mo wi tony _ Canadian activities mark — U.N. disarmament session Canadians from coast-to-coast are gearing up to mark the UN Second Special Session on Disarmament and step up the fight to safeguard peace. Rallies, marches, films, meetings, petition campaigns and more will show the peace movement in this country is growing and pressing its demands. * * * British Columbia A joint Washington-British Columbia sponsored peace rally June 12 is expected to draw up to 100,000 at Peace Arch Park on the Canada-U.S. border despite U.S. military efforts to deny access to the American portion of the park. The Bellingham Herald (Washington) headlined a story that U.S. Naval Intelligence had brought pressure to bear on U.S. park authorities resulting in the denial of access. Rally organizers have taken the matter to court and the hearing will take place one week before the scheduled event. The newspaper said the U.S. navy is concerned that its Trident submarine base at Bangor, Washington, is too close to the planned rally. Organizers report that despite military pressure, all systems are ‘‘go’’ for what promises to be the largest rally for peace yet seen. The joint committee is com- prised of over 100 organizations representing virtually every segment of society. Alberta In the province chosen for the test site of the U.S. Cruise missile, plans are well underway in several centres to mark SSDII. Edmonton will hold a march and rally from City Hall to Kinsman Centre and the coalition is planning a con- ference following the UN session to discuss its results. All events are organized under the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament which has as its main aim the banning of Cruise tests and to declare Canada a nuclear weapons- free zone. June 12 will also see rally in Calgary and Red Deer. Saskatchewan A demonstration and Rally for Peace will take place in Regina, June 12, organized by a special coalition com- ‘posed of peace, environmental, labor, political, wo- men’s and student groups. Manitoba A Walk for Peace and rally will mark the UN Special Session, June 12, as Winnipegers will take the issue of disarmament through downtown streets. The rally at the Legislature grounds will hear speakers on the issue of peace and enjoy concert and theatre performances. The event is organized by the Winnipeg Coordinating Committee for Disarmament. The Winnipeg School Division No. 1, May 4, passed the following resolution introduced by trustee Mary Kardash: “‘We strongly urge both our provincial and federal governments to support the efforts of the United Nations Second Special Session on Disarmament to halt the arms build-up, to ensure peace in the world and guarantee the future well-being of all children.”’ The School Board also responded favorably to a re- quest to have the NFB film, ‘If You Love This Planet”’ shown in Winnipeg schools. \ $72,564 on drive With this issue we will close off the 1982 sustaining fund drive. The $75,000 quota was the highest we have ever asked from our supporters. At present we have $72,564 in cash and $4,891 in subs. Over 200 of these were from first time readers. Several committees still have some money to turnin. if they do we will reach our objective. The final results will appear in a few weeks. | appeal to every committee to wrap up their drive. Norman Brudy, 4 _ Business Manager > TRIBUNE PHOTO — KERRY McCUAIG On May 31 Community channel TV 13 will carry five hours of programming on peace and disarmament begin- ning at 6 p.m. Ontario The Toronto Disarmament Network, a broad coali- tion, has planned a three day series of events for the UN Special Session here. June 4, a public meeting at U. of T.’s Convocation Hall at 7:30 p.m. will hear prominent speakers on ‘‘the legality of the arms race’. On June 5 a parade and demonstration will take place at Christie Pits at 10:30a.m. and marchtoQueen’s Park for a meeting and cultural picnic. Peopleare being organized to travel by busto New York to participate in a giant rally at the United Nations. Buses will leave Toronto June 11 and return June 13. ° Thunder Bay Peace Council announces a demonstra- tion June 12 and reports signatures to the Peace is Everybody’s Business petition are being gathered each weekend at shopping malls. Quebec The Olympic flame, flown in from Greece and carried by a series of runners, will add drama to Montreal’s March and Rally for Peace, June 5. Speakers at the rally will include Louise Harel, Deputy of the National Assembly, Mikis Theodorakis, world famous Greek composer and musician as well as labor, peace and other figures. The march leaves Dominion Square at 2 p.m. and the rally will take place at Place des Arts. Why a U.N. _arms session? Between 500,000 and one million people are expected to march in New York June 12, arriving at the head- quarters of the United Nations from all parts of the U.S., Europe, Japan, Canada and other countries to mark the UN Second Special Session on Disarmament (SSDI) which will take place June 7 to July 9. According. to the session’s preparatory committee, SSDII will ‘‘give stimulus to talks on concrete disar- mament problems, adopt an extensive program of realis- tic and constructive measures to restrain the arms race, especially the nuclear arms race, and mobilize people for more vigorous actions to prevent a military catas- trophe.”’ The committee’s job is to prepare the document of documents to be considered for adoption at the SSDII and to work out organizational and procedural matters for the session. The SSDII preparatory committee includes represen- tatives of 78 countries, including the U.S. and USSR, with Olu Adeniji of Nigeria as chairman. It has just concluded its final session. Unlike representatives of NATO countries, delegates from the nonaligned states believe. the preparatory committee should concentrate on analyzing the provi sions of the comprehensive disarmament program, which would give priority to programs to limit weapons of mass destruction. This position is fully supported by ‘representatives of the socialist countries. Many countries, including the Soviet Union, have | called for two documents to be presented to the SSDII. One is a comprehensive program of disarmament; the other is on implementing the decisions of the first Special Session. The U.S. representatives prefer to have one document and do not want to give. special emphasis to 4 comprehensive program for disarmament. Signing for disarmament AToronto woman signs the Peace is Everybody’s Petition held by Lil Marcus. Marcus is a champion petitioner in the Toronto area with over 14,000 names to her credit. The petition, circulated by the Canadian Peace Congress and _ addressed to the Canadian government is expected to influence Canada’s position at the special U.N. session on _ disarmament. It calls for pressure on the U.S. government to sign the SALT Il agreement, asks for the simultaneous dismantling of mititary alliances and foreign bases, a banning of chemical and germ warfare and the convening ona European conference on disarmament, since that is the most heavily armed area in the world. Sa er SUTUUAAUUeUUe etcetera tenet ceacaetctecctceeeeteceneneenaneneeneeeeeUeeeeenesecneneenegneeeneosaneeseeaeeveesaceenaneceenesaeneintt | y ? fy i German unions reject Cruise _ DAAUUAUURALAUAGGAUEAAAEAAAUAELEANAL BULL PACIFIC TRIBUNE—JUNE 4, 1982—Page 10 By FILS DELISLE Tribune Berlin Correspondent WEST BERLIN — The 8 million-strong West German Trade Union Federation (DGB) last week unanimously con- demned NATO plans to station new nuclear rockets in Europe and has come out strongly in op- position to deploying U.S. neut- ron and chemical weapons on the continent. Withoit a single dissenting vote, the 525 delegates passed a resolution demanding dis- armament stating ‘‘no new medium-range should be stationed in Europe’’, referring to deployment plans for 572 Cruise and Pershing-2 missiles scheduled to be implemented in 1983. The USSR has declared its readiness to withdraw all its nu- clear rockets from the European USSR if NATO reciprocates. The DGB is the most important base of West Germany’s ruling Social Democratic Party and its decision gives enormous new strength to the country’s peace movement. Speaking for the commission which drafted the anti-rocket re- solution, Detlef Hensche told delegates “‘this is a clear vote against new medium-range weapons. This also means a vote against a further build-up of armaments.”’ The resolution emphasized the FRG “thas a special role to play in the maintainance of peace, secu- rity and stability. 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