LAING IN USSR. Canadicn Minister of Northern Affairs _ Laing is at present touring the Siberian north and study-

Arthur Laing is shown arriving in Moscow recently fora ~

ing the advances made by the Soviet Union in develop-

tour of the Soviet Union’s northern territories. He is shown ment of its northern territories. ing met by a Soviet official at the Moscow airport.

Germans again demand Czechoslovakian territory

West German government eos at a rally in Stuttgart : ae Sunday, supported claims for y pene the map of Europe and = Many to get parts of Czecho- Ovakia seized by Hitler in 1938 Under the Munich Agreement,

e = demands were put forward Ger Tally of over 100,000 Sudeten ae who once came from the ate €nland, the area of Czecho- Vakia seized by Hitler under fe” and who were expelled as allied agreement in 1945,

asi Show that there was no t where his government

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s food, the West German Chan-

“Bet hear Pret

ter save that mortar board. 1 the Hod Carriers’ Union has a ty good wage scale.”

cellor, Dr. Erhard, sent a mes- sage to the rally saying the Sudetens’ “right of homeland and

self determination was invio-

lable.”

The West German Transport Minister, Dr, Seebohm, who is also chairman of the Sudeten Refugees Organization, told the rally that the campaign to get back these Czechoslovak terri- tories would be conducted “with intellectual weapons and through international law.”

In a violent attack on the Czechoslovak government, he de- clared: “These people will not survive. Their end is perhaps nearer than we all believe today. We are ready then to take over once more our tasks in the home- land.”

Last year the same Dr, See- bohm demanded “the return of the stolen Sudeten German dis- tricts to the Sudeten German people,”

Yet in April, when he was in Prague, the British Foreign Sec- retary, Michael Stewart, claimed: “The German govern- men has made no claim whatso- ever to any Czechoslovak terri- tory.”

When Czechoslovak Foreign Minister David asked the British government to declare that the Munich Agreement, on which

Children’s Day celebration ‘fnjoyed by large audience

i pnpressive display of paint- aa Y Japanese and B,C, chil- decked the walls of the ia Community Centre, for th ing a suitable background ‘ “A 850 people who attended dren? Unday’s International Chil- S Day celebration.

ace, newhat handicapped by the ‘ Stics and lack of stage, the 8ram by the children included 1 array of children’s endeavor © way from regularly re- €d groups such as theSouth and es Tamboritza Orchestra ae AUUC Dance Group, tothe ce renditions by the Broups twins, to less rehearsed a to almost completely un- Tsed contributions.

€ars

T he audience enjoyed “The

Variety Concert Kids,” a group

of six children who have organ=

ized variety shows in their neighborhood; three young lasses (ages seven, eight and nine) from North Vancouver who sang their songs of peace; a hand puppet show by Brian Buckingham of North Vancouver, whose produc- tion completely engrossed the children; and a skit called “Nail Soup” by two young girls.

The origin and meaning of In~ ternational Children’s Day was effectively recited by Donalda Greenwell. The master of cere= monies was Peter Turner. Atthe conclusion of the program, the children and parents moved to grassy fields and participated in the races and novelty contests conducted by Maxine Schnee.

these West German claims on Czechoslovakia are based, was null and void from the beginning, Stewart refused to agree,

Instead he stated that the Bri- tish government regarded the Munich Agreement as detestable unjust and dangerous, and that it had been dead for many years,

He also said that the British government regards: “propo- ganda or arguments, from any source whatsoever, which sug- gests that there are claims a- gainst the territory or frontiers of Czechoslovakia as mischiev- ious and dangerous to security in Europe.”

It now remains to be seen whether the British Govern- ment, or any of the other allied countries like the U.S, and Can- ada, would do anything to see that views opposing the West German claim are made known to the West German government,

‘The Munich Agreement was signed by the then British Prime Minister Chamberlain and French Premier Daladier along with Adolph Hitler, It repre-

sented the high point of the West’s policy of “appeasement” of Hit- ler, Its terms sacrificed the Czechoslovakian nation to Hit- ler’s aggressions and paved the way to World War IT,

Photo shows U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, Gen. Maxwell Taylor and U.S. Defence Secretary Robert McNamara poring over a map of Vietnam to decide on their next step to expand the war against the Vietnamese people.

LABOR ROUNDUP:.

Perry named to mediate dispute on waterfront

The current edition of The Fisherman reports “British Co- lumbia shoreworkers in a coast- wise secret ballot have voted to reject the recommendations of conciliation officer George Car- michael for settlement of 1965 agreements on terms which were quickly accepted by members of the Fisheries Association.

“Cannery, net, and reduction plant workers together with watchmen turned down Car-= michael’s proposition by a solid 81.6 percent in the union strike vote, while fresh fish and cold storage workers spurned the award by an even larger 84,3 percent majority.”

The UFAWU has asked the pro=

vincial labor department“to pro=

ceed as quickly as possible” with a supervised strike vote,

The same paper carries afea- ture article entitled * Conciliation Procedure Loaded,” and empha- sizes that “for a union to go

through conciliation procedures

in this province is like going into

a crap game with the other play-

ers using loaded dice,”

* * *

Despite last winter’s heavy damage to berry plants in the Fraser Valley it is estimated that this summer’s crop will still require a minimum of 17,000 pickers to harvest, Raspberry picking will be starting in about two weeks, No wage rates for pickers have as yet been an-

nounced, * * *

Dr. G, Neil Perry, vice-presi- dent of UBC was appointed Mon- day of this week by the federal government as “a one man in- dustrial inquiry commission” to assist in the settlement of the

Grainhandlers strike, now in its second week at the Alberta Wheat Pool terminal elevator,

A total of five terminal elevator companies are involved in the dispute, but to date only one ter- minal, the Alberta Wheat Pool has been struck, This company has a “legal suit” pending against the International Union of Brew- ery, Flour and Cereal Workers for an alleged “illegal” work stoppage during September of 1964,

A conciliation board report on a new union contract was accepted by the union but rejected by the terminal operators, The latter now demand a “no strike clause” in any new agreement, which the union has rejected,

To date no meetings have been announced between union and company representatives and Dr.

Perry. eo

Members of Local 213, Team- sters Union voted last week 85 percent in favor ofthe acceptance of a 60 cents an hour wage in- crease in a three year contract,

Some 12,000 workers in the building materials industry and approximately 20 companies on the Lower Mainland and Vancou- ver Island are involved in the new contract,

A 20 cents an hour increase retroactive to January 1 of this year, with two 20 cent wage hikes during the following years are specified. Other fringe benefits include, four weeks holiday with pay after 15 years service, a hike in company contributions to health and welfare premiums, improve job security provisions and “double time” for Saturday work,

Communists right to hold union posts upheld in U.S.

It was reported early this week that the U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-4 decision had ruled that the McCarthyite legis- lation prohibiting Communists from holding official positions in trade unions, was unconstitutional.

Full details of this important Supreme Court ruling, as it affects AFL-CIO international unions in Canada will be featured in next week's edition.

Taylor is now in Washington for urgent discussions. One result has already been that the U.S. has announced it will commit U.S. troops in Vietnam to direct combat duty against the National Liberation Army.

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