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The following list of prominent Canadians who have sign-

ed the Stockholm Appeal to ban the atom-bomb and declare

the first government to use it a war criminal was issued here
this week by the Canadian Peace Congress, It will be used
by canvassers now secuing signatures to the peace petition
throughout the country. Congress officials point out that the
list is far from complete because every mail adds new signa-
tures from outstanding clergymen, doctors, lawyers, trade
unionists, artists, writers, political leaders and others. In ad-

the appeal.

Clergymen

Rev. KE. Crossly Hunter, Trinity

t United Church, Toronto.

Pe Rev. Dr. James Endicott, former
moderator of United Church, To-
ronto,

Rev. Gordon Domm, Bathurst
United Church, Toronto.

Rev. Dr. Ԥ J. Wilson, editor
United Church Observer, Toronto.

Rev. I. G. Perkins, Donland
United Church, Toronto. '

Rev. R. G. Davison, United
Church, Fairbank, Ont.

Rev. ©. T,. Passey, Manitowan-

q ing, Ont.

3 Rev. William Hienbest, retired,

: Newmarket, Ont. :

Rev, O. W. Hahms, Kemble, Ont. |.

Rev. Geo. Stewart, Anglican, re-
tired, Vancouver, B.C.
Rev. Dr. L. J. Donaldson, retired,

Halifax, N.S.
Rev. R. H. Baxter, Ellerslie,
: ; 1A ON
4 : Rev. Simon Edwards, Hamilton,
3 Ont. aah - :
Rey, Albert T. Bell, Airdrie, Al-
berta,
_ Rey. Douglas Dairs, Stouffville,
Ont.
; Rev. C. D. Andrews, MacDowell,
a Sask.
; ‘ Rev. Melvin Dobson, Wain-
wright, Alta.

Rev. J. A. Jackson, Obl. S.JE\,
Carnduff, Sask,
Rev. I. S. Paisley, Chatsworth,

a Ont.
a Rev. J. H. Markham, Kentville,
Pa NS.
i Rey. R. J. Merriam, Newcastle,

2 Ont.
an Rev. Clement Mitchell, Halifax.
: Rev. B. J. Buckland, Codys, N.B.
Rev. G. H. Corscadden, Kapus-
kasing, Ont. :
Rev. Harry Pawson, Oakville,
Ont,
Very Rev. Thos. L. Leadbeater,
Dean of Kottenay, Nelson, B.C,
Rev. C: Daniel Matheson, United
Church, Sydne Mines, N.S.
S ers Basil W. Thompson, Leaside,
n
Rev. George H. Knighton, Port
Colborne, Ont.
Rev. K. Vickers, Anglican, Cabri,
Sask, ‘
Rev. W. R. Donagh, United
Church, Gienboro, Man.
Rev. D. G. Cock, retired mission-
ary, Newmarket, Ont.
Rev. Wm. P. Ewing, Guelph, Ont.
Rev. Thomas Mitchell, Anglican,
Nakusp, B.C. : ,
A Rey, T. G. Wanless, Woodham,
nt,
Rev. M, M. Whiting, retired
United Church Missionary, Toronto.
Rev, George T. Spriggs, Lachute,
eee Samuel W. Deane, Islington,
mn’
Rev. F, J. Anderson, Toronto.
“Rev. S. McK. Gardner,
N.B. ;

Rev. M. F. Oldham, Camden E.,
Ont,

Rey, T. P. Perry, Toronto.
Rey. Richard W. Street, Napa-

nee, Ont.
Rev. Ernest Ri Ray, Windsor

dition to this list, 70 municipalities in Quebec have endorsed

Rev. P. B. Chisholm, United

Church, Sherbrooke, N.S.

Church, Alliance, Alta.

Rev. John N. MacLeod, United
Church, Victoria Co., N.S. ;

Rev. Walter E. and Mrs. Mydra
I. Gilbert, Anglican (ret.), Vancou-
ver, : 2

Rev. John E. Hunter, Toronto.

Rev. Thomas Edward Pickering,
Meadow Lake, Sask. ;

Rey. E, M. Bishop, Grand Falls,
Nfld. ;

Rev, E. W. Forbes (ret.), Dart-
mouth, N.S.

