i otecieamnbeaate t Fac Wl C; iii Wee rap junio wy \ HA ih al) WES EUN, UL Wa mana fp (By Hiantnisnncend FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1954. Continued from page 1! HELL-BOMB could make world’s largest cities uninhabitable for two years.” DR. GEORGE M. VOLKOFF, Vancouver atomic scientist: “An H-bomb war could destroy the world.” : Canada’s External Affairs Min- ister Lester B. Pearson echoed Dr. Volkoff on Sunday this week Be when he told the Ottawa Catholic : Youth Organization, “Should we ever get into World War I, there probably won’t be more than a handful of people left.” But the St. Laurent government failed to act on CCF national leader .M. J. Coldwell’s proposal that it ask the U.S. to cancel plans for exploding another H- bomb in the Pacific. In the British House of Com- mons, Prime Minister Winston Churchill likewise rejected the pleas of Labor MPs that he: ask the U.S. to drop its H-bomb tests. Voicing his concern over the “stupendous problems and perils” posed by the H-bomb, he con- tended contradictorily that U‘S. H-bomb tests were essential to , . US. defense policy; without which “Europe would be in mor- tal peril.” Despite the refusal of govern- Continued RODD Electrical Workers, as read at the last meeting of Vancouver Trades - and Labor Council, Hurley terms Sections 365 and 372 of Bill 7 “shockingly dangerous legisla- - tion.” Section 365, he opines, “would Bive power to the provincial gov- ernments to legislate crimes into existence, at their whim, leaving a labor at the complete mercy of iy any provincial government.” In Hurley’s view, this section “can be described not as a step toward a.police state, but as a final step into a police state in- sofar as labor is concerned.” Noting that it appears to be directed at unions in public utilities alone, Hurley regards it as threatening “trade unionism as a whole.” So-called “saving clauses” in- serted into both clauses the city lawyer dismisses as failing: to give any protection to workers affected. Hurley concludes his opinion by observing that his review of other provisions of Bill 7 have led him to this conclusion: “I have been gravely concerned to note that these are not the only sections which may be fairly de- scribed as retrograde.” WRITE OR WIRE YOUR M.P. TODAY Frida y, Ap ments to act against the perils they are compelled to admit, the demand for ending of the H- bomb tests and international con- trol of atomic weapons is rising throughout the world. In India, Prime Minister Nehru has called on: the U.S. and all other countries to stop H-bomb tests. In Australia, External Af- fairs Minister Richard Casey has called for a meeting of the UN ‘Disarmament Commission “on a stated and early date” to discuss international control of atomic weapons. In Tokyo this week, Canada’s Dr. James Endicott, chairman of the Canadian Peace Congress, an- nounced that he would ask the World Pacifist\.Conference to adopt a resolution calling on the UN to ban atomic weapons. In this country, the LPP na- tional convention, meeting in To- ronto last weekend, approved this telegram to Prime Minister St. Laurent: “The recent uncontrolled explo- sion of nuclear or hydrogen weap- ons in the Pacific by the United States with resultant loss of in- nocent lives, has evoked the hor- ror and indignation of the Can- adian people and people through- out the world. This act of the U.S. once again points up the grave danger to humanity, known and unknown, ‘to which the peo- ples of the world are exposed by the testing and use of nuclear weapons. “Press reports indicate that atomic ashes are present in Brit- ish Columbia. “In the cause of humanity, this fifth national convention of the Labor-Progressive party demands that your government publicly condemn this act of the U.S: gov- ernment and call upon them to refrain from any further tests of this nature. “The horror of these weapons again emphasizes the urgency for an international agreement ban- ning all nuclear and hydrogen weapons. We call upon your gov- . ernment to publicly take a stand for such agreement.” . And in Vancouver last week- end, the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union conven- tion also called upon the federal government to make representa- tions to the U.S. to end its H- bomb experiments, stating that “the lives of deepsea fishermen are being threatened” and that “the whole fishing industry could be seriously threatened.” B.C. Peace Council has called a public rally for Friday, April 9, in Pender Auditorium here on the issue of the H-bomb tests and international control of atomic weapons. é “His fireworks will be the death of us, if we don‘t do something quick,” Pulp order for B.C. opens Soviet trade — The wheels of British Columbia’s pulp industry will be kept rolling and Soviet ships will start calling again at B.C. ports shortly, asa result of Canadian acceptance of a Soviet offer to buy rayon pulp from Canada. Announcement ‘that necessary “‘ex’ port permits’’ have been approved by Ottawa, authorizing shipment of a large order of rayon pulp to the USSR, is seen as the first major break in the U.S.-dictated policy erecting barriers against trade with the socialist countries. Although only a first step in reestablishing trading relations between Canada Continued from page 1 APPEAL we all pull together parliament must act. Now—and we can all be thank- ful, for this is above politics— M. J. Coldwell has risen in the House to ask the government to get Washington to stop the tests. The government did not act and the next day another bomb was exploded. We, the people of Canada, must write, wire, telephone, telegraph, petition and interview our mem- bers of parliament till all parties and the government act. What matter of public import- ance dare we place before the question of Canada’s survival, ly- ing, as we do, between the U.S. and the Soviet Union? | Government and_ parliament must act, not only to prevent explosions getting out of control, but to prevent the fully controll- ed and planned mass extermina- tion of men, women and children. Weapons are made and tested for use. . ' We propose: @ The government, by an all-party resolution in the House of Commons, must at once insist that all H-bomb tests. be stopped. backed inary session of our @® Parliament should solemn- ly declare this country’s readi- ness to join with all countries in pledging never to use atomic weapons. @ Canada should propose at the April 26 conference of the powers at Geneva the complete banning of A-bombs and H-bombs with full international control. This world has become an atomic powder keg which only awaits the match. Therefore Can- ada should also recognize China and press for her acceptance in her rightful seat in the United Nations; should work for a cease- fire in Viet Nam; should oppose remilitarizing Germany (what happens if German militarism gets the hydrogen bomb?) and should much more actively de- velop world trade. ; We appeal to every man and woman, irrespective of politics or religion, to speak to his MP now. There will be no Politics in a common ash-heap. For our part we have summoned an extraord- national - council for Sunday, April 4, to strengthen the fight for life. We must destroy the bomb be- for the bomb destroys us. Public Action Rally DR. HAROLD BASS Pastor, St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Tacoma, Washington ril 9 — 8 p.m. PENDER AUD B.C, PEACE COUNCIL PACIFIC TRIBUNE — APRIL 2, 1954 — PAGE 12 and the Soviet Union, the order placed with the B.C. pulp indus: try and now approved by the . federal government will meat jobs for B.C. loggers and pulp plant workers. It will mean that the B.C. pulp industry will be able to dispose of an additional $1,000,000 worth of “dissolving pulp,” the material that produces the. fibres for the spinning of rayon yarn for teX- tiles. ~ With a rapidly expanding de- mand for consumer goods in the Soviet Union, the initial order is considered to represent only @ small part of what if is possible for Canada to market in this vast new outlet. The new trade move is seen as opening up. limitless possibilities if extended to. the People’s Democracies and especl ally People’s China, with its vast program of construction and it dustrialization. Two B.C. companies are pres- ently engaged in production of rayon pulp; ‘Columbia Cellulose, with a plant at Port Edwards caP- able of turning out 250 tons 2 day, and Alaska Pine and Cel- _ lulose, with plants at Woodfibre and Port Alice, each capable of turning out about 300 tons a day- Woodfibre plant has had several extended layoffs in recent years because of market conditions. 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