~ eben) Sane Sama pam etmek VOL. 19, NO. 31 Phone MUtual 5-5288 50 Authorized as second class mail by the Post O1rrice Department, Ottawa. 10° VANCOUVER, B.C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1960 SWEEP THE RADIATION HORROR eel FROM THE SKY —BAN THE BOMB! Dief says no criticism of Belgians in Congo Lashing out in a vicious attack on the Soviet Union this week, Prime Minister Diefenbaker teld the House of Commons he attached no criticism whatever to Belgium for the situation in the Congo. According to the Prime Minister and Liberal Leader Pearson the trouble in the Congo is due to “communist Meanwhile Belgian troops, Which number more than 8500, have refused to leave the Congo. The U.N. has failed to demand Belgian troops get Out and have taken no steps to replace them in Katanga Province. Congo’s Premier Lu- Mumba warned this week un- less Belgian troops evacuate IS country immediately there aggression.” was a danger of world war. The Soviet Union has backed Congo’s demand. In his speech to the House Diefenbaker adopted: an_ atti- tude of unfriendliness toward the Congo government and said he did not expect Canada would provide capital for the Congo. The Cry “No More Hiroshimas” resounded around the world this week as hundreds of millions in all lands marked the 15th an- niversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb by the U.S. In Japan more than twen- ty million people have taken part in a ten thousand kilo- metre peace march for the prohibition of nuclear weap- ons. This weekend contingents from all parts of Japan will converge on Tokyo where a huge gathering will take part in the Sixth World Congress for the Prohibition of Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs. The congress opened August 2 and will end August 6 with a mass observation of the 15th anni- versary of the dropping of the; Dominion Square. bomb on Hiroshima. In Vancouver the event is marked by a giant rally ‘at Kerrisdale Arena on Friday.) August 5, followed by a march In Toronto a committee of university students is planning an open air rally at Christie Pits. In New York a giant parade on Saturday, August 6, at 1|supported by hundreds o6£ p.m., from the UBC gates to| prominent citizens, religious © the Japanese Gardens. |leaders, unionists and othérs In Montreal, Toronto and other Canadian centres various demonstrations are _ taking, place. The Combined Univer- will converge on the United Nations to petition for univer- sal nuclear disarmament. The parade will call for continu- sities Campaign for Nuclear| ance of the three-power talks Disarmament in Montreal is} in Geneva aimed at producing planning an open air gather-{|a ban on nuclear bomb test< ing and photograph exhibit in| ing and for a voluntary inter« im cessation of testing. Communist candidates ready campaign for jobs, peace The provincial election pot was boiling in B.C. this week with expectation of an early announcement of an election date in September. Communist Party provincial campaign manager, Carl Rush, announced this week that two more nominations had brought the party’s total to 19 candi- dates in fourteen constituen- cies. Latest to be nominated were Bruce Yorke in North Van- couver where he will be the running mate of trade union- ish William Stewart, and Mrs. Sonia Rutka in Vancouver Centre _ whose running mate will be Pacific Tribune Assoc- iate Editor Maurice Rush. In a statement released Tues- day the Communist Party cam- paign manager said: ‘The nine- teen. Communist candidates will campaign for new policies for jobs, peace and security. They will be the only candid- ates offering a program for B.C. growth and people’s needs through new national policies | § of independence and neutral- ity for Canada.” Report on U.S. T-V Recently members of the PTA in a Virginia community counted the crimes portrayed in 114% hours of _ television programs at times most usual- ly watched by children. They added up 231 assaults 117 killings, 15 robberies, 16 kidnappings and 10 murder conspiracies. Charging that “the CCF lea- dership has smothered the de- sire of the working people for real unity by trying to attach the trade unions to their pol- itical machine,’ Carl Rush said ‘“‘this makes it all the more necessary for ail progressive- minded people to support the Communist candidates. They are the only candidates who stand for genuine Labor-Farm- posal of the Social Credit gov- ernment to “build homemade human incinerators, common- ly called bomb shelters.” North Vancouver candidate Bruce Yorke charged that Soc- red education policy was to blame for school dGouble-shift- ing. “Schools not armaments are what we need,” he said. Accepting nomination Yorke said he will fight for a cut- er unity.” , back in arms spending, for Vancouver Centre candidate | Canada’s withdrawal from Na- Sonia Rutka, in accepting | to, which a policy of neutral- nomination, hit out at the pro-|ity would make possible. Lae Scene shows one of thousands of contingents in Japan taking part in the march against nuclear bombs. Photo shows marchers being greeted by the public.