if Pe deag ; “Nloye The campaign to send Effie Jones to Vancouver City S| | Aan as an independent champion of citizens’ interest got } Underway this week. The Civic Reform Association, of ‘Which Mrs. Jones is president, released the five-point pro- sfam on which she will campaign. It calls for: ® Lower taxes on homes. More aid from senior gov- ernments. Ottawa to pay for elementary educa- tion. Big business must pay larger share of civic taxes. Restore civic democracy. Replace appointed ad- ministration board with elected board of control and ward system. Lower rates for power, hatural gas. No giveaway of power needed for Van- couver and B.C. growth to U.S. Develop power under public ownership. Lower natural gas rate. Bring B.C. Electric un- der public ownership. Compel the company to Sive adequate transit ser- Vices. Speed action on _ civic heeds. Low rental hous- ing at once. Expand sew- ers in’ needed areas. Youth recreational pro- gram to combat delin- quency. Metropolitan co- Operation on_ essential Services, Expand park fa- Cilities. Civic action to shot 1 8 lm \laxes, power rates - EFFIE JONES pring down prices for food, clothing and ser- vices. @ Expand industry in Van- couver. Process resourc- es here. Civic voice in harbor development. Ex- pand Pacific trade. Keep airport under civic own- ership. Springhill miners in \dire need of help — SPRINGHILL, N.S. Close to 600 miners and their families are in desperate “hdition in Springhill, as an aftermath of the tragic blast at took 39 lives on November 1. Red Cross spokesmen revealed that 30 to 40 families ‘Bently need feod and clothes donations. Red Cross Pro- Inej se Rial Commissioner C. L. 2 i py reported that the fam- aa the miners left job- the cause of the sealing of Mine were in great need. He Said few of the men were fi © to collect jobless bene- * X€cause many had only 7 Wo A dig kee four days a week. The “ster fund for families of Not miners, he declared “will Cove, “ly be large enough to € families of the un- d men too.” clothing for 1 children’s te, ‘inter, underwear | Rens}, 22Ned goods were ur- | Ottiggy Peattired, the Red Cross i d als sai PI ; ig fal yroronto, United Electri- a a tkers’ Union has voted hiyy tial $100 to the Spring- Sy Ne Disaster Fund and Ympat Message of “deepest athy” for the bereaved families of the miners who died. Collections were taken up at two Toronto plants. Nels Thibault, Canadian president of Mine-Mill wired officers of the United Mine Workers expressing sympathy for families of the miners of- ‘ing the fullest material as- ee Mine-Mill members to union plans for any ala te- quired. Thibault deplored the trag- edy, declaring it was “another example of speedup in the in- dustry and the drive of cor- porations for higher profits at the expense of the lives and limbs of the miners. All unions, he said, should join in a demand for an inten- sive inquiry with the aim of putting teeth in provincial safety legislation. SS TTS SSSI A EEE a NS STE! NE REE AE SA, NAR ffie wants lower URGES SUMMIT MEETING Peace Congress calls — for end to fighting TORONTO The Canadian Peace Congress appealed this week for an end to the fighting in Egypt and Hungary and withdrawal of foreign troops from those two countries. The congress’ national executive, meeting in emergency session here, also en- dorsed the Swiss government's call for a summit meeting to help resolve the present world crisis. (In Vancouver, Ray Gard- ner, B.C. Peace Council chair- man, said, “The views express- ed by the Canadian Peace Congress in the two statements issued by its executive, are shared by our council. The fighting must be stopped, for- eign troops withdrawn — and we must go on from there to negotiations which will find peaceful solutions and, above all, that will result in a com- prehensive disarmament agree- ment.’’) In one statement, the con- gress warned that the present crisis in international rela- tions remains explosive and made five suggestions for dealing with it. These were: ®@ Support of the Swiss gov- ernment’s proposal for a meeting of the Big Four “summit” powers and In- dia. @ An end to the fighting in the Middle East and Hun- gary, so that negotiations can proceed among the parties concerned. @ The earliest possible with- drawal of foreign troops from Egypt and Hungary and a general withdrawal of the forces of all coun- tries to within their na- tional boundaries, except as may be authorized by the United Nations. @ Support for the UN police force in watching over the troubled boundaries in the Middle East. @ Disarmament negotiations among the great powers - Continued from page 1 are imperative. An im- mediate start could be made by