LAING IN USSR. Canadicn Minister of Northern Affairs _ Laing is at present touring the Siberian north and study-

Arthur Laing is shown arriving in Moscow recently fora ~

ing the advances made by the Soviet Union in develop-

tour of the Soviet Union’s northern territories. He is shown ment of its northern territories.
ing met by a Soviet official at the Moscow airport.

Germans again demand
Czechoslovakian territory

West German government
eos at a rally in Stuttgart
: ae Sunday, supported claims for
y pene the map of Europe and
= Many to get parts of Czecho-
Ovakia seized by Hitler in 1938
Under the Munich Agreement,

e = demands were put forward
Ger Tally of over 100,000 Sudeten
ae who once came from the
ate €nland, the area of Czecho-
Vakia seized by Hitler under
fe” and who were expelled
as allied agreement in 1945,

asi Show that there was no
t where his government

le

s
food, the West German Chan-

“Bet
hear
Pret

ter save that mortar board. 1
the Hod Carriers’ Union has a
ty good wage scale.”

cellor, Dr. Erhard, sent a mes-
sage to the rally saying the
Sudetens’ “right of homeland and

self determination was invio-

lable.”

The West German Transport
Minister, Dr, Seebohm, who is
also chairman of the Sudeten
Refugees Organization, told the
rally that the campaign to get
back these Czechoslovak terri-
tories would be conducted “with
intellectual weapons and through
international law.”

In a violent attack on the
Czechoslovak government, he de-
clared: “These people will not
survive. Their end is perhaps
nearer than we all believe today.
We are ready then to take over
once more our tasks in the home-
land.”

Last year the same Dr, See-
bohm demanded “the return of
the stolen Sudeten German dis-
tricts to the Sudeten German
people,”

Yet in April, when he was in
Prague, the British Foreign Sec-
retary, Michael Stewart,
claimed: “The German govern-
men has made no claim whatso-
ever to any Czechoslovak terri-
tory.”

When Czechoslovak Foreign
Minister David asked the British
government to declare that the
Munich Agreement, on which

Children’s Day celebration
‘fnjoyed by large audience

i pnpressive display of paint-
aa Y Japanese and B,C, chil-
decked the walls of the
ia Community Centre,
for th ing a suitable background
‘ “A 850 people who attended
dren? Unday’s International Chil-
S Day celebration.

ace, newhat handicapped by the
‘ Stics and lack of stage, the
8ram by the children included
1 array of children’s endeavor
© way from regularly re-
€d groups such as theSouth
and es Tamboritza Orchestra
ae AUUC Dance Group, tothe
ce renditions by the
Broups twins, to less rehearsed
a to almost completely un-
Tsed contributions.

€ars

T
he audience enjoyed “The

Variety Concert Kids,” a group

of six children who have organ=

ized variety shows in their
neighborhood; three young lasses
(ages seven, eight and nine) from
North Vancouver who sang their
songs of peace; a hand puppet
show by Brian Buckingham of
North Vancouver, whose produc-
tion completely engrossed the
children; and a skit called “Nail
Soup” by two young girls.

The origin and meaning of In~
ternational Children’s Day was
effectively recited by Donalda
Greenwell. The master of cere=
monies was Peter Turner. Atthe
conclusion of the program, the
children and parents moved to
grassy fields and participated in
the races and novelty contests
conducted by Maxine Schnee.

these West German claims on
Czechoslovakia are based, was
null and void from the beginning,
Stewart refused to agree,

Instead he stated that the Bri-
tish government regarded the
Munich Agreement as detestable
unjust and dangerous, and that
it had been dead for many years,

He also said that the British
government regards: “propo-
ganda or arguments, from any
source whatsoever, which sug-
gests that there are claims a-
gainst the territory or frontiers
of Czechoslovakia as mischiev-
ious and dangerous to security
in Europe.”

