Sn COMMUNIST PARTY STATEMENT: United action needed for peace, Warns against disruptive group The B C. Executive of the Com- Munist arty this week released the following statement deulin, ae the need for unity in the fight "Peace and warns of the devisive Activities of a disruptive group: United actionto preserve world pee is urgently needed, United oa imperialism, unable to de- ft the people of South Vietnam Shting for their freedom, has launched an attack on North Viet- nam, aoe national executive of the - : ; facut Party of Canada stat- gigs 2 February 12 press re- cf €, “Unless the aggression is Opped the world will beplunged into the flames of a thermo- Nuclear war,” Hace release calls for action to 3 Pp the Aggression—Negotiate i settlement, The road Boe lies in a return to ois Observance of the 1954 ey Agreement, It lies in Viet § aggressive war on North nam, It lies in withdrawing »-S. troops from South Vietnam, oe contrast to this stand for €d action to preserve world beace as g condition for social Progress there are those who aes or minimize the danger ermonuclear war; who em- sa WINNING instead of ING the war in Vietnam. Last Wednesday, February 10, 4 small group from the Canada- China Friendship Association, demonstrated with placards in front of the Pacific Tribune, a labor paper which has been fight- ‘ing for 30 years for the people’s interests including the cause of peace, This small group demon- strated because the Pacific Trib- une closed its pages to their dis- ruptive activities, In reality, whoare these people who demonstrate under the name of the Canada-China Friendship Association? Most of them are either members of the *Pro- gressive Workers Movement” or adherents of that organization’s political line. The magazine section of the Globe and Mail (Feb, 6, 1965) carried a page long article on Jack Scott entitled, “A Happy Rebel, Left of Left®. Inthe inter- view Scott stated that “both the Communist and the New Demo- cratic Parties were gutless”. Then, speaking of the labor move- ment generally he said: «They'll get nowhere in trying to shake up this country unless they’re ready to use force”. * The declared aim of the Pro- gressive Workers Movement is to supplant the Communist Party of Canada, The Progressive Wor- ‘kers Movement is led by Jack Ask readers cooperation Some PT subscribers have notified the circulation department that they have been receiving literature from the Progressive ee Movement stamped with the PT printed address, Some ese have included the expiry date of the PT subscription, add We regret to inform our readers that prior to moving many ress “hopping” plates were stolen, Thanks to the efforts of many be Clunteer workers the mailing list was put back in order and the Paper continued to be mailed .out despite the attempt to create voc in our mailing department. We ask the cooperation of our readers who receive such material/ Se don’t open it but turn itintd the PT office as it arrives in the Scott, expelled member of the Communist Party of Canada and also expelled member of the New Democratic Party; Jerry Leb- ourais, and Gene Craven, both expelled members of the New Democratic Party. Vancouver lawyer Andrew Joe, acting as spokesman for the group of demonstrators, was interview- ed by T.V. He charged that the Communist Party had tried to subvert the Association when it was first formed, The opposite is true; Jack Scott was expelled from the Communist Party for introducing into the Association issues which were designed to mislead the Association away from its stated aims and to turn it into a vehicle for expressing the opinion of Scott and others who have since formed the Pro- gressive Workers Movement, The demonstration led by An- drew Joe was in fact a contin- uation of these activities by mem- bers of the P,W.M, and its ideo- logical associates, These activ- ities are in contradiction to the Association’s aim of peace, friendship and cultural relations with People’s China. In this instance theP,W.M. was most anxious to give maximum publicity to the Felix Greene meeting because his views onthe Vietnam crisis coincide with theirs. His television interview and his speeches make this clear, Felix Greene’s speeches con- tributed much to bringing under- standing about building socialism in China. However this contribut- ion was greatly weakeneu by his stand on the present crisis in Southeast Asia. Greene’s approach to the war in Vietnam was to emphasize who would WIN the war instead of HOW TO STOP IT. When asked whether the war could dev- elop into a thermonuclear war, WARM BUT LIMITED RESPONSE A5 new readers — so far By JERRY SHACK . (Circulation Mgr.) ee kick off our 30th anniver- sake Celebrations, this paper de- is €d to seek the help of all its : ee friends, supporters and Members of Press Clubs to into- qd : Uce the Trib to 300 new people