“We've-mo objection to mixing politics with sport!” Anger mounts as Soviets out of soccer cup final By STANLEY LEVINSON (Morning Star) FIFA’s. (International Football Association) shabby decision Nov. 12 to exclude the Soviet Union from the World Cup for refusing to play in Chile is far from the last word on the matter. There are many in the football world who agree completely that no visiting team should play matches in any bloodstained stadium in Chile. In both East and West there have been sharp criticisms of FIFA and the Chileans and backing for the Soviet Union. The Soviet FA had replied to the FIFA ultimatum “play in Santiago or else” with a simple four-word cable: “Match in Chile impossible.” Immediately FIFA general secretary Helmut Kaeser in Zurich announced that the Soviet Union had excluded themselves and that the Chileans would go through to the finals in West Germany next year. The match, due next week, was a play-off. There was no reaction from Moscow but in Berlin the GDR news agency ADN branded the FIFA decision as “irresponsible and immoral.” ‘The GDR, which has qualified for the finals, demanded ‘that the FIFA executive should meet to annul the decision. This backs the Swedish and Dutch FA calls for a special meeting of the interna- tional body’s leadership to reconsider the question. The Yugoslav FA has also supported the Soviet stand. Support has also come from a whole group of newspapers — Aftonbladets (Sweden), Schweizer Fussball (Switzerland) Kicker (West Germany) and Suddeutschen Zeitung (West Germany) among them.: : ’ Schweizer Fussball says that by insisting that the match be played in Chile and not on a neutral ground, FIFA “commits a disgraceful political move.” : “FIFA must hold the match in a country where people are not executed or subjected to reprisals, where order and tranquility reign,” says Prof. Rjelka, of Graz University, Austria, who is at- tending a meeting of the International Council’ of Sport and Physical Education in Warnemunde (GDR). Secretary of the Swedish Sports Union Bengtsson, also in War- nemunde, said: “I have a profound respect for the decision of the Soviet FA,” s : The president of the International Wrestling Association com- mented: “Friendship is strengthened at sports grounds. This is an important requirement for sport. How can this task be achieved at a stadium turned into ‘a concentration camp and where people were tortured?” , Right. from the word go—when Kaeser visited Santiago last — month — FIFA has thrown in its lot with the Chileans. Had it been England or some other Western country I have no doubt that Kaeser and company would have agreed to a neutral venue, as they have readily done for teams due to play in Belfast. Even this latest chapter had its share of deceit. According to FIFA the Chileans had secretly agreed to a request from Kaeser that the match should be switched to another Chilean city. But Chilean FA president Fluxa said that this had been rejected. A switch to another stadium would have meant a big financial loss for the Chileans, he said. .Whether or not other countries will boycott the Cup remains to be seen — Poland, the GDR, Bulgaria, almost certainly, and Yugo- slavia, possibly, are among the final 16. Kaeser -said: “I cannot see any sporting reason for anybody to boycott the World Cup;” a phrase that will go down in sporting history. : If the general secretary of the body controlling the world’s most popular sport can make a remark like that, I give even more for the game. ; The British Football Associations have been shamefully silent on this matter of principle. Not a peep from Lancaster Gate in London, nor from Park Gardens in Glasgow. They should end their silence by demanding that this decision- be erased and that the vital qualifying match be played in another American country, as requested by the Soviet Union. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1973—PAGE 6 Moscow peace meeting| broadest in y By MARK SYDNEY Jean Vautour, executive s@Cc- retary of the Canadian Peace Congress, and vice-chairman Of -the Canadian Preparatory Com-- mittee for the World Congress of Peace Forces, attended the Congress with the Canadian delegation. Just back from M9S- cow, she spoke with the Trib- une about her thoughts on that magnificent event. We started by asking her about her impressions of the Congress. “Even. now, a few weeks after the Congress, it is hard to assess such a tremendous @2- ertaking,” she said. “Present were 1,100 national ‘organiZ@- tions from 144 countries, and 120 international organizations. Without doubt it was much broader than any other ass€™- bly for peace in the history of the world. “Of course, with such a spec trum of organizations, there was a wide difference of opim!on at the Congress, And coriSe- quently, the struggle to come out with a consensus was 2P- parent in the preparation of the final communique. “But let’s be clear. This 1 presented not division, but the feeling that permeated the ©2- tire Congress — that peace WS now necessary to mankind, 4nd that only action by people around the world would ensure it. As the final communique says, the Congress was a miile- stone of the efforts of the PC ple in defence of and for build- ing peace.” Highlights of Congress We then asked what, in