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VOL. 13. No. 19

Vancouver, British Columbia, May 14, 1954

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Atomic energy need not
mean only sudden death

page 4

USSR changes map
by creating new seas

page 9

Preliminary work on the St. Lawrence Seaway, one phase of
Which is the taking of soundings, using the kytoon balloons shown

@re, is already under way.

But the central question is: Will the

@away be built by Canada, on Canadian territory and under Cana-

dian control?

Start now on Seaway --
keep it all-Canadian

TORONTO
_ Demand for an immediate start
Nn the St. Lawrence Seaway to
be “built and controlled by Can-
’da on Canadian territory” is
Voiced by the national executive
of the Labor-Progressive party. in
4 strongly worded statement is-
Sued here this week.
‘The statement opposes the
Wiley Bill passed by the US.

Congress last week as intended
“49 transform our historic Cana-
dian river into a Panama Canal,
controlled by the US. Army,”
and declares:

“The people must never permit
the St. Laurent government to
sign an agreement which allows
the U.S. Army to establish a mili-
tary zone of occupation on the St.
Lawrence.”

JOBLESS LAY

8-POINT

OTTAWA

An eight-point ‘‘Ottawa Must Act’’ program to

provide jobs was ‘placed before the federal government

through Labor Minister Milton F. Gregg by. representatives

of a 100-member delegation of unemployed workers on

Wednesday last week. Here are the main points of the
presentation:

Repeat concert

A repeat performance of the
Pauline Johnson Memorial con-
cert, featuring Arthur Polson’s
new overture will be given in
York Theatre here this Sunday,
May 16, 8 p.m.

1. Create maximum env
ployment with immedi-
ate start on the St. Law-
rence Seaway. No waiting
on the U.S. Use Canadian
engineers, men and mater-
ials. Make skelp (steel for
pipes) for gas pipeline in
Canada by subsidizing Page-
Hersey plant.
2. Extensive low-rental or
low-cost housing pro-
grams to create jobs in the
building trades.
3. Win world markets for
Canadian products.
4, 50 percent increase in

Full text of the statement fol-
lows:

Canada’s people strongly de-
mand an immediate start on St.
Lawrence Seaway as a great in-
ternational waterway, open to the
trade ships of all nations, built
and controlled by Canada on :

Canadian territory. extension to all employable

Continued on back page
See ST. LAWRENCE

Continued on back page
See JOBLESS

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unemployment benefits, -

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Minimizes problem

Immediately after his interview
at Ottawa with a delegation of
unemployed, many of whom fold
stories or hardship and impover-
ishment, Labor Minister Milton
F. Gregg (above) took a plane
for Montreal. There he address-
ed an employers’ group, opining
that “we are certainly past the
unemployment peak for this
year” and adding that. there
would certainly be “seasonal” un-
employment again this fall.