GREETINGS ON MAY DAY
to all our friends

FEDERATION OF
RUSSIAN CANADIANS

600 Campbell Avenue, Vancouver

Sincere greetings to all
on the occasion of the
international day of labor

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ASSOCIATION OF UNITED
UKRAINIAN CANADIANS
Vancouver, B.C.

CANADIANS FOR
DEMOCRACY IN
CHILE

greets all workers on May Day and asks all trade unions,
organizations & persons to support the Chilean trade
union movement in their struggle for their democratic
rights by sending telegrams of support to:

Comando Nacional
De Defensa

De Los Derechos
Sindicales,
Almeda 1603
Santiago, Chile

For more information:
P.O. Box 65665,
Station F,

Vancouver

ON MAY DAY 1980

We hold out our hand

in solidarity with all

those fighting for freedom
and peace.

Lower Mainland Yugoslav
Pensioners Club

lran raid

Continued from page 1

Kastenberg voiced shock at the
news of the raid and added that it
was a setback for the efforts to win
release of the hostages while
George McGovern, a member of
the foreign relations committee
told reporters ‘‘...the president
committed U.S. military forces in-
to an operation that was at best a
risky and dangerous enterprise.”’
Many families of the hostages
were dismayed by Carter’s action,
seeing it as a danger to initiatives
aimed at winning a peaceful solu-
tion to the hostage crisis. The fami-
ly of one of the hostages, John Earl
Graves, issued a statement which

. expressed shock at ‘‘the loss of

eight young men in an action which
endangered not only the lives of the
hostages but the peace of the entire
world.”

In this country, the central com-
mittee of the Communist Party
condemned the raid as ‘‘one of the
step by step measures it is taking to
drag its allies, Canada included, in-
to a military action against the Ira-
nian revolution.”

The party’s 67-member commit- *

tee, which met in Toronto last
weekend, warned that “‘by going
along with U.S. policy and not

repudiating it, the Trudeau govern--

ment is, in fact, preparing the
ground for Canadian participation
in a military action against Iran.”

It reiterated its stand that thé
holding of the hostages ‘‘is a viola-
tion of international law’’ but em-
phasized “‘It is the actions of U.S.
imperialism in Iran which are
responsible for this situation.”’

The committee warned: ‘The
road being taken by Trudeau and
his government in capitulating to
pressures from U.S. imperialism is
the road of disaster.”’

Both France and West Germany
issued formal statements rebuking
the U.S. for its failure to consult the
western allies and added that the
action had serious consequences
for NATO policy.

The Soviet Union, ina statement
issued by TASS, called the raid ‘‘a
balancing on the brink of
madness.”

Continued from page 1
the services provided. The issue,
as NPA alderman Bernice
Gerard put it, was ‘‘raw political
struggle.’’ That because of the
political profile of DERA and
because some of its officers are
candidates for the Committee
of Progressive Electors.

The issue for the supporters
of DERA was the political
persecution of a community
organization, and the com-
munity it represented, because
of the political affiliation of its
leaders.

To block the mobilization of
delegations in support of
DERA’s grant, council last year
voted to restrict delegations on
grant appeals to six. DERA
responded this year by gathering
letters of support, 511 in total.

In a skillful presentation to
council, DERA president Bruce
Eriksen answered the charges
against the organization by
quoting from about 50 of the
supporting letters.

Among DERA’s supporters
were 17 trade unions, including
the B.C. Federation of Labor
and the Vancouver Labor
Council, six professional
organizations, 28 non profit
community associations and 18
politicians, ranging from Bernie
Smith, president of the Social
Credit Party of B.C. to Maurice
Rush, provincial leader of the
Communist Party.

The pressure on council to
reverse its previous decision and
grant funding was evident, and
it was enough to bend NPA
backed aldermen Helen Boyce,
Doug Little and Don Bellamy to
join with Harry Rankin, Mike
\ Harcourt, Darlene Marzari and

DERA grant denied

Marguerite Ford in support 0
funding. ;
But three others, Geo
Puil, Warnett Kennedy ai
Bernice Gerard, responded with
bitter, defensive attacks. Puil, im
particular, lashed out in a per]

- sonal attack on DERA presi

dent Bruce Eriksen, accusing
him of being unwilling or unab!
to find work. Kennedy fell in'
familiar tirade, protesting thé
he didn’t like DERA’s use ©
“the jargon of class struggle.
“Perhaps you don’t believeill
me,”’ he shouted at the jeeriMB }
crowd, “‘but I don’t believe
you.” : 3
COPE?’s Harry Rankin spoke
eloquently in defence of DERA-
“The difference between

‘DERA and all of the agencies

down there is that DERA is peO-
ple who live there, and who sa; |
we will decide ourselves how 10
improve our conditions,’ he}
said. Bt
Alderman Mike Harcourt
spoke in favor of the grant and
wagered Kennedy that Eriksen |
will be elected in November. |
But in an unprecedented mo-
tion from TEAM’s Marguerite”
Ford which would have made
any grant conditional on DERA
making amendments to its con-
stitution, Harcourt and alder-
man Darlene Marzari, both
voted to interfere in DERA’si-

‘ternal affairs.

Ford’s motion passed, but it |
was rendered meaningless
moments later by Volrich, Puil,
Kennedy and Gerard. * a

“They weren’t interested i
city business tonight,’’ Erikset
said to the Tribune, ‘They |
voted to protect the NPA. But |»

people will see through that.” J

“MAY DAY GREETINGS}

Finnish
i Organization
- of Canada

MAY DAY
GREETINGS

End the arms race
Build detente

B.C. Peace Council

African Workers
Under Apartheid
Greet International
Labor Movement

from Southern Africa Action Coalition

MAY DAY
GREETINGS
FOR
PEACE

Canada-GDR
Friendship
Association

IFELIZ PRIMERO del MAYO! |]

Dia Internacional del Trabajo

_ Canadian-Cuban
Friendship Association
meets 3rd Thursday, Britannia Centre, 8 p.m.

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