WASHINGTON, D.C. — The biggest peace demonstration in U.S. Sry — estimated at close to half a million — marched past the Whi 40, aa House. Young marchers, carrying coffins filled with names of 100 U.S. dead in Vietnam, are shown above. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1969 ASML LUA LL TALULA LL — VANCOUVER — Anti-Vietnam war rally at Courthouse last Saturday _ MILLIONS CRY: VOL. 30, NO. 47 —Jdck Phillips photo bune SS 10¢ END THE WAR The rising tide of anti-war protest against U.S. aggression in Vietnam and Canada’s complicity in that barbarous war, reached a new higher and broader sweep last weekend. Millions in the U.S., in world capitals and across Canada, joined in the cry: “End the War Now!” In Vancouver, the Nov. 13-15 weekend of anti- war protest in support of the U.S. moratorium for an end to the war began with an impressive candlelight parade of 1,200 people Friday night. Marching several blocks from the Courthouse to Christ Church Cathedral, that stately building was filled to overflowing as church and labor leaders delivered short addresses with a minutes silence at the end of each speech in place of applause. Called by tle Vancouver Voice of Women, the candlelight parade attracted a very wide audience, including many prominent citizens. Among them was NDP provincial leader Dave Barrett and Barry Clark, Liberal MLA (North Van-Seymour) and conductor of radio station CKWX open line program. In his brief address Father James Roberts said, “‘We are here to re-examine our conscience. . . to ponder the. moral issues of war and its inhumanity — and to call for an end to it now.” Father Roberts was critical of military chaplains who are ‘‘inconsiderate of the immoral- ity of war’’ and which he declared ‘‘a deplorable scandal’. E.P. Neale, secretary of the Labor Council, was one of the speakers at the candlelight Cathedral gathering, as was Irene Dailey, NDP- MLA (Burnaby. ) On Nov. 15 two mass marches terminating in a great rally at the Vancouver Courthouse, estimated at between forty-five hundred to five thousand’ gave added emphasis. and support for the ‘‘End the War in Vietnam” world protest. Nor was Canada’s complicity in this brutal and degrading war overlooked in this massive demon- stration. Many speakers urged that this also should be ended forthwith. Each of these two marches covered different routes. The Silent March down Granville St. was by far the largest of the two, wearing black armbands. and headed by eighteen young people carrying three coffins, set forth in simple words its prime intent: ‘‘to express concern about the unspeakable suffering of the Vietnam war; to protest its continuing destruction—responsibly and non-violently.”’ At the rallying point of the Silent March, - Mrs. Grace McInnes, MP, (Vancouver-Kingsway) spoke briefly on the issue of Canada’s complicity in the Vietnam war, and called for a halt of Canadian-made war materials for U.S. use in Vietnam. The Silent March carried only one banner inscribed, ‘‘End the War in Vietnam.’’ The other march under the sponsorship of a Vietnam Action Committee carried a multiple of slogans, banners, flags, etc., which served only to confuse many marchers and spectators alike to the real issue of the world-wide supported moratorium demonstrations. UBC students and members of faculty also staged a Vietnam teach-in, in which the Vietnam war, wars in general, nuclear. bacteriological, and chemical warfare was fully debated and in general condemned. In Victoria some two hundred marched in a candlelight parade from the Parliament Buildings to the Centennial Center. The student body of Victoria College also staged a Vietnam teach-in on Friday. The head of Vancouver's traffic control police department described the Nov. 14-15 march demonstrations as ‘‘a credit and honor to Van- couver citizens, in sharp contrast to the riots and general rowdyism prevalent in Grey Cup football playoffs’. In the United States the huge demonstrations for peace in Vietnam in all major U.S. centers was described by the vast network of the news media as ‘‘the greatest peoples’ demonstration | in the history of the U.S.”’ with relatively few minority ‘‘incidents of violence’ taking place to mar the great moratorium demonstrations by the American people. It is estimated that about half-a-million citi- zens took part in the Washington, D.C. peace march alone, with similar huge demonstrations in New York, San Francisco and other large centers.