Morgan speaks

Nigel Morgan, provincial leader of the Communist Party, will speak at the following cenires on his current tour of the Interior;

Nelson, Sun., July 9, Eagles Hall; Thrums, Mond., July 10, Community Hal]; Trail, Tues, July 11, 625 Wellington St.; Kelowna, Wed., July 123. Ver- non, Thurs,, July 13, Elks’ Hall; Revelstoke, Fri., July 14; Mable Lake, Sat., July 15,

: The Okanagan-Kamloops Re- gional picnic. which was to be held at Tappen Beach Sun. July 16 was cancelled because Cf a local jaundice epidemic, Instead of the Picnic on that date Morgan will speak at the Notch Hill Community Hall, Sun. July 16 at 7 p.m,

Defuse The

By ALAN WINNINGTON

“Berlin is the cheapest atom bomb of all,” said Ernst

Reuter, former ‘West Berlin “West Berlin's job,” said

Willi Brandt, its present mayor| ticians and militarists

“is to slow up.as much as possible and disturb. as much as possible the stabilisation” of.the German Democratic Re- public.

And why? In preparation for the Anschluss, for the annexa- tion of the G.D.R. for Berlin to be the restered capital of Greater Germany.

They have deliberately re-

installed in West Germany, and in, West Berlin, the people who |

caused 60 million deaths in

Europe and now intend to give |

them nuclear weapons.

The Soviet Union, which tore the guts out of Hitler’s army at terrible cost; insists on stopp- ing this reckless drive to an- other war. -

West Berlin is the first place to_begin calling a halt,

It lies 106 miles inside the territory of the German Demo- cratic Republic. Western allied occupation of -West Berlin is re- Barded by Bonn’s rulers as

‘ their ace of trumps in the pro-

cess of strangling and annex- ing the G.DR.

But that would mean war,

The West. Berlin poison sac is known to contain at least 86. Western secret-service and @spionage . organizations. “A eollection of secret agents that must be unique,” said the West German Schwaebisches Tage-

' Dlatt.

Organized smuggling and

economic sabotage by means of

the false exchange rate main- tained in West Berlin are Sub- sidised by Bonn at fantastic eost.

From ‘here too is organised

‘industrial sabotage—arson and ‘the blowing up of factories, ' pridges and railways.

With each new access of strength the West German poli-

mayor. have emerged more into the open with their demands for annexa- | tion of the G.D.R. and the re- vision of post-war settlements, | just as Hitler did, | It is obviously absured to | imagine that the Western Pow- iers would now negotiate for neutralising West Germany as was agreed by the anti-Hitler coalition. But .a start can be made by neutralising West Serlin and taking the fuse out | of this “cheapest atom bomb.” Legally and geographically the West German Government has never had a shred of right to be in West Berlin at all. It has opened quite illegally some 50 West German Govern- ment offices there although elections to the West German Parliament do not embrace Berlin. : The three Western allies used to have some right to be in

West Berlin under postwar agreements. These were all four-Power rights exercised

jointly with the Soviet Union.

But the Western Powers divided Berlin and conducted Separate elections. They intro- | duced West German currency

{and restored the old Hitler |

judges.

Western allied rights in Ber- |

lin rested. on the agreements with the. Soviet Union. In breaking them the rights dis- appeared. Their attempts to use their occupation to tnstall Adenauer’s regime illegally in West Berlin have become stead" ily more insistent and provoc- ative.

These old agreements also governed access to West Berlin from West Germany. ‘These rights have been misused to transport West German Parlia-

mentary meetings to West Ber-

¥. Berlin Bomb

lin and to hold huge nazi-style rallies demanding annexation of the G.D.R. and parts of neighbouring countries.

West German Power and truculence have 8rown with this help anq increased the tension in West Berlin to flash point.

Nobody in his Senses could deny that the danger of war bein g§ Started by West Germany Is a real danger or that its

likely be West Berlin.

And as War Minister Strauss put it: “The reply to the very first rifle shot will be nuclear and thermo-nuclear explosions

No wonder that West Ber- liners whom I stopped in the street all said they would like to see negotiations for a peaceful solution to this prob- lem.

“Obviously we have to talk —obviously.” one businessman said. But Adenauer refuses to talk or even to recognise the existence of the G.D.R. as a State because to do SO would reduce his chance of 8rabbing it by force,

In the interests of peace the G.D.R. has agreed to West Ber- kt becoming a neutral, de.

militarised, free city. It thus ; renounces its rights over part | of its own territory.

| That is already a major con. | cession.

It is willing to guarantee | that the free city of West Berlin will not be interfered with and will have its own in- dependent rule, legislation and social system. -

It agrees to token foreign forces being present, if neces. sary under the United Nations, to see fair play, and it guar- antees access to and from the city from all directions.

It only insists that West Berlin should cease to be a Western military base and point for subversion.

point of Starting Would most |

Toronto unionists f ally behind building strike |

; hel TORONTO—Following the giant rally f ati 16,000 and 18,000 trade unionists at Contr one Exhibition Grounds on June 26, Toronto labor S¥ oot the embattled construction workers continues nd of yd

Building trade unions Mon-| out since the & may

day considered a general work| A mass rally of met *toppage on construction pro-| this Wednesday ction woes Jects to win a just settlement| Toronto’s constrict 8 from contractors. Twenty-two| where it is expet oul 5 . unions voted for a general) be announced o off walkout to Support about 10,-| construction Wor me O00. Strikers who have been| jobs. : ay

SETTLE KUWAIT DISPUT i. PEACEFUL MEANS SAYS IR®

Traq’s delegate to the united Commentin Nations this week charged | action Soe that Britain had lodged a com-/ Palme ere

plaint with the UN to ‘“Sustify See i

a warships to Kuw? a blatant act Of aggression

: a move to ae waits } Committed by British forces} domination of wid

landing in Kuwait.” i ; ° jon ist This charge was made at an| East and a preparat e & See ee Mieting of thal tervenition eee Security Council in New York.| popular revolutio?

Argue on Berlit

Continued from ; page 1 jon *. In reply to a quest som

trolled by Canadians 0 id el & Yr any- floor Argue gal ; edit ies else,” and added that| an eed for ge “f

€re should be no nuclear | ition of China Weapons for Canadian troops pete

: i ing abroad either, A story circulatl ¢ the a

: tha re

Turning to Cuba and the meeting was ¢ the OASIH, +tee 0 fied

Argue said the world almost| Wincial Committe roe

sp? came to disaster some months! Pad refused to since

j e, ? 480 when a U.S.-train meeting for Argu skate eauipped army invaded ioe of them support "faa joo? “Now,” he added ‘|Premier Douglas

= ’ “they want 2 Party: Us to. join OAS as 3 Pobbey ship of the Nf aan Stamp for their de ees

OAS.

eds.” RO SaRT AD é

SOVIET T# yy atBue ‘Strongly criticized ict ly a S. President Kennedy for} Trade between Ita by

sn Speech to the House of] Soviet Union incre? the emmons telling Canada what percent in 1960 ove?

it should do for NAT i O and! vious year. —

HEMINGWAY: “WRITIN@ ‘MISSED PURPOSE”

Commenting on she Fo of famous America? F ' Ernest Hemingway 28 os? end, the British Daily said: 4 od “The first and greet og our literary “tough oo Hemingway had 2 Pa d effect on a general} writers in the English age.

“His writings at theif ys" caught the courage Of ¢ 0 man spirit, the dignitY ed but they missed the Pet which can put that ©" co that dignity to work i fully for worthy ends- ~

ERNEST HEMIN GWAY

$ July 7, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE