WINNIPEG — Protesting the
=>: aggression in Laos, more
Mads Part in a demon-

o before the U.S. consul-
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Ss The demonstration
Bins by the Winnipeg
™ Mobilization Commit-

(ation

: Spokesm,
ised th a for the Committee

‘ose who braved the
Seon With thousands all
Re da and the U.S., who

ti
Tae back at U.S. attacks

' Mrs, ’
ary aes Plowman, secre-

: ne Manito
aon Said her etree
ae aca a telegram de-
} ire ~anada denounce the
in esion of Laos. She said
he mor on Carried on
Frugote . two decades of the
Daly Or peace and would
: Nd with the complete pro-

Winnipegers tell
‘Stop invasion of Laos

hibition of war.

The Communist Party was
represented by provincial organ-
izer Don Currie, who said that
the U.S. attack on Laos was
Nixon’s policy of ‘“Vietnamiza-
tion” in practice. The move was
very dangerous and could be the
prelude to an attack on North
Vietnam, he said, and if that
happened nuclear war was pos-
sible. He called for a widening
of the protest movement and
more pressyre on Trudeau who
was remaining silent when a
clear majority of the Canadian
people opposed the war.

Mrs. Milly Lamb, well known
local peace fighter and member
of the Vietnam Mobilization
Committee, read a resolution di-
rected to Prime Minister Tru-
deau. She called for support to
the April demonstrations to
bring an end to the war.

Ontario striking workers
Sentenced to starvation

t Th
& feat that an Ontario work-
Mualifies nx or locked out dis-
him and his family
ance. Ene welfare assist-
th aes Archer, president of
has cee Federation of Labor
x Ones that this practise of
ontrad, ~ 80vernment directly
Federay S S the position of the
ne ig ee Minister that no
engage nied relief because of
} ment in a labor dispute.

_ Th :
Mr Arolowing is the text of

= rs Feb 18

; > Feb. 18 statement:
Ontario Provincial government of
than it pocals criminals better
€ats persons on strike.

Cope Breton labor
condemns raiding
| Of fishermen

SYDN
™eeting Ex —— At its annual
Labor = Jan. 31, Cape Breton
Foo an Bhi condemned the
agai ied W ” rai
pee urawemae
After g i area. The move came
Charging “Bates heard a report
backe . that the raid is being
dian 1,” Officials of the Cana-
Ca Congress, _
actions *" Said the food workers’
forts Spur renewed ef-
SUpport of
yy Atlier,
qotkers
n
/ teq Ses by Local 1064 of Uni-
; ates Workers at Sydney.
i tia’s aroect, Oe Of Nova Sco-
J Con hina went on record
: '8cticg Bat the food workers’
S “Jackal like” and “dis-

Bustin
Polen § to all trade union peo-

The family of a man sentenced
to jail can get welfare assistance,
the family of a striker can’t. It
doesn’t matter if he qualifies in
every way, the fact that he is
on strike disqualifies him.

“Even worse, if he is locked
out by his company in an effort
by the company to worsen his
working conditions, the govern-
ment steps in to assist the com-
pany by denying the locked-out
employee any welfare ~ assist-
ance, thus starving him into sub-
mission and forcing him to re-
turn on the employers terms.

“Recently, the Ontario Feder-
ation of Labor sent out a direc-
tive to all its locals suggesting
that where a strike was prolong-
ed, or where strike benefits
ceased, they should apply to
their local welfare office for as-
sistance, assuming they could
qualify with regard to residence,
lack of income, willingness to
accept work, etc. Some welfare
departments were sympathetic;
but they were immediately warn-
ed by Dr. Williams, Director of
Social Services in John Yarem-
ko’s Department of Social and
Family Services, that if they did
so they would be in violation of
the Ontario standards.

“This is in direct contradic-
tion to the statement of Federal
Health Minister Munro who said
nobody was denied relief merely
because they were engaged in a
labor dispute. Welfare costs are
divided 50% federal, 30% _pro-
vincial and 20% municipal. Since
the federal government is the
major contributor, we call on
Munro to set the provincial
government straight and demand
this blatant anti-union attitude
cease if federal grants are to
continue.”

Bombing

of North

Vietnam
- brings demands for action

to halt Nixon war gamble

“T am not going to place any limita-
tion upon the use of air power,” Presi-
dent Nixon told a news conference in
Washington while he sent an armada
of 50 giant U.S. bombers to blast sup-
posed “missile sites” in North Vietnam.
While Nixon referred only to air péw-
er, it is recalled that a week ago he
also said there would be no U.S. ground

pushing the Pentagon and Nixon
to a new military gamble, which
could well bring world war in
its train.

U.S. Senator George McGov-
ern told that body that Nixon is
“flirting with World War III in
Asia”. Senate Democratic lead-
er Sen. Mike Mansfield warned
against invasion of North Viet-
nam.

“We have three fronts now
and that’s three too many,” he
said.

Gus Hall, general secretary of
the Communist Party of the
USA, issued the following call
for immediate united action to
stop the war:

The Nixonization of the war
has reached a new dangerous
crisis point. The escalation of
the U.S. military aggression into

MONTREAL — A strong de-
mand for the withdrawal of the
Public Order Act has been adopt-
ed by the Montreal Labor Coun-
cil (QFL-CLC). set Si

The resolution points out that
all people should be treated

‘equally under the law regard-

less of their political opinions;
that no proof has been produc-
ed of the existence of a “state
of apprehended insurrection” in

Quebec; that contrary £0; thes.

