hether Martin Borman, Hitler’s No. 2killer forthe Third Reich is alive or dead is of little consequence in these times of U.S. Murder Incorporated. If alive, he would scarcely qualify for the job of a Nixon aide. Dead, only the Nixons and their ilk would regret his passing. The book American Strategy— The Growth of Politico- Military Thinking in the United States by one Urs Schwarz, with a preface by ‘‘peace”’ scavenger Henry A. Kissinger, isa revealing document in many respects, particularly so in showing how words can be coined and twisted to cover up the mass crime of genocide and the ultimate destruction—ifneed be— ofall mankind. ° : From a perusal of this book one can learn what a score or 4 so of U.S. ‘‘eggheads’’, ‘‘experts’’ and similar ‘‘authors’’ with § their learned books, papers, etc., have gone towards shaping U.S. thinking for its murderous aggression in Vietnam and Indochina. All this ‘‘learned’’ guff is beamed to one prime objective; brainwash the American people into accepting “‘local’’, ‘‘limited’’, “‘conventional’’ or ‘‘unconventional’’ wars, and ultimately into total war; thatis, withthe great ‘“‘deterrent’’ of thermonuclear weapons— coupled withthe means of delivery. And, since 45 millionpeople voted a second term for ‘‘The Mad Bomber’”’ the crimes of theseso called U.S. intellectuals a lot of them hailing from the same Nazi-poisoned atmosphere as Martin Borman grew up in — become understandable! : There is muchsaid about ‘‘deterrents’’ inthis book— anda lot forgotten. Nuremberg, for instance, was it not the hanging of ahandful of Nazileaders for their crimesagainsthumanity, an act to deter other warlike nations from committing like crimes? The book, Nuremberg and Vietnam by Telford Taylor, the leading U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg, confirms that view. But then that was before the U.S. ‘‘egghead’’ gnomes got their scribblers out toscrambleallsuch thinking. Nowthe accusers have far-outstripped the accused in the monstrous crimes of genocide against Vietnam. Moreover, it may be noted here that Canadian monopoly in keeping with their Yankee gangland habitues have not heeded any ‘‘deterrents”’ in the way of pocketing three or four hundred million bucks annually from the sale of death-dealing equipment to help decimate Vietnam. Liberal apologist Trudeau repeats the same old gag that such sales are part of our ‘‘mutual defense agreements.”’ In such elevated circles there is obviously no ‘‘deterrent’’ for mocking truth by blatant falsehood. Hanging is no ‘“‘deterrent’’ to crime, any more than is the deliberate creation of mass unemployment a ‘‘deterrent”’ to spiralling inflation and spiralling living costs. True, it ““deterred’’ the few Nazis that were hanged but that was all. But the ‘‘deterrents’’ of today have changed course; nowit seeks to ‘‘deter’’ an outraged world public opinion by a protective asylum for those criminals of a quarter of a century ago, plus a sickening sham and apologia for the war criminals of today. During the recent spate of elections in Canada, federal, provincial and municipal, not a single party leader or candidate, with the sole exception of the Communist Party of Canada, uttered one word of protest against the agony of Vietnam or Indochina. Not even the socalled ‘‘socialist’’ NDP. Obviously we have inherited the ‘‘new perspective in American thinking ‘‘along withthe grab-and-give-away of our resources birthright. But cheer up. The U.S. ‘‘thinkers’’, including the author of the book cited earlier, gives us something to look forward to, unless, that is, the ‘‘Mad Bomber’’ and his immediate cohorts are placed under lock and key. In their visualized total war in which the ‘‘deterrents’’ are now not working too well, with 2-million dead our ‘‘economic recuperation’ can be set torights in one year; with 10-million » dead it will take 5 years, while 40-million dead and up will take from 20 to 100 years. The author hopes that a carnage of such magnitude ‘‘might not altogether exclude the reconstruction of a civilized society in the nation afflicted.’’ So do we, and the best way is to see to it that it doesn’t happen! To this end make 1973 the year of mass ‘‘deterrents’’ for war Criminals and their political yesmen! FOR ALL YOUR TRAVEL NEEDS. Contact: GLOBE TOURS 2679 E. Hastings St., Vancouver 6, B.C. 253-1221. 