_ AN ACT to amend the visit- | ing Forces (North Atlantic ', . Treaty) Act was_ intro- duced in the House of Com- ae by the Honorable M.P. yom Melville, Saskatchewan, ee James Ormiston and passed first reading on October 24, a according to a statement D m the Vernon Committee for ae and Disarmament. They 5 on Whether it will have fortune eg une in the next two ..-aings is hard to forcast, but Passed by Parliament it will Tave a negative effect to the at the present time. ‘This Act provides—for the purpose of enabling the Service Uthorities and Service Courts 4 visiting force to exercise Ry effectively -the powers rs ered upon them by this abit and for the purpose of en- Ing the government of the ice States of America effec- het to assume the responsi- Sood Conferred upon the gov- ment by sub-section (2) The By WILLIAM ALLAN HE year of 1968, besides Continuing new class bat- HPesc: with employers. the Ee ae Workers, will have Biss menve convention of 3,000 ome €s, representing 1.5 mil- tla ‘embers, It will be held in Ntic City, NJ. May 4th Tough May 11th. 1S Is the “political” conven- Of the UAW. Present will tion ., = wae Walter Reuther is lor the his union and allies Hection, 1968 U.S. presidential | mben” then one could see a Tates of presidential candi- Ai On the platform. .™ay be possible to see { re Johnson, U.S. Sena- Sai eae McCarthy, Robert cou sf and who knows maybe ; Ple of Republican gover- » like Nelson Rockefeller Suey nn Romney. full by @ convention will see a r ee debate, discussion on Nang a in Vietnam and what A et UAW will take. Also Martin parted action of Rev. Washin uther King in tackling ogg re in the spring of Vv. wr, be highlighted by di : Aention, he seal legislative program for Sectig ° workers in the 1968 ns will be submitted, de- zevopted for political ac- ention There is very little mmittee Paid to AFL-CIO’s On (COPE On Political Educa- Ast elect, ) by UAW locals. In in coli 10n years if the UAW mber €ct $100,000 at $1 a ae » they are doing well. Psi “aes known that UAW Wp Cise Reuther favors build- ef erty (cc Committees Against + reek) in the hustings, Ting with Teamsters aS er independent groups, Nd white, around can- a program. - UAW political action» ‘attending “meetin Bs of” ces, S0-called draft dodger in the Washington politicians and Ing’s appearance at the ’ Pa 6 ie bb Minister of National Defense, if so requested by the Officer in Command by the visiting forces or by associated state may from time by general or special orders to the Canadian Forces or any part thereof direct the officers and men thereof to ar- rest members of visiting forces alleged to have been guilty of offences against the law of the associated state and to hand over any person so arrested to the appropriate authorities of the visiting force. “(2) A national of the United States of America who, being lawfully in Canada or on a ship or aircraft registered in Canada, has been ordered to report for induction under the selective service laws of the United States of America, is deemed to be a member of a visiting force alleged to have been guilty of an offence against the law of the United States of America within the meaning of the sub- section. “Never in the past since NATO had been formed, nor at Concerned Democrats, and not _ attacking this movement, as well as the green light being given to building Labor Leadership Committees for Peace, and seek- ing to work within black cau- cuses in their own UAW areas of their own members, a poten- tial rank and file movement looms on action issues in 1968. The pre-convention work of this grass roots rank and file move- ment could show up in many resolutions at the 1968 UAW convention. By the time of the conven- tion, Reuther possibly will have behind him, the much talked of showdown on which way for the American labor movement, be~ tween him and AFL-CIO Presi- dent George Meany. UAW sour- ces here told this reporter that at the AFL-CIO Executive Coun- cil meeting in February, Reuther will make his appearance and the debate will be on with Meany. : With such a bubbling conven- the present time, is there need for sucha Act as Bill C-170, but taking into consideration the situaiton of the war in Vietnam this act if passed in Parliament by two more readings may be very instrumental against the American draft-dodger. Our gov- ernment will be obliged to ar- rest the said dodgers and send them to the USA, where they will be forced to go to Vietnam, or to prison for five years. “These boys are not traitors to their country and they are consciencious adherents to hu- mane principles, therefore they avoid to be driven in the pres- ent genocide war in Vietnam. Canadians should feel very for- tunate to provide refuge for those boys, this is part of the fight to the Vietnam War. Pre- sently we are selling war ma- terials to the USA which are used against the Vietnamese peo- ple, but let’s not commit another criminal act by extraditing the draft dodgers to the USA. Can- adians should urge the govern- ment to quash Bill C-170 at its next reading.” Bubbling convention in sight for UAW tion scene, its hard to see LBJ venturing to make an appear- ance. Also he doesn’t like to face peace and civil rights de- monstrators, who would surely be awaiting him if the President decides to speak at the UAW meeting. : Election of officers will also take place beginning with the President, secretary treasurer, two vice presidents and execu- tive board. Several of the 23 executive board members ‘are scheduled for retirement. George Burt, of Canada is one of them. A new rank and file caucus begun around contract negotia- tions is expected to play some role, with leaflets on program, possibly some candidates and maybe a candidate-against Reu- ther. If this Detroit caucus de-' velops into a national one, works united with the black caucuses now developing, stays non-fac- tional and helps develop