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THEY AREN’T THE

ONLY ONES
Speech writers in the Gov-
ernment are described as
confused‘ when they draft
statements about peace nego-
tiations with North Vietnam.
‘They are said not to know
from one week to the next how
to interpret the President's
San Antonio peace formula in-
volving conditions under which
the U.S. would halt bombing

the North. - :
U.S. News & World Report

JAMAICA. HOLIDAY
While in Jamaica, Lester
Pearson was quoted in the
press of that country as des-
cribing the war in Vietnam as
“a senseless, brutal, horrible
conflict; a ghastly commentary
on man, who can now reach
Outer space while locked in the
cell of his own primitive and

savage social behaviour.”
The article in the Jamaica
Weekly Gleaner did not go on
to mention if Pearson criticized
the performance of his own
government in this “‘horrible”’

conflict.

PREPARING FOR THE
RIOT: SEASON

This is how U.S. News and
World: Report describes the
Preparations taking place in
the United States to meet the
demands of the Ghettos. While
there may be talk of social
measures to meet the de-
mands of the people the ac-
cent is on open warfare in the
Cities.

The magazine describes the
Preparations:

“Today, sales of riot control
equipment are booming. Ex-
periments with new weapons
are under way in many cities.

“One new device being test-
ed is a machine that spews
out masses of bubbly foam. It
. can flood a street with foam
that inundates rioters, makes
it almost impossible for them
to stand up and difficult for
them to breathe. Yet it is de-
scribed as physically harmless.

“Another device coats
Streets. with a_ slippery sub-

stance on which rioters slip
and fall. It is -known as (in-
stant banana peel). . «

’ "Some of the more fantastic

‘ideas being studied include

the creation of bloodcurdling
noises that would compel riot-
ers to cover their ears with
their hands, lights that would
dazzle them, or flame throw-
ers that would frighten but not
seriously. burn.”

The article describes how
the cities are building up the
police force and recruiting vi-
gilanti carps. Detroit — has
bought over one million dol-
lars worth of machine: guns,
gas masks and grenades. In
Cleveland, for example, the
city’s ‘‘safety director’ stated
that his police have stockpiles

of mace, but they have no

plans to start, “going into
tank warfare.” Which could
be a consoling thought to the
people of Cleveland.

U.S. News and World Re-
port concludes with the follow-
ing paragraph:

“As preparations for the riot
season of 1968 are rushed, this
appears certain: rioters are
going to find this country more
prepared than it was last year
to meet force with force.”

Thus the Great Society pre-
pares for another summer.

UNION CITIES ARE
HIGHEST PAID

According to the Dominion
Bureau of Statistics, industrial

workers in Sarnia, Ontario
continue as the country’s high-
est paid.

Average weekly wage of Sar-
nia workers was set at $133. In
second ’ place was Oshawa,
with $128.69 and third, Sud-
bury, with $123.31.

Other cities in the top 10
were Windsor, $121.08; Wel-
land, $120.86; , Chicoutimi,
$120.12; Sault Ste Marie,
$119.88; St. Catharines, $115.-
21; Peterborough, $111.42 and
Vancouver, $111.

In eleventh place was Ham-
ilton with $110.36 and Toronto
was twelfth with $108.10.

Of the 39 urban areas sur-
veyed by the bereau, Moncton
had the lowest weekly wage
with $82.16 as an average. .

Howard Haring in New York, which serves as proof that
the nazis during World War Il. -

The construction industry
was again the highest paying,
with an.average weekly wage
of $135.74. Immediately follow-
ing were mining and milling

‘with gn average of $130.42.

Provincially, British Colum-
bia. topped the list with an
average of $116.87, followed
by Ontario with $107.70, Alber-
ta with $103.40 and Quebec
$103.22. :

Saskatchewan was $97.14;
Manitoba, $94.05; Newfound-
land, $91.52; New Brunswick,
$86.02; Nova Scotia, $83.02
and Prince Edward Island,
$72.54.

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CRAB GRASS
Richard M. Scammon, an
expert in analyzing election
rends, believes that this years’

presidential election will be
decided by voters in cities and

their suburbs. And in the sub-'

urbs, he adds, control of crab,
grass is a bigger issue than
many of today’s political prob-

lems.
U.S. News & World Report

CLASS COUNTS

The Supreme Court of Can- |

ada has refused to hear an
appeal against the conviction
and sentence of two leaders
of the: United Fisherman and
Allied Workers union. Thus in
spite of the support of virtual-
ly all organized labor, Homer
Stevens and Steve Stavenes,
must await parole in jail as
the vindictive sentence stands.

In Ontario, after spending
about seven weeks in jail,
Viola. MacMillan has been
paroled from a nine month
sentence. Mrs. MacMillan
bilked thousands of dollars
from investors in one of her
mining properties.

There is perhaps really no
parallel between justice for
Mrs. MacMillan and the fisher-
man leaders. Viola MacMillan
only stole money. Stevens and
Stavenes defended the workers
in their industty and the prin-
ciples of trade unionism.

Lady Justice may well be
blind, but she seems to know
instinctively which class of
people she serves.

The morality gap —

One feels a little dirty trying to argue with
Cabinet members like Edgar Benson and Paul
Hellyer who defended our country’s complicity
in the war in Vietnam on the grounds that it is
good for our economy.

Hellyer’s statement last. fall to Canadian
students that they should not be “moralists”
about Vietnam because the money Canada is
making from arms sales helps to finance higher
education, speaks volumes about the “morality”
of that Baptist choir singer who wants to be our
next Prime Minister. Now his fellow cabinet
minister, Edgar Benson is quoted as stating
that unemployment would rise in this: country
were we to stop selling arms to the United
States.

One could point out to Mr. Benson, that un-
employment is rising in Canada and that our
economic problems, which include the shakey
dollar, tight money and rising prices as well as
unemployment can-in large measure be attri-
buted to the war in Vietnam. It could also. be
pointed out to Mr. Benson, who incidently hap-
pens to be the minister responsible for housing
in the federal cabinet, that much of the reason
for the calamity in this area could be laid at the
demands of the war which take priority over
domestic needs in the money market. :

However to discuss the genocide in Viet-
nam on this level indicates a morality lag more
profound than any credibility gap.

___ How does one judge the value of a Bachelor
of Arts degree when it is purchased with the
blood and gore of a village in South Vietnam?
By the same token. how many jobs are worth the
price of a charred corpse lying on a paddy field?

- There was an economic boom in Italy while
the fascist hordes slaughtered the Ethopians.
The factories hummed in Germany while Eu-
rope was raped. :

. Mussolini had the trains running on time in
Italy, and there probably was a bit of overtime
money at IG Farben and Krupp. There is no
doubt that a lot of money is being minted out
of the suffering of Vietnam, and a bit of it may
filter down.

But to cynically play on the job insecurity
of workers or on the aspirations of young peo-
ple for an education as a justification for the
role of powder monkies in Vietnam is not only
an indictment of the political hacks in the cabi-
net but is also crushing judgment of the system
they front for and defend. — :

“The only thing | have at your price happens to be haunted.”

Eccles—Morning. Star

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