Rev. Dr. S. P. Rondeau, Meronne,
Sask. : uy

Rev. John Archibald McLellan,
Marion Bridge, N.S. :

Rev. and Mrs. George
Cavendish RR, PEI.

Rev. W. A. Paterson, Lockport,
N.S,
Rev. Albert E. Loree, Stavely,
Alta.

Gough,

Trade Unions

..Mrs. Kay Carlin, official of the
Women’s Auxiliary, Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers’ Union, Sudbury,
Ont. y

Nels ‘Thibault, president, Mine,
Mills and Smelter Workers’ Union,
Sudbury, Ont. -

Robert H. Carlin, Canadian Di-
rector, Mine, Mi and Smelter
Workers’ Union, Sudbury, Ont.

Sam Lapedes, Canadian Director,
United Garment Workers.

John Bellingham, President, In-
ternational Harvester Local, United
Steel Workers (CCL), Hamilton,
Ont. :

¥F. E. Wilcox; president Division
101, Street Railwaymen’s Union,
Vancouver, B.C. .

Fort William ‘Trades and Labor
Council (TLC).

Port Arthur Trades and Labor
Council (TLC),

Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Men, Quebec City. - ;

United Electrical Workers, Dis-
trict 5 Council,

Lumber and Sawmill Workers,
Locals 2537 and 2995, Sudbury and
Timmins.

Civic Employees Union, Local 28
(passed bam the bomb resolution).

United Electrical Workers, Local
504 (Westinghousé), Hamilton, Ont.

Labor-Farmer Association’ (mem-
bership 7,000), Sudbury.

Fur and Leather Workers’ Union,
Locals 197, 505, 510 and 515, Van-
couver.

Nanaimo local, United Mine
Workers of America.

Political ;

7. J, Kickham, MP (Liberal),
Kings, PEI.

J. Donald Baxter, MPP (Liberal),
Prince Edward-Lennox, Ont.

Berry Richards, Manitoba (for-
mer CCF MLA). ;

Dr. D. L. Johnson, Manitoba (for-
mer CCF MLA).

W. G. Doneleyko, Manitoba (for-
mer CCF MLA). ‘

Leslie Hancock, Ontario (former
CCF, MLA)..

Rae Lucoek, Toronto
CCF MLA). ‘

A. H. Wray, Ind. Social Credit,
on ‘A. MacLeod, MPP, Toronto.

I. B. Salsberg, MPP, Toronto.

: (former

William MLA, Winni-
eh. Buck, LPP national leader.

Rev, Donald MacGregor, United:

Gov't urged to support
Nehru peace proposals

The federal government last weekend was asked by a Canadian Peace Congress delega-‘
tion headed by Dr. James G. Endicott to throw its weight behind Indian Premier Nehru’s!

proposals for peace in Korea.

The delegation left with the ex-
ternal affairs department a missive
which said, “We are deeply con-
cerned lest the Korean conflict ex-
pand into the appalling menace of
an atomic world war. ;

“No sooner had the fighting begun
than loud demands were raised for
the use of the atom bomb,” the
Congress warned. “That could be
the signal for world war — the
spreading of death and destruction
among helpless civilians all over
the earth,

“Time will clarify the causes of
the conflict in Korea, said the dele-
gation, emphasizing that “the im-
mediate need is to mediate that
conflict, as Prime Minister Nehru
has urged, and prevent it from
spreading.

“We appeal to the Canadian gov-
ernment to take a stand in favor of
prompt mediation of the Korean
war by the Security Council of the
United Nations,” the brief con-
tinued, “a Security Council on which
all the great powers will be rep-
resented, including the actual gov-
ernment of China, and _ before
which the representatives of the
Korean peopie can state their
case.”

The appeal, addressed specific-
ally to External Affairs Minister
Pearson, said further: “We ap-
peal to you to press for media-
tion and to take a public stand
against the use of the atom-
bomb.”

In reply to the latter request,
Pearson wired that he was against
atomic warfare, if what he termed
“adequate methods of international
inspection and control are accept-
ed.” Bi

Pearson left on a holiday while
the delegation was on its way to
Ottawa. The delegation left a series
of questions with the department,
along the lines of its proposals.
which Dr. Endicott said he hoped
the government would ‘answer,
when it “has returned from its va-
cations and recovered from its fish-
ing operations.” ;

Dr. Daniel Longpre, spokesman
for the Quebec members of the
delegation, showed newsmen a list
of 70 Quebec towns which had en-
dorsed the peace petition.

