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Vietnam aid appeal

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Meanwhile, as the curtain was
ringing down on one of history’s
bloodiest wars of aggression by an
imperialist state against a people,
reports were beginning to seep
through the media of the new life
being established for the people of
the liberated areas within days
after liberation. For the first time
in over 30 years of fighting for their
independence and sovereignty
against Japan, France and the
U.S., the people of Vietnam are
finally approaching the hour of
their national freedom.

Meanwhile, with millions of
South Vietnamese in the liberated
areas faced with the problems of
restoring -normal life
rebuilding their economy, appeals
for aid have been issued through
many international agencies.

and’

In Canada the Vancouver-based
Canadian Aid for Vietnam
Civilians reported this week that
since April 11 it has been able to
send $5,000 and a large shipment of
medical supplies, drugs, clothes,
etc., valued at $14,747 which left
Vancouver last Friday.

Again this week CAVC renewed
its urgent appeal for aid. Hundreds
of appeals have gone out to trade
unions and other organizations and
to individuals. Since the committee
was formed in 1966 it has sent
$182,000 in cash and 45 shipments of
goods valued at $266,500 to In-
dochina.

Contributions to help the
civilians of South Vietnam should
be rushed to: Canadian Aid for
Vietnam Civilians, P.O. Box 2543,
Vancouver, B.C.

NDP MILA SAYS:

‘Canada’s voice must |
be heard on Trident’ |

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the B.C. government for its stand
against the base, and urged the
Canadian government not to renew
_the NORAD agreement.

Douglass said the parley adopted
principles for a treaty to keep the
Pacific nuclear free, took a stand
opposed to nuclear testing in the
South Pacific, and declared that
the primary threat of nuclear war
today came from the United
States. :

Douglass said the purpose of the
Trident sub is aggressive and that
it was a first strike weapon more
devastating than any created
before by a nuclear power. “The
U.S. is preparing to initiate nuclear
war from its base in the Strait of
Juan de Fuca.” He charged that
Canada was cooperating with the
U.S. and said Canadians must
protest Canada ‘“‘joining in the
crime of Trident.” ‘

The Saturday meeting
unanimously adopted a resolution

to be sent to federal and provincial .

governments which states that the
Trident sub base endangers the

U.S. Northwest and Western ~

Canada at a time of growing
detente and when the world is
calling for nuclear disarmament.
It said that in the interests of
disarmament and world peace the
Canadian government must
protest the Trident base. Copies of
the resolution are also to be sent to
the U.S. federal government and
the State of Washington.

Chile patriots
in danger

Canadians for Democracy in
Chile committee in Vancouver
received an urgent wire Monday,
April 21 urging renewed efforts to
save the lives of Luis Corvalan and
other Chilean patriots who are held
in Ritoque concentration camp.

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The appeal points out that since
March 14 prisoners have been held
incommunicado and that the
military junta is using ‘“‘attempts
to escape” to justify cold-blooded
murder.

Officials of the Vancouver
committee urge the public to write
letters of protest to: Embassy of
Chile, Gen. Horacio Arce Fer-
nandez, Ste. 203-204, 56 Sparks St.,
Ottawa, Ont., and UN secretary-
general Kurt Waldheim, United
Nations, New York.

UNIONS

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protect negotiated wage increases.

Wage settlements across Canada
averaged 14.2% in the same period.
Significantly, while 147 settlements
provided COLA protection, the 263
settlements without COLA also
averaged out for a wage increase
of 14.2%. Also significant is the fact
that two- and
agreements showed diminishing
wage increases after the first year.
Obviously, there is a drive to tie
workers to cost-of-living increases
instead of wage increases to
compensate for improved
productivity and profits. Workers
need substantial wage increases,
plus COLA, and the shorter the
term of the agreement, the better.

May Day 1975 should bring a new.
determination for militant, united
action on the wage front; and for a
united labor movement in op-
position to the monopolies and to

keep B.C. moving left.

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soveel MUNI ILA

Dr. Leonard Marsh of the Ad Hoc
Committee for World Disar-
mament pointed to the heavy
burden mankind is- carrying in
arms costs, and said that the Soviet

Union has been one, of the most

persistent countries in the UN
urging a 10 per cent reduction in
the arms budget of the major
countries.

After hearing a representative of
the Voice of Women charge that
the NORAD agreement was ob-
solete and a violation of Canada’s
sovereignty, the meeting adopted a
wire to be sent to the federal
government, calling on it to set an
example to the world as a
peacemaker by refusing to renew
the NORAD agreement in May.

Hundreds of copies of a petition
protesting the Trident base were

circulated at the rally. The petition _

is aaddressed to minister of ex-
ternal affairs Allan MacEachen
and reads:

“We the undersigned object |
strongly to the establishment of the |
Trident nuclear submarine base @! |
Bangor, Washington. We refuse @ |
be considered ‘collateral civilial
damage’ in the event of a nucleal |
war. Trident is the first, ‘first |
strike’ system of nuclear subs to be |
developed; as such it is one of the |
most deadly threats to life on thi |
planet. a

“We demand that our federal
government take immediate actio#
to approach the U.S. federa
government, requesting a halt @
the construction.of the Bang
base.” : ;

Dr. Rolston told the rally he |
wasn’t sure when his resolutio® |
would be coming before the Hous’ |
since it was a private member® |
bill and could only come up on
Thursday. Letters and resolution
to the provincial government ant”
MLAs should urge support for the”
resolution protesting the U.S. bas

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