Dear. Haitor: “

Are the citizens of North Vancouver District aware that,. wlien it comes to the istues of peace and war, the majority of our District conncil is composed of “hawks” -operating on the

same, wave length as President . Reagan and Secretary of State Haig?

I- didn't until our District council meeting, May 25.

A<group of North Van- couyer District citizens, working with the Van- couver-based Coalition for World: Disarmament, asked for the right to appear before council. The group is gathering signatures for a world disarmament petition. sletter and circular, *: group sent to council, it expressed the fear that stockpiling nuclear weapons may’.be. “a sure way to; guarantee ‘the. -eventual use

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West. Also. it favours On- tario “and * Quebec. Their majorities count.. Also they,

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over: constitational ‘change, .

forever! .

The Tradeau formula says ; that any two provinces in the West can approve a change

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Dear Editor:

At our Annual General Meeting of the West Van Women's Ficid Hockey Club there was a unanimous vote of thanks to your pap@ for the publicity afforded us‘ during the past hockey season... Volunteer groups such as ours are always, grateful for any help we can get and the service you givo to us and the community is excellent.

We will shortly be sending you a photograph of tho team, the Canada Geese, which will be travelling to New Zealand in August hop- ing that yon will have space to publish i

Once again, thank you very much on behalf of thé executive and all the ficld hockey players.

Ann Barker Secretary West Vancouver

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of ‘these weapons.” It ex-: pressed concern at ‘the’fact that “certain members of the U.S. military establishment (are) now claiming that it is possible to wage and win a nuclear. war,” and it called on “all nations to recognize the danger of building up nuclear arms and to agree to a slowdown and eventual dismantling of nuclear ar- senals.”

The petition calls for the abolition of nuclear ‘weapons and all weapons of ‘mass destruction and the abolition by agreed stages of:.con- ventional arms leading to general_ and complete disarmament. -

‘To me what these peaple advocate makes a lot ‘of sense. Not so to our District council. They refused. even ',to-hear the: delegation on the ‘grounds that it was not an

of two or more pro- -vinces: containing a majority

obviously - has rejected the” Victoria Charter... He’ has turned his back on the idea of a majority’ in the West.. ‘That's where the real trouble

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appropriate ‘si bject | ‘for council to discuss because it was not a “local issue” .

_ Then, having stated this, council members began to discuss the subject them- selves! It quickly became apparent that we have a collection of “hawks” on council.

Alderman Gordon Rose said he was all in faveur of bigger weapons of destruction as “people are animals and. worse than animals.”

‘Alderman Jim Ball was sorry we didn’t wipe out our wartime ally, the Soviet Union, immediately after the war ended, when the U.S. had a_monopoly on the nuclear bomb. Fifty-six million killed in W.W.0 plus. millions maimed ap- parently were not enough for Mr. Bali who went on to suggest that some dark and

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of the population i in Western a posea._ Canada.* I Prime. Minister: ‘Trideau,” "

Jack Davis, M.L.A.

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mysterious forces may be

behind those who advocate _ would -

disarmament. It seem, in his mind, peace is subversive and Communist- inspired.

Mayor Don Bell expressed the opinion that disar- mament is “unrealistic”.

And on it went.

I was the only alderman to speak in favour of giving the group a hearing.

Council is acting in an arrogant, high-handed and

‘dictatorial manner when it refuses to hear a delegation of concerned citizens on this issue, If it is not a local issue and of no concern, why did all the “hawks” on council

speak out so strongly on the.

issue - themselves, while denying a hearing to.others? I think it is very much a “local issue” for the simple reason that the survival of every one of us is at stake In this mad, insane arms race.

Ernie Crist Alderman

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