Referring to fabricated Canadian
Press stories seeking to discredit
peace sentiment in Quebec, Dr.
Longpre said flatly, “It is a lie to
say the people of these Quebec mu-
nicipalities did not understand what

|\they were doing.

“Also, to say they did not under-;
stand is an insult to their intelli-

gence.”

He pointed to the towns in the
constituency of the Hon. Hughes
Lapointe, solicitor general, which
had signed, and said, “I say to
you there are no Communists in
Lotbiniere, and yet these people
signed the petition for peace.”

The Canadian Press agency which
invented the false stories about the
municipalities, carried no correction
of its earlier fabrications, but re-
stricted itself to a short distortion
of what the delegation presented to
the government.

Professions

Jean-Jul Richard, author, Mont-
real,

Hon. E, J. MacMurray, K.C., Win-
nipeg.

Charles Herbert Huestis, Toronto
Daily Star columnist.-

Principal W. J. J. Woods, St. Cyp-
rian Anglican School, Brocket, Alta.

Bert Howard, Albert College,
Belleville, Ont. iy:

L. St. George Stubbs, former
judge amd MLA, Winnipeg.

Wasyl Swystun, Winnipeg.

John Goss, singer, Vancouver. |

Appeal suppressed

Indian Prime Minister Nehru
has sent a fresh letter to U.S.
Secretary of State Acheson ask-
ing him “as an act of faith’” to
use his influence for the admis-
sion of China to the United Na-
tions. . For the first time, he
stressed that this would be done
without any conditions whatso-
ever, The state department has
denied knowledge of this note.
It states that it has terminated
echange of correspondence with
Nehru who is calling for settle-
ment of the Korean conflict
through the full UN Security
Council.

‘Sedition’ count |
brought against
labor publisher

OTTAWA

Young Liberals split
on troops for Korea

i

Vancouver Young Liberals this —
week split over the controversial
issue of sending Canadian troops |
to Korea, although the organiza-
tion endorsed all actions thus far
taken by the St. Laurent govern-
ment. Aftcr lengthy debate, a
resolution proposing that. Cana-
dian troops be sent to Korea was
shelved for study by the executive.

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PEACE BRIEFS :

Miners’ union —
at Nanaimo
backs appeal —

weekend, Nanaimo local of the Un-
ited Mine
went on record by majority vote
as endorsing the peace petition.

three canvassers who attended the |
Alberni Scandinavian Picnic, held
at Parksville last Sunday, and

appeal among the picknickers.

eran worker in the British Colum-
bia labor movement and a close
friend of the late William ‘Ol’ Bill’
‘Bennett, is setting an example in
canvassing with the peace
that might well
younger workers.

William F. Burns, publisher of the
Australian left-wing labor paper
Tribune has been arrested on
charges of “sedition”, According’ to
British United Press dispatches,
three counts are being preferred
against Burns for allegedly sedi-
tious articles appearing in -the
Tribune, articles opposing Austral-
ian participation in wars against
the peoples of Korea and Malaya.

The BUP quotes what the Men-
zies government holds to be “sedi-
“tious”:

gun for the :aggressive imperialist
war on Korea and Malaya...

to place the Royal Australian Navy
at the disposal and under the com.
man of American warmongers, fol-
lowing his decision to send heavy
bombers to strafe the Malayan peo-
ple, is a major step in the capital-
istic sellout to America and its

Preliminary hearing on the
charges preferred against Burns is
set for August 10. =o aan.

and in indifferent health, he has

“Not a man, not a plane, not a |

(Prime Minister) Menzies’ decision |

OPEN AIR
POWELL STREET GROUNDS |
‘HANDS OFF KOREA!’ 3

NANAIMO, BC.
At a meeting in Miners’ hal] last

Workers of America

ALBERNI, B.C.

A total of 70 signatures to the
peace petition were. obtained by

found a steady response to their

Jack Butler of Vancouver, a vet- oe

inspire many

Although nearly 80 years of age

already collected 450 signatures to —
the petition and has announced he ©
intends to get one thousand.

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