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Vol. 16 No. 14

FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1957

VANCOUVER, B.C. 0) ¢

,28 Authorised as second class mail by
the Post Office Department, Ottawa

Public de velopment

Of Columbia River

Orkers Union.

Although the resolution pass-

| © without discussion, the cur-

"ent issue of The Labor States-

Man, official VCL organ, ex-

| Plain’s labor’s position in great-

_ detail in an editorial which
| Says:

_. “Everyone in B.C. is vitally

‘terested in the answer to this
| Westion: Does the provincial
/5°vernment favor public or
| Ptivate development of the Co-
| Umbia River?

F “We watched with interest
| © political interplay when
‘Sheries Minister James Sin-
hes made the announcement
te Ottawa is ready to offer
devenntial financial aid to the
ci ae of the vast hydro-
Phin fo - potential on the Colum-
Y the = the project is handled
.C. Power Commission
Not by a private firm.

“cr -
ag temier Bennett's reaction
ig hteresting. On the surface,
Offe, wuctance to discuss the
Was made out as annoy-

‘gets labor backing

ti Vancouver Labor Council unanimously endorsed a resolu-
on Tuesday this week demanding federal-provincial co-opera-
20n to harness the Columbia River as a public power project.
Nothing should be allowed to stand in the way of this great
bower development,” said the resolution submitted by Marine

ance at what he considers elec-
tioneering by Mr. Sinclair..

“But many of us suspect
there are other reasons. These

suspicions seem to be confirm-—

ed when the premier refused

to answer whether he is in
favor of public or private de-
velopment of the Columbia.

“Whether he can get cheap
power from the Columbia de-
pends to a great degree on the
financing of. the construction
of the Mica Creek dam. If
B.C. has to pay for it alone,
the cost.of power will be higher
due to increased capitalization.

“In the past, the provincial
government had hoped to over-

Continued on back page
See COLUMBIA

WAVY’ WILL
JEFY H-TEST IC

Japan was electrified last week~by the announcement that a 1,000-ton ship or
two smaller fishing vessels will be charter ed for a cruise through the Pacific in a dra-
matic crusade against furcher H-bomb tests.

The plan calls for a voyage through the Pacific islands, including the danger

zone of Britain’s forthcoming Christmas Is land test.

More than 7,000 Japanese
have volunteered to serve as
crew members and an appeal
has been launched to recruit
“sincere” foreign volunteers.

The crusade is being spon-
sored by the Japanese Council
for the Prohibition of Atomic
and Hydrogen Weapons. Every
precaution will be taken to
protect the safety of those per-
ticipating in “the international
fleet to prevent nuclear-wea-
pon tests.”

The crusade will first an-
chor at Hawaii, to hold an
anti-nuclear-weapon-test rally.
From there it will sail to-
ward the Christmas Island
danger zone, broadcasting prc-
test messages to the world.

During the British tests —
which are expected in May —
the fleet will cruise the dan-
ger area in a protest demon-
stration.

Before returning to Japan,
it will pick up crusaders in
Sydney, Djakarta, Singapore,
Shanghai, Batavia and Hanoi,
for a world convention against
H-bombs to be held in Tokyo.
The scheduled date of the con-
vention is August 6, 12th an-
niversary of the U.S. atom
bombing of Hiroshima.

Cost of the crusade is ex-
pected to reach $350,000, to
be raised by public subscrip-
tion.

Three appeals by the Japan-
ese government to suspend
the tests have been rejected
by the British government.

In London last week, in re-
ply to the most recent Japan-
ese request for postponement
of the Christmas, Island test,
the British government warn-
ed all countries to keep their
ships out of the testing area
until August 1.

Continued on back page
See ‘PEACE NAVY’

The happiest couple in the world, Harold Connolly, U.S.

Olympic hammer-throwing champion, and Olga Fiko-
tova, Czechoslovak Olympic women’s discus champion, are
pictured here in Prague after they received permission to
marry. “This will be a shock for all the dismal prophets who
said we would not get permission,” said Connelly. Olga
will retain her Czechoslovak citizenship because she wants
to continue to represent her native land in big international

events.

Labor Council airs
discrimination charge

A demand that Ottawa end
discrimination in the case of
Canadian trade unionist and
war veteran who married a
Jamaican girl in 1944 was made
by Vancouver and District
Labor Council this week. Dele-
gates unanimously endorsed a
resolution requesting the fed-
eral government to “pay forth-
with the repatriation transport-
ation expenses” of the war

bride.

Fusilier William Greckol,
M-601598, while stationed at
Kingston, Jamaica, married

Maureen Theresa Rousseau,
daughter of a Spanish-Port-
uguese mother and a New Or-
leans French father.

The marriage took place on

Continued on page 7
See VETERAN

What blocks peace in Middle East?

SEE PAGE 11