¢ OQ Sis eas ., » VICTORIA HERE Strait 9 SKK y We VE ON RN ey Byes OIL POLLUTION DANGER LURKS. Map shows the area in the Per oil Peoria which would be heavily polluted in the event of a paket grounding or in a collision. Last week it was reported , int Super tankers are being built to run the oil from Valdez to Silghon a. Washington. Last weekend a spill of 100 barrels of crude the tide Bt Point could not be contained and an oil slick was carried by Nker toute or: Cie Give U . retaina eneuld build in . ——Sianadian control of it. $ far as White Rock and Crescent Beach. The proposed oil should be strongly opposed. The answer to it, however, !s ‘S. control over a pipeline through the MacKenzie Valley. an all-Canadian pipeline along the route Hellyer challenged °n radio program ; cerned Yer isn’t really con- Morgan Sut subversion’’, Nigel ay Com Provincial Leader of Mans Hunist P. arty, declared Canada oO ,the head of Action Pro Ta na Vancouver ‘hotline’ Interviewed | pect they were Nday night. Wer Ae he Be infa mes, he’d be digging into Cen; Press eros Of what the daily Acad of trying to eed recognized 4.°Sponsipy Y with his wild and 4 ing oe Charges. He’d be rade, iat the illicit drug Cold.b) ‘ aS resulted in the » UNsolved : ~~ Mur 3 BBN CItizene np ce Of a dozen or ae ears, 8ncouver in the last & Wh, dois wat Mr, : : Mp ph Mellyer is trying to e ‘ ea Tudeay ‘ Communist tag on Coalit n order to build hi Ying oe the right’, He's itor en back the clock of vom " ultra-right split-off quvect “tal Party has been 628 fons tee body of Cana- wun an the start, but he yame re like the late and ger — Senator Joe ng q Shea Bare: Hes Ver Transfer * Moving Packing Storage “‘Phoney accusations of this kind are an old ploy to evade dis- cussion of the real issues — the problems of a million Canadian jobless; the growing takeover of Canada by U.S. and foreign mono polies; and the need for a quarter million new, low-cost housing units — one of the questions on which Mr. Hellyer made his opposition known when he quit the Liberal Party. In Memory Several donations have been made to the press drive In memory of comrade Henry Meyer. The latest 1s from Henry’s old home Timmins, from former com- rades who sent $15 to the Young Worker and $5 to the Pacific Tribune. Many thanks to our Ontario friends! HOWARD HUGHES — TUAN VU A shocking contrast in immigration policies By MAURICE RUSH Canada’s immigration policy has always shown a strong class bias with officials never having to explain the reasons for their action. In the last few days two events occurred which appear to defy all reason and show the inhuman and prejudiced attitude of Cana- dian immigration officials (and the government). Consider these two events: Last Friday the Liberal govern- ment made it clear that it was not prepared to take any action to reverse a decision by the immigration board which would send a South Vietnamese youth to almost certain death. The immigration board or- dered the deportation of Tuan Vu to South Vietnam. Vu is reported to have left a training camp In San Francisco in 1970 and moved to Vancouver. Apparently he did not want to return to South Vietnam to serve in the armed forces of the Thieu puppet government. The charge against him was that he did not have a valid passport or visa. An NDP member of Parlia- ment said last week that if Vu is deported it means almost cer- tain death. He said the immigra- tion board have hearts of stone. But the immigration board and the federal government give no signs that they will relent in the ease (unless public pressure, forces them to). They seem determined to send the young man to his death. Undoubtedly, in the prejudiced minds of the officialdom, this Vietnamese youth should “face the music”’ for committing the crime of refusing to serve in an unpopu- town, — —$———eeooo Social to aid “Young Worker’ ‘‘Peace, jobs, independence — the Young Worker has consistently fought to bring these objectives home to young people’’ said Lori Gorden, the political secretary of the YCL in B.C. “By building Communist paper we should see two-sided results: the education and involvement of Canadian outh.”” : : To build the Young Worker, the YCL is sponsoring a benefit social evening, June 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fishermen’s hall at our Young Hawkens, Jim Thomas and George Hewison providing some first class folk music, while the hosts keep themselves busy serving beer and cheese plates. Midway through the evening Homer Stevens, president of the UFAWU, will give a brief address on the problems facing band will set up, be pushed aside, and a dance will be held until about 2a.m. The Young Communist League invites old and young alike to an enjoyable evening to support s only working class 138 East Cordova. , i - Canada : It promises to be a very enter sa . 