es Urgent appeal from the leaders =

of Popular Unity,
meeting in Rome, Sept. 18, 1973

TO THE PEOPLE

FOR CHILE

Today, the 18th of September, 1973, the
National Day of Chile, commemorating its
independence, we, leaders of Popular Unity,
are meeting in Rome. The fascist military
coup of Tuesday the llth, found us out’ of
our country. Wherever we are, we must do
our duty. :

' We cannot be silent.

Especially since the putsch has thrown the
Republic of Chile into a horrible civil trage-
dy by unleashing a virtual civil war.

For the last week, day after day, hour after
hour, the blood of the people has run in the
streets following the assassination in the pre-
sidential palace of the legal and constitutional
presjdent, comrade Salvador Allende.

He: fell valiantly for liberty, for democracy,
for human rights, for socialism and the end
of all exploitation. He gave himself wholly
to the cause of total emancipation of his
country, to the revolution.

He paid with his life for. that ideal.

Allende takes his place among the heroes
of our nation, the “Liberator” O'Higgins,
Carrera and Manuel Rodriguez, the martyr
president Balmaceda. His work, his spirit, his
example, will live on always. Allende parti-
cipated in every struggle of the people. The
conscience of freedom in America also in-
scribes his name with those memorable lead-

ers who fell for the cause of human rights,

with Lincoln, Marti, “Che”

Guevara.

A sense of horror has arisen throughout
the world, indignant at the massacre in which
thousands of citizens have already fallen.

Never before has a president of Chile been
assassinated. Never before has a crime so ter-
rible and traitorous been committed.

The insurgents have taken to arms, brut-
ally relying on aerial bombardments and on
the artillery against the government which
is. legal, democratic, pluralist, of many par-
ties, formed by a large coalition of diverse
forces: Marxists, Christians, rationalists, in-
dependents.

In its three years of government, Popular
Unity fully guaranteed liberties and human
rights. Under its rule, many elections took
place.

For its vicious enemies, the fault of Pop-
ular Unity was to open the way to profound
economic and: social transformations, to in-
stall a government of the people, for the peo-
ple, by the people. mae

Its crime was to wish for a Chile for Chil-
eans, a nation for itself, and not for the pro-
fit of international consortiums. Its crime
was to nationalize nitrates, copper and iron.

This is why North American imperialism
swore vengeance, and planned the death of
Allende and the ruin of our country. It began
the plot right from the first day of the pop-
ular victory. This is shown ‘by official U.S.
documents. It is North American imperialism
which has acted, and which, behind the
scenes, organized the coup d’etat, conceived
from models foreign to Chile.

Reactionaries inside Chile hated Allende
because he led a movement to liberate the
peasants. They also decided to overthrow him
because he put an end to the voracity of the
monopolies. They condemned him to death
because by every means possible, he tried to
prevent a civil war and open the door ‘to
dialogue.

They hated Allende because at the head of
a popular movement, he remembered the
eternally forgotten, the humiliated, the of-
fended, the poor, mothers and children. And
they never pardoned him for giving half a
litre of milk each day to all Chilean children.
ese imperialism, fascism, the National

Sandino and

Party and the Christian Democratic right,
led by Frei, have incited the military chiefs
of staff to betray their oath to the country
and to the Constitution. They forced them to
undertake a bloody coup d’etat destined to
violently strangle democratic institutions and
social conquests, and to install in Chile a
heartless dictatorship.

The word “‘Jukarta” written. by the fascists
on the walls of Santiago, is the- invitation
which has inspired the present killings of the
workers, of the peoples in the suburbs, of
revolutionaries and of patriots. In this slaugh-
ter Christians, Marxists, rationalists and in-
dependents have lost their lives. é

The people are resisting the guilty perpe-
trators of the coup d’etat in a heroic and
unequal struggle which, through many other
forms, will continue until final victory.

This struggle has already received, and
needs more and more, worldwide understand-
ing and solidarity.

The junta can maintain itself by bayonets,
but never by the will of the people. It is not
the legal government. It does not represent
the will of our country. ~

We know that the cause of Chile is, with-
out exception, the cause of all people.

From Rome, where we have met, we wish
to ask all people of good will, who have re-
spect for humanity, to do everything possible,
and most urgently, to arrest the murderous
hand, and put an end to it along with the
blood-bath in Chile. —

@ Open the orisons that are filled with ps-
litical detainees, and close the prison camps.

e Cease all forms of open and hypocritical
persecution in the land of Gabriela Mistral
and Pablo Neruda.

e For this, we address ourselves to all de-
mocratic parties of Europe and other con-
tinents, to organizations of workers, of
women, of youth and students, to intellectu-
als, to people of all philosophies and convic-
tions, that they speak out and act im-
mediately. to condemn fascism and the mass
murders which have been unleashed in Chile.

e The country which was always the land
of exile against oppression can not accept
that those who have sought refuge in our
country be expelled.

e@ We urgently demand that all people and
all forces who respect human dignity join
together so that in Chile there is an end to
the persecution.

