nn malin xa SS ee Me acivc Tribune VOL. 28, NO. 30 FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1967 GIANT PEACE ARCH RALLY 10 PROTEST VIETNAM WA ty-tw, roshi ® years ago, on August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped on a, ; 3 : Found th © people of the world have never forgotten and this year demonstrations will be held e Weide j tn Vietnam. 4 bare Conti Sani © Au Deter Zed by 4 Sust 6 Hiroshima Day Rally, gent of young people is expected a jeation . Committee for Peace and Self- Way "ME entire 2ctnam, the marchers will tron About 30 © weekend in activity against the Vil) Victoria marchers are expected to come be helq a © a march up Douglas Street Tday morning, The Sempy COMmi 1 ble a me has called on people to as- legs to be exter City Hall, Sat. Aug, 5, at 8 on the at nN the series of rallies and leaf- : arch to the Peace Arch, Sun; g ig Bi Peapon \ “Ohi m, Nse § thro as? le ‘ eenlzing the march report a * aflets, posters, and “No More Se being circulated, “No one away; most war people are op- Uy At one i = want to do something about m ia Film Festival, “I think to — — warships docked for the Chuncr, Siven leaflets which read esas allow these crimes to be . name , . , The war must be ®8e can Salt must leave Vietnam so the ttle their own affairs,” Mo the "8 act a Vit ’ EP eco Planned for this week, includ- BC, a referendum on Can- at Simon Fraser, and the Plants, n the war industria) World to demand ‘No More Hiroshimas!"’ and to call for an end to the U.S. war of outh plan march | Full plans for the march are as follows: e A ceremony at the Hitobe Gardens, UBC, to commemorate the victims of Hiroshima, Satur- day at 8:30 a.m. e The main assembly point rally at City Hall, with Alderman Rankin speaking, at 11 a.m, e Leafleting along the march route, along broad- way, and out Kingsway to Central Park, e A rally at Central Park at 2 p,m., with en- tertainment, Burnaby-Richmond MP Bob Prittie is expected to speak, e A Teach-In at the North Surrey United Church, where the marchers willarrive about supper time. The Teach-In starts at 7:30 p,m., and features Ernie Hall, NDP-MLA for Surrey, Dave Yorke, Simon Fraser student leader, and the Rev, Michael Boulger, United Church, e Marchers will stay overnight at Green Tim- bers United Church, and proceed early Sunday morning to the Peace Arch, arriving for the rally at 1:30 p,m, March organizers ask those intending to march the entire distance to bring sleeping bags, but stress that participation in any section of the march is welcome, Hiroshima Day next Sunday Thousands of British Columbians and Americans will gather at the Peace Arch next Sunday, August 6th, to mark Hiroshima Day and to demonstrate for an end.to the U.S. war in Vietnam. This hands-across-the-border rally will join with similar demon- strations around the world, in the U.S., and across Canada, in a ringing resolve that there shall be ‘No More Hiroshimas.”’ Sponsored by many influential organizations in both the U,S, and B,C,, this years peace rally promises to be one of the larg- est ever held at the U,S,-Cana- dian border, A march from Van- couver to the Peach Arch, in which large numbers of young people are expected to take part, will start out Saturday and join the rally at the Peach Arch on Sunday. See story below for de- tails of the march, Feature speakers at the rally are Phil Drath, U.S, civil rights worker and crew member of the Phoenix, which recently voyaged to Haiphong with medical sup- plies; Dr. J, Ray Hord, secre- tary of the United Church Board of Evangelism and Social serv- ices, Chairman of the rally will . be Ray Haynes, secretary of the B,C, Federation of Labor, The program will get under way at 12:30 p.m, with folk sing- ing, to be followed at 1:30 p.m, with speakers. Canadian sponsoring organiza- — tions include the B.C, Federa- tion of Labor, B,C, Teachers Committee on Vietnam, B.C, Peace Council, Canadian Aid to Vietnam Civilians, Canadian Campaign for Nuclear Disarma- ment, Committee for Peace and Self-Determination for Vietnam, Fellowship of Reconciliation, University Teachers Committee on Vietnam, Vancouver Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers), Vietnam Day Committee, Voice of Women, and Women’s Interna- tional League for Peace and Free- dom, American sponsors include the American Friends Service Com- mittee, Fellowship of Reconcilia- tion, Peace and Freedom Party, Seattle Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Students for a Democratic Society, Seattle Viet- nam Summer, Seattle Women Act for Peace, University Committee on War and Peace, University Friends Meeting (Quakers), and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Thousands of colorful leaflets and posters are being distributed throughout the Lower Mainland urging the public to take part in the giant rally, See PEACE ARCH, pg. 8 DE GAULLE UPROAR. Picture shows French President de Gaulle being greeted by Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson on his arrival in Quebec. The uproar following statements made by de Gaulle in Montreal has pointed up the sharp issue confronting Canada today which must be faced realistically. See editorial on page 2: