Island

By V. VICTOR

COMOX COMEDY: Created by
the C,O, of Comox Air Base when
asked by reporters if American
nuclear arms were stored at the
airport, he stated the informa-
tion was top secret, A short while
later at a banquet he assured
his listeners ofthe absolute safe-
ty in storing nuclear warheads,

In fact it seemed to many it
was so foolproof a system that
it would almost be impossible to
get the weapons attached to a
plane without all but a personal
appearance of Mr, Johnson and a
direct order to the do or die
Yank soldier guards,

Actually American soldiers
should never be referred to as
fighting men or guards, the world
has been told repeatedly they are
merely advisors such as are used

in Viet Nam and the Dominican

Republic, Only the people of those
countries are so very -hard to
convince, they seem to think the
Americans are fair game,’ It
seems a very unappreciative way
to treat a well-armed advisor,

Further to Comox, there is a
delegation of peaceful protest
marchers who at this writing are
on their way to this Island air-
strip to do a bit of peaceful
demonstrations, It would appear
they have a lot of courage and
will give the apathetic residents
of Courtenay and Cemox an op-
portunity to learn others are
concerned about the storage of
American nuclear arms on Cana-
dian soil under American guards
(advisors), :

The odd part of this fiasco,
Voodoo aircraft are not capable
of carrying these arms to any
potential enemy territory, They
do not have the range, This Yank
operation is merely the thin edge
of the wedge, like the story of
the Arab and his camel, Warn-
ing, the camel won in the end,

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TRAFFIC TRAGEDIES: The

. area around Nanaimo has had

more traffic fatalities to this
date (12) than in any one year
prior to 1965, A major cause
is the bottleneck. in the city
centre, All traffic must pass
through asection where the street
is less than 30 feet wide whichis
done at a snail’s pace during rush

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hour, Besides frustration it
causes many drivers to attempt
to make up time on more suitable
roads, Result, aforementioned,

Flying Phil could do well to
by-pass city centre even though
it wouldn’t please the downtown
merchants, but this is a lot of
pressure for these same business
men (and women) are almost all
died-in-the-wool Socreds, Like
most other projects, Socred en-
gineered, it will be done too little
and too late,

It is estimated this summer
traffic will be double last year
due to the additional ferries op-
erating from the North Island,
Many wonder why Phil flies, very
simply, it isn’t congested andnot
nearly as rough as some of the
Island highways,

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SLAVE LABOR LADS: It was
rather surprising to learn one of
the big city dailies pays the
carrier boys the princely sum of
42 cents per customer per month,
One laddy in the outlying district
of Nanaimo walks 90 miles each

month for a take home pay of,
less than six dollars, so itworks'

to about eight cents per mile
carrying papers. When the lad
was asked the reason he didn’t
ride a bicycle, he quite accurate-
ly stated he couldn’t afford to
buy a bike,

A check with the local office
of the paper revealed this to be
a fact, When accused of hiring
child slave. labor, the manager
indignantly pointed out the ad-
vantages in learning business
acumen and meeting people to
any young person who wishes to
advance in the business world in
later years, But it seems a very
long way from carrier to Cromie,
When they say free enterprise,
in this case it means almost
that, those leds work almost for
free,

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‘U.S. will use A-arms in own interests

Despite earlier denials the
testimony released last Friday
of U.S. Defence Secretary Mc-
Namara before a House sub-
committee, leave no doubt about
the intentions of the U.S, mili-
tary to use nuclear weapons,

‘McNamara declared that the
U.S, will not restrict the use
of nuclear weapons “when we
believe it is desirable to use
them in our own interest.”

This statement was part of
testimony he gave at a secret
meeting of the House of Repre-
sentatives appropriations sub-

.committee on March 2,

McNamara gave this testimony
almost two months before Presi-
dent Johnson told a press con-
ference on April 27 that he
(Johnson) had never received a
suggestion from any official con-
cerning the use of nuclear wea-
pons in South-East Asia.

“In his testimony, this is what

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McNamara said: “, . .there has
been no senior official, military
or civilian, of this government
that I am aware of, that has
indicated that we have any policy
restricting our use of nuclear
weapons in any situation in the
world when we believe it is
desirable to use them in our
own interest,

Mark Children’s

The annual International Chil-
dren’s Day for 1965 will be cele-
brated in Vancouver on Sunday,
June 6, from 1 to 5 p,m,, at
the Grandview Community Centre
at 3350 Victoria Drive, and in
Trout Lake Park,

There will be an exhibition ox
children’s paintings, folk singing
for children, a puppet show,
sports, races and dancing, Fami-
lies are asked to bring their
picnic lunches and free ice cream
will be provided for the children,

The celebration this year will

'mark two important anniver-

saries, Arising out of the suffer-
ing of women and children in the
Second World War, women from
40 countries responded tothe call
of the Women’s International
Democratic Federation in 1945—
20 years ago—and proclaimed
June 1 to be International Chil-
dren’s Day,

“I think if there is any m
understanding on that point
should be eliminated,”

Under questioning by
gressmen, McNamara said:
think the risk of escalation
one of the risks you must
at when you are deciding to!
nuclear weapons.”

Day June 6 |

Five and a half years 280")
November 20, 1959, the Unil@)”
Nations’ General Assembly ©)
animously adopted and P
claimed a Declaration of |
Rights of Children,

The U.N, Declaration emp
sizes that the child shall
brought up “in a spirit of under
standing, tolerance, friend
amongst peoples, peace and ™
versal brotherhood,”

Today, when there is still 9
much unrest, war. and suffe?
of children in many parts of
world, especially in Vietnam
B.C, Women’s Committee
World Friendship calls 0?
parents to bring their child
to this important celebration”
make this Day a memorable
for the youngsters in the spi
of the U.N, Declaration, ;

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