Criminal Code accused persons
are being presumed guilty be-
fore trial; that bail is being de-
nied, as well as the right of ac-
cused to a preliminary hearing;
and that contrary to the Cana-
dian Bill of Rights a dangerous
precedent has been created in
giving the Public Order Act a
retroactive effect.

In addition to demanding the

‘Demand ‘Turner law' end

Laos has pushed the world an-
other most critical step closer
to the brink of a world confron-
tation. The countries of Asia
cannot be expected to continue
standing by while this reckless
escalation goes on. The escala-
tion is reaching very close to
the point of no return.

The renewal of the bombing-
runs into the Democratic Re-
public of Vietnam adds a most
dangerous threat to world peace.

The United States encourage-
ment, support and organization
for an invasion by the puppet
forces of Ky and Thieu is crimi-
nally irresponsible and an act
that can lead only to disaster.
Nixon’s arrogant threats to
bomb any city, village or farm
in all of Indochina matches the
brutality and criminality of Hit-
ler fascism. The path of so-call-

rescinding of what is universal-
ly described in Quebec as “the
Turner Law,” the Council also
called for respect for the right
of all citizens to bail.

From quite a different quarter
—the convention of the Young
Liberal Federation of Quebec—
has come a protest against “the
ambiguity, the vagueness and
the retroactive character of the
Turner Law.”

In the conference workshop
on “The Future of Democracy”
a strong demand had come for-
ward for the repeal of the Act,
but this was turned back by
Alfred Bossé, Member of the
National Assembly for Dorion,
who threw his weight behind
two English-speaking students
who opposed it. The convention
as a whole confined itself to the
expression of protest.

Ask Arab leader's release

WINNIPEG — The appeal of
the Israeli Communist Party for
international support to win the
release of imprisoned Arab lead-
er Na’m_ El-Ashhab (Tribune,
Jan. 29 issue) brought a re-
sponse from the Manitoba Com-
mittee of the Communist Party
of Canada, which sent the fol-
lowing letter to Israeli Prime
Minister Golda Meir:

“We call upon you to release
from prison the Jordanian Com-
munist and patriot, Na’im EI-
Ashhab. We have received word
in Canada that El-Ashhab is be-
ing kept in solitary confinement
in Shatta prison , near Beisan
and is in poor health. We call
upon you to render him immed-
jate medical aid to restore his
health and save his eyesight.

“we in Canada have just ex-
perienced a wave of repression

and. denial of civil liberties. Un-
der the provisions of the War
Measures Act many people were
arrested and jailed for their poli-
tical beliefs and others stand
trial because the government
does not like their ideas. In the
United States more and more
people are jailed for their op-
position to racism and the war
in Vietnam and the danger of
fascism.

“While fighting to restore civ-
il liberties in Canada and to free
the victims of the War Measures
Act, we at the same time join
in protest against similar de-
velopments in Israel.

“We demand the release of El-
Ashhab and all Arab and Jewish
political peace and freedom
fighters who are being persecut-
ed by your government.”

forces, only South Vietnamese puppet
troops, employed in the invasion of
Laos—and now the presence there of
thousands of GI’s is acknowledged.
The bombing of North Vietnam bears
the ominous character of a preliminary
to an all-out invasion. The clobbering
U.S. and puppet troops have been given
by the Laotian patriots is evidently

ed “withdrawing” U.S. forces by
way of Laos, Cambodia and the
People’s Republic of China is
tantamount to marching into the
valley of death.

The moment demands imme-
diate action by all who oppose
this evil criminal aggression.

The moment demands imme-
diate united action by all who
are for the withdrawal of U.S.
armed forces from Indochina.

The moment calls for militant

action by all who want to end
this war of aggression.
__The moment demands an end
to all excuses about divisions,
of hangups on secondary ques-
tions.

The moment demands an end
to all “business as usual” ap-
proaches to the struggle against
U.S. aggression.

The moment calls for unity
and action.

The Nixon escalation can be
turned back by immediate unit-
ed militant actions nationwide.

Initiative for united action is
the key to victory over the poli-
cies of aggression.

Thatcher fattening.

big U.S. monopoly

By F. J. SCHOFIELD
(Saskatchewan leader, CP of C)
REGINA — The Thatcher

government is handing over
$138 million to one of Ameri-

ca’s richest pulp and paper

monopolies—Parsons and Whit-
temore—for the construction of
a pulp mill near Meadow Lake.
Ottawa is turning over another
$12 million in the form of an
incentive grant to provide, out
of public money, $140 million
out of an estimated total cost of
$177 million.

Thus the Thatcher-Trudeau
team in arranging to provide al-.
most all the capital for this U.S.
monopoly project, disprove their

own claims that Canadians can’t .

find the capital needed to de-
velop Canadian resources for
the benefit of the Canadian peo-
ple. They have used this claim
to hoax the public, while actual-
ly putting up the bulk of the
capital for all such projects.

The fact: that it may create a
new town, and should provide
construction jobs and some per-
manent employment in the mill,
is confirmation of the position
the Communist Party takes that
the main issue in the forthcom-
ing Saskatchewan provincial
election is the need for a pro-
gram to develop manufacturing
and industry on the prairies, and
to raise all the standards of life
here to equal the best in the in-
dustrialized centres of Canada.

Canada has the money, the
resources, and the people with
the necessary know-how to do
it.

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