|" and around Washington these davs where the U.S.
army brass plans its kill and over-kill strategy for
the decimation of Vietnam. there is now a desperate move
going on to keep all crimes like the massacre of Songmy
(Pinkville) out of the news media. Doubtless they fear. with
very good reason for doing so, that other Songmys of Vietnam
will be publicly revealed. Murder. as they well know. will out.

Moreover, the massacre of Songmy conjured up another
disturbing thought to disturb the homicidal mania of top U-S.
war vultures — the International Court at Nuremberg. which
reached out with a stern justice for the Hitlerite military brass
who, like their U.S. successors in Vietnam, also specialized in
unprecedented war crimes against humanitv: killing the babe
in arms, the aged citizen. and evervthing in between.

How far is it from Lidice. Czechoslovakia to Lidice
(Songmy). South Vietnam? Or from all the other Vietnam
Lidices yet to come to light? Very close indeed. The murdered
babe and its mother lying on the earth before their burning hut
is “justifiable because they were ‘Cong’. while the
millionfold helpless victims of Nazi concentration and death

ovens were “justified” because they were “Jews”.
“Communists, “Marxists”. “intellectuals”. not of the
*Herrenfolk”’.

The parallel, comparison. or whatever one likes to term it.
is deadly close. Thus do two small once unknown hamlets of
humanity become a shrine for the redemption of humanitv’s
conscience — but only when it has put the searing brand of
“murder™ upon those who plan the strategy and issue the
orders to kill and over-kill.

With the horrible story of the Songmy massacre now being
projected into almost every home on this hemisphere.
regardless of U.S. army brass attempts to suppress it. they are
now desperately staging “trials” of the men alleged to have
wielded the guns. but studiously avoiding mention of the
military establishment which first compelled young men (with
the latter's freedom as forfeit for non-compliance) to accept
killing as a career— then gave them the orders to kill.

This is not unique among military establishments in all
imperialisms. What is unique is that the U.S. military jugger-
naught, like that of Hitler. takes upon itself the role of world
policeman and to ruthlessly crush all who challenge such a self-
imposed role.

If, as and when these U.S. army “trials” get under way. it
won't be because the U.S. army brass and their political
Jannasaries in the Halls of Government are “horror struck” by
Songmy — or any score of hundreds of Songmys. but because
they see in these “trials” of a handful of U.S. GI subhumans.
the possibility of saving their own foul necks from the wrath
and indignation of the American_people. civilian. statesman
and soldier alike.

Even any continuation of the U.S. war (read murder) on
Vietnam should now be considered “sub judice™ — if justice,
freedom and peace is to survive. In short let's have an end to
murder in Vietnam while its murderers are on trial.

, lease.

Low rent housing must be

part of False Creek plan

By ALD. HARRY RANKIN

Aldermen Hardwick. Phillips
and Calder are visibly disturbed
and angry over City Council's
decision to grant a conditional
extension to a lease to an
engineering works on False
Creek. So is the Vancouver Sun
and the Vancouver Real Estate
Board, who have also expressed
their displeasure.

They charge that Council's
action. will delay redevelop-
ment of False Creek indet-
initely. Alderman Hardwick has
gone so far as to claim that those
who will suffer most from
Council's decision will be the
“young and poor” and “those
who cannot afford $150 per
month for a designed apart
ment”. :

The tears of frustration and
anger shed by these gentlemen
may be genuine. but they're not
being shed for the citizens of Van-
couver. Let's just review some
of the facts. :

1. Canadian Hydrocarbons,
the engineering firm on False
Creek which secured the lease
extension. will provide jobs for
Vancouver workers. several
hundred of them. Alderman
Calder says that industrial
development is an outmoded
concept. that we are now a com-
mercial city. Personally, I’m old
fashioned enough to believe that
jobs in industry are important
for the people of Vancouver. I
would have preferred a shorter
but faced with the
question of jobs or a develop-
ment that is 5-10 years away, I
voted for jobs.

2. Council's action in granting
the lease need not delay the
redevelopment of Flase Creek
either on the south side or the
north. In any case. all con-
cerned admit that it will be some
years yet before any develop-
ment gets underway.

3. There are no plans to rede-
velop False Creek in what I,
believe to be the interests of its
citizens. All we have so far is a
plan that all city owned property
in this area be turned over to
greedy-gutted real estate inter-
ests and private promoters.
There are no plans to build low
rental housing units. nor even
moderately priced ones for the
poor and low income groups or
for senior citizens.

There are no reqiirements in
the plans that any apartments
that are built will take in
children. All we have so far is a
plan to permit private
developers to put up residential
and commercial buildings and a
marina. You may be sure that
these facilities will be out of the
reach of the average citizen
because of their cost.

