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B.¢. PEACE -COUNCIL SAYS:

TO LIVE OR DIE
SUMMIT MEETII

VOL. 19, NO. 18

Phone MUtual 5-5288

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VANCOUVER, B.C.

FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1960

Large May Day rally
Stresses peace, jobs

. “Unite for peace and jobs,” “Disarm now,” “Support
Africa Boycott’ With these slogans at the head, 1,500
men, women, children and youths marched in a colorful

ay Day parade in Vancouver last Sunday.

Other banners and placards
carried by the marchers read:
‘Save our children—ban nuc-
lear tests,” ‘Playgrounds not
battlefields, » “The Summit
Must succeed,” “Bury wea-
Pons not people.”

Expressing concern with un-

€mployment many placards
bore the demands of the
Marchers, These read: “Trade

With China now,” “Work and
Wages not handouts,” ‘Devel-
ay B.C. power for B.C. use,”
“Increase unemployment in-
Surance.”

Build Mica dam now
Interior demands

REVELSTOKE—Demand
for immediate construction
of the Mica Creek dam was
Voiced by more than 200
People representing 17 In-
terior communities at a
conference here last week.

“Among ~ municipalities
represented were Prince
George, Salmon Arm, Kam-
loops, Nakusp, Kelowna and
Nelson. The conference was
convened by the Revelstoke

_ city council.

Unions taking part in the
May Day parade were the Un-
ited Fishermen and Allied
Workers, International Long-
shoremen and Warehousemen
and their women’s auxiliary,
Marine Worker’s and Boiler-
maker’s, National Association
of Marine Engineers and the
Civic Employees, Outside
Workers.

The Socialist Youth League |

and Communist Party and
the numerous ethnic groups
made up large sections of the
parade. Particularly colorful
were the children from the
Ukrainian. and Russian com-
munities, dressed in their col-
orful costumes.

Close to 3,500 people jam-
med the Outdoor Theatre ‘at
Exhibition Park to hear the
speakers and watch the con-
cert program. Speakers includ-
ed Mickey Beagle of the UF-
AWU, Bert Johnston of the
SYL, Harvey Murphy, . Mine-
Mill District President and
Harold. Pritchett, Communist
Party city secretary.

The speakers stressed the
need for labor to unite for
peace and jobs. SYL speaker

Continued on Page Three

SEE — MAY DAY

“The leaders of Great,
Britain, the Soviet Union,
the United States and
France are meeting because
millions of people all over
the world insisted they,

participate
agreement on. disarm-
ament,” says the statement. | |

The Summit meeting opens |
in Paris on May 16.

The B.C. Peace Council is |
appealing to the public to join |
in action for peace Sattindaya
May 14, when there will be.
petitioning and placard par- |
ades throughout the day. Be- |
tween 11-12 a.m. there will be |
a placard parade, followed ue
street petitioning between 12
and i p.m. The placard parade
wili go out again between |
2-3 p.m,

Those wishing to take part |
are asked to contact the Peace |
Council office in the Shelly |
Bldg., 119 W. Pender St.

Actions are also planned
that day in Surrey, New West-
minster and Burnaby.

The B.C. Peace Council urg-
es those who want to make
their wishes for peace known
to write to: The Secretariat,
The Summit Conference, Paris
France.

meet. Again the people must |
by demanding :

Are we to live or die? That is the only subject on the agenda at
the Summit. So says the B.C. Peace Council in a printed statement
headed, ‘Success at the Summit — it’s up to us!”

parade as
near Victoria Dr. Stretches for
many blocks, it was one of the most colorful parades in
many years.

Photo shows the head of Vancouver’s May Day
it came up Powell St.,

UNEMPLOYED TO MEET MAY 11

Unemployed building trades workers will meet in the
Vancouver Labor Temple, 307 W. Broadway, Wed., May 11 at
10 a.m. to discuss the jobs crisis. MLAs have been invited to —
attend. 7

The meeting, called by the Building Trades Council, is a
follow up on an earlier meeting which was attended by 600
unemployed. The meeting is expected to demand immediate -
action on jobs and aid to unemployed.

Photo shows Mine-Mill District President Harvey Murphy, speaking to the May Day
rally at Exhibition Park, Sunday. (Photos by Searle Friedman.)

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