Two B.C. delegates
will participate in
world peace congress

Ray Gardner, nationally
known newspaperman, and
Alex Gordon, outstanding
trade unionist, both of Van-
couver, will be British Col-
umbia’s two delegates to. the
Second World Peace Con-

gress, and early next week
they will fly from Vancouver
to take part in what will
undoubtedly be an_ historic
gathering. With other mem-
bers of the Canadian Peace
Congress delegation, they
will arrive in Sheffield, Eng-
land, in time to take part in
the opening ceremonies No-
vember 13. ;

Since the Stockholm Peace
Congress of last pear, two
important developments have
taken place: firstly, the un-
precedented world- wide
movement for peace ahd sec-

ondly, the fact that the war-
CONTINUED
price. These include goods we

must import, such as cotton, hard
coal, petroleum and certain ores.
Buying these things alone from
the Soviet Union would save us
at least $250 million a year.”

Such purchases, he said, would
pay for what Canada would sell
to the Soviet. “In other words,
balanced trade — no debts, no
dollar crisis, no dependence on the
shaky American market.”

Carter learned in London that
one factory in Newcastle, England
s still working on a ‘Soviet order
that will give two-years steady
work to 8,000 British workers.

The Soviet Union has long pro-
claimed its readiness to trade with
all countries and has steadfastly
maintained its belief in the possi-
bility and desirability of the peace-
ful co-existence of the two diver~
gent social systems.

In this connection, and in ans-
wer to the charge that peaceful
trade with USSR would “tie us

_up with communism”, Carter cit-
ed the case of Finland, Britain,
Italy and Belgium, all of whom

. are doing business with Moscow.
He quoted the statement of the
Hinnish ‘AHremier Kekkoinen, a
Tory, who said of the recent So-
viet-Finnish trade agreement that
it “was the best in the history of
our country. It will give employ-
ment to tens of thousands of Fin-
nish workers.”

In addition to providing pro-
fitable trade for Canadian fac-
tories such an agreement with
the USSR would considerably
advance the cause of peace
Carter declared: “It would help
lower the cost of living, aid in
reducing taxes and put our eco-
nomy on a more sound basis by
opening up huge new markets
for Canadian goods in Eastern
Europe and China,” he added.
The Canadian Soviet Friendship

Society is preparing a nation-wide
campaign for wide public discus-
sion of this trade issue. Facts of
the situation will be given to
trade unions, farm organizations,
business leaders and citizens gen-
erally by the society to break up
the silence imposed by Ottawa ess
the daily newspapers.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1950

OPENING MEET AT VERNON

Morgan tours Interior

Nigel Morgan, LPP provincial leader, will ‘speak in Vernon
this coming Sunday, November 5, at a meeting in the AUUCG
hall to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the founding of

thodox Church, Nikolia; Nina
Popova, leader of the Soviet
Union's anti-fascist women’s

organization; writer Ilya

mongers have now gone over
to direct acts of ageression.

At Sheffield, one of ‘the
greatest armaments cities in

the world, the Canadian E hrenbourg ; ; composer Shos- 4 the Soviet Union. On the following Tuesday he will speak over

peace delegates will mingle takovich; journalist David a Vernon radio station and: take part in a conference on farm

with members of similar del- Zaslavsky; world women’s problems.

egations from all countries skating champion, Maria Is-

of the world. akova; and many workers, Morgan’s address at Vernon is the first of a series of meet-
One of the largest delega- including a Siberian miner. ings which he is scheduled to address this month. His itinerary

tons: now, on its way. -to. Stalingrad and Leningrad includes the following points: Mt. Cartier, Wednesday, Novem-

factory workers and farmers ber 8; Kamloops; Thursday and Friday, November 9-10; Notch

Sheffield consists of 65 men

and women chosen to repre- from Centzal Asia. Hill, Saturday, November 11; Salmon_ Arm, Sunday, November
sent the Soviet Union at a The Chinese delegates will 12, Morgan will then travel through the Okanagan and to
recent three-day conference bring with them 195,166, 010 West and East Kootenays.

signatures to the Stockholm
Appeal, representing 41 per-
cent of the total population
of China.

in Moscow of. Soviet Parti-

sans fot Peace.
Included in~ it

Metropolitan of Russian Or-

Films will be shown at the meeting's, and Morgan will speak

on the subject, “Guns or butter — what it means to you.”

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‘FRIENDSHIP FOR PEACE WITH
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WIVERSARY CONCERT MEETING

-:- 50 PIECE UKRAINIAN ORCHESTRA °
-:- COLORFUL RUSSIAN DANCE GROUPS

-:- SPEAKER — TOM McEWEN, EDITOR
“PACIFIC TRIBUNE”

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