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Buck calls for trade with China

The demand for Canadian trade with People’s
China is again raised by Tim Buck, LPP national
leader, as the People’s Republic of China prepares

Celebrate its second anniversary on October 1.

“Canadian recognition of People’s China would
© a powerful influence in favor of world peace;
it Would also be one of the greatest steps that
Canada could take to ensure her own prosperity for
Years to come,” states Buck.

The LPP leader warns, however, that refusal
24 Canada and other countries to trade cannot stop
China's development.

“On this, the second anniversary of the founding
of People’s China, democratic Canadians stretch out
their hands in fraternal greeting and international
solidarity with the heroic Chinese people,” states
Buck. “We know their victory is sure. Our fight
to change the policy of the St. Laurent government,
from its present bitter hostility, boycott -and war,
to one of friendship and trade, is a struggle in the
interests of werld peace, of Canada’s prosperity and
the happiness and security of all Canadians.”

This week Buck sent greetings to Chairman
Mao Tse-tung and other leaders of People’s China
shown in photo above.

A demand that the Coalition cabinet fire mem-
bers of the present’ Public Utilities Commission and
“reconstitute the commission on a more responsible
and democratic basis’ was forwarded to Premier
Byron Johnson'‘this week by ‘the Labor-Progressive
party, following adjournment of a two-day hearing
in Vancouver on the BCElectric’s application for
higher domestic and commercial electricity rates. The
letter to Premier Johnson was signed by Sid Zlotnik,
LPP city organizer.

Text of the letter follows:

We demand that your cabinet intervene before
a decision is handed down by the Public Utilities
Commission in the just concluded public hearing in

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