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threaten life

The campaign to ban A and H-bomb tests and
outlaw nuclear weapons, which the Pacific Tribune,
alone of all provincial papers, has consistently supported,
this week received confirmation from a startling source.
A committee of top U.S. scientists warned that con-
tinued H-tests threaten human life. For the full story

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in convention here.

“Simonds’ call for ‘boy sold-
iers’ is a case of looking back-
ward at a time when the world’s
major powers are discussing
disarmament and _ peaceful

trade,” said Thomas. “He is
trying to resurrect conscription
by another name.

“No youth organization in
Canada has gone on record in
favor of compulsory military
service.

“Just recently the Older Boys
Parliament of B.C. voted down
conscription and went on record
in favor of world peace, trade
and friendship between nations.

“Simonds should concern him-
self more with the real needs
of youth, such-as a nation-wide
sports and recreation program.

Continued on back page
See CONSCRIPTION

Labor unity can win byelection

Editorial

yN preparation for the June 27 aldermanic
byelection in Vancouver, organized labor
can put the lessons of the February 1 by-
election to good account.

At that time, despite its unanimous
choice of labor candidate Victor Forster,
organized labor did not succeed in rallying
its supporters at the polls, with the result
that it failed to obtain a voice at the city
hall to challenge Non-Partisan domination
of civic affairs. —

On June 27 the position can be reversed.
While it is regrettable that the Vancouver
Trades and Labor Council was unable to
field a candidate, all trade unionists and
labor supporters can follow the splendid ex-

ample set by Mrs. Effie Jones of the Civic
Reform Association’ who withdrew her
nomination in order to permit a united labor
vote for labor candidate Sam Jenkins of the
Marine Workers and Boilermakers, and to
assure that in this byelection the governing
NPA clique is decisively defeated.

Labor needs a voice at Vancouver City
Hall, not from NPA hand-picked candidates
but from genuine labor representatives.
Unity at the polls by all working people on
June 27 will spell out victory for Sam Jen-
kins and an end to the NPA monopoly of
civic affairs.

Unity at the ballot box, as in the trade
union merger, is the answer to NPA rule.

Youth opposed
to conscription

Glyn Thomas, provincial secretary of National Federation of Labor Youth, this
week denounced the proposal advanced by Lieut. General Guy Simonds, former Cana-
dian Army chief-of-staff, for a callup of 16-year-old youths for military “‘indoctrina-
tion’’ and later conscription into the service for one or two years.

Simonds’ proposal was subsequently endorsed by the Canadian Legion meeting

Effie won’t run,
puts unity first

“T am withdrawing from the
June 27 byelection because I do
not wish to split the labor and
progressive vote,” Effie Jones,
president of Civic Reform As-
sociation, said this week. Prior
to the unexpected entry of a
trade union candidate, Mrs.
Jones had declared her inten-
tion to contest the council seat
left vacant by the recent death
of Ald. D. E. McTaggart.

“J look. upon the byelection
es an opportunity to weaken the
power of the Non-Partisan As-
sociation in civic affairs,” said
Mrs. Jones. “The NPA candi-
date can be defeated and NPA
domination weakened by the
eiection of a progressive candi-
date.

“Believing that unity of labor
and progressive forces was es-
sential, I stated several weeks
ago that I would not run if the
labor movement decided to
nominate a candidate. When the
Vancouver, Lower Mainland
Trades and Labor Council de-
cided at its June 5 meeting not
to enter a candidate, I immedi-
ately threw my hat in the ring
and appealed for labor support
on the basis of my long record
ir the progressive movement.

“Announcement by Sam Jen-
kins, president of Marine Work-
ers and Boilermakers Union,
that he would run as an alder-
manic candidate, caught me by
surprise. I had already opened
opened election headquarters
election headquarters and my
election committee had spent a
considerable sum of money on
printing and other pre-election
expenses.

"In previous elections in

SAM JENKINS

which Jenkins and I have
both contested aldermanic
seats, I have always polled
the higher vote. I believe
that I would do so this time,
but I cannot see either of us
winning the election if the
progressive and labor vote is
divided between us.

“Consequently, because of my
deep desire for unity at the polls
to defeat the NPA, and because
Jenkins is determined to run at
all costs, I have decided to
withdraw in the interests of
unity, and will urge my many
supporters to work for the de-
teat of the NPA candidate by
casting their votes for Jenkins.

“TI certainly intend to con-

Continued on back page
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