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VANCOUVER, B.C.

FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1960

VLC asks open inquiry

1 in Indian woman death

Vancouver Labor Council Tuesday night strongly de- nounced treatment of a Native Indian woman, Eva Ada Harry, 36, a tuberculosis patient, who died in a panel truck while being moved between hospitals by the Indian

Affairs: department.

Council demanded that a full public inquiry be held into the women’s death and further de- cided that the council will send’ a representative to-the inquest shag Will report back to coun- uie é

Council President Ed Sims said: “This case is disgraceful. Even the SPCA does a better _ job for dogs and animals than the - Indian Affairs Depart- ment.”

Urge Canada press for 12-mile. limit

A resolution before the UFAWU convention, meeting

this week in Clinton Hall, con-

demmns the ‘‘weakness’” of the Canadian government’s stand

at the Law of the Sea confer- ’

ence meeting this week in Geneva. ;

The resolution says the Can- adian “‘compromise” strength- ens the U.S. stand. It calls on the Canadian government to

press for full territorial waters| | rights “up to 12 miles’ outside}: of a baseline drawn from head-|

land to headland.”

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Sam Jenkins, Marine Work- ers delegate announced his union has it on good authority that the Indonesian govern- ment wants to place an order for 18 ships here which will total $30 million but that the government in Ottawa has turned the offer down because “the Indonesian government is unstable.” Jenkins pointed out that the Soviet Union recently extended $100 million credits to Indonesia and that $20 mil- lion worth of ships will be built by the Soviet Union un- der the agreement. “This proves,” said Jenkins, “there is a market there.”

The hopes of mankind for disarmament and peace centred this week on Geneva as the 10 - power conference got under way

Tuesday.

On the eve of the talks Soviet Premier Khrushchev told a meeting in Moscow’s. Sports Palace recently that,

“the Soviet Union goes to

these talks full of readiness to look with other states for ways to ease international tensions and peaceful regu- lation of arguable ques-

tions.”

Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister Howard Green told Canada’s parliament this week “there is hope for success.”

As the Geneva meeting got under way there was a grow- ing demand that the confer- ence reach agreement to take the first steps toward total disarmament.

In Vancouver where the Un- ited Fishermen and Allied Workers Union and their Wo- men’s Auxiliaries met in con- vention the demand for dis- armament was strongly ex- pressed.

“tt is clear that with high- flying rockets, space vehicles and H-bombs there is no. de- fense against war except total disarmament and peace,” de- clared the officers report adopted by the convention.

Opening the Women’s Aux- iliaries convention in New Westminster, Sunday, Coun- cillor Camille Mather of Bur- naby spoke of the work of her committee against radiation and said: “we are all mothers fighting to defend our child- ren.”

In her opinion there was only one answer — total dis- armament.

From Surrey municipality this week came news that fol- lowing on the visit of a peace delegation, the municipal

council sent a letter to the

Federal government urging it

to “continue efforts to give to-"

tal disarmament in the world.” The council acted on behalf of the 70,000 people of Surrey. It was also reported from Cowichan Lake that the Unit- ed Church congregation Sun- day signed a petition calling for banning of nuclear weap- ons and tests. More than 100 people were in attendance to hear Dr. John Conway of Cam- bridge University declare that the Christian viewpoint is that nuclear armaments should not be used because it is genocide. The congregation signed a petition which said: “We con- sider it our duty to emphasize the continuing and increasing danger of nuclear war,” and added, ‘‘We urge the Govern- ment of Canada to press for

an immediate and permanent end to the testing and produc- tion of nuclear weapons, and for the measures to prevent the spread of such weapons.”

Meanwhile, Dr. James En- dicott, chairman of the Can- adian Peace Congress, who re- cently returned from a World Council of Peace meeting in Geneva, said this week, “the middle powers in the world will welcome Canada’s initia- tive in stopping tests and starting disarmament. The people must now proclaim the slogan, ‘Stop the arms race and seek security through dis- armament.”

People’s action for peace . brought the 10 nations togeth- ~ er. Increased action by the people in the next few weeks will be decisive.

No armory for South Van demands large delegation

Vancouver City Council was compelled by public protest to abandon plans to build an armory and city yard in South Vancouver. This action followed after a strong movement of protest welled up which saw an estimated 400 people stage a demonstration on the proposed site at 49th. and Ross Ave. last Friday.

At a packed council meeting |.

Monday, a petition signed by 1,203 residents was presented as spokesmen for many organ- izations urged that the pro- posed projects for South Van- couver be abandoned.

Presenting a brief on behalf of the Vancouver Communist Party, Harold Pritchett said, “with the lessening of world tension the need for armories is being reduced to a minimum and the money could be put to better use building schools and hospitals.”

Other speakers who opposed” the unpopular projects in the heart of South Vancouver resi- dential areas were former school board candidate Donald Greenwell, as well as spokes men for the P-TA, ratepayer groups, and the United Church,

Norquay and Kensington Clubs of the Communist Party last week distributed a leaflet calling on the people to fight against the armory and city works yard being located in their district.