elk Sn ee a ee ee ne nee te a Erect pre Mics ewer: Se NEP Namrata: HM pee 8 eet ER he ee | == Xn OO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1967 VOL. 28, NO. 36 ‘ gs DEMANDS WILSON END SUPPORT BRITISH LABOR CONDEMNS " ic Tribune ad U.S. POLICY IN VIETNAM Britain’s 8,750,000-member Trades Union Congress, meeting this week in Brighton, England, defied its executive and overwhelmingly adopted a resolution condemning the U.S. war in Vietnam and demanded that the Wilson govern- ment end support for U.S. policy in Vietnam. % i 49 # Photo shows one of the many U.S. planes brought dow raid at Hanoi on August 21. Body of dead American pilot is shown on the left Clal f, Qss tadj ur dio © wrecked plane. This week U.S. planes steppe In 9 Pressure by U.S. hawks that Haiphong be ‘‘taken out.” COuver Ous appro and District Labor Council gave Tuesday night toan executive v6 the the Council be represented i 5" sae at a conference of all inp, 8 action ¢ ganizations to plan a sup- On, 5.2 for the Dc. ¢ October 21 march on Wash- + to nd the war in Vietnam, ie meet in the Unitarian 0 ay On September 12 and a call Pig ceoations to attend. It sea oe unions will follow the “onference, nd representatives to this ane 1 ha, to de S for a : oa Set by U.S, peace organ- Deter d an en te ae on the nation’s capital thew that ong othe war in Vietnam, It is Neto onal mon toe People will take part ’ Da. Obilization for peace in Wash- hh Ug, “lidar h ity Op, 2 an With = opettlzeg enation Peace-loving people in the Wort aro: Day of Prot *am, "8 hur, and the world to ay ii i Satoe ‘ °r an end to the war in Viet- ws AUgust "8s the” & marath eS: e Conting On left San Francisco ee Ny to Washington carrying a torch lit at Hiroshima on August 9, The torch will pass from hand to hand along the route, Thousands are expected to take part in the marathon which is part of the giant October 21 mobilization, Sponsors of the torch marathon describe it as “a bugle call to activate people for peace.” Dave Dellinger of the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, in an interview with the press recently, said the march on Washington will be a massive confrontation to demand an end to the war in Vietnam, He said he saw a direct connection between Vietnam and struggle taking place in America’s cities, @How can we expect this country to be honored among the peoples of the world when it upholds hich fills coffers of feudal a system of greed WI landlords in Vietnam and of slumlords in the cities of the U.S.?” Another member of the committee, Norma Becker, condemned a policy under which the government spends #$322,000 for each Vietna- mese it kills while it allocates $53 a year for each American living in a state of poverty. She demanded that the $32 billion now spent annually for the killing in Vietnam be used for rebuilding the ghettos.. - n by anti-aircraft gun- d up their attacks in Haiphong a The resolution passed by 4,686,000 votes to 3,319,000, in what was considered a major upset for the TUC leadership and the right wing supporters of Prime Minister Wilson’s policy to back the U.S. in Vietnam, The vote reflects the growing demand in Britain for a change in policy all the way down the line — from economic to foreign policy. In recent weeks the anti- Vietnam war sentiment in Bri- tain has risen sharply, but Prime Minister Wilson continues to back the U.S. despite the growing es- calation of the war by President Johnson, The latest escalation has caused widespread concern among the British people, This concern was expressed in an announcement last week that an influential delegation of British Labor MPs were visiting Washington to have talks with U.S. Senator J.W. Fulbright and other influential American lead- ers on the Vietnam war. Meanwhile, in the U.S. last week Senators Mike Mansfield, Charles H. Percy and Fulbright led the mounting protests in Con- gress against President John- son’s new escalation of the bomb- ing of North Vietnam, All three stressed the danger of involve- ment in war with China, Military men in Washington have admitted that the bombing of targets near China would inevit- ably bring about violations by U.S. planes of Chinese territory. According to informed circles in Washington, the President’s escalation decision is based on a miscalculation as to China’s pos- sible response to this intensifi- cation of the air aggression atits borders. Johnson and his ad- visers are reportedly convinced that because of China’s aliena- tion from the Soviet Union and other socialist countries, and grave internal turmoil, China is in no position to respond to the escalation of the bombings at its border, Disagreeing with President Johnson, Senator Mansfield, who is the upper house’s Majority Leader, declared that the air attacks so close to China’s bor- ders are a “very dangerous ex- tension of the war.” He saidit brings the U.S. “much closer to the brink of a possible confrontation which could be made probable through a miscal- culation, an error or otherwise.” The lack of confidence by the U.S. public in President John- son’s policies reached a record high last week when the Harris and Gallup polls revealed that 61 percent of Americans polled disapprove of Johnson’s foreign and domestic policies, and only 89 percent approve the presi- dent’s leadership, This is the lowest favorable rating since he entered the White House, Meanwhile, the U.S,-sponsored election, which resulted in the return of the military clique, which the whole world expected, got bogged down this week in charges by seven of the 10 cand- idates of fraud and corruption, The South Vietnam National Liberation Front charged this week that the election was rigged and a “deceitful farce.” It said that the result means the U.S. yoke will continue and the war will be intensified against the people of Vietnam, : ‘STRONG MEASURES