MBOR FRONT| By WILLIAM KASHTAN i the Canadian Committee to Combat Radiation » decided to extend its petition against nuclear arms Ons sit should be ‘possible to bring it to the attention ~~ f Canadians. a umber of unions ‘ahd a growing body. of labor Detit vell as some labor federations have already. endors- le feasons for thisais an attitude:in some union Htil the Canadian Labor Congress ‘officially. en- tion no union. loeal or labor council should ‘sup- fas the burden of the discussion at the. London Ot so long ago and presumably the same-argu- ced in other localities, a ‘ : : * "¥ % the ‘matter ‘is that the CLC already took a - hucléar arms in its foreign policy statement tha ie this point of view the petition covers no new § ‘fully in line with ‘CLC ‘policy. ° 8: ae one ‘enough questions were raised, however, to “fi labo C to ¢larify its:position and to advise all affiliated: $4 t councils and- provincial labor federations that it 78 ‘Petition, 0 baa mPortant stép forward. Now there should be no . Sting. “08 ‘fully behind the petition and making it an over- ~ Success, n and are ¢irculating it, But this is not yet. tks in the way of every union local ‘and labor |. Liu Shao-chi tells rally: By BERT Pacific Tribune munist Party of China. “Mao Tse-tung, Chou En-lai, Chu Teh, Teng Hsiao-ping, Soong Ching-ling » and - other party leaders attended the 10,- 000-strong. rally. in the Great Hall of the People. - . “M9 ‘safeguard world peace and to oppose the war policy of imperialism is the most ur- ‘gent demand of the people of the ‘whole world,” said Liu Shao-chi. “The struggle in de- fense of world peace has be- come the broadest and most powerful mass struggle of our time. “Jn this struggle the people of the whole world are becom- ‘Unity of socialist camp is guarantee of victory’ WHYTE Correspondent PEKING—The unity of the: socialist. camp and the): international Communist movement under the banner of Marxism-Leninism and working-class internationalism is the fundamental guarantee of victory. for the people. of |; the whole world, Liu Shao-chi told’a rally here in celebra- tion of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Com- “So long as the people of the world strengthen their unity and ‘pérsist in their struggle, they will surely win new vic- tories in the cause of world péace and human progress.” _ The speaker stressed. that during the past three years of the Big Leap Forward, great. advances had ‘been scored in industry, agriculture and cul- ture. In industry the key targets set for the second five-year plan have been fulfilled ahead of schedule and ‘a fairly large modern ‘industrial base had ‘been built. DICTATOR SALAZAR of Por- tugal who last week rejected the appeal. of the United “Na- tions to stop fighting in An- gola. He told the. Portuguese national assembly “there is not the slightest hope thatit will be considered.” He is also re- ported to have said in a state- ment that an attack on Angola would be an attack on NATO. centred around the 40th anni- versary of the CPC, the Mu- seum of the Chinese Revolu< tion ‘was formally opened to 4 By Re an fe ing more and more united and “Our party now has more | the public on July 1. : on it a quarter million organized workers signed the| have formed a broad interna- than 17 million members,” Its 8,600 exhibits trace the te peoula have a decisive impact on events. If their| tional unitéd ‘front, with the|said Liu. “Eighty ‘percent of | people’s revolutionary history he at to sign, almost half the population of Canada | forces of socialism “as its -core,|them have joined since the} of the past 100 years from the “aby aking clear their unalterable opposition to having | and embracing the-forcés of na- |founding of the Peoples Repub-| first opium war to the found- “ap ein Canada or to having the Canadian armed forces «Not on} these weapons. Insofar as this were done, it : Nite 4 y influence government policy; it would likewise fe ‘mportant blow for world peace. Fl ft its. * at * Mihi, > S€Cret that both publicly and behind the scenes. hy? ble is being done to foist nuclear arms on this a he all its disastrous consequences for the Canadian me fo te Defence Minister Harkness declared that oppo- ay lee ee is subversive it was part of a calculated by: Prep Midation of the Canadian people, to soften them @re them to meekly acquiesce in such a disastrous BCH: yy fetsing the petition and goingall out to have it signed ta, ¢ WMionist and his or her family, the CLIC and its ®otior to swing the balance in a decisive way and _ °y0f peace on the government. May, Petition. hy, '9 Hition is thus union business of a high order and Meng Siven top attention by all sections of the trade union tion 16 : ; ee sels more or less suspending activity during the eit, OS a feeling may arise that not too much can be vis: : aS Of course, that with vacations on top of us and) democracy and the forces of peace. have joined since 1950. As part of the celebrations Extended readers. $1 special sub. — a a btn, present time, Peace or war however is no respecter “Thes % © workers are still to be found in the plants: in A) gh s din the mills, precisely the areas where the peti- 40 be circulating. : eg Detitj + ee won’t move by itself, however. It needs to_be Succ, after formal endorsation by councils and ‘union tk ee this effort depends in large measure now on “Nionier. hy Sag Sts who understand the overriding importance of i ae Volved and are prepared ‘to make the petition a Oca) e €Very labor council ‘and every provincial ‘labor ie endorse the petition. : ay . : ang ¢ Should ‘be—one anda ‘quarter million organized .' bee. ‘Heir ‘families; the aim—prevent the government Ma / oh gp ttre ‘of U.S. imperialism from imposing “nuclear ft \ *8tion-wide crusade. CFers, Communists, left wingers and all those|} Unite their efforts it should be possible to get every e ae ae gE" ee ee Sr Na Re ee Country. ‘No ‘union ’can “or should stand aside “rom, cr ACT NOW! Special PT Offer ‘© Because of growing interest in the special three-month introductory offer for the Pacific Tribune it has been agreed to extend the deadline until August 1. @ All readers are urged to use this two-week extension to introduce the paper to new ® We will continue to give YURI GAGARIN’S “Venture Into Space” FREE with each new CLIP AND MAIL Y ntroductory fer FOR A 3-MONTHS’ TRIAL | SUB TO Room 6, 426 Main St., Vancouver 4, B.C . Oe ee THIS OFFER EXPIRES AUGUST ‘ Ps _ AND APPLIES ONLY TO ‘NEW SUBS To Aug. 1 E PACIFIC TRIBUNE! as i) tional liberation, the forces of|lic of China, and 70 percent! ing of the Peoples Republic. In a section devoted to intér- national assistance a showcase is devoted to the work .of the great Canadian surgeon, Nor- man Bethune. It includes a well-known photo of Bethune operating on a wounded soldier of the 8th Route Army, ‘ pamphlet written by Bethune to assist Chinese medical ‘work- ers, and a miniature X-ray machine ‘(manufactured “in Cleveland) which he used in front-line work. OBITUARY ARTHUR WILBEE Old ‘timers in the ‘labor movement ‘in British Columbia will be saddened by the news that Arthur Frank Wilbee passed away on July 2 ‘at th age of 93. i Funeral services were “held last Wednesday, July 5 in the Chapel of Hamilton Mortuary. He is survived by 4 sons, one daughter, 7 grandchildren, 15 great graiidchildren. 4 ‘For ‘mahy“years “Wilbee ‘was lone of the star salesmen for ‘the Pacific Tribune. ‘Even ‘in his ‘séventy’s he “put many younger ‘men to shame ‘with his ‘enérgy “and enthusiasm on behalf ‘of ‘labor’s struggle. | he was found on every picket [| |-line and in jobless ‘demonstra- ‘|| tors. His asst July 14, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 7 During ‘the Hungry Thirties -* passing. “will ‘be mourned by the thoiisands whe } knew “him. ’