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One of the many Hiroshima Days marked in Vancouver on the anniversary, August 6, is shown in photo

above at the Court House in downtown Vancouver. In the background is a display of the horrors of nuclear
War and the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city. The event will be marked again this year

With a rally in Gastown.

Hiroshima victims appeal
for nuclear disarmament

By MICHAEL SAND

An International Symposium on
the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki will take place in
Hiroshima from July 31 to August
2. The primary objective of the
Symposium is to ‘make clear
totally the damage and after ef-
fects of the bombings, to convey
the pains and appeals of the A-
bomb sufferers to the whole world,
and through these to mobilize
public opinion toward nuclear dis-
armament.”
_ The Symposium, open to all
Interested organizations and in-
dividuals, is sponsored by an In-
ternational Preparatory Com-

_Mittee (IPC) in Geneva, Switzer-

land, and a Japanese National
Preparatory Committee. The IPC
Was formed by a broad group of
International Non-Governmental

‘Organizations with consultative
Status in the United Nations Eco-

nomic and Social Council.

Presiding over the IPC is Sean
MacBride, ex-Foreign Minister of
Ireland and Laureate of the Nobel
and Lenin Peace Prizes.

The Japanese Preparatory
Committee is headed by Prof.

asuo Miyake, geochemist and
Chairman of the Committee on
Atomic Energy of the Science
Council of Japan. :

Working documents for the
Symposium are being drafted by
Mvestigating teams of physical,
Medical and social scientists. At
the A-Bomb Hospitals and
University medical faculties of

iroshima and Nagasaki, and the
Radiation Effects Research
Foundation, the teams will conduct
a “precise and _ thorough’’
examination of the medical,

- 8enetic and sociological disruption

Caused by the 1945 disasters.

The information contained in
existing United Nations reports on
the medical consequences of
huclear weapons, compiled largely
On the basis of U.S. government
Statistics, requires substantial
Supplementing.

UNESCO and the World Health
Organization have assisted the IPC,
to recruit for the investigation a’
Panel of renowned scientific re-
Searchers, including: Prof. P.
Ramzaev of the Leningrad In-
Stitute for Radiation Hygiene,

under the USSR Ministry of
Health; the London University
medical radiation physicist Prof.
Joseph Rotblat, founding
secretary-general of the Pugwash
Conferences; and Prof. George
Wald of Harvard University,
recipient of the Nobel Prize in
physiology.

The Japanese National Prepara-
tory Committee, with regional
promotion committees in every
prefecture, has launched a cam-
paign to study the cases of 1,000
persons still suffering the long-
term effects of radiation. As
distinct from the interrogations of
the Abomb victims conducted by
Washington, the 3,000 volunteers
collected data. on the victims for
the Symposium will have the
willing cooperation of the sufferers
themselves.

The results of the Symposium,
which will be integral to the drive
for the enactment of a compre-
hensive relief law for A-bomb
sufferers by the Japanese Diet,
will be announced at report-back
rallies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
on August 5 and 8. The Sympos-
ium’s conclusions on the nature of
nuclear radiation and nuclear war
will be widely disseminated in-
ternationally, and will be brought
into the deliberations of the Special
Session of the United Nations
General Assembly on Disarma-
ment, May-June 1978.

Pivotal roles in planning the

Symposium have been taken by the
Japan Council Against A- and H-

Bombs (Gensuikyo) and the Japan _

Congress Against A- and H-Bombs
(Gensuikin). The Symposium will
be linked to the World Conference
Against A- and H-Bombs to be co-
sponsored by Gensuikyo and Gen-
suikin in early August.

In response to an upward surge
of Japanese public opinion de-
manding undivided mobilization of
the antibomb movement, Gensui-
kyo and Gensuikin consented on
May 19 to a reconciliation after an
unfortunate 14-year breach over
differing approaches to dis-
armament questions. The way
toward this historic accommoda-
tion was paved by the timely
“Points of Agreement” reached on
March 17 by the General Council of
Trade Unions (Sohyo) and the
Communist Part of Japan.

The ‘Four Points’? set out by
Sohyo and the CPJ are: (1) Soli-
darity around the ‘“‘basic objec-
tives” of acomplete ban on nuclear
weapons and relief of A-bomb
victims; (2) The formation by
Gensuikyo and Gensuikin of a new,
united organization to rally
broader strata of the people; (3)
Support and cooperation for the
International Symposium, and (4)
The demand that the: Japanese
Government submit ‘‘effective
measures for a complete ban on
nuclear weapons”’ to the 1978 UN
Special Session on Disarmament.

-AIB orders cutback

The Anti-Inflation Board has rejected the appeal of B.C.’s con-
struction unions for reconsideration of the Board’s ruling which or-
dered‘a 14c rollback of the contract settlement negotiated by the
“Common Front” with the Construction Labor Relations Association.

The settlement arrived at after long negotiations between building
trades unions and construction companies provided for a total com-
pensation increase of 99c. The AIB’s decision ordered “that a total
settlement of 84c per hour, inclusive of all changes in compensation
and pension expenditures would be appropriate. It is, therefore,
requested that all parties adjust the settlement to that amount.”

