‘ Czeckoslovakia J. DOHERTY, Victoria, writes: | found Dave Yorke’s letter very interesting, the more so as I had heard similar views expressed here. We too have our experts on international law. And this suggests a few questions such as: What is international law? Whose international law? And how come our young intellec- tuals have all of a sudden become experts on the subject? And since when did the capitalist owers pay the slightest attention to any law, interna- tional or otherwise, where their interests were concerned (S.W. Africa for example)? ; It seems to me that this letter is a tale that is told, told by George Ball at the UN, full of sound and fury, and signifying nothing except what the USS. imperialists wish the world to believe. Our young intellectuals invoke Lenin in support of their position. Geo. Ball at least had the grace to refrain from mentioning Lenin to bolster his phony case. I don’t believe it ever occurred to Lenin to ask himself if the 1917 Revolution was being conducted strictly in accordance with bourgeois international law. In short, there is an ideological struggle, a battle for men’s minds, a class struggle, and the minds of these young people appear to me to have been corrupted by the bourgeoisie. HE By E. CRIST On our overall Drive target of 1500 subs, only 150 have been turned in so far. This is too slow a pace and unless the Drive tempo is considerably speeded up our paper will be confronted with an extremely serious situation. In addition to the 300 read- ers whose sub has expired dur- ing the last few weeks, we have sent out, or will shortly send out, another 600 notices to subscribers whose sub is up for renewal. It is now up to Press Clubs to insure renewal of all these expiries. Some Press Clubs have already made an excel- lent start. The White Rock Delta Club has already raised a third of its quota and in addi- tion has won three new read- ers. A number of other clubs have made serious efforts to- wards their goal. There are, however, some serious weak spots in key areas and it is there where the campaign will have to be stepped up. Equally important to the success of our drive are new _ subs. We need 200 new read- ers during the next few weeks. To accomplish this. we depend first of all on those who al- ready know our paper and subscribe to it. If they intro- _ duce our paper to friends and workmates the PT will con- tinue to grow. Quer FOR They may call themselves Com- munists, they may think they are Marxists, but in a crisis, in practise, they automatically jump to the support of their own ruling class —_ their hearts belong to daddy. ** * Quotes Lenin R. LIVERSEDGE, Lake Cowichan, writes: I was very much elated at the four very considerate and understanding letters in reply to Dave Yorke’s infantile dissertation on the situation in Czechoslovakia. George Collins helped me to finally make up my mind as to whether I could afford five dollars from my pension. So please find a five spot enclosed to help in the fight against world imperialism. This letter is not intended as an answer to Dave Yorke, as the four letters did that better than I could, but I would like to remind Yorke that Lenin did make a statement, very emphatically, without any qualifications of any kind, in 1920, “From now on everyone making a claim to bea Socialist, will be tested by his attitude to the Soviet Union’. Should Dave Yorke be unaware of what is happening between U.S. imperialism and the Nazism ‘of West Germany, I~ would recommend the following reading. Contemporary History by Palme Dutte, and the Brown Book and Grey Book published by the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Yours for communism. **K OK Tax Protest BEN FARKAS, Vancouver Island, writes: Municipal reorganization and_ establish- ment of many new improvement districts in the Province are bringing a whole rash of new problems for local ratepayers, problems which need urgent attention! For example, the total assessed value of my farm in the Harewood Improvement District near Nanaimo, has risen by more than 50% — from $4,313.00 to $6,800. And this not because of improved services but because the Improvement District trustees have arti- trarily (and I contend, illegally) disallowed the farm exemption. It also assesses improvements at 100% instead of the Provincial gov't figure of 75%. To support my claim that the assessment figures have been illegally altered I point to the Harewood Improvement District notice to all property owners, which states: “You are advised that the assessed value and other information appearing on the notice is taken from the records of the provincial assessor at the court house, Nanaimo, and therefore are the same figures upon which you pay your school and general taxes to the provincial government’. The following table shows the difference between the Provincial .and Improvement District assessments: Provincial Assessment Land $3,250. Improvements $3,550. Exemption $1,800. Assessment $4,313. Harewood Improvement Assessment Land $3,250. Improvements $3,550. Exemption nil. Assessment $6,800. My land (Sec. 10 of Range 9 “and 10 of Sec. 1, Plan 630) fully complies with the definition required for ‘‘farm exemption’. I therefore charge the exemption (allowed by the provincial gov’t. assessor) has been _ illegally removed by the District and lam claiming reimbursement for overcharge in taxes on my farm. Students hit Socred policy University student leaders at Simon Fraser and UBC indicated last week that they are seeking support from other B.C. campuses for a campaign against the Social Credit govern- ment’s education policies in the next provincial election. SFU student leader