Koreans
yndemn
S. spying

statement of the Govern-
of the Korean People’s
cratic Republic in connec-
the invasion of KPDR
pace on April 15 by a big
spy plane was published last
k in Pyongyang. As already
the aircraft was shot
by the People’s. Army
The sending of a spy
into the depth of KPDR
pace is appraised in the
nt as a hostile act and
us military provocation.
statement points out that
measures taken in self-
against the American
ireraft which conducted intelli-
ee activities are the imple-
jtation of sovereignty, and a
action in full accord with
mational law. The American
, the statement says,
ng black as white, are
ing that the spy plane was
osedly brought down when
ducting legitimate reconnais-
ce activities in the open sea;
cribing the KPDR lawful
in self-defense as an
sive act”, and are raising
h hue and cry. However,
American imperialists will
able either to conceal by
labaloo the implementa-
of this aggressive provoca-
ct, or to evade responsibil-

pe

statement goes on to say
im accordance with the or-
of the United States Presi-
many American warships
g sent to the waters near
[PDR and, simultaneously
| this, the American troops
uth Korea and the South
rean puppet troops are being
tht into fighting readiness.
Tresult, tension is now being
featly aggravated in Korea.
KPDR Government and
he entire Korean people, the
nent stresses, vigorously

‘May 10—world
boycott grape day

“International Boycott Day”
is the name Delano California
grape workers have given May
10. On that day rallies, pickets
and demonstrations will take
place across the U.S., Canada
and throughout the world back-
ing the United Farm Workers in
this long grape strike.

Support to the strike from the
trade union and _ progressive
movements has been growing
both in Canada and the U.S. and
some stores have removed Cali-
fornia grapes from their shelves.

Marshall Ganz, organizer for
the grape boycott stationed in
Toronto, told the Tribune that
actions were expected in a num-
ber of Canadian centres includ-
ing Windsor, Sarnia, Hamilton,
Ottawa, Halifax, New Glasco
and Montreal.

In Toronto where the Rally of
Solidarity is scheduled for 2
p.m, on May 10 at the Metro-
politan Church, the Travellers
will sing and Bruno Gerussi will
read the boycott appeal. There
will also be a number of speak-
ers and a plan of action for the
boycott for May and June. It is
hoped to set up committees in all
the Toronto boroughs as well as
the city itself.

by the American imperialists.
This is not only a serious aggres-
sive act against the Korean peo-
ple but also a challenge to peace
in Asia and throughout the
world.

The Government of the Korean
People’s Democratic Republic
and the Korean people appeal to
all the peace-loving states and
peoples of the world to pay pro-
per attention to the serious situ-
ation that has arisen in Korea
owing to the aggressive actions
of the American imperialists, and
to resolutely condemn their
cynical actions.

d substance to the kind

for Canada.”

Executive Committee.

*

May 15 meetings to
nch anti-NATO campaign

ublic meetings on May 15 in major Canadian
Gre planned as part of a public campaign being
by the Communist Party of Canada, to gain
rt for our four-point 5 goo aimed to give meaning
should have.” In makin
conference on April 28, William Kashtan, leader
Communist Party, stated that meetings are already
i to include the cities of Montreal, Toronto, Hamil-
ipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver,
Dur Party,” he said, “has communicated with Prime
Trudeau requesting an audience with him for the
May to present its four-point program. Concurrent-
its own campaign,” Kashtan declared, “the Com-
it Party is calling upon the New Democratic Party, the
‘Union movement, on youth and women’s organiza-
to join in the battle to win an independent foreign

He indicated that campaign planning also projects
stribution of at least 100,000 copies of the statement
O and the four-point program for an independent
policy which was issued April 18 by the Party’s

The Party leader reiterated these points as:

® the withdrawal of all Canadian troops from NATO
their demobilization, except for those needed to de-
inada’s sovereignty and territory;

* that Canada should become a nuclear-free zone
ABM system be scrappe
withdrawal from NATO and NORAD, accompanied
rts for an international détente, with, as a first step
| direction, Canada’s support for the call for a Euro-
ference to achieve a European security pact;
that the defense budget be cut by 50 percent, with
given to housing, health, education and to the war

independent foreign policy
this announcement at

d;

The strikers, now entering the
third year of their strike, see
the boycott as the main solida-
rity form that will finally pres-
sure the growers into recogni-
tion of the union and the sign-
ing of a collective bargaining
agreement.

