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other effects of nuclear
explosion to rain down on
Canadians.

Canadians were particularly
aroused this week by state-.
ments of U.S. Defence Secre-
tary Melvin Laird before the
Senate hearings which in effect
told Canada it would have no
veto over the U.S. decisions and
that if they didn’t like it they

could lump it. _
Commenting on the decision of |

‘President Nixon, the Daily
World, U.S. Communist paper,
' quoted Nixon to the effect that
the ABM program could not
_defend American cities, gave
this as the major reason for the
U.S. action:

“The truth is that the anti-
missile missile program has for
its purpose not ‘protection’ but.
rather the destruction of the
present balance of nuclear arms
power to create the conditions
for a_ political and military
offensive against the Soviet
Union.”

The significance to Canada of
the decision by President Nixon’
was underscored in an article by
the well-known Canadian writer
Peter Newman before the

Canadian government, wichoui
referral to Parliament, renewed
membership in NORAD in May,
1968. At that time Newman
wrote:

“Once that decision (to go
ahead with ABM) is made,
NORAD will be placed in charge
of the ABM network in North
‘America, and if at that time
we’re part of NORAD, Canada
will automatically become part
of the ABM arsenal. :

“This would have sweeping
. strategic, political and economic.
‘consequences, robbing us of
what little consultative sov-
ereignty there remains to
Canada in military matters.”’

Newman said the decision
‘would require vast ‘outlays of
{money to construct missile

’ , defences around our cities and a

vast private and public shelter
program. ‘‘The only alternative
_in that kind of situation might be
|for Canada to declare herself
neutral and hope for the best,”
he said.

Success in intercepting
missiles depends on radar
tracking and detection. Much of
the system for this lies in
Canada, and the ABM decision
immediately makes such
installations legitimate targets
_in the event of war.

SFU students fines ‘repressive’

The sentencing of 104 students
last Wednesday who pleaded
guilty in court to the charge of
creating a disturbance during the
recent occupation of the adminis-
tration building at Simon Fraser
to fines of $250 each to be paid by
June 19 or spend two months in
jail has shocked the public.

The PT agrees with the
president of Simon Fraser
University, Norm Wickstrom,
when he said he was appalled at
the severe penalties imposed on
the students and when he
branded the judgment as being
“repressive.”

The fines imposed on the
students convicted under section
160 of the Criminal Code totals
$26,050. Students leaders point
out that for many this stiff fine
will mean prison since it will be
impossible to raise the fine.

Three magistrates before
whom the students appeared
passed sentence. Magistrate G.
Giles, who was the first to
impose the stiff penalties,

branded the students as
“confessed and unrepentant
lawbreakers.’’ Earlier students
were not allowed to address the
court for fear that they would
again raise the issues which were
responsible for the protest.

In the course of the trial
lawyers for the students made
the point that the protest action
came about because nothing was
being done about charges that
the admissions policy of SFU
was prejudicial, that the RCMP
had political files on students
and had access to student files.
Another issue strongly raised
during the sit-in was the lack of
student participation in policy
making and inadequate funds
from senior governments for
higher education.

In rendering his decision
Magistrate Giles said there were
three reasons why stiff fines
were imposed. He listed these
as: “1. We need to make it
emphatically clear that the law
cannot be broken with impunity.

2. We need to deter others who
may contemplate this course of
action in the future. 3. We need to
assure the general public of this
province that serious attempts
are being made to curb the
unrest at the universities.”’

The gist of the severe and
totally unnecessary punitive
action against this large group of
students underscores the point
the establishment wishes to
make: that the protest
movement on our campuses will
be dealt with to the full extent
and severity of the law rather
than through the necessary
reforms.

The other magistrates who
rendered judgement on the case
were Magistrate Goulet and
Magistrate Jessoup, the latter
was also the magistrate who
sentenced Robert Wilder, an
alleged U.S. navy ‘‘deserter’’ to
seven days plus a court recom-
mendation for deportation after
he was arrested for sleeping in
the SFU rotunda.

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