aa se in| Ti Jini il ie if Ny nt, HAW | Dicescarenrenises N Seo. : agi | TEE ; ) {| y % EXGINIBY [mo-canaoa] Seas = “eras feats “WAS ee ‘srAteS x83 3 U.S. generals command the radar network iain built across Canada. For the most part, U.S. troops man them. oe7 Arctic becomes U.S. war base TORONTO The Canadian Arctic’is scheduled to become a gigantic U.S. war base. stockpiled with thermonuclear weapons and atomic bombing planes. expanding rapidly and is to be stepped up even more. addition, U.S. civilian expeditio eral riches i in the Northwest T Arctic islands. - John Foster Dulles on his re- cent trip to Ottawa and Canadian External Affairs Minister Lester B. Pearson in his March 14 speech in Toronto blatantly revealed this sellout of Canada’s great northland, which is taking place under the guise of “coordinating the continental defense effort of the two countries.” ; Dulles, during his “briefing” of the federal cabinet, made it clear that the U.S. is demanding the strategic placing of “tactical machinery, including air bases and air strength of the United States,” along the DEW line and other radar warning chains across - Canada. - One of the main purposes of Dulles’ visit was to “inform” Can- ada that the U.S. wanted quick political agreement on _ these military moves. ‘ Speaking in Toronto, Pearson made it equally clear that he was a Dulles’ man right down the line, when he announced that Canada would be drawn into a U.S. war automatically, without reference to parliament, and even over issues on which we dis- agreed with Washington. He- also said that in the months to come, _ inereasing numbers of U.S. forces would be stationed on Canadian territory, particularly units of the US. Air Force. It is estimated that more than 30,000 U.S. troops are already op- erating. on Canadian territory, and in many places full-fledged U.S. communities are in exist- ence, The plain fact is, Canada’s de- fense is bossed by a U.S. general sitting in Paris, and by U.S. Gen- eral Ben Chidlaw who bosses the “Continental Air Defense Command” from Colorado Present U.S. military occupation is In ns will seek out oil and min- erriteries, the Yukon and the Continued TESTS + Profs Frederick Soddy, one of Britain’s first atomic scientists, is the latest to warn of the danger . posed by continued experimental hydrogen bomb explosions which, he says, “are getting out of hand.” He says the explosions “are fouling the air with radio- activity,” and he declares, “Tt is nonsense to say it is harmless.” The U.S. Atomic Energy Com- mision insists that the radioac-. tivity from U.S. tests hold no dangers, but its opinion is sus- pect because it is party to the US. policy of atomic war pre- parations. Earlier this month, the Fed- eration of American Scientists publicly warned of the danger of fall-out from atomic tests and urged the United Nations to initiate measures for investigat- ing and controlling such tests. Last year a conference of mid- wives in Japan was given the information’ that one in every seven children born in Nagasaki since 1945, when the A-bomb was dropped, has. some kind of physical deformity. This report gave substance to what scientists fear. in these statements: D. G. Arnott, secretary of the British Association of Scientific Workers’ Atomic Sciences Com- mittee: “The genetic effects would certainly strike farther ‘into the future than the distance between William the Conqueror and the present day.” Herman J. Muller, geneticist and Nob€l Prize winner: “Atomic warfare may cause as much gen- etic damage, spread out over future generations, as the di- rect harm done to the generation exposed.” The fears ‘of some of them are expressed Effie Jones presses for fare roll-back ‘Decision of Vancouver City Council to withhold. action to recover from the B.C. Electric $480,000 collected during the transit fare increase period doesn’t surprise - Effie Jones told the Pacific Tribune this week. the Non-Partisan aldermen are good friends of the BCE, and only suggested a 11-cent fare because of public pressure. Now they want to renege.’ Continued from page I me in the least,”’ ENDICOTT lets which would be used as a matter of course. “Mr. Pearson's statement means, then, that if the United States becomes involved in an atomic war, Canada would automatical- ly take part. Our neutrality would be ‘unthinkable,’ he says. “What would that mean for Canada? For an answer we can turn to Mr. Pearson himself. “Just a year ago, when the world had been thoroughly fright- ened by the U.S. hydrogen bomb _tests in the Pacific, Mr. Pearson spoke to a group of Catholic young people. He told them: ‘Should we ever get into world war three, there probably won’t be more than a handful of peo- ple left.’ “Surely, in light of this latest declaration by Mr. Pearson, his earlier prophecy is worth refiect- ing upon today ... ‘only a hand- ful of people’ would survive an atomic war. : “Everyone who wants to live, who wants to survive, will draw the obvious conclusion: it is un- thinkable that.Canada should be- come involved in any atomic war, in any war that might develop into an atomic war. “Mr. Pearson could perform a great service and dispel a great many fears were he to recon- | sider his statement of last week and tell the Canadian people that war is now unthinkable, that now is not the time to discuss Can- ada’s role in some future war of extermination, but -to discuss Canada’s great potential role as a peace-making power. “Mr. Pearson’s statement came Inter-municipal parley — on gas sought by Rush — Announcement this week that the B.C. Electric’ had signed an agreement with Westcoast Trans- ‘mission to distribute natural gas in Greater Vancouver and the Lower