German troops at Shilo The Canadian Peace Congress has wired Prime Minister Pearson protesting the arrival at Camp Shilo, Man, of West German tanks and troops for trainmg in winter conditions Similar to those of the Soviet Unior’s : Ntire A “In view of this development,’’ the Congress wire stated, as well as the participation of West German pilots in the U.S. War of aggression in Vietnam and the territorial claims openly but forward by the Bonn government, we urge the reconsidera- tion of Canada’s role in NATO,”? It went on to point out to Pearson that opposition to the in- Creasingly aggressive role of the Bonn government under the Cloak of NATO defence is increasing in all informed circles, both in Canada and Western Europe. The Bonn government is determined to get control of nuclear weapons and to use the threat of nuclear weapons to press for territorial claims based On the time of the Hitler Reich. rs PRAY, DECEMBER 17, 1965 VOL. 26, NO. 50 LATE FLASH! Haiphong bombed; grave new escalation Minutes before the PT went to Press on Wednesday the shock-~ 8 News came through that the Madmen of the Pentagon d succeeded in pushing Tough yet another escalation in Sir aggression against Viet- 8m—the bombing of Haiphong, With this latest yielding to ee there appears to be e € doubt that Hanoi itself would Ely be nexton the list, From in on, nobody would be able to ae where the spiral of es- alee would end—up to and in- ing World War III, a announcement came only . after top Republican Party a ‘ers had met in Washington demanded precisely such a > along with others, designed oe increase U,S, aggres- ae It represents yet another ender to Goldwater, =e new escalation appears to na resident Johnson’s (and the a agon’s) answer to the recent Boel of the National Libera- Front for a Christmas truce the bitter fighting, Once again, the American im- perialists have shown their utter * contempt forany proposal which is seriously made in an attempt to begin the process of slowing down the war—of de-escalating it— with the eventual view to nego- tiate the conflict, It exposes once and for all the sheer hypocrisy of Johnsonian pronouncements about “unconditional negotia- tions,” The people of Canada must register their shock, horror and revulsion at this latest flagrant abuse of humanity and world opinion, This paper strongly urges every person reading these lines to act—quickly and de- cisively —in every way possible to demand that Canada dissociate itself from this latest example of Yankee barbarity. Action by individuals, trade unions, and other people’s or- ganizations can force the Pear- son government to finally break from its slavish acquiescence in the murder of innocent people. We are now a short step awa’ from the gravest tragedy. Again, we urge you to act NOW! Sweeping labor ruling ‘Mr, Justice Samuel! Freedman, 2 4 sweeping ruling of vital Portance to the labor move- €ht in this technological age, has ted that the era of unrestrict- “management rights” is a € of the past. The Winnipeg judge had been Pointed a one-man commission pee federal government to r a down a report on proposed a run-throughs (made possible thr €chnological advances) which fatened the jobs of railroad- S and, ap in some instances, Mmmunities, What the judge said in effect was that it was time government legislation was passed, insuring that giant corporations would be forced to become socially re- sponsible for their actions, Although, technically speaking, he was arbitrating a situation which affects only the govern- ment owned railway, there was, little doubt his remarks were particularly fashioned for and directed to Labor Minister Mac- Eachen and the Pearson govern- ment. SPEAK UP, CANADA! Vietnamese people greet ‘other Canada’ delegates By MAURICE RUSH HANOI — If the Canadian Communist Party delegation has done nothing else in coming here than to show millions of North Vietnamese there is another Canada besides the official one which backs U.S. aggression, it has done a valuable service to the honor of our country and to cementing friend- ship between our two peoples. After one week in Hanoi the delegation has been taken to the hearts of the people. The local press has carried reports and pictures Bi a ee of our activities. The dele- gation has mingled with the people of Hanoi on the streets and in their shops, and strolled through the beautiful parks with the people on their Sunday off. Last week the delegation was honored with Vietnamese songs and dances at a spe- cial performance at the Hanoi Municipal Theatre. In visits to surrounding coopera- tive farms, factories and towns and cities the delegation has been overwhelmed by the feeling of solidity and friendship shown by the people. There is a great interest in Canada among the people of North Viet- nam. Also last week we received a rousing welcome at the new Hanoi Polytechnical University, opened only last month. The impressive and ultra-modern new buildings house some 9,000 students who are train- ing to become engineers in one or another of its seven departments. Life in the city seems to go on normall At times it is hard to ae oe that not fan to the south a gigantic, historic battle is going on for liberation and independence and that all around the city U.S. bombers almost daily carry out maurauding raids. Even while we were here this week U.S. bombers destroyed a bridge less than 30 miles from here. EXCLUSIVE But while things appear normal on the surface there are many signs that these people have made preparations to cope with any emergency that might arise. One sees air-raid shelters in all parts of the city. Large numbers of camouflaged (?) are seen constantly on city streets and in different parts of the city I have seen groups of young men and women going through rifle training and maneouvres. In a visit this week to the giant lathe manufacturing plant here the workers showed us their guns ready nearby. One also sees thousands of of young men and women wearing helmets which are already camouflaged to provide covering. This week I was strolling with our inter- preter through the downtown streets when I said I had never seen a city in which nearly every one appeared to be a youth. He said yes, that was true. The reason was that nearly all the old people and most of the children have been evacuated to the countryside and other towns.