Opening peace ballot canvass
on _downtown streets Saturday |

First votes in the National Peace Referendum will be collected this Saturday om
downtown streets in Vancouver, British Columbia Peace Council announced this week.

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The National Peace Referendum, part of a world-wide crusade to end the cold
war, poses this question: “Do you favor a meeting of the leading powers with a vieW :
to solving, through negotiation, questions which threaten the peace of the world?” Can”
adians will be asked to vote “‘yes’”’ or “no.

1953

One-fifth

of income
from trees

Some 350,000 persons in Can-
ada are directly dependent upon
forest industry payrolls and
about $20 out of every $100 of
Canadian income is derived from
our trees.

Our country has - 660,000
square miles of productive forest
land, of which 292,000 square
miles is covered by merchant-
able timber, the remainder by
young growth.

Due to the size and distribu-
tion of our forest areas, plus lack
of research, no one knows
whether Canada’s accessible for-
ests ‘are being depleted more
rapidly than they are growing.

What we do know is that our
losses. from forest fires are far
too great. As Senaca wrote 1,900
years ago: “In a moment the
ashes are made, but a forest is
a long time growing.”

Speaking at University of Brit-
ish Columbia three years ago,
Hugh L..Keenleyside pointed out
that “fire consumes almost half
as much wood as is needed to
keep our pulp and paper mills
operating.”

Top photo above shows the
eharred remains of part of the
Elk River Logging Company near
Campbell River, burned out
many years ago. The bottom
photo shows new growth in the
same area. 2

Thirty square miles of forest land were consumed by fire
in 12 days on the Elk River Logging Company operation near
Campbell River in 1951. as shown’ in top picture. But new
growth is a slow process, as indicated in picture below of seed-
lings growing by blackened stump left by devastating Campbell
River fire in 1938.,

.time in 1952.

Coutinued

Crisis

retailers are drawing up more
rigorous credit policies. Pressure
from banks and financing houses
is forcing many appliance deal-
ers down to.18 months payment
plans were formerly they extend-
ed up to 36 months.”

Let’s go a little higher and see
how the squeeze continues oper-
ating. “Most Industries Borrow-
ing On Larger Scale In 1953,”
said the Financial Post on Aug-
ust 29. I quote:

“The majority of industries
were borrowing more freely from
the chartered banks of Canada
at mid-year than at the same
. Among the
more wnportant increases are:
$131.4 millions or 117 percent in
loans to instalment finance com-
panies; $123 millions or 26.7 per-
cent in loans
PIS

The 1929 crash was caused by
over-production of the means of
production, not ‘‘over-production”
of consumer goods. . It is interest-
ing to note, however, that the
slogan of the day—just before
the crash—was Hoover’s ‘‘Two
cars in every garage; two chick-
ens in every pot.”

We'd better get ready to hoist
the storm signals if the TV in-
dustry comes up with a slogan:
“A television set in every
room!”

to merchandis- —

Ballots will not be signed. a |

“The campaign will be cat ¥

ried out in a manner almost
identical with our past petition
campaigns,” Ray Gardner, peace
council chairman, stated. “The
only vital difference is that W®
will be seeking votes, not sign#
tures.
“We urge all those who wish to
make a contribution toward end:
ing the cold war through negotia”
tions to take part in our canvase :
this Saturday and on every Sat
urday to come throughout the
campaign.

‘We appeal to those who wish
to help to report at our office, at
144 West Hastings, any time be

tween 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Satur

day where they will be supplied

_with ballot forms.

“As the campaign progress®
we will also be holding hous®

to-house canvasses in the a,
borhoods on week nights aS well

in
as Saturday street canvasses

suburban shopping areas.”

First phase of the campaig”
ends in November when initia!
results of the referendum will be
placed before the new parliament
by a national — delegatio®

Below, as a service to its read-
ers, who will undoubtedly wish
to participate, the Pacific Trib-
une reproduces the peace ballot
which is being sponsored in this
Province by the B.C. Peace Coun-
cil,

In asking the Pacific Tribune
te publish the ballot in this and

Weekly papers asked

to reproduce ballot

gure"
subsequent issues for i aig”!

tion of the referendum ©? va a

the Peace Council stated t ade

similar request was pel :

of all weekly papers If ©
Coniptated ballots should

sent to: B.C, Peace Counc! ouver

West Hastings Street,

the peace of the world?
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NATIONAL PEACE REFERENDUM

Do you favour a meeting of the leading powers
view to solving, through negotiation, questions which th

(Mark X in Your Choice)

(Distributed by Canadian Peace Congress)

37 brs
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with 4
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PACIFIC TRIBUNE — SEPTEMBER 11, 1953 —

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