: s CANADA Greetings for Caravan’s tour hits acid rain TORONTO — An Interna- tional Acid Rain Caravan set out Lend your name in sup- Port of the Nicaraguan vic- tory over Somoza. July 19 will mark the fourth anni- versary of the popular Struggle that brought an end to tyranny in Nicaragua. The U.S., not content with the present situation, is actively trying to overthrow the government using all its might. Canadian Action for Nicaragua (CAN) will be Sending a telegram of sup- Port for the July 19 celebra- ons. Organizations and in- dividuals are asked to sign the telegram at a nominal Cost. The telegram reads: _-We supporters of the Nicaraguan revolution in Canada send our warmest greetings to the Nicaraguan People on the occasion of the July 19 fourth anniver- Sary of your victory against Somoza. That victory, and the social advances made since then, are a precious Contribution to the world- Wide struggle against op- Pression and exploitation. We join with you and mil- lions around the world in condemning U.S.-spon- No pasaran.”’ > ae Nicaragua’s revolution “Sored attacks against Nicaragua. Sandino ayer, hoy y siempre. The cost is $5 for organizations and $1 for individuals. Money Should be received by July 11 at Canadian Action for Nicaragua, ae Phil Cournoyer, Box 398, Postal Station E, Toronto M6H E3. from Ottawa, June 20, en route to dozens of Canadian and U.S. centres to emphasize the growing public demand for a stop to this controllable scourge. Travelling in an old school bus converted into a mobile education unit, the Caravan will be equip- ped with displays, pamphlets, films, buttons and T-shirts. ‘*As an international group, we can push for necessary reforms in both countries,’’ and build public support for tougher pollution laws, says Chris Peacock, Toron- to. In its eight-week, 5,000-mile journey the Caravan touches Sudbury, Toronto, Niagara Falls, and then on through Pennsyl- vania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. It is a co- operative effort involving the On- tario Public Interest Research Group, Pollution Probe, the Na- tional Clean Air Coalition, and Audubon and Sierra chapters, plus unions, the Federation of “Ontario Naturalists and others. Environmentalists from both sides of the border are involved. ‘Despite recent progress in Canada,”’ according to Peacock, “‘we still need to reduce emissions from plants like the Inco smelter and those of Ontario Hydro, and in the U.S. we must ensure that a strong Clean Air Act gets passed.”’ The timing of the Caravan, its organizers say, is set to coincide with the uncertain debate in the of the Clean Air Act, and with the renewal of the control order of Inco in Sudbury, Ontario. \ Demand abortion law be removed from Canada’s Criminal Code 5 WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Government’s €cision to lay conspiracy charges against Dr. €nry Morgentaler and seven staff members of his Tecently-opened Winnipeg clinic is drawing strong Protests. The latest comes from the Provincial Council of it . New Democratic Party (NDP) which registered a Objection during a Provincial Council meeting & the weekend of June 18-19. The council also al €d for the government to press for repeal of 5 Ction 215 of the Criminal Code of Canada, the Fon under which charges of conspiracy to pro- ure abortions were laid. * NDP Premier Howard Pawley said the Pro- Ncial Council protest would not cause its sp vernment to change its position and drop the es. it A similar protest came June 15 from the Man- Oba Provincial Committee of the Communist arty of Canada. In a resolution passed unanim- Susly, the committee called on the government to ‘Op the charges and accept Morgentaler’s offer , °F the province to take over his clinic. . 25] he resolution also'demanded repeal of Section (0) the the Criminal Code and provision of adequate ‘. Tapeutic abortion services, funded by Medi- are, at all hospitals in the province. wore protests began June 9, the day that charges ®re laid, when the Coalition for Reproductive 4 ice rallied hundreds of pro-choice supporters _jutside the Manitoba legislature to back Morgen- €r and his staff. F the demonstration followed one on June 3 when Ore than 500 people turned out at the legislature on the same day police raided the Morgentale: clinic, seeking evidence. The conspiracy charges against Morgentaler, an Ontario doctor working at the clinic, four nurses and two counsellors, carry a maximum life sen- tence. Manitoba Attorney-General Roland Penner was reported by the Winnipeg media as saying it is easier to win a conviction on a conspiracy charge than on a charge of committing an actual offence. Morgentaler was acquitted three times by juries in Quebec in the 1970s on charges of performing illegal abortions. However, the Crown appealed and Morgentaler was jailed for a short time. After the June 9 rally, about 300 people crowded into Westminister United Church to hear Roman Catholic theologian Marjorie Maguire, a prominent member of the U.S.-based Catholics for Free Choice. , Maguire said only 11 per cent of American Catholic women support the church’s stand against abortion. In the U.S., women have the right to — decide for themselves about abortion, a right strengthened by a recent U.S. Supreme Court de- cision.” In recent months, many organizations had de- manded that no charges be laid and that the clinic be approved as a facility for carrying out thera-. peutic abortions. : Both these demands were included in a reso- lution passed at the May 14-15 convention of Man- itoba’s Communist Party. e The case against Morgentaler and his staff has been remanded and the clinic remains open. Across Canada U.S. Congress over the renewal - Royal Commission on economy costing $10-million VANCOUVER — The Royal Commission on the economy is going to accomplish one thing at least — it will be the costliest royal commission at $10-million. Chairman Donald MacDonald, who is being paid $800 a day, said it would cost that much for 242 years. It has a mandate to exist for three years. The commission has not indicated how many jobs this $10-million will create, if any, for the unemployed. Even Social Credit leader can’t believe it EDMONTON — Martin Hattersley resigned as leader of the Social Credit Party after the Alberta branch reinstated three members who were kicked out for anti-Semitism. The party voted 33-31 to reinstate James Keegstra and two others. Keegstra is the Alberta schoolteacher who taught there wasn’t a Nazi holocaust during World War Two. Meanwhile the ruling Alberta Tory party- has not seen fit to discipline backbencher Stephen Stiles, who said the murder of millions during World War Two was “‘propaganda.,”’ The Alberta Federation of Labor has demanded Stiles be removed from the caucus. ‘Polite’ people say Refuse the Cruise OTTAWA — 141 persons whom the Prime Minister’s office described as ‘‘polite’’ phoned June 20 to tell the Prime Minister to Refuse the Cruise. The protest was organized by Vancouver Island nurse Briget Arnstein. One hundred and seventeen calls came from B.C., nine from Alberta, one from Saskatchewan, two from Toronto, two from Hull, one from Ottawa and four from New Brunswick. Considering 52 per cent of Canadians are opposed to the Cruise and only 141 are ‘‘polite’’, does this mean there are 12,664,347 ‘‘impolite’’ Canadians? Chains out to crush corner grocers MONTREAL — Not satisfied with their already bloated profits, supermarket chains are looking for loopholes that would allow them to sell beer. In Quebec only small independent stores:can sell beer. To many this is the only difference between staying above water and going bankrupt. Currently in Quebec independents control 65 per cent of the market, the reverse of the other provinces. It was estimated in a recent report 2,000 independents would go broke if the law is changed. The further development of the mass movements and the coming federal elections By William Kashtan “For Jobs, Security, Peace” — full text of the report to the Central Committee meeting of the Communist Party of Canada at its May 6-8 meeting is now available from the Communist Party, 24 Cecil Street, Toronto M5T 1N2 or at your local Communist Party office at-$1 per copy. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—JULY 1, 1983—Page 5