FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1963

VANCOUVER, B. on

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_ VOL. 24, NO. 30

Pressure on UFAWU
to break fish strike

Signs of unprecedentel pressure
_ 0n the United Fishermen & Allied
ze Workers Union to kill their strike
became obvious as the PT went
_ to press late Wednesday.

The Pacific Trollers Association
ge stated that its 3,000 members
Ewe Were going back to the fishing
Be grounds and would sell their catch
On the U.S. market, with the ap-
proval of the ‘“‘Westcoast Trollers
Association of America.‘‘ Homer
Stevens, UFAWU secretary, im-
Mexiately labelled the move a
strikebreaking action and charged
there was no such organization

as the WTAA.

Previously, the union had
Charged that packing cemnanies
have cut off all credit to striking
Workers. in upcoast company
‘Stores and fuel stations.
‘Almost sintultaneously, it was
Beecguriced by. both Vancouver

daily newspapers and other news
media, that this year’s sockeye
run was beyond all expectations.
As a result of this alleged huge
run, fishing by American fisher-
men was extended by 24 hours,
effective Wednesday.

The UFAWU promptly request-
ed permission to fish two addi-
tional days for their public .sales,
if the fish were so plentiful.

In addition to everything else,
the National Harbors Board,
RCMP and Vancouver license
authorities all combined to claim
that street sales by the union
were violating license regulations
and indicated that they would
not permit them.

The union, however, insisted
that fishermen had the trac..tional
right to sell their cateh and would
not be intimidated.
story, Page 3).

Mobitization’ for the massive
U.S. Negro ‘March on Washing-
ton for Jobs and Freedom” was
Spurred last week by a national

izing manual to churches, labor
Unions, civic youth, fraternal and
_ Professional groups.

during the the

Special

As a service to its readers,
the Pacific Tribune is includ.
ing in this issue a special, 20-
Page supplement outlining the
| Views of the Communist Party
J} of China and the Communist
‘Party of the Soviet Unies on
the current ideological debate
in the international Communist
| Movement.

The views are contained in

recent Jetters of the two par-
ties which have already been
} printed in a number of lead-
ing world newspapers, and
Should prove invaluable as a
future source of reference to

_ Earlier week

distribution of a call and organ- :

our readers.

Washington march: |
plans move ahead

march received an assist when
President Kennedy endorsed the
action at his press conference.

Directed to ‘All Americans re-
gardless of race or creed,” the
call asserts that the “twin evils
of discrimination and economic
deprivatien plague the nation”
and “rob all people, Negro and
white, of dignity, self respect and
freedom,” but “impose a special
burden upon the Negro.”

The march is plannedas a mass:
demonstration for Kennedy's civil

rights legislation, which will un--

doubtedly be fought to the bitter
end by Southern Democrats and
reactionary Northern Republi-
cans. | : =

The civil rights debate in Con- .

gress will provide one of the
sternest tests for the Kennedy ad-
ministration and could well deter-
mine that administration’s futute
course on peace, social welfare,
medicare and other badly needed
legislation.

It will be a barometer that the

rest of the world will be watch-

ing with interest.

(See earlier >

TEST BAN ACCORD
A STEP TO PEACE

Conclusion of a limited test ban treaty at the 3-power talks in Moscow is a
tremendous step forward to peace. In effect it represents a reprieve to thousands
of unborn babies, sparing them the agonies of hideous genetic deformities. Perhaps

work —if given the chance.

As the PT went to press, de-
tails of the treaty had not been
announced, but news reports in-
dicated that Averell Harriman,
Lord Hailsham and Andrei Gro-
myko had mapped out all details
of the treaty, with the signing
jceremony shortly to be com.
pleted.

Despite the importance of the
partial ban, an agreement which
would have outlawed underground
testing as well was prevented
by the West’s stubborn insistence
on rights of “inspection” (legal-
ized espionage) which would only
lead to aggravating — not lessen-
ing — tensions.

Such a step would have been
universally hailed and would have
put De Gaulle and France in an
absolutely untenable position. As
matters stand, De Gaulle can
point to continued underground
testing by the U.S. as an excuse
to continue French A-tests.

The significance of the accord—
however imperfect—will not be
lost upon the millions of people
in the world who have _ been
anxiously awaiting a fissure in
the 17-year-old cold war.

