AT 6TH CONGRESS OF SOCIALIST UNITY PARTY. Photo shows Soviet Premier Khrushchev applauding the speech of GDR’s Walter Ulbricht at the Congress of the Socialist Unity Party in Berlin. 1500 at Slav concert oppose nuclear arms Approximately 1500 people at the' Annual All-Slav Concert last Sunday adopted a position of ‘“‘No Nuclear Arms for Canada.’’ The audience enthusiastically endors- ed the text of a letter to Prime Minister Diefenbaker (with copies to be forwarded to the leaders of the other three Parliamentary parties) which called for no A- arms “under any guise whatso- ever.”’ The letter also requested the government to ‘‘view in a most posititive light the recently re- ported proposal of the Ambassa- dor of the Soviet Union, Dr. Ama- sasp Aroutunian, who has called for a program of co-operation be- tween his country and ours in the field of peaceful uses of atomic energy.” Such an action would be wel- comed by the majority of Cana- dians, as well as by other peoples © Underpay B.C. Gov’t workers Many employees of B.C. gov- ernment hospitals receive 20 per- cent less than the average rate paid for the same work by other hospitals in the province. This charge was made by the B.C. government Employees As- sociation in a recent press re. lease. The release said that X-ray technicians and orderlies receive $55 less monthly than average wages paid to their counterparts in other B.C. hospitals. Cooks get $47 less, nurses aides $26 less. A recent survey by the Associa. tion shows that government wages in all job classifications range. from 10° percent to 24 percent below the average paid for similar work in B.C. ROOFING & SHEET METAL REPAIRS Reasonable Gutters and Downpipes Duroid, Tar and Gravel NICK BITZ BR 7-6722 of the world, the letter concluded. The concert itself; held in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, fea- tured the cultural forces of the progressive Ukrainian and Rus- sian organizations, with Polish soloists. The entire show was well plan- ned and ran quite smoothly, without any major hitches. Per- formance level was, generally speaking, quite high and the audience responded warmly to the many colorful songs, dances and particularly competent or- chestral playing. Sennap in London Daily. Mail “I keep having this dream that you’recharging me too much.’’. 414,000 jobless ‘normal’—Ottawa OTTAWA — The Dominion Bureau of Statistics and the labor department last week re- leased the latest unemploy- ment figures for Canada which showed an increase of 72,000 from mid-November to mid- December. The total unemployed report- ed by the joint statement was 414,000. This is reported to be 6.3 percent of the labor force, compared to 5.2 percent a month earlier. The announcement described unemployment in Canada as being “normal.” CRA WINNER Winner of the afghan at the Civic Reform Association bazaar was Mrs. L. Hewison from North Burnaby, with ticket number 40. PRIOR GARAGE & SERVICE 219 Prior St. MU 3-2926 COMPLETE AUTO SERVICE & REPAIRS Auto Body Work LEE, Proprietor . ‘LET TIME WORK FOR US’ KHRUSHCHEV CALLS FOR UNITY AT E. GERMAN PARTY CONGRESS ALLAN S ineron BERLIN — Premier Khrushchev last Wednes- day appealed to all Com, munist Parties to unite and stop airing disputed questions in the press. “Let time work for us. It will help us to see who is right and who wrong,” he said. The Soviet Premier was addressing the Sixth Congress of the German Socialist Un- ity Party here. His 244-hour speech was halted many times by ovations, “The Central Committee of our Party would regard it as useful to stop the polemics be- tween the Communist Par- ties, the criticism of other parties inside their own par- ties, and allow a certain time, so to say, for calming down,” he said. “Some comrades say that a meeting of all brother par- ties should be called to argue the questions which are ripe for discussion. Our party has always favored such meet- ings. . “At the same time we are of the view that clearly there would be little hope of settl- ing the present differences of opinion if such a meeting were called immediately. “Such a meeting would lead, not to a calm and reas- onable settlement of differ- ences of opinion, but to their aggravation, and to the dan- ger of a split. “One should not forget that there is a logic of struggle, that political passions run high. “Therefore we are of the view that in the interests of the working class, in the in- terests of our own future it would be more sensible to cease polemics over the dis- puted questions in the press WAR NOT ROAD TO SOCIALISM Much of Khrushchev’s speech was devoted to the questions of peaceful co-ex- istence. The _ struggle for peace, he said, “is the knot which intertwines all the in- terests of mankind.” If nuclear weapons fell, “then in the first strike 700 million to 800 million people would be wined out accord- ing to calculations of scien- tists. “All major cities not only in the U.S. and U.S.S.R. as the leading nuclear powers but also in France, England, Germany, Italy, China, Japan and many other lands would be wiped off the earth.” The interests of all peoples were bound up with the struggle to prevent nuclear war. It was the most vital aspect of the struggle for soc- ialism. The half-baked theory that the road to socialism led through war was always repellent and now more so than ever. War would certainly lead to the downfall of the imper- ialist system but Communists did not advocate building so- cialism on the rubble of the world cultural centres. Khru- shchev said the biggest Soviet bomb could not be used against West Germany with- out wiping out the GDR. It could only be used outside Western Germany. To long applause Khrush- chev said: ‘‘We don‘t want to be in heaven. We want to build a world of happiness. We fight for that and we shall win.” CUBA CRISIS In the case of Cuba, dog- matic critics had a strange logic. They characterized this victory for the policy of peaceful co-existence as a de- feat for Cuba and the Soviet Union. Emergency measures had been necessary to prevent U.S. aggression and the dan- ger of nuclear war. Soviet | rockets had been*& shock to them and helped them to ap- praise the situation more ser- iously. Both sides had made con- cessions and peace was kept, It was a triumph for peace- ful co-existence and a fiasco for the export of counter- rev- olution. Soviet rockets had played their part. In this in- stance an invasion of Cuba ™ had been prevented. It did not mean that the imperial- ists had given up their aim of struggle against the socialist countries by all means. In Cuba the Soviet Union had no intention of starting nuclear war but to stop ag- gression against Cuba. If Am- erica tried again the power | which defended Cuba still ex- | isted and was even stronger. — B.C. thanked for aiding democracy fight in U.S. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, chair- man of the Hall-Davis Defense Committee in the U.S. last week wrote B.C. Communist Party Leader Nigel Morgan expressing appreciation for support in the struggle for democracy in the USS. Thanking the B.C. Party for a donation of $55 she wrote: “We are enriched by the in- spiration of your solidarity. We feel a burning anger at the realization that our country, once a world pioneer of democracy, is today the centre of world reac- tion. Increasing numbers of the American working class and peo- ple are becoming alert to this — realization, and the struggle for | peace and democracy is taking | on added strength. “You may be sure that we shall spare no effort in meeting | the responsibilities of this historic — fight against reaction and for peace. We hope to live up to your — confidence in us and the Ameri | can people.”’ ; Contributions to help the struggle for freedom in the U.S. can be sent to the Hall-Davis De- fense Commitee, Cyril Philip, Treasurer, RM. 1225, 22 East 17th St., New York 3, New York. FRAME FASHIONS TO COMPLIMENT YOUR PERSONALITY BATTERIES—-ACCESSORIES FOR ALL HEARING AIDS Classified Advertising COMING EVENTS Jan. 26 BIRTHDAY PARTY in honor of BILL. HARMAN, ‘PT’ press builder. RUSSIAN HALL — 600 CAMPBELL AVE. SAT., JAN. 26 at 6:30 p.m. Fried Chicken supper, refreshments. Dancing at 9 p.m. Admission $1.50. Everyone welcome. Jan. 26 NORTH BURNABY ROBBIE BURNS NIGHT. 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