1 ae VOL. 12. No. 30 aie 1 Me | Hal ith ee a Fern | or er Li 6 vo a Bik reese 6 y Dany) i yh Yi j “if WY i, MM MA ot ees hi, ocanrcceneninn VY Daca nes Nantcouver. British Columbia, July 31, 1953 LPP platform upheld TRUCE POINTS NEED FOR § : "nest aneou Tie, LPP candidate With Xe Centre, is shown ‘Ohers « Me of the old age Mit ae his tiding he visit- ha She to talk over the Vora r senior citizens” ir OY the Lp Wrig ; P; 'sa incia young man—he is 8 Nation wr OF the National Show, abor Youth—who Own PTobleen @ keen interest in the Making our aged ®nior citizen citizens’ lives happier. Q The LPP “new deal” for senior citizens calls for: @ Increasing the old age pen- sion now to $75 at 65 years for men and women,, without 4 means test. @ A housing program to pro- vide comfortable homes in pleas- ant surroundings for our senior citizens. @ Establishment of recrea- s meet Lawrie NEW NATIONAL P centres tion and community which will give special attention to the needs of the older people. @ Abolition of the term “eld age pension” and use of the more fitting term “national ser- vice pension.” @ Adoption by the federal government of a senior citizens’ charter, which would abolish the spectre of want in old age. “The announcement that a truce has been signed in Korea, that at least the guns are silent, brought joy to the heart of every democratic Canadian,” said Tim Buck, Labor - Progressive party national leader, in the opening paragraph of a statement outlin- img the LPP position in relation to the task of maintaining peace and making democratic gains in the period we are now entering. (Earlier, in Moscow, all papers carried a lengthy statement ex- pressing the belief of the Soviet Communist party in the possi- bility .of prolonged peaceful co- existence and competition be- tween capitalism and socialism. The Communist party’s main aim in foreign policy was defined as that of “preserving peace and preventing the outbreak of a new war.”) Buck’s statement, received at Pacific Tribune press time, will be published in full in our next issue. Here are a few key quotes from his analysis of the situation created by the signing of an armistice in Korea: “The armistice, in the political situation characterized by Chur- chill’s call for a Great-Power conference can mark the begin- ning of an era of the peaceful co- existence of the capitalist and so- cialist. part of the world—provid- ed only that the forces for peace continue to grow... . “The St. Laurent government’s thinly veiled. hostility to the ar- mistice in Korea. reflects its political subservience to U.S. im- perialism, its fear of expressing an opinion before the LEisen- hower administration has laid down the line... . “St. Laurent knows that suc- cessful consumation of the armis- tice will expose the unCanadian character of the national policy he has foisted upon our country during the past five years. George Drew, M. J. Coldwell and Solon Low share his fears on that score. “Our country is approaching a crisis of national policy. Cana- dians must now insist upon a truly Canadian national policy to gear Canada’s economic develop- ment, foreign trade and foreign relationships to the strengthen- ing prospects for world peace. ... That is the meaning of our LPP slogan Put Canada First.” LICY Rush will speak on Korean truce Maurice Rush, LPP candidate for Vancouver East, will be the featured speaker at a concert meeting this coming Sunday, August 2, 8 p.m. at Oddfellows Hall, 1720 Graveley Street, to celebrate ending of the war in Korea. Other speakers at the concert- meeting will be Mrs. Mona Mor- gan, LPP candidate for Vancou- ver Kingsway, and William Stew- art, well known trade union Jeader. “All over the world, people are hopeful that the truce will lead to peace in the world,” said Rush, “We must make that hope be- come a reality.” PT Tr tt ee As General Nam Il (above) signed the truce agreement this week, North Korean Premier Kim ll Sung told cheering thousands in Pyongyang that they had proven themselves “undefeat- able before imperialistic ambi- tion.”