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FRIENDSHIP

tax on profits if they distrib-
ute them to the membership.

“HT R. MacMillan (former
chairman of the board of B.C.
Packers) says this is unfair to
him.” said Sinclair. “MacMil-
lan personally pays
tax at the rate of 86 cents on
the dollar. That’s why he
weeps and says we're forcing

him into socialism.”
Then why does he support
the Liberals?” shot back Ish-

kev, with a twinkle ‘in his
eye.
After visiting Newfound-

land and seeing firsthand the
unenviable lot of fishermen
there, Ishkov found is easy to
say many pleasant things
ut British Columbia, where
g standards are incom
rably higher.

“Every province in Canada,
starting with Newfoundland,
} claimed to be the best,”
he said, “but in British Colum-
bia, Mr. Sinclair has brought
us to the peak. And Vancouver

is easily the loveliest city we
ave seen in this country.
“We hope our visit paves

the way for more frequent

visits between Canada and the
Soviet Union. The warm wel-
have received proves
znadian and Soviet
the same alms
- to keep the peace,
living standards,
better cities, ,create a

ee

“ome we

build
happier life.

“It will be a pity if our tour
is not followed by-an exchange

of fishermen, scientists and
businessmen.”

Ishkov handed out more
than compliments. He placed
a number of orders for Cana-

dian manufactured machines,
and his deputy minister, Igor

nenov, suggested that in
uture Soviet freighters from
Siberia may drydock in North

imcome ,

Vancouver for repairs.

“Would you like to do the
work Semenov asked Bur-
rard Drydock officials. The
reply was an enthusiastic af-
firmative. :

Last summer several Soviet
ships were here to load Ca-
nadian, grain for Vladivostok,
and these ships will be re-
turning here in 1957 and 1958.

One of the numerous ban-
quets honoring Ishkov and
his party was sponsored by
United Fishermen and Allied
Workers Union. *

“The Soviet people have suf-
fered greatly as a result of
war and no one in our coun-
try wants war,” Ishkov told
the gathering.

“The Soviet people want
to live in peace, improve their
welfare, and create the hap-
piest life possible for their
children.

“We are happy to meet the
workers of the sea and peopie
who have many similar prob-

9”

lems.- We fish in the, same
ocean, have the same worries,
want more salmon to reach
our shores, and want to do
everything possible to in-
crease our stocks.”

UFAWU secretary Homer

Stevens replied that he hoped
the visit of the Russian dele-
gation would mark the begin-
ning of other exchanges as
previously advocated by the
union. He looked forward “to
the possibility of mutually ac-
ceptable fishing agreements
among all countries border-
ing on the Pacific.”

Igor Semenov paid a graci-
cus tribute “to the wives of
fishermen and all women
present who with great care
and love and with their own
hands have taken time from
their own families to prepare
these wonderful dishes.”

COME TO THE
LPP ELECTION RALLY

Pender Auditorium

Sunday, Sept. 16--8 p.m.

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A group of members of the Supreme Soviet recently addressed a questio®
the Soviet government asking what measures
universal cessation of nuclear weapon tests.’
to placing of the question in the Supreme Soviet at this time because the
Union is itself conducting a series of nuclear weapon tests. Four have been anit

ed in the current series which
began on August 24.

(At a recent press: confer-
ence, U.S, President Hisen-
hower asserted that although
“Soviet leaders continue to talk

about abandoning atomic
weapons, they go right ahead
with their own testing. pro-
gram.”)

The Supreme Soviet mem-
bers who submitted the ques-
tion are all members of the
World Council of Peace, an
international body composed
of influential public figures
of different religious and poli-
tical outlooks from all parts
of the world.

A recent executive. session
of the World Council in Paris
reiterated its stand against the
testing of nuclear weapons and
called attention to the danger
of damaging unborn genera-

tions through the radiation
resulting from tests.
Soviet delegates took *the

letter before the Soviet Peace
Committee, which endorsed it,
and the question to the Soviet
government followed,

“Governnments of 40 coun-
tries are now on record as
favoring an end- to nuclear
weapon tests. The Supreme
Soviet endorsed an appeal on
these lines from the Japanese
parliament, and submitted to
other parliaments an appeal
of its own.

The question to the Soviet
government was submitted by
Wasilewska, Korneichuk, Pop-
ova, Surkov, Tikhonov, Ehren-
burg and Nesmeyanov. Alex-
ander Nesmayonov, in whose
name the question was actu-
ally submitted, is president of

the USSR Academy of
Sciences.
Replying to the question,

Soviet Foreign Minister D. T.
Shepilov said:

“The appeal of so represen-
tative and authoritative a body
as the World Council of Peace
merits special attention by the
government of the three pow-
ers. It is an appeal that should
help towards early solution of
this long-standing and press-
ing problem... .

“International
somewhat relaxed. In these
conditions, solution of -the
problem of disarmament and
of prohibiting atomic and hy-
drogen weapons aquires truly
decisive importance as a means
of ensuring lasting peace... .
Durable peace cannot be guar-
anteed without a radical cut
in armaments and prohibition

tension has

USSR asked fo

stand on tests

MOS

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it intended to take’ ‘‘to ensute,
Considerable significance is att?

of atomic and hydrogen weap- whether or not agreemelll
Ons? 4s." reached. on other 45P

Shepilov said that the So- disarmament.” f
viet government had submit- He contended that §
ted to the United Nations “a proposal ‘could be put
proposal for immediate ter- fect immediately,
mination of thermonuclear would help solution —
weapons tésts, irrespective of entire disarmament

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Dr. Otto Schmidt, famous Soviet Arctic exploret

part in several Soviet polar expeditions pefore
died last week at the age of 65. At one time he was ©
of administration of the northern sea route. This pictl
in 1937, shows him addressing the Soviet Academy
of which he was a former vice-president.

Peace Council plant
campaign against H-tes'

sion

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Announcement of a new Soviet nuclear explo

lines, once again the urgent need af an internation@
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on the Canadian government
to endorse the Japanese par-

liament’s demand for an end
to the tests.” it added.

An all-day session of B.C.
Peace Council, open to the

SEPTEMBER 14, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE —
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public, will be
September 30, _
Pender Auditorium jdt,
map a province “of
paign against a}
testing of nucleat