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Vol. 9,sNo. 22 Vancouver, British Columbia, June 2, 1950

Youth unite against war

THOUSANDS EXPE
AT PEACE ARCH

A mile-long caravan of cars and busses will leave the CNR station on Main street at 11 a.m. this coming Sunday, June
4, carrying an estimated 1000 Vancouver citizens to the Canadian-U.S. border for the great Youth Peace Rally in Peace Arch
Park. From Seattle and other American points caravans will head north, bringing thousands of U.S.-young people to the
big international rally, where youthful citizens of both countries will clasp hands and pledge—‘No More
War.” The ceremony, which starts at 2 p.m., will feature prominent speakers from both sides of the 49th
parallel, a cultural display, and adoption of a pledge addressed to the youth of the world, “that we Canadian
and American youth will work for the banning of atomic bombs, and will copsider that the
first government which uses the atomic bomb against any country will have
committed a criminal act against the youth of the world.”

Rejecting the idea’ that war is inevitable, the youth who come together at
the international border will represent different religious’ and political beliefs,
but will stand united in defence of world peace. Vancouver United Church
Young People’s Union decided this week to participate in the Youth Peace iRally
because “to ignore it would seem to be a basic denial of the
possibility of working out a peaceful answer to our common
problems.” While expressing opposition to “communism”
‘the young Christians declare they “want to present the
Christian way of peace” and are attending for that purpose.

Canadian sponsors of the call to the Peace Arch Rally
include Rev. T. Jackson Wray, United Church minister ; Dick
Allen, UBC student and chairman of the Vancouver rally com-
mittee; Steve Endicott, National Federation of Labor Youth;
Orville Braaten, Pulp and Sulphite Workers; Alex Dorland,
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; John Dub-
no, Association of United Ukrainian Canadians; Rev. A.
Hodgkins, Unitarian minister; Fred Jackson, International
Longshoremen’s Union; Rev. R. J. D. Morris, United Church
Young People’s Union; John D. Pahl, Native Brotherhood of
British Columbia; Jack Stevenson, Carpenters Union; James
Thompson, West Coast Seamen’s Union; Dr. Fred Katz, Un-
ited Jewish People’s Order.

Vote for strike,
IWA, WIU urge

all woodworkers

Zero hour is approaching in the lumber camps and mills of British
Columbia. When International Woodworkers of America turned
thumbs down on the conciliation board award last week, workers were
sharply reminded that the June 15 “No contract, no work” deadline is

only a fortnight away.
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overnment-supervised strike vote will be ta
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NO MORE WAR:
the woodworking industry on a plant by plant basis. :

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PEACE ARCH PARK

and Woodworkers Industrial Union of Canada are urging ee potas y :
and unorganized workers to reject, the conciliation award and vote for

strike action. : ror 7 5 0 |
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Harold Pritchett, WIUC president ad ee ee | J n am es or p ac

broadcast dworkers at 6.15 p.m., :
apes CIOR. The WIUC union paper this week called on all wood-

workers to ‘‘vote 100 percent in favor of a strike as the surest guarantee .

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Continued on back page. — See LUMBER