i) *p fe "rete proposals for a jobs program. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1971 Ntry OF LABOR FOR JOBS AND AGAINST A WAGE FREEZE. These are central issues facing the trade unions 972. The Canadian Labor Congress is launching a massive campaign starting in February for full loyment policies. CLC affiliates are urged to adopt resolutions calling for full employment legislation and ek support from MPs as well as provincial and municipal governments. The CLC is putting forward ee Tribune Vol. 32, No. 51 0 TRADES | Nore COUNCIL — 15° North Vietnam civilian Casualties are mounting Ignoring the cease fire in force in North and South Vietnam over the Christmas weekend, U.S. President Nixon ordered a resumption of massive bombing of North Vietnam which has caused widespread civilian casualties and stirred angry world-wide protests. More than 350 U.S. bombers have flown from their bases in Thailand and South Vietnam, and from aircraft carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin to spread death and destruction through North Vietnam, striking close to Hanoi on a. few occasions. The U.S. bombers are reported to be using new and sophisticated bombs. U.S. officials have attempted to justify the bombing on the grounds that it was necessary to protect American troops in the South and as retaliation against recent incidents when U.S. planes were shot down over North Vietnam territory. . The fact is that the massive bombings launched on the Christ- mas weekend are the culmina- tion of stepped up bombing which have risen in tempo through 1971 against the North as well as in Laos, Cambodia and South Vietnam. The U.S. has already dropped three times the _ By WILLIAM TURNER ‘ blic opposition mounted this a against the NPA majority 1 Y council forcing through a ‘hae by a narrow 6 to 5 vote | Orizing a $3.2 million outlay q the approaches to the aw Inlet crossing. ij © Vancouver Labor Council Ng that this was only part of |,°/2 million cost estimated for ‘oaches, condemned the On and wired Federal sport Minister Jameson to i a public enquiry and tecite on the crossing issue. € Committee for Public Mit, according to kesman Bruce Yorke, will Fi under a advisement eet it should undertake action when it meets in the ear, Over objections voiced by Alderman Harry Rankin and other council members the NPA Council majority rejected by the same vote a motion calling for a plebiscite on taxpayer approval to spend the money, and also a night meeting of city council to hear public delegations on the issue. In resorting to this kind of action the NPA has again demonstrated, as on the Locarno and Four Seasons issues, its con- tempt for public concern over the Burrard Inlet crossing. The statement by NPA Alderman Adams that those who oppose the crossing are ‘“‘kooks’”’ is an insult to the intelligence of city taxpayers and those who elect civic adminstration. Clearly the NPA council is run- ning scared on the crossing issue, blocking any attempts that would open the way for public debate. In adopting the $3.2 million outlay the NPA reneged on an earlier motion to submit any financial costs for crossing approaches to the voters for approval. A similar position to avoid any public debate on the issue has been pursued by the North shore municipal councils. What is becoming obvious is that there is a concerted drive by Vancouver and North Shore councils to foist a freeway system upon a reluctant public at the expense of rapid transit. In a move to appease public opposition a great play has been made of the provision of a rapid tube as part of the Burrard Inlet tunnel crossing. The fact that no planned rapid transit system for Vancouver’s downtown core is Public act to block freeways contemplated immediately, the planned crossing tube is like putting the cart before the horse. Indeed, this mentality prompted North Vancouver city council to oppose the Greater Vancouver Regional District’s request for a share of the costs in the take-over of public transit from the B.C. Hydro. Council rejected the GVRD’s proposal for a one mill commitment to public transit costs, estimated at $85,000, and refused to consider the expenditure of a half mill as its share. Hiding behind the pretext that it would like to know what it is getting for its money, the North Vancouver city council has no qualms over its decision to spend its share of taxpayers money for See FREEWAYS, pg. 2 tonnage of bombs on Indochina than it did in the whole of World War 2. The latest bombings are clear ‘proof that Nixon's aim is not to end the war and withdraw U.S. forces, but to withdraw ground troops while stepping up the air war with new destructive bombing in the hope of extract- ing military victory in a hopeless situation. Early reports from North Viet- nam indicate that large populated centres are being bombed and that there has been a sharp rise in civilian casualties. Hanoi charged that large quantities of anti- personell bombs and steel pellets are being used. These are designed to kill and maim people, not to destroy military installations. Among civilian buildings hit and destroyed have been hospitals. The resumption of massive bombings, the largest since former President Johnston called off the bombing in 1968, has brought a storm of protest in the U.S. and around the world. The latest action has been branded as a further extension of the war. U.S. senators and congressmen, including presi- dential candidates, have called for a halt to the bombing and the setting of an early date for the full withdrawal of U.S. forces from Indochina. In the first few hours peace forces in the U.S. have staged a number of protest actions and many more are likely to follow as indignation continues to rise. Many Canadians have joined in the protest. In Ottawa External Affairs Minister Sharp said Canada condemns the new USS. bombings. However, his protest does not ring sincere while Canada continues to provide the U.S. with many of the weapons, components and ammunitions used in the war in Indochina.