* ‘tive in any emergency. BE SHIELSEB 2 sey ye Protect yourselh... AGAINST ATOMIC RADIATIONS and FLASH DURES. by the SATISEACTION GUARANTEED OR. FROM CONTAMIBATIOR ee eee ‘MONRY. REFUND | THE SHELTER HOAX. This ad appeared some time ago in California newspapers. It was a sales appeal for an atomic ‘ cape purportedly designed to prevent burns. The last line ; promised that money would be refunded if it fails to work. . A series of similar ads dealing with similar gimmicks have . @ppeared in newspaper ads in the last few days. All these are ' aimed at making profit out of the concern of the public. Govern- : ment and civil defence authorities who peddle the falsehood : that there is a defence against nuclear war are playing into the hands of these profiteers. ATOMICAPE| | A Financial Post survey of 420,000 homeowners in 14 cities revealed that: only 36 permits have been taken out to build shelters. : More and more people. are speaking out against the Fed- eral government’s policy which -aims to mislead the public into ‘believing that they can some- how get protection in the event of nuclear war, by » building what some refer to as “barbe- cue. pits.” In Burnaby Monday a group of 25 citizens, men and women, picketed the municipal council meeting with placards con- while, inside at council meeting Provincial-wide protests mark Operation Skyshield ‘Hundreds of U.S. and RCAF jet bombers and fighters ranged far and wide in a gigantic North American Air - Defense (NORAD) “Operation Skyshield” on October 14. All continental civilian air- eraft was officially grounded for 24 hours, costing many of the air transport companies hundreds of thousands of dol- lars in lost passenger and freight revenues. Directed from Colorado Springs, U.S.A., ‘“Skyshield”’ had a dual purpose; to stimul- ate, war hysteria . in keeping with . Washington “get tough” policies, and to lull the popula- tion into a false assurance that NORAD “defense” against thermonuclear attack is effec- In Vancouver and other B.C. centres, the Communist Party staged. street demonstrations and leaflet distribution in pro- test against the alleged aims and costly nature of “Sky- shield.” Demonstrators in Warten ives councillor Russell Hicks warn- ed that any action which would make people feel safe at the prospect of nuclear war was immoral. Hicks charged that “we are being asked to support deceit.”’ It was reported to the Pacific Tribune. that a civil defence exercise is being planned in Burnaby elementary schools on carried umbrellas shield” protest march. The_ leaflets distributed by the Communist marchers point- ed out that “Present policies sas pursued by the’ Diefenbak- er government at the behest of the U.S. Pentagon ... can only make it a ‘powder monkey’ for the U.S. militarists. Neutrality and new national policies can make Canada a powerful voice for world peace. Peace is our in the nuclear only defense age.” “Operation Skyshield” pronounced a “signal success” by U.S. military brass, but some newspapers are already cynically asking “Did Vancou- ver survive or not?” with such slogans as ‘Let Peace Be Your Umbrella,” “No Nuclear War”, etc. Balloons marked “Peace” also added color to the ‘‘Sky- ee ~~ November 8. The plan calls 10-minutes before school clos- ing. Protests are pouring in to the school board over allow- ing a ridiculous exercise which could only end by frightening the children. Last week Calgary’s civil de- fence co-ordinator G. O. Bell, teld the city’s Junior Chamber of Commerce that “he cannot fathom” government policy which still refers to ‘“volun- tary” evacuation. “If you are around when the bomb ex- plodes,”’ Bell stated, “you've had it. And you only deceive yourself if you try to make yourselves believe ‘anything else.”? ies Also, recently, Thomas El- liott, national president of the Canadian Institute of Sanitary Inspectors, told the 12th an- , nual meeting of the Ontario U.S. Supreme Court ruling becomes big public issue The refusal of the U.S. Supreme Court to a re- hearing of its former 5-to-4 ruling upholding the McCarran (Internal Security) Act, and in which the Communist Party of the USA has become the primary target of this repressive legislation, has now become a major public issue in the U.S. “The Supreme Court ruling faces the CP with no other alternative than to refuse to comply with the “registration of members” as specified by the Act, and “to test the con- stitutionality of every pro- vision and every effort to im- plement and apply the anti- American McCarran Act.” This the General-Secretary of: the CP-USA made clear in a recent statement from New York. The five judges who ruled in favor of the McCarran Act did not contend that the “reg- istration” provision did not violate the constitutional ‘Fifth Amendment’, but said they authors, journalists and editors would rule on this question when someone is arrested for, Public Health Association that “a punch of sharpies” are get- ting into the basement fall-out business. In Vancouver, despite criti- cism from Ald. Frank Fred- vickson that “civil defence leaves me completely cold,” city council this week decided refusal to