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By E. ROGERS
(Fort William, Ont.)
Walter Reuther, president

of the United. Auto Workers -

union, deserved a much larg-
er audience than the 300
workers who turned up at
Fort William’s Coliseum last
June i2.

In one of his better ad-
dresses Reuther dealt exten-
sively with the bad effects of
the cold war policies pursued
by the governments of the
United States and Canada.

He called for a halt to
mounting stockpiling of nuc-
lear weapons. by declaring
that the nuclear power al-
ready stored was equivalent
to 100 tons of TNT for every
man, woman and child in ex-
istence.

In a stirring appeal Reuther
urged a return to sanity with
conclusion of a disarmament
pact: by the great powers at
the Geneva conference. He
correctly pointed out that if
the people, unitedly, do not
see to the destruction of nuc-
lear weapons, then nuclear
Weapons will destroy the
people.

Reuther calls for peace

rally

The UAW president traced
the loss in economic potential
resulting from Mass unem-
ployment and lowered purch-
asing power, coupled with the.
bad social effects of rising
prices through the squander-
ing of billions on armaments
programs.

The main content of Reu-
ther’s speech was a rallying
call to the forces of peace. As
such it certainly adds a mea-
sure of: deserving weight to
the mounting struggle in Can-
ada against the Pearson pro-
nuclear policy and its atten-
dant subservience to the ag-
gressive imperialist circles
having war designs in Reu-
ther’s own country.

COLD COMFORT

The speech was obviously
cold comfort for Pearson’s
three Liberals who flanked
Reuther on the platform—MP
Hubert Badani of Fort Wil-
liam, MPP John Chappel of

’ Fort William and Port Arth-

ur’s defeated Liberal candi-
date, Mayor Saul Laskin.

A standing ovation was giv-
en Reuther at the end of his
talk.

March bac«s Negroes

More than 250 Torontonians—
Negro and white marched
through busy downtown streets
Saturday, (June 22) in sympathy
with the struggle for equality of
the Negroes in the United States,
and in memory of two slain vict-
ims of that struggle—Medgar Ev-
ers and William Moore.

(Evers, a field secretary of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People in

Jackson, Miss., was shot in the,

back in the driveway of his home
on May 12. Moore, a Baltimore
postman, was killed late in April
while on a one-man integration
march to Jackson.)

The walk was organized by a
8roup of individuals concerned
with the moral problem of seg-
regation in the U.S. It was head-
ed by Rabbi Abraham Feinberg,
a leading member of the Canad-
lan Campaign for Nuclear Dis-
armament, and Austin Clarke, a
Negro writer from the West In-

dies presently living in Toronto. -

Many placards carried by the
walkers, and a speech by Rabbi
einberg at a subsequent 400-
Strong mecting at the: city hall,
emphasized that racial discrimi:
Nation existed also in Canada,
and the difference between this
Country and the U.S. is only one
of degree.

Fear Alberta

The tremendous oil reserves
Of Alberta’s Athabaska_ tar
Sands were outlined at the
Sixth World Petroleum Con-
Bress recently—not by Cana-
dian representatives but by
Silmen from the U.S.

An observer noted the 4is-
crepancy was “logical”
apa since the Social Cre-
a Manning government has
€en acquiescent in allowing
Slant U.S.-controlled oil firms
to move in on the sands.

Reports said Paul D. Tor-
ey of the University of Texas
told the congress the potential
Oil reserves of the sands have
been estimated from 100 bil-

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10,000 ONLOOKERS
One radio broadcast estimated
that 10,000 shoppers and strollers
witnessed the walk as it made
its way through the city’s main
thoroughfares. H
Rabbi Feinberg told the city
hall meeting that their gathering,
at the Cenotaph was appropriate
since the scroll of honor for
those who died in war included:
not only white names but black
names as well. :
There can be no real democra-;
cy, he said, unless there is full
equality. But, “the Bull Conners:
of this world are destroying the’
meaning of democracy.”

WIDESPREAD
Discrimination against Negroes
in Canada, the rabbi declared,

may not be so bad as in the
South, but it was nevertheless
widespread in many forms,
sometimes of a “hidden” nature.

There. are also several kinds
of discrimination, he continued,
citing the example of ‘185,000
Indians in this country living in
indescribable squalor.”

At the same time, “because of
our immigration laws, Chinese
neople are cgompeled_ to exisi
without a normal family life.”’

“T say that if there is one per-
son deprived of his rights by
discrimination in this country, it
is the responsibility of every
Christian and Jew.”

oil sellout

lion to 300 billion barrels of a
world-wide figure presently
placed at 431 billion barrels.

