2 fay] a omens 00 DEMAND GROWS FOR NEGOTIATIONS NOW OTTAWA LO O WAR OVER (i Ua ca SS} Fteer r S > > Pacific VOL. 20, NO. 42 VANCOUVER _PRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1961 , B.C | YOUR Tests BY URGES — ERLIN Highlighting the growing demand in Canada for no war over Berlin and negotiations now to end the German crisis was the dem- onstration last Saturday of over 100 picketers around Ottawa’s parliament buildings. | Carrying placards in French and English which read “No war over Berlin,” and “Total disarmament now,” the march- ers came from many parts of Canada to back up a delegation from the Communist Party which met with a representa- tive from the External Affairs Department. The delegation was headed by Communist Party national organizer Nelson Clarke, and included Camille Dionne, pro- vincial leader of Quebec, Bruce Magnusson, provincial leader of Ontario, Sam Walsh, chairman of the Toronto Metro Committee and Harold Pritch- ett, secretary of the Greater government is refusing to enter into negotiations and intends instead to pursue a policy of trying to impose its will by force: “It is the insistent demand of the Canadian people that there’ be no war over Berlin,” says the brief, adding that “no difference between nations or groups of nations can justify under any circumstances plung- ing mankind into thermonuc- lear war.” In an extensive summary the brief - urges that we “make clear that Canada _ will not take part in a war over Ber- lin, that negotiations must be- gin at once for a German peace treaty, and this country recog- f Scientists de aims by NATO powers The campaign of the NATO powers in the United Nations to stir up anti-Soviet hysteria over the recent Nclear tests ran into some difficulties this week. h Completely ignoring the ee U.S. arsenal of 40,000 clear bombs and U.S. pre- “rations to build the ulti- ate horror weapon, the N- ae and announcements that the French are planning fur- oS tests in the near future, e NATO campaign aimed to _Torize the people of the rid with exaggerated reports ~ uclear fallout. ae announcements by the et Union have pointed to ah harmful effects of fallout th; have declared that every- there Possible will be done by % scientists to lessen the “a ®ut. Again this week Prem- Bri perushchev, in a letter to F Ish Labor Party MP’s, urg- ql t that all nuclear weapons be thro Wn into the ocean. e past Wednesday Canada’s f scientist, Dr. A. H. Zim- ty en, chairman of the De- « a Research Board, said that bom, ‘with the 50-megaton Worn there is no real cause for that 4 in Canada.” He added b here has been a terrible about fallout but ~~ fallout from the current ARE eee DANGEROV \ ‘, : Here unk test Soviet series still was not as | high as from the U.S. tests in 1958. Also last week Dr. Austin M. Brues, director of biological and medical research at the Argone, Ill., national labora- tory in the U.S., said that a 50-megaton bomb could be ex- ploded every few days for a year before the radiation con- tent of milk became dangerous. In Vancouver Dr. Alistair Cameron, formerly with Atom- ic Energy of Canada Ltd., said Friday the dangers of radioac- tive fallout are generally exag- gerated. Despite the attempts of the NATO powers to terrorize peo- ple into denouncing the Soviet Union there is no doubt that continued testing by any pow- er will constitute a serious health hazard in the future. The only solution to this problem is for mankind to de- mand destruction of all nuc- lear weapons and an end to the arms race (See editorial, page 4). : Vancouver Committee. nize the German Democratic Republic.” (Next week the PT will car- In a well-documented brief the “extreme gravity” of the Berlin crisis was emphasized.|ry a fuller report of the Com- The brief charged that there is | munist Party brief.) “fresh evidence that the U.S. | ° Civil defence war scare set Nov. 13 A huge nation-wide war scare will take place Mon., Nov. 13 when Canada’s Emergency Measures Organization launches a mock nuclear attack exercise, This is the measure agreed on by the Federal cabinet follow- ing a similar decision by the U.S. government as part of warm- ing up the cold war over the Berlin and German issues. A feature of the mock nuclear attack will be a 90-minute broadcast over all Canadian radio stations carrying messages of a type which would be given out ina real emergency. To avoid panic radio stations will announce through the day that an exercise is in progress, according to EMO. Known as “‘Tocsin B-1961” the so-called civil defence opera- tion is designed to heighten war preparations, to prepare the public mind for nuclear war and to convince the public that nuclear war can be coped with through civil defence. A few days before the announcement from Ottawa, Francis Jude from Britain, now in B.C. for a tour under sponsorship of the B.C. Radiation Hazard Committee, said civil defence is a sugar-coated pill. He said governments seem to be using civil defence to acclimatize people to the idea that nuclear war | will be all right. (See pg. 7 for features on the civil defence hoax). Actions in support of the Ottawa delegation took place last Saturday all over Canada. In Vancouver nearly 100 marched on downtown streets (see picture below) and ended up with a rally on Powell St. grounds addressed by PT edi- tor Tom McEwen. Similar demonstrations also took place in New Westminster, Victoria and Nanaimo. -Last week .two events of great importance took place in B.C. which give added weight to the demand for a peaceful settlement of the German is- sue: { 1. Addressing the New De- mocratic Party Convention in Vancouver last weekend, Na- tional leader Toramy Douglas said, “If this government thinks it can take Canada into a war over the issue of who stamps the passpOrts in Berlin they will face the united oppos- ition of this party and all if represents.” Pointing to Diefenbaker’s statement that an attack on Berlin is an attack on Canada, Douglas asked “Since when?” He said Canadians had nothing to. do with making such a de- cision. Access te West Berlin is a phoney issue, he added, ke- cause the Soviet Union and East Germany have given iron- clad guarantees to such access. .. The B.C. Federation of La- bor, meeting last week adopted a statement calling for Cana- da to propose “an immediate conference to negotiate a peace treaty, or peace treaties, with East and West Germany.” It urges that the basis for this treaty be full guarantee of the freedom of West Berlin and Western access: withdrawal of all foreign forces and adoption of a plan for “the demiliiariz- ation and neutralization of a zone in Central Europe.” _ < carried by nearly 100 marchers on Vancouver streets last Saturday to back up a national delegation from the Communist Party to the government in Ottawa. Above is one of three groups in the march. Many carried colorful balloons with peace slogans, j 4 i i t is A ' i