J ecm mA 1M) |) TTT) TT RUSHCHEY PROPOSES MINIT CONFERENCE Soviet Communist party secretary Nikita Krushchev this week called for an East-West summit meeting “to reach a mutual understand ing on the banning of war as a method of settl- ing international problems, to stop the cold war and the armaments race, and to establish iis cae Li \ fi he {I {I mA . | Ait Vol. 16 No. 45 VANCOUVER, B.C. 5 Authorised as second class mail by Ss the Post Office Department, Ottawa { * HY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1957 lO¢ Proy. *ney problem.” di Vancouver Labor Council is sponsoring a h ltorium to combat rising unemployment. MPs, Municipalities will be invited to attend and discuss ways and means © Mcial and municipal governments Soviet scientist sees Series of satellites “Ypitications that the Soviet | fl a Intends to launch a y.. Of satellites into space a period are contained in meee written by Soviet the } Ist Vasily Parfenov after befo @unching of Sputnik I but Te the launching last Sat- yd of Sputnik II. to nee program of researches of . conducted with the help Satellites is most compre- be xe and cannot, of course, Par hausted by one satellite,” «,20V_ writes. wit) Whole series of satellites Ora. eve to be launched in ‘im. t© solve fully the most Qo ortant physical and astro- fal problems.” wettenoy adds: be A heavier satellites it will int’ possible to instal TV _ ments These will en- cae as to study the movement of clouds all over the earth. This data can be of immense value to meteorologists in all countries.” @ Only 10 days to hit target With litle more than one week to go in its current sub- scription drive the Pacific Tribune is still short 363 subs. As of Tuesday this week 837 new and renewed subscriptions had been receipted on the Pa- cific Tribune’s books, bringing the drive within striking dis- tance of its 1,200 sub target. An extra effor’ by all-press clubs and supporters can reach this target in the next few days and assure the 12-page paper. relations between states on the basis of coexistence.” Krushchev was speaking to 17,000 delegates and guests at a November session of the Supreme Soviet in Moscow’s Sports Palace, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Russian revolution. He gave a solemn “no war” pledge on behalf of the USSR, provided that country is not attacked, and added that “com- petition in Sputniks is prefer- able to competition in lethal weapons.” He said the Soviet Union was striving to reach agree- ment with the West on all questions of disarmament. “The Soviet Union is willing to reduce considerably its Continued on page 6 See SUMMIT Labor Council plans unemployment rally uge public rally November 29 at Denman MLAs and representatives of several cities f seeing that federal, “accept their full responsibility in meeting this emer- Delegates attending the VLC meeting Tuesday this week ap- plauded the executive’s initi- ative in planning the meeting as part of labor’s campaign against the growing jobless crisis, and endorsed appoint- ment of a committee to organ- ize the rally. “The MPs and MLAs who attend must be forced to state their position on trade — for we have to sell our products on the world market,” said Orville Braaten (Pulp and Sulphite). “Right now lumber markets are not too good, and neither are markets for pulp. This situation has led to some shutdowns. “Our fuzzy-headed politi- cians at Ottawa won’t fight to win new markets — such as the Chinese market — unless we jolt them into action.”. “Our domestic market needs to be cultivated, too,’ said Bill Pierce (IWA). “A combina- tién. of domestic and foreign Continued on back page See JOBLESS : * ES x BS Expressing sympath RRR SS . ae : with all those concerned with the - / “jubilee” oo fate of Laika, the Siberian husky in Sputnik II, Soviet spokes- men said this week that trained dogs like that shown above’ were necessary martyrs to science pioneering the way for human space fligh’. They quoted Paylov, great Russian scien- tist, that human dignity demanded there be no cruelty or needless suffering in using animals for scientific experiments. Labor names three council candidates Vancouver Labor Council named three candidates Tuesday night to centest aldermanic seats in the forthcoming Vancouver civil elections. The three candidates; who received unanimous endorsation and promise of substantial financial support at a closed session of the VLC, are Sam Jenkins (Marine Workers), Charles La- marche and Paddy Neale (IWA). Six aldermanic seats are at stake on December 11. Oppos- ing the Non-Partisan Associa- tion candidates, in addition to the labor men, will be candi- dates of the newly-formed Civic Voters’ Association and at least one independent, vet- eran contender Effie Jones.