lk — ee — Wer mae eR! | ee RAR AL A LAT PROTEST SHAKES U.S. pay hh les Reminiscent of the days of the Inquisition, these Sout Indfolded through Saigon’s streets as part of the te Puppet regime. The signs around their nec e Yen. Cing sin gian a¢ ‘i FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1969 h Vietnamese are paraded handcuffed and rror drive against the civilian population by ks read: “Here: A Cruel Communist Agent.” Oil pollution threatens bier arning that the disaster could it Santa Barbara, Calif., : Strike the B.C. coast if et are not taken now to exblore, Strict control over oil came aay in Georgia Strait Pollut; ast week from a water Ution expert. aris at Simon Fraser Uni- oo Se Dr. Norman Sanders, an tom s Professor in geology es he University of Cali- 4 said, ‘“You might be lucky br the odds are you'll have a apeut here We’ve - €red in Santa Barbara. . . Ray My God, don’t let Santa bara ” thas happen here. the oj] Pany anders pointed out that Spill caused by oil com- Barba exploration off Santa billion @ has resulted. in about $2 about poatiage and affected Said 00 miles of coastline. He a e oil Spill is continuing and Y Can't stop it. three vn, oil exploration at Coast Major sites off the B.C. heck are moving ahead. Last Beat Oil, which was Millio Y granted over one sland acres between Saturna Oil ex ,and Campbell River for ~ *Xploration, brought a special See ase treebe ors U.S. ship into the straits for exploration work. Dr. Sanders said that Gulf Oil was one of the major companies involved in the drilling off the California coast that brought on the Santa Barbara disaster. He wanred that the companies gave assurances that it couldn't happen, but it did. As if to underline the danger of B.C. coast warns expert — oil pollution in coastal waters, it was revealed Monday that an accident at the Canadian Forest Products plant at Port Mellon has poured nearly 1,000 gallons of fuel oil into Howe Sound. So far neither Ottawa or Vic- toria have announced any strict measures to control the threat of oil pollution in coastal waters. And time is running out. Which Way The NDP? —PAGE 9. Vietnam: A Record U.S. War —PAGE 10 VOL. 30, NO. 42 ‘Tribune eS" 10¢ Vietnam Moratorium demands Nixon act The Nixon Administration in the United States was shaken to its foundations this week by the most broadly- based anti-Vietnam war protests in the nation’s history. Centering around the October 15 Moratorium, which origin- ated as a student protest on U.S. campuses to end the waiting period for Nixon to bring peace in Vietnam, the idea of the Mora- torium caught fire and spread to include diverse sections of people from one end of the U.S. to the other. Students at about 400 U-S. campuses took part in one form or another in the giant anti-war protest.- The Moratorium has spread to include lawyers, doctors, clergymen, trade union- ists as well as a host of U.S. Congressmen, Representatives and Senators. On the eve of the protests 17 Senators and 47 House members of the U.S. Congress announced they would join the October 15 Moratorium. In some states Governors, and other political figures, who realized their political futures were on the line, joined the protest. In New York Mayor Lindsay announced flags in the city would fly at half mast on Wednesday. In cities like Detroit and other major centres Catholic, Protest and Jewish leaders called on their followers to join the protest. Demon- strations took place in 100 U.S. cities. The Senates at some of the most prominent U.S. uni- versities have urged an end to — the war, and called off classes on Wednesday, or announced there would be no action taken against students taking part in protests. PROTESTS GROW In Washington, D.C. many government workers joined vigils, marches, and public meetings to protest the war and to demand immediate with- drawal. The National Cathedral in ‘Washington announced its bells would toll throughout the day, while many in the Capitol wore black armbands and congregated n the steps of the Capitol to hold a silent vigil. Many protests took the form of demonstrations inside draft board offices at which demon- strators read a list of the war dead. So far more than 38,000 Americans have been killed in _Vietnam Since Nixon’s inaugura- tion the toll of dead and wounded has climbed by 7,933 dead and 57,795 wounded. The anti-Vietnam protest does not end with the October 15 Mora- torium. It is being widely hailed in the U.S. as the start of a month of stepped-up protests aginst the war. This protest is expected to culminate by mid- November with demonstrations in many parts of the world in support of the demand that the U.S. pull out all troops now. SPOCK RALLY The demand for an end to the war is being taken up by many Canadian peace groups in major centres who are demanding that Canada press for an end to the war and for an end to Canadian complicity. In Vancouver Dr. Benjamin Spock, noted’ paediatrician and leader of the U.S. anti-Vietnam war movement, will address a giant rally in the Queen Eliza- beth Theatre on Wednesday, November 5 at 8 p.m. on the subject: ‘‘End the War in Vietnam Now.” He will share. the platform with repre- sentatives of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam who are coming to Vancouver for the rally. (See details on page 12). Although the Canadian government has kept silent .on the Moratorium and the sweep- ing public demand in the U.S. _ that all troops be withdrawn, many echoes of the U.S. demon- strations found expression in Canada. At Montreal’s McGill University the Student Society held a mass rally Wednesday - and planned a march on the U.S. consulate as well as a teach-in. They have called on Canadian universities to join the protest. Demonstration protests have also been held in many of the world’s capitals in_ solidarity with U.S. Moratorium Day. While the Nixon Administration is reeling under the pressure, it is expected that this Wednes- day’s massive protest will be followed up _ throughout November.and grow in intensity.