4. The real estate people and
their backers are screaming so
loudly about the lease to Cana-
dian Hydrocarbons because

they don't like the idea of having ~

to wait another 9 years before
they scrap among themselves
over who will get this choice bit
of real estate. It’s so simple as

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that. But they conceal their real A
aims with pious talks Be
redevelopment for the benefit
the city and its citizens.

My concern is that when
redevelopment does begin. !
should include firm plans that
percent of the False Creek
housing construction W!
consist of low rental apartments
that will take in children, 2”
another 25 percent for low renla
units for senior citizens.

Unfortunately  Alderme?
Hardwick, Phillips and Caley
have given no indication th@
they will support this type °
redevelopment. Nor has "™
NPA. for that matter. or the Yam"
couver Sun or the Vancouver ~
Real Estate Board.

I will be submitting a moto?
to Council soon on the above —
form of redevelopment 0
False Creek. I urge you to keeP
an eye on what happens and see
how each alderman votes at tha!
time.

McKnight, Mosher top :
poll in Port Alberni —

George McKnight, leader of the fight to force the hus 1
MacMillan-Bloedel monopoly in Port Alberni to pay its full share

taxes, won re-election at the top of the aldermanic poll. Witht

ree 1

: : : 5.
be elected for the two year term, McKnight received 3,008 votes:

Mark Ivezich, who supported
McKnight’s tax reform fight, got
2,127 votes but failed to win
election.

Another significant victory for
progressive civic forces was the
re-election of prominent trade
unionist Mark Mosher at the top_
of the poll for school board repre-
sentative from Port Alberni
rural areas. Elected with him as

two other pro-labor candidates:
Mr. Cecilia McKinnon 4” |
William Anderson. od j

In the Fraser Valley 2 8%
showing was made by Mea
Eunice Parker, running fo i
school trustee in Coquitlal™ |
Entering the civic race for
first time, Mrs.
runner up for election,

1,890 votes. Among those el
rural school board trustees were fo, alderman was Leonel &

oe =
BCA scores Burnaby victory
. ; Bewley who fought the campaié” ik
The Burnaby Citizens -Asso- ah
ciation, a broad coalition of labor ij
and community political forces

ranging from the left to right of

on a progressive civic program 5
nche ;

led

Jim Dailly. campaigning
strongly on a program of tax
reform. low rental housing and

the winners of all three seats
were BCA candidates. all of

i ‘a
whom ran for the first time. In White Rock, John T

running for school board p®

J

> I air pollution controls. topped the Jean Johnston and John ;  ipality: —
center of the political spectrum. aldermanic poll with 6.588 Fleming. running for two year 300 votes, In’ Kent municipal: 1!
won a resounding victory in the votes. Close behind were BCA terms. received 3.657 and 3.415 Lloyd Nilsson, a trade uP to yA
Dec. 6 municipal elections. It candidates Andy Blair with votes respectively. BCA candi- Was Punner Upeath ie

won the mayoralty. three out of
four Council seats‘and all three
of the school board seats.

Opposing the BCA was the
Burnaby Voters Association. a
coalition of right wing business
interests.

Incumbent mayor Robert
Prittie, former NDP member of
parliament for Burnaby
Richmond. was re-elected for
another two year term with a
thumping majority of 8.001 to
3.385 for the BVA nominee, J.P.
Webster. In the last election
Prittie’s majority was approxi-
mately 800. .

6.329 votes and George McLean
with 5.833. The other BCA candi-
date. Fraser Wilson running for
the first time and stréssing
tenant rights. came in sixth with
3.986 votes. :

The only BVA candidate to be
elected to Council was
incumbent alderman Dave
Mercier with 5.299 votes.

Doreen Lawson. wife of
Teamster union leader - Ed
Lawson, running as an_inde-
pendent received 3.815 votes.
Last year she tried unsuccess-
fully to receive the BCA nomina
tion.

date Maurits Mann. contesting
the one year seat. received 5,761
votes. compared to 5.402 for
B.V.A. candidate Allan Lacroix.

The BCA school board candi-
dates campaigned for an end to
the school freeze and _ over-
crowding in classrooms and
kindergardens. repeal of Bill 86.
a cut in school taxes for old age
pensioners and low income
groups. and action to deal witha
growing drug problem. They
received the active support of
Burnaby teachers in _ their
campaign.

MARK MOSHER, prominent Port

Alberni trade unionist, who
headed the poll for school trustees
from rural district. —

elected.

In| Vernon, Mayor william
Halina, prominent member 7
the Association of Unilé
Ukrainian Canadians, was I°
eleeted by an overwhelminé
majority. polling 2,134 votes ©

his closest challenger, Lt We
Mercier who polled 638. se
Kamloops, _ prominent Be Pr

unionist William Ferguson, a
ning for school board, pol
1.098 but failed to get elected.

(For an analysis of Pe
Burnaby results see story 0 t
page.)

son Ther populapo BGA zaldepman:)) Im:thesrace for school board.
PACIFIC TR

See BURNABY, pg. 11