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MONEY HELPS

All men are created equal
Gnd any American schoolboy
fan become U.S. president.
ind you, money, influential
Bees and a political ma-
ne wouldn’t hurt. Here’s the
N€ up for this year’s game

RICHARD NIXON:

Average yearly earnings of
00,000 mostly from his law
Practice, real estate invest-
Ments, book royalties and ma-
fealne articles. Richard's net
sith is now $250,000 mainly
N teal estate holdings in New
ork, Florida and California.

RONALD REGAN:

Ronald shares a $3 million
altine with his wife. His in-~
aoe as an actor was plowed
ree land holdings in Califor-
da of which he is now Gover-
ae He recently sald 236 acres

oldings in Los Angeles for
Nearly $2 million.

ROBERT KENNEDY:

fa Bobby shares in the Kenedy
Bly fortune, which is estim-
te at $400 million. His share
a this time is $10 million
A ich drips in from a trust

Nd established by Joseph
ere years ago to ensure
the children would get by in
sa) World, His $30,000 yearly
‘lary as a U.S. Senator will

Ee aeelp keep the wolf from -

© door,

RGR meme

ARTISTIC FREEDOM?

tholsturbed by references to
© treatment of Cassius Clay
‘ to ‘air bombing in Viet-
a in a mural at Montreal's
ee Girport, federal Depart-
i of Transport officials re-
ved two-thirds of the mural,

Which they had hoped would .

th “light-hearted.” They said
Qt pictures of air bombing

Gre “h :
ar i
travel" dly conducive to air

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POLISH EVENTS
DISQUIETING

ao ne basis of information
Se le, there are two as-
in ee the continuing events
= Ae which cause con-
state nN the first place the
Ps ements ascribed to the
Press, as well as report-
eee of the government,
cer disturb all friends of
ondly and of socialism. Sec-
Bond reports from Poland
elem © openings for hostile
Ents to attack socialism.

the : difficult to understand
ment here of the govern-
Bisae the massive student
He imatrations. Rather than
raised with the problems
merit ee the students on their
clined e authorities seem in-

to exacerbate relations

y :
tation Pressing these manifes-

olP
ieee are asking about the

eeaeaale and threats of ex-
HEI: Why the closing of
©’ faculties and the dis-

missals of professors? How is
it that parents are fired from
positions for the actions of
their children?

More disturbing is the ap-
parent singling out of Jews in
Poland for attack.

Events in Poland over the
past number of weeks are dis-
quieting, to say the least.

ALL THE WAY WITH “WESTY”

President Johnson was quot-
ed as recently as February 16
as saying: “If | had to select a
man to lead me in battle in
Vietnam | would select Gene-
ral Westmoreland.” ‘

As one even partially asses-
ses General Westmoreland’s
great military strategy and its
results, we also couldn't think
of a better man to lead Lyn-
don Johnsen into battle.

That a peasant’
man by trade, cou.

future of communism.

Yuri Gagarin spoke
man to step 0

work with and help his

would have been eagerly
rin. For he, better than
the study, planning an
and the thrilling sense 0
very essence of progress.

New young ccsmonauts,
worked; aspir
experiment in

Yuri Gagarin left off.
But one man was t
blue earth” from an or

YURI GAGARIN 1934-1968

son from Smolensk, a foundry-
ld blaze mankind’s trail to the

stars, testifies to the power of socialism and the

of his wish to be the first
n to the moon. His love and respect
for science and technology, his daily efforts to

i he new Soviet man. -
De atu human advances, only steps away,

d work; the bitter setbacks
f achievement that are the

The grief of the Soviet people, their feeling of
irreplacable less, is share

ing spacemen who today study and
He schools across the length and

breadth of the Soviet Union, will take up where

he first to see the “beautiful
biting spaceship, and he

was Yuri Gagarin, citizen,

PRIMA DONNA OR
JUST PLAIN INEPT?

When in doubt, walk out—
seems to be the new Tory stra-
tegy. Allan Grossman, Minister
of Reform Institutions, walked
out of the sessions of the On-
tario Legislature under ques-
tioning by Morton Shulman,

(NDP) about the treatment of .

mentally disturbed persons at
Toronto's Don Jail.

Muttering something about
“discourteous treatment’,
Grossman left only to return
later when other matters were
being discussed. “How many
prima donnas can one house
stand?” called one member as
the Minister was leaving.

How many prima donna Re-
form Ministers can the prison-
ers at the Don Jail stand,
would have been more to the
point.

fellow cosmonauts sym-

shared in by Yuri Gaga-
most, would understand

d by people everywhere.
comrades with whem he

scientist, Communist.

Flaws in pause

Naturally the impending removal of President
Johnson from power is welcomed by all progres-
sive men. His action is a reflection of the power
of the peace movement and democratic forces in
the United States as well as throughout the
world. It is above all a striking demonstration
of the will and determination of the Vietnamese
not to be crushed by the might and fury of the
American war machine.

However, in the immediate euphoria of. his
speech, the will for peace is being played upon

by the deceit and cynicism of the American ad-
ministration and the communication media. ‘

Just what President Johnson means by a “uni-
lateral act of de-escalation” became clear the
morning after his speech when it was announc-
ed that the American airforce and navy smashed
their way over 209 miles into North Vietnam
bombing over one third of the country.

According to the New York Times, there is
speculation that with the bombers freed from
raids over most of North Vietnam the air strikes
over the southern third of the country would be
intensified. The “unilateral act of de-escalation”
also appears to be timed with the monsoon
weather over much of the North, which makes
bombing difficult in any case.

Apparently lost in Johnson’s rhetoric was the
announcement of a new troop buildup in the
south. He is only (7) sending 138,500 reservists
now, but according to Pentagon sources 50,000
reservists will be called up “perhaps” for Viet-
nam,

Thus in the wake of Johnson’s speech it is
hard to understand the headlines in the press
which describe his move as: “U.S. Bombing Halt
Challenges Hanoi to Make the Next Move.”
(Toronto Star, April 1). Or in the case of the
Toronto Globe and Mail which on April 2 head-
lines the intensified bombing up the North Viet-
namese panhandle and editorializes that John-

‘son has. stopped all the bombing “except the

supply routes just north of the Demilitarized
Zone.”

. Muddying the waters further our own lame
duck Prime Minister rushed into the press with
a statement which embellished Johnson’s posi-
tion and stated that the next. step was clearly
up to the North Vietnamese. After all only one

. third of the country is being bombed now.

As they say, we are only a little bit pregnant.

The victory for peace which was indicated in
Johnson’s declaration is not yet tangible. Furth-
er pressure for a complete bombing halt, and a
complete end of the dirty American war is

needed.

—Rius in Sucesos (Mexico)

Ba

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April 5, 1968—P ACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3 ;

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