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Parade assembles at west end of Georgia viaduct this Sunday at.12.30 p.m. Rally at Lumberman’s Arch, Stanley Park, at 2 p.m.

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Make your voice heard for peace

Following is the full text of the May Day state- ment issued jcintly by the national executive and British Columbia-Y ukon committees of the Labor-Progressive party:

People of Canada!

The first of May is the 60th international worker's day—MAY DAY. | Sixty years ago the North Am- erican working people set aside the first of May to demonstrate for the 8-hour dey. Since then it has become the ’special day of the year when the working men and women of all countries stretch out the hand of friendship to one another in international solidarity and labor unity. ; We working people need international solidarity today more than ever. The selfish, brutal men of the imperialist camp are conspiring to turn worker against worker for the unleashing of World War 111. Tum back these efforts by your solidarity and friendship. Knetw that the socialist countries - - almost half of mankind - - are not our, enemies but our friends - - that socialism means peace, while capitalism means War.

There will be no war if the working people of

all countries by their power unite to stay the hand of **

the atomaniacs. At this time of feverish war provoca- tions, war propaganda and war preparations, lift your voices for peace!

We can have peace - - we Canadians who twice in a generation have been at war. The cause of peace is in your hands, the vast majority. The St. Laurent gavernment has sold Canada to the Yankee dollar imperialists of Wall Street in order to reap profits from war.

Yes, Ottawa can be compelled to change its cold war foreign policy to a policy of accepting peaceful co-existence and peaceful competition with the socialist sector of the world - - if labor and the people unite to take up the struggle to compel the St. Laurent government to:

@ Call on the United Nations to outlaw the atom-bomb and strictly enforce that decision.

e Declare in advance that the first gov- ernment to drop an aiom bomb stands exposed as a war criminal before all mankind.

e@ Propose in the United Nations that ne- gotiations be held right away between the U.S., Soviet Union, France, Britain and People’s Chi- na to sign a PACT of PEACE. »

@ Sip discriminating’ against the Soviet Union, China and the People’s Democracies of Europe, recognize People’s China, and open up trade with these countries to provide jobs fw Canadians. :

Peace or war, is the critical question that con- fronts all Canadians. On its outcome depends our political and ecdnomic future, the security of our homes and our families - - yes, life itself.

On May Day millions will be marching all over the earth, to demand peace and raising the glorious banners of brotherhood between the working peoples of all races, languages and creeds and religious faiths.

Let us on May Day join in this world-wide movement of brotherhood and give notice to the war- makers that the people of the world will defend democracy from all attacks and that the march of the peoples toward socialism will not be halted.

Unite, meet, demonstrate, on May Day, 1950!

Support the Canadian Peace Congress!

Lift your voices against the warmongrs and come f rward for peace and Canadian indepen dence from the Yankee dollar imperialists!

Protest against Ottawa's plans to cripple civil righis by “‘outlawing Communism”!

Demand that the Canadian g ernment call a halt to its cold war policy and speak to all other nations in favor of negotiations to ban the aitm-bomb and to brand as a war criminal the first government to use’ it!

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