iN sul) = FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1967 VOL. 28, NO. 19 “ ‘Gtiminal neglect from Victoria | City tag day fo help children of Vietnam Vancouver city council Tues- day gave approval for a tag day to be held on city streets Friday, June 23 for the purpose of raising funds for medical aid for the children of Vietnam. City council’s action came in response to an appeal by a large delegation headed by Mrs. Ther- esa Galloway, prominent com- munity leader, former school trustee and recipient of the Good Citizen award; Jack Henderson, Freeman of the City of Vancou- ver and former B,C. President of the Canadian Legion; Father James Roberts, priest of Our Lady of Mercy Church; and Rev. R.S. Christie, associate secre- tary of the United Church of Canada board of evangelism and social service. The delegation was organized at a conference held Tuesday, May 2 at the Vancouver School of Art where a committee was formed calling itself the Vancou- ver Centennial Tag Day for the Children of Vietnam Committee, Mrs, Galloway told council that funds raised would go to the In- ternational Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva for distribution See TAG DAY, pg. 12 q Ue, da’s : de n Parlig 0 Men: Seeman to reney a should Dited yt sy we NORAD tan fe) inform the ate , Nationay’ as William Kash . = t Party “der of the Com- of an open letter fen geth cans soe tment this p Ma, “Mt for Or a new in- “len Policy for Can- } € q | lose SPect ss pores, and hence rej : tous Soverg; 8N policy, This try t ignty p by Secyy; as not Bara” Ve baw’ on the con- hay Dseoy pj, P/aCed inthe been rity because we 5 ineg to. the ee perately dangerous and adven- turist foreign policy of the U.S.” Kashtan’s letter continues: “The terrible results of that policy are now revealed for all mankind to see, They have led to a war of aggression against the small nation of Vietnam which is unparalleled in its barbarity. With every escalation, the United States government draws the world closer to the abyss of thermonuclear war. “Every treaty, every tie that binds us to those policies im- perils the very life of Canada, “This is sufficient reason in itself to compel Canada to with- draw from NORAD, It is ob- vious however that even those who have up to now supported our involvement in NORAD are being compelled to re-think their position, aS a result of the ap- parent U.S. commitment to the construction of an anti-ballistic missile system, AS has been widely pointed out if Canada were to remain in NORAD, we would be compelled to join in such.a system. «This would impose such econ- omic burdens upon our country as to put in jeopardy all those social measures which are so desperately needed to improve the education, health and welfare ‘of our people, And for all this SS" Tribune 10c Flood danger rises Cool spring weather with a record snow pack in the mountains has led to widespread fears that a sud- den change in the weather could lead to the most seri- ous floods ever experienced in the Froser Valley, ex- ceeding the disastrous flood of 1948. ‘ Some experts have predicted that another flood on the scale of 1948 would do more than $200 million damage. Meanwhile, the provincial government has thrown the major responsibility for strengthening dikes on to municipalities which are already reeling under an impossible tax load. Municipal authorities have been told by Recreation Minister Kiernan that they are on their own until they are “knee deep in water and running for help” — as Delta Reeve Clarence Taylor put it this week. A classical example of “better late than never” was the an- nouncement Monday by Water Re- sources Minister Williston that a tentative agreement had been made with Ottawa last week on an agreement for a federal-pro- vincial plan for Fraser River flood control for the next 10 years. This plan, if it is ever im- plemented, is many years too late to meet the crisis shaping up in the next few weeks onthe Fraser. ' This week the B,C, Communist Party, in a letter to Premier Bennett called for emergency measures to protect farmers and residents in the Fraser delta. we would have nothing but a wea- pons system which could in no way adequately protect us against nuclear war, and a further vast erosion of sovereignty. «That profound reappraisal of all Canadian foreign and defense policy which is so long overdue can no longer be delayed or evaded, We see no alternative put for Canada to break with the © United States alliance, and adopt a policy of independence from all alliances which would be in effect a policy of neutrality. «But in proposing such a new course with the utmost urgency, we do not suggest that it would either be possible or desirable immediate - “Your government,” provincial leader Nigel Morgan said in his letter, “is spending tens of mil- lions of dollars to provide flood control storage and other bene- fits on the Columbia for the U.S, while the pressing need for de- cisive action on the grave flood threat in our own midst is ig- nored. “It is still not too late to take action to implement the recom- mendations of the Fraser River Board which emphasized that the present dikes will not withstand another 1948 water flow. Steps must be taken immediately not only to strengthen weakened sec- tions of the dikes, but to raise the level above the height of the 1948 crest.” Morgan asked: “Why shouldn’t water storage in hydro dams on the upper reaches, such as the Kenney Dam, be released immed- iately to permit more withholding capacity when the main snow melt comes? “These and other emergency measures need to be combined with a long term plan of flood control and integrated resource development to end dependence on diking, dredging, and drainage, This could eliminate the heavy cost of seepage and erosion and end the insecurity felt by people every spring.” for Canada to ‘opt out of the world.” “Rather we advocate, as: we have done for many years, an independent Canadian. foreign policy based on positive actions to serve the peace of the world. We see.as the main features of that policy the following: e With withdrawal from NOR- AD, the elimination of all nuclear bases on our soil, and the declaration that Canada is a nuclear free zone which we ask all countries to respect in- cluding the leading nuclear pow- ers — the United States and the Soviet Union, See FOREIGN POLICY, pg. 12