b FP the end of March, This, we Ught, is a most practical way to Mark the 30 existence. th year of our The response to our plea has been warm, but limited, For ex- ample, the Trail club with eight and Vancouver East with nine Introductory Offers sold are showing the way ahead, But the Vancouver Island region with a quota of 50, has yet to send in its first name. Greater Vancouver has man- aged 20 on its quota of 160, Delta has six on 40, the Okan- 30TH ANNIVERSARY Enclosed is $1 for a, 3-month ADDRESS My way of observing the PT's birthday, Celebrations. Please send the paper to:. Vutroductory | Offer subscription to the Pacific Tribune. This is in the spirit of the 30th Anniversary (This offer applies only to new subscriptions and expires on March 31, 1965) Hy agan three on 12 (due strictly to the efforts around Kamloops), Dewdney has: sent in one on seven, and we’ve received 15 from the Province generally on a quota of 35. All told, the City’s 20 Intro- ductory Offers plus the 25 from provincial points give us a total of 45 to date . .. but we can do better. We know that most Press Clubs have not yet really seriously tackled this Special Offer, but we'd like to point out there’s less than a nomth and a half to go ‘til the end of March — so here’s ‘hoping we get off the ground in a hurry, In last week’s edition of the Trib, we reported that long-time reader Mrs. Annie Tapio of Sur- rey sent in $30 to commemorate our 30th milestone, A few more such very welcome gestures would go a long way towards establishing a really festive at- mosphere around the PT office, We heartily endorse this meth- od of saying “Happy Birthday” and urge others to do the same, SS, Canada’s The maple leaf flag this week became Canada's official flag in ceremon- ies held across the country and different parts of the world. new flag his only comment was “Yes, it is quite possible”, Then he im- mediately returned to the sub- ject of who would winin Vietnam. The ommission was very obvious, * In December, 1964, the Sino- Canadian Friendship Association of Montreal published a 3-page bulletin which was circulated widely across the country, de- voted entirely to an attack on the Communist Party of Canada, In January, 1965, the “Pro- gressive \orker®, the paper put out by the “Progressive Workers’ Movement” reprinted the article, attributing it not to the Sino- Canadian -Association but to a “Marxist-Leninist group of Que- bec”. res Both articles were signed by one A. Villeneuve who says “The revisionism of Khrushev and his followers (which includes Can- adian Communists) have aban- doned the class struggle under cover of peaceful co-existance, as well as the struggle for the liberation of colonial countries and the international preletariat”” It was interesting to note at Tim Buck’s meeting the follow- ing question sent up by one of these like-minded individuals: “When is Russia going to give the Vietnamese some tools like airplanes or A-bombs, or Russ- iam troops, or does the Red Army. only dance nowadays? The affin- ity of thinking is clear, They elevate the national liberation struggle above that of world peace, Their’s is aa policy that rejects the possibility of pol- itical advance within the con- text of peaceful co-existence, a policy that rejects the reality of 60 newly-independent states since the second world war. The line advanced by these people is not in fact a militant one, Rather it is one of capit- ulation before the aggressive act- ions of imperialism which con- PUBLIC MEETING Hear NIGEL MORGAN on Vietnam and B.C. Legislature DELL HOTEL, WHALLEY Tues., Feb. 23 — 8 p.m. Surrey Club, Communist Party stantly threaten the peace of the world. We need to exercise the great- est vigilance against the divisive views and actions of this so- called Progressive Workers Movement. The National Exec- utive of the Communist Party of Canada characterizes this group thus: “The Progressive Workers Movement is a divisive element in the labor movement; an anti- Party, anti-Soviet grouping whose aims and activities are harmful to labor and to the people’s movements in the strug- gle for Peace, deomocracy and socialism.” Max Frankel, N.Y. Times cor- respondent in Monday’s Province quoted a U.S, official as saying “There is-time, there is hope, History may determine it is al- ready too late, that the die ‘s cast, but I am sure that the Government’s strategy is not yet determined.” We must see that the fateful dicision that still has to be made is in favor of world peace, United people’s action on a world scale can guarantee that. Exciting and Thrilling New Soviet Film: “IVAN’S CHILDHOOD”’ (with English Sub-Titles) Sunday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. Russian People’s Home 600 Campbell Ave. Se VST SSSSSSSSESOSSEOESESEOE Workers Benevolent Assn. 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