US. will use NATO meeting for C\ViC ELECTIONS war, but people want peace By LESLIE MORRIS On December 15 the chiefs of staff of the 15 NATO countries will meet in Paris to heat up the cold war. pulled together in the face of hower’s illness will prevent him John Diefenbaker will be in Paris. He will hear once again the boast of Admiral Wright, supreme commander of NATO Atlantic forces: tl eur war plans are pre- pared, are approved, and are ready.” Thousands of U.S. Air Force men are in Canadd&. Who will take seriously the Prime Min- ister’s “assurance” that they haven’t got atomic warheads? The RCAF is under USS. Strategic Air Force command. The confused debate in par- liament leaves it plain to see’ that when the U.S. wild men so will it-— the button will be pushed by the Americans and we shall be in the middle of atomic war. That war will be fought on Canadian territory — for the first time! Philip Deane of the Toronto Globe and Mail callously wrote the other day that plans are afoot to “bring down” the ICBM over Canadian territory, with disastrous resul's to us. Instead of seeing in the So- viet ICBM the truih — that it makes bombers obsolete (for which taxpayers have been bled millions) the deadly illu- Sion is spread that “it doesn’t really exist. The Soviets haven’t really got it!” That is not true. More than that — it is a suicidal illusion. How many more of these must we suffer? The Soviet Union launched the sputniks with the from attending, but Vice-F ICBM and said that is what it should be used for — and that alone. It warned the world that disarmament is now a burning necessity; that the U.S. Strategic Air Command ean no longer rely on its mili- tary bases — many of them in Canada — to attack the USSR. But the Diefenbaker govern- ment refuses to teH Canada this truth. It holds a secret session of parliament to hear NATO commander Gen. Nor- stad. Military secrets prevent the truth being told, says the gov- ernment. Canadians are en- titled to the truth! It is time the facts were shouted from the housetops: “ The ICBM exists. The reduction of armaments is now absolutely necessary for the safety of Canada. NATO has been wrecked by the ICBM. . “ The atomic missile war- heads, part of nuclear war- fare, must be prohibited by agreement between countries, along with the A and H-bombs. U.S. war bases must be withdrawn from the sovereign territory of Canada. They are a danger to our country. ™ Top level discussions be- tween the powers must be held. Peaceful coexistence, not the NATO war pact, must be Canada’s foreign policy. The A-bomb warned us, the H-bomb warned us and streng- thened world public opinion for peace—because they made The United States is demanding that the NATO war pact be the Soviet intercontinental ballistics missile. President Eisen- President Nixon will take his place. war a civil catastrophe, and un'hinkable for ali- peoples. Now the ICBM hammers the point home—the people must demand an end to this mad- ness. The wild men must be stopped. The chances of peace are good if the people of the world act, if they support the pro- posals for peace and disarma- ment, ‘ Twelve socialist states, with 900 million people, declare for a ban on H-bomb tests, reduc- tion of arms, peaceful coexist- ence. Millions in the neutral coun- tries want peace. Canada must join, through its government, in the “new approach” advocated by Cyrus Eaton. Write or wire every MP. Tell the government, the Liberals the CCF, the Socred MPs that Canada must act to prevent ICBM warheads ever being used, to halt H-bomb tests, to agree with all UN members to come to a disarmament agree- ment without delay. The Canadian Congress of Labor, farm organizations, wo- men’s clubs, young -people’s societies, ratepayers associa- tions—everyone should make their voice heard. Let’s use the rockets to ex- plore space, not destroy peo- ples! Give them peace-heads, not warheads. We have the chance. us seize it, now! Let Attorney maps next legal round in fight to free Morton Sobel! SAN FRANCISCO Renjamin Dreyfus, — soft- spoken attorney who has rep- resented Morton Sobell ever since the scientist came to Al- catraz five years ago, said, “We're just getting started.” In New York City Mrs. Helen Sobell, the prisoner’s wife, said “All that has gone before will be but a beginning Also in New York, the Com- mittee To Secure Justice for Morton Sobell, said: “The Committee in- tends to work with more in- beeause of the urgent need te establish the truth, but be- tensity and speed — not only cause Morton Sobell has suf- fered enough and must not be permitted to languish in Al- catraz any longer.” From a Market Street law office to the offices of the committee on Broadway in New York, this was the ans- wer this week tothe word that the United States Su- preme Court has now declined all pending “petitions in the Sobell case, refusing to re- view ‘the conviction of the man who was a co-defendant