| a Premier Kosygin’s visit. . . see below Sa VANCOUVER STUDENT. Ae, Ainge mas s HUGE STUDENT PROTEST DEMANDS: CANCEL AMCHIT Vol. 32, No. 41 age we By MAURICE RUSH lleyg; VISit of Soviet Premier ay a Kosygin to Canada marks tya,80ic turning point in the biigg RS between our two coun- legen, vaken together with the Nude trip of Prime Minister Mew aly to the Soviet Union, this ho) Clationship could open a bina €ra of co-operation, Wship and trade. loge U8 at a time when Canada ing ,,, (©8 the need for strengthen: ety a ld peace is primary, the Yyjg ,V{Sit of the Soviet premier Mhich 2d to improved relations Yeon} Would vastly benefit the fy, ~ Of Canada as well as those ane viet Union. the “dians were warmed by Snag tusiastic reception Ma, ¢ S representatives beet 3 the Saviet Union. byt Viet Canada’s part in the anti- Cana .cOld war; the fact that ‘an troops left Van- . ahd eave economic problems kosygin visit promotes friend couver’s port as part of the inter- ventionist forces for Vladivos- tock in 1919, and despite the fact that we refused to recognize the Soviet Union until late in the 30’s, the people of the Soviet Union brushed all this aside in the cause of peace and friend- ship, opening their hearts, to their Canadian guests. We are certain that the over- whelming majority of Cana- dians will reciprocate the friendship of the Soviet people and welcome their Premier in the same warm-hearted way Prime Minister Trudeau and his wife were welcomed in the Soviet Union. Canadians want an end to the cold war and they want to know more about their northern neighbor and want to trade with it. The detente between our two countries is in. the interests of both our peoples. No less is it in the interests of the people of Van-- couver who will play host to the Soviet Premier between October 22 and 24 when he visits our city, since he is arriving here shortly after Mayor Tom Campbell and two aldermen returned from a trip to the Soviet Union where they were accorded the same ’ warm and friendly reception our Prime Minister received. The new enlightened era now made possible as a result of these trips could lead to expanded trade and would be of special advantage to the Pacific Coast and particularly Van- couver and its great harbor. It is interesting that the Soviet Premier will visit industries and a lumber operation: on the Pacific Coast. Unfortunately, however, there are reactionary immigrant and right wing anti-Soviet nationalist groups in Vancouver who want to perpetuate the cold war. They don’t want peace and friendship between our two great peoples. They want to stop the present trend towards friendship and trade with our Soviet neighbors. These anti-Soviet reactionary groups do not speak for the over- whelming majority of the people of Vancouver. But judging by the publicity they are being given by the daily press and some loud-mouthed irres- ponsible reactionary “‘hot-line’’ radio announcers, one might get the impression they represent more than they do. It is quite clear that every anti- Sovieteer and cold war advocate is crawling out of the woodwork in a last ditch effort to torpedo the progress made towards ending the cold war which has already gone on too long. To cover up their basic aim of See KOSYGIN, pg. 12 —George Legebokoff photo S PROTEST...A voice heard around the world. Ship, trade TEST’ The voice of Greater Vancouver’s youth was heard around the world last Wednesday when an estim- ated 15,000 high school students demonstrated at the U.S. Consulate in Van- couver to demand Presi- dent Nixon cancel the Amchitka nuclear test set for some time this month. _From every school district in the Greater Vancouver area the young people came, while at points such as Victoria, Nanaimo, Kitimat, Alberni, and others across the province, more students gathered to register their protest. Catchy slogans, a maimed and ragged doll, hundreds of names on the backs of placards, and indi viduals busily gathering names to petitions were all part of the milling but orderly crowd which overflowed the down-town section of Vancouver like a flood. The policemen who were on hand talked with the young people and at no time was there any unpleasant incidents. The organizers called speakers to the platform who dealt with the urgency of making known the Canadian peoples’ opposition to nuclear tests, Alderman Harry Rankin encouraged the students to keep protesting all nuclear explo- sions, and he said the stopping of this test was a first step. He said they must demand that atomic energy be used for the peaceful benefit of mankind. ‘‘In the years to come,” he said, ‘“‘you can look back and say ‘I was one of those who fought for a better world!’ ” Irving Stowe of the Don’t Make A Wave Committee, told the crowd that the Amchitka blast “is a test of nuclear warhead for which there is no sane or rational justification.”’ Other speakers were Dennis - Coche, New Democratic MLA, Paddy Neale, secretary of the Vancouver Labor Council, professor Phil Resnick, and Liberal Party leader Pat McGeer. The students who in most cases had permission of teachers and parents to attend the rally carried placards which reflected a zest for satire as well as serious opposition. One sign read ‘‘The only dope worth shooting is Nixon.’’ and ‘“‘Remember Atlantis,’’ and “This Land is Ours; Don’t let Nixon blow it from under us!”’