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WPAY, JULY 30, 1965
—26, NO. 30

SAT. AUG. 7

Giant Peace Arch
rally on Vietnam

.. The Peace Arch at Blaine will be the scene of a
Joint Canadian-U.S. rally on Vietnam, Saturday, Aug-
ss 7at 1 p.m. Sponsored by a committee of promin-
the Americans and Canadians, the rally will express
;-© COmmon desire of people from both sides of the
“rder for an end to the war in Vietnam.

5 Speakers will include U.S. professor Mulford Q.
oe? of the political science department, University
= Minnesota and MP. Colin Cameron who will speak
7 Doechalf of the national leader of the NDP, T.C.

8las, who is now in Europe.

“A The meeting will also include a special memorial
at ins the 20th anniversary of the dropping of the
°mic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

: PROF M. Q. SIBLEY COLIN CAMERON, MP
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postal workers

Key

Resorting to pressure, threats and vague promises the Liberal govern-
‘ment split postal workers ranks this week in an effort to force them back to
work, but the key issue for Canada’s postal workers remains a substantial
wage boost. The situation remained confused at press time as Montreal and
other centres voted to continue the strike while Vancouver's postal workers
voted Tuesday night by a narrow margin to return to work.

The Vancouver vote has been
bitterly contested by postal car-
riers who constitute the largest
group in Vancouver. They have
called for another meeting Wed-
nesday night to reconsider the
decision to return to work, Lead-
ers of the carriers say it was a
serious mistake to return to work
without the wage demand having
been met,

The vote at Tuesday’s meeting
was 481 to 454 to return towork,
The vote came after William Kay,
Vancouver strike leader, toldthe
postal workers that if they didn’t
go back towork Parliament would
be reconvened Friday to pass
special legislation forcing them
back. He attributed this infor-
mation to Canadian Labor Con-
gress President Claude Jodoin
who actively sought the return
of the men to work.

The Vancouver vote was further
influenced by a special message
to the meeting from Revenue
Minister Benson saying that if
the men returned to work the
Federal government would con-
Sider making the postal service
a Crown Corporation which would
grant collective bargaining,

Another factor influencing the
vote of many postal workers
across Canada was a decision of
the national Postal Brotherhood
that if the report of Judge J. C,
Anderson, commissioner ap-
pointed to inquire into postal pay
scales, is not satisfactory a na-

See WAGE BOOST, pg. 8

—Photo by Edwards

THROUGH RAIN AND SNOW AND SLEET. Giant etched figure on Vancouver's
central post office pays tribute to the postman. But in terms of wages he has
been “low man on the totem pole.” He was at least $1,200 a year behind other
comparable workers in Canada, That's why postmen went on strike across Can-
ada last week after Ottawa turned a cold shoulder to their just demands for a

living wage.

Johnson announces new

escalation of Viet war

U.S, President Johnson’s “cru-
cial decision” on American ag-
gression in Vietnam, revealed to
the American people and. the
world through the media of a
press conference on Wednesday,
July 30, boiled down to one central
theme — an extensive escalation
of the U.S, dirty war in Vietnam,

This escalation to include the
upping of U.S, forces in Vietnam
from 75,000 to 125,000 combat
troops and over “if necessary,”
This will require that the current
monthly draft for military ser-
vice of 17,000 be increased to
35,000 per month,

Johnson charged that aggres-
sion in Vietnam was “guided by
North Vietnam and supported by
China” in order to “extend the
growing might and domination of
Asiatic communism.”

Much of Johnson’s speech cen-
tered on the effort to justify U.S,
actions in Vietnam, to “defend
the freedom of small nations,”.
to “fulfill solemn U.S, pledges
in defense of small nations,” to
“convince the Communists that

‘the U.S, fight for freedom can-

not be subdued by force ofarms,”
etc,

The U.S, president also re-
peated his earlier proposals for
“unconditional discussion” aimed
at seeking peace in Vietnam, and
voiced a welcome for “any pro-
posals ofany government towards
this end,. adding that the U.S,
“feared the meeting room no
more than it fears the ultimate
outcome of arms,”

Johnson told his. press con-
ference that he was sending U.S,

ambassador to the UN, Louis

Goldberg with a letter to UN

Secretary-General U Thant, urg-
ing that “all the resources of
the UN be mobilized to find a
way to peace in Vietnam,”

Delivery of the presidential ©

“crucial decision” to greatly es-

calate the U.S, war in Southeast’

Asia and to embellish the bogey
of “Communism” with the more
sinister “menace of Asiatic Com-
munism,” would-indicate a new
form of Pentagon blackmail, de-

signed to frighten or force other,
nations into line in support of

U.S. war adventures in Vietnam
and throughout Southeast Asia,
z :

Aside from the blatant dema-
gogy of the pregidential speech
commiserating with “American
mothers” and “young American
boys” suffering and dying in Viet-
nam, Johnson made it clear that
“no matter what the cost, . .we
will stand in Vietnam,”

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