Slovakia, Poland, North Korea,
Rumania and Hungary. India’s
representatives more than once
took to the floor to caution
against the efforts of the U.S, bloc
(which included Canada) to de-
feat the profound humanitarian
propositions against war, and
mass destruction, initiated by the
Soviet Cnion, the People’s Democ-
racies and China,

The U.S, attempt to doom the
Red Cross conference even before
it got started, with charges that
the “Reds” were going to walk
out, split the parley, bring in
“politics,” failed dismally. The
Only group actually to walk out
Was the discredited U.S.-backed
Kuomintang group on Taiwan
(Formosa).

By contrast, an examination of
the resolutions proposed and/or
adopted, shows that most of the
Main resolutions dealing with
broad humanitarian issues such as
War, relief from famine, the out-
lawing of inhuman weapons, came
from the USSR, China and Poland.
Not a single resolution of any
kind came from the United
States. Canada. lauded for its or-
8anization of the conference, made
Only one proposal which came in
the Junior Commission and called
for study of methods to improve
the machinery for the relief of
children.

’ ~
Here is a summary of some of
the key resolutions: ~
V The resolution urging ll coun-
tries which had not already

col calling for the prohibition
of germ warfare, to do so with-
out delay. (The U.S, and Japan
are the only two major coun-
tries which have not ratified
the protocol.) In the general
commission the U.S. voted
against this resolution while
later, in the plenary session,
reflecting the powerful senti-
Ment in its favor, it voted for
-the resolution.

Unanimous passage of the
Peace resolution which invited
national Red Cross societies ‘‘to
intensify cooperation and mu-
tual help in order to create
among nations a true under-
Standing and to ward off the
Scourge: of war.’’ While ap-
Dealing on general grounds,
this resolution nevertheless as-

Peace is a cornerstone of Red
_ Cross activities. _
V First contacts were made be-
tween North Korea and the
- League of Red Cross Societies
With a view to supplying the
Civilian populations with, relief
Supplies.
V The resolution which the
Chinese People’s Republic spon-
Sored calling for famine relief
in North Africa, South-East
a, and the Middle Hast, al-

adian amendment into a gen-
ralized resolution naming no

SPecific areas, was widely sup-

“Ported,

_V_A resolution calling all coun?

tries to ratify the 1949 Geneva
nvention on human _ treat-

Ment of prisoners of war Was

adopted.

‘ Re League of Red Cross So-
C eo enich represents the Red
organizations of each coun-

Signed the 1925 Geneva proto-.

Serted that the maintenance of

Ough watered down by Can-]

ry

U.S. pressure at Red Cross
convention unable to block
peoples’ humanitarian aims

TORONTO

The world-wide sentiment for peace, coupled with the universal revulison against the mass: de-
struction of modern war, the barbaric use of atom bombs, napalm and germ war broke through at
_ the two-week 18th International Red Cross Conference in Toronto.
All the efforts! of the U.S. State Department in the guise of ‘“‘observer’’ could not silence the voice
of over a third of ‘humanity represented in the dele gations of th Soviet Union, People’s China, Czeclto-

try—was strengthened by the ex-
posure of the International
(Swiss) Committee of the Red
Cross as neither international nor
impartial. The ICRC is compos-
ed 25 Swiss: citizens and in 89
years of its existence it has never
had anyone elected to it; all mem-
bers are coopted.

It role as an instrument of the
U.S. was clearly shown in its fail-
ure to protest against the mas-
sacre of civilian populations in
Korea, the murder of prisoners
of war, and the whitewashing of
the Nazi concentration camps. The
delegations of the Soviet Union
and the People’s Democracies vot-
ed against all resolutions which
supported the ICRC and voted for
all resolutions which strengthened
the League of Red Cross Societies.
The representatives of the Peo-
ple’s Democracies and the Soviet
Union said they would no longer
recognize the ICRC. The only
powers now left to the ICRC are
those which the western powers
give to it.

The Chinese and North Ko-
reans came fully prepared to
submit to the conference docu-
mented materials, including

photos, motion pictures, letters,
tape recordings of U.S. officers.
who dropped germ bombs, and
extensive U.S. writings on the
use of germ warfare, proving
the use of germ war and atroci-
ties against Chinese and Korean
prisoners in U.S. hands. They
were denied the right to exhibit
the evidence. — :

At a press conference called to
present this evidence, Mme. Li
Teh Chuan, leader of the Chinese
delegation, said she welcomed any
investigating committee which
was in no way the tool of western
powers. She said when her dele-
gation left China on, July 14 for
Toronto the U.S. was continuing
its germ war in Northeast China
and Korea.

The speeches. of the Indian -
delegates reflected the search
of a large section of the confer-
ence for a new path to solve hu-
manitarian problems under con-
ditions where an important sec-
tion of the Red Cross Societies
found the Swiss Committee not
only failed to fulfill a useful
purpose, but as Soviet delegate

Slavin said, was a “nuisance.”

Launch campaign to
send delegation to
Asia-Pacific meet

A mandate from
adian delegation to the As
Peking

Canadian Sponsorin
dress of the Committee is
statement, jointly signed by Fin-
lay MacKenzie, secretary of the
Sponsoring Committee, and Mary
Jennison, recently returned Can-
adian delegate to the preparatory
Committee for the Conference
says:

“Canadians have already .ex-
pressed great interest in the Asia-
tic-Pacific Conference. The topics
to be discussed affect many areas
of Canadian life. The Sponsoring
Committee offers a simple way for
all men of goodwill to add their
eupport to the delegation and .to
send them with a mandate from
the Canadian people.