her opinion, were the highlights Of the Congress. “The most emotional was the speech of Hortensia Alle™de, widow of the late president and hero of Chile,” she said. ‘“Per- ~ haps the other highlight was the expression of the Soviet peOPle for peace.. First there was the concert on the first evening Of the Congress, with more than 1,000 of the finest Soviet artists participating. And on the final day, what was most touching was when Soviet children C@me down the aisles to give flowW®rs to all the delegates. “Also important was the speech of L. I. Brezhnev, 8€N- eral secretary of the CPSU, be- cause it clearly set out that the Soviet Union, in‘every aspe€t of government policy, was solidly behind_ the struggle for peace _and peaceful coexistence.” We then asked about ° the Canadian delegation. “Canada can be proud of the delegation we sent to the ©on- gress. We had 60 delegates 4nd every one of them participated in the activities of the ©on- gress. The delegation divided itself up at the outset so that Canadians would be presext in every one of the 14 cormmis- sions, Cross-Section : “I'd like to make a special reference to Quebec. They . had a very enthusiastic and lively group of 14 people, mainly young people. Prof. Jean Louis Roy was the leader of the Que- bec group. ; ; “On. the Canadian deleg@tion were 17 trade unionists, ‘Tm the B.C. Fishermen, the Quebec ‘ Teachers’ Corporation, the Van; couver, Montreal and. Toronto Labor Councils, the Saskatch- ewan Federation of Labor. There were four nurses, social workers, teachers, clergymen a real cross-section of Can- adians interested in peace. — And how did the delegation together? : a ached the course of the Congress we met together a couple of times,” said Mis. Vautour. “Once to discuss a document submitted to the Can- adian delegation by the Metro Toronto Labor Council on the Se Cosmonaut Tereshkova talking with delegat ing of World Congress of Peace Forces in Moscow.” es ion of Soviet ‘dissidents.’ oF ‘aocumieat was discussed very thoroughly, and the deci- sion of the delegation was’ that it should be submitted on pe- half of the Metro Toronto Labor Council to the commission on human rights, but not, as the MTLC asked, presented by the Canadian delegation as a whole to the Soviet government. “The delegates felt they were not empowered to act.on Such a question by the sponsoring or- ganizations who sent them. “We also met together neat the end of the Congress to dis- cuss how to organize follow-up work on our return to Canada. A lot of this has already start- ed; there have been reports on the Congress from delegates jn Vancouver, Welland and in ae ronto. At the last meeting oO the Labor Council of Metrapo- litan Toronto, delegate Sam Fox spoke about his participation, “There is also a proposal that the Canadian Preparatory Com- mittee collect all the reports made by delegates; these would be compiled in an umbrella ré- port of the Canadian delegatjon, that is; a summary Of every- thing. This will take a little pit of time, but I think we can do Tp then asked Jean Vautour about the future impact ne ‘ments of the Ww, Congress will have f, “The Congress will have a tremendous impact in €very country in spite. of and at times dishonest re rt- ing in the Canadian and a press,” she Said, . é “% “At no time were we, reports said, ‘locked up in the Rosiya Hotel.’ The Soviet Union gave it Over to the delegates to be used as they wished. It is true, however, that no tourist or Soviet citizen could rent a room there while the Congress went on, but the delegat ‘ tainly could ee aS Some BS whenever the gates to the warmly welcomed and received Of Moscow. Tha €verywhi 16 went) os fre one : Action for Peace I-think that every _ single Canadian delegate, through their reporting back to their or- ganizations, in their future work, will, to g greater ser degree, stimula: adians in the str eae ee — Strugele for Let me cite est two in his report to the Metro To- ronto Labor Ouncil, saiq that the trade Union . mover should do more Vement bout . comes aS a resyjt of thin Bane gress. -Hopefully , it should sti- mulate much ac labor people. “And the de] : Canadian Coy sete oe before leaving me that a ful} hele Assured count of the c : Made availab engress will be . © to all the churches affiliat adian Council. To with the ae of thing we ne i ; ether, t into” united action te o et that ee truly echo the ps Orld Congress of Peace Forces. at is What we hope to do,” Building Israe/’s arms industry Direct investments of tpe trusts of the Federal Repyplic of Germany in Israel have jumped more than 50% to qa to- tal of 276.8 million marks gur- ing the first six months of 1973. Thus, FRG private capital jn- vested in the’ Israeli economy has quintupled since 1971. FRG investments in Israel are especially concentrated in the armaments jing Nuclear - and Ustry Soda Tocket . industry, and the stee] ; Bess 4 dition FRG ca @usty: In ad- terested j refineries, "Israeli petroleum One of ‘the | a ment projects test FRG invest- “ is the co of the “Israe) Steel mine Nt plant is con- trolled by 9 Munich concern. or Canada, the adverse 80 wherever and. t open- Y _ pleased, Dele- = Congress were ~ Or les: - tivity among This is the type is to get it all Ne Our next step © k of Shares ‘of ..