It now remains to be seen
whether the British Govern-
ment, or any of the other allied
countries like the U.S, and Can-
ada, would do anything to see
that views opposing the West
German claim are made known
to the West German government,

‘The Munich Agreement was
signed by the then British Prime
Minister Chamberlain and
French Premier Daladier along
with Adolph Hitler, It repre-

sented the high point of the West’s
policy of “appeasement” of Hit-
ler, Its terms sacrificed the
Czechoslovakian nation to Hit-
ler’s aggressions and paved the
way to World War IT,

Photo shows U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, Gen. Maxwell
Taylor and U.S. Defence Secretary Robert McNamara
poring over a map of Vietnam to decide on their next
step to expand the war against the Vietnamese people.

LABOR ROUNDUP:.

Perry named to mediate
dispute on waterfront

The current edition of The
Fisherman reports “British Co-
lumbia shoreworkers in a coast-
wise secret ballot have voted to
reject the recommendations of
conciliation officer George Car-
michael for settlement of 1965
agreements on terms which were
quickly accepted by members of
the Fisheries Association.

“Cannery, net, and reduction
plant workers together with
watchmen turned down Car-=
michael’s proposition by a solid
81.6 percent in the union strike
vote, while fresh fish and cold
storage workers spurned the
award by an even larger 84,3
percent majority.”

The UFAWU has asked the pro=

vincial labor department“to pro=

ceed as quickly as possible” with
a supervised strike vote,

The same paper carries afea-
ture article entitled * Conciliation
Procedure Loaded,” and empha-
sizes that “for a union to go

through conciliation procedures

in this province is like going into

a crap game with the other play-

ers using loaded dice,”

* * *

Despite last winter’s heavy
damage to berry plants in the
Fraser Valley it is estimated
that this summer’s crop will still
require a minimum of 17,000
pickers to harvest, Raspberry
picking will be starting in about
two weeks, No wage rates for
pickers have as yet been an-

nounced,
* * *

Dr. G, Neil Perry, vice-presi-
dent of UBC was appointed Mon-
day of this week by the federal
government as “a one man in-
dustrial inquiry commission” to
assist in the settlement of the

Grainhandlers strike, now in its
second week at the Alberta Wheat
Pool terminal elevator,

A total of five terminal elevator
companies are involved in the
dispute, but to date only one ter-
minal, the Alberta Wheat Pool
has been struck, This company
has a “legal suit” pending against
the International Union of Brew-
ery, Flour and Cereal Workers
for an alleged “illegal” work
stoppage during September of
1964,

A conciliation board report on
a new union contract was accepted
by the union but rejected by the
terminal operators, The latter
now demand a “no strike clause”
in any new agreement, which the
union has rejected,

To date no meetings have been
announced between union and
company representatives and Dr.

Perry.
eo

Members of Local 213, Team-
sters Union voted last week 85
percent in favor ofthe acceptance
of a 60 cents an hour wage in-
crease in a three year contract,

Some 12,000 workers in the
building materials industry and
approximately 20 companies on
the Lower Mainland and Vancou-
ver Island are involved in the
new contract,

A 20 cents an hour increase
retroactive to January 1 of this
year, with two 20 cent wage hikes
during the following years are
specified. Other fringe benefits
include, four weeks holiday with
pay after 15 years service, a
hike in company contributions to
health and welfare premiums,
improve job security provisions
and “double time” for Saturday
work,

Communists right to hold
union posts upheld in U.S.

It was reported early this week that the U.S. Supreme
Court by a 5-4 decision had ruled that the McCarthyite legis-
lation prohibiting Communists from holding official positions
in trade unions, was unconstitutional.

Full details of this important Supreme Court ruling, as
it affects AFL-CIO international unions in Canada will be
featured in next week's edition.

Taylor is now in Washington for urgent discussions. One
result has already been that the U.S. has announced it
will commit U.S. troops in Vietnam to direct combat duty
against the National Liberation Army.

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