putlt) my Pacitic RIBUNE 702 IPE THREAT TO LEBANON FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1958 Continued from page 1 BRIDGE PROBE they felt nevertheless that a thorough probe of the disaster required the participation of a specialist. “Minshall,” they pointed out, “is one of the most qualified engineers in Western Canada on -— bridge matters.” The Iron Workers Union’s made twice since 21 to Commissioner Sherwood Lett and to Pre- mier Bennett, hasn’t been turned down, but neither has it been accepted. Instead, the union has been advised by letter that the commission ‘now has competent engineers making a probe,” with the in- timation that if the Union wants Minshall’s: services in any capacity, it will have to meet any expense incurred. “The effect of this,” states request, June union secretary - treasurer George Sinclair, “is to ask the union to pay to aid the reyal commission.” Other Vancouver unions ‘The Greatest Event of its kind in British Columbi@ RAINIAN FESTIVAL] a Salute to the Builders of B.C. PROGRAM \ ENGLISH have expressed the opinion that organized labor, and par- ticularly those unions having jurisdiction on the job whose members were killed in the disaster, should be given equal status in assisting the com- mission’s investigations, with- cut being penalized, as eva- sion of the Iron Workers Un- ion’s request would indicate. Aside from his advanced years — he is 73 — Dr. Philip L. Pratley, while widely rec- ognized as a competent en- gineer in some fields of con- struction work, has had very little experience in actual bridge construction. Vancouver iron and _ struc- tural steel workers declare him to be “a good man, but he has built no bridges, and this in- vestigation calls for engineers with the knowledge and ex- perience of bridge building. We want an investigation, not a_ whitewash.” lraqi, Jordanian forces poised sixth fleet and the British fleet off (0 LONDON — Despite the presence of the U.S. Lebanese coast, Western powers are looking to some of Lebanon’s neighbor ©¢° intervene in Lebanon. The: London Daily Mail recently declared “The West many not have to intetv . .. help is waiting nearer home ... Lebanon The paper said that Leb- anese President Chamoun was not thinking exclusively of armed intervention by the western powers. “He is mak- ing his calculation with the less dramatic but as effective build-up of Iragi and Jor- danian forces.” The paper also disclosed that Iraqi troops had begun to concentrate in large nuin- bers at Mafrak, the former British air base in northern Jordan, at Rutba on the dir- ect road to Damascus, and at Ana, on the main pipeline route through northern Syria. At the end of June, forces massed in preparation for armed intervention in Leb- anon included six infantry brigades and one armoured brigade totalling about 30,000 men and two Jordanian in- fantry brigades and one arm- ored brigade totalling 12,000 men. In addition, 40 of the latest type jets were en route to Iran and ten to Jordan. in the Lebanon is now SE SOSOQOQOQO—— SQQEOQQQOOOLYHYE Reserved Seats on Sale at: Ukrainian Festival Committee 805 East Pender Street Phone MU. 4-9720 SS SE OQQOQOQDQOPLWWOQQm@wvr—o> SOOO SS SATURDAY, hands of the people’s forces, acording to claims made by the National Union Front, the political organisation which is leading the movement for the defeat of President Cham- oun. It adds that three-quar- ters of the people are on their side. Fuad Ammoun, former di- rector of the Lebanese for- eign ministry, told a press conference last week, “Six of the country’s eight political parties are against the pres- ent regime.” “So ‘are all the former prime ministers, all the for- mer speakers of parliament and all the religious leaders.” Referring to intervention in Lebanese affairs by Jordan, Iraq and Turkey, he accused them of having “supplied arms to the government’s ci- vilian suporters.” He added that 300 uniform- ed Jordanian and Iraq ir- regulars were fighting on the government’s side in the Trip- oli area. ’ * 8:15 p.m EXHIBITION FORUM July 4, 1958 — in her own Arab world.” People’s Co-op Bookstore 307 West Pender Street Phone MU. 5-5836 | JULY a 4 untries ene 0 i Sons backed | by pacifist ko The struggle of DO ji parents for release ° pent children -from NeW week R was endorsed by 1s. t UBC. peace conferenc® 57 The two main an the conference, © ii ship of Reconciliatio™ i es | Society of Friends Ce ¢ expressed the opinion? conference that the ‘ag Me ment’s policy of detain’ ior?” Doukhobor children 290° iat ing them seperated from pitt parents, “is not in petit with the Christial ~. | gt ocrati’ ; § on which our dem ernment is foundee» no Other major points incl ed by the conferenc® no ed: Opposition to forel® sag tary bases in Canada: | commission to study tb icf ® bility of adopting pack aii a Canadian foreig? ptt and universal disar™ | Y a 4 OS Sa ey | Ukrainska Knyha 652 Kingsway, Phone EX. 3118 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE |,