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STOP U.S.

IN VIETNAM
PROTEST MEETING

THURSDAY, JUNE 4th, 8 P.M.

FISHERMEN’S HALL

138 East Cordova St.

_ SPEAKER — WM. STEWART

City Sec'ty — Communisi Party

ae IN LAOS. Above exclusive picture shows Pathet Lao forces
: ‘9. arms captured in the fighting on the Plain of Jars in Laos.
Ohm, . ‘elation of the Geneva agreement the U.S. has been pumping
bei ghtist forces,and conspiring to set up a right wing regime,

Trade fair good start,
“Ut many shortcomings

potential exists, was absent. The
Soviet Union, one of Canada’s
biggest customers was absent and
only Bulgaria was present from
the socialist world,

Japan had probably the biggest
exhibit but the Latin American
countries which offer tremendous
prospects for two-way trade were
totally absent.

Had the trade fair concentrated:

on the Pacific rim trade poten-
tial and emphasized the trade
possibilities with the socialist
countries it would have been a
much more effective effort and
contributed more to the econo-
mic future of our province,

Most jaring and out-of-place
display at an international trade
fair was the U.S. war rocket,
It is to be hoped that this is one
product the countries ofthe world
will never trade in!

In the balance it must be said
that the idea of such trade fairs
is excellent and that labor should
express its opinions in such a
way that the next trade fair will
not show the weaknesses which
this one did,

—W.ES,

DIRTY WAR

‘Save our fisheries’ |
demands Ottawa lobby

A delegation 40 strong, com-
posed of members of the Unit-
ed Fishermen and Allied Work-
ers’ Union, U.F,A,W.U Women’s
Auxiliaries and the Native Bro-
therhood of B.C, was in Ottawa
this week to present a policy
statement to the Federal govern-

- ment and MP’s urging protection

of B.C,’s fishing industry,

The policy statement a&ks
for **honest answers to these
questions’’:

* ‘¢Why all the secrecy? Why
are Canada’s Pacific Coast fish-
ermen not included in the nego-
tiating delegation?’’

* “Why did Canadian govern-
ment delegates not demand a
four nation treaty? Why has the
Canadian government failed to
call for a halt on mid-ocean
salmon ‘piracy’ by Japan?’’

* ‘Why did the Canadian cab-
inet, by secret ‘minute’ give
away to Japan in eastern Bering
Sea, halibut and the Queen Char-
lotte Island’s west coast her-
ring?’

* “‘Why did Canada ‘agree’ to

-government planning

removal of the ‘abstention prin-
ciple’ after giving way on hali-
but and herring stocks?’

* ‘“Why is Canada now in the
unfavorable bargaining position
of proposing ‘amendments’ to
an American draft of a ‘treaty’
which is only an ‘amendment’
to a Japanese draft treaty?’’

* ‘(Why has the Canadian gov-
ernment consistently refused to
put forward a Canadian draft
treaty satisfactory to the Cana-
dian fishermen?’’

* ‘(Why have Canadian fisher-
men been denied their democra-
tic right to a full hearing be-
fore the House of Commons
Standing Committee on such a
vital issue?”’

* ‘¢What kind of ‘compromise’
or give-away is the Canadian
for «this
summer when it meets Japanese
and American negotiators in Ot-
tawa?’’

Pointing out the demand of fish-
ermen to be represented on ‘‘all

Products.

George this week, said:

‘outcome of such enquiry.”

Stop forest licence
urged on Williston

The B.C. Provincial Committee of the Communist
Party, meeting in Vancouver last Saturday, decided to
wire Minister of Lands and Forests Ray Williston.
opposing the granting of a licence to Alexandra Forest

The wire, which is being sent to Williston at the
hearing into the application being held in Prince

“Strongly urge rejection of Alexandra Tree Farm
licence. Granting of licence would turn over three and a
half million acres to a monopoly now largely U.S.
owned. Communist Party Provincial Committee
strongly urges setting up of a Royal Commission on
Forestry. Ask no further licences be granted pending

"IWE HOPE TO SEE YOU °°.

Nad ae hia

AT THE ANNUAL :
INTERNATIONAL ~~:

BE SURE TO ATTEND THIS ANNUAL GATHERING

OF CHILDREN FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER

PEACE ARCH PARK- JUNE 7th

SUNDAY AFTERNOON

PROGRAM FEATURES
RACES * CONTESTS & PRIZES* FREE
ICE CREAM & POP * FLAG EXCHANGE BETWEEN
CHILDREN * CHILDRENS HOOTANANY LED By
CANADIAN AND U:S. FOLK SINGERS*®

SPONSORED BY > B.C. WOMENS COMMITTEE FOR WORLD FRIENDSHIP

The above brochure, advertising international Children’s Day, is being put

out by the B.C. Women’s Committee for World Friendship, the group
sponsoring the event at Peace Arch Park. The background illustration was
done by ‘‘volunteer child labor.”’ A large attendance is expected at this
big day for kids and adults alike. Internationai Children’s Day is held in
the spirit of co-operation and friendship of children the world over.

May 29, 1964—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3

negotiating teams when our live-
lihood is at stake,’’ the statement
protests the failure ofthe govern-
ment to allow the union a hear-
ing before the Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Marine
and Fisheries,

The policy statement also
urges the government to move
towards an all-inclusive North
Pacific Fisheries Treaty; to end
mid-Pacific ‘‘rustling’’; to pro-
tect herring and halibut re-
sources; and adopt sound con-
servation of all other species on
a joint basis with Japan, the
U\S.A,, the U.S.S.R., and other
nations as they may develop Pac-
ific fisheries operations on
the high seas,

PREMIER NEHRU of India died this
week at the age of 74 after suffer-
ing his second stroke. He had been
ailing for some months. The world
mourned the passing of India’s
great statesman and leader who
played a prominent part in win-
ning his country’s independence.

Phillips
challenges
alderman

Jack Phillips, secretary of
Vancouver’s Outside Civic Work-
ers, has challenged Alderman
Philip Lipp to ‘‘a public debate
in any hall’’ to discuss Lipp’s
recent statements about taxes in
Vancouver and his griping about
the recent wage increase won by
outside workers,

Lipp had written in the May 14
issue of the Highland Echo that
taxes were too high, the pay in-
crease would raise them still
further and the city could save
money on such items as garbage
collection by contracting the work
out to private firms,

The following issue ofthe Echo
contained a rep;y by Phillips,
who stated: ‘*Yes, taxes are too
high in Vancouver, but why blame
the civic workers? What Canada
needs is a new financial deal for
all municipalities,

‘*Further, the city of Vancou-
ver should enlarge the public sec-
tor of the economy locally, in
order to get more revenue, For
example, it could distribute gas
and electricity (a paying proposi-
tion) like many other Canadian
cities, Why not, Alderman Lipp?’

Hoping that Lipp ‘‘is preparec
to put his opinions to the test,’’
Phillips proposed that any public
debate could be sponsored by <
Chamber of Commerce, a Boarc
of Trade or a ratepayers’ group,