a

ing opened

nce, social: assistance, seizure
_ Of goods and evictions.

by Syd Thompson of the -I.-

_ Cil, Pat O’Neal spoke*on_ be-
half of the B.C. Fed. and call-

DIEF MOVES-TO BREAK RAILROAD STRIKE

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VOL. 19, NO. 48

VENCGUN UHL B. ts
FRID: AY, DECEMBER 2, 1960

. 10°

DR. LINUS PAULING

Famed Scientist

Speaks On Sunday

World famous scientist Dr.
Linus C. Pauling will address
a public rally in the Orpheum
Theatre on Sunday, December
4th, at 8 p.m.

The meeting is sponsored by |
the B.C. Committees on Radi- |
ation Hazards.

Dr. Pauling, the United
States’ foremost advocate of |
peace, was awarded the Nobel
Prize for Chemistry in 1953.
He also holds the Presidential |
Medal of Merit. He is profess- |
or of chemistry at California
Institute of Technology.

His subject will be,
more War!”

“No

|

JO! BLESS ORGANIZE FOR ACTION’

More than one thousand workers kicked off the first council of the newly-
formed B.C. Federation of Unemployed in Vancouver this week.

Meeting Monday afternoon in the Pender Auditorium they quickly got down to
the business of setting up a Direct Action Committee, Community Services Commit-
tee, Membership Committee and Publicity Committee. The chairman of these com-
mittees, along with the secretary of the Vancouver Labor Council will form a Ways
and Means Committee, which will meet almost daily to give guidance to the work of

the Vancouver unemployed. |

It was .announced at the
Meeting that an office was be-
immediately in
the ‘Labor Temple to deal with
Workers grievances. on mat-
ters of unemployment. insur-

The -meeting ‘was chaired

W:A. who introduced the or-

Sanizational proposals for set-
ting up the Vancouver coun-

€d the occassion an “historic

; that a provincial labor body

i unemployed

One.” “This is the first time

| Kaplan,
| | fax Committee for the Control |
'of Radiation Hazards, exposed

|

| danger such a disposal project
| would pose for the people on
| the west. coast.

G ATOMIC
C COAST?

| Is the United States dumping atomic waste off a coast of
|B.C.? This is the question many British Columbians are asking

|this week following the disclosure a few days ago that the U.S. has
| been dumping atomic waste 200 miles off Canada’ s east coast.

Last week Prof. Gordon

chairman of the Hali-

‘the fact that the U.S. was
dumping atomic waste off the
|eoast of Nova Scotia. The

'U.S. Atomic Energy Commis-

sion admitted that this is be- |
ing done, and “that there is |

| aware that some of the most

important U.S. nuclear testing

| sites are in New Mexico and

| Nevada.

|
|
|

from these sites and other la-
boratories being carted to the

| east coast or is some of it be-

no guarantee that once tanks |

are buried there would be no| | Columbians are not aware of |

seepage of radioactive mater- |
ials.”’

It has been known for some
time that the U.S. Atomic En-
ergy Commission was coping
with the problem of disposal
of large amounts of dangerous
atomic waste materials. But
no one knew how this dispos-
al job was being carried out.

Now the disclosure that the
U.S. Atomic Energy Commis-}
sion had been dumping this |

| highly dangerous material off |

the Canadian east coast raises

|ing disposed thes B.C.
coast?

A fact which most British

near

is that for some time a factory

has been manufacturing ce-
|of atomic waste.
the 2500 block McCullough
Rd. in’ Nanaimo’s
area, this factory is connected
with a Massachusetts firm in
the U.S. Enquiries so far have

| only brought forth the explan-

| ation that the cement contain-
ers are being exported to the

| United States,

However, one doesn’t have

| heavy

| way
| waste without the risk of ra-

| out
| life

|into this
ment containers for disposal |
Situated in|

cement containers on
Vancouver Island to be ship-«

| ped to the U.S
Is the waste material |

No one has yet found a sure
to dispose of atomic
dioactive materials seeping
and endangering human
and contaminating sur-
rounding areas.

The public should demand

jthat Premier Bennett immed-
on the outskirts of Nanaimo |

iately order an investigation
important matter,
They want to know the an-

swers to these questions:

|Has the U.S. dumped atomic
industrial |

waste materials off Canada’s
Pacific coast as it admits do-
ing on the east coast? If so,
is this still continuing. Is the
plant on Vancouver Island en-
gaged in mé€&anufacturing Ce.

|ment containers for this pur-
| pose?

Victoria must not be allow-

the question: Is the same thing | | to stretch their imagination to!ed to dilly-dally on this ques-

|being done off the coast of |
LB-C.?
British Columbians oughi

to be very concerned with the

British Ed SS are es

in Canada. has.- accepted its
full responsibility to help the
1 organize. You,
the unemployed. must take it
from here,” he. said. ‘“‘No one
but the unemployed can lead
the unemployed and it is not
the intention of the- B.C. Fed-
eration to interfere with this
organization. Rather it is our
desire to help get it organiz-
ed.”

All spéakers emphasized the
need for action, immediate
and dramatic. In answer to

The well thought-out. program

one worker who called for a
picket line around the leégis-
lature in Victoria, Syd Thomp-
son said “rather than a small
picket line I think’ that’ when
the Legislature convenes in
January at least 2000 unem-
ployed: workers should picket
the House.”

Jane Hawkins, 18, told the
meeting she and 7 other
youths had tried to see Mayor
Alsbury to put: the plight of
unemployed youth before him.

she presented received thun-
derous reception.

realize how
woud: pe ibe

ridiculous it |
manufacture |

| tion. Premier Bennet should
acti at once.

VISION - OR NIGHTMARE?

You'RE
BLOCKING j
MY VISION,

a
al al ad

tet

—_
J