IN THIS ISSUE EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS FROM VIETNAM PAGE 8 | () vee JUNE 11, 1965 - 26 ee NO. 23 APPEAL FROM EUROPE: ‘Unite to stop U.S. aggression’ os appeal to: workers, women chris ne people, socialist and ans, and all progressive Peace forces, to help build Mass movement to end the ‘S. war in Vietnam was issued St Week, aa appeal came from the Senta, conference of repre- ork ves of -Communist and vp €rs’ Parties from Austria, oa Denmark, Finland, ag Germany, Great Britain, a €, Ireland, Italy, Luxem- and = Norway, Portugal, Spain, Witzerland, dine appeal was particularly Parti €d to Labor and Socialist €s of Western Europe. 3 Called on everyone to join Love a effort to compel the i Ments of Western Europe . their support for U.S. acti, .2 Vietnam, It urges n to dem: d the followin r “ an & & p Oints: * an fo halt the barbarous bombing acts ofageressionagainstthe . Scratic Republic of Vietnam; *! To end all acts of intervention View by the Americans in South ™M and compel them to with- Org W their troops, and; * T : Vietns allow the people of South Tights ™ “to exercise freely their independence, which implies recognition of the Na- tional Liberation Front as the true representative of the people of South Vietnam.” Yanks expand Viet war ‘Make Canada’s voice heard to save peace’ “It is time for Canada to speak up! It is time to re-assert a policy of peace ful coexistence and repudiate the Johnson Doctrine which can only lead to dis- aster! The Canadian people must insist that Parliament make Canada’s position clear now, not when nuclear bombs start falling!’ This is the appeal being published in newspapers across Canada this week by the Communist Party of Canada. The urgency of this appeal is ade all the more timely by the ~pped up war in South Vietnam and increased bombings by the U.S, in North Vietnam, and by the visit to Washington of U.S, ambassador Gen, Maxwell Tay- lor, whose every visit has been followed in the past by further escalation of the war in South- east Asia, The new U,S, talks in Washing- ton are taking place in the midst of a growing crisis for the U.S, Not only is public opposition snowballing at home, but another crisis has erupted in the puppet ” government in Saigon. In addition to which the war is not going well for the U.S, militarily. The war- hawks in the Pentagon are ex- pected to press for further ex- pansion of the war in adesperate effort to avoid disaster. Concerned with the growing threat to world peace and the failure of the Canadian govern- ment to speak out against U.S, ‘policy, influential peace groups are holding a conference on Viet- nam on the June 12-13 weekend Grainworkers continue their vigil around the Alberta Wheat Pool on Vancouver's waterfront this week as the federal government appointed Dr. G. Neil Perry to at- tempt to mediate a settlement. The 125 workers on strike DR. JAMES ENDICOTT, chairman of the Canadian Peace Congress, an- n d the | hing of a ive Canada-wide postcard petition. in Ottawa. The parley is called the Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) and is open to all groups and individuals, The purpose of the conference is “to consider what Canadians can do to achieve peace in Viet= nam,” Another significant devel- opment last week was the an- houncement by the Canadian at the pool elevator are members of the International Brewery, Flour and Distillery Workers. Photo shows two of the pickets on duty. —Photo by Edward Peace Congress that a massive, Canada-wide postcard petition campaign will be launched urging the Pearson government to act for peace in Vietnam, Announcing the campaign to more than 200 Toronto peace supporters, Dr, James Endicott warned: “Unless the forces of peace in North America rally and compel a complete change in foreign policy, a large and dan- gerous war in the Far East is inevitable, I think the Pentagon has already decided on and is preparing for such a war. “It is our duty to try and stop them,” Dr. Endicott went .on, “We must isolate those who want to carry out such awar program, One of the best things we in Canada can do is to get as many people as we can tocallon Prime Minister Pearson to act for peace,” The advertisement published by the Communist Party declares that the recent statement in Par- liament by External Affairs Min- ister Paul Martin “was ashame- ful example of how far the govern=- ment has subordinated Canada’s true national interests to U,S, policies of aggression in Santo Domingo and in Vietnam.” “The voice was that of Mr, Martin—but the words came from the U.S, State Department, Has Canada no voice of its own? To fail to speak up now may lead to Canada’s involvement in a U,S, policy directed to further escala- tion of the war in Vietnam, Es- calation will ‘not lead to peace but to nuclear disaster. “The rising opposition to the dangerously adventurist policies of the U,S, throughout the world and in our country shows that if the Canadian people take the cause of peace in hand U,S, policy can be reversed, “An honorable basis for a ne= gotiated settlement exists, It lies in respect for the Geneva Agree=- ment of 1954, an end to the U.S, attacks on North Vietnam, the withdrawal of U,S, troops from Vietnam and the right of the people of Vietnam to work out their own destiny without outside interference from any quarter,” concludes the advertisement, Gee article by William Kash- tan on page 2.)