8 this small measure?” fits Canada’s two major political parties, ’s behind it all What’s behind it all? re all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, sunk to How well that classic query. Tory and Liberal in today’s parliamentary burlesque. Medicare, increased pensions better use of our natural re- education, hospitals, the ~ sources, the vital issues of peace for the aged and infirm, and war and where our country stands on the US.-inflicted genocide upon the people of Vietnam; these are only needs of the Canadian people. a few of the urgent Yet all such pressing needs are cast aside while the isan “gladiators” of Tweedledee and Tweedledum wallow in the mire of political scandal, mud-slinging and low-grade filth. In this sorry e xhibition they have made a mockery of Parliament and its constituted function, turn- ing it into a Roman forum for the propagation of partisan advantage, center for political corruption a crude caricature of national degradation of sex. anti-Soviet coldwar propaganda, and character assassination; “security” coupled with the a national ‘Over a barrel in their mishandling of the alleged Spencer “spy” farce, semble during the security” is also alleged Diefenbaker regime, to have slipped a cog during Tory the Liberals dug up a Tory sex en- in which “national ministerial flirtations with one Frau Munsinger, herself labelled a “security ri measures. Happily, ” according to U.S. weights and the whole stinking mess is now turned over to a judicial “inquiry.” We don’t envy the eminent Judge - his job. While one doesn’t have to be a qualified veterin- arian to detect horse manure, that commodity will smell like “Attar of Roses” compared to what the Judge will have to poke around in to find Truth! something resembling Behind all this there is something much more impor- tant for Canadians than whether Spencer was/or is a “Russian agent”, or how many gangsters, Frau Munsinger may have “enter- politicians or have established the val- A> ¥) . a ART eg he was disturbing the war” | Speed NATO exit I: the not distant future the 14-nation treaty governing tthe North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will come up for revision by its member nations. — Ind®ative of the dissentions within this NATO cold- war creation, French President De Gaulle has ordered the withdrawal of all NATO forces, military equipment and bases from French soil, and the withdrawal of all French forces from NATO command. _ Already groaning under heavy NATO military expen- ditures, other member nations, while not approving De Gaulle’s decision, are looking for some new NATO form- ula to ease the financial load. Washington, while berating the French decision, looks to other NATO nations to “spend more,” thereby enabling the U.S. to effect a “Sav- ing”’. | Quoting Worth | Jules Feiffer, cartoonist and social satirist, had @ pithy comment recent- ly on how government “‘sociologists concoct issue—avoiding names. Pic- turing an age beneficiary sitting ina chair, Feiffer developed the following dialogue. ‘used to think | was poor. “Then they told me | wasn’t poor; 1 was needy. “Then they told me it was self-de- feating to think of myself as needy; | was deprived. ; : “Then they told me deprived was a bad image. ! was under-privileged. “Then they told me under-privileged was over-used. | was disadvantaged. “41 still don’t have a dime. But I sure have a great vocabulary.” ’ —PEOPLE’S VOICE, New Zealand, Feb. 2, '66 % t The attitude of the press toward | the labor movement is historically one of unremitting hostility; and | suppose =, it will always be, unless automation ‘ progresses fo such an extent that pub- lishers no longer need any employees at all, and therefore have no unions with which they must bargain. __ —U.S. Senator Wayne Morse inAFL-CIO NEWS, Feb. 5, '66 x The Worker salutes the thousands of Irish people, who will be marching this St. Patrick’s Day in New York and elsewhere — these brave men and women, who feught in Ireland for their native land's freedom from British imperialism and whe, in their adopted land, have always been in the forefrent of the struggles for the werking people’s end national interest. —NEW YORK WORKER, Mar. 15, '66 * "The Western alliance hes to make =—_—™ of the former, and Parliament didn’t have to be drag- When the government-owned CBC - TV dug up the odoriferous Gouzenko from RCMP cold-storage to spread his mental ravings on “Soviet espionage” across Canada last weekend, that simplified many questions on the aims of Tory and Liberal scandal-mongers; to cover up their failure to meet the needs of the people—by hotting-up the es Far from rooting for NATO, Canada should call for its early dissolution. This would make possible an equally early end to the counter Warsaw Treaty Organization, and in place of both a European Security Treaty, dedicat- ed to peace and an end to NATO war provecations and conspiricies. And not the least important for the common people, the saving of wealth, now going down the 086%, *.8, 25058, “keep the peace and remove the geese,” almost poetic in its rythmic jingle. This Mr, Livesley flatly declined to do. Then the city fathers swung into action with an “amendment” tothe _existing civic ordnance, designed to run the three “peace