wich Ethel and Julius Rosen- berg. . Drefus, one of several at- torneys in the case, said the first step would be to peti- tion the high court for a re- hearing. The committee said, “New legal motions will be explor- ed. Public inquiries will be made. Thousands, of addition- al copies of the trial record will be distributed for study. Books, brochures and reprints of articles on the case will be mailed throughout the coun- try. Morton Sobell’s wife and mother will increase their ef- forts in city after city to tell the facts in the case.” Mrs. Sobell ‘said, “It is an unworthy thing which our great Supreme Court has done in not even taking this matter in its jurisdiction.” Refusal of the court to ac- cept the case leaves still un- affirmed the fairness of the trial whereby Sobell, an elec- trical engineer and scientist, was found guilty of conspir- acy to commit espionage. “By not reviewing the case,” said the committee, “the court has in effect left standing the uncontroverted new evidenee that the prose- cution used fraudulent means to convict Morton Sobell, in- cluding illegally kidnapping him from Mexico .. .” “neading Effie urges support for labor candidates An appeal to Vancouver electors to vote for Effie Jénes and the three labor council’s candidates, Sam Jenkins, Charles Lamarche and Paddy Neale for alderman in the December 11th civic elections, was made this week by the Effie Jones Election Commit- tee: In a_ statement delivered this week to thousands of Vancouver homes under the “itis shime< «for ~a Change at City Hall,” the committee said: “For more than 20 years the NPA has dominated Vancou- ver. During that time it has served: the rich well — the poor poorly.” “A Sweeping change is needed at city hall. New people with new ideas are needed on city council who will act for Vancouver’s work- ers, homeowners, tenants, pensioners and small _busi- nessmen. “Effie Jones is one of the people’ we need on council. Her fight over the years for the people’s welfare has made her name a household word. She has led the fight to rid Pageant for centennial VICTORIA Schools and communities . throughout British Columbia now not only have a ready- made historical pageant they can stage next year, they have a-drama expert who will help iron out their problems with it. The British Columbia Cen- tennial Committee has already distribute copies of the pag- eant, From Wilderness to Won- derland. L, J. Wallace, chairman, an- nounced that Sydney Risk, theatre supervisor of the ex- tension department at UBC, has been acquired as a roving “troubleshooter.” He will visit various centres and hold a series of “workshops”’ on the technical and artistic prob- lems involved. Risk will cover the basic ap- proach to pageant production in these sessions. He will deal with questions that may arise concerning the actual staging of From Wilderness to Won- derland, and try to help with any specific local problems. November 29, 1957 — sour city of the NPA blight.” Effie Jones said the NPA 1s shakier this year than it has) ever been before and_ that united action at the _ polls could elect labor and progres sive candidates to council. She urged electors to vote for thé three labor candidates and herself in order to make sure the vote of those who want 4 change is not divided among many candidates. Effie Jones also took action this week to bring Vancou- ver’s financial plight beforé the Dominion-Provincial Con ference meeting in Ottawa. 0 a letter to Mayor Fred Humé who is attending the confer’ ence, Mrs, Jones urged that hé fight for these four proposals: 1. The federal governmen! should be asked to pay thé full cost of elementary educa” tion. Such a step would lift almost one third of the ta load off Vancouver and maké possible immediate tax relief for homeowners. 2. Vancouver and_ othe municipalities should be com pletely freed from having © pay unemployment relief am maintenance for indigent. pa tients. This responsibility should not rest on civic gov ernments, but is a federal re — ponsibility. 3. Vancouver and other mu” nicipalities should be reliev' from hospital costs through # national health scheme final ced federally which woul provide hospitalization for al needy citizens. This would 1® lieve Vancouver taxpayers ° more than one million dolla? a year.” 4. The federal governmel! should re-open the Municip® — Improvements Assistan@ Fund: now frozen at $30 miv lion. This fund should be ™ creased and municipaliti® should =be able to bor? money at 2 percent. At Pye sent Vancouver’s debt chare is over $7 million a year i U.S. and Eastern moneyle? ers, Mrs. Jones concluded ne letter by urging Mayor Bu to press. for less money armaments and more help: if lift the load off municipalil and homeowners. She said billion is being spent ye at present, and if only 2 of that was earmarked f0 id to municipalities it drastically. relieve the he? burden now borne. DY taxpayers. PACIFIC eS