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Canadian killed when

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modifications of foreign authority
the St. Laurent. government will
introduce amendments to _ its
shameful “Visiting Forces (USA)
Act” to empower the U:S. military
in Canada to compel Canadian
civilians to testify at U.S. military
courts upon the demand of*'U.S.
authorities. In addition the St.
Laurent government undertakes
to adopt legislation “to protect
the security interests of the *Un-
ited States forces in Canada, as
required under the bases agree-
ment.”

It is noteworthy that (accord-
ing to the Montreal Gazette) the
new legislation which will be in-
troduced to satisfy the demands
of the U.S. war department was
promised by the St. Laurent gov-
ernment at U.S. insistence. The
Gazette reported:

“The new legislation dealing
with sabotage and espionage
which the government will ask
parliament to pass, is being intro-
duced here at the request of the
U.S. government. That is some-
thing which Prime Minister St.
Laurent did not make clear when
he made his announcement. Dur-
ing the negotiations for the leased
bases agreement, the U.S. made it
clear that Canadian security re-
strictions .were not |considered
adequate. Accordingly and at

U.S. request, the Dominion agreed
to seek legislation which would

provide better protection for U.S.
interests.” (May 1, 1951.)

It is clear the changes are in
details and not in principle. The
right to levy income taxes on
profits and salaries made in Can-
ada is of course an important ele-
ment of sovereignty but it is of
minor importance compared with
the right of foreign governments
to operate their own postal sys-
tems and their own military
courts, exercise legal authority
over Canadians in certain circum-

Canvasses for
peace petition
every Safurday

Mass canvasses on, behalf of
the World Peace Pact Petition
will be held throughout Greater
Vancouver every Saturday until
the end of the campaign, B.C.
Peace ‘Council announced this
week,

Street canvasses will begin this

“saturday and next at 10 am. and ‘

continue all day.

The places: Fourth and Vine;-
Granville and Broadway; East
iHastings, at Forsts; First and
Commercial, Thurlow and Rob-
son; Denman and Nelson; Broad-
way and Main; 25th and Main;
Joyce and Kingsway; and in the
downtown area. Ps

Those wishing to take part in
the suburban street canvasses are

urged to report at the corner of:

their own choosing.

(Downtown jcanvassers should
report to B.C. Peace Council of-
fices, Room 41, 144 West Hast-
ings, the Council announced.

Canvasses are also being held
in Burnaby and North Vancouver.

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on jeep

stances, keep Canadian ships out
of Canadian harbors and soon.

The U.S. has not given up any
of those rights even in words.
When F. G. Higgins, MP (St.
John’s East) asked whether there
will be any changes in the author-
ity of Canadian courts, in the
status and privileges now assum-
ed by the numerous Americans
at places which are not actually
included in the bases agreement,
whether there has been “any
change in the right of U.S. forces
to acquire other properties in
Newfoundland if they require
them?” the prime minister re-
plied that he was not in a position
to give him a positive answer at
that moment.

Even more significant evidence
that the changes ‘made were de-
signed to soothe our national feel-
ings without reducing imperialist
control demandéd by the U.S.
War Department is revealed in
the following, tucked away in the
St. Laurent statement.

“The recommendation that the
U.S. give up or suspend juris-
dictional rights under Article IV
of the bases agreement is condi-
tional upon the Canadian govern-
ment, with the concurrence of the
Newfoundland government, giving
to the U.S. gpvernment assur-
ances that the new arrangements
will in practice give the U.S. of-
ficials in Newfoundland a degree
of jurisdiction comparable to
that which they have in fact ex-
ercised until now.” (House of
Commons Debates, May a, 1951;
page 2551.)

That makes it clear that any
change which has been made in
form has only intensified and re-
fined the sacrifice of Canada’s na-
tional sovereignty in. fact.

Even George Drew couldn’t ac-

,_ cept the diplomatic double-talk

without protest. In his very limit-
ed comment on the prime minis-
ter’s statement he said truly:
“This seems to be giving with one
hand and taking away with the
other. I am interested in why it
is necessary to-go through such
substantial formality if in prac-
tice the situation in that respect

is to remain the same.” (Hansard,
page 2552.) :

“Why it is necessary,” in the
opinion of the government, is be-
cause of the rising protest of pub-
lic opinion. The U.S. government
welcomes such assistance from
the Canadian government—which
does not change the essentials of
the Yankee Occupation of Can-
ada.