Mainland brought a quick response from the Labor-Progres- sive party, whose city secretary, Maurice Rush, announced that he intends to go before Vancouver City Council’s Utilities Commit- tee Monday, March 28 at 10 a.m. to protest the B.C. Electric deal. Rush said he would urge city Second ‘hot’ warning : _ DENVER ‘In Denver earlier this month, two University of Colorado scien- tists warned that radioactive fallout from the U.S. tests had reached a point in Colorado where it cud no longer be ig- nored. This week, Dr. Haym Krug- lak, associate professor of phys- ics at Western Michigan College, reported that the Nevada tests had increased the radiation count at Kalamazoo from 46 to as high as 800 a minute, commenting | that this was “a danger signal to me.” in the course of other comments he had to make about U.S. poli- cy in Formosa so it may be worthwhile to quote here from another outstanding Canadian ‘ citizen, Senator William Euler, a former Liberal cabinet minister, © who has also had something to say about Formosa and the ques- ‘tion of atomic war. “After dwelling on the horrors of such a war, he said, ‘I say we should avoid even the slightest risk of getting into a holocaust - which would destroy the world,’ and he warned that, ‘If we sup- port the policy proposed by the U‘S., we are literally playing with fire. ...’ He might have added, playing with atomic fire. “Now that is the kind of state- ment we of the peace movement feel sure the people would wel- come from Mr. Pearson, an as- surance that we will avoid even the slightest risk of getting into an atomic war and. that instead’ we will exert every effort to en- sure peace among all nations.” May Day conference First May Day conference to discuss: this year’s parade and- rally will be held Wednesday, March 30, at 8 p.m. in Room 6; Pender Auditorium, 339 West Pender Street. A delegate fee of “$1 will help defray expenses of the conference, and all organiza- tions are invited to send repre- sentatives. council to convene a conference of all Greater Vancouver muni- cipalities to explore the possi- bilities for a municipally-owned distribution system for natural gas. “I shall certainly ask for city action to prevent the B.C. Electric monopoly from extend- ing its: grip into the field of natural gas distribution,’ he added. Many organizations, including both labor councils, have demand- ed similar action. — The LPP has been before city council on two previous occa- sions with proposals for munici- pal distribution of natural gas. “But,” said Rush,” the policy of NPA aldermen is to refrain from taking action and so allow the B.C. Electric to take over: control of distribution.” In his statement, B.C. Electric: president Dal Graver said the *B.C. Electric will buy natural gas from Westcoast Transmission for 35 cents a thousand cubic feet in Vancouver and resell it to consumers for approximately: one dollar. With a price spread of some 65 cents the B.C. Electric would be charging consumers al- most triple what the company itself pays for the gas. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MARCH 25, 1955 — PAGE 1 “tion, that Burnaby will join with ‘it would “certainly resist any at- $480,000, to pay large profits to sharehold- - ers. - Monday, March 28, at 2:45 p.m. -,aimed at restricting. freedom ‘Everyone knows that Mrs. Jones raised the demand for a return to dime fares and firing of the Public Utilities Com-~ mission, immediately following — the Court of Appeal decision which forced the BCE to roll back fares last week. The “rollback” campaign is winning wide support. Burnaby and North Vancouver councils have indicated they will join with other Lower Mainland municipali- ties in demanding a further cut in fares. Reeve Charles MacSorley of Burnaby told William Turnet, spokesman for an LPP delega- other centres “in any action” to force a reduction in fares. Turner suggested that the coun- cil’s transportation committee take steps to abolish Burnaby’s rone system of fares. North Vancouver City Council referred to its legal committee for further study a “roll back bus — fares” demand submitted Mon- day night by North Shore chap- der, Congress of Canadian Wo- men. The branch proposed to have fares cut back for six months “to recover money taken by the BCER over’ the last six months after the PUC permit ted an increase in fares.” j Meanwhile the B.C. Electric, crying poverty, announced that. tempt” to make it give back the Profoundly shocked ‘by the suggestion that the company give back its loot, a BCE spokesman told a reporter that such a thing “has never happened before with any other transit company iD North America.” ; A public opinion poll conduct ed by a local newspaper found that citizens are solidly in favor of an immediate further rollback in transic fares until the. $480,- 000 has been returned. Rush pointed out in a "press | release this week that a muni cipally-owned distribution sy — tem would provide both lower rates for consumers and a source of revenue for municipalities. Noting that. the B.C. Powet Corporation, parent company of ; the B.C. Electric, in 1953 paid — $9.2 million or 16 percent of its gross revenue in income ta® — Rush said that a publicly-owned distribution system would not be required to pay income or excess ‘profits tax. Nor would it sie It would also be able 1 bortow capital to install the sys tem at a much lower inter rate than private eis: fi ‘Litter’ hearing Monday | eateneerie to Waneouver ’s street and traffic. bylaw 4 : with “litter on city streets” be presented to Fire, Police Traffic Committee this comin The new bylaw is designed | prohibit citizens from distribut- ing leaflets or handbills, and a expression.