| Plea the ot h — Sean Griffin photo Kar | Saturday SANFORD, Comox NDP MLA is shown addressing last t 'satmament conference in Vancouver. She made a strong 7 Public removal of nuclear weapons from Canada and welcomed © take part in the protest demonstration at Comox on April , Ven; €n masse Sund i Ing 9 . unday A lvineist April 21 to call upon the 7 ] inj ernment and the } ria, 9 Pal council to un- J ne Teview plete investigation | eve opm of “instant town” based Pac In this resource- Minity “"“Pany dominated com- PP Acker: | rites one 120 miles north of _ test “rge, is the site of B.C. | gg, _TOducts’ newest and + MMlex on il and pulpmill . a the shores of Williston . ft Da of the W. A. “teens Meeting called by the tp ome d umittee of Mackenzie . Pulp Y the three unions in _Hoble goes Paber and wood — 1,000 | Whe, dult Ring] Population, over- | DM 2Y endorsed a number of ) Mackenzie citizens ta resolutions directed to govern- ments. The resolutions, submitted to the meeting by the Citizens Committee, dealt with issues and recommendations raised in a study of developments in the Rocky Mountain Trench and at Mackenzie since the. time of Social Credit giveaways in the area to the Wenner Gren B.C. Development Co. back in the late 1950’s and early 1960's. The study had originally been commissioned by the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada, Local No. 18 at B.C.F.P. in Mackenzie and was undertaken by the Trade Union Research Bureau. The completed study, titled “The Mackenzie Story”, was endorsed by the broader Citizens Committee and released to the public at the April 21 meeting. COMOX PROTEST GROWS Disarmament week gains wide backing at parley Participants at last Saturday’s disarmament conference at Vancouver’s Unitarian Church welcomed an announcement by Dr. James Foulks, pharmacology professor at the University of B.C., in opening the parley, that Van- couver and Burnaby city councils had approved and would proclaim Disarmament Week, April 22-28. Toronto and Winnipeg are also proclaiming Disarmament Week. Foulks read a letter from Peter Bullen, chairman of the Vancouver School Board, announcing that the board had endorsed Disarmament Week and had instructed schools in Vancouver to include discussion of disarmament in their program for the week. The parley heard letters of support for Disarmament Week from former B.C. Hydro co- ‘chairman Hugh Keenleyside, attorney general Alex Macdonald, B.C. Teachers Federation president James MacFarlan, and Conservative House Leader Dr. ke action The meeting called on the provincial government to un- dertake investigations into all aspects of the townsite develop- ment and to determine if B.C. Forest Products has lived up to the conditions outlined in the original Crown grant of townsite land. Until now housing has largely. been under the control of B.C. Forest Products or Finlay Forest In- dustries and employment with the companies was a condition of home purchase and preferential treat- ment given to different types of labor. ae High taxes and the financing and administration of municipal services also came under question. The citizens want the provincial department of municipal affairs to review the entire operations of the municipality back to incorporation in 1966. Scott Wallace. Keenleyside regretted he could not attend but said ‘‘the power of public opinion is needed’’ to compel world disar- mament. Dr. Wallace expressed strong support for the aims of world disarmament and pledged that he and his party would support any initiative taken by the NDP government on peace and disar- mament at the provincial session of the legislature due to reconvene this week. Later in the conference, Dr. Foulks expressed the consensus of opinion of the participants when he called on NDP MLAs attending the meeting, Karen Sanford and Carl Liden to ask the provincial government to introduce a resolution during Disarmament Week pledging support for -the aims of world disarmament. About 100 people, many repre- senting organizations, took part in the disarmament conference which was called by the B.C. Committee for World Congress of Peace Forces in response to the call of the United Nations non- government organizations’ special Committee on Disarmament to organize public activities around Disarmament Week. One of the highlights of the conference was a report by Bert Ogden of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union, of preparations for mounting a large protest against nuclear weapons at the Comox base on Saturday, April 27. His appeal for support for the demonstration found an en- thusiastic response and indications are that many people from the Lower Mainland will take part. In her concluding remarks to the parley, Lois Boyce of the en- vironmental groups, called for a mass turnout. The B.C. -Peace Council announced that it will be organizing transportation from Vancouver for those wishing to take part. Nearly all participants to the ; | , C . ‘ nuprising nearly one-half ] ' ; EER Le py eet gto Dr geet eee) ees wT te Th See KO CO SS Ss SS See it this Summer. British Columbia is more than just your Province. Its yourhome. into the sea. To be proud of. mbia Information Centre, or write: British Columbia Department of Travel Industry, 1019 Wharf Street, Victoria, B.C. 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Another resolution urging that Canada cut back its arms spending and use the money now wasted on armaments for socially useful purposes was also signed by participants at the parley. Speakers at the parley included Gerald Savory, president of the United Nations Association, B.C. Branch; Prof. Leonard Marsh, faculty of education, UBC; Gary Gallon, Society for Pollution and Environmental Control (SPEC); Mrs. Margaret Mitchell of the Federated Anti-Poverty Groups; Clive Lytle, assistant secretary- treasurer, B.C. Federation of Labor; F. F. Devoe, Vancouver Labor Council; Jack Nichol, secretary-treasurer of the UFAWU; and Karen Sanford, Comox NDP MLA. Speakers pointed to the dangerous arms race and stressed the importance of public action to promote world disarmament. Professor Foulks in his opening keynote remarks said the world was sitting on top of a powder keg and that ‘‘the opportunity now presented itself to overcome ob- stacles to disarmament. Gerald Savory said, “‘the arms race was the greatest area of waste possible to imagine” and added that unless we are able to end armament costs, ‘‘we will be unable to solve other great con- cerns of mankind.’”’ Dr. Leonard Marsh said disarmament was the most critical issue facing mankind. He said the arms race was “‘squandering resources to no purpose whatsoever and was colossal organized suicide,”’’ and pointed to arms costs as the fundamental cause of inflation. A notable feature of the con- ference was the participation of trade unions. The B.C. Federation “officially participated with a speaker, and the Vancouver Labor Council also took part, as well as a number of local unions. Clive Lytle told the parley that the labor movement in B.C. con- sistently supported the demand for See DISARMAMENT, pg. 10 Many thanks for support The Pacific Tribune wishes to thank all those who supported our fight for government ad- vertising by writing letters or in other ways communicating with Premier Dave Barrett urging that discrimination against the PT be ended. We are particularly grateful to those trade unions and trade unionists who took up the campaign on our behalf. -The PT is happy to be carrying the first government advertisement on this page. We hope that with this ad- vertisement our democratic right to the same treatment other weeklies receive has now been. established. We are also hopeful that henceforth readers of the PT will be able to get information about important government programs affecting them in the pages of this paper through the medium ‘of government ad- vertisements—Editor. — more travel information, visit any British Colu PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1974—PAGE 3