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The U.N. Security Council
unanimously condemned Israel’s
raid against Jordan as being “in
flagrant violation of the United
Nations Charter and the cease-
fire resolution.” The Security
Council warned that military
reprisals “cannot be tolerated”
and declared that the Council
would have to consider econo-
mic sanctions and military mea-
sures as envisaged in the U.N.
Charter to prevent a repetition
of Israel’s attack against Jor-
dan.

Events which led up to the
attack, especially the hawkish
attitude of Israel government
leaders, is pointed out in a
speech made to the Knesset
(Parliament) of Israel by Meir
Vilner, secretary of the Com-
munist Party of Israel, during

‘a debate about clashes on the

Jordan river Feb. 13:

“Without any doubt, there are
very few who live under the
illusion that the latest war
(June, 1967) brought security to
our people. There had been
such who named the cease-fire-
lines ‘lines of security’. For in-
stance, the Minister of Defence
said in his interview published
on January 19 in the daily Ha-
Aretz: ‘I look upon the Jordan-
river as a border of security of

-. Israel.’

“On the eve of his visit in
Washington, on December 28,
1967, the Prime Minister, Levi
Eshkol, told a public rally in
Kiryat-Motzkin: ‘Who knows, if
we will not have to remain an-
other 20 years, maybe more, in-
side the border of the cease-
fire lines, which are much more
natural, stronger and more bold
and give us much outlook into
the future and much more
hope.’ :

“The reality teaches us ex-
actly the contrary, namely that
these are borders of insecurity,
anyway, there is much less sec-
urity than on the demarcation-
lines prior to June 5.

“We, the Communists of Is-
rael, propose a political solution
to the crisis by peaceful means,
which will prevent the kindling

_ of a new war and will ensure

security and sovereignty to all
States in the region, the State
of Israel included.

“In our opinion the resolu-
tion of the Security Council of
November the 22, 1967 may be
used as a base for such a solu-
tion. This resolution calls for
the withdrawal of the Israeli
troops from the territories oc-
cupied during the June war, an
end to the state of war between
Israel and the Arab countries
and for recognition of the right
of existence and to security of’
each country of the region.

“Why not endorse, under the
given circumstances, this polit-
ical solution to the crisis? Such
a political solution by peaceful
means serves the highest na-

tional interests, security inclut-
ed, of the people of-Israel. This
could be.a realistic solution, if
the government of Israel gives
a helping hand to its realization.
It is a fact, that the most decid-
ing factors in the Arab world
are willing to agree to a solu-
tion according to the resolution
of the Security Council.

“Of course, there exist also
inside the Arab world extreme
politicians. Their positions are
to be rejected as chauvinist and
as ones which pour oil into the
flames. But the truth is, that not
these extremists are the decid-

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ing factors in the Arab world.

“In his interview with Ha’Aretz
on January 19, mentioned above,
Moshe Dayan confirmed in fact
our standpoint. He said:

“Maybe that Abdel Nasser
will be prepared, with or with-
out Hussein, to come to an
agreement with us under the
condition that we withdraw to
the old borders. If we withdraw
to the borders of the 4th of
June, Abdel Nasser may agree
to end the state of war, to free
navigation in the Gulf of Eilat
and may be even, to a certain
extent, in the Suez Canal. If we
withdraw to the former armis-
tice-lines this would solve the
problems with Egypt to a great
extent.’ The Minister of Defense
said this. But the interviewer
of Ha‘retz did not leave it with:
this and asked: ‘And you, are
you not for such a solution?’
Dayan’s answer was short: ‘Iam’
absolutely against it.’

“Certainly, the one who un-
dertakes as his main task nei-
ther reaching peace, nor secur-
‘ity, but territorial expansion,
and to force upon others ‘con-
‘ditions of peace’ by prolonged
occupation, does never contrib-
ute, but hinders, the. reaching of
a political solution and he is
taking upon his shoulders a
heavy responsibility for future
developments.

“No doubt, there exist all
possibilities, in the international
arena as well as in the region,
for a political solution of the
present crisis, for the recogni-
tion by the main Arab countries
of Israel’s right of existence and
her security. But this can be
made possible only on a mutual
and equal basis.

