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FRIDAY, APRII, 6, 1962
4.22, No. 14,.

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VANCOUVER, B.C.

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andt, mayor of West Berlin, is shown being jeered

The story of how the US.
Air Force nearly plunged the
world into nuclear war was
told in detail in the Washing-
ton Star, which revealed that
because of a false signal war
seemed possible for four min-
utes.

According to the report by
Richard Fryklund, ard now
confirmed by Washington, a
signal at Omaha, Nebraska,
headquarters of the Strategic
Air Command, indicated that
the U.S. might be under
attack.

SURPRISE COMING

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SAYS YURI GAGARIN f

The Soviet Union’s third manned space flight

cosmonaut Major Yuri Gagarin.

will “surprise the world,” according to Soviet )

Speaking to a Moscow Young Communist

man said he had been asked when the next
Soviet manned space shot would be.

organization last week, the world’s first space-

He said: “Wait comrades,

whole world will again be surprised. It will
heartily applaud the achievements of the Soviet

people.”

General Thomas Power,
chief of S.A.C., ordered every
U.S. bomber on alert round
the world to taxi to the run-
ways and be ready to take
off.

Seconds after he transmit-
ted the order on the red tele-
phone which connected with
every S.A.C. base at home
and abroad, jet engines whin-
ed into life and crews raced
to the planes. Hydrogen
bombs were already aboare
and each crew had a pre-
viously prepared list of tar-

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FALSE ALARM PUTS WORLD
ON BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR

A false alarm last autumn during the Berlin crisis brought the
world to the very edge of nuclear devastation.

gets, Fryklund continued.
For slightly more than four
minutes war seemed here, but
when communications be-
tween the Ballistic Missile
Early Warning System, S.A.C.
and the Air Defence Com-
mand were restored and it
became clear there had been
no enemy strike, the bombers
did not take off. General
Powers then ordered them
back to routine alert status.
According to the Star story
the U.S. Defence Department

See FALSE, pg. 3

The Vancouver Labor
Council, representing most
‘city unions, Tuesday night
decided to participate in the
Easter Peace Parade and will
urge all its affiliated unions
~ to do so.
dak This action came as a result
of a letter sent to council by
the Canadian Campaign for

Tecan, . Strators in Birmingham, England during his

rearmin, Isit there to soften up British thinking towards

Brandt & of West Germany. Posters read “No war for

ardly or Berlin,” “No war-fire Brandt.” His speech was
audible over protests from the audience.

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Nuclear Disarmament, B.C.
Branch, and the executive re-
commendation to support the
parade was passed unanim-
ously by the assembled dele-

gates.
_ In Montreal last week, that
city’s two central labor bod-
ies—the Central Council of
Montreal (Confederation of
National Trade Unions) and
the Montreal Labor Council
(CLC)—issued a strong call
on the membership of their
affiliated unions to take part
in a demonstration, held on
March 31, against resumption
of nuclear tests by the U.S.
In Vancouver, the CCND
(B.C. Branch) has outlined
the following plans for its
giant Easter Peace Parade on

City labor council urges unions
to join in Easter peace

parade

All marchers are requested
to assemble at 9:30 a.m. at
Robson Park, Kingsway and
Fraser St. The March will
start promptly at 10 a.m. and
will proceed along Kingsway
to Broadway, west on Broad-
way to Burrard, north on
Burrard to Pacific, west on
Pacific to Beach Ave. and
along Beach to Ceperly Park
(Second Beach) in Stanley
Park.

The marchers are expected
to arrive at Second Beach
between 12:30 and 1 p.m.
Coffee and sandwiches will
be available for a small dona-

THE CLC ROAD AHEAD

— 23 next week spokesmen and repre-

Tal atives of affiliated unions and cent-

ag bodies of the Canadian Labor

Mao (CLC) will meet in convention in
Ver to chart the path ahead for labor.

Bone these hundreds of trade union men and
Trip ne from all over Canada the Pacific
Wish, : kee warm fraternal greetings, and
ang €m the greatest measure of success

tions Vancement in their week-long delibera-

As :
Canaga the main body of organized labor in
*‘ @ tremendous responsibility rests
Yention delegates at this historic CLC con-

tation? Urgent need to muster labor’s bat-
im ever greater strength, unity and
Nation to win lasting peace and free
ham : from the threat of nuclear war. To
fnsy,, Ut Policies which will demand and

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Ca mi

Wo 3 that all Canadian workers, men,
Ringy) 8nd y-uth have the right to useful and
€mployment.

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key oS the European Common Mar-
Shey, ‘ ), not on the basis of political expedi-

t on its disasterous over-all effects

Yo
noe :
®nadian economy and jobs; to see its

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sinister implications as an economic arm of
NATO war alliances.

These issues are not unrelated to the long-
sustained monopoly-government attacks upon
organized labor in Canada; attacks designed to
weaken the fighting strength and elan of or-
ganized labor and bend it into conformity with
reactionary coldwar policies.

CLC convention delegates should begin io
call a halt to the union raiding and expul-
sions which has marked official CLC policies
during the past period. Union leadership
which directs its energies to raiding long-estab-
lished unions, or signing ten-year contracts
with employer groups, designed to tie the
hands of the members on the job, are render-
ing an ill service to organized labor in Canada
or elsewhere.

Now more than ever CLC deliberations
require to be deeply concerned with organiz-
ing the as yet tens of thousands of unorganized,
whether their collars be “white” or “blue”.
Along that path organized labor in Canada
will find renewed strength to meet every at-

tack and challenge. and at the same time
perform a great public service in the struggle
for labor unity, for peace, and for social

progress.

Satuxday, April 21: :
tion.

What are they cooking up?

PREMIER BENNETT AND FINANCE MINISTER
FLEMING IN HUDDLE. Photo shows them during a
recent meeting in Vancouver. Reports from Ottawa Wed-
nesday indicated that some compromise was worked out
in these talks which may lead to Ottawa’s agreement on
power exports to the U.S. in return for early B.C. ratifica-
tion of the anti-Canadian Columbia Treaty.

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