DORAN RU te cincd raee

In Vietnam in the year 40 A.D,
Trung Trac, widow of a local
chieftain who had been put to
death by the Chinese conquerors,
and her sister Trung Nhi, led a
popular uprising, overwhelmed
the garrisons and proclaimed
themselves joint sovereigns of
the liberated territory, Later a

fresh invasion from the north
defeated them and they commit-
ted suicide in the River Day,
Then the conquerors named the
country Annam (pacified south),

These two women became sym=
bols of resistance to foreign
oppression and pagodas were
dedicated to them, Monuments
show them mounted on elephants
draped in richly ornamented
trappings, with parasols over
their heads, leading their troops
into battle,

Because South East Asia was
a storehouse of riches, a long
procession of would-be conquer-
ors, from Genghis Khan to Max-
well Taylor, have attempted to
enslave the people without lasting
success, The descendants of the
guerillas who turned back Gen-
ghis Khan in 1286 arestill strong
in 1965.

Today another widow, Nguen

Women’s News
and Viewpoint

By RUTH DOCHERTY

Thi Dinh, co-commander of the
National Liberation Forces in
South Vietnam, helps to lead her
people in a war of liberation
against another invader, Wear-
ing the traditional black jacket,
wide pants and sandals made
from discarded rubber tires, she
tramps through the countryside,
organizing and supervising the
defence of her homeland,

Throughout imprisonment, be-
reavement and hardship, Mme,
Dinh remains a_ beautiful
woman, determined to improve
the lot of her people.

These women do not revel in
pillage and slaughter, nor dothey
wish to “overrun the free west,”
as so many here seem to fear,
but when they saw their sons
tortured and conscripted into
armies against their will, they
resisted and continue to resist.

These are the people, we are
told, who prolong the war by

their “intransigence.”

Will we permit this war to be
carried to Laos and Cambodia,
and the whole of Southeast Asia
laid waste with Canada’s tacit
consent?

Irving Mortenson

Following a long and painful
illness, Irving Mortenson, long
time resident of Nanaimo and
prominent in B.C. progressive
labor circles for many years
passed away last week in his
5ist year,

Born in Saskatchewan in 1915
Irving Mortenson moved to B.C,
during the 30’s, During the war
years he worked in the shipyards
and took an active part in the
unions of that industry, 2

Moving to Nanaimo in 1946
Irving worked in the logging in-
dustry as a faller until hisillness
two years ago, In many logging
camps on Vancouver Island and
the Coast he played a leading
part in the IWA andinthe struggle -
for unionization and improved
wages and working conditions in
the industry.

For over 20 years Irving Mor-
tenson was an active member of
the Communist Party, holding
many posts and participating in
all party activities, For a num-
ber of years he served as trea-
surer of the Vancouver Island
Regional Committee of the party,

In the 1953 provincial elec-
tions Irving Mortenson ran as
the Communist candidate in Vic-
toria, and again in 1960 as the
party candidate for Nanaimo- The

Islands, In both ridings he re-
ceived a good vote,

Irving Mortenson is survived
by his wife Irene, one son, Floyd
and daughter Phyllis Neff. He
also leaves five brothers,
Funeral services were held at
the Westwood Chapel of Flowers
on January 15,

Mark Mosher, prominent trade
unionist, logger and longshore-
man of Port Alberni conducted
the funeral service and paid high
tribute to the life and work of
the deceased in the service of
his fellowmen,

Attention, Liquor Board!

Four pub owners in Hudders-
field, England were up before the
‘Beak’ couple of weeks ago and
fined twenty pounds each for
watering their beer.

