Peace vs ‘rights’

R EPEATED U.S. defeats in South Vietnam continue
the order of the day. This despite Washington’s upp-
ing of “dollar aid” to the tune of nearly $150-million daily
to extend its “dirty war” upon the Vietnamese people.

Nor do the numerous hurried trips of U.S. defense
secretary Robert McNamara to Saigon to bolster up the
sagging morale of U.S.-stooge “native” governments help
any. Things go from bad to worse, with, the U.S. headed
for the same fate as French imperialism’s ‘dirty war” in
Vietnam suffered at Dien Bien Phu, this week marking its
tenth anniversary.

Voices in America are being raised in ever greater
volume against this Pentagon coldwar insanity; voices of
labor and the people, including numerous elected repre-
sentatives of the people.

Senator J. W. Fulbright (Dem.-Arkansas) joined by
other leading Americans are speaking publicly for “an end”
to this coldwar insanity, which finds its expression in South
Vietnam and elsewhere, where ever the U.S. “free-way-of-
life” is exported by armed force and threats of nuclear or
chemical annihilation. The Birchite republican senator
Barry Goldwater, who aspires to become the next president
of the U.S.A. now urges that North and South Vietnam
be sprayed with atom bombs in order that U.S. forces can
more easily exterminate the people of Vietnam.

In Cambodia, Laos and the whole of Vietnam, U.S.

~ “reconnaissance” U-2 and other aircraft intrusions and

provocations is a daily occurance, regarded as a “right” by
the Pentagon warmongers, to violate at will the sovereign
territory of these Asian lands. Back closer to home similar
violations take place hourly upon the peace and sovereign-
ity of Cuba.

Even up here in Canada the situation differs only in
degree. According to Ottawa we are at least “consulted”
on the number of U.S. bomb-loaded “overflights” in Cana-
dian skies, but the U.S. “right,” like the alienation of our
natural resources, our independence, economy and jobs, is
“taken for granted” by the Penatgon war instigators.

Now facing inevitable defeat in its “dirty war” in South
Vietnam, the U.S. war incendiaries seek a two-pronged
“out”; either to embroil its NATO and Seato “allies” ina
stepped-up war in South Vietnam and Laos, and failing
that, to spread the war in Southeast Asia until it blows up
into another “Korea” or worse.

It follows that these sinister voices of war and reac-
tion are and will be loud in their denunciation of the Ful-
brights and all who oppose their provocative war adven-
tures, whether in Asia, Cuba or Latin America. But if peace
is to be won and the voice of Reason prevail, Canada must
speak out stronger than ever before for an end to U.S. in-
terference, threats and violence in the internal affairs of
other states—including our own.

Tom

Whither the NDP?

F OLLOWING the stirring address of NDP-MP national

leader T. C. ‘““Tommy’’ Douglas last week in his home
constituency of Burnaby, many NDP members, supporters
and others are pondering the question; what is happening,
or has happened, to the NDP provincial leadership?

In the course of his address (see full report on page 1)
Mr. Douglas castigated the Columbia River Treaty as “a
sellout of the people of B.C. and of Canada,” referred to the

“flag” issue raised by the Pearson government as a sign of

“‘nolitical bankruptcy” in meeting the grave issues facing
Canada as a result of U.S. monopoly domination of our
economic and political affairs.

Thus, while the NDP national leader and his NDP
colleagues in parliament are performing a very valuable
service for Canadians, by urging policies aimed at re-estab-
lishing Canada’s independence in the conduct and develop-
ment of its own affairs, much of these of vital concern to
B.C., NDP provincial leader Robert Strachan remains as
silent as a decaying totem pole!

Strachan doesn’t even break his silent “meditations”
to voice approval of the efforts of Tommy Douglas and
other NDP-MP’s to stem the tide of Liberal sellout and
betrayal of Canada!

No wonder many NDP members and others are asking
“‘What has happened to the NDP in B.C.?

to many that an Alberta farmer
owning 800-acres and a $25,000
farm home could be ‘sold out’’

Well, first they sold the $25,- for three year’s arrears in
000 farm home at a basement- taxes,’’ and not receive any ‘‘re-

correctly ‘‘arrears in taxes,’’
three years of it.

McEWEN

se had three sons in the last

war. Now, almost twenty
years later, they ask me what they
were fighting for?’’

