John Nebot, Vancouver, writes:
With mixed feelings of anger and

Sadness the peoples of the world

have cried against the fascist coup

"In Chile and the tragic assassina-

tion of Dr. Allende.

The aim of the Allende govern-
Ment was to achieve through con-
Stitutional and democratic means,
a Program to build socialism in
Chile. A major step in that direc-
tion was the nationalization of the
Copper and other resources; land
Teform, distribution of estates
among the peasants and assurance

_ Of control on food and the distribu-

tion of commodities.

The attitude of the government
Was not taken lightly by the power-
ful forces of the opposition; the

Merican monopolies financed
Sabotage and agitation and the
News media, controlled by the
Monopolies, continued to distort

€ purposes of Allende’s govern-
ment.

A plan for sedition was, in fact,
already projected before Allende
took office. W. Broe, a member of
the CIA in charge of clandestine
Operations until 1970, revealed
grote a sub-commission of the

enate that ITT and other

Merican companies had con-
Spired to prevent the election of
Allende,

Representatives of ITT, Hal Hen-
MX and Robert Berrelez, both
members of the CIA, recommend-

the injection of funds to El Mer-

Curio (an ultra-right newspaper —

e) to propagate lies and en-
; urage sabotage and in their
€port they stated that they receiv-
the “green light” from the State
partment “to act at their dis-
Cretion.”’
une leader of the truck owners,
ae - — a fascist owner — was
eo for sabotage but was
a ased on bail of 30 dollars. His
atitude was expressed when, on
w€ Yadio, he called for the con-
Nuation of the conflict.
eine of the UN general
cs mbly, Allende denounced the
‘; 10mic aggression and charged
ere the conscience of the
as I accuse the ITT of attemp-
ee to bring about civil war in my
Untry,””
aa his prophetic words he died
that peestdential palace declaring
auth Will defend with my life the
my Ority conferred upon me by
People.”
Pee

A human, logical and natural
response to the tragedy of the peo-
ple of Chile would have been for
our government to say to the junta:
No! — the government of Canada
will not follow the doctrine of play-
ing the game with loaded dice. But
it was not to be.

Your hypocritical diplomacy,
Mr. Sharp, was shameful and I
carry in my mind a suspicion of
treason to the democracy of our
own country by your abuse of of-
fice, recognizing as legal, a military
coup, a facist coup. You should
have done nothing less than to con-
sult Parliament: and debated your
shameful and hasty recognition.

The Canadian government must
indict the Chilean murderers for
their acts against humanity. But in
the cold atmosphere of politics,
you, Mr. Sharp, have placed
economic interests against matters
of life and death. With people like
yourself as leaders of this nation,
we can never hope to achieve full
independence.

People of Vancouver, people of
the world, pessimism is a luxury
we cannot afford. The fall of
democracy in Chile, is temporary.
Never concede victory to fascism.
Let us all demand that our govern-
ment rescind the recognition of the
junta.

E. Podvinnikoff, of the Co-
ordinating Committee of Concern-
ed Organizations, sent the follow-
ing letter to “The Market Place,”’
CNC, Toronto:

Last night I settled down to
watch ‘‘Market Place” in anticipa-
tion of seeing an informative and
interesting program, judging by the
majority of last year’s perfor-

mances. I was rather disappointed.»

In the course of following the
calf from birth to the slaughter
house and packing house, it was
pointed out that nearly half of the
live weight of the animal was
waste. Frankly, that gave the im-
pression that only the half that is
used for human consumption is
used at all, the rest being thrown
away.

I think a more rounded picture
of the profits involved at the
slaughter house and packing house
level of meat marketing would
have been given by listing a few of
the by-products of this “waste.”
Here are afew that come to the
mind of this ordinary consumer.

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Hides, horn and hooves, bone,
fat, blood and one of the most
profitable, the pet foods made of
the waste of all slaughtered
animals.