Ever since that arch-imperial-
ist Winston Churchill kicked off
the cold war in his infamous

speech at Fulton, Missouri, on

March 5; 1946, thereby sabotag-
ing the Grand Alliance that had
defeated international fascism,

the whole world has waited for.

some sign of a return to the
sanity of that period.
Unfortunately, due to fanatical

resistance in the Pentagon and —

West Germany, a non-aggression
pact between NATO and the War-.
saw Pact countries was impos-

sible to conclude at this time.
Such a step would have cut West
German revanchists off from
NATO support in any undertaking
to revise the boundaries of Ger-
many. by force and would have
made a tremendous contribution
to the peace and stability of
Europe.

. . a thing of the past?

: even more important, it demonstrates unmistaka oe that peaceful co-existence can

In fact, both these centres of
warmongering were and remain
opposed to even the slightest ac-
tion which will ease tensions, and
a bitter fight is expected in the
U.S. Senate before’ the treaty
worked. out at the Moscow con-
ference is ratified by that body.

The agreement is one of the
most far-reaching since the end of
World War II because it clearly
shows that other outstanding is-
sues such as Berlin and the con-
clusion of a German peace treaty,
‘nuclear-free zones in_ selected
parts of the world, etc. can be
worked out.

It could mark the opening of a
door which would lead to bound-

less opportunities and the dawn-

ing of a new day for mankind
and make possible general and
complete disarmament, a world
at peace, peaceful competition by
the two world systems and inter~ _
national co-operation in the
realms of economics, science and
culture.

Two things stand out clearly
and unmistakably from the con.
clusion of this treaty.

The first is, of course, that a-
tremendous victory has been re-
corded by the forces of peace and
social progress, led by the social-

ist sector of the world—a_ vic-

tory: which was consciously -
achieved by millions of people
of varied political, religious and
philosophical faiths.

The second is that only by dis
same process — indeed, by a
manifold intensified activity —
can further victories be won,
until the entire cold war is rele-

gated to its ultimate fate on the

junk heap of history.

B.C.ers continue to speak out
against Comox nuclear dump

The people of B.C. are continu.
ing to protest to the Pearson
regime against the establishment
of the nuclear dump at Comox.
Latest to take action on the stor-
age dump was the Qualicum.
Parksville Voice of Women, which
has issued an open letter to
Prime Minister Pearson.
‘Text of the letter follows:

‘Dear Mr. Prime Minister:
The Qualicum-Parksville Branch
of ‘Voice of Women’ wish to

‘protest the plans of the Defence

Department to build nuclear stor-
age dumps at five bases in Can-

ada. As residents of Vancouver —

Island we resent being made a
first target in the event of a
nuclear. war by having one of

the dumps located at Comox.

We know from what the mili-
tary experts have told us that our

Voodoo interceptor planes will be

useless to defend us in a war of
ICBMs. We deplore a foreign

~“No More Hiroshimas!”’,

power having ultimate control
over our weapons and believe
the seven million dollars the war-
heads will cost should be spent
on the welfare of our ,people or

in helping those less fortunate »

than we.

Again we wish to express our
disappointment that our Canadian
government, in accepting nuclear
weapons, has taken a vital step

away from peace and towards
Waree : : é

Observers point out that the
VOW protest will be a particu-
arly bitter one for Pearson to.
swallow, since his wife is a
former head of that organization.
She broke with it when the Lib.
erals changed their views on the
question of nuclear arms _ for
Canada.

in

Hiroshima observance

Hiroshima Day will be observed
in Vancouver on Sunday, August
4, :

The B.C. Peace Council is or-
ganizing a carcade which will
leave from.in frent of the council’s
office, 339 W. Pender St., at
about 1:30 p.m. and travel to the
Brockton Oval in Stanley Park.
Cars will carry banners such as
“World

Disarmament’ and

eA

“Halt the’

‘Arms Race.”

At the oval a brief ceremony
will be held in memory of those

_who died at Hiroshima and Naga-
_saki.

The ceremony will be one
of many held throughout -the
world by the millions of peoples”
who are resolved that there shall
be “‘No More Hiroshimas!”’

The peace council has invited

the public to participate