One was found to have added
5,.8-gallons of water to his 36-
gallon kegs, Another confessed
to adding “a little water”, but

t

The third bloke denied adding
any water, but explained to His
Worship that when he and his
partner “were cleaning the pipes,
water had somehow got into the
beer”,

The fourth offender didn’t think
it was any crime adding a little
water to the beer since “every-
ody does it”,

Coe
5 EN eager,

Fiery labor leader Quill
hits U.S.’ Vietnam policy

MICHAEL QUILL called for a
cease-fire in Vietnam and anend
of U.S. “gunboat” diplomacy in
Latin America shortly before he
entered the deadline hours of the
current transit negotiations, The
leader of the Transport Workers
Union set forth his views in a
year-end page review inthe TWU
Express, the union’s journal, He
wrote:

“I believe there is yet time —
if the bombing could be stopped
and if atruce could be arranged —
to end this senseless war, I
believe gunboat diplomacy will
not win out in South America,

“Let no man or woman say
that we in the TWU are not
horror-stricken at the blood
letting of young American lives
in Vietnam,” wrote Quill, after
recalling the gunboat diplomacy
days of earlier years in support
of South American dictators and
the American Fruit Co,

«, , .today I predict that no.

matter how many men, women and
children are bombed from theair,
these freedom fighters will
eventually reach the greater part
of their goal which is the right
to live their lives in their own
way.”

“A Republican army with a
goal, with a flag or with a gun
cannot be conquered,” Quill went
on, “This was proven when Lloyd
George had to grant atruce tothe
Irish Republican Army on July 11,
1921, after seven hundred years
of oppression, bickering, of battle
and hit-and-run tactics, I do not
wish to arouse any feelings on
this period of Irish history now,
and what happened at the bargain-
ing table between the Irish and
English in 1921; but the revo-
lutionary movement in. Ireland
smacks awfully close to the revo-
lutionary movement in Vietnam
today.

“We are empowered to take
hundreds of thousands of lives by
the use of our modern weapons,
yet reports coming from South
East Asia indicate that we are
not winning the battle. Is this
blood-letting necessary. If they
want their way of life, let them
have it.”

Quill noted that there is still
no peace in Korea, where an

uneasy truce has been in effect
for 12 years,

He called attention to the loss
of “400,000 men and women in
the area of Vietnam” by the
French and “they did not get a
chance for even an orderly re-
treat.” The U.S, suffered heavy

MIKE QUILL °

losses in Korea “in support of
one of the outstanding gangsters
in history, Syngman Rhee,

“What then will happen if we
should have an orderly retreat
and end the bloodshed in Viet-
nam?* Quill asked,

“We are being told that we

Dedicate gravestone

On Jan. 9, friends and com-
rades of Leslie Morris, late
leader of the Communist Party,
gathered at Prospect Cemetery
‘in Toronto to dedicate his grave~
stone. Among those present were

members of the party’s national’

committee.

“Time cannot make us forget the

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The face of the stone.

‘full freedom,

are engaged in a battle against
Communism, We were told the |
very same story in our fight a ,
the 38th Parallel in Korea.

Should this madness keep up We”
will find ourselves entering Ree |
China with its 700,000,000 popl= |
lation,” — F

Quill concluded withthe obse! |
vation that there is much workl |
be done for freedom within the |
U.S. z

“We have twenty million Amer |
ican Negroes who are semi- 4
slaves, if not completely slaves:
. . -Let us treat the American® |
as they should have been treated —
250 years ago, like human beings —
Let us take the original Amel- |
icans, the Indians, out of the

reservations, ‘Let us give them | "‘,

“By initiating these moves if
the fifty states of the U.S, we will”
then make an impression in Cen-
tral and South American coun- |
tries and in all Southeast Asia, |
including Vietnam, 4

“Tet us make up our minds
now that by our own acts we will
be judged by the damning mil- |
lions of these people, LetusshoW |
them that we are truly a dem- |
ocracy — then and not until then, |
will we in the U.S, have the right |
to work overtime atflag waving.” |

great contribution Leslie made to
our party, to the working class |
and to the cause of socialism in | |
our country,” said William Kash- —
tan, national leader of the Com-
munist Party, as he laidawreath ©
at the grave,

“He made us see in today’s
struggles what tomorrow holds.”

Enjoy Good, Home-Cooked
Meals at

Jennie’s Cafe
335 Main St. —

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