'Arms Are Suicide"— Pearson Middle Powers Must Restrain War Mongers
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A.S.U.S. LOOK EDITION THE UBYSSEY INSIDE Vol. XLIV. VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1961 No. 47 'Arms are suicide"— Pearson Middle powers must restrain war mongers By DEREK ALLEN Middle powers should lead the United Nations in a com plete revolution in thinking about international politics. "This is our revolution for survival in 1961," Lester B. Pearson told 2500 people in UBC's Armory Thursday noon. "This is our revolution for survival in 1961," Lester B. successes are better than big in Pearson told 2,500 people in ternational failures as steps to UBC's Armory Thursday noon. world order, at the U.N. or any "We must develop some new place else, adding: "That is one kind of force to restrain those of the arguments against pre mature summit conferences." who would break the peace. If nuclear and national arms and, "The best way., of strenghthen- by inference, all arms are to be ing the United ^Nations is by ruled out, because their use j asking it to do things of which THIS tS NOT a modern version of Hitler's propaganda film but judging from the number of leads to suicide, we must find (Continued on back page) banners in front of Brock Hall something must be happening. Because 'Tween Classes Notices something else," he said. See PEARSON ADDRESS missed the deadline, we thought we could help some of the Clubs get iheir notices in -.his Pearson asked if we have way. "the imagination, patience and determination," to bring such a revolution about. "Is it pos sible in any event?" he added. It means developing, "with Supreme Moot Court grants cool realism and hardheaded practicality, a new kind of force, moral and political force, divorced from military force," appeal in morality charges he said. • By DEREK ALLEN third year law students Anne They decided that the senior LIBERAL LEADER The Supreme Moot Court of Givens and Joseph Oman, as lawyer, for the cab driver, Lar The Liberal leader said we the bench tried to find out what UBC sat in ribald session Wed ry Goulet, had presented the must accept the disappearance immoral purposes were refer of a world in which peace • was nesday night and granted the best case of the evening and red to. , maintained and disputes were appeal of a taxi driver who had awarded him a prize donated by been charged iwith using his Talk of prostitution in taxi settled, by a system of balance cabs and transportation of call cab for immoral purposes. a late member of the B.C. Bar of power within a dominant girls added a tone of levity to "The charge did not specify Association. Europe. an otherwise dry presentation an immoral: purpose but refer- GOOD QUALITY "I do not either idealize or of precedents and references to LESTER B. PEARSON j red to a statute which says that condemn the earlier system. It case law. The judges commended all ... no summit , a licence can be suspended when was a stage in historical devel CHIEF JUSTICE the participants on the quality opment, pending the arrival of the police chief is convinced of their presentations. that a driver is unfit, "by reason The five judges, headed by the democratic man and the the Chief Justice of British Co Mr. Cowan, on behalf of the of his use of or dealing in in Marxist Mass," he said. lumbia, the Honorable A. C. Bar Association, said that law toxicants or narcotic drugs, or "The present bi-polarization DeBrisay, decided for the ap yers graduating from UBC com for any other reason," to drive of the world is also a stage. It pellant as represented by third pared well with those from any a cab. will pass, as indeed it is already year law students Larry Goulet where in the world and said beginning to pass at the U.N. POLICE LAWYERS and Lawrence Beadle. that in his travels he had found I hope our planet will not pass Lawyers acting for the pdlice Also on the bench were Mr. no better law school than the with it." chief submitted that carrying a Justice A. M. Manson of t h e one at UBC. Pearson saw in China a threat prostitute for the purpose of Supreme Court of B.C., A. J. Mr. Justice Manson comment that is watched with as much selling her wares was similar to Cowan, Queens Counsel, treas ed in the course of the present anxiety in Moscow as Washing 'the selling of a bootlegger's or urer of the Law Society of B.C., ation that legislatures and law ton, a factor which might ulti drug-pusher's wares and the L.St.M. DuMoulin, Q.C., vice- making bodies should be more mately break up the Communist suspension of the licence should president for B.C. of the Cana careful when drafting legisla bloc. stand. dian Bar