‘By fair means or foul’ BENNETT SEEKS VOTE 10 doy read FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1966 VOL. 27, NO. 32 ‘eee ‘HIROSHIMA DAY’ RALLY: Part of the 2,500 People at the Peace Arch, August 6, listen- ing intently to keynote address of Dr. Gio- STAY PUT AS US BROKER Immediately following Premier Bennett’s announcement that a provincial election will be held on Se manager, Charles Caron is ptember 12, Communist Party provincial campaign sued the following statement to the press. In his statement Caron pinpoints some of the major public criticisms of the Bennett Socred regime, and some of the programmatic remedies which must find wide expression and support in this Mr. Caron’s statement follows: Premier Bennett’s contempt for the people of this province is illustrated once again in his call for a general election for September 12, The Premier isnot really call- ing an election wherein all op- vanni Costigan of Washington University brand U.S. aggression in Vietnam as ‘a crime against humanity.’ Peace Arch rally voiced ‘a joint will to end war’ The 21st anniversay of the A-bomb destruction of Hiroshima Was fittingly commemorated last Saturday, August 6 at the Inter- national Peace Arch Park on the U.S.-Canadian border at Blaine, Washington, Some 2,500 citizens from Canada and the U,S, attend- ed the rally, Under the chairmanshipofE.P. ‘Paddy’ Neale, secretary of the Vancouver and District Trades and Labor Council, greeting were Presented to the audience from far and wide, testifying to the indestructible spirit of interna- tional solidarity of the world’s people in times of grave crisis. A message fromT.C, ‘Tommy’ Douglas described US. aggres- Sion in Vietnam as “legally in- defensable and morally inexcu- sable” and wished the Hiroshima. Day rally every success in its By Tom McEwen effort to end aggression in Viet- nam, Other messages of greeting came from Canadian Doukhobor bodies, urging this war upon the Vietnam people ‘be stopped now’; from the Canadian‘ Voice of Wom- en’, the Womens Auxiliaries of the International. Longshoremen, ‘Women’s Committee Linking Hands for Peace’ in Japan, and others, : From Fenner Brockway (now Lord Brockway) representing the British Council for Peace, which includes many peace and friend- ship organizations in Britain, a message of “best wishes” and the need “to stir the conscience of the world, lest Vietnam become ‘a vast cemetery, with more Hiro- ShiMaAS evs «2% Mrs. Helen Weir of Toronto, member of Women’s Internation- al Democratic Federation & Con- gress of Canadian Women also brought greetings from these or- ganizations to the Peace Arch rally, Before introducing the speak- ers at the Hiroshima Day rally, Chairman ‘Paddy’ Neale express- ed his deep “regret that the labor movement of North America had not as yet taken a forefront posi- tion in the fight for peace, es- pecially since in all wars it is the sons of the working people who must bear the brunt of it.” The first speaker, Alice Frank- lyn Bryant, a Seattle Peace Can- didate in the current U.S. con- gressional elections, urged that “something must be done about what we are doing in Vietnam, See PEACE ARCH, pg. 8 portunities will be made available for the electorate to examine the record of his government andthe politices he advocates for the period ahead, Not only is he calling the ejection far ahead of the allotted term, but he has allowed the very minimum of 38 days constitutionally required at the height of the holiday period, When the weekends and the labor day holiday are deducted only 29 days are left, : At the last session of the leg- islature Bennett forced through the redistribution of seats to the advantage of the Socred gov- ernment, He has failed to carry out a proper enumeration which logically should follow such a redistribution and which is re- quired to accommodate the thou- sands of young people who have become eligible since the 1963 election. In fact, Mr. Bennett is’ not submitting his government to the test of an election but is at- tempting to proclaim his continu- ation in office for another 5 years, Why should the Premier resort to the kind of undemocratic tac- tics such as those surrounding the present election? The Gov- -ernment’s record provides us with the answer to this question. There is a mounting opposition to the growing domination of our country by U.S. monopolies and the Bennett government cannot afford a thorough-going discus- sion on its record or future plans in this respect. Mr. Bennett and his government are dedicated to J brief election campaign. a program of “custom union” with the United States. Numerous statements to that effect have been made by Mr, Bonner and Mr, Loffmark, And they’ are not simply speaking of something which they consider would be desirable for the future but are proceeding to carrying out such a program, Our main resource, lumber, is under U.S. control. The same applies to our gas, oil, minerals and land, Perhaps the most out- standing instance of the Socred betrayal of our province and country was their activities on the Columbia River Treaty, This be- trayal not only destroyed a great potential for the development of British Columbia but has ended by CANADIANS PAYING U.S, MONOPOLIES TO ROB US, It is like holding a flashlight for a thief to break in one’s own safe, Another very important reason for Bennett rushing into this elec- tion is to be found.in the pressure monopolies are exerting on the government with regard to auto- mation, Big business is determin- ed that the benefits of technolo- gical change shall remain their sole property. Mr. Bennett is committed to this aim of big business, He made clear during the last session of the Legis- lature that he would not permit any general strike on the part of labor regardless of employer provocation and its resulting hardship to working people, See ELECTION, pg. 8 i Richard Lord, Department of Mathematics, Yakima Valley College and Peace candidate in the Fourth Congressional Dis- trict in Washington State, addressing the “Hiroshima Day” Peace Arch demonstration. (i ee Te rT TTT ter