Mme N * Ngo B Peace and Fremank, member of the Women’s International Leagve for Politicg| Prison om in South Vietnam, is one of more than 200,000 ers. Here she is shown with her husband at her trial in 1 SUTferj "Ng a severe asthmatic attack. What was Canada’s. Red Cross team up to in Vietnam visit? By MAURICE RUSH The kind of performance in Vietnam which does Canada’s image much harm, and points to the need for greater vigilanceby Canadians as to our role in peacekeeping operations, was that staged recently by the 12- member Canadian Red Cross team headed by Major-General Arthur E. Wrinch. His aborted trip to South Viet- nam and return at a consider- able cost to Canadian tax- payers, has been used by him and the media for widespread propaganda against North Viet- nam and the National Libera- tion Front. But when the facts are examined the hlame for the aborted trip rests directly on the shoulders of the Major-Gen- eral, and indirectly on external affairs minister Mitchell Sharp, who must have sanc- tioned the ill-timed trip. Under the Paris peace agree- ment the Canadian and Polish Red Cross teams were named to inspect POW camps. The terms of the accord spell out clearly that all four members of the Joint Military Commission (JMC) must agree before such invitations are issued for in- spection of the POW camps. The four members are the U.S., North Vietnam, the Saigon government and Provisional Re- volutionary Government. No such agreement had been reached and no invitation had been extended. But that didn’t make any difference to the Major-General or the Canadian authorities. Off went the 12- member delegation expecting the Polish Red Cross and every- body else to jump to attention on the appearance of the Major- General on scene. The result was that the Red Cross team sat around for days and then returned to Canada. That by itself would have been bad enough. But when the Major- General returns to Canada and launches a vicious attack on the Polish Red Cross for waiting for ‘“‘an engraved invitation,” and gets headlines with his charge that North Vietnam and the NLF didn’t want the POW camps inspected, then his action is open to grave suspicion. The fact is he didn’t get an invi- money j developers.” s handed T . Bee \dea thatincreased values belo oi about by re-zoning the People and not the exactly land developer, is not Brita; ag volutionary. Great oF cent = accepted it for years COpnitig les in fact. 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Women’s Day rally calls for action to curb prices The costly commission report on the status of women in Can- ada is gathering dust on the ‘shelves while honorable min-, isters make jokes about wo- men’s lib, Coquitlam school board member Eunice Parker told an overflow audience in Van- couver’s Russian Hall last Sun day. Speaking during the afternoon celebration of the 65th anni- versary of Internationa! Women’s Day, Mrs. Parker said half a million Canadian women workers are faced with growing problems through the exhor- bitant cost of living, unequal wages, lack of housing, lack of child care facilities and unem- ployment, yet governments have done nothing to help solve the situation. Today it takes the wages of two people in the home to make ends meet, she said. Busi- nessmen and politicians give glib reasons — inflation and shortages — to account for food. costs, but the explanation does not hold up in the face of facts, she said. Labor costs per unit of production have decreased, while profits of the food manu- facturers, wholesalers and re- tailers have climbed to new highs. She quoted figures to prove this. Consumers — _ particularly women’s organizations and trade unions, should make their views known to the government on the unconscionable profit- eering in the food industry, she said. The greatest gains for women have come about when men and women take joint action. Today every wage gain is lost at the grocery store checkout counters, she charged. She called on the government to bring in immediate measures to roll back prices, establish a Prices Review Board, and re- quested the provincial govern- ment to add its voice to the demand. Her views were en- dorsed through a resolution which was later presented to and approved by the large audience. Speaking on the need for child care centres in the province, Larissa Tarwick said the Na- tional Housing Act should be amended to permit the making of loans for construction, pur- chase and renovation of build- ings for day care centres. The federal government should pay half the operating expenses and during the initial 7 year period, pay 70 percent of capital costs. She advocated the provincial government is responsible for supervision and establishment of the services through a Child Care Board, and see to it that education facilities be improved where training programs for personnel for child care is concerned. A resolution em- bodying her recommendations was endorsed. In reporting on a visit to the Soviet Union last year, Tillie Garneau — outlined conditions under which womenin the Soviet Union live, work and raise their families. She said that from Kiev to Uzbekestan women were equal in all phases of Soviet life, and free from the economic and social worries which harrass women in capitalist society. Dances by children of the As- sociation of Ukrainian Cana- dians, anda number of beautiful songs by the Sons of Norway Mixed Choir were enjoyed. The audience took advantage of a bake sale and other display tables set up by the youth com- mittee raising funds for a hos- pital in Vietnam, and the senior Medical Aid for Vietnam group. Tea was served at the close of the program. Proceeds of $280 will go for Vietnam aid. Under the chairmanship of Micky Beagle, a resolution which urged withdrawal from NATO, NORAD; a ban on nuclear and biological wea- pons; official Canadian partici- pation in the reconstruction of Vietnam, and formal repre- sentation to the Saigon govern- ment for the release of political prisoners was unanimously approved by the participants in the International Day celebra- tion. For those readers on the Lower Mainland who get the PT by Saturday, you still have time to help outin the Burnaby’s tag day. For information call the following numbers: 298- 4221; 291-1159; 526-5226. tation from the Thieu puppet government either, but he ex- plains that by saying that the South Vietnamese authorities would have let them visit the camps if the Red Cross team had stayed long enough. In the eyes of this retired army officer, the North Vietnamese and NLF are the ‘‘bad guys’’ and Thieu is the “good guy’ and Poland is to be condemned for not going along with him in violation of the Paris accord which spelled out what the proper procedure should be. We understand Major-Gen- eral Wrinch is to appear before the Commons external affairs committee to report on his trip. Some right wing MP’s al- ready see his visit and appear- ance before the committee as an attempt to condemn the Paris accords and to whip up a propaganda campaign against North Vietnam and the NLF. It would be timely to ask: What are these people up to? Do they really want to further peace in Indochina and work to implement the treaty? Or are they trying to prepare the Cana- dian public for wholesale viola- tions of the peace accord with the ‘‘blame’’ put on North Viet- nam, the NLF and the socialist countries? If the external affairs commit- tee. is really on its toes and wants to promote concord and peace in Southeast Asia it will condemn the escapade of Major- General Wrinch and those re- sponsible for sending him on this expedition. MAURICE RUSH, editor of the Pacific Tribune, was nominated as Communist Party candidate in the federal riding of Vancouver East at a nomination meeting last Thursday. Classified advertising VINCE’S MOVING & STOR- AGE. Call anytime, reason- able rates. 253-0336. FOR SALE— Men’s High Grade Clothing. Sports jackets sizes 40 & 42, $10 - $35. Slacks 38 & 40 waist, tall, $5-$12. Dress coats & raincoats $12. Allnew, nearly new, smart and clean. 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