Nuclear minefield plan branded as ‘provocation’

MOSCOW — NATO plans to lay an atomic minefield along West Germany’s border with Czech- OSlovakia and the German Dem- Ocratic Republic were denounced by the Soviet Government last Week as a dangerous venture and a provocation,

In a Note to the West German Government it warned that the Carrying out of the plan *would Confront the Soviet Union and other Socialist countries withthe hecessity of taking appropriate measures dictated by the inter- ests of their security.”

And in a Note to the United States Government it said the plan “to mine huge areas of Cen- tral Europe with atomic arms

once again emphasizes the dan- ger of equipping the Bundeswehr with nuclear weapons.

Today West German military cireles, who still do not have direct access to nuclear rocket equipment, are recklessly pre- paring to transform large areas of West Germany into a zone of atomic death.

It is easy to imagine what would happen to the security of the peoples of Eurape if these circles were given access to nu- clear weapons, the Note said.

The carrying out of the atomic minefield plan “would consider- ably worsen the political sit- uation in Europe, heighten inter- national tension and increase the danger of the outbreak of a nu- clear conflict.”

The West German actions and the assistance given by U.S. mili- tary authorities constituted “a fresh violation of the Potsdam and the Four- Power agreements,” the Soviet Note said.

If the plan went ahead the U.S. Government would bear the prime responsibility for “such actions

. menacing European peace and

EMPHASIS AT NATIONAL PARLEY

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‘Communist Party must become a major force in Canadian life’

The Communist Party must set its sights. on becoming a major, national force in Canada, This was the undoubted, unanimous agreement of the party’s national committee meeting, declared William Kashtan; the party’s newly-elected national leader,

Kashtan noted that the Jan, 16-19 meeting in Toronto “had a tone that was remarkably differ- ent than other meetings of the national committee,”

It had reflected “the changes

taking place in our country and indicates that we are entering a period in which, based on our work, ability and skill, we can move forward,”

Noting the possibility of a fed- eral election, Kashtan said the Communist Party would “fight to get every vote for our candi- dates” and also try to give “a tone to the events” by the issues it brought forward,

The Communist Party’s nation- al committee adopted a special resolution proposing enactment

LABOR NEEDS NEW POLICIES TO BLOCK BRITISH TORIES

The labor movement in Britain must win far-reaching changes in the policy of the government if a Tory comeback is to be pre-

‘vented and the living standards of the people improved,

This was the gist of a statement by the British Communist Party following the by-elections last week in which Labor’s foreign minister was defeated and another MP’s majority sharply reduced;

The statement said: “Starting with a great fund of good will, the government is losing support, What the people expected is not

being done,

“What happens now depends on the labor movement and the forces of the left, The Labor movement is at a turning point, Any hesitation in launching an all-out political struggle for a radical

Tories,”

-change in government policy will only play into the hands of the

The British Communist Party urges a new policy to rally the people against the monopolists and to inspire the labor movement

to regain lost ground,

It urges, among other things, action to bring down prices, to pay pensioners an increase now, cut military spending drastically,

“of such legislation as is neces- sary to make illegal the publica- tion and circulation of literature whose purpose is to malign any race or nationality, and to poison people’s minds by inciting strife and hatred between the races and nationalities of our country,”

This legislation “needs to be specific so that it cannot be used against the fundamental rights of freedom of speech and of the press,”

Kashtan was interviewed on the national CBC news following the party’s national committee meeting and urged unity with the New Democratic Party in the forthcoming election as an im- portant step towards strengthen- ing Canadian democracy,

The new Communist Party leader was born in Montreal in

-1909. He joined the Communist

movement as a young man of 18 and has been a leading member in various capacities for more than three decades, He was na- tional secretary of the Young Communist League, later or- ganizer of the Communist Party

in different centres. For the past .

several years hehas been nation- al executive secretary and labor secretary of the Party,