Every Canadian patriot should
bear in mind that by its betrayal
of Canada’s national sovereignty
and interests the St. Laurent gov-
ernment has established the con-
ditions of which the U.S. militar-
ists are taking advantage in ex-
tending their grip upjon other
neighboring territories.

A short time back they occu-
pied Greenland; last week they
occupied Iceland. Their bombers,
personnel, and U.S. controlled
bases are now a feature of the
landscape of the British: Isles.

‘Canadian democracy should re-
pudiate the policy by which the
St. Laurent government: makes
our country the bellwether for
U.S. imperialist exparision.

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McGee victim of ‘white supremacy’

Despite world-wide protests against the death sentence imposed on 37-year-old Willie McGee, con-
victed on a phoney “rape” charge by a Jimcrow Mississippi jury, the Negro victim of U.S. racism went
to the electric chair this week. In a final effort to save his life, Washington citizens picketed the White
(House carrying signs saying “Old Soldiers Never Die — But Lynch Victims Do” and “You Fired Mac-

Arthur — Now Fire Jim Crow.”

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LRB rejects

B.C. Labor Relations Board
this week rejected for the second
time the application of union-raid-
ing United Steelworkers (CIO-
CCL); to bargain for 4,000

smelter workers at Trail.

The application was made as
the legitimate ‘union at Trail, In-
ternational Union of Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers, Local 480,
Was preparing to continue nego-
tations with Consolidated Mining

and Smelting for a 25 cents ah
hour increase. Due to illness of
Ralph Perry, management rep-
resentative, “all talks had to

suspended on April 25.
*

‘We should get
out of Korea’
says amps head

“The Princess Pats are fighting
for a futile cause in Korea,”' de-
clared Rev. (Sidney Lambert,
OBE, president of the War Am-
putations of Canada, in a talk
to Vancouver Rotary Club on
Tuesday this’ week.

“Five years ago we were allied
with the Soviet Union and China,
and it seems ridiculous to be
battling them now,” continued the
vet who lost a leg in the First
World War.

“Korea isn’t worth the price
being paid in British, Canadian
and American lives. ‘Operation
Killer’ was a deplorable adven-
ture. As for the call to use
atomic bombs, my opinion is. that
atomic weapons are the greatest
threat to human survival ever
invented. .

“We should get out of Korea.”

Mc-and-Mc settle

Agreement’ reached. between
United Steelworkers and Mc-and-

Me won retroactive pay of $400-
$500 eath for 35 workers in the
firm’s steel warehouse on Powell
Street, just five: minutes before
the union men were scheduled
to “hit the bricks” this week.

Steel claim

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Joint united front
established by three
Indochinese peoples

PEKING

LRB, in a lengthy decision,
declared ‘‘it does not consider it
advisable to reconsider its deci-
sion” of last year.

At the first hearing Steel ‘‘failed

to prove that majority of em-

. ae P A ‘joint national united front of
Ployees in the bargaining up ERS 8g Viet oe Laos and Cambodia was
plied for are pene in good formed in March at a representa-‘
standing,” the board had ruled tive conference of the united
last year. Since then many for- fronts of these three countries.

mer Steel members have rejoined

Mine-Mill.

“Wel have always had a ma-
jority of the workers in our union,”
Mine-Mill director Harvey Mur-
phy said. “The raiding attempts
of Steel failed because they tried
to use the red bogey as blackmail.”’

Chief delegates of three nation-
al elements, Ton Duc Thang, So-
phanwong, and Sieuheng emphas-
ised that the joint national united
front ‘would cement the Indo
Chinese people into an immense
force and bring about an early
victory over the French aggres-
sors.

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PETITION ‘
for a World Pact of Peace

TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA:

To fulfil the hopes for peace cherished by millions through-
out the world, regardless of their views as to the reasons for the
danger of world war,

WE URGE THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO CALL
FOR A PACT OF PEACE AMONG THE FIVE GREAT
POWERS—THE USA, THE USSR, THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC, GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE — THIS PACT TO
BE OPEN TO ALL COUNTRIES. :

Refusal by the Government of any great power to meet for

‘the pe of concluding such a Pact would reveal aggressive
desi on the part of that SN haan

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ADDRESS

This petition for a Pact of Peace is being circulated in ALL
countries, it is being initiated in Canada by the Canadian Peace

Congress. In common with many organizations, the Pacific

Tribune is undertaking to gather signatures to this petition.

When filled, send it to the British Columbia Peace Council,
Room 41, 144 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, /B.C.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MAY 11, 1951 — PAGE RB