“Why should we not listen
objectively to the positions of
the Soviet Union? This position
was expressed again in the in-
terview the Prime Minister of
the Soviet Union, Alexei Kosy-
gin, gave to the American
journal ‘LIFE’ and was publish-
ed on February 2:

“In our opinion, every effort
should be made to bring about
the withdrawal of the armies to
the positions held prior to the

5th of June 1967. By this we do
not hold any aggressive inten-
tions against Israel. We do not
agree to the liquidation of Isra-
el. In the past we were among
the initiators of Israel’s estab-
lishment and we are also today.
of the opinion that Israel should
exist as a state.’

“Under the present concrete
circumstances, in order to pro-
duce the conditions for a set-
tlement of all outstanding basic
problems and to reach peace
treaties, it is absolutely neces-
sary to accomplish the resolu-
tion of the Security Council.

“Therefore, we propose to
the Knesset to endorse the fol-
lowing resolution: ‘The State of
Israel, on its part, is prepared
to accomplish to the fullest ex-
tent the resolution of the Sec-
urity Council of November 22,
1967.’ The accomplishment of
the resolution of the: Security
Council would be an important
step forward to a secure and
peaceful existence in our re-
gion. It would be a step for the
benefit of the people of Israel
as well as of the Arab peoples.”

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By WILLIAM BEECHING

Canadian potato farmers are
but another group in the long
line of victims of U.S. surplus
dumping policies. The Family
Herald (March 14, 1968) tactful-
ly calls it a “spillover.” “Dump-
ing” is the correct label. -

A surplus potato problem de-
veloped in 1966 in Canada. At
that time agricultural minister
J. J. Greene called upon potato
growers to cut back their acre-
age, and 1967 potato production
went down by 27 percent. Ac-
cording to the Wheat Pool Bud-
get (March 15, 1968) potato
production in 1967 in Alberta
fell by 40 percent as compared
to 1966.

However, in 1967, U.S. potato
production rose 13 percent over
its 1966 surplus producing crop
year. According to the Wheat
Pool Budget, the U.S. potato
people divided their crop, keep-

ing top size and quality for-the

home market, and dumping the
“stripper grade” on the Van-
couver and Winnipeg markets

Will they choose the ‘safe’ Martin?

By PHYLLIS CLARKE

Some thirty-three years ago,
the then young (32-year-old)
Paul Martin was elected to the

House of Commons. The young

lawyer was one of those who
came in with that great Liberal
sweep, and there he has remain-
ed ever since.

Martin has been somewhat of
the girl:who is often the brides-
maid but never the bride. Al-
ways regarded highly enough in
his party’s circles to get impor-
tant cabinet positions, he hasn’t
up to now been able to get to
the top. And this time ‘round
could well be his last chance.

This might explain the frantic
cross country travels of the
Secretary of State for External
Affairs, who seems determined
to speak to every delegate per-
sonally before the convention
opens in Ottawa.

Undoubtedly there is consider-
able support for Paul Martin as
leader of the Liberal Party. He
is a man of considerable experi-
ence and, while he will not thrill
people with his personality, he
also will not antagonize anyone
too much. If anything, that is
the hallmark of the Martin ap-

proach. Dull, middle-of-the-road-

ish, but reliable. ;

So far the only declared cabi-

net minister supporting Martin
is Forestry Minister Maurice
Sauve. However, as the shake-
down of the first ballots take
place, he could well pick up
votes from those who are look-

ing for men of great experience. '

Mind you, he has picked up
support from a strange quarter
— which may indicate better

than anything else his basic con-.
“servatism. Premier W. A. C. Ben-

nett of British Columbia this
week in welcoming Martin to
the B.C. legislature, said, “I, for
one, as premier of this province,
hope he will be Canada’s new
prime minister.”

In reviewing the book just
issued of the collected speeches

Potato farmers are
victims of dumping —

—traditional. Alberta markets—
at a very low price. And, for the
consumer in those citjes, this
grade is a good buy.

U.S. potato imports into Van-
couver for the 1966-67 year
amounted to 1,01& tons, and
rose to 5,185 tons in the 1967-
68 year.

The Wheat Pool Budget pre-
dicts that Alberta potato farm-
ers will likely find, even though
they have reduced production,
that they have a surplus of from
anywhere from 5,000 to 10,000
tons of potatoes at the end of
this season.