Listening ta this ex-Alberta
farmer pose the question in his
soft Kentucky drawl, it seemed
very apt,

Back in the early years of the
century he had come up from
the Kentucky Blue Grass country
to pioneer a new life on Al-
berta’s wide prairie lands, It

was a tough job in those far-

away pioneering days, but this
¢<«Kaintuck’’ family grew and per-
servered, His three boys were out
in the fields to work almost as
soon as they could toddle. The
good earth of Alberta became the
fibre of their lives.

From the pioneering ‘‘shack’’
days, the family built a good
stout home, ‘‘I put the best lum-
ber into it I could buy,” drawl-
ed the soft Kentuckian voice, ‘‘we
puilt a home . .. worth $25,000

by any man’s reckoning,’’ And
over the years the family ac-
quired one-and-a-quarter sec-
tion farm, 800-acres in all, That
amount of land means a lot of
hard work in any man’s language.

Then came World War II and
the call to arms; to again ‘‘save
the world’? for democracy. Three
sons went from this Alberta farm,
one to become an officer ina fam-
ed Canadian artillery regiment,
two to play their part in keep-
ing. Canada’s famed Merchant
Marine plying the seven seas.

And the ‘‘Old Man’’ with the
soft Kentucky drawl, an 800-
acre farm and a $25,000 home,
nearly all paid for, how fared
it with him?

Poor crops, a farm commun-
ity being ‘‘made over,’’ the ad-
vent of a Social Credit govern-
ment, (Yah, forgive me, but I
worked and voted for Aberhart)
and taxes, or to put it more

bargain figure—and moved it off
the farm, Then they sold up half
the land; in all returning a very
handsome profit to some interest
or other, whether governmental
of private—far in excess oftaxes
owing.

“you , . . all know what I got
out of these sales? Make a
guess’’, Since ‘‘guessing”’ in such
matters can be pretty far off
the ‘mark so we didn’t hazard
one, but were mentally thinking
in terms of some thousands at
least.

**T got exactly eight dollars,
Now do you wonder why my

_ boys ask ‘what were we fighting

for’, and why I can’t give them
a satisfactory answer ., . can

-you?”’

There was no rancour in that
soft Kentucky drawl, but there was
that age-long ‘‘cry for justice’,
which both of us agreed prob-
ably wouldn’t come this side
of a Socialist Canada, And that
was probably what a lot of Can-
adians were, and are still fight-
ing for, even though it may not
as yet appear to them that way.

It might appear inconceivable

bate’’ in excess of $8.00. Such
events don’t hit-the-headlines,
but obviously it can be, and is
done,

Meantime, should the Alberta
government wish to make res-
titution to this pioneer farmer,
the ‘‘PT’’ will be happy to act
as mediator, But the settlement

will have to be better than $8.00.
Fe Bes ak

While hostile actions are being
planned, financed and carried out
by socalled anti-Castro‘‘exiles’’
in Florida and in some US.-
bolstered Latin American states,

uly

Worth |
Quoting

In the matter of Cuba the united
States has proved itself a mene
world peace. Followed with Be
complete lock-step unanimity bY
sections of the U.S. press, the state
partment has, since Fidel Cas ie
away the profits of American
panies in Cuba, fostered what am ‘ie
to a state of war witha weal fas
try which needed, above all, help
encouragement...

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States is now being concentra ies
those free and independent ere
(countries like Britain, France on
Canada) which choose to conduct”
strategic trade with Cuba. --

The fantastic invasion of the re
torial rights of an indepe a5
which the United States one
daily when it sends military
over Cuba is also no longer going
out comment.

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The fact is that the United ee
being delibrately wrong-he@ ld onl
Cuba, thereby endangering no vert
the peace of the world butt i
existence of life on this planet: lof
cannot be ignored. It is the scan tt?
the ages. It is the ultimate ins
human dignity.

Britain, Canada, the Europeor ty ]
mon Market, to go no furthel wvell-
tremendous power and can € unit :
use that power fo convince the in
States that go-it-alone bullying od
pattern of Teddy Roosevelt, '§ ne
any more.

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Newspapers, magazines riot
radio were used to make James ne
Teamsters president, appe™! © job?!
tional menace. It is time for thy, gins!
movement fo close its ranks o work
the real enemy, the right p taf
forces; the Landrum-Griffin a antl
Hartley laws; the promofels n low!
trust and compulsory arbitratlo
that would reduce all labor to!
of company unions. ‘
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The people behind this drive ee
the Teamsters and the labor mevith tht
haveno intention of stopP!n9 int
conviction of James Hoffa. The
is the labor movement.”

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JOSEPH CURRAN, preside”!
National Maritime Unio?
“The Pilot.” ;
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