“4 ballot form is now being
circulated on which thousands
of Canadians can express their
support of the delegation and
‘through which tangible assist-
ance towards travelling ex-
penses can be given.

«These ballot sheets are NOW in
the hands of all active peace sup-
porters, in local Peace Councils,
national cultural - organizations,
trade unions, women’s and young
groups, We are sure all
these devoted workers for peace
will cooperate in circulating the
ballot, so that all who wish to do
so may have the chance to add

their support.”
The conference will discuss the
following topics:

people’s

the last week in September,
g Committee for the conference announces. Ad-

25 Breadalbane Street, Toronto.

TORONTO

thousands of Canadians will go with the Can-
iatic-Pacifie Conference being held in

a’ statement issued here by the

The

To safeguard the independ-

* ence, freedom and peace of
the peoples of the Asian and Pa-
cific regions; to oppose expansion
of. armaments and war prepara-
tion; to prohibit war propaganda
and propaganda inciting race
hatred; to abolish suppression of
peace propaganda; to demand
freedom for the peace movement;,
to prohibit use of atomic, bac-
teriological and chemical weap-

ons; to oppose bombing and mas- |

sacré of non-combatants and civi-
lians; to emphasize observance of
international law.
2: To develop equal, mutually
beneficially and normal inter-
national economic relations and
eultural exchange; to oppose
blockade and embargo; to im-
prove the peoples’ livelihood; to
promote the welfare of women
and children, j
ao To oppose remilitarization of
Japan and to oppose use of
Japan as a base for aggression, in
order to eliminate the serious
threat to peace in the Asian and
Pacific regions. . _ .
4. To settle peacefully the Ko-
rean question on a fair and
reasonable basis and to ‘solve
reasonably all the questions re-
lating to peace in the Asian and
Pacific regions, including Viet-
Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaya and
other places.

es Tae

SPORTLIGHT

~ By BERT WHYTE ——

TAKING ‘A vacation is like goi: oe
‘ going on a round trip i -
ing door. Before you realize what’s happening, you gale pt
pe where you started from. Then there’s nothing left but con-
iene Yes I had a good time, No it didn’t rain much Yes I
was up in the ‘Cariboo country, No I didn’t catch any ich: wets ;
Biggest thing that happened to the Wh i i :
yte family on oliday
was that my wife caught a fish—the first in her Bek po so
excited ‘that she kissed it. The next day she burst out with a bad
case of Fishpox. But let me tell the story from the beginning.
We Were out in a rowboat on Pavilion Lake, Rita and I mbes
our own business and not caring whether"any trout were interested
\in our orange-colored flatfish or not. We had a line in the water
simply beatae it was the thing to do, and its absence would have
Hae us “queer” in the eyes of the other vacationists, most «
whom pursued fish from dawn until dark. ; a
Suddenly there was a tu ine ar
ug on the line and
a pbsiey reel in. ‘What happened after that gets a bit confus-
sta eee ee the bottom and got on the other side of the
; somehow became wrapped ;
‘oar, and the reel became snarled up. ai a
He was a patient fish, and didn’t 1 ion
i : t try very
ea slit ae untangled 10 minutes later ee ae
reelin; in again, he was still on the end of the | nd docilely
‘swam up to the boat. As ern'si Tans our ie-ticleeny ao ee
he regretted his previous gentlemanly conduct and began t flop
all over the place. After a while he grew tired and ate hae,
removing ‘the hook from ‘this mouth. “Look, I caught ‘him by the

Rita let out a whoop

tonsils!” she exclaimed. %

.

no time in telling all residents
how she ‘had caught her three.

_ That was fine, but the next mornin th
i ay 33 g Rita woke w
oe ; Lae $ go fishing,” she suggested in the wari Oe
now,” T said, thinking nothing of the incident. “Let’s go fishing”
she proposed again that afternoon, just as T was sett] spel
@ book, a cigar and a gin fizz. set igb tlititng® spear mines cee
evening—and suddenly it dawned on me that my wif sii
years of marriage, had become a stranger “Pichi psa a ae.
what the hell, let me relax!” I exploded. B pe later
found “me pulling on the oars. atiaueina.: 2
_ The |worst of it is, I don’t even like fis: aceae ,
and now I see myself doomed to row sanch pa Mle candi ppt

holidays, while Rita sits smu ho!
Beet gly aft, holdi i
waiting expectantly for another bite, Iding a fishing pole and

\ * * *

CHARLES seems to have been the victim of two bad de-

was an up-and-coming fighter puffy young man who
‘on ithe comeback trail. : oa of years ago and is now
The ‘heavyweight picture, presents li Se 0 ae
: -prese ttle to cheer .
Marciano, LaStarza — followed by a string of th Aes: Walcott,
names are hardly known to the average sports fan: Coles rn ro

eS ae *
DID YOU ever wonder ‘how alll the red herring stories printed
in capitalist papers get started on their way? “Then read this As-

sociated Press dispatch, which reprint from ) ee
out comment: ne @ Jocal daily with-

bask to their Red-ruled
was found false and
“But the
_ Helsinki was
. “Later dispatches sent from Stockholm
ed the story could not be confirmed. nen tees

“The correspondent was away on vacation today.”

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