254-2313: PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1972—PAGE 2 ALD. RANKIN SAYS: ‘Unity of civic reform forces only guarantee of advance’ By ALD. HARRY RANKIN When Vancouver voters went to the polls on December 13 they had one thing in mind and that was to get rid of the NPA. ‘The only NPA alderman tosur- vive was Marianne Linnell and that was probably because in the last Council she often voted with TEAM and COPE. The NPA popular vote dropped from 33 percent in 1970 to 19 percent this year. TEAM was the main bene- ficiary of this desire to oust the NPA, capturing 21 of the 27 posi- tions open. Its popular vote went up from 33 percent in 1970 to 45 percent. COPE received 13 percent of the vote, up 2 percent from 1970, and retained its seat on Council. The NDP received 12 percent, up 3 percent from 1970, electing none. The remaining 11 per- cent went to independents. © The landslide victory for TEAM and the failure of COPE andthe NDP tomake more sub- stantial gains is directly attri- butable to the refusal of the Van- couver Area Council of the NDP to heed the appeals of the trade union movement and of COPE for unity behind one slate of candidates. COPE and the trade unions predicted that TEAM would win inthe absence of unity among the progressive and reform forces. That is exactly what happened. The Vancouver NDP leader- ship bears the responsibility for the outcome of this election. It placed its own partisan inter- ests ahead of the common good. The people of Vancouver were the losers. Although the NDP and COPE together received only 25 per- cent of the vote, even this would have been enough toelect Tony Gargrave and Bruce Yorke to City Council; Irene Foulks and Henry Arthur to the School Board; and Bruce Russell, Judith Langdon and Rod Marining to the Parks Board. These conclusions are arrived at by adding up the NDP and COPE votes. Itis true, of course, that notall NDP voters would have neces- sarily voted for all COPE candi- dates and vice versa, but experi- ence also shows that unity always generates additional strength. It’sacaseofoneplus one gaining one more to make three. Workers Benevolent Assn. Of Canada | I I ! I Progressive Fraternal Society | Caters to all your needs in the I Life Insurance field LIFE INSURANCE ENDOWMENTS PENSION PLANS | WEEKLY BENEFITS Apply to: B.C. office at 805 East Pender St. or 595 Pritchard Ave. Winnipeg 4, Manitoba The predictions of certain NDP leaders during the cam- paign that this would be COPE’s last election, that COPE is going down the drain, etc. etc. have turned out to be wishful thinking. COPE is here to stay and will continue to be a signi- ficant and growing force in Van- couver civic affairs. If the Van- couver leadership of the NDP decides to stay in civic politics, then the lesson is obvious — unity of the reform forces is the only guarantee that any substan- tial advances can be made. And that unity doesn’t have to wait until 1974. All the issues which impelled the people to oust the NPA are still with us. TEAM is now in the saddle and will have to deliver. A host of issues face the new Council — the introduction of a ward sys- tem, Christ Church cathedral, the Four Seasons site, the Mount Pleasant school site, Jericho land use, False Creek redevel- opment, re-assessment of big commercial and industrial pro- perties to compel them to pay their fair share of taxes, housing for senior citizens and low income groups, keeping down rents, etc. etc. On each of these issues Coun- cilcantakea stand that will be in the interests of the people, or of the developers and big busi- ness interests. The TEAM majority will have ample opportunity to prove where it stands. The involvement of people on these issues is what willdecide the outcome. If their voices are strong enough Council must heed them or stand exposed as serving the developers the same way the NPA did. The year ahead will be aninteresting one, that’s for sure. My thanks to all who voted for me and who supported COPE and its campaign for new direc- tions at City Hall. We stopped the developers on a number of occasions inthe past two years and I’m confident we’ll chalk up some victories for the people in 1973 as well. “To you from failing hands we throw...” For tickets phone ! | | | National Office at _ | | 4 NEW YEARS EVE at the Russian Peoples Home 600 Campbell Ave. Banquet at 7:00 p.m. — Dancing 9:00 to ? $7.00 per person Spons: by Federation of Russian Canadians 254-3430 aa ae. My ls mA ol ee, ee hee ha ae ee i