THE MAY DAY SPIRIT |

This photo expresses the |
militancy with which hundreds ,
of millions of people all over the’
world are fighting for peace
and against U.S. domination. __

It shows a woman textile
worker at a rally of twenty
thousand citizens in Maebashi,
Japan, held recently to protest
against the Japanese-U.S. mil-
itary treaty, which would: turn.

for war.

Japan into a U.S. nuclear base

_ This young woman symbol- |
izes the struggle of mankind
this May Day, 1960, for peace,
Independence and security. es

Lenin anniversary meet
honors great leader

Lenin’s inspiration gives hope, courage and confidence
to the forces in the world fighting for peace and progress,
said Lionel Edwards, feature speaker at a meeting in
Vancouver Sunday night, marking the 90th anniversary

of Lenin’s birth. ; >
Riordan ueiheA Mame of ica of the 1960’s the Soviets
53 : ‘ . | Will lead the world in produc-
SERS et png their | tion per head of population,
significance to Canadian work- |; national income andsprotie:

ers. He laid special stress on tivity. Then, he added, the

Trade unionists demand

emergency

jobs action

Demand for a moratorium on debts and a halt to
repossession of unemployed workers’ goods will be two of
the main demands placed before Labor Minister Starr
when representatives of all B.C. labor councils and B.C.
Federation of Labor meet him in Ottawa, May 2.

UNITE
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business attack on labor's

rights,

Canada should declare to the
world; We are cutting down
our arms budget. We shall not
allow nuclear weapons in Can-
ada, whether in Bomarc or any
other kind of missile. We will
bring our troops home from
West Germany and ask U. S.
troops to leave our country.

© are withdrawing from
NATO and NORAD because
they do not protect, but en-
danger Canada. We are declar-
ig to all nations taht Canada
1S a neutral country that will
not belong to any military
blocs, and that we are asking
@ll countries to respect our
neutrality. We are for the im-
mediate prohibition of the
®tomic bomb and the imposi-
fon of the controls. which
werld scientists have said are
completely workable.”

The Manifesto ends with the
“0gans: “Total disarmament is
the path to peace! Peace for
Canada through disarmament’

and neutrality. Demand that

the Summit meeting produces
real results to aid peace! Let
Labor’s voice ring out on May

‘unemployed |
‘Mainland to determine a

Spotlighting the jobs crisis
in Vancouver was a meeting of
600 unemployed building
trades workers Wednesday,
April 20. The overflow meet-
jing, called by the Building
|Tradés Council, heard many
speakers from the floor de-
mand a shorter work week, a
comprehensive building pro-
gram, development of the Co-
lumbia_ River, a public works
program and measures to pro-
tect workers’ homes and pos-
sessions.. The meeting also
criticized immigration policies.

Outcome of the meeting was
a motion, passed unanimously,
urging the B.C. Federation of

Labor to call a meeting of all
in the Lower

course of action to arouse pub-
lic opinion. The Building
Trades Council is also to call
a furiher meeting of unem-
ployed to meet with MLA’s. ~

of the cold war and for friend-

your support for the people
‘of South Africa, who are in the
forefront of the battle for in-
dependence and -equality!
Working people of Canada,
Unite for Reacsizs © :

at EXHIBITION

at

SMORGASBORD SUPPER

Ukrainian Hall — 805 East Pender St.
Also a
VARIETY CONCERT at 8 P.M. — Featuring
Balalaika String Orchestra, folk songs and
dances of many nations.
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“After the MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS. || 4

PARK, enjoy a

the.

Day for an end to the hostility

ship between “peoples! Show |

B.C teachers favor
Sovief exchange

' An executive recommenda-
tion for Canadian - Soviet
teacher exchange was adopted
at the 44th annual convention
of the B.C. Teachers’ Feder-
ation last week. The conven-
tion delegates voted to set
aside $2,500 to help pay the
cost of the exchange.

Delegates representing more

than 10,000 B.C. teachers also
adopted in principle a new
scheme for classifying teach-
ers. Under the. new plan teach-
ers would categorize them-
selves according to “a standard
of basic competence.” The new
proposal is designed to give
the federation a greater say
in determining teaching stan-
dards, ‘(mage 2 |

Retiring president R. Cox
urged teachers to take a more
active interest in international
affairs. Speaking of peace he
said, ‘‘we' as teachers . . . have
a grave responsibility.”

Lenin’s teaching on imperial-
ism, the role of the state and
the need for Communist Par- |
ties. i

Tom McEwen, Pacific Trib-
une editor, pointed to the great
qualities of the founder of the
first socialist state.

Many cultural groups took
part in the concert program.
A march-in by members of the

placards for peace and dis-
armament drew prolonged ap-
plause from the audience of
400.

Speaking at a meeting in

Socialist Youth League with |

Moscow, April 22, to mark
Lenin’s anniversary, Otto Ku-
usimen said ‘‘the 20th century
will be the century when
Lenin’s ideals become reality.”

The veteran communist lead-
er said by 1965 the socialist
{countries will be producing
more than half the world’s
total output. He said by the

completion of building com-
munism will not be far away.

Kuusimen said that ‘while
we ‘have not defined exactly
when it will be, it will certain-
ly come before the end of the
century.” He said the Soviet
Union had entered a new era
of technical dGevezopment, the
era of the electrical revolution,
concentrating on the total .re-
placement of manual labor by
machines.

Valley motorcade
scores for peace

Eighteen’ motor cars with

‘slogans for disarmament, end-

ing of tests and success at the
Summit meeting, travelled 108
miles through the Fraser Val-
ley Sunday, covering the main
cities and towns.

The successful motorcade
was organized by the Surrey
Peace Council.

May Day Greetings to All Labor

from

CENTRE CONSTITUENCY

Communist Party of Canada

Advance, Electrical, East End, Frank Rogers,
Georgia, Seamen, Strathcona, Victory Square,
Waterfront and West End Clubs.

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This historic photo shows the Western Federation. of Miners’ May Day ‘Committee in

Trail, B.C., in 1917. The man on horseback is Ginger Goodwin, later shot in the back
for his opposition to the war.

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