the is- sues, they can be a major part of the 1968 UAW convention. Consequence of — integration By PHYLLIS CLARKE ROM one country after an- other in the capitalist world, the year end report is on the difficulties in the economy. Sig- nalized most dramatically by the British devaluation and the American cutbacks in foreign investment, the reports from Bonn, Italy, Spain and other countries indicate that all is far from well. Of Johnson’s program to solve the international balance of pay- ments difficulties of the United States, for example, the New York Times has this to ‘say: : °° “Thus, ‘to -protect the’ posit en Se ‘ ners (inl ge Ci gkhhhg jon‘ i Gast" of the United States as an inter- national “bank” — and hence, too, its role as a world financial leader — the President has been forced to impose restrictions that could well undercut the foundation of its international economic strength.” What the Americans are out to do is to export their difficul- ties to other countries, including Canada. So the need does come to make some proposals for Canada that could help prevent the U.S.-made economic crisis being placed on the backs of . Canadian workers. ays : ' One’ thing ig ‘to continue the Senge Hi Pai Pe se cee iad Oe ts aa at a pe Oe ~ “BILL AIMED AT DRAFT RESISTERS 2nd Session, 27th Parliament, 16 Elizabeth II, 1967 THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-170 An Act to amend the Visiting Forces (North Atlantic Treaty) Act H® Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the follows: Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as as Section 11 of the Visiting Forces (North Atlanti ' Treaty) Act is repealed and the following substituted hereto 5 “EL. (1) For the purpose of enabling the service authorities and service courts of a visiting force to exercise more effectively the powers conferred upon them by this Act, and for the purpose of enabling the Government of the United States of America effectively 10 to_assume the responsibility conferred upon. that Government by subsection (2), The Minister of National Defence, if so requested by the officer in command of the visiting force or by the associated state, may from time to time by general or special orders to the Canadian 15 Forces, or any part thereof, direct the officers and men thereof to arrest members of the visiting force alleged to have been guilty of offences against the law of the associated state and to hand over any person so arrested to the appropriate authorities of the visiting force. (2) A national report for induction under 20 of the United States of America who, being lawfully in Canada or on a ship or aircraft registered in Canada, has been ordered to the selective service laws of the United States of America, is deemed to be a member 25 of a visiting force alleged to have been guilty of an offence against the law of the United States of America within the meaning of subsection (1).” EXPpLANatTory Nots This Bill proposes to regard American draft dodgers in Canada as they truly are—visiting members of hotel forces of the United States. The United States is a Nato Ally of Canada and the respective armed forces of our countries are jointly committed in a joint defence of both countries. ea. he armed force armed forces of bo ied f : n_ the countries. Canada does this when she provides a safe haven for these Thi , therefore, regards these young American visitors s Bi as wfull in Canada as members of the visiting forces the | Tmiteet SEatoS: not, a8 many of thém have openly stated to the news media, as draft dodgers who are lawfully in Canada by a perverted use of our immigration laws. Accordingly, the Bill a lies the provisions of the Visiting Forces (North Aflanizc-Treaty) Act to these American ‘citizens so that the Canadian Minj jonal Defence upon requ Officer commanding of the American visiting forces or by the Government of the United States, can order members of the Canadian forces to arrest these dratt dodgers “and deliver. them to the merican visiting Ta. ce) ee et werent ea forces. —— oe pressure on the need for the U.S. to get out of Vietnam. As Italian Foreign Minister, Amimp tore Fanfani, told the U.S. Un- der Secretary of State when he whizzed around Europe to ex- plain Johnson’s plans, a just and prompt solution of the Vietnam war would help solve the dollar drain. Secondly, and for us the most important, is to get out ofthe economic consequences of con- tinentalism. ; The Washington Bureau of the Globe and Mail points out the following: “The import levy contemplat- ed by the United States would undermine the competitive posi- tion of Canadian goods in the United States. At the same time, Canadian producers in many fields would face increased com- petition both at home and ab- road as a result of an export subsidy that would be granted to their opposite numbers in the United ‘States.. Both. the import ° levy, and. the export subsidy wer ena oe aie ee oe would be in the 2 to 3 per cent range. Canadian authorities here ackowledge that the Johnson measure could present serious problems for Canada, consider- ing its heavy proportion of two- way trade with the United States and the deficit balance of payments it produces in Canada, unless some form of protective action was initiated by Ottawa.” _ Then add this to the decrease in wheat exports, decrease in export to Britain because of de- valuation and increasing unem- ployment in Canada and the economy certainly seems far from promising. The high inter- est rates and the recent tax in- creases will further weaken the economy. What is needed now more Athan even is not more, but Jess integration with the U.S. To be tied to an economy, which one Official quoted by Newsweek calls “the dreariest collection of ‘dilemmas ever” is obviously the » height, of economic: insanity. «15% JANUARY 19, 1968--PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 5, th ——