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Peace

ef democracy, the open letter of |
Mr. Wallace, presidential candidate
of the United States third party, is
the most important document.

“Mr. Wallace’s open letter can-
not be considered a simple declara-
tion on the desirability of improv-
ing the international situation and
on the desirability of settling the
differences between the 'USSR and
the United States, or the desirability
of finding ways for such a settle-
ment.

“The inadequecy of the state-
ment of the United States govern-
ment of May 4 and the reply of
the USSR of May 9 consist in fact
that they go no further than de-
elaring the desirability of settling
the Soviet-American differences.

“The important meaning of the
open letter consists in the fact that
it does not limit itself to a declara-
tion but goes further, makes a seri-
ous step forward and gives a con-
erete program for peaceful settle-
ment of the differences between
th USSR and the United States.

“Tt cannot be said that Mr. Wal-
lace’s open letter embraces all

tions of differences without ex-
Sian nor can it be said that
certain formulations and comemnt
in the open letter do not need to
be improved but that is not the
most important thing at the pres-
ent time.

“The main thing is that Mr. Wal-
lace in -his letter makes an open
and honest attempt to give a con-
crete program for a peaceful settle-
ment, concrete proposals on all
basic questions of difference be-
tween the USSR and the United
States.

“These proposals are known
everybody: a general reduction
armaments and prohibition

to
of
of

peace treaties with Germany and
Japan and the question of evacua-
tion of troops from these countries;
evacuation of, troops from China
and Korea; respect for the sover-
eignty of individual countries and
non-interference in their domestic
affairs; the inadmissibility of mili-
tary bases in member countries of
the United Nations; world develop-
ment of international trade exclu

ing any sort of discrimination; in
the framework of the United Na-
tions, assistance to and economic
restoration of countries which
suffered from the war; defense of
democracy and insuring of civil
rights in all countries; and so on.

“It is possible to agree or dis-
agree with the program if Mr.
Wallace, but one thing is, never-
theless, beyond doubt: there is no
statesman caring for peace and Co-
operation among the peoples who
can ignore this program, since it
reflects the hopes and strivings of
the peoples toward consolidation
of peace, and it doubtless will have
the support of many millions of
ordinary people.

“I do not know whether the
United States government approves
of Mr. Wallace’s program as @ pasis
for agreement between the USSR
and the United States. As far as
the government of the USSR is
concerned, it considers that Mr.
Wallace’s program could serve as
a good and fruitful basis for such
an agreement and for the develop-
ment of international cooperation,
since the USSR government consid-
ers that, despite the difference in
the economic system and idealogies,
the co-existence of these systems
and a peaceful settlement of dif-
ferences between the USSR and
the United States are not only Ppos-
sible but also doubtlessly necessary,

atomic | weapons; conclusion of

in the interests of a general peace.”

Israel

Sunday night and the United Jew-)

ish People’s Order on Wednesday.

Future generations will record
with shame that Canada’s govern-
‘ment, out of consideration of its
ist enemies of Israel at London and
Washington, and with powerful
anti-Semitic forces in Canada, has
not yet recognized Israel.

The Soviet Union has recognized
Israel as a sovereign state. The
United States extended de facto

- recognition on the heels of a crush-

: state

ing defeat in the UN Assembly of
its attempts to sabotage the As-
sembly partition decision.

The Jews established partition by
force of arms and the might of
their righteous cause.

The Jews were fortified in this
by the support of the common
people of all countries.

The proclamation of the Jewish
is the turning of the tide for
Tsrael.

The state of Israel has Toots in
the Second World War. Its birth
pains were felt at Tobruk, Stalin-
grad, Caen, the Warsaw Ghetto,
and in the storming of Berlin.

The rise of the new
on the ashes of Hitler’s empire and
the anti-imperialist policy
of the Soviet Union paved the way
for “the historic UN decision of
November 27, 197, recognizing the
right of the Jews to statehood in
Palestine. _ ¢
The Wallace movement in the
United States, the mass support of
the Jews in Canada and through-

out the world—all this helped to

frustrate the five-months efforts
of the U.S. state department to re-
place statehood by trusteeship.
The most important material
factor has been that the Haganah,

strength and ability to bring the
UN decision to life by force of
arms made overpoweringly strong
through the welding of unity by the
Jewish people of the Yishuv.
The victories of the hard-pressed
Hagarah open bright new possibil-
ities to all the exploited peoples of
the Middle East.
But the averting of terrible
bloodshed in the full-fledged war
already under way hinges on 4
number of factors. :
It depends on the unity of the
Jews throughout the world—includ-
ing Canada—a unity that is grow-
ing rapidly. (The. Vancouver Jew-
ish community is going over the
top on its joint appeal for $250,000
for Jews in Palestine and Jews
still in concentration and refugee
camps.) ; Ma 0g
It depends on the speedy action
of a common front of the Jews and
their powerful allies. :
_ While Washington has recogniz-
ed Israel this amounts to the recog-
nition of the right of the Jews to
be bombed as a state rather than
as a community—until something
more is done than the American
to first send question-

naires to both Jews and Arabs be-
fore taking action.
Public opinion can compel Can-
adian’ recognition of the sovereign
state of Israel, the shipping’ of
Canadian arms for the security of
fsra¢] against aggression, the halt-
ing of bloodshed by British-inspir-
ed mercenaries, and the turning
back in Canada of the anti-Semit-
ism that is an inevitable accom-
paniment of Ottawa’s policy of
war,
he bombs dropping on Tei Aviv
are aimed at Vancouver just as
sureiy as those unloaded by Hitler
in 1937 on Guernica.

heroic army of Israel, has had the

have to be re-assessed if the pylon
scheme were allowed.

- -‘Residents point to other B. C.
Electric schemes carried through

on a “temporary” basis or in a
manner detrimental to future city

development on a plea of keeping
down costs and argue that far-
sighted city planning demands un-
derground installation of the power
line.

The B.C. Electric estimates the

Boundary road

cost of placing the lines under-
ground at $2,000,000. By a strange
coincidence, this is also the figure
arrived at by Vancouver City Coun-
cil. No impartial estimate of the
cost is available.

The committee of 18 residents is
planning an active campaign which
will include the sending of sPpeak-
ers and resolutions to all Vancou-

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