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VOL, 19, NO. 38 VANCOUVER, B.C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1960

| Diet must go to UN | a — An Editorial —

Prime Minister Diefenbaker let it. be hs ae eee i Will go to the U.N. if Khrushchev criticizes Canada. Is Waiting for the call from the U.S. to defend their. policies?

: What a stand for Canada’s prime minister to take when the Vital issue of disarmament and ending cold war cake is ®fore the world’s most important international body!

Where is Canada’s much-advertised “independence”? — _ Instead of this colossal piece of impudence by the prime Mister, Canadians want him to go to the U.N. meeting now ° Put Canada’s weight behind measures to end the arms race Nd ban tests.

Canada’s stature would be much higher if the prime cals Went to talk for peace instead of looking for ways to fan old war,

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; His Place is at the U.N. General Assembly. i =

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testin €d through the streets of North Bay, Ontario, pro

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TO ADDRESS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

the world requires a new effort to reduce

The danger over tensions and achieve

ternational control.

This was the gist- of Soviet Premier Khrushchev’s message as he arrived in New York this week to participate in what is considered to be one of the most important U.N. General Assembly meetings ever held.

Urging the United States to “constructively participate. in the work of. the Assembly’ to- ward reaching. decisions - for peace, Khrushchev said mod- ern weapons menace not only the U.S. and the Soviet Union but.‘‘the whole world as: well.” _ Friday the Soviet premier is scheduled to address the U.N. General ‘Assembly, which is -.being attended by the heads of many socialist and -neutral states.

President Eisenhower is also expected to address the Assembly this week.

Despite the violent propa- ganda campaign being whip-

up by the U.S. against Khrush-

chev and other socialist and neutralist leaders, the initia- tive of the Soviet Union in sending their premier has forced the issue of disarm- ament and easing of tensions to thé centre of the world stage.

The bankruptcy of the U.S. government’s position was il- ‘lustrated this week when the only constructive thing Presi- dent Eisenhower could find to

agreement on disarmament under strict in-

Soviet Premier Khrushchey this week urged disarmament under strict international control and ending of tensions,

say about. the visit of the heads of socialist states to the U.N. was that “troublemakers” had come to the U.S.

Indeed, from the point of view of big business, they see peace as “‘troublesome.” It was no accident that on the day Khrushchev arrived in the U.S. the stock market in New York took an $8 billion tumble.

The decision of Soviet Pre- mier Khrushchey and other socialist leaders to come to the

U.N. Assembly arises from growing concern over the de- |

terioration of the international situation in recent months, the: latest being NATO manoeuvres in the Baltic next month, and stepping up of West German: rearmament and new provoca-: tions of Berlin. The leaders of"! the Socialist states feel war is} not inevitable and that des terioration of the internation-: al situation can be stopped.

In a speech shortly before: he arrived in New York, Sov-:

iet Premier Khrushchev said: “The task of maintaining peace-

See DISARM, page 3

+The Vancouver Labor Coun- cil meeting Tuesday: reflected t his crisis. Unemployment dominated the discussions. The °V.L:C: supported “a motion of Local 1-217 of the I.W.A.. de- manding a special session of

i\¢he B.C. Legislature to ‘deal

with the problem. Council also decided to ask the Union of B.C. Municipalities, meeting

1 this: week in. New. .Westmin-

ster, to support the demand for a special session, and to take immediate steps in conjunction with .federal~ and: provincial

governments to institute a sub-

Unemployment hits post war peak as VLC demands action

Highest August unemployment since the “hungry thirties” was reported this week from Ottawa. Government figures show a total of 322,000 jobless for August, which is up 89,000 over the same period last year.

stantial public works program.

Delegates lined up at. the mikes. to. demand immediate and effective action by the council. Brogan of the Marine Workers summed up the senti- ments of the delegates when he said, “For God’s sake let’s quit talking and get the unemploy- ed organized and into action.”

A notice. of motion asking for $9,000. for the upcoming civic elections was introduced and, the council decided to put on a full time campaign man- ager and get into the civic

elections in a serious manner.

Dick Greaves of the Marine Engineers, referring to the C.P.R. merchandising dispute, stated, “Workers here are be- ing treated like cattle and be- ing shuttled into stalls. They

‘must have the right to decide : their own bargaining agency, .

particularly in a case like this where their wages and condi- tions have suffered.” =

Council decided to refer this matter to a joint meeting be. tween the V.L.C., B.C. Feder- ation of Labor, and Congress officials to work out some sate isfactory solution.

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