Friday, August 14, 1981

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Under a sweltering mid-day
sun, more than 400 people

gathered outside the gatesofthe *

Comox military base and called
for the removal of the American
nuclear weapons located there
and the suffocation of the
nuclear arms rdce Saturday.
For a second year in a row,
} hundreds of peace activists from
the mainland and southern cen-
y tres of Vancouver Island travell-
ed by ferry, bus, car and bicycle
} to hear speeches and mark the
dropping of the atomic bomb
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The gaily painted peace ban-
hers and signs conveyed, as elo-
quently as did the three guest
speakers, why such a large
gathering assembled in front of
a stark military base on what
was perfect swimming weather.

4 ‘‘Choose Life — No Nukes,

Peace is Possible, World Dis-
armament Now — Canadian
government get out of war alli-
‘ances, Radiation fades your
genes and No More Hiro-
shimas,” were what some them
read.

It was also for the second
consecutive year that the
peaceful demonstration came
undr close surveillance. Two

Victory for C

VOTING TO GO BACK TO WORK

HIROSHIMA DAY. .

. Vancouverites joined others around the world.to mark Aug. 7 with a demonstra-

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tion at the Vancouver courthouse. About 150 heard Seattle Physicians for Social Responsibility presi-
dent Dr. Judith Lipton (above), MDs Tom Perry and Don Ross, and Vancouver ald. Bruce Yorke.

World condemns U.S.

over neutron bomb

nounce production of the neutron signed to kill people through in-

U.S. president Ronald Reagan’s
decision to begin production of the
inhuman neutron bomb has been
met with world condemnation.

The sharpest criticism came
from Moscow. An official TASS
statement labelled the bomb ‘‘the
most inhuman type of weapon of
mass annihilation’’.

The Soviets warned bluntly that
the decision to build the neutron
bomb is part of a “‘new strategy
designed to justify the admissibility
of a limited nuclear war and condi-
tion people to this horrible
thought.”’

TASS pointed out that the
Soviets had offered to mutually re-

. Vancouver CUPW local members voted Monday by 52 percent

bomb, but the U.S. decision had
forced the Soviets ‘‘to give such a
response to the challenge that will
be demanded by the security in-

The B.C. Peace Council
has called an anti-neutron
bomb _ demonstration _ in
front of the U.S. con-
sulate at 1199 W. Hastings
on Wednesday, Aug. 19
from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

terests of the Soviet people and
their allies.”’

Regan announced the go-ahead

on the controversial bomb de-

UPW

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to ratify a new contract. The vote was well below an 83 percent Canada-wide acceptance vote. The
New contract has been hailed as a victory for the union. It includes major breakthroughs in the areas
of maternity leave and health and safety, although wages will only keep pace with inflation.

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tense radiation while minimizing
damage to property on Aug. 9.
Tass caught the irony — Aug. 9
was recognized around the world
as Nagasaki Day — and accused
the Reagan administration of
following ‘‘the same cannibalistic
instincts’ which led to the bombing

-of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The U.S. move was not approv-

ed by its European allies. France’s
defense minister Charles Hernu
said it would accelerate the arms
race. Holland’s foreign minister
Max Van Der Stoel expressed re-
gret with the decision.
_ Danish foreign minister Kjeld
Olesen stated that Denmark op-
poses the decision as well. And
Swedish foreign minister Ola Ull-
sten declared, ‘‘If one wants peace,
one can’t exclusively plan for
Wat.

British Labor Party leader Mi-
chael Foot said his party “‘is deeply
hostile to the development of the
neutron bomb.”’

The London Daily Mirror noted
caustically in reference to the uni-
lateral U.S, decision ‘‘Reagan is
dealing with his allies, not air traffic
controllers.”’

Although the U.S. has attempt-
ed to differentiate between produc-
tion and deployment of the bomb,
U.S. defense secretary Caspar
Weinberger stated that the bombs
could be flown to any point in
Europe within hours.

The B.C. Peace Council wired
Canadian external affairs minister
Marc McGuigan that they are “‘ap-
palled”’ at his failure to speak out
against the bomb.

In Vancouver, COPE alderman
Bruce Yorke filed a notice of mo-
tion to have the city go on record
against the production of the
bomb. The motion will be debated
Aug. 25.

TRIBUNE PHOTO—FRED WILSON

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| FIR stalls

talks
with IWA

Negotiators for B.C. giant
lumber. companies have pur-
posefully stalled negotiations
with the International Wood-
workers of America, IWA
Local 1-357 president Gerry
Stoney claimed this week.

In a-strike bulletin issued
Aug. 11, Stoney reported that
the negotiating sessions with
Forest Industrial Relations since
the beginning of the strike
“thave not produced the type of
improvements that many op-
timists thought might develop.”

IWA negotiators put a new
set of demands to the company
spokesmen Aug. 10 which were
in large part rejected the next
day.

FIR moved positively on only
three of the union’s nine pro-
posals to amend the company’s
last offer, but remained intrans-
igent on others including gen-
eral wages and tradesmen’s
rates. =<

FIR almost precipitated
breaking off negotiations when,
instead of offering a better long
term disability plan, it proposed
that the IWA reconsider -its
original proposal already reject-
ed by the union.

““We are being held back and
delayed, either to keep.us in step
with pulp or because the in-
dustry is in no hurry to
negotiate,’’ said Stoney.

“At this time I am not op-
timistic as some that an accep-
table proposal will be developed
from this session of negotia-
tions.”

Make the

a people's park.

PNE

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