register, and vokes the ‘Fifth Amendment’ as grounds for. refusal. The four ‘minority’? Sup reme Court judges ruled that the McCarran Act directly vio lates the U.S. constitutiona safeguards of the rights of the}? citizen. Already strong petitions| : have been forwarded to Presi- dent Kennedy urging repeal of; the McCarran Act from lead- ing churchmen, educators, civic leaders and others. Among these petitioners are some 90 church ministers and Rabbis, over 70 professors and educators, 30 lawyers, 20 as well as a large number of leading physicians and, other in- 1 demning fallout shelters. Mean-| for. a drill to -be carried but prominent citizens. spaceman, HERMAN TITOV, who is a delegate at the 22nd Congress in Moscow. PUBLIC PROTEST CIVIL DEFENCE FARCE | iw Fall-out shelters ‘deceit’ ‘charges Burnaby councillor As the debate over fall-out shelters continued, Canadians indicated they were not being panicked by government hysteria on this issue. date to be announced later, ai | which a city civil defence plan will be pushed. North Vancouver District municipal council received a ten-member delegation from the Communist Party Tuesday night which presented a brief which said, “there is no civil defense which has any mean- to sponsor a giant public meet-} _ing in Queen Elizabeth Theatre, | nuclear war.” The. brief . presented by Charles Caron charged that re- cent statements that fall-out — shelters would provide security were a deception and only serve to “lull people into am acceptance of the idea of the inevitability of war.” “ Council voted 4-2 to place the ideas contained in the brief om the table for discussion at a ing in the face of thermo-! later date. MINE MILL RALLY SUNDAY — raid on Mine The Mine Mill meeting comes at a time when there is moun- ting concern and agitation in B.C. labor circles for action by the CLC to put a stop to all raiding. Last week saw strong reso- lutions passed by the Rock and Tunnel Workers Union, the Seamen’s Local of the CB RT, Marine and Boilerworkers Industrial Union No. 1 and Van. Civic Employees (Outside Workers), calling for an end to the raid against Mine Mill. The CBRT resolution urges the CLC to “protest the inso- lent interference in the inter- nal affairs of the Canadian la- bor movement by American Secretary of Labor Goldberg, who advised Sudbury workers to support Steel, and urge that Goldberg be advised to refrain from meddling in our affairs.” All three unions demanded that the CLC disassociate itself from the raiding in Sudbury and elsewhere, and devote its energies to the organization of the unorganized and to leading struggles for economic gains for Canadian workers and de- veloping a strong fight back against the employer anti-la- bor offensive. Vancouver Labor Council ex- ecutive. found the issue ‘‘too hot to handle” at its Oct. 17th ‘meeting and referred the Mar- Ci ity unions ‘condemn Steel Mill union The fight against Steel Union raiding in Sudbury and Pt. Colborne will be brought to Vancouver this Sunday, November 22 at 8 p.m. when Tom Taylor, former executive © board member from Local 598, Sudbury, and Yves Lemay, President of the Pt. Colborne Local of the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union will address a huge protest meet- ing in. the Pender Auditorium. ine Workers resolution back to the local to forward direct te the CLC. Observers say this indicates the Council is not prepared: to hit the CLC head-on on the is- sue, but certainly is unprepar- ed to support CLC perp cpaies in the raid. * * Vancouver Labor Council delegates decided this week to drop out of direct participation — in civic and municipal politics until a final verdict is received on the Oil Atomic and Chemi- cal Workers Local 16-601 ap- peal against Bill 43. The Council declared it would support the New Party if it entered candidates in mun- icipal elections or alternately endorce candidates in Vancoue ver and the surrounding munt cipalities that warrant labor support. = Delegates reiterated Council's support of the Radiation Haz- ards Commiitee, and urged all local unions io give active and immediate consideration to af filiation to the group. This came in response to a requesi from the National Association of Marine Engineers Local thai the VLC seit up a peace com mittee as has been done by thai union. ‘Rona Committee, which calls on this humanitarian work. Aid to Cuba Committee. eal issued a Cube medical aid A Medical Aid to Cuba Committee has been set up in ‘Toronto to collect funds to secure medicines for the Cuban people which have been cut off by the U.S. embargo. _A press release this week pointed out that in the past medical supplies were imported from the U.S. and that no facilities were ever developed for the production of drugs -in Cuba. This situation is causing severe hardship, says the “all men and women of\good will, fraternal organizations, cultural and benevolent associa- tions, church congregations and labor unions” to further Contributions and correspondence can be sent to Mr. J. Freeman, secretary, at 151 Chaplin Crescent, Suite 503, Toronto. 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