_ Memorial service Dec. 3 to protest the murder of six leaders of El Salvador’s Revolutionary Democratic Front. The six were found tor- tured and mutilated Nov. 27 in San Salvador after army and police Surrounded a Jesuit high school, and captured the occupants. The memorial service was presided over by a Vancouver Unitarian for PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP in 1981 A NUESTROS AMIGOS IN CUBA iFELIZ ANO NUEVO! ‘May 1981 be the turning point to genuine peace and friendship among all nations. We welcome vw rs) Los Parras Live in Vancouver @ A unique Christmas gift — By CONRAD KOMOROWSKI An appeal for an ‘‘Alliance of Work and Struggle’’ featured the sistance to necessary and bene- ficial change, and, on the other, by extremists who are trying to use the labor movement for anti- impermissible pressure and arro- gance toward the authorities, he said. The vast majority of activists, part of the public with extremists’ efforts to continue disruption of “Polish Workers’ Party | seeks to resolve crisis base of people’s rule, with the aim of strengthening socialism in Po- land. ; 3] proceedings of the central com- Kania stressed thatthe PUWP disruption elsewhere. Kania =! mittee of the Polish United leadership understood well thein- pointed out that the well-being of <1 Workers Party held in Warsaw ternationalist anxiety and con- all the Polish people depends on ‘21 Dec. 1 and2. cern that the Polish situation has | cooperative efforts in a country 8 First secretary Stanislaw Kania aroused in fraternal Communist — without capitalists. '} in a 90-minute address stressed and Workers’ parties. He said The PUWP drive for a renewal 5a of ‘ e that the struggle for a socialist that the PUWP leadership had _ of public life, a return to work ag itd ore rae Be . ais ee = ‘character of the renovation of maintained close ties during this and increasing production has _ About 50 Vancouverites turned out despite poor weather to a | public life was being harmfully period with fraternal parties and gained ground. impeded on the one hand, by re- particularly with the Soviet One reason for moderation by Union. Kania stated that the Soviet Union has given Poland aid in the form of $1 billion in hard cur- minister and organized by the Central America Support Committee. tall ses. rency and gold and $300 million _ tinuation of strikes after demands socialist purpo: ish i i - i ey ee ee anes No one can blame the Polish _ in the form of essential raw ma- _ have been met. The public sees | Nico i ie ico ao nian ia b Ne es United Workers Party (PUWP) ii necessary to keep Poland’s _ this as political pressure and un- n for lack of patience, lack of readi- . industry running. principled conduct. . Canadian Cu a ied 2 ee a fo = the central Seger L ! n order to plenum, Kania repo! that Friendship avoid extreme, dangerous situa- Background despite the difficult situation, ‘‘no ae ees a Poland’s secur small number of workers, Association ty and domestic peace, Kania te thetwo-dayeentralcom. Peasams and intelligentsia ae - , : tright mittee session, Kania and other ns : In celebration of our 20th Anniversary Hee Lacie bé hae Polish leaders fanned out across Tm™ulting campaign but on the a ’ etinas and po: character ot be Ju: the country to drive home the basis of a conscious and ideologi- we extend season's greeting Ae ified, he added. A number of in- 7 OP. of unity to protect social ally motivated decision.” ial actions have taken pl mee s é heartfelt wishes to all our frien NN ere a iligtanins, ist gains and to advance coopera- Concerning Solidarnosc, it was tively along the path of renova- tion of public life. A call to the nation was issued Dec. 3 which opened with the words: ‘‘The fate of the nation i PAZ Y AMISTAD! eS ene Gey and the country hang in the bal- _ interests effectively. On the other BA Ee re ee trade union organization) have ance.” The statement marked a hand, there are many leaders, oo een ee trea its To do wit THIN mation, or eee Othe cee aU jar CIA lines. “Poland stands before anhistori- laws and not taking notice of ad- For information on the U.S.S.R. (films, Last month, Lech Walesa, cal opportunity to make deep po- _verse critical opinion. literature, periodicals, tours, etc.) write: leader of Solidarnosc, urged an al. 8 and economic Gierek’s major error, the reso- : tation | end to strikes in the Warsaw area SHangesinthe name oO" soci@isin. tion stated, was creating a pat- Canada-U.S.S.R. Association inc. A his previous call for ‘The fate of Poland depends on , pat are s previous call for 13+ we jointly do and achieve in _te™m of relations and methods of P.O. Box 4488, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 328 an end of conflict because the sy 0 work within the party leadership Be : : strikers have won their demands the coming months and years. ‘ y : . : 2 lg OO PN I il POE scrid ealichi iors That achievement depends on which ran contrary to party prin- : Kania stressed that the PUWP “S