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The B.C. Peace Council ush-
ered in a new stage in its work,
for world peace with the ‘“‘New
Ways to World Peace’ con-
ference Saturday, February 24.

It was a conference where the
100 delegates from _ places
throughout the province could
find inspiration in the fact that
United States imperialism had
been forced by the world peace
forces and the heroic resistance
of the Vietnamese people to sign
an historic ceasefire agree-
ment.

But it was also a conference
where delegates saw the need, in
the words of Peace Council
chairman John Beeching, for a
‘maximum united and sus-
tained effort by the forces for
peace and justice’ to win
“stable peace, national free-
dom and security for all
peoples.”

In opening the conference in
the Coronation Room of the
YWCA, Alderman Harry Ran-
kin underlined the respon-
sibility of the delegates and the
Peace Council, to ‘‘bring num-
bers of people into action to
insist on peace.”

“It is not a glamorous thing
this fight for peace,’’ he said, ‘‘it
is plain hard work.” But he em-
phasized the ascendancy of the
peace forces in the worldand the
possibility of winning world
peace.

The keynote address was given
by Peace Council chairman
John Beeching, who noted with
pride the work of the B.C. Peace
Council over the past 24 years
since its inception in 1949 but

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stressed the need for unity in ac-
tion in the future.

‘‘The task of all peace forces
today is to see that the terms of
the Vietnam ceasefire agree-
ment are scrupulously lived up
to, because they provide the
basis for a peaceful settlement
of the outstanding issues in Indo-
china.”

‘‘The struggle for peace is
inseparably linked with the
struggle for peaceful co-exis-
tence of states with different
social systems,’ he said,
‘‘which calls for the observance
of the principles of sovereignty,
equality, territorial inviola-
bility of every state, respect for
the rights of every people to
decide their social, economic
and political system and the
settlement of international
by political means
through negotiation.”

He condemned the role of U.S.
imperialism in raining death
and destruction on the people of
Indochina and in continuing the
explosive situation in the
Middle East.

“Tt is necessary for the people
to act now to prevent the United
States and Israeli rulers from
unleashing new acts of aggres-
sion inthe Middle East and work
for political settlement in accor-

dance with the 1967 resolution
of the U.N. security council,’ he
declared.

Beeching outlined the other
responsibilities for the peace
movement in Canada. He
called for a campaign for the re-
lease of 300,000 political pri-
soners in South Vietnam, many
of them incarcerated in the bar-

baric ‘‘tiger cages,’’ for a Euro-
pean Security conference and
mutual agreement on the reduc-
tion of forces, for a nuclear
disarmament treaty, and a ban
on all nuclear testing.

‘‘We must also insist that our
government not renew the
NORAD agreement in May and
that Canada withdraw from
NATO to facilitate the dissolu-
tion of the Warsaw and NATO
pacts,’’ he said, and stressed the
need for Canadian recognition
of the German Democratic
Republic and the admission of
both Germanys to the United
Nations. :

In issuing the call for a
strengthened peace movement
in Canada, he reiterated that
“peaceful coexistence _ be-
tween states of differing social
systems is the best guarantee of
a peaceful world. It is the hope
of mankind,’ he declared, “‘it
can be won.”’

Several delegates from var-
ious tradeunions, from the Com-
mittee for an Independent
Canada and from Vancouver
City College rose to emphasize
the importance of participation
of trade unionists and young peo-
ple in the movement for world.
peace.

And it was Jean Vautour,
organizational secretary for
the Canadian Peace Congress,
who pointed out that the ‘‘fight of
the working people for a decent
standard of living against the
big monopolies is an integral
part of the peace movement.”

‘“‘We must make our voices
heard among the trade unionists

See NEW WAYS, pg. 12

PNE directors attack
Proposed takeover bill

ela MO0ve
tica] meres Protect their poli-
0

iS given them by a
Ments ,,/& business govern-
directors of the
CircUlating sat! Exhibition are
8 a letter asking those
feelings yc It to ‘‘make their
asking thar w= to their MLA
to ony rt everything be done
Propose os defeat’ of the
Ver the Bye ton to take

letter’ fa 4 touch of irony, the
other p] S been sent, amon
and 4 aces to “sheep eras
Bc ats clubs” throughout

Sign F
Presiges by William Anderson
ordre, the PNE and a
Of Co peer ctor of the Chamber
Trade. €rce and the Board of
ides e letter contends that
é a forward by Re-
fa gian paneer Bob Williams
“east end mmunity center for
rlosophy bn Counter to the
fletbition Nder which this
Urisheg = aS grown and
a ‘crisis’ sur-
t x, ai
ANG Py ee E— a crisis for
‘umpeg - rectors who will be
s ody posed legislation
Port f d —~ and seeks

t or F
the ae the continuance of
asin °vince-wide organi-
€ direc
Ctors accuse Williams

of proposing legislation that is
‘‘nolitically inspired” and of
drafting the bill ‘“‘without the
benefit of informed opinion or
research which would enable
intelligent conclusions to be
formed’? — a remarkable
conclusion considering the legis-
lation has not yet been intro-
duced.

The proposed bill is also
attacked on the basis of provid-
ing only one director concerned
with agriculture compared to
the six who presently sit on the
board, But, as Sun columnist
Allan Fotheringham pointed out
February 23 the agricultural
representatives on the present
board ‘thave been shunted into
near oblivion and the Terminal
City Club has tightened its
hold.”

Under the present structure
the PNE uses city land and re-
ceives grants from the city for
capital- expenditure but is con-
trolled by the PNE directors —
18 of whom are elected from the
PNE membership. 16 advisory
directors and 17 appointed direc-
tors chosen by the first two
categories. City aldermen are
among the advisory directors but
labor has no representation.

Traditionally. major  cor-

porations as well as the upper

echelons of the old Non Partisan
Association have been repre-
sented on the PNE board —
either by election by the PNE
members or by appointment.

Alderman Rankin stated that
he ‘‘doesn’t know how many
people are PNE members, who
they are, or when they hold their
annual meetings to elect direc-
tors.”

The study of the PNE,
referred by Vancouver city
council to the community
development committee under
alderman Volrich, was an
attempt to tranquilize the pro-

test.

On the study, alderman
Rankin pointed out that ‘TEAM
has responded much as we can
expect them to — by sending
everything to committee.”

The public doesn’t want demo-
cratization from inside,” he
said. ‘‘Youcan t get democratic
control from an undemocratic
body.”

He added that he approved of
the NDP government move.
Because I think they ll be
more realistic in their appoint-
ments. he said.

“It is our land and our assets
and the citizens of Vancouver
should run it.

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to attract
Capital

tific Tribuae

J.V: Clyne cried all the way to the bank again this week when he
announced that Mac Blo’s profits in 1972 were $37,658,562—a jump

of 48%. But, said Clyne in his annual report, “the return .

. . falls short

of the return on capital which must be achieved if long-term investment
interest in the forest industry is to be retained.”

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