GIANT PROTESTS TO CONDEMN U.S. Masked against their own ges, the picture above shows U.S. troops advancing along a road north-west of Sai- gon in an attack against South Vietnam Liberation Forces a few weeks ago. Recently American scientists and doc- . Abolish capital punishment'-CP “The Communist Party is opposed to capital punishment and urges all like-minded Canadians to unite their efforts in pressure upon Par- liament to eliminate it from the statute books, It is part of a past which has no place in either present or future society.” This is the stand taken by the Communist Party in a statement issued by its na- tional executive this week on the eve of the debate in Par- liament, “There is enough evidence to show that capital punish- ment has not acted as a de- -terrent in the past nor is it likely to be a deterrent in the future. There is also enougtt evidence to show that terrible mistakes can be made by courts and judges, leading to the death of innocent peo- ple. “Crime has its roots in social conditions, The condi- tions which give rise to it will be eliminated only with the achievement of a completely just and humane society, It is this aspect of the problem ‘which Parliament should be debating and taking action on,” says the CP statement, U:S. Another threat to Canada’s wa- ter resources arose last week when the U.S. Natural Resources diversion of the Yukon River across the Alaska Panhandle to the Pacific, This warning came Sunday from Nigel Morgan, B.C. Communist leader, Speaking on his weekly Sunday night broadcast over CKWX, Morgan said: “The fact that Canada has al- ready rejected such a U.S, - scheme doesn’t deter the profit- -. hungry U.S, monopolies in the ‘slightest. With this scheme, as with the massive hundred billion dollar NAWPA plan (which in- volves flooding the B.C, Rocky Mountain Trench), they are trying to make us the water-boy of North America,” Morgan said that water is the key to Canada’s development, and placeable resource, “The U.S. not only wants our water, they want an assurance that the flow of Canadian raw materials will continue, and also that the Can- adian market for their manu- & factures will be preserved,” he added, 5 Council of America came out for - that “we must guard this irre-" Churches say ‘halt Viet bombings’ Four hundred U.S. religious leaders last Friday urged President Johnson to consider an im- mediate halt to the bombing of North Vietnam and an indefinite ceasefire beginning on Good Friday, April 8. This appeal came only one week before huge protests against the U.S. war in Vietnam are scheduled to take place in the U.S. and around the world. Delegates from the Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Easter Orthodox faiths, at the ‘end of a three-day conference, urged thé U.S, government to agree to the direct representa- tion of the South Vietnam Na- tional Liberation Front andother parties concerned in any peace negotiations, tors denounced the use of chemicals by U.S. forces in South Vietnam as “barbarous”, and said it was a “shocking deterioration of U.S. moral standards.” Referring to the growing U.S. domination of Canada, Morgan said: «Back around the turn of the century, Sir Wilfred Laurier proudly proclaimed: “The twen- tieth century shall be the century of Canadian development,” With the century not yet at the three- quarter mark, Laurier’s vision has been so distorted by his A call for the direct partici- pation of the NLF was also made by Senator Edward Kennedy, bro- ther of Robert Kennedy, when he spoke in Boston recently, In his opinion no talks were possible before the United States agreed to the participation of repre- sentatives of the NLF which he acknowledged as being in control of more than half of the terri- tory of South Vietnam, In Canada many hundreds of delegates are expected to pour into Ottawa to stage a demon- stration on Parliament Hill to condemn the war andurge Canada to take a stand against U.S. policy in Vietnam. Delegates from all parts of Canada are expected to take part in the Ottawa protest, _ In British Columbia two pro- ‘test marches are Set for Satur- day, March 26, in Vancouver and Victoria, The Vancouver march is sponsored by many peace groups and is expected to be the largest anti-war parade ever held on the Pacific Coast, The endor- sation of the march by the Van- couver and District Labor Coun- cil last Tuesday is expected to lead to a large participation by trade unionists, The Vancouver parade will march off from the City Hall at 1 p,m, and proceed along Broad- way to Granville, then north on Granville to Robson, From Rob- son the parade will turn on to Bute and march to the U.S, Con- sulate at Georgia and Burrard, The parade will then move off to the Court House at which political heirs as to be recog- nizeable only in outline. In content, the policy of selling our natural resources to the U.S, has reduced our country to econ- omic and political subservience. “U.S. investment in Canada today exceeds $19,000 million, Do you realize that means that U.S. investments now amount to almost $1,000 for every man, _also to take place, March 25, 1966—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 8 speakers willaddress the march- ers, Speakers include Alex Mac- Donald, NDP MLA, UBC Pro- fessor W. Wilmott, Rev, Phillip Hewett of the Unitarian Church, IWA Regional President Jack Moore and Ray Burns of the UBC Vietnam Committee. The demonstration in Vic- toria is being held in front of the Legislative buildings and is being sponsored by many peace groups, Groups of people from many up-Island points are ex- pected to converge on Victoria to join in the protest demon- stration. Peace actions are also planned in B.C.’s Interior. Sponsored by the Okanagan Peace Action Committee two car cavalcades are planned for this Saturday, One will travel from Vernon to Penticton and another from Kamloops to Revelstoke. Thousands of leaflets will be given out along the way calling for an end to the war in Viet- nam, In Prince George the Can- adian Action for Peace Com- mittee has called an all-night “Vigil For Peace” for April 2- 3 from 9:30 p.m, to 6 a.m, in the Prince George Public Li- brary. In other Canadian cities, pro- test parades and meetings are In Edmon- ton the New Democratic Youth is spohsoring a peace march from the City Hall to the pro- vincial Legislature and many are expected from Calgary and other Alberta centres, : investment in Canada $1,000 for every man, woman and child woman and child in Canada? No — country in the world has so much of its economy owned by foreign - capitat, «Every year Canada is going into debt to the U.S. monopolies to the extent of $1,250 million — and political control follows ec- onomic control as sure as night follows day. “We need to bring our re- sources back under Canadian control, and ensure that they are used for the people’s benefit. All our timber and pulp licences, natural gas and oil reserves should be brought under public ownership to gain a better re- turn for the people of this prov- ince, We should insist that our refining, processing and manu- facturing industries be expanded and the senseless drain of raw and semi-processed materials be stopped. ‘Only by enlarging the public sector of the economy and na- ~ tionalizing foreign corporations can we regain our independence. This is the first step towards ending monopoly domination and beginning the socialist trans- formation of our economic and political life.’’ said Morgan.