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Came Tuesday night from delegates to the Van-
and District Labor Council.

regard for the health and wel-
fare of the people . . . and
utter contempt for the laws
and duly elected govern-
ment.”

This stand by Vancouver
labor came in the midst of
reports from the prairie pro-
vince that talks were expect-
ed to take place which may
soon lead to a solution to the
three week old crisis.

Meanwhile, the doctors

strike has been strongly con-'

demned by labor and profes-
sional groups in many coun-
tries. In the U.S. the American
Newspaper Guild adopted a
resolution against the stand
taken by the doctors.

More and more the issue
in Saskatchewan is shaping
up for all to see as a battle
between the people and the
forces of the ultra-right. Com-
menting on the crowds gath-
ered before the legislature
buildings on July 11 to de-
monstrate against Medicare,
a U.S. television correspon-
dent remarked:

“This reminds me of the
anti-integration mobs in the
South. They are the same
kind of people.”

The VLC resolution also
condemned the provisions of
the B.C. Medical Act which
placed doctors “above and be-
yond the law in regulating
almost all aspects of their
service to the citizens with-
out legislative restrictions.”

It urged that the B.C. gov-
ernment review the Medical
Act to limit such powers.

World parley issues
stirring appeal:

ACT NOW

TO SAVE
PEACE’

By JOHN PITTMAN

MOSCOW -— Thunderous applause and a standing ovation
greeted the message of the peoples of the world presented to

at its final session on July 14.

It was adopted by-a show-
of-hand vote of 2,186 for, two
against, and seven absten-
tions.

The resolution calls for an
‘end to the arms race and nu-
‘clear testing.

“It is impossible to rely on
the diplomats and military
specialists who prolong dis-
cussion from year to year,”
the message states. ‘““Only the
efforts of the people of all
lands can compel the states-
men to find a solution. Divid-
ed protests are not sufficient.
It is time for a mighty move-
ment of resistance to the arms
race and all war prepara-
tions.”

NUCLEAR TESTS
Delegates from 120 coun-

tries signified their agreement
with the statement that “We
are firmly opposed to all test-
ing of nuclear bombs and
similar devices, firstly be-
cause of their threat to life
and health of this and future
generations, and secondly be-
cause they increase the tem-
po of the arms race.

“We earnestly appeal to
the governments of all nu-
clear powers. We call on
them to reach without delay,
agreement on renunciation of

Photo shows a section of the great World
Disarmament Congress in session. Over

‘the delegates and observers to the World Disarmament Congress

all tests everywhere—in the
atmosphere, in outer space,
underground and under wa-
ter.”

The statement develops the
benefits that would accrue to
all mankind if the arms race
were stopped and warns:

“Passivity harms the cause
of peace. On us all depends
the dawn of the day when
mankind will be liberated
from the threat of nuclear
death.”

Concluding the statement
appeals:

“We who want peace are
many. If we all should act,
and if all who act should act
together in friendship, we
could clear the road to our
common aim, enduring
peace,”

Amendments and reserva-
tions which had been submit-
ted to the drafting committee
included one by a group of
Quakers, who wanted to
stress the moral and spiritual
side of disarmament and one
by a group of personalities
from Western countries. The
latter stressed the important
role of the non-committed na-
tions.

Other amendments asked
for inclusion into the call of
condemnation of colonialism.
Though the delegats did not
act on any amendments, they
will all be published in the
Congress proceedings.

WIDE REPPRESENTATION

The credentials committee’s
report, submitted by Pro-
fessor Victor Chkhikvadze,
showed 27 African and 25
Latin American nations par-
ticipating. The biggest dele-
gation came from the United
States with 190 delegates and
observers.

Present were 340 scientists,
57 religious leaders, 170 law-

yers and 20 parliamentarians

from different countries, the
largest number of elected re-
presentatives ever to partici-
pate in a peace gathering. The
Congress was by far the lar-
gest and most representative
such gathering in history.

The message states that
its deliberations have “helped
us to know one another bet-
ter and we are convinced that
it is possible to find a way
out of the situation that to-
day threatens every country
and every people.”

(See editorial on page 4.)

2,000 delegates attended from 121 lands,
including fifty from Canada.

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