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VOL, 19, NO. 38 VANCOUVER, B.C.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1960

| Diet must go to UN |
a — An Editorial —

Prime Minister Diefenbaker let it. be hs ae eee i
Will go to the U.N. if Khrushchev criticizes Canada. Is
Waiting for the call from the U.S. to defend their. policies?

: What a stand for Canada’s prime minister to take when
the Vital issue of disarmament and ending cold war cake is
®fore the world’s most important international body!

Where is Canada’s much-advertised “independence”? —
_ Instead of this colossal piece of impudence by the prime
Mister, Canadians want him to go to the U.N. meeting now
° Put Canada’s weight behind measures to end the arms race
Nd ban tests.

Canada’s stature would be much higher if the prime cals
Went to talk for peace instead of looking for ways to fan
old war,

ister
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; His Place is at the U.N. General Assembly.
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testin €d through the streets of North Bay, Ontario, pro

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TO ADDRESS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

the world requires a new effort to reduce

The danger over
tensions and achieve

ternational control.

This was the gist- of Soviet
Premier Khrushchev’s message
as he arrived in New York this
week to participate in what is
considered to be one of the
most important U.N. General
Assembly meetings ever held.

Urging the United States to
“constructively participate. in
the work of. the Assembly’ to-
ward reaching. decisions - for
peace, Khrushchev said mod-
ern weapons menace not only
the U.S. and the Soviet Union
but.‘‘the whole world as: well.”
_ Friday the Soviet premier is
scheduled to address the U.N.
General ‘Assembly, which is
-.being attended by the heads of
many socialist and -neutral
states.

President Eisenhower is
also expected to address the
Assembly this week.

Despite the violent propa-
ganda campaign being whip-

up by the U.S. against Khrush-

chev and other socialist and
neutralist leaders, the initia-
tive of the Soviet Union in
sending their premier has
forced the issue of disarm-
ament and easing of tensions
to thé centre of the world
stage.

The bankruptcy of the U.S.
government’s position was il-
‘lustrated this week when the
only constructive thing Presi-
dent Eisenhower could find to

agreement on disarmament under strict in-

Soviet Premier Khrushchey this week urged disarmament
under strict international control and ending of tensions,

say about. the visit of the
heads of socialist states to the
U.N. was that “troublemakers”
had come to the U.S.

Indeed, from the point of
view of big business, they see
peace as “‘troublesome.” It was
no accident that on the day
Khrushchev arrived in the U.S.
the stock market in New York
took an $8 billion tumble.

The decision of Soviet Pre-
mier Khrushchey and other
socialist leaders to come to the

U.N. Assembly arises from
growing concern over the de- |

terioration of the international
situation in recent months, the:
latest being NATO manoeuvres
in the Baltic next month, and
stepping up of West German:
rearmament and new provoca-:
tions of Berlin. The leaders of"!
the Socialist states feel war is}
not inevitable and that des
terioration of the internation-:
al situation can be stopped.

In a speech shortly before:
he arrived in New York, Sov-:

iet Premier Khrushchev said:
“The task of maintaining peace-

See DISARM, page 3

+The Vancouver Labor Coun-
cil meeting Tuesday: reflected
t his crisis. Unemployment
dominated the discussions. The
°V.L:C: supported “a motion of
Local 1-217 of the I.W.A.. de-
manding a special session of

i\¢he B.C. Legislature to ‘deal

with the problem. Council also
decided to ask the Union of
B.C. Municipalities, meeting

1 this: week in. New. .Westmin-

ster, to support the demand for
a special session, and to take
immediate steps in conjunction
with .federal~ and: provincial

governments to institute a sub-

Unemployment hits post war
peak as VLC demands action

Highest August unemployment since the “hungry thirties” was reported this week
from Ottawa. Government figures show a total of 322,000 jobless for August, which
is up 89,000 over the same period last year.

stantial public works program.

Delegates lined up at. the
mikes. to. demand immediate
and effective action by the
council. Brogan of the Marine
Workers summed up the senti-
ments of the delegates when he
said, “For God’s sake let’s quit
talking and get the unemploy-
ed organized and into action.”

A notice. of motion asking
for $9,000. for the upcoming
civic elections was introduced
and, the council decided to put
on a full time campaign man-
ager and get into the civic

elections in a serious manner.

Dick Greaves of the Marine
Engineers, referring to the
C.P.R. merchandising dispute,
stated, “Workers here are be-
ing treated like cattle and be-
ing shuttled into stalls. They

‘must have the right to decide :
their own bargaining agency, .

particularly in a case like this
where their wages and condi-
tions have suffered.” =

Council decided to refer this
matter to a joint meeting be.
tween the V.L.C., B.C. Feder-
ation of Labor, and Congress
officials to work out some sate
isfactory solution.

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