| eit a — _ — _ a ene | _ fi dhe lal olla Sar Lalli i i _ united in opposing the U, S. is con- By New China News Agency Special Correspondent PHYONGYANG As you cross the Chinese fron- tier into Korea, the spirit of the filling air raid trenches and Swamping the treasured crops. But through mist and heat and Sweat you see a people who have stood up and cannot be beaten down again. Everyone knows have volunteered for the Peo- ple’s Army since Syngman Rhee began his attack not a month ago. Trains, trucks and roads running south are full of singing youngsters on their way to de- Million Koreans volunteer to fight U.S. .. (In Seoul alone, more than 30,- 000 young men and womem from the city’s schools, railway work- shops and factories joined up or volunteered to join the people’s volunteer corps which is fighting people comes to meet you, At this is a life and death fight and fend their government and all alongside the people’s army. Cinthia Pa 6 this time of the year, the weather everyone is in it. the improvements in their lives Mass meetings, which citizens ' = Be can be terrible. Rain, rain, rain, A total of 1,300,000 young men that it was brought. call “mobilization rallies”, are See KOREA now a common sight in Seoul factories, public squares and at street corners.) All Koreans love to wear white clothes, and wherever you look there are groups of white-clad ———— Vol. 9, No. 31 ip . ‘ BYE ap ae ATMA OO LACT Yd Vancouver, British Columbia, August 4, 1950 4 ‘3 ¢ / CALLE PAL LL Mild y) , Ii A lh Att died (iB aS aa Price Five Cents ie TEE TUE A eT it Tt Tht it Here’s proof Pretense that the war in Korea is between North and South is exposed by this picture showing U.S. soldiers searching South Koreans for hidden arms—even women and children. Further proof that the Korean people are tained in the U.S. order to treat all civilians out of doors in the “war zcome” as “enemy troops.” WAR SPEND BOOST LIVING COSTS HE WANTS YOUR OPINION Tell it to Mayhew Hon, R. W. Mayhew, minister of fisheries, was in Van- couver earlier this week on what he stated was a visit to ascertain what the “men on the street” in this province were thinking, particularly about the war in Korea, He was careful to point out that “we are not at war.” It’s doubtful if the minister will get much of the “man on the ,street’s” viewpoint among the circles in which he moves. There’s no-dreason, however, why he shouldn’t know of the people’s desire for peace and opposition to Canadian involvement in U.S. intervention in Korea. Write to him : at his home on Rockland Avenue, Victoria, B.C., or simply Ottawa, Ont. WILL . By JOBN STEWART { TORONTO The government annourficed last week it is going to spend an additional $100 million to speed up its war plans. That brings the total bill for this year alone well over the half billion dollar mark. si The big question for Canadians — aside from the fact that Canadians don’t want another war — is: Who's going to pay the shot? So far, if you watch the financial pages and the organs of the Bay and St. James Streets, you will know that as usual, the people are paying. And you will know, that big business is making another profit killing in the people’s food as in all other things. Here is the picture: @ Income taxes are going up at the earliest opportun- ity — which will be January 1951. The increase will likely be 20 percent, following the U.S. pattern. i@ Prices are hitting new highs in almost every field, especially food and clothing. Over the past year they have risen. 15 percent. According to Dr. Margaret Smith, nutri- -tion director of the Health League of Canada, a family of four must today pay $105 a month for food alone, or Continued on Page 6 - See COSTS Canadians will attend world Peace Congress TORONTO Stockholm Appeal, which is A delegation of 20 out- being signed in Canada (as standing Canadians will at- tend the Second World Con- gress of the Defenders of Peace, it was announced here following a national council meeting of the Canadian Peace Congress. The Second World Con- gress will be held in Warsaw, Poland, October 16 to 21. It will follow the climax, on World Peace Day,-.October 2, of the Canadian- wide and world-wide campaign for sig- natures to the Stockholm ap- peal. Like the other delegations, Canadians will be chosen on the basis of acceptance of the in the world) by people of all religious faiths and poli- tical opinions. The National Council of the Canadian Peace Congress, which will make the final sel- ection reported it had writ- ten to local peace councils asking for suggested names of delegates. It is expected that the delegation will be fully rep- resentative of Canadian life, and that the delegates will be able to report that Can- ada will have raised more than the Canadian target of half a million signatures to the world peace petition.