Voters rebuff U.S. interference MAJORITY REJECT NUCLEAR WEAPONS Canada’s federal election was a rebuff to Lester B. Pearson's advocacy of nuclear weapons for Canada and increased subor- dination to the United States, Leslie Morris, national leader of the Communist Party, told the Pacific Tribune last week. THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1963 VOL. 23, NO. 15 vee LOC VANCOUVER, B.C. Elected Conservatives HOW CANADA VOTED Biberalss 22-252 e Toy eigeens oF Social*Creditewes New Democrats __---__-_ by nee Sey 1963 1962 States Se ehaees 24) 100 eee x 96 116 sige oli ot - 24 30 17 19 agence re 265 265 POPULAR VOTE (Percentages Bracketed) 1963 | 1962 Cons. Hadas SEL BS - 2,530,437 (83) 2,865,582 (87) LADS ee 3,165,229 (41) 2,861,884 (87) NDP ome ae hae Bayh OS 1,086,853 (14) Geo she ae eee 926,155 (12) 896,574 (12) Others 4084. 2 ats 28,633 (—) 29,291 (12) Total wo eo O18 O15 7,690,134 HOW B.C. VOTED 1963 1962 PADEY AIR eee gg een ee aes sf 4 Conservatives:s°. 58) as. ee Sane 4 6 Social Credit -.____ ee ay ee cia 2 2 New Democrats ___-__-____- es as 9 10 Total. 2 =o een eee 22 22 (Percentages Bracketed) 1963 1962 SEONG 167,016 (23) 179,498 (27) Pires pice A a) 227,676. (82) 175,361 (27) NDR race = e218,015 38H) 206,259 (32) SUcred see S| 95,426 (13) 93,515 (14) Others ~_.-_ —— 4,686 _( 1) 1872 (1) Potal¢.. ck 2 sees 656,505 Liberals would ratify hydro pact-Perrault B.C. Liberal leader Ray Perrault said Tuesday that if the Liberals form the next government in Ottawa Pearson will continue with the Columbia ‘Treaty, even If it has to stay as it is. Perrault said that a major effect of a new Liberal govern- Ment would be quick action on the Columbia River treaty. He Said he had talked to iberal leader Pearson. recently and was given to understand that farson would act quickly to have certain sections of the treaty Tenegotiated, but that if the U.S. Wasn't Willing to make import- ant changes, the treaty would go Ahead as it is. _ The Communist Party warned 'N the election campaign that the “Iberals aimed to surrender the Columbia to the U.S. if they won the election. The admission of B.C.’s_ Liberal leader one day after the election, confirms. the Communist warning. In the last few weeks Coast- Capilano Liberal Jack Davis at- tacked the Columbia Treaty as a sellout to the U.S. in which he said, Canada is the main loser. Communist candidate Cihaates Caron warned that Davis was at stand to win votes, taking th ( but that the Liberal’s real aim was to ratify the present treaty. The duplicity of the Liberals is showing up only hours after the election. ee i cus | Although the armed services vote was still to come and final results had not yet beeen tabulat- ed, there was little likelihood the picture would change significant- ly. At the moment, however, it wasn’t certain who would form the new government. ° ‘‘Pearson is the most disappoint- ed man in Canada today,” sug- gested Morris. ‘‘The Liberal Party’s aim to lead a stable gov- ernment has been defeated by the Canadian electorate. The Liberals have not got an overall parlia- mentary majority.” Morris added that progresive people should feel no defeat over the outcome. ‘‘This election is not a disappointment, but a remark- able expression of independent feeling showing potential victor- ies for the labor movement in the future.”’ MAJORITY AGAINST LIBERALS Some people crying over the results are giving way to emotions and not seeing the realities. The fact is ‘‘a majority of the Canad- ian people voted against the Lib- eral Party, the pro-American Party in Canada.”’ What will happen now? A Tory-Socred combination in the new parliament cannot command a majority. The Liberals need the support of the New Democrats for a majority. What the prime minister will do is not even clear yet. ‘If Mr. Diefenbaker decides to stay on as prime minister,’’ said Morris, ‘‘and asks Douglas and Thompson to support him, then the NDP should insist that any such support would hinge on the rejection of nuclear arms and the enactment of such sorely-needed reforms as higher old-age pens- ions and a national health insur- ance system. Peace walk on Saturday A Peace Walk, sponsored joint- ly by The Fellowship of Recon- ciliation and the Society of Friends (Quakers), will be held on Saturday, April 13, commenc- ing at 10:30 a.m. The general public has been invited to join in the walk, which will start at the Vancouver City Hall and proceed along Cambie, across the. Cambie St. bridge to Georgia, and along Georgia to Stanley Park. Upon reaching the park, the marchers will join forces with the Canadian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament at Second Beach. The CCND has invited two speak- ers to appear — Rev. Nicholls from the Anglican Theological College and Dr. Peter Remnant of UBC. Both: men, whose views are diametrically opposed in regard to religion, will outline — their views on Canada’s peace move- ment and why they support it. On the other hand, Douglas has already hinted he might support the Liberals to get such reforms. The significant question, Morris emphasized, is: group support the Liberals’ in- tention to force nuclear arms on Canada when a majority of Can- adian voters expressed in one way or another ‘their opposition to this, and when the NDP is pledg- ed to vote against nuclear wea- pons?’’ REJECT A-ARMS Douglas should publicly declare that if the Liberals form a govern- ment his group will vote against any attempt to force the nuclear weapons on Canada, urged Morris. “The NDP, as we. advocated during the campaign, is in a position to exercise the balance of power to tip the scales against nuclear arms.”’ The trade unions, whose central bodies are committed to opposi- tion to nuclear arms for Canada, NDP clubs and members, and all who voted NDP, he added should make their voices heard. They should urge the NDP to vote against nuclear weapons in the House of Commons and so exer- cise its great responsibility as the balance of power. Morris underlined the fact that no basic questions were solved in the election. ‘‘They’re all still with us—the questions of peace and our military commitments through NATO, growing US.-Can- adian difficulties, social security matters, trade and markets, in- creasing unemployment.”’ NDP SHORTCOMINGS He noted that the Liberals and Tories between them still com- “Will the NDP. mand three-quarters of the pop- ular vote. “Political maturity among workers and farmers -has not reached the point where the dem- ocratic alternative to the old-line parties is regarded as a real Possibility.” Social Credit, with its number of MP’s dropping from 30 to 24; was rebuffed. But many who vot- ed Liberal in Quebec “did not do so because they wanted nuclear arms.’’ They were against Caou- ette’s “‘playing’’ with their deeply- felt opinions, and ‘‘posing as the champion of French Canadian national rights.” The NDP vote went up slight- ly, but it did not realize its full potential support. “T think Mr. Douglas miscalcu- lated the sentiment of his sup- porters and potential suporters by not grasping the torch of Can- adian independence and cam- paigning on. this great issue,” said Morris. “In effect, he left this role to Mr. Diefenbaker.”” The NDP could have gained thousands of more votes had Douglas taken the opportunity to take up this issue. At the same time, one of the reasons for this failure of the NDP to realize its full potential support was because of its ambiguous position on the issues of Canad- jan military ties with the U.S.A.” While NDP leaders and cand-_ idates made nuclear weapons a main issue, it was not consistent- ly placed in the forefront, and when pressed, they admitted their See ELECTIONS, pg. 3 WHAT NOW 2 Who will form the next govern- ment is still undecided as the PT went to press. However, with no party holding a majority, the pos- hibility of the NDP swinging the balance to reject nuclear arms is great. The NDP should now publicly declare it will not sup- port any government which does not reject nuclear arms, says Communist Party leader Leslie Morris. He urges all who oppose A-arms to make their voices heard now.