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Sukarno

Warns
Dutch

Indonesia will invade West
Irian (West New Guinea) if
the Dutch do not hand it over
quickly, President Sukarno
teld’a huge rally last. Sunday
‘et Bonthain, East Indonesia.

It depended entirely on CHIANG TROOPS IN. | LAOS Sri glance Aon Mone

the Dutch whether blood was |

te be spilled over the terri-| g

tory, he tom the rally.

“Yes, we want to hav
iaiks, but not empty ones
talks based on the transfer of
West Irian to us. We don’t
want talks where .we_ sit
around with whisky and
brandy talking about bean-
curd and butter,’ he said.

He told the rally: ‘West
Irian is already ours. Our
youth is ready to fight. Noth-
‘mg will stop this demand to
unify the whole country.”

Dr. Sukarno said. the
Dutch were sending their air-
Craft carrier Karel Doorman
to West Irian, but he said,
“we are not afraid.”

Pointing out that Indonesia
had wrested its freedom from
the Dutch Sukarno - said:
“Now it is a powerful nation
@f 96 million, daily increas-
ing in strength, and it has
the support of two billion
people in the world’s Com-
munist and Afro-Asian states.
Holland has 10 million and
a few foreign supporters.”

This week in Ottawa In-
donesian ambassador L. N.
Palar said in a press confer-

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Burma by U.S. planes.

There were reports of renewed fighting in Laos this
week as the U.S.-backed rightist Laotian officials re-
fused to accept the terms of the cease fire worked out
at Geneva which would make Laos a neutral country.
Reports said that thousands of Chiang Kai-shek remnant
troops armed with U.S. weapons were engaged in the
fighting. The above photo shows an earlier picture of
Chiang Kai-shek troops who were flown into Laos from

€nce that Indonesia planned

’ Military action if necessary

to free West Irian, and that
Canada “should not become

involved in’ the business.” |

There have been increas-
ing signs that Canada has
been putting pressure on In-
donesia.

PRES. SUKARNO

Jobless plan Victoria
march on February 19

B.C. unemployed are planning to march on Victoria
February 19 according to officials of the Vancouver
branch of the B.C. Federation of Unemployed.

The Vancouver Council, |
which met on Wednesday this |
week, recommended’ the date: <
of the 19th to the B.C. Fed-|
eration of Unemployed and |
has set its sights on a bigger
demonstration than last year}
when close: to 2000 partici-|
pated. |

As part of the preparations
the B.C. Federation of Labor
and the Vancouver and Dist.
Labor Council in conjunction
with the Vancouver Unem-
ployed Council have issued a
leaflet for mass distribution
at factory gates calling for
financial and other assistance |
for the march.

In addition to this, an ap-
peal is being sent out by the
B.C. Federation of Labor and
the VLC to all affiliates for
financial help and particina-
tion in the demonstration.

Part of the build up for the

march will be delegations to
city and municipal councils
in B.C. with a brief.

A.mass delegation to Van-
couver City Hall is slated for
Vancouver on ‘January. 23.
The delegation will assemble
at the. Boilermakers Halil at
1 p.m. and march to the City
Hall.

A. delegation to the Burn-
aby municipal council is plan-
ned for January 15 and a
number of leading officials
from the Vancouver VLC
have promised to participate.

Local unemployed officials

‘have stressed that the key.to

the success of the march on
Victoria is the financial re-
sponse of the trade unions.

The feasability of the Febru-|§

ary 19 date they say. depends
upon how quickly the unions
swing into action.

CE

URGE PUBLIC APPEAL
AGAINST ASSESSMENTS

BY MAURICE RUSH
A powerful movement against higher taxes on homes
and Jand swept across B.C.
assessment notices and warnings in many municipalities

this week in the wake of

that taxes will go up sharply. ar ’

Biggest bone of contention
| is the new high assessment
which in most municipalities
is shifting a big part of the
| tax load off business, indus-

» Owners and small farmers.

However, the threatened
i increase in taxes arises not
only from the change in as-
sessments. Tax increases are
being threatened from other
sources as well.

Many municipalities are
increasing water rates. In
Vancouver this increase will
amount to 15 percent. One of
the largest new burdens plac-
ed on municipalities comes
from the provincial govern-
ment’s revised education cost
formulas which is expected
to place an additional bur-
den of many millions of dol-
lars on homeowners.

It has been estimated that
in Vancouver alone more
than 2 million dollars extra
will have to be raised to
cover education costs which
the provincial government
refuses to meet. Some civic
experts have claimed the
total will be even larger.

Faced with mounting tax
threats labor, ratepayers and
farm groups are up in arms.

LABOR PROTESTS

Wednesday Paddy Neal,
secretary of. the Vancouver
Labor Council told the
Pacific Tribune: ‘‘There must
be no increases in taxes on
homes in Vancouver.

“Tt is up to the city to so
adjust the mill rate and as-
sessments to ‘stop any in-
crease on the homeowner.
“Any additional revenues
needed should come from

that section most able to pay,

HARRY RANKIN

speaks for ratepayers |

PADDY NEALE
speaks for labor

the downtown business see.
tion.

“The present proposal to
shift close to $1 million of
the tax load from downtown
business to the homeowner
must be fought and defeat-
ed,” Neale said.

The labor council secretary
charged that the miserly at-
titude of the provincial gov-
ernment towards -municipal
governments is “aggravating
the situation.”

Neale said the Bennett
government returns only
half of one percent of all
revenue collected on gaso-
line, licence, road and simi-
lar taxes to municipalities,
while in Ontario the govern-
ment returns 25 percent, and
Saskatchewan 27% percent.

RATEPAYERS ACT

Also this week the Van-
couver Central Council of
Ratepayers moved to call a
public meeting to protest
higher city taxes.. The meet-
ing is scheduled for Wednes-
day, January 17 at 8 p.m. in
the Manhattan Ballroom, 1727
W. Broadway. :

Harry Rankin, president of
the ratepayer’s »council said
the. meeting will launch a
campaign against higher
taxes.. He said the Ratepay-
er’s Council-hope to get 2,000
homeowners to appeal their
assessment. Assessment ap-
peal notices will be circulat-
ed among ratepayers and at
the public meeting, and are
available from ratepayer or-
ganizations.

Also this week the Civic
Reform Association issued 2
press release urging ratepay-
ers to take action. It calls for
“a basic home exemption, 2

See TAX PROTEST, pg. 3