i have signed or endorsed it. ead “Unprecedented efforts’ urged in peace pact. petitioning to Sept. In the 90 days since the petition campaign calling for a Pact of Peace between the five great _ Powers was launched by the great Assembly to Save Peace, more than a quarter of a million Canadians At its July 8 review session, the national council of the Canadian Peace ongress announced that in the next 55 days to September 1, extraordinary measures would be taken by the 25,000-strong peace movement to give every adult Canadian an opportunity to sign for peace. 1. TORONTO though many centres had failed to _ “Our petition is having success,” r. James Endicott, Peace Con- gress chairman, told the national Council. “The Korean events have _ Convinced thousands of Canadians, Some of them for the first_time, that peace is not an idle wish or 8 empty dream, but a real pos- sibility. “This fact gives us new oppor- Unities for widening the scope of € Peace movement because there is hardly a Canadian who does not feel in one way or another a need : for a new approach to peace. _ Korea shows this. Korea and the armistice and the peace with Orean independence we hope for, Will stimulate the cause of general World peace. t “But the world peace we all desire is unlikely unless the Five reat Powers solemnly pledge fore he whole world that come What may, no matter what con- flict or disagreement, regardless __ ® political or social systems, they will never go to war.” pe tise Jennison said 155,393 sig- Timmins 750. —the report totals by July 8. British Columbia topped the list with 60,528 names; Toronto was next with 50,000. In Montreal and Quebec province, where Duplessis thought-police actively intimidated peace petitioners, 9,403 names had been counted. Manitoba reported 7,500, Sydney, N.S., 1,775; Welland 900; Regina 2,896; Edmonton 1,509; Windsor 780; the Lakehead 851; 1,785; Kirkland Lake (The Canadian Tribune’s pe- tition has yeilded* 759 signatures from petitioning readers.) In addition to this total, 105,167 Canadians had endorsed the Peace Pact proposals through their or- ganizations. This made a grand total in the 90 days from April 8 to July 8, 260,548, Miss Jennison reported. L : “It’s a beginning,” she comment- ed. “It represents many hours of work by a small number of people ‘unknown heroes’ ‘who go out into the streets knowing that in their hands rests the fate of the world.” ‘ Vv inced atures had been actually counted, Fe ay et Dr. Endicott said the » World —. Peace Council had 4nnounced that ROM ‘ “Everything in. Flowers” 500,000,000 people throughout the world had already signed the pe- tition. “Before we finish we will probably have a 1,000 million. This circulation in Canada reached 33,000,000 copies a week, Mickle- burgh said it would be wrong to think it did not have some effect —“unless we answer it.” He urg- ed the circulating of tens of thou- sands of leaflets in the effort to “speak to every Canadian and give them the chance to make a: con- scious act against war.” Ray Gardner of British Colum- bia, leading the B.C. campaign, said petitioners in his province were convinced the danger of war was great and were equally con- the petition campaign could win the peace. “You have to be convinced,” he said, “to peti- tion from 10 in the morning to 6 at night every Saturday as we do in Vancouver.” He said they had received, a friendly, reception everywhere. “In B.C. we are out to reach every single adult.” He reported that there were now. over 70 petitioners with more than 300 names each to their credit on the honor roll, Gardner cited, the story of White Rock. a summer resort town near Vancouvér, populated mostly by retired people. The Peace campaigners there set as their objective 7,000 signatures —the total adult population of PERE URE BER ROR ERE R EEE EERE Ee Whyte's ‘Sportlight’ back in next issue “Sportlight”, the sports column which has already proved a pop- ular feature in the few weeks since it made its first appearance, will be back avain next week. Bert Whyte, Pacific Tribune Staff writer, who doubles as sports columnist, is away on a Well earned vacation, no doubt Picking up a few tips at his favorite off-dutty occupation to pass on to his circle of readers. SE ee Ente nT CONTINUED oll STRIKE going to feed his three youngsters of two, three and five vears, pav rent of $40 (“Even at that rent I’m luckier than some”) and meet all the numerous other household: ex- penses. “Kind of tough making a go of