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FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1968

: LAST SATURDAYS PARADE ON GRANVILLE ST.

—Jack Phillips photos

Tribune

VOL. 29, NO. 18 EEBp 50

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A demand that Prinie Minister Trudeau cease shipments
of war materials to the U.S. and halt all other activities which
prevents Canada from effectively carrying out an independent

policy for peace in Vietnam highlighted the giant rally at

Vancouver’s Courthouse last Saturday.

Joining hands with peace marchers across Canada, the
U.S. and around the world in the International Day of Protest.
April 27th, more than 2,000 people gathered at the City Hall
and paraded through city streets to the Courthouse where they
were joined by hundreds more to stage the giant rally against

the U.S. war in Vietnam.

The call for Canada to act for
peace came at the conclusion of the
rally when the meeting unanimously
endorsed the demands made in a
large newspaper advertisement
published by the B.C. University
Teachers Committee of Vietnam. In
an Open Letter to Prime Minister
Trudeau, the ‘‘new leaders in
Ottawa’’ were urged to take these
“new actions aimed at peace in
Vietnam.”

@ Cease activities, such as the
shipment of war materials to the
U.S., which prevents Canada from
effectively carrying out her role asa
member of the ICC (International

. Control Commission) and as a.

mediator in this conflict.

e Urge the U.S. government
immediately and unconditionally to
cease bombing ALL of North and
South Vietnam.

e Call for an end to all offensive
military actions in South Vietnam
that jeopardize the present
possibilities to end the war.

e Urge the early implementation
of the commitment to withdraw all
U.S. troops from South Vietnam as a
necessary step to the establishment

“4 of permanent peace.

Joined by contingents from the
Fraser Valley, Victoria and

Nanaimo, the marchers carried
placards which urged: ‘‘Stop the
U.S. War in Vietnam,” ‘‘Honor the
Geneva Agreement,”’? U.S.
Aggressors — Get Out of Vietnam,”’
“Stop Bombing in Vietnam,’’ ‘‘A
Canadian Foreign Policy for
Canada,”’ ‘“Canada Must Speak Out
Now,” ‘‘End Canadian Complicity.”

A leaflet widely distributed by the
Vancouver Committee of the
Communist Party entitled ‘‘For a
Greater Peace Effort,’’ said: ‘‘It
would be fatal for the peace forces to
assume the U.S. aggressors have
suddenly recognized the immorality
of their actions and decided to end
the war.

“They would rather endanger the
future of humanity through nuclear
war than allow an enroachment on
their war profits or ‘permit’ the
Vietnamese people the right to run
their own affairs. This is illustrated
by U.S. evasion over the site for the
preliminary peace talks. Where is
LBJ’s ‘any place at any time!’

“The reason the move towards

negotiations was made was the

political and military defeats
inflicted on U.S. imperialism and
their accomplices which include
Canada.” The leaflet pointed to the

the growing struggle of the’

American people for an end to the
See TRUDEAU, pg. 15

Teachers hit Socred policy
—Page 3

Canada needs merchant marine
—Page 6

B.C. labor vs Socred Gov't
—page 8

COAL—for 10¢ a ton
—Page 16