| nop charges

New Democratic. Party
House leader Douglas Fisher,
considered one of the best in-
i formed men on Parliament
Hill, charged in Fort William,

a. Ontario, Monday, that the Lib-
eral government has a secret
_| back or agreement with Presi-
“dent Johnson to send Canadian
troops to Vietnam after the
November 8 federal election,

DOUGLAS FISHER

to send troops to Vietnam

secret pact

Fisher saidona radio inter-
view in the Great Lakes city
that he knows for a fact the
Liberal government drafted a
plan for sending communica-
tion and transportation per-
sonnel to Vietnam,

He said he had the informa-
tion from a defence depart-
ment source that the draft was
on Defence Minister Paul Hel-
yer’s desk in August.

This disclosure following on
a recent charge from North
Vietnam that Canada had
agreed to train mounted police
for the South Vietnamese
puppet government, indicates
that the Liberals went further
than they were prepared to ad-
mit in the recent exchange
of letters with President John-
son,

The content of the letter
from the U.S. president was
never disclosed butitis known
that in it he asked Canada for
more direct support for the
U.S, war in Vietnam,

| Why were
| at Douglas

_ Over 2,000 people packed the
Showmart Building at the PNE
in Vancouver last Saturday night
to honor the New Democratic
Party’s national leader Tommy

Ouglas on the occasion of 30
Years of public service.

The only incident to mar the’
ig event. was the presence of
‘four: policeman—two city police
8nd two Mounties, The city police
Ok up posts. at the main entrance,
but the RCMP circulated for more
“Yan 10 minutes among the crowd.

The performance of the RCMP
at the banquet has aroused a
Storm, Why were they there?

Went there to serve a summons
: >

According to the RCMP story they ~

Mounties
fete?

on a man for a traffic offence—
going through a red light,
Nobody explained why four of-
ficers were needed to perform
this function, and why it was
necessary for them to carry out
their duty in the manner they
jid, At first the RCMP. head-
.quarters refused any knowledge
of the two officers who had re-
fused to give their names to the
press and NDP officials.
Many tributes were paid to
Douglas by people prominent in
public life in B,C., Ottawa and
Saskatchewan, Many organiza-

tions sent representatives to the

banquet, Associate Editor Maur-
ice Rush attended the banquet
on behalf of the PT,

In addition to the Kashtan elec-
On rallies this week in all
Constituencies (including Vernon

Ks Hall, Sun, Oct, 24, 5 p.m.;
a Vancouver Pender Auditori-
™ Mon, Oct, 25, 8 p.m.) Com-
Munist Party candidates in B.C.
4 sd be heard at the following
j €dule of meetings:

,_ CHARLES CARON: First Bap-
St Church, West Vancouver Sat.

os 23; Sentinel Hill School,

a Vancouver Mon, Oct. 25;
Wamish Wed, Oct, 27; Seymour
fights Community Centre,
hurs, Oct, 29; Gibson Legion
all, Sun, Oct, 31; Hollyburn
Be pol Tues, Nov, 2; Powell River

_ -, /on Hall, Wed, Nov, 3; Caulfeild
School, Thurs, Nov. 4.

WILLIAM STEWART: Fraser-
€W Community Centre, Sir

-_W

Speak at many rallies

James Douglas School, Tues, Oct,
26; Eric Hamber School (noon)
Wed, Oct, 27; Killarney Com-
munity Centre, Thur. Oct, 28;
St. Giles United Church, Sun.
Oct. 31; Sexsmith P.T.A., Sex-
smith School, Mon, Nov, 1; Jew-
ish Community Centre, Tue. Nov,
2; Kiwanis Club ‘All-Candi-
dates,’? John Oliver School Wed,
Nov, 3; U.J.P.O, ‘All-Candi-
dates,’’ Peretz School Wed, Nov.
3; Kerrisdale Kiwanis, Kerris-
dale Community Centre, Fri.
Nov. 5.

W, S.E. MORRISON: CHEK-TV
interview from Legislative Press
Gallery, Thu. Oct, 21; GCURGD-A.
‘<¢Tel-opinion’’ show, Mon, Nov.
1, 8 pm: University of Vic-
toria ‘¢All-Candidate,"* McPher-
son Playhouse Theatre, Wed,

Nov, 3.