. @ We ask that solidarity be shown. in
thousands of ways.

e@ We ask that messages in this view be

addressed to the General Secretary of the

United Nations, and to national and interna-
tional organizations charged with keeping
watch over human rights.

We are moved to say that Chile is not |

alone in this time of trial.

On this anniversary of our eimancipation,
from the depth of their hearts, the people of
Chile state to people around the world their
confidence in the ultimate success of their
struggle, and they hurl forward the cry of
combat and hope: Venceremos!

Signed: Julio Benitez (Political Bureau, So-
cialist Party of Chile); Victor Barberis (Poli-
tical Bureau, (SPC); Homero Ullio, (SPC);
Volodya Teitelboim (senator, member of the
Political Bureau, Communist Party of Chile);
Carlos Contreras (CC CP of Chile); Mario
Astorga (leadership, Radical Party, former
minster of education); Oscar Jimenez (Radical
Party); Armando Uribe (leadership, Christian
Left); Sergio Sanchez (leadership of MAPU
and the United Confederation of Labor); Edu-
ardo Nova and Carlos Vasallo (independent
left); Alessandro Yarez (CC CP of Chile).

PACIFIC TRIBUNE'S FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,,1973-—PAGE 4

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South African miners, work papers in their hands, change shifts.

S. Africa labor leads
anti-apartheid fight

TORONTO — The murder of
12 South African Black miners
by police and armed forces drew
strong protest by speakers and
audience alike at ‘a meeting
called by the African National
Congress at St. Paul’s Anglican
Church here Sept. 21.

Miners at Carleton who had
been protesting inadequate
wages and miserable working
conditions were fired on by the
military in a style reminiscent
of the infamous Sharpeville
massacre of 1956.

David Archer, president of,
the Ontario Federation of Labor,
railed “at the injustice and dis-
crimination in South Africa.” He
spoke of labor’s solidarity with
the people there fighting against

_ apartheid and for trade union

rights, and described the CLC’s
actions in depriving South Af-
rica from membership in the
International Confederation of
Free Trade Unions.

The OFL, he said, endorsed
the statement of CLC vice-pre-
sident Joe Morris, who presided
over an_ international - trade
union anti-apartheid meeting
held under the auspices of the
International Labor Organiza-
tion. The statement says in
part:

“Once again this savage kill-
ing of workers is but another
consequence of the vicious ra-
cial policies of the South Afri-
can government...

“This new act of violence
against Black workers in South
Africa is the fault of the lack of
free labor unions. The _anti-
union policy of the government
of South Africa is supported by

.the large international corpora-

tons who continue to reap vast
profits from the low wages paid
to Black workers.”

~On behalf of the OFL and the
entire tfade union movement,
Mr. Archer wished the meeting
and the activities of the African
National Congress the best of
success.

Toronto Alderman Dan Heap
expressed his solidarity with the
people and workers of South
Africa who are __ struggling

against the regime. He remint’
ed the audience that action
against the labor movement ©
not only occur in other cou?
tries, but in Canada also. a
spoke of situations where polit
have attacked picket lines

-other strike actions.

Against Apartheid

Jojo Salugie, president ‘
Toronto branch of the ANC,
scribed the growth of the ree
strike movement in South /
rica. “Strike,” he said, “4 he
very big word. It is one of He
most powerful weapons Of fo
people, because it is not Jus 4
fight for better wages, not Jus di:
fight for better working ore
tions, but a protest against,
entire system of aparthel?. the

He detailed the history 9
Carleton massacre. “This }§ ,
the first time that this has 14
pened, nor will it be the last a
but none of these measures bi:
dampened the spirit of our Pst
ple. For they are aware
they are not alone.” ‘

Mr. Salugie asked Canadians
to protest against the South —
rican regime by total diseng4 '
ment of all trade, transF
tourism and_ sport exchane
He. spoke out sharply 284 if
the role of foreign invest0®
the country. “They hav" ies
share,” he said, “in the bU 1e.
that have massacred our pele

“It is not enough for ain
firms to grant better wo
conditions and higher was
their Black employees hef (i),
their presence guarantees neid
regime and leaves the 4p
system intact.”

Chairwoman Jean
the Canadian Peace Cone
spoke of the rising militan and
the South African people ice
the increased. support th®Y tne
receiving from people ca of
entire world. The quest! tants
South Africa is so IMP’ one
she said, that it will occuPy ing
of thé panels in the a» of
Moscow World Congtes® —
Peace Forces. ; acme

Slides of the Sharpeville 4 a,
sacre were also show,

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WFTU denounces murder

of South Vietnam labor he?

PRAGUE, Sept. 24—The World Federation of Trade un p
released a statement condemning the assassination of sar
president of the South Vietnam Bank Employees Union, whi

held in a Saigon jail.

The WFTU stated: ‘‘These illegal actions of the Thiev r .
its refusal to release over 200,000 political prisoners constitt: in
violation of the Paris Agreements for the restoration of Pere for of
nam and the joint communique of June 13, 1973, which ca ple
guarantee of democratic rights and civil liberties for the ;

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