Tim Buck honored in
world-wide tributes

Tim Buck died March 11 at the age
of 82 in Cuernavaca, Mexico, following

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TORONTO — A memorial meeting
March 18 held in tribute to Tim Buck,

Organized Pe March 30. : : g

ommittee foe as Canadian founding member and long-time leader _—a series of strokes.

Pain, Bie contérence eee of the Communist Party of Canada, was _ In his address to the overflow meet-
a in which Canadian unions addressed by William Kashtan, general _ing in the Ukrainian Labor Temple, Mr.
trusts Support to the growing secretary of the CPC, Jeannette Walsh, Kashtan said, “Tim was an outstanding
OF basic a Workers in Spain national organizer of the Parti Com- political leader and organizer, a crea-
he right por tights, including muniste du Quebec, Elizabeth Hill, gen- tive Marxist and writer, a warm per-
inions of ¢ belong to labor eral secretary of the Young Communist sonality who was close to people and to

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Peet cpoice: and League, and Peter Kerrigan, repre- whom people were close.”

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* Tight to Strike,

ized © Participants from or-
reside ie Or are David Archer;

2 ntario Federation of
and publ Bela Arkell, education
cal leity officer, Hydro Lo-
Public ag Canadian Union of
trong Mployees; Evelyn Arm-
Unite? National representative
America; Fc Workers of
ent, wi aillargeon, is
Chas Bracet abe Gcunell
er » president, =
bile Work 44, United eae
Chart €ts of America; Michel

Tand j
fo oe President, Montreal

sentative of the Communist Party of
Great Britain.

Mrs. Walsh said “thousands of Que-
bec workers revere the name of Tim
Buck .. .” and “see in him the
embodiment of the idea of unity
of the working class of Canada,
no matter what our nationality,
what language we speak, what
color our skin.”

She said “the entire life of
Tim Buck, the worker, the
Communist, the Canadian, the
internationalist is bound up with
the development of these great
unifying policies .. . :

“That is why | bring with m

ers of America; Paul Siren, gen- from Quebec not only the tears,
eral secretary, Association of
Canadian Television and Radio
Artists; and Ray Stevenson,
public relations, United. Steel-

Of Nar uncil of Cont i

| a Trade Choise
107, yp President, Ford Local
es of i Automobile Work-
National a Ica; Grace Hartman,

Full text of William Kashtan’s
memorial address appears on
pages 6-7.

a ret, '

aa Union 7 he Can- workers of America.

eto ahoney % paployees: Others taking part include but also the hopes, the dreams,
Moje“, Canada, ational dir- Rev. Gregory Baum, professor the revolutionary spirit of the
obile » United Auto- of theology, St. Michael’s Col- workers to this memorial meet-

Rass Russel ap of America;
tion Unite rector of organi-

lectrical Work-

lege, University of Toronto; An-
drew Brewin, M.P., New Demo-
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ing for our beloved comrade.”
* * ye

Liz Hill, expressed the deep
sorrow of the YCL “at the loss
of this outstanding Canadian,”
and referred to his part in bring-
ing into being the Young Com-
munist League, 50 years ago.

“During the 1930s,” she said,
“Tim Buck advanced policies to
defend the ‘lost generation’ and
make it a generation with hope

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Canada must honor agreement

nam. It would be useful ‘were you, on behalf
of the Canadian government, to make clear

CP letter to Sharp

In a letter to External Affairs Minister
Mitchell Sharp, on the eve of Mr. Sharp's