Robert Walsh and UBC student president Dave Zirnhelt said in an interview that they hope to meet soon with other student leaders to seek support for the campaign. Zirnhelt said ‘‘there are many facets of the provincial government’s education policy which we are opposed to, especially university financing which is totally inadequate.” He said they will seek to organize students to support opposition candidates in ridings where we feel the Socreds are weak and in particular in the riding of provincial Education Minister Donald Brothers. Zirnhelt said the University of Victoria’s student president has already given verbal support to the plan. He said if the campaign is approved by student leaders a levy will probably be imposed on students to finance a campaign to inform voters of the education situation in B.C. “We might hire buses to tour the province. We would certainly ask our supporters to knock on doors in a campaign to educate the public about the govern- ment’s education policies,” Zirnhelt said. DUNDAS B-A (WALL & DUNDAS ST.) Complete Auto Repair and Service for All Makes Government Certified Mechanic and SERVICE Vv. W. SPECIALIST H. Lee Ph. 255-6828 By PETER TEMPEST MOSCOW: Journalist Sergei Kovalyov, in a Pravda article, accuses critics of the military intervention in Czecholslovakia of approaching the question in an abstract and non-class way. Those who said the Warsaw Pact forces’ actions were ‘ilegal’”’ were forgetting that in class society there can be no non- class law, Kovalyov says. “The laws and norms of law are subject to the laws of class struggle, to the laws of social development. “One must not lose a class approach to the matter, because of formal-legalistic ‘considera tions. “Whoever does this and loses the only true, class criterion of judging legal norms begins to judge events by the yardstick of bourgeois law.”’ The peoples and Communist~ Parties of the Socialist countries unconditionally have and should have freedom to determine the paths of the deveopment of their own country, the article says. But any decision of theirs should not do damage either to Socialism in their own country or to the fundamental interests of other Socialist countries, to the whole world working-class movement, which is waging a struggle for Socialism. “Bach Communist Party is responsible not only to its own people but also to all the Socialist counrtries, the whole Com- munist movement,” the article says. * ; “Socialist States treat with respect the democratic norms of international law. ‘But in Marxist under- standing the norms of law, including the norms of the mutual relations of Socialist countries, cannot be interpreted in a narrow, formal way, divorced from the _ general context of class struggle in the modern world.”’ Kovalyov continues: ‘‘People who ‘disapprove’ of the actions of the allied Socialist countries, ignore the decisive fact that these countries are defending the interests of world Socialism and the world revolutionary move ment. “Socialist society exists in its specific form in different countries with their own definite Soviet writer answers critics State frontiers, and it devel with: regard -for <4 particularities of each country ‘“And nobody is interfering the specific measures taken different Socialist countries order to improve Socia society. - “But the position radic: changes when a_ threat Socialism itself arises in this that country. “World Socialism, as a so system, is the common gail the working people of countries, it is indivisible anc defence is the common conc of all Communists, progressive people and, in first place, the working peop! the Socialist countries. .@ ‘‘What the Right Wing < Socialist forces were striving in Czechoslovakia in re months had nothing to do wi unique development of Socia of the application of Mar Leninist principles to country’s specific conditions “It was an encroachmen the foundations of Socialism the basic principles of Marx Leninism,”’ the article says. ‘The Communists in frate countries naturally could allow the Socialist State: remain inactive in the nar sovereignty, understood in abstract, when they could se country running the risk of Socialist degeneration. “Formal observance of freedom of self-determinati a nation in the specific situ arising in Czechoslovakia v have meant freedom of determination’ not of the po; masses and working people of their enemies.”’ The Warsaw Pact coun says Kovalyov, had decid send their armed forces int country only after all mea of helping the Czechos people by political means been exhausted. These forces had since s by their deeds that their task in Czechoslovakia w defend that country’s Soc gains. “They are not interferi the country’s internal affai1 are waging a struggle n words but in deeds fo! principles of the determination of the peop Czechoslovakia,’ the a says. Classified Advertising aa BUSINESS PERSONALS HALLS FOR RENT UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT ¥4 TRANSFER—1656 East Broad- way. ALL MOVING JOBS rea- - sonable. CALL: MR. TURNER 874-5410 WEST END RADIO — Special- izing in TV Repairs. Latest precision equipment used. (Formerly OK Radio Service). Now at 1721 Robson Street. MU 3-2618. RECENT TAILORS LTD.—Cus- tom Tailors and Ready-to- Wear, 324 W. Hastings St. MU 1-8456 or 4441 E. Has- tings — CY 8-2030. See Henry Rankin for personal service. DRY CLEANING & LAUNDRY Also Coin-op LAUNDRETTE 2633 Commercial Dr. 879-9956 RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME — Available for meetings, ban- quets and weddings at reason- able rates. 600 Campbell Ave. . 254-3430. CLINTON HALL, 2605 E. Pender. 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