wpe PEACE CO Ngress, NGRESS MEETING Above is the Kremlin Palace of ©s where delegates from all over z the world met on Monday to discuss ways to achieve disarmament and peace. : Medicare plan under Cont'd from pg. 1 i n the daily press, the Sean of the Labor Cue an, organ of the Van- Counc: and District Labor ‘q, States editorially: does yy Where in the Act Men, _St@te that the govern- D ng set the rates of st doctors. In fact it a : raat the same method Dane 2 Under private Cote Will obtain in that the. Surges of Physicians and tong ns will set the doc- Tates.” “ 4 Blan ( J 1 doe, Nowhere in the Act | | j ts It state that the condi- tory “Mder which the doc- me : Work will be gov- fag, ,” the government. In Slned 4, legislation is de- Sure : lean backwards to Xtergey here would be no Wor,; "Ce in the doctors’ Btiont® Conditions, or the 3 ..40ctor relationship.” 1 that the Act does that instead of the baying the doctor, through Patient paying Mga their equivalent of m= CUSC) the patient is State ations would pay the government some $72.00 per year, and the government would guar- antee the doctors full pay- ment for all medical bills for all the people of Saskat- chewan — be they rich or poor, worker or pensioner.” WHY DOCTORS AGAINST 4. “The primary objection ~ of the doctors is, first, they are opposed to the introduc- tion of any form of govern- ment medicare because they are deathly afraid the peo- ple will like it so well they will demand that the plan be expanded and increased, and the doctors are afraid. this may be the ‘thin edge of the wedge’. “Secondly, the doctors are afraid that the provincial, ‘government will have an ac- curate record of their total income, and they do not wish this to become public know- ledge. These are the sole reasons for their opposition.” Strongly condemning the gang-up on Medicare, the Saskatchewan Com munist' Party has called on trade. Communists support eet Bae ttee’s action. 8re Insurance Act. fight for medicare. T ‘ ; {da he National Committee of the Communist Party of Can- in Toronto July 7 and 8 to consider the crisis facing Sm ery. Next week the PT will carry a full report of the Xhani 8 following emergency statement on Medicare was YY iy Sondemn the reckless campaign organized primarily the Saskatchewan Liberal Party with the connivance of PT. Muranee headed by wealthy doctors, the big drug and rata a ® companies, and backed by reactionary forces 1m *ealth and the United States to defeat this long overdue €asure, Ser} ®se forces are successful in their efforts if would Medical programs throughout Canada. ura Share bit ae fs in the medical profession the con- ‘hei, that the actions. of those doctors who are withholding bum “etVices in Saskatchewan are a violation of the great “@rian traditions of Canadian medicine. "aticar “ge the labor and farm movements, é Publig Yminded Canadians to edopt resolutions. Shey. “eetings ang demonstrations in support of the Saskat- and all demo- organize and io . Th: f % ae Struggle needs to be joined with renewed eee ‘ i e a Whic ®deral government for a national medical car P J ae ‘the Saskatchewan plan should be a part. \big business attack unionists, farmers and New Democratic Party members to cooperate to form citizens’ committees. Meeting last weekend in. Toronto the National Com- mittee of the Communist Party also condemned the attempts by reaction to scut- tle the Medicare plan. Strong statements con- demning the “striking” doc- tors has come from many quarters. In Vancouver 40: University of B.C. professors Tuesday signed a letter urg- ing them to call off their strike. The Vancouver Labor Council has also _ pledged! support to the government’s Medicare plan and has urged the Canadian Labor Con- gress request the AFL-CiO demand that the American Medical Association ‘keep its nose out of Canadian poli- tical affairs’. "This week the Internation- al Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers and_ the United Electrical Workers. Union sent wires to the Sas- katchewan College of Physi- cians and Surgeons and to Premier Woodrow Lloyd in Regina, condemning the dov- tor’s action. Miss BC Labor contest moves into high gear Free ice cream and free pony rides for the kiddies will be a feature of the Annual Labor Picnic at Confederation Park Sunday, August 5, it was announced this week by the ‘Picnic Committee. People are warned to save their Labor Picnic Contest Ticket stubs as these will be redeemed for ice cream and pony rides at the picnic. The contest for the honored title of Miss B.C. Labor is getting up steam and by next week pictures of the contestants will be released with up to date standings. At this time Miss Vancouver East, Jill Stewart is lead- ing the race and the as yet unnamed dark horse from division 5 is close behind. Othex contestants are Mary Anne Murphy, Division 4, Shirley Arland, Division 1, Anne Beynon, North Vancouver and Hatti Dove, Burnaby. North Van Liberal hit for support of Columbia sellout A delegation of North Vancouver Communists this week presented their views on the draft Columbia River Treaty to newly elected MP, Jack Davis, Liberal Party spokesman on power ques- tions. : In a prepared statement the delegation charged that the position of Davis and the Lib- eral Party was one of smooth- —6 Our Alfi Davis refused to support e ae od General McNaughton’s patri- otic - plan despite numerous admissions on his part that it ing out the more blatant anti- Canadian aspects of the draft Treaty in order to better conceal the betrayal of Can- adian interests. In the course of the pres- entation Davis made it quite clear that he supported Ben- nett’s plan for the sale of all downstream benefits. Under this version of the sell-out, Canada would receive abso- lutely no power. est of Canada. - It is perfectly clear that the Liberal Party is not prepared to put Canadian interests first, The North Vancouver Communist Party in a press release condemned; this knowing _= surrender of our vital interests and aa es called on the people of North Vancouver to exert the maxi- . Mum pressure on Davis and the Liberal Party to speak out forthrightly for Canada, wwe 2s 2 ae Se ow Sew — ss we ow “Let’s go away to a nuclear- - free zone.” Space test condemned Cont'd. from pg. 1 gress is to get “real action 120 nations. Soviet Premier Khrushchev was in the long range inter-. for disarmament and peace.” Bernal welcomed the large U.S. delegation which he said came from ‘one of the told the delegates that the danger of a new war was a real one. “Unless a disarma- ment plan is agreed on,” he great nuclear powers.” Rep-_ said, “the atoms will start resented at the Congress are speaking for themselves.” SCOTLAND AGAINST THE COMMON MARKET. This demonstration against ECM took place in Glasgow last Saturday. An estimated 20,000 people watched the parade march through downtown streeis. Opposi- tion in Britain to joining the Common Mar- ket is gaining strong momentum as the terms of membership strike home British people. he July 13, 4962—PACIFIC TRIBUNF-- Page