ats: , Koreans tell UN of deliberate slaughter of civilians in ‘blitz’ . al "Tig feu she id ade. STORY ON PAGE 6 fh 4 HM ANT 4, Hh, hy aes RAY y UDMA GMAT TLE AVY TANS At reesnncg 14 Vancouver, British Columbia, August 18, 1950. titené - age Price Five Cents Living costs up, average wage drops “ . . ° Everything is higher, It’s sure outrageous, Everything is higher— , ” Except my daddy’s wages! Prices are going up, wages are going down in British Columbia, and working class children are again being taught the prices song (lines ©t which are printed above) Which became so popular dur- ng the great 1947-48 strug- Sles against decontrol of Prices and zooming living COSts, _ Vancouver’s cost of living Index rose another two points in June, hiking it from 167 to 69—higher than that of all anada. A further increase is €xpected to be shown when uly index is announced from ttawa,. Simultaneously, it was re- Vealed that the average take- tome pay of B.C. wage earn- by across Canada, and the youth committee of the Peace Congress is already organizing the participation of young people. The council met two days after Prime Minister St. Laurent announced that a brigade would be raised for overseas service. ‘ Peaceful negotiation, not military” action, will be the lobby’s request, and lobbyists are asked to be prepared to leave for the capital early in September. “The wives and sweethearts and mothers of the men who will die unless peace is saved, as well as young people who will never age unless war is stopped—these together will find voice at Ottawa in the proposed delegation,” said the Peace Congress statement. “With the lobbyists will go the well-wishes of every Canadian concerned about the danger of atomic war, and we will intensify our petitioning with the Stockholm Appeal.” Outlining the propositions that the government will hear from the mouths of mothers and young people, the statement said, “The announcement (of the brigade) has made it all the more urgent for every Canadian to insist that our govern- ment throw its influence behind the Nehru proposals for solving the Korean crisis. “China must take its place at Lake Success and the Korean crisis must be resolved by the Security Council mem- bers in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, taking into account the representations of the Korean people. Continued on Page 7 See LOBBY Only 44 days to canvass for peace petition There are 44 days left in the peace petition campaign. How many) names’ will you pledge for each of the 44 days? There are 1,000 hours remaining from now until October 2 in which to add tens of thousands more names to the Stockholm Appeal to ban the atomic bomb, set up strict rules for international con- trol of atomic energy, and declare the first government to use the atomic bomb a war criminal. Tens of thousands more names must be gathered if the campaign is to reach its 500,000 objective. iow many will you get today? Tens of thousands more names are needed if Canada is to re- main in a world at peace — for half million Canadians, alongside 5,000,000 Americans and hundreds of millions of people in the Soviet Union, and practically every coun- @ Sign it yourself; get your fa- mily and neighbors to sign; take it with you wherever you go and gather signatures. You will find most people approached will sign for peace, despite the frantic dai- ly press campaign to defeat the petition by distorting its purpose. And for a reply to critics of the try in the world — can be decis- ive not only in outlawing the atomiq bomb but in outlawing war itself. Here is what you can do — to- day: @ Get a petition from your lo- cal Peace Council or direct from the Canadian Peace Congress of- peace petition see Llya Ehren- fice, 49 Walker Avenue, Toronto, burg’s brilliant article on page 4 Ont. : of this issue. speeches