Report on germ war ‘challenges public opinion’ PEKING ‘An international scientific commissions has checked all pre- Vious evidence and confirmed the chargés that American authorities have been conducting germ warfare against Chinese and Korean _ Peoples, : The commission’s report is considered here as a most serious challenge to world public opinion — especially to the American People and those American scientists who have hesitated to believe their government guilty of such crimes against humanity. The commission spent from June 23 to August 6 travelling Widely in Northeast China and Korea, making detailed laboratory tests and interviewing ‘hundreds of eyewitnesses.” The commission’s report also discloses for the first time that two American pilots—in addition to two others who confessed last April—admit having taken part in germ warfare. All four Am- fricans were exhaustively ques- tioned by the commission. — The report. published this Week in Chinese, French. Rus- Sian and English, comprises 59 Pages plus an appendix of a quar- ter of a million words, covering RySTy question raised by western me entific circles about germ war- are. The report will be widely distributed to all interested Scientists. Copies are also being ies to western correspondents t the Panmunjom truce talks /8nd distributed at the United Na- tions, The international commission 2 . / Ihvitea by the Chinese Acad- _ *my of Sciences—consists of: Dr. Andra Andreen. laboratory direc- ae for city hospitals of Stock- _ jolm. Sweden; Jean Malterre, of | me National College of Agricul- me at Grignon, near Paris; Dr. Canadian delegates leave to attend Asian-Pacific peace conference at Peking — TORONTO “The departure of a number of eminent Canadian citizen i : ; é s for the Asian and Paci Conference is a sign of the strong popular feeling in Canada for an immediate aioe nee Korean war,” Finlay Mackenzie, secretary of the: Canadian Sponsoring Committee, declared in a state- ment to the press on the occasion of his depar in the conference, Among those who have left by air for Peking are: VV Mrs. Grace Knight, Edmon- ton, who is the recording secre- tary of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Canada, a member of the United Church, Fellowship of Reconciliation. Pax Christi, Peace Pledge Union, and Council of Women. V Mrs. Eva Sanderson, Toron- to.a grandmother and active member of the CCF, World Fed- eralists, of Reconciliation and Cooperative Service. V Elgin Neish, Victoria, Navy veteran, fisherman and executive officer of United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union in Vic- toria. ; V¥ Mrs. Kay Gardner, Vancou- ver, journalist and librarian. Vy J. &. Baxter, Montreal, holds Master of Arts degree from Uni- versity of Toronto, secretary of Youth for International Friend- ship. VY Dr. D. L. Johnson, Brandon, practising physician. V Miss Ethel Neilson, Toronto, Licentiate in Music from Eng- land’s Trinity College, music teacher, a lifeling Liberal. presi- dent of the Toronto chapter, Con- gress of Canadian Women. Vy Mrs. Lucile Barash, Winni- peg, housewife, secretary (Mani- toba Peace Council. y¥ John Boyd, Toronto, Secre- tary of the Canadian Slay Com- mittee. VV Finlay Mackenzie, Toronto teacher, MA in Oriental history, born in China where his parents were missionaries, secretary of Canadian Sponsoring Committee. “Tt is a sign of the desire for a genuine peace settlement with Japan, and of the strong majori- ty sentiment for recognition of| China. The people of Canada want peaceful beneficial relations of trade and cultural exchange with our neighbors to the south and across the Pacific, want an end to production and use of jweapons of mass destruction and to the dangerous armaments race,” said Mackenzie. . “It is because the public wants these things’ that thousands of people have endorsed and con- tributed to the sending of im- portant Canadian spokesmen to the conference, which opens in Peking towards the end of this month. 7. “We expect this conference will be a.landmark in the effort of the peoples of the Asian and Pa- cific area to achieve a- lasting peace in this important region where most of the people of the world live and towards which Canada looks with hopes as a young nation with great hopes ‘for the future—hopes that can 4} only be realized through peace. I feel personally honored to have been modestly associated with the splendid people from all] parts of Canada who are going on this quest for peace.” Mackenzie appealed for all do- nations to be forwarded to the | Canadian Sponsoring Committée for an Asian and Pacific Peace ‘Conference. 23 Sultan Street, To- ronto, in order to meet outstand- ing bills in connection with the sending of participants from all parts of Canada, : t ige for Peking along with several other participants Rescind PUC order giving BC E higher rate demands LPP > Vancouver committee of the Labor-Progressive party this week called on all labor, community and other people’s organizations to send resolutions to Premier W. A. C. Bennett ‘‘demanding the cab- inet rescind. the decision of the Public Utilities Commission to in- crease the BCElectric’s allowance rate of return from 5.8 to 6.5 percent.”” The LPP also asked the Socred cabinet to ‘‘fire the present commissioners.’’ “Undoubtedly the increase in the allowable return-of the BCE will result in a further round of price boosts in gas. electricity and transportation rates.” a press release signed by LPP city organizer Sid Zlotnik said. “This is established by all previous ex- perience since the company tradi- tionally claims it is operating at a deficit if its profits amount to less than it is legally entitled to make. ; “phe PUC once again has demonstrated that it is the in-, strument of big monopoly in- terests, particularly the BC- Blectric. The Social Credit government should already have called a special session og the legislature to deal with this, along with other very im- portant business. In pre-elec- ‘tion statements it committed itself to reorganize the Public Utilities Commission, “Tt is an anomaly that this favorite baby of the defeated Liberal-Tory Coalition govern- ment should be permitted to con- tinue its existence and to make decisions vitally affecting the consumer public,’ Since the pro- vincial cabinet must sign all ord- ers of the PUC before they be- come effective, it should be urg- ed not to sign this order. If it is already signed the cabinet should be urged to rescind. Fur- ther representations should be made calling for the firing of the present commission, and its re- establishment on a more repre- sentative and democratic basis, bearing in mind the interests of dabor and consumers.” Continued IWA yard General. Workers Federa- tion. : “A clear case of using the ‘courts to attack the trade union movement,” said Bill, White, president of the Marine Work- ers and Boilermakers Union. “The judgment of Chief Jus- tice Farris should be strongly protested by all labor and citi- zens’ organizations,” said Maur- ice Rush, LPP labor secretary. “The use of anti-labor injuni- tions by the employers, out of which this case arose, has long been opposed by labor, The ICA Act inquiry board was ob- liged in its report now before the Bennett government to re- ~ commend that the use of in- junctions in labor disputes be curbed, The decision of Chief Justice Farris flies in the face of public opinion.” Hastings Steam Baths OPEN DAY and NIGHT Expert Masseurs in Attendance Vancouver, B.C. HAstings 0240 - 766 E. Hastings ‘ Castle Jewelers Watchmaker and Jewelers Special Discount to all Tribune Read- ers. 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