Abdurrahman Mohammed,
Zanzibar’s Minister of Foreign
Affairs, has charged that certain
interests which would like to see
intervention against the island
republic are fabricating stories
about the recent revolution hav-
ing an anti-Arab character.

**We reject this dirty slander,’’
he stated. ‘‘Our revolutionisan-
ti-feudal and pursues social
aims.

*‘In 1952, the Egyptian people
overthrew King Farouk who was
an Arab, but nobody tried to say
that it was an anti-Arab action.
There is no ground to ascribe
this to our people either.

“The Sultan overthrown by the
revolution was a Zanzibar Far-
ouk.”’

Mohammed pointed out that
the two political parties ‘‘Afro-

-Shirazi’’ and ‘‘Umma,’’ which
formed the new coalition gov-
ermment, are co-operating in
building a new Zanzibar.

*‘The government. of Zanzibar
intends to carry out a number of
important economic reforms. We
shall give land to the peasants,
that is, to those who will till it,’’
he said.

“We intend to change the lop-
sided colonial nature of the

Zanzibar rejects slanders

country’s economy. Parallel to
the cultivation of clove, the gov-
ernment will devote attention to
rice and maize, and to fishing.
“We would like to have the
closest contacts and cooperate

with the Soviet Union and other
socialist countries. We express
the hope that the Great Soviet
Union would render our people
all-round support in building a
new Zanzibar.’’

Mohammed welcomed Soviet
diplomatic recognition of his gov-

Ottawa action to save B.C.
fisheries urged by UFAWU

The United Fishermen & Allied
Workers Union called on the fed-
eral - provincial conference on
fisheries in Ottawa last week to
**recommend policy designed to
improve the status of fishermen
and allied workers.’’

It proposed the encouragement
of unions and cooperatives to per-

mit the primary producers and .

other workers in the industry to
advance their socialand ec-
onomic welfare.

The union brief contained the
following proposals:

* Protection of Canadian Fish-
ery resources against depletion
by foreign fishing fleets, with
high seas salmon fishing to be
prohibited by international
agreement. ”

* Extension of territorial wat-
ers to 12 miles from point to
point baselines without exception
and with no phase out period for
nations now fishing these waters
and claiming historic rights.

* A program of license limita-
tion in the B.C. fishing industry.

* Expansion of salmon re- -

sources in a number of ways.
* Development of new markets
- for Canadian fishery products.
* Policies to provide for
workers displaced by automation
and technological change.
* Provision of more adequate
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-coastal areas.

* Establishment of a separate
provincial fisheries department.

* Development of a deep sea
fishing fleet.

The union brief, read to the
conference by secretary Homer
Stevens, was one of five from
non-government organizations.

Stevens told the conference
that ‘‘Legislation across Canada
should protect the basic human
rights of all fishermen andallied
workers to organize, to bargain,
and to withhold their labor col-
lectively.
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declared, ‘‘the development of
Canada’s fishing industry serves
only to perpetuate and strengthen
the big fishing corporations
whose major concern is an ever
increasing profit reaped at the
expense’’ of the workers.

MORTON SOBELL, 14 years in
prison for a crime he swears he
did not commit announced last
week he wants those appealing in
his behalf to stop seeking clem-

ency and demand “‘a full pardon

based on my innocence and noth-
ing else.’’ A petition is being cir-
culated by the Justice for Morton
Sobell Committee, 940 Broadway,
New York City.

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ernment with the following state-
ment:

“The Soviet Union’s recogni-
tion of our People’s Republic is
of exceptional importance. At
this difficult hour we felt the
friendly support of the fraternal
Soviet people. (We offer our)
most heartfelt congratulations
and gratitude to the Soviet people
and their government.

‘Recognition by the Soviet
Union of our republic will further
strengthen friendship both be-
tween our two peoples, and be-
tween the USSR andall of Africa.’’

Wife of Greek
prisoner thanks
PT for support

Betty Ambatielos, wife of
Greek political prisoner Tony
Ambatielos, recently returned to
her home in London from Greece
after failing to win freedom for
her husband.

Although many political pris- ~

oners who were held for decades
behind prison bars were re-
leased, many are still being kept
in prison.
their release is continuing.

In a recent letter to a Greek
resident in Vancouver, Mrs. Am-
batielos wrote: ‘‘I am terribly
pleased to see the photo published
in the Pacific Tribune. Tomor-
row I will take it to the women
at the office of the Families of
Political Prisoners.

*‘T know they will be very en-
couraged,’’ she writes,

‘‘Papaspyrou, the Minister of
Justice in the Papandreou gov-
ernment, signed release orders
for about 390 political prisoners.
I have seen many of those re-
leased and their storiesare most
moving. It is a tremendous ex-
perience to see men walking out
of the prison gatesand embracing
their loved ones after 18 or 19
years.

*‘On Jan. 2 I was at the prison
when 39 men were released. The
first to walk out was a man of 35
who had been a raw youth of 17
when jailed; then came the vet-
erans like Paparigas (brother of
the Paparigas who was murdered
after being arrested when he was
General Secretary of the Greek
Confederation of Labor in 1946).

“Some of the women were
laughing and crying together;
other aged mothers stoodaround

trying to share their joybutfeel- -

ing deep sorrow because their
Own sons were not released.’’

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Large crowd enjoys
Burns anniversary ©

Under the auspices of the Bur-
naby Social Club a capacity audi-
ence filled the Lochdale Hall on
January 25 to celebrate the 205th
birthday anniversary of Sco-
land’s national Bard, Robbie
Burns.

It was truly a ‘grand nicht?’
with bagpipes, haggis, Scottish
Songs, dances and recitations
selected from the poetry and
songs of Burns. :

In his capacity as Master of
Ceremonies, a job he has per-
formed for many years at Burns’
anniversaries, Peter Munro kept
a fine concert program rolling,
adding to it himself with his ac-
cordion selections of marches,
strathpeys and reels.

Soloist was Mrs. Joyce Crist
whose rendition of a number of
Burns’ most beautiful songs was
enthusiastically applauded. Mrs.
Elspeth Gardner recited a poetic
tribute to Burns by the noted Sov-
iet poet, Samuel Marshak, and
two of Burns classical poems,
‘<To A Mouse?’ and **A Man’s A
Man For A’ That.’

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tistic perfection.
Piped in the haggis.

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Mrs. Jean Pritchett offered

‘Selkirk Grace’’ whenthe Hags” ret
had been piped in to the ee

table, with William Stewart (BO!
ermakers) doing the honor of ha
gis carving with a recitation
the poem ‘‘To a Haggis’’.

Tom McEwen, editor of te
Pacific Tribune responded to
toast ‘‘The Immortal Memor
with a short address on the
and times of the Bard.

Encouraged by the stead!
growth of its annual Burns Al
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