cee AL LT IL TARA 1 WE Re 19) HM al GEDA MENA MS OTI CET /' a? mole 12, No. 3 Vanebuver British Columbia, September 4, 1953 <> * PRICE TEN CENTS Begins September ‘7 When he oF th K e at the en when public action brings an end to the “cold war There was dancing in the streets of Pyonyang (above), ore. isti ‘Il be dancing in the stree an armistice was announced. There’l "and international problems are settled REFERENDUM WILL SWEEP frence table instead of on the battlefield. capital of the Korean People’s Republic, ts of all the capital cities ° CCL convention resolutions Project peace, trade issues “ae WINDSOR Peace, pening resolutions on ono ade union unity and atded to issues have been for- ‘s helg aie CCL convention to Tea] - €ptember 14 in Mon- eMber yy tt® Powerful 10,000- Niteg ,. “dsor-Ford local of the On, “tomobile Workers’ un- The r : Vn lutions “eovered: ine Sor ae fed for a UN meet- On COldaya,, DUTPOse of ending 1Pehing ran tensions and the shoes Peaceful trading re- et . Worlg sen the nations of V Admisc; to the UN ssn of People’s China V Seed. Pies wi, Unig Mvitation to Mine- UP, ae Electrical Workers Leather to re-affiliate to the CCL “‘in the interests of uniting and strengthening the Canadian trade union movement. \’ Maintenance of purchasing power and spreading of employ- ment through establishment of the 35-hour work week with no reduction in take-home pay. Vv Rejection of CCL endorsa- tion of the CCF as an obstecle to “uniting of all sections of the labor movement in the political field,” and adoption of a non- partisan independent political ac- tion policy. Passage of the «unity resolu- tion for re-admission of three unions embracing a total mem- bership of some 60,000 coincides with the cross-country distribu- tion of 100,000 copies of a unity appeal by the 450 delegates at- tending the Hamiltgn Unity Con- ference held in June. Delegates came from the three unions, the Canadian Textile Council and the Canadian Garment Workers Union. The appeal declared: “The rank and file union member, Te- gardless of affiliation wants unity. A tremendous power for the achievement of labor’s aims lies within our grasp. The united activity and determination of one and a quarter million trade union- ists, winning thereby the support of other millions of farmers, pro- fessionals and other groups, con- stitutes a force which cannot be beaten.” Continued on back page See CCL IN PEACE ROVINGE’ A campaign for peace ‘‘that will sweep British: Col- umbia from one end ‘to another’’ will be launched Saturday, September 12, B.C. Peace Council announced this week. More than 80 delegates from peace councils and other orpanizations took part last weekend in a spirited two-day discussion of B.C. Peace Council to lay plans for carrying out the National Peace Referendum. “In -every country in the world, the Appeal of the World Peace Council, with its confident message that the cold war can be stopped by great-power negotia- tions, is winning thé support of millions upon millions of people,” Bruce Mickleburgh, public rela- tions director, Canadian Peace Congress, told the council. “In Canada,” he said, “we will record this support through our National Peace Referendum.” The National Peace Referen- dum poses this question: ‘Do you favor a meeting of the leading powers with a view to solving, through negotiations, questidns which threaten the peace of the world?” Ray Gardner, newly - elected chairman of B.C. Peace Council, predicted that thousands upon thousands of men and women of this province would vote — and vote YES — in the peace referen- dum. “We believe it is possible’ to sweep B.C. with this vote for peace,” he said. He called for “a spectacular publicity campaign to make the ballot known to all of the population of BC.”: The council decided to begin this task this Saturday (Septem- ber 5) by a mass leaflet distribu- tion in Vancouver. It. was decided to hold mass street canvasses every Saturday during the first phase of the cam- paign which will end in mid-No- vember. At the same time, house- to-house canvasses will be organ- ized during the week. It was stressed at the meeting that the ballot will not bé signed by those who vote “‘as this would be a .contradiction of the basic idea of a public opinion poll, or an election.” In his report, Gardner stressed the world-wide strength of the peace movement, the fact that its simple plea for negotiations is sweeping the world and winning the day, that it draws its strength not only from the 600 million people who have signed its Five- Power Peace Pact petition but also from world statesmen and the world’s most distinguished re- ligious leaders. “We have stopped the Korean Continued on back page See PEACE the peace of the world? YES NO NATIONAL PEACE REFERENDUM Do you favour a meeting of the leading powers with a view to solving, through negotiation, questions which threaten (Mark X in Your Choice) (Distributed by B.C. Peace Council) Ty oe atin) 10 iil lik kl ae — Z ee 0 PTR eR AT — Olt TI bine 4 Ly suid ila MLL a eer