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Vol. 18 No. 18

Phone MUtual 5-5288

Authorised as second class mail by 10c
the Post Office Department, Ottawa

VANCOUVER, B.C.

FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1959,

MAY DAY EDITION

PEACE: ‘MOMENT OF TRUTH’
THE MEANING OF MAY DAY
WHO PROVOKES VIOLENCE?

SEE PAGE 4

SEE PAGE 8

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\| May Day Manifesto

FELLOW CANADIANS:

The first of May is the in-
ternational holiday of Labor,
the day when working people
of all countries join hands to
demonstrate their  interna-
tional solidarity.

‘May Day was born in 1886
out of the fight for the 8-hour
day in North America. Year

' by year the working people

faise their voices on May

Day, for peace in the world,
a better life, and greater
democracy.

This» May Day is the 40th
Anniversary of the Great
Winnipeg General Strike of
1919.

Today three great issues
face the working people of
our country:

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See MANIFESTO

Vancouver’s 1959 May Day
Committee announced _ this
week that plans are well ad-
vanced for a fine May Day
march and rally on Sunday,
May 3.

Marchers will gather at the
Powell Street Grounds short-
ly after noon Sunday, and be-
gin the march along Powell
Street to Exhibition Park at
1 p.m. :

There will be several color-

All out va y oivinde: rally!

ful floats in the parade, and
marchers will carry banners.
Trade unionists will call for
an all-out fight against Bill
43; unemployed workers will
demand higher benefits and
coverage for all jobless;
housewives will demonstrate
against soaring living costs.
When the parade reaches
Exhibition Park the marchers
will assemble in the Outdoor
Theatre for a mass rally,

which will be addressed by
prominent trade union lead-
ers.

This is the first May Day
parade held in the city since
1956, and the May Day Com-
mittee is calling for a big
turnout.

Should rain force cancel-
lation of the march and out-
door rally, a mass meeting
will be held in Pender. Audi-
torium at 2 p.m.

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