agreement to stop testing nuclear weapons. Following is the text of a second statement issued by the congress: “During the past fortnight; we have come very close to world war, and the danger is stil with us. “There are strong differ- ences of opinion as to the rights or wrongs of this or that side in this or that con- flict. But over and above all differences, there is a fervent prayer from Canadians for peace, no shooting and no atomic war — no matter how long negotiations may take. This feeling is shared by all the peoples of the world, with- out exception. Giliven voice, it can be a stronger force than the power politics practised by governments. World public opinion can put out the fire. “We, in common with most of the Canadian people, do not support the use of foreign troops in the affairs of any country, nor do we believe that any country can claim the right to thrust its military forces into other countries. No matter what reasons may be put forward to justify such action, we believe this holds true in. Egypt, Hungary, or any of the other countries of the world where foreign troops are stationed. “Every method must be pur- sued to make possible and en- sure the withdrawal of for- WITHDRA WAL positions along the Egyptian- Israeli armistice lines estab- lished in 1949, and that Egypt resume full control of the Suez Canal. Rumors earlier this week that the Egyptian government had asked the Soviet govern- ment to allow the dispatch of Soviet citizens volunteering for service in Egypt served to expedite the sending of UN forces to Egypt. On Thursday this week, af- ter they had twice been held up by disagreements over defi- nition of their duties, the first UN forces were flown into the Suez Canal zone. They were Norwegian and Danish units, The central issue still to be resolved is control of the Suez Canal. This was the main ob- jective of the British and French. governments. when they utilized the Israeli invas- ion of Egypt to launch their own attack. The Egyptian government is demanding that the Suez Canal be restored to its con- trol. The British and French governments have indicated that they expect the UN to undertake clearing of the canal and to operate it until a settlement is reached. But it is also clear that they hope, through the UN, to be able to establish international control of the canal and. so accomplish what they were unable to do through their abortive canal users’ association. NOVEMBER 16, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE 9 eign troops from Egypt and Hungary as the present storm centres; as well as from other countries. “We recognize that in prac- tice this will most safely be accompHshed under conditions ‘that will give no major ad- vantage to one or another power bloc. This task can be accomplished by negotiation. “We. therefore welcome and support the proposal of the Swiss government for a meet- ing of the Big Four ‘summit’ powers .and India. If neces- sary, a series of meetings and consultations should be held, to create the conditions for a settlement of outstanding is- sues, the withdrawal of forces to their own territories, and a beginning of disarmament. “We are proud of our gov- ernment’s effective efforts to confine the Middle East crisis, and we support the projected UN force to police the troubl- ed borders. We entirely sup- port the UN Charter, con- demn every violations of it, and view it as the main foun- dation of that rule of law among the world’s states which the peoples wish for. “The present emergency has again emphasised the fact that there is too much atomic gun- powder in the world. The Canadian Peace Congress has repeatedly warned that all hy- drogen and atomic weapons must be banned, all other arm- aments reduced, and _ these measures placed under strict international control. Now is the time for the powers to agree to stop testing nuclear weapons. “We understand the passion- ate feelings held by many about present issues, but we do not think anything can be accomplished by breaking off contacts on the sports, cultural, scientific or any other level. On the contrary, every such contact among peoples needs to be sought out, pursued and strengthened. These contacts have been dearly won and are more than ever needed now. “Other forces for peace ex- ist and are effective. The World Council of Peace is uniquely designed as an in- strument for stimulating dis- cussion and cooperation among all the peoples, irrespective of religious or political belief. It has a valuable role to play to- day in fostering mutual con- filence among the peoples and in developing that movement of world opinion which can and must win through to last- ing peace.”