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VOL. 18, NO. 42

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VANCOUVER, B.C.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1959

Plan peace motorcade

VICTORIA, B.C. — The Peace by Peaceful Means Society in Victoria is planning a motorcade on United Nations Day, Saturday, October 24, and has written to numerous organizations asking them to participate.

“In these days of continuing world tension, many of us see ‘the United Nations as the only alternative to world chaos,” says the invitation. “Yet, Dag Hammersjold’s report this month expressed ‘deep con- cern that many nations — and this includes Canada — bypass the United Nations in their diplomatic dealings.

~ “We believe that most Can- adians would like to see our country throw the weight of its resources and prestige be-

hind the United Nations. The October 24 motorcade is an ef-

fort to demonstrate this sup- port. Cars will converge on the causeway opposite the Parlia- ment Buildings for the UN flag-raising ceremony at 11 a.m,

“Ti is easy to say that this is not the concern of our or- ganization. Yet Dr. Schweitzer points out that peace will only come abOut through the com- bined efforts of individuals and groups in every couniry.”

The invitation was signed by Glen Hamilton, president of the Peace by Peaceful Means Society in Victoria.

UBC physicist talks on radiation effects

“Tt can be said with absolute reliability that strontium-90 fallout is at present produc- ing human mutations,’ UBC physicist Dr. George M. Grif- fiths told the Workers Benev- olent Association in the Ukrainian Hall on Sunday this week.

Had nuclear tests not been stopped they would have wrought havoc the world over, Dr. Griffiths said. Effects of

radiation from. tests already held will not be eliminated from -human structure for at least 600 years.

Radiation from tests in 1958, because of weather conditions, entered the atmosphere much more rapidly than had been expected. :

Strontium - 90 affects the bone marrow and causes can- cer of the blood, or leukemia,

Dr. Griffiths said.

BRINK OF WAR’ POLICY BANKRUPT, SAYS

SUCK

TORONTO — “The keynote of our seventh national conven- tion is confidence,” declared Tim Buck, national leader of the Labor-Progressive Party, in his keynote address delivered at the opening session of the party’s convention, which met in Toronto October 9-12. (At a later session delegates voted unanimously, and with a roar of approval, to change the name of the party to the Communist Party of Canada).

“Our confidence in the| superiority of socialism over capitalism,” the Canadian Communist Jeader declared, “has been confirmed beyond | question. We have solid rea- sons now for our confidence | that within a comparatively | short time, peaceful coexist- | ence of states with differing political and economic sys- | tems will characterize world | state relationships. In such |

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relations the overwhelming | majority of the people of the recognize the superiority of socialism.

“We are holding our con- vention in the midst of pro- found and rapid change in Canada and the world. ‘Brink of- war’ policies are bankrupt and their bankruptcy cannot be hidden. The cold war is weakening. New policies are in the making.”

“The historic visit of Prem- ier Khrushchey to the United States, his statements to the American people and response to his proposals, marked the turning point in relations between ‘the United States and the Soviet Union,” declared Buck.

This change, he said, is part of a profound change that is taking place Qn a world scale and indicated that ‘the world is entering a new phase of in- ternational relations. Demo- cratic men and. women in all walks of life greet this change with heartfelt relief,’ he add-

He warned. however, that “the battle to achieve full ac- ceptance of peaceful coexisi- ence is only ay its beginning,” and that “it Will have to be fought for €very inch of the way.”

“Powedful monopoly-capit- alist interests in Canada and the United States are opposed to ending the cold war,” he declared. “These interests will strive by every means in their power ta prevent the re- placement of cold war polic- ies by policies of peaceful co- existence. To defeat them and

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Nelson Clarke, editor of the Canadian Tribune and leader of the Labor-Progressive Party delegation attending the

Republic in Peking this month, is shown at the microphone as he spoke to delegates and visitors in the magnificent new assembly hall of the National Péople’s Congress. Clarke received prolonged applause when he declared that “the demand for proper trade and diplomatic relations with China is approved among all strata of the Canadian people.” One of the crowning events of the nation-wide celebrations was the traditional march-past and demon- stration in Peking’s vastly expanded Tienanmen Square, in which 700,000 people participated. On the reviewing stand were Mao Tse-tung and government leaders, Pre- mier Khrushchev and the Soviet delegation, representa- tives of foreign Communist parties and all governments represented. Several hundred thousand people lined the | streets leading into the famed square.

celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Chinese People’s ~