things on $9 a week strike pay, but of course the union will lend a hand to any of us who have pay- ments to meet on furniture and so on.” “Some of us go up the inlet and get cascara bark which we can sell for two-bits a pound,” broke in another worker. “It has to be dried out before we can sell it. and that can take un to*two weeks. but don’t worry about the boys we'll manage O.K. The fellows over at Jmperial and Standard are helping to finance the strike. Of course, they voted to strike too. but it might be touch on the pub- lic if they went out.” Morgan urges firm stand in ICA enquiry © “Nothing short of the most de- termined action by the trade un- ion movement of this province can prevent the Coalition from making 2 vicious labor act worse,” Nigel Morgan, LPP provincial leader, ‘stated as the government enquiry in to the provincial Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act got under way here this week. “We have had ample experience of how the bosses have used the provisions of this act to. press the cold-war against labor, to weaken the bargaining position of the un- ions and cheat, them of their just demands,” Morgan said. “The CMA-dictated amendments that were written into the ICA Act as part of the Coalition’s war policies must be repealed, but it is going to take firm and united action on the part of the entire labor move- ment .to achieve that demand. Every important union should make its voice heard to ensure that the Act will be improved— not worsened,” he urged. Morgan announced that Maurice Rush, LPP labor secretary, will present a brief to the enquiry on behalf of the Labor-Progressive party. The LPP presentation will include among _ other demands, amendments to>- | @ Eliminate use of injunctions | and other unfair penalties being used by employers to weaken and smash unions. @ Eliminate the authority of the Labor Relations Board to de- termine what is an appropriate bargaining agency, or to deny or | revoke the right of any group of workers to bargain collectively through the union of their own _ free choice. @ Eliminate government inter- EARL SYKES 56 E. Hastings St. PA, 3855 ference in the internal affairs of is not only a Canadian cause, this a union in connection with the battle for a five-power peace meet- the area. Their first act was to distribute 7,000 leaflets and al- When asked about how the wives vA kas Vancouver, B.C. ing, this.is.not a Russian or Brit- ish or Korean cause. It is a human| Te®dy they have collected 2,500 SU poeses = cause which binds together all signatures, : : humanity in such a movement as| The Montreal delegates reported never has been seen before. It is! that two city councillors ‘were _ LEONG HAT SHOP New & Used Hats For Sale Hats Cleaned & Blocked Expert Workmanship 70 West Cordova Street truly historic, ‘and it can save the cause of peace. Korea shows that — for it was the forces of the people that stood between the war- makers and humanity.” Bruce Mickleburgh, public rela- ee a tions director, presented a graphic picture of the tremendous force of war propaganda through press and Grandview Market | 3226 Grandview Highway FREE DELIVERY—DE. 1494M Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Our Specialty 7 radio in Canada, in urging more peace leaflet distribution and great- er circulation for L edition of the journal To Save Peace: A World Review. the Canadian Pointing» out -that daily paper i | SUNDAY, Fee oe AT ° ‘y \ Meer. i ’ es EXHIBITION Auspices: City Committee, _ 501 Ford Building, 193 '| “THE KOREA CEASE-FIRE” 8 p.m. (HASTINGS ct HEAR JULY 15 eo : ye nN : x GARDENS» PARK : Labor-Progressive Party ’ Vad ss : ry East Hastings Street among the 10,000 signers in that city. They urged all peace asso- ciations to protest to Mayor Houde every act against Montreal petitioners.. “The force for peace in Quebec can be is extremely great,” one delegate told the council meeting. Commons who spoke against Can- adian participation in the Korea war were French-Canadians. \ “But the situation in Quebec, where we can’t have leaflets print- ed or distributed, is also a Can- adian problem and we urge others to take a more active interest in | it to show our peace workers that they are not alone. 'Upon your ac- tions, along with ours, we must make Quebec a Fortress of Peace.” | MILO CAFE “We Specialize in Ukrainian Food”. 242 E. Hastings St. PA. 3037 Vancouver “Lasile Jewelers Watchmaker and Jewelers : , IN Special Discount to’ ert Yi all Tribune Read-