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Vie Nuove (Rome)

‘IN ALBERTA |

Snap election puts
gov t ‘under cloud

EDMONTON
Premier E. C. Manning’s an-
nouncement of a May 23 pro-
vincial election has caused una-
nimous astonishment throughout
the province. The Legislative
session ended with the govern-
ment under a cloud, with two
prominent leaders accused of
possible impropriety in allegedly
using their positions in private
business. dealings.
The Legislature had agreed to
a judicial inquiry into charges
made by Garth Turcott, the lone
New Democratic Party member.
He accused E. W. Hinman of
Cardston, a former provincial
- treasurer, of using his office for
personal gain and said Munici-
pal Affairs Minister A. J. Hooke
possibly had engaged in land
dealings of questionable propri-
ety. Now the election has been
called before the inquiry, caus-
ing speculation about the gov-
ernment’s position. ,
William Tuomi, Alberta lead-
er of the Communist Party, pre-

dicts the election “will be a mud-
slinging campaign to avoid de-
bate on the real issues.” The is-
sues, said Tuomi, include the
ownership of Alberta’s natural
resources; the gathering tax
crisis caused by falling oil reve-
nues; severe difficulties in muni-
cipal financing, especially of
education; the ultimatum by doc-
tors to changes in the medicare
scheme to qualify the four-point
federal plan. Added to this is the
fact that the election falls in the
middle of spring farm work.

The campaign will be the
shortest possible, with the Elec-
tion Act providing for a mini-
mum of 30 days between the
issuing of election writs and vot-
ing day. At dissolution, Social
Credit held 58 of the 63 seats.
The Liberals held three, coali-
tion one and the NDP one.

The Liberals and Conserva-
tives are expected to contest
every seat and have each nomi-
nated almost 40 candidates. The
NDP so far have nominated 52.

Britons battle
‘brain drain

By JOHN WILLIAMSON
- LONDON
HE Organization of Econo-
mic Co-operation and De-
velopment (OECD), is readying
a report to be released in early
June dealing with the emigration
of Britain’s scientists. Already
they are quoted in the Daily
Telegraph as stating:
“Movement of highly trained
people from Britain to America
remained the outstanding exam-
ple of a continuous brain drain.”
The United States systemati-
cally raids Britain of its scien-
tists, engineers and doctors.
Lord Bowden, head of the Man-
chester University Institute of
Science and Technology, said
that the British engineers and
scientists who went to the USA

in 1966 “represented a total gain

of £200 million ($560 million) to
American industry.”

America has as its chief re-
cruiting agent a William Doug-
lass. Representing major firms
he arranges for the interviewing
of Britons by the hundreds, after
preparing the ground with ads
and other methods. He just re-
turned to America with the
names of 1,500 applicants re-
ceived by him during his one
month’s recruiting drive.

Typical is a two-page ad in
the New Scientist for engineers
and scientists saying “the pow-
erful American economy offers
terrific prospects for technical
people .. .” and stating that for
10 days, 10 top American firms
would interview applicants in
London.

A London firm, “Applied Sys-
tems and Personnel,” 57s been
asked to find 1,000 ~2mputer
programers to emigrate to the
USA. They are being offered
double their British salaries, and

full payment of the fares of
themselves and families.
During last year alone there
went to the United States 155
scientists, 507 engineers and
several hundred medical doctors.
Representatives of American
aircraft industry have been hard
at work among the scores of
designers and top builders laid
off as a res'Jt of the closing
down of sore British aircraft
factories. Despite — unemploy-

ment in the United States, tool-

makers from Britain’s auto-
industry are being approached
and among building trades work-
ers 40 top bricklayers were re-
cruited to work in the States.

There is a great outcry about
these American raids and the
“Brain Drain” to America is
much in the news. Sir Solly
Zuckerman, the scientific adviser
to the Cabinet, recently threat-
ened in a meeting with Ameri-
ca’s Douglass that the govern-
ment may find it necessary to
forbid America’s recruiting acti-
vities. Douglass said his talks
with Zuckerman had been “‘very
discouraging”.

U.S. Defence Secretary Mc-
Namara got into the act re-
cently with a number of arro-
gant remarks, “Brains, on the
whole. are like hearts,’’ he said.
“They go where they are appre-
ciated.” He then added, “Europe

. is weak in its general edu-
cation, it is weak in its techni-
cal education.”

As far as Britain’s graduate
scientists, engineers and doctors
are concerned this is a slander.
If McNamara’s estimate was ac-
curate, why the intensive drive
to recruit them to America?

Even American’s chief recruit-
ing agent, William Douglass,
commented on British scientific

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agreements of 1954.

permanently.

to the government.

war.

New hope for peace has arisen i
declarations of the leaders of the
contacts with the USA would be possi
other hostile acts against North Vietnam are

Several heads of governments have
end the bombings. U.N. Secretary-General U Thant has
that this step must be the first which could pave the way for peace. The
Pope’s powerful voice for peace in
continents. Inside the USA, the demand for an end to
been raised by influential public figures, inc

immediate end to the bombings as a
A World Conference on Vietnam has been ca

In spite of this, the bombings have not only been resumed, but they
have been increased in their intensity by the Johnson administration. This
continued escalation brings the world close

end to the war in Vietnam
le on the basis of the Geneva

n the hearts of men following the recent
Democratic Republic of Vietnam that _
ble provided that the bombings and
ended unconditionally and

demanded that the U.S. government
repeatedly insisted

Vietnam has been heard in all the
the bombings has
luding senators and others close

r to the catastrophe of global
People of many different views are united in their opposition to the
bombings. We call on everyone to join in a concerted effort to achieve an
first essential step towards a just peace.
led by major international

APPEAL

LL OVER THE WORLD, people seek an

and independence for the Vietnamese peop
religious bodies,

are now preparing repor
conference will be done principally i
similar special training or interests, including international lawyet
tists, writers and artists. ;

The conference will focus on crucial aspects of the Vietname> 5 af

pendence struggle and on the histor
deceptive. It will consider reports on

use of napalm,
United States because of its Vietnam policy,
Vietnam from other parts of the world. The con
to influence the public and governments to act more forcefully f0
‘to the war in Vietnam.

We call upon all people who want peace a
to join in supporting this
known, by contributing to t
representatives. Only sustain
world can turn the tide away
needed to meet human needs.

Text adopted by the Organizing Committe

World Conference by making
he conference fund, and by sending q ver!
ed and common effort by millions all Oi
from war and towards the constructiv®

peace organizations. It will be held in Stockholm from July 6 to July 9, io!
Participants will include parliamentarians, re ¥
universities and other groups. Experts in yariou
ts for study at the conference. The work
n working groups for peop!é

presentatives from trade

ind

y of peace initiatives, poth

international law and the wat, t
poison chemicals and gas, on the growing jsolatio?
and on material assh
ference will explof®

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its work if

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meeting in London, February 19-20, 1967.

STOCKHOLM, JULY 6—9, 1967

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