Orin Tikes What's behind the FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1966 VOL. 27, NO. 10 ae Pentagon’s probe | - of Quebec? —SEE PAGE 8 10¢ Lectern TDS Canada must act now to sto Vietnam medical aid drive on The campaign to raise $20,000 in B.C, for medical supplies for Vietnam was kicked off this week With the mailing of thousands of, Printed appeals to trade unions, fraternal, church and other or- ganizations, The brochure along with cover- ing letter has been mailed out by the Canadian Aid For Vietnam Civilians committee which was formed in Vancouver recently under the chairmanship of one of the province’s most promi- nent doctors, A.M, Inglis, M.D., HR.C:S, (C). Appealing to British Colum- bians to help the people of “this tortured land,’’ the appeal points out that already more than $2,000 has been raised and sent to Viet- Nam, It states that all money collected will be used to purchase drugs, bandages, surgical instru- ments and other medical supplies. “Thousands of civilians need this aid. Your contribution may Save a life,” says the appeal which contains a contribution form, All contributions should be sent to: Canadian Aid for Vietnam Civili- ans, P.O, Box 2548, Vancouver 3, B.C, The committee has also pre- Pared a panel of speakers who will be happy to address any sroup, All requests for informa- tion or speakers should be addressed to the secretary, H, J, C, Walker at the above address, The brochure lists the many Prominent sponsors of the com- Mittee who are representative of Most parts of B,C, and from all walks of life, The committee lists the fol- lowing objectives: To help civili- an war victims in Vietnam; to raise funds for medical aid to these victims; to work for friend- Ship and understanding between the peoples of Canada and Viet- Nam; to support all sincere ef- forts to end the war in Vietnam; to keep Canadians acquainted with and to work for implementation of the 1954 Geneva Agreements, in- cluding free elections. ‘VIETCONG SUSPECT" that’s what American troops in South Vietnam branded this eight year old youngster as they blind- folded him and tied his wrists to be marched off for questioning —or perhaps to one of the many prisons. This youngster is—by American propaganda standards — one of the dangerous in- vaders from the North committing aggression against the South.” Stepped up ground and air action this week by U.S. forces in both North and South Vietnam have killed many Vietnamese men, women and children. p Vietnam slaughter ‘Demand U.S. abide by Geneva Accord’ As U.S. ground and air forces moved this week to ex- pand the fighting and bloodshed in South Vietnam and to step up the bombing of North Vietnam, protests mounted in all countries against the U.S. horror war. In Canada, new voices were raised demanding that the Canadian government _ disassociate itself from U.S. aggrression in Vietnam and act as a true neutral to help bring about a peace settlement. Carrying through the largest and most intensified bombing of North Vietnam since the bombings began over a year ago, American planes carried their attack to within 40 miles of China’s border in an open act of provocation, Last Friday the North Vietnam government charged that U.S, planes strafed a nursery, killing ten children. and two women teachers, At the same time as the U.S, stepped up its bombing attacks on North Vietnam it was report- ed that U.S, armed forces in South Vietnam would soon exceed 230,000 men and that Australia would triple its armed forces, bringing its forces up to 4,500 men, South Korea recently an- nounced it would send another 20,000 men, bringing its total to 40,000, The expansion of the fighting in Vietnam, with its terrible consequences, hasied to increas- ed activity by anti-war forces in Canada, Preparations are now well underway for large protest demonstrations in Vancouver and Victoria on March 26th to coin- cide with similar demonstrations in the U,S, and around the world, In Toronto a special “peace train” has ‘been chartered for the morning of March 26th when its passengers will join with demonstrators from other parts of the country in a marchon Par- liament to protest the Vietnam war and to demand Canada con- demn the. U.S, action. The train will have room for 1,000 people, Last Tuesday, William Kash- tan, national leader of the Com- munist Party, wrote External Affairs Minister Paul Martin to ask if the Canadian govern- ment had approached the North Vietnam government and the National Liberation Front in South Vietnam in its initiative to have the International Control Commission reconvene the Gene- va Conference, Pointing out that “there could be no successful conference, in fact there could be no confer- ence, without their agreement and those of all other countries which participated. in the 1954 Geneva Conference,” the letter says: “We believe that your initia- tive would be more meaningful and be better received if Canada dissociated itself from U,S, ag- gression and acted as a true neutral in this difficult and dan- gerous situation.” Kashtan’s letter points out that the success or failure of Can- ada’s initiative would depend on agreement regarding the basis upon which such a conference could be held, The letter says: *The U.S, government has de- clared time and again that itis in. favor of ‘unconditional dis- cussions’ but a close examination of its position shows that what the U.S, government has in mind See VIETNAM, pg. 3 LEO NIMSICK, NDP-Cranbrook, told - the Victoria Peace Action League in Victoria this week that he intends to -place a motion before the provincial legislature calling for the Canadian government to increase its efforts to achieve peace in Vietnam.