\ ee ET Hi evelop’ national demand for peace in Korea, urges - Buck at great. city rally Three thousand Vancouver citizens packed Exhibition Gardens last Sunday night, despite the swel- tering heat, to hear Tim Buck, LPP national leader, appeal to them and all peace-loving Canadians to Lt develop an irresistable national demand for peace in Korea. “Every man and women in this great. meeting, every Canadian who wants to avoid a third world war, must welcome with heartfelt gratitude the fact that’ cease fire negotiations have been reopened in Korea. Cease fire in Korea means a stop to the killing, not only of fighting Men but of millions of helpless men, women and children,” he de- Clared Buck stated that the negotiations Were “powerful evidence that) a third world war can be averted, that governments can negotiate the issues which divide,them in- Stead of resorting to war.’ They Were equally powerful evidence, he added, that “peaceful coexistence of the socialist and capitalist coun- tries is fully possible, given the will for peace.” . “ He warned his intently listening audience that it would be a “dan- Serous mistake’ for peace-loving People to assume that peace in Kor- €a was now assured. “The events of the past four days Show that powerful influences in the United States will stymie the Cease fire talxs and wilt prevent &4n armistice in Korea if they can do so,” Buck said. “On Tuesday morning (July 10) General Ridgway’s instructions to the head of the U.S. delegation to he cease fire talks were that he must not engage in discussions of any political questions whatsoever. hen the U.S. delegaton returned from that first meeting the head °f the delegation declared that a Cease fire could be arranged in il THE SPORTLIGHT two days. “Yet the very next day, he him- self, with the authoriy of General Ridgway, broke off negotiations on a purely political issue, in spite of the fact that the North Koreans and Chinese delegates had already agreed in principle with the U. S. demand. “In place of negotiations the Am#4 ericans resorted to ultimatum. In- stead of trying to secure agree- ment upon a cease fire they tried to prevent a cease fire by putting forward provocative demands.” Buck stated that democratic Canadians and Americans could be thankful that this American pro- vocation -had been defeated and cease fire negotiations resumed. “For that}? he declared, “‘the whole world owes thanks ‘to the governments of North Korea and People’s China.” The near break up of negotia- tions, he continued, should be. a solemn warning to all Canadians to develop a nationwide demand for peace in Korea, for the right of Korean people to determine their own affairs, for Canadian boys to be brought home and for a policy ‘of Canadian friendship with the ‘countries of Asia | Buck pointed out that a cease fire and armistice in Korea would have a profound impact upon Asia and the world. In the course of his 90-minute speech Buck ranged widely through the interwoven politics and econ- omics of peace and war. Hie ripped apart big business pro- paganda, “which unfortunately has affected many workers,” that a war program means jobs and peace unemployment, citing lay- offs jin eastern Canada as evi- dence that a war program could not avert unemployment short of war. Nor, he said, did peace nec- essarily mean unemploynient pro- vided the working people fought for ia ‘different economic policy that would give them a greater share of their products and a dif- ferent trade policy that would oe low Canada to deal with all coun tries. He poured scorn upon the poli- cy, dictated by the ‘US., which forced Canada to buy a million dol lars’ worth of manganese a year from the U. S. — “which gets it from the Soviet Union in return for American goods.” He asked: “Why can’t Canada get what she needs direct from the Soviet Union in return for Can- adian goods?” U ULI MMM MET EE CON PP VEU A Ee ee ENTRY FORM PEACE THEME CONTEST UNITED LABOR PICNIC FEDERATION August 12 Use Your Talent For Peace Enter Under One Of The Classifications Below bee!