disturb- ers” out of town, In this amended billions of dollars and material NATO arms drain. Comox Free Press columnist ‘Ede Anfield, who usually does her weekly ‘Timely Topics’ in most sedate and restrained prose, declared she is “serious- ly thinking of getting a skunk for a pet. I do not think a skunk makes much noise, but they sure can raise a stink, Sure would be - a challenge to the ingenuity of @ choice between whether it will allew the West German Government to get its finger on the trigger, either directly er by devious means, er whether it is _ really sincere in wanting to prevent proliferation ef nuclear weapons.” —Prof. Burhop in British not like to see our civil rights in a being eroded to the degree that they are being eroded. And I am sorry to see any council no mate | ter where it is, lending itself to this sort of thing. Police states have come about in other coun tires, and no matter how much’ "we say it will not happen herey - it could.” or some three or four re- : cent editions of the Comox Free Press the “case” was front- page news; a real cause celebre.” It all began when a touchy Courtenay citizen lodged a com- plaint with“ constituted authority” that his sovereign right to his late morning sleep was being rudely violated by three geese. The quiet atmosphere of Court- enay may be shattered at times with the sonic boom of jets break- ing the sound barrier; by in- numerable heavy trucks, “sport” cars, Hondas or what have you, but the citizenry are a kindly tolerant people. When some * young blood’’ roars upthe street with all the emphasis on noise- making, citizens may let loose with a nice round of choice na- tive profanity, but they don’t hold a grudge when the “peace” is thus “disturbed.” Moreover, on their own admission they are able to sleep tolerably well, even with several truck loads of U.S. warheads literally “under the pillow.” = But this “cause celebre” is. something quite unprecedented. It involves three geese, lovingly christened by their 70-year owner James. Livesley, as “Lovey,” “Dovey” and“Tweedy.” Certainly not names to indicate a trio of confirmed “peace dis- turbers,” Some time ago Mr, Livesley was charged with contravening some civic bylaw by harboring such malefactors as “Lovey,” “Dovey”? and “Tweedy,” whom it is alleged are wont to greet the morning sun with a series of exuberent “honks,” thereby “dis- turbing the peace” of Her Majes- ty’s realm of Courtenay, B.C. Hailed before the local “beak,” Mr, Livesley was clipped a$5,00 fine for the alleged “disturbance.” Mr, Livesley elected to spend the day in the local hoosegow rather than pay the fine, acidly com- menting meantime that he de- clined to pay such fines unless “they raise the OAP pension to cover fines.” A moot point for OAP’ers to mull over, The next act in the case of*L,” “Dp” and “T” was an appeal court ruling that Mr, Livesley sign a $50.00 bond requiring him to_ ordnance the local poundkeeper the pound man.” is *... hereby expressly author- ized and empowered, and it shall be lawful for him in preverrting and abating the nuisance created thereby, to enter upon any lands situate within the Municipal: Boundaries of the City for the purpose of seizing and impound- ing any animal trespassing there- on, or being housed, pastured or maintained thereon contrary to the provisions of this bylaw oo Setere 5 etcs Ede has a point there, She also made a number. of other good ones relative to “law” and “good lawyers,” combining the two with those who should be“behind bars,” but aren’t because “they had a good lawyer.” The prime point inher column, however, brought the case of principles, that of civil rights. “This is one reason why I do That looked like the “coup de gras” for “Lovey,” “Dovey” end “Tweedy” — then the citizenry moved in—with scorching letters of protest to their city fathers. “This new bylaw,” saidone, “will allow pin-headed Gestapo types to seize any animal,” while an- other described their civic body as “small miserable people,” One irate citizen described Council’s anti-Lovey-Dovey-Tweedy hys- teria as “picayune, sniping, rot- ten, petty tactics.” Even the Mayor himself is reported to have mournfully observed “we are very sorry we have landed inthis “Lovey,” Dovey” and “Tweedy” | and their owner, back to first. Editor — TOM McEWEN Associate Editor — Circulation Manager’ — JERRY SHACK Published weekly at Ford Bldg., Mezzanine No. 3, 193 E. Hastings St. Phone 685-5288 Subscription Rates: Canada, $5.00 one year; $2.75 for six months. North and South America and Commonwealth countries, $6.00 one year. All other countries, $7.00 one year. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Jf Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. : That is deserving of an encore — of lusty approving “honks” from Courtenay’s most glamorized — “peace disturbers,” plus ahearty — salute to their owner who stood firm against any erosion of those rights. : As Voltaire once declared, “Mais extreme justice est une extreme injure” — “Extreme jus “tice is often injustice,” and no — where is this more true than ings the “legal” abrogation of the civil _ rights of the common citizens — Tncbune MAURICE RUSH situation ourselves,” March 18, 1966—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Pag