4° en mS a ad ae a3 GINGER GOODWIN CLUB, CPC, Vancouver: At a club meeting on August 20, 1968, the following motion was passed by the Ginger Goodwin club. MSC— The Ginger Goodwin club expresses strong criticism of the Editorial staff of the Pacific Tribune for the insertion of the article ‘‘Czechs Publish Trotskyist Manifesto’’ on page 6 of the August 16, 1968 issue. In our opinion it is misleading and dishonest in that (a) the headline infers that it is the Czech government that is responsible for publishing the statement, Which is not the case, and (b) both the headline and cutline have nothing to do with the Content of the article quoted. This use of headlines to distort hews is characteristic of the bourgeois press, and has no place in a Communist paper. In addition, it fails to counter the real Trotskyist position, which opposes the Dubcek leadership, and calls for the replacement of the leadership of the Czechoslovakia Communist Party with so-called “workers” councils”. We request that this motion be published in the Pacific Tribune. (Editor's note: The item men- tioned above — including the head, reproduction of the statement from the Trotskyist paper, The Militant, and the cutline — was taken exactly as it appeared in the PT from the U.S. Communist paper, Daily World. We understand it was also repro- duced in other left wing papers.) ae DAVE YORKE, Vancouver, writes: I think the Tribune is to be congratulated for publishing the documents contained in the September 13 issue, because a careful reading of them clears up the essential questions regarding the military intervention in Czechoslovakia. That is, that no Czech Party or Government body ever issued any invitation to the five Warsaw Pact countries to intervene, and Please put ALL these Campbell products on your ‘DON’T BUY’ list! Campbell Soup products __ have many other names. Please remember them and put them on your Don’t Buy list, too. 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Lenin didn’t leave any room for doubt about that: “It would be a betrayal of socialism to refuse to effect self-determination under socialism,” he stated in a work titled ‘‘The Rights of Nations to Self-Determination’’. If any further evidence is needed that the Communist Party was in control of the situation, it is found in the fact that the people of Czechoslovakia obeyed the call of the Party not to resist the illegal invasion, quite a remarkable show of responsibility and understanding of the correct leadership of the Czech Party. No Soviet document states that an invitation was issued by the Czech Party or Government; every statement of the Czech Party and Government absolutely denies it. It seems to me, therefore, that a clear understanding of the issue of sovereignty and independence in Czechoslovakia is very important to understanding the road to socialism in Canada, where it is precisely the issues of sovereignty and indepence that are at the heart of the matter. How can one seriously argue for winning independence from U.S. monopoly, developing an independent foreign policy, and the right of Quebec to self- determination in Canada, and not defend those rights in Czechoslovakia? * How can Canadians who subscribe to the principles of peaceful co-existence at the ‘same time accept a situation where military occupation was used to settle differences between states, where the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of states went down the drain? For that matter, how can Canadians who fight for peace and self-determination in Vietnam support intervention in Czechoslovakia without contradiction? Quite obviously, the contradiction is inescapable. I therefore think that the course that will most consistently and effectively help socialism’s consolidation in Czechoslovakia, and its progress in Canada, is for those Canadians who stand for independence, peaceful ° DUNDAS (WALL & DUNDAS ST.) 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Refusing to be moved, the parents said it was the only way to guarantee the children safe passage across the street. This problem arose out of a widening of Marine Drive from B.C. Hydro tracks to the new Queensboro bridge. Guards are now posted to ensure the safe crossing of the children, and worried aldermen in New Westminster wonder who will pay for the service - council or school board or both - and who will pay for any pedestrian lights. The responsibility should be placed on the provincial government, because the moving of the Queensboro bridge is the direct cause of this traffic congestion. not pay five cents to help remedy the situation. The PTA went to council with two briefs to acquaint the Mayor and aldermen with their plight. They outlined the problem as not just prevailing at school hours, but all day and at night. Adults and children have a constant fear of crossing Marine Drive to school, store, park or to visit friends, seven days a week. 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