= VIETNAM ak td City rally backs rights fight - Questions and & Answers See pages 5 - 6 a the struggle for freedom in the U.S. ~ Photo shows a section of the crowd. Nearly 1,000 citizens gathered at Vancou- ver's Stanley Park last Sunday to express in- dignation at events in Selma and to support lk ES Ree: bli fo FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1965 VOL. 26, NO. 11 tee 10¢ Vietnam minority report hit by Canadian adviser A former Canadian military adviser on the International Con- aa Commission in Vietnam took “rp issue this week with the Minority report by Canada which Seeks to justify U.S. aggression, Speaking to a meeting of 250 _ People at the First Unitarian Congregation in Toronto on Sun- day, Col, Bradley Webb said Han had been no significant tration of North Vietnamese °mmunist troops or equipment hto South Vietnam, ‘ eau was certainly true until ss €w months ago. There is no eee to believe differently at Said Col. Webb who is W National secretary of the anadian Institute of Internation- al Affairs. Saas ‘Webb pointed out the Nority report by Canada put the basic blame for developments in _ rotnam on “Communist infiltra- On” from the north, This view, he said, was contrary tothe other © eo Members, Poland and India. €y had charged in a majority _eport that U.S, bombings of ao Vietnam * indicate vio- ations of the Geneva agreement,” eel of Toronto soci- ae Professor Donald Wilmott, a ahead of Col. Webb and fesse ae speech that Canada’s Sirsa: Must be derived. from its Pressure from the United S." He added that “it was _ Possible for a small power to be. in. fluenced by a larger power.” ie Webb said that his opinions Bue in general agreement with added & Professor Wilmott and Bast hat Canada’s minority re- Supporting the U.S, version ees in Vietnam was probably Ngly influenced by the U.S. The Past week saw increased r €ssure mounting on the U.S, to ae attacks on North Vietnam © Negotiate a peaceful settle- ment. Despite thispressure U.S. ‘ provocations continued. Follow- ing up the landing of U.S, Marines, there were reports from Wash- ington that an entire division may be landed soon. On Monday more than:100 U.S. navy planes launched a heavy at- tack about 100 miles south of Hanoi in one of the worst pro- vocations so far. Thisis reported to be the forerunner to a new series of U.S, air raids. Meanwhile, the World Council of Churches, meeting in Geneva last week, issued a statement which said that U,S. action risks the danger of spreading the con- flict, The Council, which repre- sents more than 200 Protestant Anglican and Orthodox churches in about 80 countries, including the U.S,, criticized the U.S, at- titude toward China. WORLD INDIGNATION AROUSED —Carl Erickson photo Canadians reacted in horror at the violence used against civil rights marchers, Demonstra- tions took place in many centres and protests were sent to Prime Minister Pearson, Alabama Gov- ernor Wallace and the US, President, Toronto university students demonstrated every day in front of the U.S, Consulate in large numbers, A giant rally in Queen’s- Park heard T, C,. Douglas and; other political leaders condemn the attacks, On Sunday 2,000stu- dents demonstrated at the Peace Tower in Ottawa and then ore Alabama beatings as U.S. Congress talks Clubbings and brutal beatings of white and Negro freedom marchers contin- ved in Alabama this week, while racists in the U.S. Congress sought to block Pres. Johnson's belated right-to-vote legislation which he was finally compelled to an-- nounce this week. The president's speech before the special session of Congress fol- lowed a tidal wave of public indignation which swept the U.S. and the world in the wake of the brutal beatings and killings in Selma, Alabama. ‘marched before the U.S, Em- pbassy, It was reported to be the largest demonstration ever to take place in Ottawa, MP’s from most poli- tical parties took part in the pro- test and Prime Minister Pearson sent a message deploring and condemning the violence, Many Roman Catholic and Protestant clergymen took part in the dem- onstration, National Communist Party Leader William Kashtan wired the Ottawa “Freedom March” pledging “whole hearted support” MASS RALLY AT UBC. Photo shows the giant rally on the campus at noon hour on Monday. Some twenty five hundred students demonstrated their support for the Ne- gro civil rights movement and expressed their indigna- tion at the brutal beatings and killings in Selma, Ala- bama. Photo shows one of the two civil rights workers from the U.S. addressing the rally. —Fisherman photo to the fight for civil rights in the U.S, He urged that Parliament endorse a resolution along these lines and make it known to the people in the U,S, In Vancouver many demonstra- tions took place, About 2,500 UBC students attended a mass rally at — noon Monday, The next day about 200 picketed the U.S, Consulate in the Burrard Bldg. at noon and announced they will continue the picket every day until victory is won, (See pictures below an on page 3.) : Last Sunday a large crowd in Stanley Park heard clergymen from different denominations and spokesmen for the local Negro community denounce theterror in Alabama, On Monday a large and representative delegation of clergymen, UBC professors, la- bor leaders and others, presented a letter to the U,S, Consulate in Vancouver protesting the brutali- ty in Alabama and urging the U.S, government to act, In the United States giant pro- test demonstrations took place everywhere, Walter Reuther, | acting for the United Automobile 1 Workers’ Union, has called to- ! gether aparley ofnational leaders for this Wednesday in Washing- ton to consider another Freedom March on Washington, West Coast _ Longshoremen’s leader Harry Bridges called for a boycott of Alabama and all locals of the ILGWU have been asked to re- fuse to handle any products and goods going to or from Alabama, (For Vancouver labor’s reaction see page 3,)