Parenti gare the Post Offi ots Office Depart FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1958 Authorised as second class mail by ment,-Ottawa VANCOUVER, B.C. a —— ary; mo large, hand-paint- Tong *s depicting the hor- 4 Pome war, a group of Ihe c. Paraded in the Hast- ' “4 Shopping area last Potestin: distributing leaflets Can a the flights over bothers nuclear-armed U.S. n ss Mane. eas poster showed a Don ry “ashing into Canadian “dents With the caption, “Ac- NUcleay ® Happen — Stop Cinada » Planes Flying Over “Wo m™m May» a Say No to H-Bomb 0 “ld another poster. ur Chj a, iidren Must Grow Up oa. WV - hing ld at Peace,” pro- z a third, Bhizeg @monstration was or- 2 ey, Women members of ty the. tostessive party. Meas 5 Morning, shopping Visite ancouver East were «Smalley in the afternoon ‘ide , . 8toup marched out- » Stores ; Main ai re in the Broadway- a Is Tict, sty, 22 ite gp et Overhead,” was the t Hy, Te leaflet distributed a e pire, Pers. It quoted news- St Pom, "eS of accidental H- “tm, Dla us Seinen and said: ; Planes ‘IN protest against flying deadly H- H-flights protested by women’s parade bombs over our homes. We denounce this insane policy that constantly threatens our lives and: the lives of our children. We demand that our skies be kept free from the horrors of atomic radiation. “We are concerned about the danger of a mishap. Mis- siles are tricky and very dan- gerous, both to store and to carry. Accidents have already happened, causing loss. of life and property. “Women in Canada and throughout the world are the most outspoken about want- ing peace, not war and des- truction. We therefore demand a stop to nuclear-armed US. planes flying over our coun- try, and U.S. fighter planes manoeuvering in Canadian skies. We also demand res- toration of Canadian control of our armed forces. “Speak out on these ques- tions now. Register your pro- test and protect our homes and families from this threat. Let our government know we want negotiations for live-and- let-live policies between na- tions. Write to Prime Minister Diefenbaker and your MP now,” E Fears are being voiced in labor circles that the royal commission appointed to investi- gate the Second Narrows bridge disaster of June 17, in which 18 bridge workers lost their lives, is confining its investigatons within too narrow limits. Immediately following the bridge collapse, the Bennett government appointed Chief Jus- tice Sherwood Lett as royal commissioner to begin a thorough study of the disaster. John IWA asks govt aid in settling dispute Immediately following certification of the government- supervised strike ballot of the province’s 28,000 coastal wood workers, IWA. district officers of the union appealed to the provincial government to help in settling their dispute with L. Farris, QC, was appointed commission counsel, with two engineers, Dr. Phillip 1s, erat ley of Montreal and Andrew Sanderson, head of a Victoria engineering firm, to assist commission investigations. Local 97 of the Iron Work- ers Union, of which a majori- ty of the bridge disaster vic- tims were members, request- ed the right of choice of a competent engineer to assist the royal commission, in its work. The union put forward the name of Harry H. Min- shall, for many years an exX- ecutive of Dominion Bridge, contractor on the Second Nar- rows bridge, and now head of his own firm of structural steel and consultant engin- eers. Iron Workers Union offi- cials told the Pacific Tribune that “Minshallis an experi- enced man, has worked on jobs with our union men, and can evaluate bridge work be~ cause that is his specialty.” They added that they were not belittling the capabilities of Pratley and Sanderson, but (Continued on back page) See BRIDGE LPP sponsors jobless rally An unemployed rally will be held at Powell Street Grounds this Friday, July 4 at 2 p.m. with Nigel Morgan, LPP provincial leader, and Bill Stewart of the Marine Workers Union, as the main speakers. “Ottawa is cutting off sup- plementary benefits. Demand payment of unemployment insurance benefits until jobs are available!” says a leaflet advertising the rally. “City, provincial and federal auth- orities must plan public works projects. Trade means jobs. Demand trade with all coun- tries!” The jobless rally is being sponsored by the Vancouver Committee of the Labor-Pro- gressive party. the operators. In a -special radio report to the union membership car- ried on five station hookup, IWA district president Joe Morris accused employers’ ne- gotiators of “deliberate mis- representation,’ and of using “contemptible trickery” and a “threatening attitude” prior to the government vote. In unanimously recommend- ing rejection of the concilia- tion board’s majority award (signed by chairman George Allen, dean of UBC forestry department, and George Rob- sen, employer. representative), district officers emphasized that acceptance would not only mean no gains, but a considerable worsening of the existing contract. Fallers and buckers would be particularly hard _ hit. The mincrity report brought in by union representative, Bob. Smeal , challenged the majority report as showing an obvious bias, being essen- tially an employers’ report, (Continued on page 3) See VOTE D4 One of the participants in the Ukrainian Festival to be held at Exhibition Forum July 12 will be 18-year-old Donna Philipovich, chosen last week as Miss Ukrainian Cana- dian. She will compete in the Miss PNE contest next month.