New Soviet peace move opens door at FRIDAY, JANUARY VOL. 23, No. 4 25, vancouver, 86. LOG NO NUCLEAR ARMS. Picture shows some of the 70 young Torontonians who recently demonstrated in front oF the city hall protesting against nuclear weapons for Canada. Their banners reflect the overwhelming de- mand of the Canadian people. Power policy fireworks expected at Legislature _ By NIGEL MORGAN As the Pacific Tribune goes to Press the 4th Session of British FRANCE’S GEN. de GAULLE, whose meeting With German Chancellor Ad- €nauer this week brought Closer the Bonn-Paris axis. De Gaulle has agreed to suspend action for the time being on his opposition to British entry in ECM, Columbia’s twenty-sixth Legis- lature is opening in Victoria. First item of business will be the Throne Speech—read by the Lieutenant Governor, but written of course by Premier Bennett to _tell the Legislature and the people what his government intends to do. What will the big issues be at this Session? Certainly, the gov- ernment’s. power policy can be expected to provide the fireworks, with both NDP and Liberal op- position groups considerably firmed up in the opposition to the present draft Treaty. Premier Bennett will undoubt- edly try to twist the Federal government's tail on the ratifi- cation. Perhaps more So than any event in the near future, the B.C. Legislature may indicate what, if anything, the Socreds intend to do to push their sellout plan. The NDP has already indicated it will press the government to lay on the table details of Prim- ier Bennett’s recent deal with See POWER, pg. 8 . UCLEAR TEST BAN TALKS RAISE HOPES A new peace initiative by Soviet Premier Khrushchev to bring about an early agreement on the banning of nuclear tests brought new hope to the world this week as representatives of the U.S., Britain and U.S.S.R. The break, in what appear- ed to be a deadlocked situa- tion, came in an exchange of letters between the Soviet Premier and President Ken- nedy in which the Soviet Un- ion offered to allow two or three inspections a year for enforcement of a nuclear test- ban treaty. The Soviet Union has also agreed to allow the installa- tion of automatic seismic sta- tions — known as ‘‘black box- es” — on the territory of the Soviet Union. In his letter to President Kennedy the Soviet leader said he would agree to inter- national inspection of speci- fied Soviet areas not because he deemed them scientifically necessary but in order to help the President get a test-ban treaty through the U.S. sen- ate, which would have to ap- prove it. opened talks in Washington. It has been known for a long time that_ scientific means have been developed to detect the smallest nuclear explosion anywhere in the world without requiring on- site inspection, which the So- viet Union. previously oppos- ed because of the danger of espionage. Along with the Soviet Union’s proposal to allow two or three inspections a year, the letter also asks for a num- ber of assurances that such inspection personnel would not be used for intelligence purposes while on Soviet ter- ritory. EASE TENSIONS Premier Khrushchev stress- ed in the exchange of letters that the ending of the Carib- bean crisis should be followed up with solution of other cold war issues, and suggested the test ban agreement was ripe. Recently a shake-up took place in the U.S. team nego- tiating a nuclear test ban. Reports indicate that behind the shake-up was a conflict over policy, with right wing- ers opposing the signing of any test-ban treaty with So- viet Union. Others, who were aware that there was no- longer any reason for holding out on the demand for on-site inspection because of scienti- fic progreess, favored a treaty. The signing of an early treaty is by no means assured yet. President Kennedy is in- sisting on eight or 10 inspec- tions per year, and France’s stubborn position against a test-ban, which would be wel- comed by some forces in the U.S., could still block the road to agreement. Reject nuclear arms, independent policy urged by UBC professors While Parliament schedul- ed a two-day debate this week on defence policy a widely representative group of Uni- versity of B.C. professors add- ed their support to the grow- ing demand across Canada for rejection of nuclear weapons. In a covering letter releas- ed January 19 along with the statement the professors an- nounced that signatures for the statement will be sought among the academic staff and affiliated colleges and re- search agencies. The _ state- ment will then be sent to the Canadian government and leaders of opposition parties in Parliament. The statement urges Canadian government to: “1, Continue its present poucy of refusing fo have nu- clear weapons based on Can- adian soil, or issued to Cana- dian troops. 2. Dissociate itself from any multi-lateral nuclear force within NATO. 3. Maintain and further de- velop a truly independent Canadian foreign policy. 4. Exert more _ vigorous leadership in exploiting op- portunities for the reduction of international tension and the termination of the arms race.” : The statement of the pro- fessors, which explains why these demands are necessary, states: ; “Last October, during the Cuban crisis, the world came the very Close to nuclear war. Canada might well have been devastated and her popula- tion wiped out in consequence of a dispute in which Cana- dians were not consulted. For- tunately, sober reconsidera- tion and skillful negotiation led to compromise and a re- duction of tension. Neverthe- less, as long as the nuclear arms race continues, crises of this sort are bound to recur. “Canada is once more under pressure to accept nu- clear arms for her troops in American defence forces. The “See UBC, pg. 7 HOUSE OPENS Canada’s Parliament, Columbia Treaty. which opened this week after a long recess, is expected to go through one of the most critical sessions in récent years. High in the de- bate will be Canada’s stand on nuclear weapons. Also expected to come before MP’s are amend- ments to the Unemployment In- surance Act, and the new bud- get. There is no sign yet what steps are planned on the draft : :