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. .. The pressure of world opinion made itself felt when

' President Eisenhower announced that the United States)

_ would extend its 12-month nuclear test halt to the end of
the year. The period of suspension of tests was to have
ended October 31, and the Atomic Eenergy Commission

’ was already getting a Louisiana mine ready for a new

series of bomb explosions.

Eisenhower overrode’ the
Commission, giving as his rea-
son the need for the Nuclear
' Tests Conference to have “a
_ reasonable period of. time’ to
"negotiate a treaty.

The conference itself has
~ adjourned until October 12: It
-is expected that its work will
be discussed by. President Eis-
enhower and Premier Khrush-
chevy during the latter’s visit
to Washington this month.

Following Eiserihower’s an-
nouncement the Soviet govy-
‘ernment reiterated its pledge
not to resume nuclear tests.
“Only in the case of a resump-
_ tion of nuclear weapon tests
by the Western powers will
the Soviet Union be free of

this pledge,” said the official
statement.

Major development in Can-
ada was the statement issued
by. the Canadian Labor Con-
gress calling on Ottawa to op-

pose resumption of tests. The |

CLC declared:

“We believe that it would
be a mortal blow to the pres-
tige and standing of the West-

ern nations if the resumption |:

of tests would come from one
or. more of the Western na-
tions.”

Another development was
the action taken by the CCF
national council in calling on
Canada to refuse storage of
nuclear warheads.

US. tourists in USSR

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urge exchange visits
MOSCOW —. The newspaper Pravda recently inter-
viewed numerous U.S. tourists who have been visiting the

Soviet capital, asking
thought. of the forthcoming
Khrushchev and Eisenhower.

In a quarter-page spread it
published the photographs and
fairly lengthy replies from
eight of them including a chief
justice, TV impressario, bank-
er, surgeon, businessman, a
nurse and two students.

Below we publish transla-
tions of the opinions of two
of the more prominent of
these:

Earl Warren, chief justice
of the U.S. supreme court:

“Tt is remarkable that our
leaders meet and discuss var-
ied problems. I am certain
that the people of the United
States will endorse such an
exchange of visits. Our people
believe in the value of inter-
national contacts. We should
get to know each other better,
for the better we know one
another the easier it will be
to settle our differences.

*“T am in your country as a
private citizen. I am not con-
ducting any discussions. I like
the hospitality of your people.
I am very pleased by the exhi-
bition of the achievements of
Soviet national economy
which I saw during the past
few days. It graphically por-
trays the achievements of your
country and the progress you
have mae. Yesterday I visited

what each of them personally
exchange of visits between

one of your hospitals and all
the doctors were exceptionally
hospitable. I was moved hy the
scope of the housing construc-
tion going on in your capital.”

Ed Sullivan, TV impressario.

“Splendid! Splendid! People
should know each other and
we should meet more often.
Of course one can get to know
other countries, partly through
books, bat nothing ean replace
an eye-witness view. All con-
tacts are useful and import-

ant, but especially of such
statesmen,
“In my opinion, this ex-

change of visits should lead to
positive resulis. Of course we
should not expect that all
problems will be settled at One
session. They will be settled
gradually, step by step. After
all, a good ‘suit is made gradu-
ally, one stitch at a time. It's
the same -with relationships
between our countries,

“T- hope America will appeal
to Premier Khrushchey and
the Soviet Union. to President
Eisenhower. In any case, the
artists In my group like the
Soviet spectators — they are
keen, responsive and grateful.
It is easy to make contact. with
your audiences. And that is’

very important.”

Thousands of visitors attend-
ing the Pacific National Ex-
hibition this ‘year stopped in
the Electrical Building; to ex-
amihe the display of peace lit-
erature presented by two local

Means ‘Society and the B.C.
Peace Council. ~

Drawings and paintings dep-
icted the horrors of atomic
war, and the effects of fallout
on the human race.

Thousands. of signatures
were obtained. on’ cards and

| petitions calling for a ban on

groups, the Peace by Peaceful

nuclear tests, and for summit |
negotiations to ease interna-
tional tensions.

Hundreds of people also saw
a film. on the Aldermaston
peace march, presented by the
B.C. Peace Council.

Both peace groups gave away
leaflets and pamphlets dealing

with the disastrous  conse-
quences. of further atomic
tests.

One pamphlet quoted Adlai
Stevenson as saying: “I think
almost everyone will agree that
some means of universal dis. |

Two peace stalls at the Pacific National. Exhibition drew thousands of visitors, many
of whom signed petitions urging banning of nuclear weapons. Photo (top) shows the
booth of Peace by Peaceful Means group, with attendant Judy Stewart; bottom photo
shows the B.C. Peace Council booth, attended by May Martin and Caroline McFarlan.

Peace booth drew crowds at PNE

armament — some means of
taming the nuclear weapons—
is the*first order of business in
the world today. There must
be a beginning, a_ starting
point, a way to get off the dead
centre of disagreement. I have
proposed a moratorium on the
testing of more super. H-
bombs.”

A statement by 18 Nobel
prize winners: declared “it is a
delusion if governments be-
lieve they.can avoid war for a
long time through the fear of
these weapons.”

Sept. 11, 1959—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3