Soviet sure
people can
secure peace

—MOSCOW

Assurance that proposals: of the
World Peace Congress “for uni-
versal reduction of armaments and
for outlawing atomic weapons will
find full understanding and sup-
port among the peoples of the
Soviet Union” was given a dele-«
gation which récently placed the
congress’ peace proposals before
the Supreme Soviet here.

Among members of the delega-
tion was Dr. James G. Endicott
of Canada.

Following is full text of the So-
viet’s statement in reply, signed by
Charman Parfyenov of the Union
of the Supreme Soviet and Chair-
man Kuznetsov of the Soviet of
Nationalities of the Supreme So-
viet:

“We welcome
Supreme Soviet
initiative of the
mittee of the

on behalf of the
of the USSR the

ments to discuss measures in de-
fense of a stable and jasting peace

and against the policy of unleash-

Unionists sign for peace

Preparing to sign their names

lated by the National Labor Conference for Peace are these dele-
gates to @ recent Chicago meeting sponsored by a local conference
branch. Among them are AFL, CIO and independent union{sts.

to peace petitions being circu-

SIMS TELLG LPP CONVENTION

ing a new war. 2
“phe initiative of the Permanent
Committee is particularly valuable
and timely today when 8R unpre-
cedented armaments race is taking
in a number of states. Re-
alization of the measures the com-
mittee to be discussed by
the parliaments—the simultaneous
curtailment of armament and out-
lawing of atomic we be-
come an important means for aver-
ting war, can seriously contribute
to establishing international co-
operation in the interests of all
peace-loving peoples.

“The committee’s proposals thus
‘yoice the most urgent, vital inter-
ests of the peoples who recently
suffered the horrors of a world
war and who are deeply interested
in measures being taken that will
prevent a new human slaughter
and ensure a lasting and stable
peace.

“The proposals of the Permanent
Committee of the Defenders of
Peace for the universal reduction
of armaments and for outlawing
atomic weapons will find full un-
derstanding and support among
the peoples of the Soviet Union.

“These proposals meet the im-
mutable strivings of the Soviet
Union to strengthen peace through-

out the world. |
“Also in the United Nations |
organization, the Soviet Union is

bending every effort to carry out
this aim in spite of the obstacles
put in its way by certain states.

“The Soviet people warmly ap-
prove and support the aims that

are inspiring the movement of |,

the defenders of peace which has
unfolded throughout the world.
This movement of hundreds of
millions of men and women, united
by the World Congress of Defend-
ers of Peace, is called upon to
play a serious role in preventing
war. The Soviet people are con-
fident that he peace-loving peo-
ples, in developing 2 resolute
struggle against the danger of @
new war, will be able to curb the
forces of aggression.

“The address of the Permanent
Committee of the World Congress
of Defenders of Peace will be sub-
mitted for consideration to the
Supreme Soviet of the USSR.”

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Party, held in Pender Auditorium

“The year 1950 will witness ad
turning point, with the working
class going over to the offensive
and waging great battles for wage
increases,” predicted Sims. “This
upsurge will refiect itself in the bat-
tle for peace and the battle for

jobs,

!Old Man Crisis
already inside
political door’

“Old Man Crisis is already inside the political door,” Charles
Sims, LPP national . executive member, reminded delegates to the
seventh annual convention of the B.C.-Yukon district Labor-Progressive

CHARLES SIMS
Militant struggles ahead

“Shakespeare said, ‘Sweet are the
uses of adversity. The militant

last weeken.
the brunt of the attack has beer
borne by the communists. We suf-
fered casualties, but the enemy fail-
ed to smash us. Now the tide is
turning and the great class strug-
gles lie ahead.

“Historic tasks face us today. |,

The key issue is the fight for peace.
We must have profound confidence
in the possibility of victory. The
atom bomb must be banned; the
Yankee invaders must be kicked out
of Canada.”

Vancouver citizens will bave ithe
‘opportunity to hear Charles Sims
at a public meeting this Friday,
March 30, at 8 p.m. in Pender
Auditorium, 339 West Pender.

At the comvention, 101 delegates
spent two days hammering out a
fighting policy for the coming year.
At Sunday afternoon’s session Ni-
gel Morgan was re-elected provin-
cial leader by a unanimous vote and
a provincial committee of 25 mem-
bers was elected. :

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|was a “denial of the Christian

| padlock removed from the cultural

against

denouncing

throughout Canada, the

The manifesto of the clergymen,
which stated that the arbitrary
padlocking of the cultural center

Doctrine of Man” and the Padlock
Law “in flat contradiction to our
accepted democratic tradition,” has
been forwarded to Premier Du-
plessis but no reply has yet been
received.

The printing of 50,000 copies of
the statement is part of the mount-
ing offensive launched by the
UJPO in the campaign to have the

‘center.

Signs that the dictatorial action
of Duplessis has incensed the.-peo-
ple of Quebec are multiplying. Last
week the Civil Liberties Committee
which was recently established at
McGill, announced that it had ob-
tained 2,000 signatures to a pettiion
demanding the removal of the lock
on the center and rescinding of the
Padlock Law itself.

A similar committee has been es-

Montreal press
blacks out fight
padlock

Fifty thousand copies of the statement of 44 Protestant ministers
the. Padlock Law and its use against the Jewish Cultural
Center here will be printed and circulated to all democratic organizations
United Jewish Péople’s Order announced.

tablished at Sir George William
College. First action of the Sir
George freedom committee will be
to canvass the campus and to en-
list the support of Bishop’s College
and Laval University for joint ac-
tion, The Sir George petition blasts
the Padlock Law as an “infringe-
ment on the civil liberites of Can-
adian citizens’ and charges it “en-
dangers the rights of free speech
and assembly” in Quebec. In addi-
tion to asking for removal of the
padlock from the UJPO center, the
petition demands the repeal of the
Padlock Law.

The big money newspapers here
are engaged in what amounts to

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—MONTREAL

@ conspiracy to prevent the news.
of the civil liberties fight from
leaking put. The Montreal Star,
keystone of the millionaire Mc~-
Connell newspaper empire, flatly
refused to publish the statement
of the 44 Protestant ministers as
a paid advertisement, the Star
would not even publish, the declar-
ation as a letter to the editor.

The rest of the McConnell chain,
including the Herald and the Stan-
dard, likewise padlocked the news,
as did all the French language
newspapers. The Tory Gazette was
the only Montreal paper to print
the story, without comment, as @
Letter to the Editor.

The blackout on all civil liberties
news and on the activities of the
peace movement reveals the met
-ropoltian press as the silent part-
ners of Duplessis in his attempts
té stifle the growing opposition to
his regime and his plans to sell
Quebec into an American-made war.

NANAIMO
LPP.

Public Meeting

Foresters Hall

Sunday, April 2
8:00 p.m.”

SUBJECT:

“Your Child
Must Not

Be Killed!
In an H-Bomb War!”

Labor Action & Unity Can
Save Peace
SPEAKER:
Former Coal Miner and
Toronto Alderman
CHARLES SIMS

LPP Executive Member

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