ANGELA FREE! @ Continued from page 5 press release that “There are many other political prisoners whose freedom is yet to be won. Members of .the Quebec labor movement, and other prisoners in the United States and through- out the world await our aid. We hope that the voices of the mil- lions who helped free Angela will now turn to those who are still behind bars.” Canadians can be proud of, the part they played in this vic- tory. Concerned people across Canada organized into defense committees, held large public rallies, circulated the true facts about the frame-up, gathered thousands of names to bail peti- tions and raised a considerable amount of money to help build her defense fund. This work was not and could not be left to the likes of the Toronto Star. Their line about ‘‘equal justice for the minority” is a lie—in the Angela Davis case just as in the shame- ful treatment of the Canadian native peoples, the Metis, Cana- da’s black population, the work- er on strike and others who challenge the unequal and re- pressive capitalist state. This spirit of pride and deter- mination is contained in a mes- sage sent to the United States Communist Party by the Com- munist Party of Canada: “Convey to Angela Davis greetings of the Communist Party of Canada and its sup- porters for the great victory achieved. It is a tribute to her courage and steadfastness, and to the solidarity of the Amer- ican people and the peoples of the world.” World-wide campaign to save Pagan’s life A world-wide campaign has been undertaken by the Organi- zation of Solidarity of the Peo- ples of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL) on behalf of a young man imprisoned in Canada, whose life is in danger if he is handed over to the U.S. authorities. Since last October, the young Puerto Rican _ independence fighter, Humberto Pagan, has been imprisoned in Ottawa, charged with entering the coun- try illegally. Canadian immigra- tion authorities have held several hearings on whether or not to deport him to the United States. Both the FBI and the repressive bodies of the Puerto Rican colonial government have requested that the Canadians re- turn Pagan to Puerto Rico where he is charged with crimes alleg- edly committed in March 1971. In a clumsily devised case in which the only witness is an_ officer of the shock force, Hum- . berto Pagan was accused of kill- ing the chief of the police shock force on March 18, 1971, when that repressive body invaded university grounds and attacked the student independence sup- porters who were demonstrating against the presence on campus of a training corps for the: Re- serve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), a U.S. military organi- zation that operates at Puerto Rico University. As a result of the police ag- gression, hundreds of students, professors and others were wounded. Colonel Mercado, a po- liceman and a cadet died. Accustomed to killing stu- dents and workers with impu- nity, the repressive agents committed every type of physi- cal abuse against those identi- fied as independence supporters. They also proceded to invent false accusations against hun- dreds of independence militants and even against persons who had no connection with the uni- versity and the March events. Along with Pagan, young Miguel Hudo Ricci was also charged with the death of the policeman. But the repressive forces that acted with such efficiency on that occasion, have never come up with those responsible for the death of the taxi driver Adrian Rodriguez and the stu- dent Antonio Martinez, assassin- ated by the police in September PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1972—PAGE 8 1967, and March 1970 respec- tively, during harsh police re- pression against the University. From the very moment of his arrest, Pagan was - threatened with death and so was his fam- ily. On several occasions, police agents made attempts against his life. This situation, along with the declarations made by the puppet governor, Ferre, as well as those by other officials of the colonial administration, insisting—before the trial had been held—that Pagan was guil- ty, forced him to leave the coun- try to save his life. From the moment of his ar- rest in Canada—in which FBI* agents intervened — Pagan has urged the Canadian authorities not to deport him to Yankee ter- ritory due to the threat against his life. In the hearings held up to now, numerous well-known Puerto Ricans, intellectuals, uni- versity professors, lawyers and the Catholic Bishop Antulio Par- rilla, have made _ statements concerning the climate of repres- sion and terror imposed by the United States and the colonial puppet government against Pu- erto Rican independence fight- ers. All have stated that Pagan’s life would be in danger if he were returned to Puerto Rico. Pagan’s lawyers and_ the Puerto Rican _ independence forces have made efforts to have various governments accept Pa- gan and certain countries have agreed to receive him and offer him asylum. The Puerto Rican indepen- dence movement is waging a world-wide campaign of solidar- ity with Humberto Pagan. The OSPAALA joins this campaign and demands Pagan’s release from jail and his exile to a country prepared to receive him and guarantee his safety. The organization asks that copies of declarations, state- ments, petitions, etc., should be sent to Prime Minister Trudeau and to the newspaper Claridad, Toscacia Street, 1153, Urb. Villa Capri, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. THREE CANADIAN WOMEN AT WIDF MEETING Hilda Murray, Mary Dennis and Nora Rodd represented the Con- gress of Canadian Women at the Council meeting of the World Federation of Women which is- sued the stirring call on p. 10 vention. Labor Counc! A LONG WAY YET 10 TO WIN WORLD P (Canadian Peace Congress Staten didn't discuss CLC decisions As