The national committee meet- ing also elected Nigel Morgan, British Columbia .Communist

security.” cancel plans for a NATO A-force, stop colonial wars, modernize Party leader, to the party’s na- aa industry and extend state control and nationalization. ' tional executive. The Notes were handed to the & e U.S. and West German ambassa- waco | Circulation Quotas : ‘ wees e . ee ae Vo ee ae of Below are the proposed 1965 Circulation connection, Club Press Directors . should eee Prague) the Warsaw Pact political con- Quotas for Press Clubs. If all areas in B.C. bear in mind that the Special $1 Introduc- SHORT-LEGGED MEMORY sultative committee. reach these targets it will represent “f mod- —_ tory Offer, if properly utilized, could go a est but important advance on the circula- Jong way towards helping achieve this end. tion front for our paper. And any reader of the PT not belong- M any Negroes arrested We are hopeful that in this, our 30th ing to a Press Club can help, too. Simply e a i n ope ea year, x areas fe atti clip she Offer Form ve a aid ask og special measures fo guarantee that thes mail the paper to a friend of yours. This in U. S. vo: ing comp a g Goole will be met and our position on will be YOUR contribution to our 30th More than 60 Negroes taking He had earlier pines. eee: B.C.’s political scene consolidated. In this birthday celebrations. Part in i i = Gildersleeve, a Negro 1n- ee Sane Eire ae sine car at a Lutheran Feige! im GREATER VANCOUVER VANCOUVER ISLAND labama, last when they Selma, In addition, three civ i : Tefused to aie ne aba eee ae workers who were arrest- CLUB Quotas Achiev. CLUB Quotas Achiev. house through a side alley en- ed earlier were booked “on sus- SA Subs P/S Subs P/S {| Subs- P/S trance, picion,” 2 charge used in Ala- ; _pama which does not list a spec- Bill Bennett 100 30 Alberni : 55 85 Sheriff James Clark said: “All ific violation. Broadway 140 55 Campbell River 35 10 the registration business is being Frank Rogers 35 20 Cumberland 55 15 done in the alley.” When the Neg- Selma has been chosen by civil Georgia 20 10 Cowichan 45 25 roes, lined up in front of the rights groups for a drive to enrol Kingsway 110 35 Nanaimo 100 175 Court house, refused to go into Negroes as voters and to test the Niilo Makela 20 4 Victoria 100 65 the alley, the sheriff told them public accommodation section of Olgin 40 12 Totals 390 375 they were all under arrest. the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Point Grey 50 20 The sheriff tolda local Negro The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther ate ce ae ee DEWDNEY leader, Mrs, Amelia Boynton, to King, Negro civil rights leader, OM ae ; 65 35 Haney-Map.-Rg. 50 10 Move to the alley, she replied: who was punched and kicked by ae es 40 25 Mission 25 5 “I'm not going inthealley today.” a white man in Selma, later con- West En a atale 75 15 The sheriff then grabbed her fered with U.S. Justice Depart- North Burnaby - 120 50 from behind the collar of her ment officials about the arrests Edmonds 60 30 OKANAGAN Coat and marched her toa police and -filed a complaint seeking an - | North Shore 135° 50 Re lcebe. 35 > car, injunction against Sheriff Clark, City Misc. == 60 400 . P: otch Hill 25 15 Totals 1330: 96] vere 40 20 ee etait 100 42 ae PROVINCIAL GENERAL DELTA t. Langl EE Fernie-Michel 20 8 ae eae foe Powell River 40 5 New West. 80 50 Sointula 25 3 South Surrey 45 5 Steveston 10 5 Surrey 120 100 : Trail-Rossland 90 20 Totals 305 175 Rupert 10 10 ee Correspon. 55-20 Prov. Totals 1220 698 Se Prov. Misc. 100° 20 City Totals 1330 961 ae Totals 350 91 l Gr'd Totals 2550 1659 —GAGNIER in Le Devoir . 4

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