» =suTS Re BENNETT COVERS UP ON COLUMBIA --*. FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1967 VOL. 28, NO. 20 Repudiate U.S. Vietnam policy Canada must act to stop drift to World War Ill The stepped-up U.S. war in Vietnam, with one escalation. following another, has led to widespread concern in Canada and around the world that unless the U.S. is checked soon the world may be dragged into a new global war. Warning of this danger came last week when UN secretary general U Thant said we ~may be witnessing ‘‘the initial phase of World War Ill . . . if Witt TH In 194 seis f » Last Or fqj A lame fos ilin mi se 8 APPEN AGAIN? Picture shows Dewdney Crossing during the great Fraser Valley flood week the Fisheries Association of B.C. criticized the federal and provincial govern- 4 - build up Fraser Valley dikes well before the current flood threat developed. e ck of adequate flood control is laid directly at the door of the two governments. Cowsnest Y Kaiser te ‘0 : Sted the sonnist Party. pro- © ty me announce Wade Cal - BEhB.C’s ee Tupig oF Kaiser steel ang ents to Japan i a long » MM which our Yelling Cess is restricted Ve + . resources into +S © transport °Y processin & esa resale to a lareq, \°4er Nigel develop- Valuable coa) he said, “This, SS eq here,» c fe e Means Opening up takeover protested still more resources of this prov-_ ince to another big consortium — the Kaiser-Japanese interests to sell for a dime and buy back for a dollar, “Present annual exports of 450 thousand tons is to be stepped up to two million, and the coal won’t even be shipped over a Canadian - railway, being carried by the U.S. Great Northern instead! “We should demand Ottawa intervene and halt the north-south tie-in with the U.S, railway, Coal has many uses, including the basis for important plastics, Our government should protect B.C’s vital interests by insisting that these resources be utilized for the development of industry in See COAL, pg. 12 Repudiat favor of the present trend continues." ’ U_ Thant’s warning shocked world public opinion and brought strong demands that the U.S, halt its aggression in Vietnam, put an end to the bombing, and agree to early negotiations to end the war, However, rather than indicate any intention to seek a peaceful settlement of the war, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday that the U.S, has not ruled out the possibility of using nuclear weapons in the Vietnam war if the need arises. “We have not tied our hands in that respect,” an official said. The disclosure of possible use of nuclear weapons in Vietnam by the U.S. came after a speech by Privy Council president Wal- ter Gordon last Saturday in which he condemned the U.S. war in Vietnam as one “which cannot be justified on either moral or strat- egic grounds,” Commenting on Gordon’s ed by his own council which voted 7-2 last week in a tag day for medical aid to the children of Vietnam, Mayor Tom Campbell has been conducting a personal campaign against the tag of the tag day, Friday. Mrs. Burns- day. Photo shows Mrs. Eve Burns-Miller, supporter and Mayor Campbell on the 7 O'clock Show last Miller, a former Social Credit candidate who also backed Campbell in the last civic election, condemned the done. ‘Mayor for his stand, as many others who saw the show. have speech, William Kashtan, na- tional leader of the Communist Party, said in a-press state- ment that “Gordon’s forthright call upon the Pearson Govern- ment to press for an end to U.S, bombing in Vietnam will be wel- comed all over the country.” Kashtan added: “This is a significant devel- opment irrespective of whether Gordon speaks for himself or for an important body of Liberals in and outside the Cabinet. In any case he has now added his voice to that of the peace move- ments, university faculties, the NDP, the Communist Party, trade union, church and other bodies in the demand that the Govern- ment end its bankrupt quiet diplo- macy and advance a truly inde- pendent position, one which coin- cides with the genuine national interests and security of our country and of world peace, “Majority Canadian opinion is for such a course. The most urgent task now is to unite it, Separate voices and separate ac- tions are useful but if all could be joined into one powerful and effective voice, it could make a decisive difference in the course Canada should take in this fateful moment of history. “What the situation calls foris a mighty coalition of all organ- izations, movements and indiv- iduals to compel Parliament to speak up for an end to the bomb- ing as a precondition for mean- ingful negotiations leading to a settlement based on the 1954 Geneva Agreements. *Neither Government or Par- liament must be allowed to evade their responsibilities in this hour of peril, They must be com- pelled to act and those who echo the voice of President Johnson and the Pentagon, those who would play partisan politics at the ex- pense of the security of Canada and world peace, need to feel the full wrath of their constituents and: of Canadians from.all walks of life.”