Here again, as inother cases, the AIB’s decision robs workers of the
fruits of collective bargaining and hands the companies millions of
dollars in surplus profits which would otherwise have gone to con-
struction workers to help them meet rising living costs. That money in
| the hands of workers to increase their purchasing power would have
done more to stimulate the economy and fight inflation than millions
in the bank for the construction companies.

Fish union hits
Ottawa ‘sellout’

The federal government was
accused of adopting a “supine
position’’ in its acquiescence to
U.S. Indian fishery regulations by
the United Fishermen and Allied
Workers Union. In a statement the
union charged that the U.S. action
usurps the authority of the Pacific
Salmon Fisheries Commission and
is a ‘‘shameful sellout that is
robbing Canadiar fishermen of
Fraser River salmon stocks.”

In a wire to fisheries minister
Romeo LeBlanc the _ union
demanded immediate federal
government action to prevent a
further “imbalance and inequities
in favor of the U.S. in the catch of
Fraser River sockeye, pinks and
chinook salmon.”’

“The U.S. Federal Bureau of
Indian Affairs is superimposing its
own regulations upon those of the
Salmon Commission and is
allowing (U.S.) Indian fishermen a
seven-day a week fishery using 7-
1/2-inch mesh nets reportedly
made of the outlawed mono-
filament,’’ UFAWU president Jack
Nichol claimed.

“Moreover, a portion of the
fishery is being conducted im-
mediately below the international
border, off Point Roberts, in view
of Canadian salmon fishermen who
have had to plead for fishing time
and who are faced with a 300,000
fish deficit in the division of
sockeye and pinks,”’ Nichol said.

Chinook salmon are not covered
by treaty but Nichol noted ‘‘the
nets used will catch sockeye and
some pinks.”

“The union and its fishermen
members are appalled at the
Canadian government’s sub-
missive attitude and can only
speculate over the extent of the
sellout of our interests in the
Trudeau-Carter talks a few weeks
ago. We are dealing with an ex-
tremely explosive situation as
salmon fishermen on both sides of
the border contemplate fishing in

defiance of all regulations,” Nichol
said.

The union has demanded that
fisheries minister LeBlanc im-
mediately meet on the west coast
with the Canadian Commissioners
and with the union and salmon
fishermen as well.

The UFAWU also said in a press
statement last week that industrial
developments such as the proposed
Jack Point industrial park in
Nanaimo should be a target for the
new enforcement provisions of the
federal Fisheries Act.

“The five sawmills for the site
will necessitate storage of massive
amounts of logs in the estuary of
the Nanaimo River, thus adding
greatly to the pollution already

- caused by log storage.

“The salmon resource,”’ said the
UFAWU, “‘is on the verge 6f an
expensive but economically sound
$300 million enhancement program
and the Nanaimo River can be an
important contributor if kept
pollution free.”’

D. McTaggart

Dorse McTaggart, known
throughout British Columbia for
his scenic photography, passed
away on July 18, struck down
suddenly by heart disease.

McTaggart was 55 years old and
a long-time reader and supporter
of this paper.

Trained as a concert pianist,
McTaggart turned to photography
early in his life and rose to become
an accomplished and well-known
photographer. His specialty was
landscapes, and he was recognized
by the Professional Photographers
Association of Canada as the first
credited ‘‘scenic photographer.”

Many of McTaggart’s award-
winning prints areon display in the
National Archives in Ottawa. He
also has his work on display in
Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

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JULY 31 — Annual Fraser Valley
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p.m. Sunday, July 31 at Fred
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sports, contests, speaker and:

entertainment. Barbecued
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AUGUST 7 — Sunday, August 7th
Labor Picnic. Come and enjoy
musical entertainment and
games. Feature — Horseshoe
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Championships. Supervised
kids’ playground. Loverley food.
— $3.00 (unemployed and seniors
$2.00, children under 12 $1.00).
Starts at 1 p.m. at the Finnish
Hall, 25470 Dewdney Trunk Rd.,
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AUGUST 14 — Sunday, August 14,
the best Salmon Barbeque of the
year — sponsored by Vancouver
YCL at Geo. Legebokoff, 3310
Cardinal Dr., North Burnaby
from noon to ?. Pool, sauna,
music and games. Admission —
adults $4.00, O.A.P. and
unemployed $2.50, children $1.50.

AUGUST 21 — COPE Annual
Garden Party, 3570 Hull St.,
Sunday, August 21, 1977 at 2 p.m.
Fish Barbecue and Refresh-
ments. Admission $3.00. All
welcome. Bring your own lawn
chairs.

PENSIONER OFFERS tiny flat (2
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PROGRESS BOOKS is seeking
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HALLS FOR RENT

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN
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Available for banquets, wed-
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WEBSTER’S CORNERS HALL —
Available for banquets,
meetings, etc. For rates: Ozzie,
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RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME —
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