The interests of the U.S.
oilmen and the policies of the
Manning government bolster
claims made by the Commun-
ist Party in Alberta in. the re-
cent provincial elections that
the Athabasca tar sands is
one of the government's lat-
est sellouts to U-S. big busi-

ness.

They also underline the
need for crown ownership of
the sands, advocated by the
Communist Party and the
New Democratic Party.

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PT Editor Tom McEwen (left) shown with Grace Tickson of Nanaimo, Lil Stoneman of the North Shore
club and George Dougenes of Vancouver East. (See story below).

FINAL RESULTS IN

PT Drive below mark,
banquet is successful

Although the Press Drive stands
almost 400 short of its $18,000
target (at the moment) the Vic-
tory Banquet last Friday, June
28 was a smashing success. The
reason for the drive shortage lies
in the fact that several city clubs
failed to make their quotas.

However, they have been quick
to point-out that the money will
be forthcoming in short order and
it is expected that the $18,000
mark will be reached by the end
of the week. E

While the city clubs were ex-
periencing difficulties, the prov-
ince was doing an_ outstanding
job. As can be seen by the drive
results below, the province went
over its $6,500 quota by more
than $300.

The PT would like to take this
opportunity to publicly thank all
press clubs, all subscribers, all
friends and supporters of the
paper for the magnificent re-
sponse to our appeal for badly
needed fund

The drive results stand as a
testimonial to the unflinching and
persevering support given to us
by the workers of B.C. They make
us more determined than ever
to serve the working class of our
province and our country.

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The banquet was attended by
approximately 300 people who en-
joyed a tasty meal (prepared and
served by volunteer labor) and
a very fine, diversified program
of cultural entertainment which
ranged from Beethoven piano so-
natas to folk songs to dramatic
readings and comedy.

Bill Hreherchuk was the out-
standing press builder of the
drive,, collecting $336. Even with
such an heroic effort, he was only
barely able to nose out another
old ‘‘war horse’’—Rita Tanche—
who turned in $332.

Outstanding club in the province
was Nanaimo, which just man-
aged to beat out South Surrey for

. the Provincial PT Shield (see be-
low).

In the city, it was impossible
to choose a single winner, so the
City Shield was awarded jointly
to the Vancouver East and North
Shore clubs—with a decidedly hon-
orable mention to Broadway and
Victory Square.

Drive Manager Jerry Shack
served as Master of Ceremonies
at the banquet and the audience
heard a stirring appeal from PT
Editor Tom McEwen to forge a
mighty peace crusade’ which
would force the Pearson govern-
ment to withdraw the nuclear
arms dump at Comox, B.C. Mc-
Ewen stressed that this crusade
must be more all-embracing and
broader than anything which has
been achieved in the way of peace
action since the cold war began.

The winner of the PT Grand
Prize was also announced at the
banquet. She is: MRS. A. E.
DUKE of North Vancouver, B.C.

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ress Drive Results |
GREATER VANCOUVER Ee
Club Quota in Club Quota in
Correspon 300 294.25 %
Advance - $50:391.61 Tom McEwen’ ‘12 &
Bill Bennett $ 625 588.50 ee ave yhae #
Broadway 770 912.50 VANCOU SLAND ree
Dry Dock — 250 123.00 Alberni ra 5 350 367 :
Frank Rogers 350 225.50 Campbell River 150 166.
Georgia 150 166.50 Cumberland 200 200.00
Kingsway 660 667.59. Cowichan 325 305.50
Niilo Maksis 156 118.00 Nanaimo 400 777.60
Cigin 450 451.00 _— Parksville 75 77.50
Eat rae Epi 366.75 Victoria 400 406.79
anc. East 43011629.16 Sa :
South Vane. 600 614.59 a ora Bs <
: DEWDNEY
Victory Square 440 511.00 Heney-Map Ro. $ 325 325.15
Wesi End 300 351.75 Mission 150 118.50
.North Burnaby 800 875.58
Edmonds 440 415.32
North Shore 825 894.50 Kamloops ene 100 104.50
City Mise. 1,350 1166.73 Notch Hill 150 126.00
City Unpledged 1,230 109.50 Vernon 200 204.00
A. Pothorn Fund 200.00 ee
= City Total $11,50010787.18 DELTA
PROVINCE GENERAL Ft. Langley 275 310.00
= Ladner 150 136.83
= Fernie-Michel $ 75 76.00 New West. 400 438.00
Nelson 50.00 South Surrey 275 525.29.
3 Powell River 200 201.39 Surrey 500 633.10"
& Prince Rupert 44.00 Prov. Unpledged 475 150.27, 3:
= Seintule — 100 60.00 Prov. Totals $ 6,500 6817.57 =
Steveston 150 40.15 City Totals $11,50010787.18' =:
Trail-Rossland | 300 300.00 Grand Totals $18,000 $17,615.75. =

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