City labor condemns nuclear arms A-ARMS PROTESTS MOUNT AFTER LIBERAL BETRAYAL Douglas urges election on issue A storm of public protests against nuclear arms for Canada swept across the country this week following the open call for Canada to acquire nuclear weapons by Liberal leader Lester VOL. 23, N 0. 3 ee aes FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1963 ee”? 10¢ VANCOUVER, B.C. , Don't let it happen here! No nuclear arms for Canada! B.C. fishermen denounce Pacific treaty changes A hostile, overflow meeting Tuesday at Vancouver’s Exhibition Park, attended by over a thousand B.C. fishermen, and frequently punctuated by charges of “sellout”, left no doubts as to the bitter resentment to Proposed changes in the North Pacific Fisheries treaty. Negotiations, with the Japanese fleets and gov’t to lift certain “abstentions”, which. would allow their mother ships to fish halibut in the East Bering Sea, and her- ring. off the coast of the Queen Charlottes, have been strenously °Pposed by the UFAWU, Native Brotherhood, Vessel owners and Washington and Alaskan fisher- Men. Members of the Canadian sec- tion of the International North Pacific’ Fisheries Commission, who were on the platform, reé- turned to Ottawa with loud and repeated charges of, ‘‘You're be- _traying Canadian fishermen’s in- lerests’’, and “Who do you think you're representing’ ringing in their ears. ; Attempts of Dr, Clark, Deputy — Minister of Fisheries, to explain government policy were complete- ly rejected by all sections of the industry, while the opposition of Union, Native Brotherhood, and Vessel Owners spokesmen, led by Homer Stevens, Buck Suzuki, Eric Burnell, Carl Liden, Mike Canic and. Reg. Payne, were warmly supported. While sidestepped by Deputy Minister of Fisheries Clark, a motion demanding resignation of members of the” the Canadian Commission, received overwhelm- ing support from the floor of the meeting. > Pressed by a questioner if he understood: ‘the fishermen’s feel- ings, Dr. Clark replied ‘‘Oh, yes! I think I’ve got the message all See PACIFIC, page 12 Pearson. Repudiating an earlier stand against Canada becom- ing a nuclear power, Pearson said Canada should take nu- clear warheads for its NATO forces and the Bomarcs, and advocated an agreement for such weapons with the U.S. which would leave control in U.S. hands. This is a complete reversal from the stand taken on TV last March in which Pearson said Canada ‘should not have a policy that requires us to be a nuclear power by having our soil used asa nuclear base under the national control of any. other country.” When Liberal defence critic Paul Hellyer recently came out for ‘nuclear arms. in a “nersonal” statement the Pacific Tribune warned that this was a deliberate attempt to test. public reaction and that the Liberals were prepar- ing to openly call for Canada to join the nuclear club. PART OF U.S. DRIVE The: Liberals’ action is part of the major. drive, highlight- ed recently by statements by U.S. Gen. Norstad in Ottawa, to pressure Canadians into accepting nuclear weapons. Reacting quickly to Pear- son’s statement, NDP national leader Tommy Douglas said that both old line parties have now endorsed adoption of nu- clear arms. He said: “‘since it is their lives which are. at stake, the people of Canada should have a chance to ren- der their decision before any final commitments are made for the acquisition of nuclear arms.” election on the issue of nu- clear arms for Canada. Also this week the Com- munist Party of Canada pub- lished a statement, appearing in. advertisement form in many papers, calling for pub- lic action. to block nuclear arms. LABOR ACTS Tuesday night the Vancou- ver Labor Council at a pack- ed meeting charged that ‘‘the Canadian. people have been hoodwinked in one way or another,” and unanimously decided to condemn the un- Act against A-Arms now In March, 1961 the B.C. Legislature adopted the following resolution direc- ted to the Federal govern- ment. “Be it resolved that this assembly urge that the government of Canada: (1) continue to oppose the testing of nuclear wea- pons, (2) oppose the produc- tion of nuclear weapons, (3) oppose the introduc- tion of nuclear weapons to any other countries, includ- ing Canada, ' (4) through the United Nations, continue to fur- ther progressive disarma- | ment by all nations.” Clip out this resolution and send it with a personal note to-your MP or Prime Minister Diefenbaker, urg- ing support for the B.C. Legislature’s stand. mitigated gall of (U.S. Gen- eral) Norstad for meddling in Canada’s internal affairs. The council passed a reso- lution which asked the Can- adian government to reject nuclear weapons for this country and called for an in- vestigation of the “military clique”’ which invited Norstad to Canada to put pressure on the nuclear arms issue. Similar protests to the gov- ernment against accepting nu- clear arms are pouring into Ottawa from many organiza- tions across Canada. VICTORIA DELEGATION In Vancouver the B.C. Peace Council announced that a large delegation will go to Victoria on Wed., Feb. 13 to urge support for no: nuclear arms. for Canada. Pointing out that the B.C. Legislature had already pass- ed a resolution declaring against nuclear’ arms, the mass . delegation. will urge MLA’s to press that stand on Ottawa-in this crucial situa- tion. The public is invited to join the delegation. Fare and accommodation is about $7 and the Council will under- take to cover costs for those unable to pay their way. Don- ations are welcomed at the B.C. Peace Council offices at 339 W. Pender St. Further de- tails on the delegation are available at MU 5-9958. The B.C. Peace Council also announced it will hold a gen- eral meeting open to the pub- lic in the canteen of the Pen- der. Aud. on Sun., Jan. 27 at. which activities for the com- ing period will be planned. He called for an immediate PROTEST PACIFIC TREATY. Above photo shows a section of the crowd at Tuesday’s meeting in Exhibition Park —FISHERMAN PHOTO which expressed overwhelming opposi- tion to the proposed changes in the Fisheries Treaty.