AT THE UNITED NATIONS

Rhodesia branded ‘peace threat’

The United Nations Security Council last weekend adopted a resolution declaring that
the Smith regime in Rhodesia “‘constitutes a threat to peace” and gave Britain authority to
use force if necessary to stop oil going to Rhodesia through the pipeline at Beira.

VETERANS MARCHIN U.S. Picture above shows some of the 1,000 war veterans
who marched in the recent anti-Vietnam war protest on New York’s Fifth Avenue.

150 at Prince George
vigil against Viet war

PRINCE ‘GEORGE, B.C. —
_ About 150 enthusiastic people

attended an all-night “Vigil for
Peace in Vietnam” in the public
library here onSaturday, April2.
The local chapter of Canadian
Action for Peace, and the Quesnel
Voice of Women sponsored the
event which lasted from 9 p,m
the previous night to 6 a.m.

The Vigil was split into three,
$-hour sessions with an M,C, and
main speaker. A local minister,
Rev, Hutchison, dedicated the
Vigil and lead in a_ standing
prayer for “Peace in the World.”
Poetry was recited by one of the
local librarians, Three students
from the Senior Secondary High
School spoke on the role of the
United Nations in the world today.

Folk songs were sung by Mrs.
Mary Hogan of Prince George.
Her anti-war songs were sung
with much warmth and meaning,
and often the audience joined in,

Dr, Johnson, a resident of
Prince George, spoke on Can-
ada’s role as a member of the
International Control Commis-
sion, Later, both Dr, Johnson
and Mr. Ainsley answered ques-
tions from the floor. Dr. John-
son told his audience why he,
as a doctor and father, was so
interested in world events.

Films on Vietnam were shown
— one of them was a U.S, In-
formation Service film which set
out to explain the reasons for
the Americans being in Vietnam,
The film praised Diem for his
agrarian reforms and told of
**Communist atrocities.” Many
of the statements made when the
film was produced have been
proven since to be either in-
correct or slanted,

Two short tapes were also
heard. One by Dr, James Endi-

cott in which he answered ques-
tions sent him by the local Can-
adian Action for Peace group on
Vietnam, The other was a talk
by a Quesnel Voice of Women
member taken from their weekly
five-minute radio program,

The recent resolution of the
World Council of Churches was
read to the audience, and Mrs,
Bridget Moran read out exerpts
from Pope Paul VI’s United
Nations speech, His simpleplea,
“No more war, war never again!”
left a deep silence throughout the
room,

Guest speakers from Vancou-
ver were Clive Ansley and George
Trasoff. Mr. Trasoff explained
the aims of the Committee for
Aid of Vietnam Civilians and out-
lined the need for such aid,

A special phone for the occa-
sion added an exciting and new
feature to peace. protests, Let-
ters and later wires were sent
to the leaders of political parties
and many prominent people, ask-
ing them to call collect and state
their views,

The president of the Voice of
Women from Montreal and Mrs,
Ann Boyland, VOW member from
Vancouver, phoned to convey
their best wishes, Mrs. Boylan
spoke of her recent trip to Otta-
wa on the *Peace Train.” Bert
Leboe, Social Credit MP from
Cariboo, called on behalf of
Socred national leader Robert
Thompson, His answers to ques-
tions of what Canada’s role should
be, seemed vague and unrealistic,

Opposition leader John Dief-
enbaker stated his views in a
letter in which he agreed the
war should be stopped, but felt
this was up to North Vietnam,
Prime Minister Pearson did not
phone in or write,

But the resolution was only
passed by ten votes to nil with
five abstentions (the Soviet Union,
France, Bulgaria, Mali and Uru-
guay) after a number of African
delegates had spoken bitterly of
Britain’s failure to make mean-
ingful action to bring down the
Smith regime,

In the debate, the three African
members — Nigeria, Uganda and
Mali — had put forward amend-
ments to the British resolution
calling on Britain “to employ
all measures, including the use of
armed forces, to bring down the
settler minority regime.’’

The African states also wanted
the Council to call on South
Africa as well as Portugal to take
all measures necessary to pre-
vent the supply of oil, The Soviet
delegate said the British draft
was inadequate because it didnot

-ensure the taking of the necessary

decisive action,

But after an adjournment, in
which the British delegate Lord
Caradon, was understood to have
promised to consider these
amendments later if the British
draft was passed unamended im-
mediately, the African proposals
did not get the necessary votes.

The final resolution as
adopted, declares that the Smith
regime in Rhodesia “constitutes
a threat to peace” and involved
the mandatory terms of Chap-
ter VII of the U.N, Charter, for
only the second time in 21 years,
The last time this was done was
in 1948 during the Palestine
crisis,

The declaration that the situ-
ation in Rhodesia constitutes a
threat to peace will have reper-

Two employers’ representa<
tives, who have strong anti-labor
records in eastern Canada, have
recently come to B.C, to take up
key posts for monopoly groups
on the Pacific Coast.

Their coming to this province
adds additional weight to the
exposure carried in last week’s
PT in which it was charged that
employers in B.C, are sharpen-

cussions in the United Nations
which the Canadian as well as
British governments-#vill have
to face.

Acting under the U.N, reso-
lution the British frigate Berwick
Sunday intercepted and put a
boarding party on the oil tanker
Manuela, believed bound for
Beira with 15,000 tons of oil for
Rhodesia. Oil unloaded at Beira

has been going by pipeline to

\ —Ceylon Tribune :

Rhodesia, But with no action
taken against South Africa and
Portugal, Rhodesia’s racist white
minority government, can still
get aid from them,

Early this week two Portu-
guese warships appeared outside
Beira, while in Lisbon an official
said the British action meant the
end of the 600-year alliance be-
tween the two countries,

SOUTH-RHODESIAN RACIALISM IN REALITY.
Anti-union men take top posts

ing their axe for a crack-down
on labor.

The men in question are Ed
Strang and TA. Johnstone,
Strang came to B.C. a few weeks
ago to become president of the
B.C. Maritime Employers’ As-
sociation — the new group which
has replaced the old Shipping
Federation, In that position he
will be the key man in negotia-
tions with all waterfront unions,

THE MEN FROM CIR¥. Here are two of the key figures in the recently-
formed big business organization calling itself ‘The Commercial& Indus-
trial Research Foundafion”’ (CIRF). J. V. Clyne left, is top man in Mc-
Millan-Bloedel. J. E. Richardson, right. is president of B.C. Telephone and
chairman of CIRF’s Board of Governors.

Strang was manager of Sag-
uenay Shipping and Saguenay
Terminals,
1946 to 1965. Labor circles in
eastern Canada credit Strang with
being one of those who led the
attack on the Canadian Seaman’s
Union (CSU) in 1949.

Since .1958 he has been chief
spokesman for the Shipping Fed-
eration in negotiations with east
coast longshoremen, He was also
brought into the current negotia-
tions with the CBRT (Canadian
Brotherhood of Railway Train-
men) Seaway workers, but took
no open part,

T.A. Johnstone, who also ar-
rived in B.C, recently, was
former chief of personnel for
the CNR. He originally came
from the auto industry, In labor
circles in eastern Canada he iS
known as a strong advocate of
the “tough” line towards unions.

T.A. Johnstone was exposed 10
last week's issue of the PT aS
the president of the newly-formed
employers organization in B.C.
The Commercial & Industrial
Research Foundation (CIRF),
which has brought together the
top circles of monopoly wealth |
in B.C.

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