Even though the Alberta po-
tato grower’s crop is marketed
through a marketing board or-
ganized by the producers and
designed to secure them a better
price, the Alberta Potato Com-
mission, they find themselves
helpless in face of this kind of
problem. Obviously this is an
urgent matter of government
intervention with protective
laws,

At the other end of the coun-:

of Paul Martin, Professor James
Eayrs of the University of To-
ronto had this to say:

“They disclose exactly those
features of style and image
which Martin, now moving pur-
posefully about the land under
heavy pomade and with unac-
customed forthrightness of
speech, is striving to obliterate
or at least to conceal. Whether
Martin discusses Canada and
peacekeeping, Canada and Viet-
nam or Canada and economic
development, the content is mea-
gre and the form banai.

“The wheels of diplomacy
move sometimes on the grease
of ambiguity; but the only mo-
mentum generated by this sort
of mush must be that of mem-
bers of Martin’s audiences leav-
ing the hall during his perora-
tions. The instincts of any early
leavers are surely sound, for
they wauld rather not be in the
presence of what Norman Mailer,
in a celebrated review of the
cqllected speeches of Lyndon B.
Johnson, calls totalitarian prose,
‘the essence of (which) is that
it does not define, it does not
deliver. It oppresses .. . A totali-
tarian prose slobbers upon an
audience a sentimentality so de-
bauched that an admiration for
shamelessness is inspired.’

“An admiration for shameless-
ness is the only inspiration to
be derived from Martin’s literary
efforts, as indeed from much of
his efforts in diplomacy—much,
but not all, for the author’s
statecraft is a many-splendored
thing.”

Martin, in many ways typifies
what would be best in a Cana-
dian prime minister, as far as
the Establishment is concerned.
Concerned about the relations
between French and English
Canada, but not including pro-
posals for the full exercise of
Quebec sovereignty; pious de-
ploring statements about the
U.S. control of Canada’s econo-
my, but not the wild-eyed radi-
calism of the Walter Gordon,

diately past three year period:

_ could well wear the mantl

NATO?

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try, Maritime producers are ®
ported to have a surplus of P”
tatoes this year, the price {0
which has fallen below the ™ —
berta level because U.S. resttit
tions prohibit them from shi?
ping the usual quantities
the United States. Why not
the same laws to protect Cant
dian farmers? t
Alberta potato growers wal
the Canadian government © —
apply a type of anti-dum| a
duty to American exports °
potatoes to Canada known
“valuation for duty.” A sectio?
of the Canadian Custom |
makes it possible to establish ®
price based on a rationalisa
of normal prices over the immé

Ottawa is supposed to bag
this under advisement, bt
haven’t got to it yet, no A
hampered by the “spillover” %
American economic and polit
cal problems into the House of
Commons. It will be typical
Ottawa to lock the stable 40
after the horse has bolted.

‘Tet’s do something about it
view; concerned diplomatic muh
terings about the tragedy of #?
War in Vietnam, and why 4
U.S. should stop bombing
course, only after they get 3°
quate assurances that there
be “meaningful” talks) but ™
support for the position Be
Canada should stop selling a!™
and materials that are used
that war,

This then is the man be
e

Lester B. Pearson, without any
raffling of feather or a shah
swing in any direction. And eh
ing the “safe” man, he stan
perhaps the very best chance ®
all when the Liberal delegat®
make their choice.
. It’s not much more that
week away. The campaign 3
is being well covered by all th |
contenders. '
- But whether it was desired %)
not, certain questions By
pressed to the fore in this lea®
ership battle, which will ¥?
doubtedly continue to occupy
centre stage in the politi
storms ahead.
Among them are: should e
sell arms for the war in Viet
nam? Should we have medica
on July 1? What will we |
with the Carter report, the W#!
kins report, the upcoming 4
negotiations on NORAD an’

It doesn’t at this moment loo
as if the new Liberal leader, wil
thus new prime minister,
be for the type of basic chang
that a rising tide of Canadi
opinion is expressing (unless ’
some chance Eric Kierans move
from his low-man on the tote?
pole spot), for of the top conn
tenders there has not been 0
man yet brave enough to pro: :
ject new national policies. at

So when the big circus open
in Ottawa on the 4th, don’t 10° |
for radicalism. Just hope it
be over on the 6th before
Stanley Cup playoff game is
the ice, 7.

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