Hanoi urges Sharp

¢ visit to Saigon, Vientiane and Hanoi, William Canada’s desire to do so without any poli-
; e,e@ Kashtan, leader of the Communist Party of tical strings attached.
f a Canada, expressed the concerns and opinions Canada should recognize the Provisional
j | we ro of the Party on Canada’s particiption in su- Revolutionary Government without further
: pervising the ceasefire in Vietnam. The full delay. The Canadian Government has already
: 5 : text of the letter follows: had to overcome its ambiguous position with
‘ HA UOERT WHYTE ceived by Premier Pham Van sive are pleased to’ see that you and some respect to recognition of the Denicetatie Re-
i “ove, a The Vietnamese D0n8- : : other MP’s representing the NDP and Social public of Vietnam, and has already done so,
| “anada and people f The two sides issued no com- Credit will be visiting South Vietnam, Laos although it still needs to exchange ambas-
tetnati * Participation in th avor munique or statement followilg and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The — sadors between our two countries. It should
iy g? eIn- the talks. At the airport before press has properly drawn attention to the fact now take the next step and establish normal

diplomatic relations with the Provisional Re-
volutionary Government. It cooperates with
the PRG in the ICCS. It is a signatory toge- a

that your visit to the Democratic Republic of
Vietnam will be the first from one of the
countries of the West and is therefore of some

the Canadian party boarded
their plane, I asked Mr. Sharp,
who had just informed the large

the UPervis mmission set up
But Paris enPlementation of
Clea While Vietn, , SBteements.

tl Namese sentiment

tinues SUPpo contingent of Canadian report- 3 : th ith the PRG to the A re a |
hue rts Cz 5 importance. F er wl e o the Agreements on Viet i

Sion? *tticipation nes s.con; ers that he would holt Wa AS a signatory to the Agreement on Viet- nam. A logical and necessary step is the re- on |
the y,> iti eCom- conference during the Bg nam, Canada like the other countries which cognition of the PRG, a step many other

home, to indicate the content of countries have already taken.

Vietna © Cdually cle;
'o Dlay bam ae clean that are likewise signatories to the Agreement,

€s€ expect. Canada

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mnt role Progressive, indepen- Dee aeel the work of has the responsibility of atts Ly me ae We believe such measures would go a long

tag sbPiece Te not act as a the International Commission ment is fully abided by. - "Ea a Ss way in normalizing relations between Canada

y Often, Hs © Washington. All and the implementation of the the most important and urgen . ae ah - and Indochina and show in fact that Canada of

Co nbers of RISSpust! Canadian = ag snts. reached in Paris, Among these Agreements is that ol the 16" is not acting as a puppet of U.S. imperialism on |
Senco lease of all political prisoners held by the jn that part of the world. an

Mmige:et the
ang P'ssion ih ae International

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tion tthe a laved as stooges

lion, % end eye to viola-

anadian €va Agreements.
People must insist

the development of relations be-
tween Canada and the Democra-
tic Republic of Vietnam, — and
the question of economic aid to
Vietnam,” he said.

Thieu regime. It requires no stretch of the
imagination to know that without their re-
lease there will be no peaceful settlement.
Canada has an obligation to see that the
litical prisoners is carried

This needs emphasizing. One cannot forget '
the role of the Canadian Government follow- i
ing upon the Geneva accords of 1954. De-
spite the gross violation of the accords by

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ie CMef repetition of Mr. Sharp added that he had release O : 2h

eq tis is es Performance. also aguent up the case of a out without further delay. ue ae coeeeae DiS day and Ce 4
s Canada has an obligation as a party to the adian Government did nothing to |

4 ‘ © impresc;
Cay WUting Pression I gain-
: Madian p the brief visit of
last Mitchay ta! Affairs Min-
With SUNday, a to Hanoi
Neu Ry ie arp held talks
yi Foreign Minister
Tinh and was re-

counteract or to criticize these actions. In-
deed, as the record makes clear, the Canadian va i
Government aided and abetted the U.S. Gov- We
ernment,.running interference for it.and even Vv

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Canadian missionary who is
being held by the Pathet Lao | as 3 ¢ ie
forces in Laos. While the Cana- ends for its complicity in U.S. crimes against
dian-DRV talks were going on, the Vietnamese people—through arms sales
this same question had been iomthemee toma ane economic econ:
raised by one Canadian reporter struction of the Democratic Republic of Viet-

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ll as morally, to make am-

Agreement as we

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