Canada hardest hit by fallout danger New evidence before the U.S Congress again confirms that southern Canada is in the area of heaviest atomic fallout .in the world, and that deadly strontium-90 is settling down much faster than previously thought. Instead of taking 10 years for fallout to come down to. earth from the stratosphere, it” is found that half the radio- active poison now up there will come down in the next two years, half of the remaind- er in the next two, and so on, according to the report of Major - General Herbert B. Loper, atomic energy advisor to the U.S. secretary of defense. Maps designating the area of greatest danger show south- ern Canada right in the middle. NEGOTIATE For a Berlin Settlement for an End to the Cold Wor © -The visit of Prime Minister Macmillan of Great Britain affords the Canadiin government with a unique opportunity to turn the international sit- uation in the direction of Peace. In every part of the world the people detest. the cold war and wish to see it ended. | We urge the Canadian Government to give spirited public support to the proposal for some form of disengagement or ae 4 out of military forces in central Europe. Common sense Geis accepting the historical fact of two German states which will have to negotiate for reunification. The dissolving of the cold war is a prerequisite to such negotiations. ._ A peace treaty with Germany is an immediate necessity to elmininate militarism and nuclear re- armament, guarantee the security of peoples and states of central Europe, and open up unimpeded trade. « The freedom and self government of West Berlin can easily be guaranteed by agreement among the powers concerned and by the United Nations. IT “IS NO CAUSE FOR INCREASED stent ae PREPARATION. Canada should resolutely and openly oppose ir- responsible talk of preventive war, solutions by force, use of nuclear weapons and refusal to hold top level negotiations. Canada, a leading member of the British Common- wealth of Nations can, at this critical and danger- ous time, tip the balance in favor of peace. We call upon the Canadian government to proclaim its Support for these proposals. s CANADIAN PEACE CONGRESS Box 218 Station Q, Toronto, Ont. James G. Endicott, Chairman Eva Sanderson, Vice-Chairman k : of Rt, ‘Hon. J. G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ont. I endorse the position put forward in the above advertisement, and urge your Sova ae to act on it. \ vention. Canadian labor must unite forc : to beat Joe Smallwood's attac Premier Joe Smallwood’s company union said on March 24 that it would d: International Woodworkers of America out of Newfoundland within 10 days. That di has passed and the IWA loggers temain firm and united, and with the help of trade across Canada can still win their strike. But the new threat empha- sizes the urgency of an all- out fight by the Canadian labor movement along three main. lines: ® To compel the Diefen- baker government to disallow Smallwood’s. union busting laws.. @ To call on the interna- Top officers re-elected by UFAWU H. Steve Stavenes was re- turned by acclamation as presi- dent of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union in election last Wednesday at the union’s fifteenth annual con- Also returned unopposed were secretary-treasurer Hom- _er Stevens, business agent Alex Gordon, and first vice-presi- dent T. “Buck” Suzuki. . Newly elected second vice- president is Jack Cook, Van- couver Shoreworker, replacing Mrs. Mickey Beagle of New Westminster, recently named a general organizer. ~ President Stavenes, big boat halibut, salmon and _ herring fisherman, is in his sixth term as Union president. The North Burnaby man hag served the union in various positions, in- cluding one et as vice-presi- dent. Full time. officers of the union, secretary - treasurer Homer Stevens and business agent Alex Gordon have been in their present positions ‘since 1945 in the case of Gordon and since 1947 in the case of - Homer Stevens. A 16-member general execu- _ tive board that will guide the’ union for the next year was elected from 32 candidates, Elected were: Harry Allison, Ed Bertram, Nils Jacobsen, Ed - Paulik, Wally Paulik, all of Vancouver; Adeline Ratchford, Frank Nishi, James Hogan, Joe Yarmish, Stevenson; Peter Jenewein, Albion; Archie Kaa- rio, North Vancouver; Hideo Onotera, Sunbury; Jim Patter- son, New Westminster; Reg Payne, Sidney; and Charlie Scule, Nanaimo. 7: . Board of trustee members include George Carpenter, Nanaimo; Dave Rutka, Van- couver; and Harvey’ see ~ Stevenson. The general executive board is responsible for appointments of full time personnel annually in consultation with locals. tional labor movement to boycott Newfoundland goods. ® To pour in the maximum finaniial help to the hard pressed Newfoundlanders. The Smallwood attack, aid- ed by the RCMP, has already been successful in putting a substantial number of strike- breakers into the central Newfoundland woods. Now the attack is turning against the IWA in the western part of the island which is domi- nated by the gigantic Bowater pulp and paper interests, who have proclaimed that they Ottawa grants visas to Chinese unionists Li Yun Chaun, vice-chairman of the First Machit will never deal with the The Canadian Labor gress and its affilia raising considerable s money, and are urging allowance, but without m izing a strong public paign across the cou The CLC has not ponded to the suggest the B.C. Federation of that the International port Workers Federati asked to organize a wide boycott of Newt land exports aimed maint shipments of pulp. Re “ Union of the People’s Republic of China, will be a ¢ and a fraternal delegate to the semi-annual conference o United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE) ¥ opens in Toronto on May 2. C. S. Jackson, president of UE, announced this week that visas for Li Yun Chuan and his interpreter, Chin Fu Yao, had now been granted by. the Department of Citizenship and Isnmigrantion. “Our union is’ extremely proud,” he-said, “to have the honor ‘of welcoming the first Chinese trade unionists to visit our country. We feel it is an important step that can lead to an ever-expanding, two-way exchange of visitors between our countries.” sackson recalled that the First Machinery Union of China had invited delegates from his union to visit their country early in 1958. 150 young “At that tims with serious unemployment in our indi tiy in Canada, we ‘were abie to accept the invitati and invited members of f Chinese union to visit us _ our twenty-second conventit last November. “Unfortunately,” Jackson “our request for visas for out Chinese guests were reje at that time by the goveé ment on the grounds of little time. We therefore e tended this further invita to them to our May 1959 co ference, and after an init rejection, have now been @ vised that the visas hav: granted by the governn Canucks attend World Festiva World-wide preparations for “the Seventh World Festival, to be held this summer in Vienna from July 6 August 4, have already won the support of more than organizations in 90 countries. Included are 100 stude: ganizations, 200 political youth organizations, 100 cult = sports unions, and 18 national youth commis: In addition, many promi- -nent persons have given mes- sages of support to the festi- val, including such public per- sons as Cyrus Eaton and John Summerville of the U.S., Mrs. Nehru of India, and others. In Austria itself, support for the festival has come from the government and many other political figures have made statements to this ef-- fect. A special Festival Vil- “Mage is being built to accom- modate the 17,000 participants April 3, 19599 — PACIFIC. TRIBUNE—PAGI who will come to the fe from all parts of the wo From Canada it is ex 150 young people will a! The Canadian Youth Festi Arrangements Commi organizing a_ special week plane trip for a cost of $600 or a nin trip by Ship for a to of $800. Full details are able from the committee, Box 57, Postal Station E, onto 4, Ontario.