THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT i) SICK YOUTH is : Stress of our modern urban _ ‘8Ciety is taking its toll of teen- {ge tummies. Especially among boys. Study of the records of 22 ‘S. hospitals covering the past Years shows peptic and duo- nal ulcers are increasingly _ Prevalent in the 12-18-years 9 group, __ The boy aged’15 is. particul- ~ Orly vulnerable. 2 ane study showed 107 boys *F duodenal ulcers out of every Pei 1000 15-year-olds. Only 13.8 g tls were affected. win’ H. A. Sultz, of Buffalo, ae took part in the study, ; en urban society as a pos- SIdle factor, . oa interest is the fact that icc, study. revealed that sons of fre in the upper-income “the S are more prone to ulcers N those from low-income Sups, But this does not prove Ut for girls. —Financial Post 7. DRUGS RACKET be org OsPitals and nursing homes oe menending and receiving acks” from drugstores to S © ‘perscriptions under ~'S: federal health programs, Provig Editor—TOM McEWEN. Published weekly at Ford Bldg., Mezzanine No. 3, 193 E. Hastings St., Vancouver 4, B.C. Phone 685-5288. iS age suffered from peptic . €d the increased stress of . od according to the American Pharmaceutical Association. In testimony before the House ways.and means com- mittee, spokesmen said cash is passed under the table from drugstore owners to institutions to win lucrative drug contracts under medicare and medicaid programs. Nearly $50 million in pres- criptions.is dispensed annually ‘to nursing homes ‘and’ other extended care facilities under the medicare program. —UPI story from Washington SEEING IS BELIEVING One must report what is vis- - ible, not what may exist, but is . invisible. For instance, since returning to Canada | have read two stories about a great _shortage of meat in Moscow stores. Before reading them, | had said in many private con- versations about my visit that one of the things | noticed in the two stores | was in Moscow was that meat was plentiful. Maybe it wasn’t for sale. Maybe it wasn’t meat. Maybe it ‘was rushed onto the shelves to impress a visitor. And maybe it wasn't Farley Mowat in a kilt whom | ran into in Moscow. But | believe it was. —Harry Crowe. in the Telegram, Toronto. a Associate Editor—MAURICE RUSH Subscription Rate: Canada, $5.00 one year; $2.75 for six months. North and South America and Commonwealth countries, $6.00 one year. All other countries, $7.00 one year. ae Second class mail registration number 1560, Ritiiusnannsncsnnenonneantanneannanany e tacetetatetetasetetatetesete terete cerececene eNO a) NGS Last week a new wave of mass ac- tions against the war in Vietnam across Canada and the U.S.A. testified that Vietnam has become the focal point for all peace forces, bringing about unity of a high order. The fact that President Nixon un- leashed Spiro Agnew in a dangerous and reckless attempt to create a climate of brutal attack against the people’s movements shows that the Nixon ad- ministration is conscious of its weak- ness and lack of support. Canadian prime ministers — St. Lau- rent, Diefenbaker, Pearson and Tru- deau — have backed U.S. imperialism. Canadian political leaders well knew in 1954 that in siding with the U.S. im- perialists they were backing a South Vietnam clique which differed not at all from previous puppet governments. Only the masters had been changed. They knew that the only interpreta- tion that can be given the Geneva Agreements was that the Vietnamese had won their right to be a free and sovereign state — under the leadership of their Communist Party. From ‘the beginning, the record of Canadian big business has been a profit- making one. Canada’s jackal-like capi- talist class, profiting from the war, has hoped to share in the expected benefits to be derived from keeping all of South- east Asia clear of what they term “com- munist influence.” The Canadian government refuses to disclose the details about the $4 billion sales negotiated with the U.S.A. under the 1959 defense predugen sharing agreement, most of which is material used by U.S. armed forces against the Vietnamese. We salute the great and courageous American people who refuse to be inti- midated by Nixon’s threats, and the Canadians who joined them in actions of solidarity to bring an end to imperi- alisms’ war of aggression against Viet- nam. It is only by the growth of such actions, particularly the mass partici- ation of labor and farmers, that man- kind will be: guaranteed a future of peace and progress. Our rights in peril The anti-demonstrations by-law pass- ed by Montreal City Council is not only a restriction of democracy within Que- bec, but a threat to all the democratic forces in all of Canada. It is aimed at the working people. © The new reactionary law gives a small coterie power to forcibly prevent demonstrations. There are, of course, the usual promises made by Mayor Jean Drapeau and citiy manager Saulnier that it will not be abused, and to review ~ it in a short time. The law as it stands now is an abuse of the democratic rights of all Cana- dians. The only review possible would be to condemn it. The only action pos-. sible is to repeal it. Montreal Council’s action follows the growing tendency of the capitalist class to turn towards forcible repression of the rising people’s movements. How-. ever, this is a new period in Canada’s ¥ ya ded history. There are changes in the pro- test movements and activities of the working people. Not only do larger numbers participate, but the direction of their demands is clearer. Inter- woven with the protests against injus- _tice, economic inequality, national op- pression and war, are clear-cut pers- pectives for actions and programs to solve ‘these problems. Messieurs Drapeau and Saulnier can- not get away with what Duplessis did before them, because these are new times, and the struggle for democracy embraces new forces. But the danger is real—the law has been passed. It is in the interests of the Canadian working class — both French- and Eng- lish-speaking — to mount a united op- - position to all restrictions on the demo- cratic rights of the people. - Canadians cannot accept this law. The Canadian people’s organizations, in particular the trade union move- ment, should flood Mayor Drapeau with protesls, demanding its immediate re- peal. Halt the arms race The attention of the world is on the: meeting now taking place between the Soviet Union and the United States in Helsinki to discuss the limitations of strategic arms: That the successful outcome of such talks would be of benefit to the peoples »-of-the whole world; there can be not a shadow of doubt. Astronomical sums— estimated to be close to 200 billion dol- lars—are now spent. yearly on arma- ments in the world. These resources, used for the public good, would virtu- ally eliminate starvation, poor housing, backwardness, and overcome the great problems of educational and medical shortages. It would be a step in re- moving the awful threat of nuclear war, and would make it possible to de- velop science for the benefit of man. The discussions in Helsinki will not be easy. There are forces in the United States striving to make the talks dif- ficult. These forces, the military-indus- trial complex people—the military and arms manufacturers who make money out of war—want. more of the same, regardless of the consequences. They spread distrust and lack of con- fidence: It is for them that President Nixon speaks when he attacks the peace efforts of the American people. The best possible outcome of the talks would: be for complete disarma- ment and for the prohibition of all types of weapons of mass annihilation. It is our hope that the first steps in that direction will be taken as the result of the negotiations at Helsinki. The delegations from both the United States and the U.S.S.R. opened their talks with a pledge to do everything possible to reach agreement on curbing the nuclear arms race. History proves © that agreement on these questions, al- _ though limited in scope, can lead to the - achievement of the dream of human- ity: world peace.. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—NOVEMBER 21, 1969—PAGE 3