LABOR ROUNDUP:

VLC hits RCMP violence;
will fight injunctions

A resolution from the B,C,
Federation of Labor to the Van-
couver and District Labor Coun-
cil (VLC), recommending the
preparation of a Brief by “leg-
ally qualified persons” on the
indiscriminate use of expartite
injunctions against striking un-
ions was unanimously endorsed
by delegates at the regular VLC
session this week,

VLC secretary Paddy Neale
declared “something must be
done about this willful and delib-
erate misuse of courtinjunctions,
which abrogates Trade Union Act
provisions and are handed out by
the courts to employers like
newspapers,” The VLC will vote
at a later meeting on a $1,000
donation towards the Brief,
President Sims stated it “may
cost $10,000 before the job is
completed, but it has to be done.”

* * *

Among the many questions
coming before the VLC at this
week’s session was the Oil,
Chemical and Atomic Workers’
Union strike of British-Amer-
ican (B—A) supply and service
outlets, now national in its scope
to win wage increases and job
security in automation,

Oil workers delegates reported
a serious situation developing in
Vancouver and area in which the
RCMP are now brought in to
ride herd on B—A scabs and
assist in the movement of B—A
products in an attempt to break
the strike,

This week REMP officers for-
ced pickets aside to move trucks
at Burnaby oil terminal, Pickets
who attempted to walk on the
roadway in front of a scab truck
were knocked to the ground by
RCMP officers and the moving
truck, Police officials warned
pickets that action would be
taken against anyone attempting
to stop a truck,

A further incident occurred
when a former Royalite Oil truck
ran the pickets down, Some
pickets were knocked aside by
this truck, while others were
endangered by a B—A company
official cars* driving through
picket lines at high speed.

This week also, the B—A tanker
«“B—A Canada” (built in Japan
and manned by a Japanese crew)
which later quit the ship when
they knew the score, and was
replaced by another *foreign
crew” at a $100-per-month sal-
ary,” had to moor outside the
B—A Marketing Terminal when
Vancouver pilots refused to cross
the Oil Workers picket line,

The delegate told the VLC

that some “pilot” flown in “from
somewhere*”- completed the
mooring of the scab tanker, This

“hot” cargo vessel was also
assisted by the tugs “Westmin-
ster King” and “LaSalle” when
their SIU crews had been re-
placed by scab crews,

Oil Worker delegates also war-
ned that “a riot was only averted”
by the calm and forebearance of
their union pickets in face of
RCMP provocations and ‘*pushing

RCMP violence on the oil workers picket line in Burnaby is shown in this pic-

around” of union men in their
running herd for B—A scabbery,
But much more of the same,
said union delegates, “could re-
sult in violent repercussions,
The situation, because of RCMP
actions, is very dangerous, In
1965 we are getting back to 1935,
post office struggles when the use

of storm troopers to knock down
workers was all too common.”

ture. The Mountie has just knocked down a picket to make way for a scab truck..

WATER SELLOUT LOOMS :

Cont'd from pg. 1

for a market for our industrial
products is not a national policy
either, It is part of a so-called
continental policy pursued by the
old line parties to dispose of our
natural resources to the benefits
of the U,S. at the expense of
independent Canadian develop-
ment,”

“What we need,” said Kashtan,
“is a national policy which pre-
serves and utilizes our waters
for economic development, for
the Prairies, our growing cities
and growing population.” (See
story on page 6,)

Reacting quickly to the threat
against Canada’s water re-
sources, William Stewart, Van-
couver-South Communist candi-
date, wired Natural Resources
Minister Arthur Laing, sitting
Liberal member in the riding,
The wire said:

“Pearson has announced in-
tention to meet with U.S, leaders
to discuss joint Canadian- Amer-
ican exploitation of Canadian
water resources, In light of
previous statements by yourself
opposing commitment of Can-
adian water resources to U.S,

yi suggest it is necessary for you
to take issue with your national

HAT’S AT STAKEON NOVEMBER 8th?’

leader on this important matter,
As candidate in upcoming elec-
tion you owe Canadians a concise
and forthright statement of your
views,”

Although Laing has _ been -
making speeches opposing the
Parsons’ Plan for water diver-
sion to the U.S,, it will be re-
called that he also opposed the
Columbia River Treaty in spee-
ches but supported it when the
showdown came in Parliament,
Stewart said he had no intention
of allowing Laing “a second per-
formance of the same act,”

The warning recently issued by
Gen, A.G.L, McNaughton, that
our water resources are in
danger and that the public should
compel every political party to
declare its stand in this elec-
tion on diversion of water to the
U.S., is now more urgent than
ever,

It’s clear from statements
made so far by leading Liberals
and Conservatives that both old
line parties cannot be trusted to
stand firm against the giveaway
of our water resources, The
best guarantee of a truly na-
tional policy to save our water
is to defeat both old line parties
at the polls on November 8,

NATIONAL
LEADER

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