May I remind you of the saying
‘‘everything is used bu the squeal.”
Perhaps you could do some,
research into this aspect of the
meat marketing industry and give
us another look at where the
profits go.

Florence’ Bowes, Vancouver,
sends a reply from Consumer Af-
fairs Minister Herb Gray to her
letter asking action against high
food prices. In a note to the PT she
comments:

“Their thinking is so imprisoned
by tradition, revered rules and
regulations or just plain obstinacy
that there does not seem to be a
level on which to approach them

“T would be interested to know
whether many others have been
put off in usual government
fashion.”

(In his letter, Gray outlines in
two solid pages all the reasons why
the Federal government cannot
give the Prices Review Board
power to stop price rises or order a
rollback. )

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OBITUARY

James Thompson

The trade union movement lost a
long-time leader and activist last
week with the passing of Jimmy
Thompson, former president of
Local 400-of the Canadian
Brotherhood of Railway, Transport
and General Workers. He died
quietly at home October 5.

Born in Northumberland, the
son of a coal-miner, Thompson
went to sea at fifteen after coming
to Vancouver. In 1939 he became
secretary of the Inland Boatmen’s
Union, a post he filled until 1942
when he enlisted in the Navy for
active service. In the 1945 Federal
election, he contested the riding of
Vancouver Centre for the Labor-

Progressive Party and rolled up ©

some 3,600 votes.

On his discharge from the naval
reserve at the end of the war, he
was appointed secretary of the
Canadian Seamen’s Union (West
Coast Division). After the CSU was
smashed on the Great Lakes and
the WCSU merged with the SIU
some time later, Thompson went
to work for the North Vancouver
school board. Recalled when the
CBRT entered the towboat field he
served as president of the
Seamen’s local until his retirement
in 1971.

RANKIN

Cont'd. from pg. 2

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meet the above requirements.

If you can bring some evidence,
such as rent receipts, it may
facilitate things. If you need any
further information, phone, The
Deputy Returning Officer. This is
the person in charge of each poll.

Delegates leave Monday
for world peace parley

A 10-member B.C. delegation
will leave Vancouver on Monday,
October 22 for Montreal, where
they will meet up with the large
Canada-wide delegation heading
for the World Congress of Peace
Forces opening in Moscow on Oc-
tober 25. ;

With the outbreak of fighting in
the Middle East, world attention
will be focussed on what organizers
say will be the biggest world
assembly for peace ever held. Four
thousand delegates from 150 coun-
tries will be in attendance. Fifty
Canadian delegates are expected to
attend. :

The ten delegates from B.C. are:
John Beeching, B.C. Peace Coun-
cil; Mrs. Marry Cox, Voice of
Women National Committee;
Robert C. Hamilton, Vancouver &
District Labor Council.

Others whose organization or
position are given here for iden-
tification only, are: Lois Boyce, ex-
ecutive secretary, B.C. En-
vironmental Council and member
B.C. Conference of the United
Church; Angie Dennis, mayoralty
candidate city of Vancouver and
member of the Native Indian
Teachers Association; F.E. de

Vito, mayor of Trail, B.C.

Professor J.G. Foulks, M.D.,
Faculty of Medicine, University of
B.C.; Bridget Moran, People on
Welfare; F.R. Ogden, Vancouver
Island organizer, United
Fishermen &- Allied Workers
Union; Ruth Smith, school board
candidate city of Vancouver and
member Office & Technical
Employees Union.

The United Nations will be of-
ficially represented at. the
Congress, and many world leaders
are expected to take part in the im-
portant deliberations.

Among the many international
organizations taking part are:

World Council of Churches; -

Amnesty International; Inter-
national ‘Union of Students;
league of Red Cross & Red Cres-
cent Societies; United Nations
Organization; Organization of
African Unity; World Peace Coun-
-cil; Women’s International League
for Peace & Freedom; League of
Arab States; Christian Peace
Conference.

Preparations are now being
made in B.C. for a large number of
report-back meetings at which
delegates will speak.

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