"Sure, I think you're wo nderful. But why must you always come with these bums?” LC demands change The Canadian Labor Congress, -& submission to the Commit- © on Election Expenses, pro- Sed five major changes in Ca- idian election practices: 1, Public disclosure of contri- itions made to political parties. 2. A degree of tax relief for Uch contributions, 8. Limitation of the amount Pent by a candidate or party in n election, 4. Provision of free broadcast Me and free postal distribution Y each candidate. 5, Official recognition of par- ties under the Canada Elections Act- The CLC took the basic posi- tion that, to make democracy meaningful, there must be pro- vision for reasonably open Op- portunities for the expression of all viewpoints. It followed that all parties should have adequate access to the electorate andnone should be able to overwhelm others through sheer volume of campaign expenditures. Strong objection was voiced to legislation of the type in effect in B.C. prohibiting political con- tributions by trade unions, 10 YEAR TREATY SIGNED Brezhnev hits U.S. ‘Vietnam venture’ American leaders sense the elplessness of their venture in ietnam, and “are trying to Nanoeuvre,” Leonid Brezhnev, irst secretary of the Soviet Com- Nunist Party, said last weekend In Ulan Bator, Mongolia. “If they really want to end the var in Vietnam, who is prevent- Ng them from recognizing the lsiness of the Vietnamese 0ple’s demands and opening the Nay to peace?” he asked. - Brezhnev was speaking at a Mongolina-Soviet friendship ‘ally, following the signing of a New 20 year treaty of friendship aNd mutual aid between the two countries, His talks with Mongolian lead- €'s he said, had shown that “we Ve complete identity of views on all problems of the international Situation and the world Commu- hist movement, the building of Socialism, and the joint struggle ‘gainst imperialism.” d The Soviet Union upheld the Tinciples of peaceful coexis- fence, he declared, but “there 1 be no peaceful coexistence We do not fight against those 0 Seek to undermineit, against all attempts. at imperialist ag- €Ssion and interference in the t CVE one adn wine cM pee aa yf ais net O29 te be neh ehh 441 JAAS 000 ba%: oR uE affairs of other states and peoples.” The Soviet Communist Party and people -considered it their international duty to support the liberation | struggle of other peoples, which assumed differ- ent forms according to specific conditions and aims. «We take this into account,” Brezhnev said, “Hence the variety of forms that our assistance takes—from political support and arms shipments, to economic agreements, credits and partici- pation in industrial projects. «More than once in the past 10. years peoples fighting for their freedom and independence have turned to Moscow for as- sistance and support, And we can say with a clear conscience that there has not been a single occasion when Moscow denied them such support.” Brezhnev said that the Soviet Union looked on the anti-imperi- alist young nations of Asia and Africa ‘‘as its natural friends and comrades-in-arms.” He expressed the Soviet Union’s full support for the people of Rhodesia who were courageously resisting Ian Smith’s racial con- spiracy. MEWOLEUE Qu . sa Sepeb Ape ; AT TRICONTINENTAL PARLEY 700 participants from 100 nations of Asia, Africa and Latin Amer- ica to strengthen the unity of the peoples _ fighting for freedom, independence and new ways of life, free from colonialism, neo- colonialism and imperialism, is now in its second week in beauti- ful Havana. will come forth united and co- ordinated action of progressive three continents, Lay basis for united fight against all colonialism By BEATRICE JOHNSON and WILLIAM ALLAN Havana — The great debate of From this great public forum organizations and movements in But since a special set of conditions existsin each country, the debate reflects a variety of views, ideas and pro- posals. One thing towers over all, the anti-imperialist character ofthis tricontinental conference and the need for solidarity. Some 50 newly independent na- cions are represented here, as well as frontline fighters in other lands dominated by colonial op- pression, There are many proposals be- fore the commissions, The main ones are tocreate a single organ- ism that will co-ordinate the struggles of the three continents to create an international fund in support of the Vietnamese people and to set aside Jan, 3-19 every year as a Solidarity Week in honor of this first conference, Korea The delegate from North Korea, in his speech at the con- ference, declared. «yankee imperialism franti- cally violates the Korean arm- istice agreement, introducing large quantities of nuclear wea- pons and rockets in South Korea, turning it into a base of ag~- gression against the Asian con- tinent and incessantly clamoring against North Korea, “The occupation of South Korea by Yankee imperialism and its policy of colonial enslavement are the cause of the sufferings of the South Korean people and the main obstacle to reunification of Korea and the cause and threat of war in Asia,” Guinea The delegate from Guinea stated: “The Democratic Party of Guinea supports with all its forces the peoples of the Portu- guese colonies in their struggles against Portuguese domination, “It supports the struggle in Southwest Africa and South Africa -against racial discrimination and apartheid and for real inde- pendence, It also supports our brothers in Somaliland in their struggle against French Domin- ation, and our brothers in Aden and Palestine for their final and rapid liberation from the clutches of imperialism and its puppets.” Indonesia Said the Indonesian delegate: «ver since October, 1965, the Rightist and reactionary ele- i No. 1 task facing mankind: ments in Indonesia’s military circles in close co-operation with and instigated by international _imperialism, headed by the U.S. through the CIA are by hook and crook trying to take control of Indonesia, **A reign of terror and racism has attacked the Indonesian peo- ple and nation, So far more than 100,000 have been arrested, among them staunch fighters for complete independence and against neo-colonialism. “Those imprisoned are being subjected to the most bestial treatment, which exposes the fascist nature of those in actual power, “More than 300 Indonesian journalists have been dismissed, jailed and terrorized, while the progressive newspapers and periodicals have been banned,’? Paraguay The delegate from Paraguay declared: “Yankee imperialism has oc- cupied Paraguay not only to ex- ploit and oppress our people but also to use our territory as a strategic base of counter-revo- lutionary action on a continental level, “There is only one way for our peoplé — the democratic revolu- tion for national independence,” e e ; Nigeria The Nigerian delegate stated: “Nigeria today represents the classical example of a neo-col- onialist country, All the forces of reaction and subversion against Africa are centered in ‘Nigeria, *¢The intensification ofthe Bri- tish, U.S. and Western German economic stranglehold of Nigeria is growing more menacing, and the country is growing poorer and more dependent on foreign loans,” Uganda The Uganda delegate: “With a population of about 7,000,000, the overwhelming ma- jority of whom are small peas- ants, Ugahda has an entrenched, feudal structure, “In two of her provinces two thirds of the land is owned by 10 percent of the population, Our economy is controlled by foreign interests who own the banks, big estates, the mineral resources, the coffee, tea and sugar planta- tions, and 95 percent of the na- tion’s commerce and trade,”. Laos The delegate from Laos charged that North American im- perialists for 11 years havebeen ~ waging a struggle of aggression in Laos, transforming it into a military base, “Under the pretext,” he said, “of giving aid, they poured mil- lions of dollars, tens of thousands of tons of arms and war material, thousands of military agents, all to establish neo-colonial dom- ination,” :