Seno 8 eeu a er TAN AT Ne eT J) A | Y aon ‘What can be done about pollution —SEE PAGES 3 & 4 FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1966 VOL. 27, NO. 28 Invade north, While the U.S, stepped up its bombings of North Vietnam this week and indicated that a troop build-up was underway which will bring the total U.S. armed forces in South Vietnam to over 400,000 men, the military junta in Saigon began calling for a large scale land invasion of North Vietnam, Speaking at the graduation ceremony for new officers at the Saigon Military Academy, Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu, Head of State in Marshal Ky’s military junta, said: “We must demolish and destroy all Military, economic and manufacturing zones without distinction throughout the North. ... “This should include the movement of troops into the hostile ter- ritory of North Vietnam if we have to, if it is necessary to end this war.” General Thieu also praised the Hanoi-Haiphong bombings, For many months the military junta has been urging the U.S, to extend the bombings of North Vietnam, including Hanoi and Haiphong, Now their advice has been followed, Undoubtedly some study is being given in Washington to land attacks on North Vietnam, Recently the U.S. admitted that forays DIVERSION PUSHED U.S. turns on pressure for Canada’s water By MAURICE RUSH AU.S. newspaper editor warned Canadians last week that a powerful lob- by is taking shape in the United States to demand diversion of B.C. and Cana- dian fresh water to the U.S. The warning came from the editor and publisher of the Wenatchee, Wash., Daily World, when he spoke to the Western Canada Reclamation Assoc., annual meeting in Penticton. Woods ' said the “get water from Canada’’ lobby is growing in strength and that they are engaged in a “thrust — some water resources of the Canadian northwest, He said these groups are also seeking diversion of Columbia and other waters from U.S. AIR FORCE F-105 BOMBERS RAINING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION ON NORTH VIETNAM cases an angry thurst’? — for the _the American northwest to the southern states, The U.S. editor said that two organizations with their eyes on northern waters are the powerful groups supporting NAWAPA, sometimes called the Parsons Plan, and the Colorado River As- sociation, The Parsons Plan would divert northern rivers through the Rocky Mountain Trench into the United States, Pressure is also for diversion of northern Canadian rivers south from Hudson Bay into the Great Lakes for use in the U.S. Woods pointed to the vast out- lay for propaganda in the U.S. to gather public support for the diversion schemes, He_ said political pressure is also now building up, and added that if the Colorado River Basin Bill passes the House of Represen- tatives, with its plans for large scale water storage and irriga- tion,. much more water than is now available will have to be found from new sources — pre- sumably, he meant Canada, Supporting Woods’ warning that powerful U.S. interests are eye- ing Canada’s fresh water re- sources was the disclosure that water was high on the order of business at the U.S, National Saigon urges into North Vietnamese territory have been undertaken by joint U.S. and South Vietnamese forces, Meanwhile in Ottawa a debate is continuing in Parliament on the Vietnam war, Socred leader Robert Thompson expressed full sup- port for the U.S, war, but Terry Nugent (PC-Edmonton-Strathcona) asked any MP to “stand up and explain what right the U.S, has to be there.” He said the U.S, feeling seemed to be that “might is right,” Nugent asked what was the legality ofthe U.S, position in Vietnam and said the U.S, had “abandoned any pretence of using the United Nations, NDP Andrew Brewin (Toronto-Greenwood) said Canada should say clearly and officially that escalation ofthe war must stop, Protests around the world are continuing against U.S, aggression — in Vietnam, Preparations are going ahead in many centres to mark the August 6th International Day of Protest Against the War in Vietnam with giant demonstrations, InB.C, many peace groups on both sides of the line are pressing forward with plans to make the Peace Arch rally on Saturday, August 6 one of the largest rallies for peace ever held there, Governors’ Conference in Los Angeles ‘on July 4-7, A new drive is also underway now in the U.S, for early action on the giant Rampart dam pro- ject in Alaska, This project has received little publicity in recent months, but the U.S, Army Corps of Engineers have been conducting a five-year study ofthe feasibili- ty of the dam located on the Yukon River at Rampart Canyon, Gen, A.G.L. McNaughton and other prominent Canadians have long opposed the Rampart Dam as a vast giveaway of Canadian interests. Building of the dam would give the U.S. control of the main headwaters of the Yukon River which lie in Canadian terri- tory, and would close the door to full-scale development of the Yukon River for Canadian use, The propesed dam would form a lake slightly larger than Lake Erie with the vast water storage taking place on Canadian terri- tory much as the waters of the Columbia are to flood large areas of B.C.’s interior to store water for the U.S. The Rampart Dam would be an extension of the Columbia River See U.S. WATER, Pg. 8 Canadians this week moum the passing of Gen. AG.L. McNaughton, an outstanding citizen who believed Canada had a place in the world as‘an independent country. Despite his advanced age, McNaughton campaigned in recent months against the sellout of Canadian water resources to the U.S.