can- ada’s Columbia River devel- opment studies can be review- ed and given the serious con- Sideration they merit.

“The Communist Party has repeatedly called for: (1) Re- jection by Parliament of the draft treaty; (2) Federal-pro- vincial co-operation for an immediate start on develop- ment of Mica Creek and the Columbia ‘Dorr Diversion’ plan advocated by General McNaughton to provide maxi- mum power generation in Canada; (3) Continued disal- lowance of power exports

until Canada’s present and

future potential needs are guaranteed; and (4) Develop- ment of an all-Canadian, East- West, publicly-owned nation power grid to provide Can- ada’s energy and light needs at the lowest possible cost, vand stimulate the develop- ment of Canadian industry ‘and jobs.

“We intend to intensify that campaign, and appeal for the broadest possible un- ited action in support of these vital interests. General Mc-

See POWER, page 3

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THIS IS THE Kootenay Diversion Plan advocated by McNaughton to develop hydro in B.C. Ii would cost less, yet give Canada the main benefits from its own rivers. It will provide more power under Canadian contro]. It will eliminate costly highway, road and communication reloca- tion. This plan would put Canada First.

U.S. industry

THIS IS THE anti-Canadian Columbia Treaty Plan. This plan would provide the least power for Canada and the greatest advantage for the U.S. It would expand

based on B.C. power at ex-

pense of Canadian industry and jobs. It would destroy Arrow Lakes industry and recreation facilities. Plan puts U.S. First.

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