Association, and Pro tion to make sure that there COLD WAR Several exchanges took place fessor R. F. V. Heuston, visit was right of appeal in cases such between the justices and the two ing UBC's Law Faculty from as the one that came before the He stated that in any settle . lawyers for the police chief, Oxford. moot court. ment of Cold War issues, "we should not expect either good will or good faith; only self-in PEARSON SAYS: terest. Nor is the area of this common interest at present very scrap bomarc wide. Fortunately, however, it does include a recognition of the U.S. will work harder for UN desirability of avoiding all-out all-destroying nuclear war." By IAN BROWN The 1956 Nobel prize-win them with armed intercep Pearson saw in Africa a dan Ubyssey Associate Editor ning Pearson touched on nu tors — but without nuclear gerous development that could Liberal leader Lester B. merous subjects in an inter arms. The Avro Arrow would put in jeopardy the peace-pre Pearson believes the new view in the social suite of the have been ideal for the job, serving functions of the U.N. he said. United States administration Faculty club. "The secretary-general and will take a more active part Summit: President Kenne A country like Canada can't his associates are playing a he in the United Nations than dy probably will not press afford all-round defence, like roic and entirely selfless part did its predecessor. for a summit conference im a power such as the U.S. must in trying to prevent further de "Kennedy has appointed mediately because he knows have. terioration of the situation; but several top men to his U.N. a summit meeting requires Education: A Liberal ad agains discouraging odds. delegation, including Adlai much preparation. Kennedy ministration in Ottawa would They cannot be held respons Stevenson," the bow-tied for knows that summit confer increase government spend ible for any failure brought mer president of the U.N. as ences build up great hopes ing on scholarships with the about by the inability or the re sembly told The Ubyssey. among the people of the world idea that eventually univers fusal of the major powers—ahd "It appears the new admin that may not be fulfilled. ity education should be free , some not. major—to give them istration will come out even Canadian defense: Canada for all students who can meet the backing and support they stronger for the U.N. than it should scrap the Bomarc mis certain academic require deserve." is now." sile and CF-100 and replace ments. He said that small diplomatic revolution of survival . Page Two THE U B YSSEY Fridoy, February 3, 1961 THE UBYSSEY Authorized as second class mail by Post Office Department, Ottawa MEMBER CANADIAN UNIVERSITY PRESS , Published three times weekly throughout the University year in Vancouver by the Publications Board of the Alma Mater Society, University of B.C. Editorial opinions expressed are those of the Editorial Board of the Ubyssey and not necessarily those of the Alma Mater Society of the University of B.C. TELEPHONES: CA 4-3242, locals 12 (news desk), 13 (critics- sports ), 14 (Editor-in-Chief), 15, 6 (business offices). Editor-in-Chief: Fred Fletcher Managing. Editor . Roger McAfee News Editor . .... Denis Stanley Associate Editors . Ian Brown, Ed .Lavalle Photography Editor . Byron Hender Senior Editor . Ann Pickard Sports Editor . Mike Hunter Critics Editor . Dave Bromige CUP Editor . Bob Hendrickson Layout: Jones' Dood It. NEWS: Stu McLaughlin, Sharon McKinnon, Keith Brad bury, Bob Cannon, Coleman Romalis. Sharon Rod ney Gail Neff, Bert McKinnon, Chris Fahrni, George Rail'ton, Peter Gelin, Jerry Perie, Dorothy Raisbeck. Guest Editorial 11 n A reply to the guest editorial appearing in The Ubyssey Tuesday, January 31, 1961: The president of the CCF. Club has gone to considerable length in order to refute and castigate the sound 'conservative" .stand taken by The Manitoban on the question of disarmament particularly. I DUMNO. HE JUST HAPPENED TO BE WALKING PAST It appears Mr. Piket's ardor has been stirred to the quick and he has hastily mounted his white charger in a noble effort to defend "idealism" as allegedly characterized by the Uni lateral Disarmament Movement. The only trouble is that Mr. Piket, as is characteristic of so many who share his political Letters to the Editor philosophy, has chosen to flagrantly distort the position taken by these whose views seem counter to his own. Again, like so Allen Challenged of professors. So why the howl On Chivalry . many of his socialist.< compatriots, he-chooses as a matter of The Editor, over chastity? Can it be that convenience to, ignore the hard realities and exigencies of in Ubyssey.