ROBERT PRITTIF : Burnaby-Richmond ERHART REGIER CCF, Burnaby-Coquitlam (CF candidates ask China recognition BI tie in RABY, B.C, — Two CCE candidates, Robert Prit- Witlan, tnaby-Richmond and Erhart Regier in Burnaby-Co- " rec 1 ar, : é 5 : 2 taking a strong stand in their election campaigns Benie t ttade ek ition of China as a necessary step to large-scale ‘) that country, Charg; ister D8 that Prime Min- che n Diefenbaker and i leader Lester B. Pear- fessag. Remcere in their: pro- With cr, Ulingness to trade trade aK Root recognition is % istic, Regier told a re- ction meeting: Mop Ctriet © with China can be Neg ae Only by doing busi- Port bo ithe export and im- Bovem nn of the Chinese ral an nt, which both Lib- Ments Onservative govern- Rize » ave refused to recog- Prittig et Stand is taken by deman iad has repeated his on °r recognition of the at €ople’s government su “ F Netings fcession of election 4¢ - Tecggr’, Should we refuse to Obvious S0vernment which of Saas has the support Peoples Y the whole Chinese We refy he asks. “Why should Whic ioe accept the trade ang oy being offered to us Worker ch means jobs for aa in this country?” €d by Eateetto voters circulat- Buy - urnaby-Richmond and Mtituene, Cduitlam LPP con- “Th S committees states: q urnaby-Richmond, the has udidate, Robert Prittie iinet on a strong stand Sra] cold Onservative and Lib- ing es War policies by call- Peaceful coexistence, Subject Ma because they know | LABOR FORUM In Cooperation with Socialist Youth League PROBLEMS OF YOUTH IN THE SPUTNIK AGE Prominent Speakers from Youth Groups SUNDAY, MARCH 23 -2p.m. PENDER AUDITORIUM a ge ETT % reduction in arms spending and ending of the H-tests, and by coming out against the NATO mlitary alliance through which the U.S. main- tains its dominance and en- eroaches upon Canadian terri- tory- “In Burnaby-Coquitlam, Er- hart Regier, who has repre- sented the constituency in the last two parliaments, has in- formed the LPP that he does not support NATO as a mili- tary alliance. He has also pub- licly condemned the fact. that U.S. planes carry nuclear war- heads over Canadian territory without reference to Canadian authorities. He is calling for admission of all countries to the UN, in particular China, for expanded trade with all countries, for reduced arms spending and peaceful compe- tition in place of the present suicidal arms race. “While the LPP has political differences with the CCF and campaigns for its own program, nonetheless in the interests of unity it is the view of LPP committees in both Burnaby- Richmond and Burnaby-Co- quitlam, that Prittie and Reg- ier merit the support of all progressive voters in this elec- tion. We urge you to vote for them and so place the two Burnaby constituencies in the forefront of the struggle for peace, jobs and security.” Rush challenges Jung to debate China recognition, trade issues Maurice Rush, LPP candidate for Vancouver Centre, has challenged Douglas Jung (who wo China trade and recognition, last year to visit China. In a letter to Jung offering him equal time with Rush on the platform at an LPP-spon- sored election meeting in Pen- der Auditorium this coming Wednesday, March 26, Rush said: “Prior to the election last June 10 you promised the vot- ers that if elected on the Con- servative ticket you would personally visit People’s China to seek closer under- standing and friendship be- tween our two countries. “Nine months have elapsed since that time and no definite action has been taken by yourself to carry through that pledge. In fact the Diefenbak- er government since June 10 has shown increased hostility towards the People’s Govern- ment of China, with the re- sult that our two countries are further apart today than they have ever been. “Many thousands of people in Vancouver Centre voted for you in the belief that you really intended to do some- thing about the unsatisfactory state of affairs between our two countries, and being. of Chinese extraction, many felt you could do something to remedy the situation. It must be said you have completely failed in this regard. In all honesty you owe the people of Vancouver Centre an explana- tion. “In view of the extreme im- portance of friendship with People’s China and everything that this can mean to Van- couver Centre and B.C. in terms of trade, jobs and peace, I feel that this matter should be publicly debated. I am therefore asking that you, appear with me on any platform you choose to debate the Diefenbaker government’s record on Canada’s relations with People’s China. “J have rented the Pender Auditorium for a meeting Wednesday evening, March 26 and I am inviting you to share that platform with me and you will have equal time with myself to state your position. I hope you will see your way clear to accept this invitation or that you will state any other arrangement you wish to make.” Election workers for Rush distributed leaflets at a meet- ing Monday night in the Bay Theatre, where Defense Min- ister George. Pearkes and Douglas Jung were the speak- ers. The leaflets reminded voters that Jung had failed to carry out his promise to visit China, and charged that he “supports the Tory policy on China.” Pearkes also came under fire in the LPP leaflet, which accused him of “giving con- trol of our air force to a U.S. general” and seeking to justi- fy “the flight of U.S. planes carrying nuclear bombs over n the seat for the Conservatives in the June, 1957 election) to debate the issue of and Jung’s failure to carry out his pre-election promise of B.C. cities and towns.” Angered by the _ attack, Pearkes told the Conservative rally that Canada had entered the North American Air De- fense Command as a “realis- tic? way to conduct joint planning and control of forces. He neglected to add that U.S. top brass, run the show. Banquet to honor pioneer of B.C labor movement A banquet at the Ukrainian Hall, 805 East Pender next Saturday, March 29, will honor a Canadian-Ukrainian labor pioneer, Alex Sholdra. Sholdra came to Canada as an immigrant in his youth; worked in harvester, railroad, construction gangs; rode the rods across North America from Maine to Oregon, from Mexico to the Yukon. Dodging company police and vigilantes, always on the move and al- Stewart hits new farm act WHALLEY, B.C. — Charlie Stewart, LPP candidate for New Westminster, strongly criticized the new Farm Price Stabilisation Act at an all- candidate meeting at Fleet- wood Community Hall last Friday. “This act,’ said Stewart, “will hasten. the destruction of the family farm and aid only the large scale capitalist {farmers who have the financial ability to modernise their op- erations.” Stewart said neither the Conservative, Liberal or So- cred parties have advanced pro- grams during the election campaign that would put workers back on the job or aid the hard-pressed farmers. OVALTIN® CAFE 251 EAST HASTINGS Vancouver, B.C. QUALITY SERVICE PATRONIZE CEDAR FUEL & TRANSFER Phone: 566-R-3 Cedar, B.C. ways “talking union,’ he was one of that great army of itin- erant rebel workers immor- talized in the songs and poems of Joe Hill. On March 29 Sholdra’s friends, young ang old, will turn out to pay tribute to this veteran of many years of de- voted service to the labor movement: EPS NE LE TRADE WITH CHINA A SUMMIT MEETING NOW! HEAR MAURICE RUSH AND ; NIGEL MORGAN Wed. March 26 8 p.m. PENDER AUD. Van- Centre LPP Cttee. LAKE COWICHAN FIX-IT SHOP Ltd. ~ LARS FURNSETH, Prop. March 21, 1958 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 7