usual, before last week’s Toronto Labor Council meeting began, the delegates and mem- bers of the press picked up at the table in the back of the hall the reports to be discussed. A quick reading indicated that the most significant discussion of the meeting would be on the re- port of the CLC convention in Ottawa and many of the dele- gates looked forward to it. After the meeting opened a few reports were discussed and then the point on the agenda was reached where the CLC re- port came up. TLC President Don Montgomery asked for a motion to receive the report. The motion was made from the floor, seconded, and before any discussion could take place a vote was taken and the motion carried. That ended any possibil- ity of discussion and the dele- gates proceeded to the next order of business. After the meeting many of the delegates were asking, “Why did the executive avoid any discus- sion?” By and large, the report writ- ten by Murray Tate and Don Montgomery was a good one. It dealt with the accurate appraisal ~ of the Quebec resolution,. men- tioned the CLC’s stand on the foreign takeover of Canadian in- dustries and the drive to organ- ize the white collar workers. It also dealt with the labor unity resolutions and mentioned that a resolution (No. 30) “may have considerable bearing on the ulti- mate result and which was adopted by the convention calls for moves to bring all legitimate trade unions in Canada into the CLC if they accept its aims and agree to abide by the constitu- tion.” The opinion expressed by some delegates was that failure to criticize the convention’s in- ternational resolution on Viet- nam, which was weak, was the reason for the disposal of the report without debate. But what happened was that the delegates were denied the opportunity to discuss all the actions taken by the CLC con- (R.O.) Westinghouse @ Continued from page 5 now that the negotiations have resumed. The most. encouraging thing about walking the bricks with the strikers at Westinghouse was the attitudes of the tempor- ary workers. In the past, stu- dents were hired just to prevent effective negotiations by the unions. That is changing now and, as one temporary worker who is trying to make enough money for school next year told the Tribune, “I came here just to make as much money’ as I could in the shortest period. Now I’m on strike but I’m not going to give up and work some- where else. I may not go to school next year, but I’ve worked with many of these strikers and I’m not going to quit them in my own self interest. “Besides I’m learning more about people here than I would in school,” he finished. The Canadian Peace Congress welcomes the nounced agreements between the USA and the arrived at during the visit of President Nixon to as important steps in the direction of easing wo _.The agreements on strategic arms limitations, the | of military confrontation, an early date for the | ~ European Security Conference, nd for joint m: - flights in 1975 will contribute to the possibility. co-existence in the world. _ We believe, riahgbal) that it would be a serious logical and chemical wea pons, - “the recognition of the right of peoples to esta social systems, ee real peace in the Regina peace symposh By ED LEHMAN REGINA — A peace sym- posium was held in our new Labor Centre on May 27. Spon- sored by the Voice of Women, it was chaired by George Smith, secretary of Regina Labor Coun- cil. Speakers were: Sheila Wil- son VOW (Calgary); Pastor Peterson, Central Church; Edna Meakes, Canadian Peace Congress (Sask.), and David Gehl, Communist youth leader. The symposium opened with four very beautiful peace songs by two members of the Regina Folk Guild. Pastor Peterson, who was a minister in a Chicago Black Community, spoke of the in- volvement of his church in the anti-war effort, of the inter- relationship between peace and civil rights in the U.S., and the battles of some draftees to gain conscientious objectors’ status. He stressed the need to organ- ize the ‘silent majority” in op- position to the war. Sheila Wilson spoke of the Voice of Women’s concern about the war and the atrocities com- mitted by the Americans there. She also spoke of the meetings held with Vietnamese women last year in Canada and em- phasized. Canada’s involvement in the war and the effects of the weapons Canada helps sup- ply to the U.S. Edna Meakes, veteran Sas- katchewan peace fighter, re- ported on the recent Canadian Peace Conference. She stressed the actions that must be taken to stop the war in Vietnam: the mobilization of the growing peace interest in Canada, trade unions, youth and students, the women’s organizations and church. groups. Dave Gehl outlined the rea- sons for Nixon’s desperate es- calation of the war and the pro- tests against these actions. He told of the grave threat of a third world war posed by Nix- Lutheran: reached in Moscow 0) on’s actions and the = proach of the socialist © the Soviet Union in P He elaborated. on ™ ofp countries’ aid to the Southeast Asia in theif against “the conti sion of the U.S. and armies.” Urge general § i in fight for ly LONDON — Britail’s strong Society of the has decided to press toe) call for a national 3” unemployment. it On the final day % yi gates’ conference ™ it passed a motion fe “militant action tO “@ employment and Ry | TUC to call for a 04 r page of work on this CP ranks incr BUENOS AIRES ~ fi 71 recruiting driv@ si munist Party 9% Ww signed up 26,580 n€ be bringing total me more than 150,000. Urge — : The North shoe Church is pet! Minister of Pe ie allow the South Tuan Cong Vu ! Canada. To date “jeft have been added ne and more to fl Stuart Rush has take Cong Vu’s case, 7 citize7ns are ur}? ment to rescind t deportation. ames es? The young Vietn@ ship in the U.S. gti year has suppmy. if in Canada. On a T said he was sure — executed if he W Saigon, %