“Tt is a dangerous time — im-
Press that on your consciousness,”’
Unionist and peace activist Ray
Stevenson warned about 75
Members of the B.C. Peace Council
Saturday in Vancouver.

“It is quite apparent that the
US., Pentagon forces are embark-
| don a policy which if carried to its

} logical end will destroy detente,

Scalate the arms race and create the
} Most dangerous situation the world
| has ever faced,’’ he declared.

| _ That dangerous situation looms
} %a result of the deployment of a
| Whole range of new strategic
) Weapons by the U.S. military, the
| Possible rejection of the SALT II
| "eaty by the U.S. senate, and the
New military alliance between the
|| \-S. and China, Stevenson told
} “legates to the Peace Council’s an-
Nual conference.

For many years a respected trade
'Nion official in Canada, first with
| the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
at Sudbury, and then for 12 years
With the United Steelworkers of

rica in Toronto, Stevenson last

| Year became the Canadian represen-

| lative to the World Peace Council
sed in Helsinki.

lt his first trip back to Canada

Since the posting to Helsinki Steven-

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son held discussions with the Cana-
dian Peace Congress in Toronto
and flew to Vancouver for the B.C.
Peace Council’s weekend: con-
ference at the Fishermen’s Hall.

The address to the Peace Council
was dotted with recollections, anec-
dotes and reflections on more than
three decades in the Canadian labor
movement, and his conviction that
the ‘‘struggle for peace is the strug-
gle for change’’.

But the message that Stevenson
brought to the conference was a
warning and a call to action to
block ‘‘the mad dogs around
Brzezinski’’ from reversing detente
and destroying the SALT
agreements.

An important new development
in the struggle to limit strategic
weapons is the recent U.S. an-
nouncement that it wil deploy the
Perishin II missiles in Europe, he
said.

Perishin I missiles have been in
use for some time, and were con-
ventional missiles with a range of
about 500 kilometres. The Perishin
II missiles, however, have a range
of 2,000 kilometres, placing
Moscow safely in their target range
from U.S. bases in Western
Europe.

“They are designed to create a
whole new imbalance in the deploy-
ment of -strategic weapons,’’
Stevenson said, ‘‘And that would
render the SALT agreements wor-
thless.”’

The U.S. intention to bull ahead
with the Perishin missiles was a ma-
jor factor motivating Soviet presi-

poJee dent -Brezhney’sepeace «initiative: in

Berlin two weeks ago, he added,
when the Soviet president offered to
withdraw 1,000 tanks and 20,000
men from western Europe if NATO
would reciprocate.

Brezhnev also offered not to
target any European country with

- missiles if they agreed not to have

missiles pointed at the Soviet
Union. The offer has met with a
good response in Europe, Stevenson
reported, ‘but the American
response was indicative of the
dangerous situation developing.
“Brzezinski said it was an in-
teresting offer, but they will deploy
the missiles anyway.”

In spite of U.S. president
Carter’s public support for SALT
II, and the overwhelming support
of the American people for the trea-
ty, the World Peace Council is con-
vinced that it is Brzezinski, Carter’s
secretary of state, leading the group
of 34 senators who are campaigning
for the rejection of SALT II, he ad-
ded. - eon.

Of more immediate concern to
people in B.C., Stevenson reported
that, on his initiative, discussion
had begun withing the World Peace
Council to organize a fourth Peace

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Arch concert in the memory of Paul
Robeson.

The concert would bring artists
from around the world who shared
“Robeson’s commitment to the
world peace movement ‘“‘to a

festival of artistry and music — -

under the banner of Robeson,
peace and friendship. .

“Tt could attract the attention of
the world,’’ Stevenson said, ‘“‘It
may be a dream, but a dream that
needs doing.”’

The Peace Council conference
brought delegates from around the

province and elected a new provin- .

cial council to lead the work of the
organization. United Fishermen
and Allied Workers Union safety
director Bert Ogden was elected
vice-chairman and_ interim
spokesman for the council, réplac-
ing John Beeching who stepped
down from the chairman’s post.

Story was
‘right on
the mark’

Bill Procopation, business agent,
United Fishermen and Allied
Workers Union writes: Jack
Phillip’s labor comment concerning
the ruling by Justice McKay to deny

the Combines Investigation Branch _ :
“the authority al ois “UFAWU “the demand that all trade union ac-~

representatives to answer questions
concerning the internal affairs of
our union, (Tribune, Oct. 19, 1979)
was right on the mark.

If the Combines attack on our
union is successful it could be used
against any union. —

With this in mind, our union has
submitted the following two resolu-
tions to the upcoming B.C. Federa-
tion of Labor convention.

The - first demands, that the
“Clark government immediately
cease the persecution of the
UFAWU and remove Restrictive
Trades Practices Commissioner
Bertrand and all other involved per-
sonnel for persistent mistruths con-
cerning the initiation and scope of
the Combines inquiry, and further
to convene a public inquiry into the
entire fishing industry, concentrat-
ing on multinational control of
Weston’s, New England Fishing
Company and Japanese corpora-
tions.””

The second resolution calls on the
Federation to demand with us that
“the Combines inquiry into the af-
fairs of the UFAWU be immediate--
ly quashed in the interests of na-
tural justice, and further demand

- that guarantees be written into com-

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Longtime trade unionist and peace activist Ray Stevenson brought
both a warning and a call to action to peace workers in B.C.
gathered at the B.C. Peace Council's annual conference Saturday at
the Fishermen’s Hall in Vancouver.

“OPEN FORUM”

petition legislation to ensure that
such insidious means will never be
used again against a trade union in
Canada.”’

* * *

Jim Rushton, UFAWU defence
committee, writes: The assessment
of Justice Harry McKay’s ruling re-
garding the Combines investigation
of the UFAWU by. Jack Phillips is
an accurate one.

The ruling does have far-reaching
ramifications for the labor move-
ment. During the period of the lat-
est attack by the Combines branch
spokesmen of big business echoed

tivities be subject to Combines in-
vestigation, an idea as old as the
first Trade Union Act of 1873.

As Phillips pointed out, the
UFAWU is subject of attack for
basically, two reasons. First, there
is the unrelenting campaign by the
union against the sellout of our

marine resources. Second, fisher-
men are still denied collective
bargaining rights. What better op-
portunity to slip Combines legisla-
tion into the realm of labor rela-
tions.

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Canadian Association of Indust-
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strike at Placer Development’s En-
dako Mine has turned into a mara-
thon event, our brothers and sisters
in. Fraser lake remain strorg and
continue their fight. Their strength
is an inspiration to us all.

The CAIMAW Lower Mainland
council has organized a special En-
dako strike benefit dance. The date
is Friday, Nov. 9, 8 p.m. at the
Royal Towers Hotel, 6th St. and
Royal Ave. in New Westminster.

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