Kashtan
scores

PM, Hellyer

“The resignation of former Minister of Transport.
Hellyer from the federal cabinet draws attention to
the fact that the Government is not tackling the hous-
ing crisis in any serious way,” stated William Kashtan,
leader of the Communist Party of Canada, at an April

28 press conference.

“It would, however, be illusory to consider Hellyer as’
a champion of the ‘little people’. The fact is,” the Party -
leader continued, “the task force he headed ignored
the need for public housing, while the proposal to ex-
tend mortgage payments to forty years would mean a
person could never own a house, although he’d be pay-

ing for it for the rest of his life.”

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Migrant grape worker's son in a moment of rest.

Remarking on the exchange of
correspondence between Hellyer
and the prime minister, Kashtan
said, “This has made clear that
as long as there is no recogni-
tion of the two-nation state, it
will be impossible to resolve in
any basic way the social and
economic problems confronting
the Canadian people. Neither
Prime Minister Trudeau’s ‘one-
nation’ theory nor Mr. Hellyer’s
centralizing position gets at the
question. We believe,” he added,
“that the answer lies in the
adoption of a new: Canadian
constitution that would establish
the full and equal partnership of
the two nations of Canada.”

Of the present housing crisis,
Kashtan affirmed, “It will re-
main a crisis until it is treated
as a social problem and a social
responsibility. To leave it to the
speculators and to ‘private en-
terprisers’ means the Canadian
people will be faced with rising
interest rates, rising costs and
rising rents. The federal govern-
ment,” he concluded, “has res-
ponsibility of getting at this
question of housing in co-opera-
tion with provincial and muni-
cipal governments. It cannot and
must not be allowed to evade
that responsibility.”

Left unity defeats de Gaulle

“Good-bye, Charles,” chanted
tens of thousands of Parisians as
they took to the streets to cele-
brate the resignation of General
de Gaulle as President after his
decisive defeat in the referen-
dum last weekend. The General
had finally learned that the vot-
ers were in agreement with
Waldeck Rochet, leader of the
French Communist Party that
“the future of France does not
depend on one man.”

The Communist Party as well
as the socialist forces in France
had been campaigning strongly
for a “No” vote and their efforts
were crowned with success.
They had said that this would
end the politics of personal
power and open the door to new,
democratic politics.

In greeting the referendum
results the Communists again
stated that what was needed in
France was an entirely new re-
gime, an economic and political
democracy which would limit
the hold of the financial interests
and assure the participation of

the broad masses of people in
deciding their own destiny.

Under the constitution, new
presidential elections must take
place within 35 days and June 1
is predicted at Tribune press
time. While the financial inter-
ests seem to be backing former
Premier George Pompidou, dis-
cussions are already underway
among the left forces for the
type of unity that could ensure
a democratic alternative.

Socialist leader Guy Mollet
immediately made clear that he
would be part of a left unity that
would reject any reactionary
powers.

Along with the Communists
in the campaign for a “No” vote
had been the Socialist Party,
the Radical Party, the Confede-
ration of Trade Unions, the
League of Teachers, agricultural,
student and youth organizations.
If the same unity prevails in the
presidential election, the predic-
tions of an easy victory for Pom-
pidou are illusory and a really
new. page in French _ -history:

would unfold. Announcements
like the one from NATO head-
quarters that they now expect
to see French forces cooperating
in Europe and the Mediterranean
will only help to bring greater
unity among those in France
who are for democracy and
peace.

Rumors that Francois Mitter-
rand, who was the united can-
didate of the left in the election
in 1965 for president, would
again be nominated, were un-
confirmed. Mitterand is quoted
as saying, “I told them that in
my view it was up to the Left
as a whole to go ahead and
nominate whoever would repre-
sent it in this great battle.”

As was evidént, the French
workers were not intimidated by
the threats of de Gaulle to re-
sign—and the slogan of “de
Gaulle or crisis” no longer
scared the electorate—nor is it
expected that intimidation will
succeed around the election of
Pompidou, the choice of finance
Capital, %30 oAct.

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