254-37] 1 taining evening, with Tommy youth pap lar U.S.-sponsored war against his own people. * KOK Now the scene changes. This time the person involved is none other than the eccentric multi- millionare Howard Hughes, who is able to practise his eccentrici- ties because of his vast wealth made from exploiting tens of thousands of workers. Hughes’ visa expired this week and the usual procedure in these cases is that the applicant present himself in person before the immigration authorities to have his visa renewed. But one of Hughes’ eccentricities is that he wants to remain incognito and won’t appear in public. So what does the immigration office in Vancouver do? They send an official scurrying to his luxury tower in the Bayshore Inn to personally get Hughes’ name on the application for renewal of the visa. What a contrast in attitudes? Talk about equal justice before the law: One man to be sent to his death rather than renew his visa because the young man wants to live in peace, and doesn’t want to fight in a useless war. The other man, because he represents the big business establishment in the U.S., is to be catered to and accommodated in the most boot-licking fashion by our immigration depart- ment. We don’t know how much the U.S. had to do with the verdict against Vu. But it would be naive to believe that the case was not discussed with U.S. officials. The decisions of the immigra- tion department should shock Canadians into action to demand an end to the gross favoritism shown by the board, and to demand a visa for the young Vietnamese. The young man’s life hangs in the balance. BRITISH COLUMBIA VANCOUVER — The Kitsilano area is home to a large number of residents who do not enjoy Premier Bennett’s boasted ‘‘good life,’’ according to a recent survey. “Life for most of the area’s 30,000 residents is no utopia,” said one of those making the survey. : “In fact, conditions in many of the homes we have visited are critical. Generally people are eating 50 percent too much starch, and quite a lot of people are not eating meat at all. And it’s not.a vegetarian thing, for they listed the kinds of meat they preferred.” A welfare couple expecting their second child is subsisting on one meal a day so their 18- month-old child can eat three regular meals, and many mothers do without milk and meat for the sake of their children. In the same area elderly couples are marooned and helpless in their homes, unable to cook or manage for themselves. Kitsilano, in the richest city in the second richest province in Canada, has some of the poorest people in the country. CHILLIWACK — An Indian community newsletter and funds to cover some of the costs. of cleaning up Chilliwack Creek is a development financed by an Opportunity for Youth grant, according to the Skulkayn Native Youth Committee. It is hoped the newsletter will help improve communications between the various reserves in the area. It will contain articles on housing, sporting events, social welfare and social issues. Slashing and burning of under- brush and the cleaning of debris along a mile-long stretch of the creek is expected to take four months of work. PROVINCE AROUND the NORTH VANCOUVER DIS- TRICT —. More than 100 North Vancouver District resi- dents jammed the council committee room last week to protest further housing develop- ment in the area until proper recreational and education facilities are provided. The protest was touched off by a zoning application from a developer who seeks to build a 59- unit garden apartment near Riverside and Dollarton. Ernie Crist, a resident of the area pointed out at the present time there is not one day care or recreation centre to serve the community. Joyce Crist said if there are not adequate facilities for parks, recreation, educa- tion etc., apartment areas can become ‘“‘high density slums’’. Other speakers deplored allow- ing a further influx of people to the district until proper planning is initiated by the district council. Mayor Ron Andrews asked if the residents did not want any kind of low cost housing in the area. The audience made it clear they did not mind sharing the area, but said intelligent and pro- gressive planning to meet the needs of the community should accompany further develop- ment. In further North Shore action the local Communist Party Club through its secretary, Ernie Crist presented a resolution to the District Council urging action to make available Strategically located areas suitable for Park and Ride facili- ties. By leaving cars in a lot on the North Shore, the resolutions points out, traffic congestion would be relieved on the Second Narrows bridge, and in the downtown Vancouver area. - The North Shore club has also urged full enumeration of tenant voters once the law is passed extending votes to tenants. PACIFIC TRIBUNE-—FRIDAY, JUNEY, 1972-2PAGE3>0"