Remove nuclear warheads demanded by NDP parley Douglas hits ‘subservience to U.S.’ Prime Minister Pearson's Liberal government was accused of supine subser- vience to U.S. foreign policy by Tommy Douglas, New Democratic Party national leader, last Saturday when he spoke to 350 delegates at the B.C. NDP convention in Vancouver. Thunderous applause greeted his condemnation of U.S. policies in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic. The delegates later adopted a resolution calling for the removal of nuclear warheads from Canada. ee aoe mat MAY 28, 1965 L.2 ~Ol: 26, NO. 21 25,000 MORE TROOPS Yanks step-up war in Vietnam Bante midst of a new re- ri € of the South Vietnamese PPet government and stepped air attacks on North Vietnam ey this week revealed that ei 25,000 combat troops will as : in South Vietnam in the tot ‘WO months, bringing the al to over 70,000, Last Sunday more than 140 raids Planes carried out heavy within pe North Vietnam coming Capital 85 miles of Hanoi, the -'On Saturday, nearly 100 oan dropped 75 tons of bombs Own 55 miles from Hanoi — y is Rearest bombing to the capital pe Same time the Saigon Sovernment arrested its Ri urity and counter- 8ence chief in connection 8n alleged plot to overthrow - The puppet govern- civiy; has arrested 49 officers and or 4Ns in what it claims was “Ndup to foil a plot, Last Thursday a special Tass €Ment released in Moscow a stern warning to Presi- de nt Johnson of the consequences ines U.S. policy of aggravating National tension, See Paloment said the recent the 20th y President Johnson on Conti anniversary of V.E. Day ting that the line of aggra- agi national tension was ington hgly prevailing in Wash- * Offi Sider Cial Soviet circles con- 2 road t by embarking on such the fur € U.S, leaders assume for burden of responsibility of b. Possible consequences Sag, T Policy,” the statement « The ifnds : : Pre Vents like to Oviet Union firmly Suard over peace, but it Pared for any turn of » and may those who would revive the bankrupt ‘from a position of strength’ policy nurture no illusions in this re- spect, *No one should expect that it is possible to interfere in the internal affairs of independent States, provoke armed conflicts now here, now there, commit acts of aggression against the socialist countries, and at the same time talk about some kind of agreements with the Soviet Union about ending tensions.” The stepped up war in Vietnam has brought urgent appeals for an end to the fighting to prevent world thermonuclear war, One warning was issued by U.S, fin- ancier Cyrus Eaton who just re- turned from the Soviet Union, (See editorial page four.) In Britain the Association of Scientific Workers called on the Labor government to “use its power in support of negotiations for a peaceful settlement in Viet- nam,” SSS IN LATIN AMERICA. Photo shows the head of a huge pro- test in which tens of thousands took part in Ca , ezuela in May to protest U.S. intervention in the Domini- Douglas told the convention the U.S, was holding back freedom through its foreign policy, He said: “I’m afraid the Americans are not so much against com- munism as they are against any free people’s government that seeks to use political freedom to gain economic control over their own affairs,” He called on the U,S, to ne- gotiate with the nations who signed the 1954 Geneva agree- ment and to include the National Liberation forces in such ne- gotiations, Following Douglas’ speech the convention delegates adopted two resolutions dealing with Vietnam and the Dominican Republic, The Vietnam resolution urged *Cana- da protest to the U,S, and in the IN JAPAN. Tokyo students are shown in a recent demonstration protesting the U.S. actions in Vietnam and Dominican Republic. Banners read: “ Oppose U.S. °° aggression in Vietnam,” ‘Oppose U.S. armed intervention in Dominican Re- public.” There have been big protests in Japan against attempts of the U.S. and Japanese reactionaries to revise the constitution. reas, Ven- can Republic. The front banner in Spanish says, “U.S. ag- United Nations, against the bomb- ing in Vietnam by the U,S, with a view to securing an immedi- ate ceasefire,” The resolution calls for all participants in the Geneva con- ference of 1954 to resume ne- gotiations for a peaceful settle- ment of “the civil war in South Vietnam under the auspices of the United Nations,” It urges free elections in North and South Vietnam and withdrawal of all foreign troops from both areas, The resolution on the Domini- can Republic charges that “The United States, by armed inter- vention in the Dominican Repub- lic, has violated the United Na- tions Charter as well as the essential concept of a people’s right to self-determination,” gressors, get out of Santo Domingo.” Similar protests have taken place all over Latin America. (See story on page 12). It calls on Canada to press for “the United Nations to provide a peace-keeping force in the Do- _minican Republic to arrange for a withdrawal of United States forces and the restoration of the constitutional government of the country,” A further resolution on the United Nations urged that Cana- da work to strengthen the U.N, by. providing two percent of its gross national product for social and economic assistance to de- veloping countries, It resolved that “Canada withdraw from all military alliances and commit its military power to peace- keeping duties under the U,N,’” A resolution opposing the spread of nuclear weapons was adopted, The resolution said the danger of nuclear war was in- creasing with the spread of nu- clear weapons no matter what country had them, It urged oppo- sition to the spread of nuclear weapons and called for “the total destruction of all atomic weapons at the earliest possible time,” It demanded that “the government of Canada remove nuclear weap- ons and nuclear warheads from Canadian soil,” Despite some opposition among delegates, the convention con- curred in a resolution which said that China’s two nuclear bomb explosions “had added to the pol- lution of the atmosphere and in- creased the danger of nuclear war.” The resolution condemned this action of China, A large part of the report by provincial leader Robert Strachan dealt with the problems of automation, He said “Auto- mation is knocking on our door ~~. and that it “is a threat to every worker in our province if it is left to private industry and present governments,” Other resolutions adopted by the delegates included the fol- lowing: e Opposition to the Fulton-Fav- reau Formula which * would make it impossible to amend Canada’s constitution in the futureto carry out federal programs of social and economic planning,” It also called for a “full, frank, public reassessment of Confederation and the Canadian constitution in the light of present demands and future needs, e Increased social security measures including a universal prepaid medical care plan to cover all citizens; expansion of hospital services; public owner- ship of natural gas, remaining power companies, oil pipelines and B,C, Telephone.