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- the World Council of Peace,

In every corner of the globe peace supporters, inspired by the Budapest Appeal of the World Council of Peace, have begun a great crusade to end the cold wat Here, in British Columbia, supporters of .,B.C. Peace Council are meeting in two-day session this weekend to begin the campaign for negotiations in this province

The council meets Saturday and Sunday, beginning at .10 a.m. each day in Pender Auditorium. In a press oe statement this weeek, Ray Gard- ner, executive secretary, stressed that the council sessions are open to all who want peace.

‘Dr. James Endicott, chairman of the Canadian Peace Congress, has described the present period as ‘a:moment of supreme opport- unity for peace’,” -states the press release,” and he has called upon all Canadians to work more zealously than ever before for

peace. . “Tn response to the Appeal of

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A GREAT hope has been born. Everybody now see that agreement is possible. The slaughter can be” ended. The Cold War can be stopped. x In this hour we solemnly call upon the peoples ” demand of their Government that they negotiate ane agree. ‘ It is for us all to support every move—from what soever Government it may come — to solve disputes by peaceful means. It is for us all to frustrate the efforts of those who prevent or delay agreement. Peace is within our reach. It is for us to win it.

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which calls upon the people to support every move in favor of negotiations, the Canadian Peace Congress is going to place the question of negotiations before hundreds of thousands of Canad- ians through a national peace ballot.

“We are heartened by the con- fident apppeal of the World Peace Council which realistically states, ‘The cold war can be stop- ped.’ And that is what we are called upon to do and intend to

do: to stop the cold war by bring- ing about great power negotia- tions.

“There is not the slightest doubt that thousands upon thous- ands of Canadians will vote in the national peace referendum and that they will vote overwhelming- ly in favor of negotiations.

“We know already, from the sample poll we have conducted in Vancouver in which the peo- ple voted 99 percent in favor of great power negotiations, that the people are in favor of a meeting of the leading powers. Now what is needed is to record this vote on a mass scale for presentation to our government when parliament meets in November,” says the re- lease. ‘This will be a mighty force for peace.”

The 110 employees of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Com- pany‘s hydrogen plant at Trail have set up a group safety record of 1,250,000 man hours worked without time-lost accidents. The ex- cellent safety record is due in large measure to the efforts of the safety committee of International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, }

Three months on strike, Torbrit miners solid

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“Peace through negotiation” is to be the subject of a public ad- dress by Bruce Mickleburgh, of Toronto, at Pender Auditorium,

Mickleburgh, former British Columbia school teacher, and now public relations director of the Canadian Peace Congress, will re- port on the most recent meeting of the World Council of Peace, held in Budapest, Hungary, .in late June.

The meeting is sponsored by B.C. Peace Council. At this meeting, the decisions adopted by the Council in support of the World Council’s appeal for peace through negotiations will be an- nounced.

BRUCE MICKLEBURGH

The ‘strike of Torbrit miners, members of Mine-Mill Local 906, is now in its third. month with no signs of an immediate negotia- tion. The strike is’solid and the men are determined to win no matter how long it takes.

September 1 will mark one year since the agreement expired. Since that time the union has tried to reach an agreement with the Base Metal Mines Corpora-

tion which owns and operates the silver mine,

A conciliation board under Dean Finlayson accepted the posi- tion of the company to “hold the line” on ‘wages. - William Stewart, the union representative, recommended a wage hike of 15 cents an hour.

The company shut down the mine and no attempt has been made to reopen it.

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TEXT OF CANADIAN PEACE CONGRESS APPEAL: | _

Security through negotiation a call to the Canadian people |

ANADIANS have come to realize that world

disputes can be settled by negotiations, that

they need not lead to war. The armistice in Korea is a triumph for world public opinion,

In all lands the peoples are answering the Appeal of the World Council of Peace by press ing for negotiations and agreement.

Through negotiation we can have peace and

national security, markets and trade — we can divert vast sums from armaments to building up Canada. We can find full employment. . We therefore proclaim a national referendum by ballot to begin September 12 through which Canadians can respond in a practical way to the Appeal of the World Council. Through this bal- lot everyone can act for negotiations by voting for a meeting of the inading powers fo negoti- ate disputes.

Results of this ballot will be laid before our

I. new parliament and will be made known to al

We welcome and encourage every effort his every individual and every organization tO brins about negotiated solutions. At the same time a call for the building of more peace committee to safeguard the hopes of the people.

Let us all discover how .we may be together to banish the threat of war. A national assembly to be held in January will ¢ tribute to this end.

Our call is for a public crusade to © the cold war — by supporting every move “, 0!

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ment. ve Circulate the Appeal and ballot every jake Vote YES to bring the powers together. as your opinion count.

TEXT OF BALLOT

National Peace Referendum

Do you favor a Soaniion of the leading powers with a view to solving, through | negotiation

questions which threaten the peace of the world?

Mark X in your choice:

Signed

- Yes No

(Distributed by the Canadian Peace Congress)

PACIFIC TRIBUNE — AUGUST 28, 1953 —

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