COLUMB ‘ACT NOW TO STOP A SELLOUT’ Protests mount on surrender to U.S. Reacting quickly to last week’s announcement from Ottawa that a secret deal had been made between B.C., Canadian and U.S. repre- sentatives to speed the sellout of the Columbia River to the U.S., the Columbia River for Canada Committee issued an emergency appeal calling on the public to act now to save the Columbia River for Can- ada. The Committee’s appeal is made all the more urgent with the announcement Tuesday that the B.C. cabinet had approved the secret ca) a | Ui FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1963 VOL. 24, NO. 51 <=" 10¢ World hailsnew As 1963 was drawing to an end the world this week welcomed two moves which have been wide- ly hailed as encouraging to the Cause of world peace, Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Johnson ‘Tuesday Pledged his country to continue the policy of the late President Kennedy in pursuing the cause of World peace. He appealed for an €nd to the cold war ‘once and for all.” His speech was hailed by dele- Sates to the U.N. The. Soviet Union’s chief delegate, T, Fed- °renko, urged that the Johnson Speech be followed up with ‘‘prac- tical steps’’, Immediate speculation follow- ing the Johnson speech, and ac- ton taken last week by the Soviet Union in cutting its arms budget, . that joint action may be agreed © in the near future between East and West in arms cuts. _ Last week Soviet Premier Fe tshchev announced that the 4 W budget would cut defence °sts by almost $700 million. ae Said the government is also Bearing a cut in its armed Sie as a further move to Uce international tensions, on trushchev threw out. a chal- aa to the Johnson administra- In the U.S, to act likewise. € stressed that the impetus for . €se moves had developed from © signing of the partial test Nn treaty, rae same time, the Soviet allieg warned Washington andits Pane against trying to take ad- a. age of the cut in the arms ‘a and reduction of military ae He pointed out that vs R would continue to main- Boon military strength at a = & y Sufficient to defenditself allies against aggression. _ Happy New Year! Tce Page 2 for the Pacific ene S unique New Year's ting to its readers. pain keeping with the practice of vious years the PT will te Publish in the week be- €n Christmas and New Pridy Next issue will appear bY, January 3. Khrushchev again underscored the determination of the Soviet Union to defend Cuba from at- tack. He urged a reduction of armed forces in Europe by referrring to a recent NATO statement that its forces are now larger than the Warsaw Pact countries, and said: “then why do you not agree now to a reduction of forces?’’ pact. “The fate of the continent’s greatest power-irrigation river system hangs in the balance. IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO ACT!” says the opening line of the Com- mittee’s appeal. ‘¢The main issue is clear. Ca- nada must maintain control of the Columbia River to meet our future needs, But under the terms of the draft Treaty we would sacri- fice control for all time to a foreign power. **Now is the time for Cana- dians from all walks of life, re- gardless of their own particular party views, to unite to save this great resource for our country. Wire or write the Prime Minis- ter and your member of Parlia- ment today; SCRAP THE DRAFT TREATY! RETAIN CANADIAN CONTROL! DEVELOP THE CO- LUMBIA RIVER FOR CANADA!”’ * * * Meeting Tuesday night the Van- couver Labor Council unani- The guilty men These are the men who represented B.C. and Canada in. last week's talks with the U.S. which signed a secret agreement to sur- render the Columbia River to the U.S. From left to right they are B.C. MP Jack Davis, Northern Affairs Minister Arthur Laing, Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Paul Martin, B.C. Forest Minister Ray mously decided to undertake a5- point program of action to stop the Columbia sellout. Delegates agreed to: @ Send a telegram to Prime Minister Pearson protesting the terms of the draft Treaty and de- manding a full hearing of the Parliamentary External Affairs committee before further action is taken, @ Send a telegram to External Affairs Minister Pan! Martin and Northern Affairs Minister Art Laing, expressing opposition to the Treaty. e@ Send a telegram to T. C, Douglas and Bert Herridge, re- questing allthe latest information and developments on the Colum- bia situation. e Wire B. C. Attorney-General Robert Bonner and Lands & For- est Minister Ray Williston, ex- pressing opposition to the Treaty. @ Wire Saskatchewan Premier Woodrow Lloyd, requesting to be kept informed of any and all de- cisions reached at the forthcom- ing water resources conference of the three prairie provinces. Williston and B.C. Attorney-General Robert Bonner. In the last (Lloyd has called a meeting of ministers from Manitoba, Sas- katchewan and Alberta to discuss water resources on the prairies this month, Diversion of Colum- bia waters is expected to be dis- cussed at this meeting.) ates: * * Details of the secret agreement between B. C., Canada and the U.S, have been kept from the public. Reports to the press in- dicate however, that the U. S. ‘plans to buy the river by offering a $420 million advance. It is hoped by the negotiators that the public will be stampeded into accepting the unpopular Treaty by the prospect of mil- lions of dollars going to boost the economy and employment. There appears however, to be many secret gimmicks inthe new pact which have not been reveal- ed, Main feature of the deal is that *«for a price’’ the U.S. will estab- lish U. S. control over this vital Canadian power and water re- source. See COLUMBIA, pg. 3 Federal electionDavis andLaing were both critical of the draft Columbia treaty. Davis branded it a ‘‘betrayal of Canada’s inter- ests.’’ Now, with the latest deal, they have betrayed the people of their ridings and all Canada. U.S. bill endangers B.C. fore By MAURICE RUSH A grave threat to B.C.’s forest industry was posed this week when the U.S. Senate last Monday adopted a bill which requires that all Canadian lumber be stamped to show the country of origin. So grave is the new threat to the forest industry that Trade Minister MitchellSharp told Par- liament that a *‘confidential note of protest’? was delivered to the U.S. State Department and the White House by Canadian ambas- sador S.A. Ritchie. Premier W. A. C. Bennett, who until recently remained silent while U.S. forest monopolies built up the campaign against B.C. lumber, was this week compelled to urge Ottawa to protest the U.S. action. The legislation will now go to the House of Representatives and if passed will go to the President for his signature. It is under- stood Canada may ask the Presi- dent to veto the measure if it passes the House of Representa- tives. At the present time Canada exports annually about $285 mil- lion worth of lumber to the U.S. The B.C. forest industry supplies $234 million of the total ship- ments. Therefore, the area which will be most severely hit by any U.S. restrictions on Canadian lumber will be the Pacific coast. For many years the Pacific Tribune has repeatedly warned against trade policies which put all our eggs in one basket and the danger to B,C.’s economy st industry unless we diversify our trade and seek new markets with the soc- ialist, Commonwealth and newly- independent countries, * * * The new bill requiring marking of lumber is seen as the first of many serious restrictions against Canadian forest products. Many other restrictive measures are under study and being pressed by monopoly groups in the U.S. However, the present measureis very serious. Continued on pg. 2