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Hie CorVention call adopted Am, seting Says in part: _ ul ate Convention takes iS af € midst of a growing ite of ®cting almost all as- i polity nadian life—econo- i) “al, social, constitu- Hh aitional and democra- Pitin Crisis is developing Ting a framework of the Hey ye Mperialism, particu- Retign Perialism. The main “At ig a Mankind’s . develdp- ili, .'Mined by the world é Ml Woe: the interna- Mary fo Ng class, all revolu- ofl The an Ale: at 4 Convention takes St rest Ime of growing poli- hn 3 jness -and ferment Ney, P&Ople as they search J ang Policies, new direc- % Durga”, alternatives to Pi Yhap °° by governments * become Monopoly. People Wines 88 More and more rest that only policies:

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“The two. basic documents be- for the Convention, the Draft Policy Statement and the New Draft of the Program, taking these lessons into account, provide a sound base upon which the Convention will deve- lop creative Marxist-Leninist policies to give direction to the struggles of the working class and its democratic allies for. the immediate needs of the day and for advancement towards the revolutionary goal of social- ism.”

NDP government in Saskatchewan starts reforms

By WILLIAM BEECHING

REGINA — The special ses- sion of the provincial legislature has begun to introduce some of the reforms promised by the vic- torious NDP during the election.

The session is still on, but it is clear that the new NDP gov- ernment has only set limited ob- jectives for it. It has cancelled all doctor’s and hospital deter- rent fees, and will release all citizens over 65 from medicare premium payments, measures welcomed by the working peo- ple. :

The Blakeney government al- sO proposes a one-year morator- ium on farmers’ debts, which is hotly opposed by the Liberals. Anti-labor Bill 2 will be repeal- ed at this session as well, and the Liberals are making a fight of it.

It is clear that the session was called in haste, with inade- quate preparation and limited scope, because of the impending elections in Alberta. The gov- ernment will not propose a La- bor Bill of Rights, nor will it take measures to deal with un- employment or the agricultural crisis at this session.

NDP. Attorney-General “Roy Romanow has evaded growing criticism of Regina police bru- tality by ordering the Regina police commission to examine itself and bring in a sae, =

e program for Saskatch- wns development ae aa

licly proposed by p e a BRE es of the Commun- ist Party is being widely dis- cussed. Premier Allan Blakeney acknowledge receipt of the pro- gram in a letter to the commit- tee and stated that his govern- ment would take the ‘proposals into account.

“entific cooperation foreseen

for it,’ he said. “The similarity of natural environments a ee countries determines the clo:

peing ness of the problems ngs tackled by Soviet and penueiss | scientists, so our cooperatio

ould be extremely fruitful. Be- eine I noticed at the congress that many Soviet aclepee have a_ perfect command 0 English, which I cannot say about my Russian as yet.-- ; Under the auspices 0 UNESCO Prof. Folinsbee will be the organizer of the 24th ane nationa} Geological Congress be held in Montreal in 1972.

campaign to compel Nixon to end Vietnam war in ‘71

The Cross-Canada Anti-War Confer- ence that met in Toronto last weekend with 172 delegates from 27 organiza- tions, declared that the 7-point pro- gram advanced at the Paris peace talks by Mme. Binh, representative of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam, constitutes a basis for peaceful negotiations to end the

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complicity.

26 MP’s sign petition urging U.S. stop war

NDON — When 87 British ane and seven members of the House of Lords last month signed a petition to U.S. Con- gress for an end to the war in Vietnam, they called on parlia- mentarians in other countries

llow suit. pate petition urged “the with- drawal from Indochina of all American forces and materials, including air and naval forces, and the cessation of all bombing attacks from bases either with- in or outside Indochina, at an

_ early and fixed date during

yay ee those who have re-

sponded to that call are 26 Can- adian parliamentarians, all 81 members of the Social Demo- cratic group present in the par- liament of Finland, and 34 Aus- uralian MP’s.

The Canadian signatories,

which includes all sitting fede- .

ral MP’s from the New Demo-

atic Party, are: o Thomas S. Barnett, (Comox-

Alberni), Les. G. Benjamin (Re-

‘gina-Lake Centre), Derek Black-

burn (Brant), Andrew eat top (Greenwood), Ab Edward Boe bent (Oshawa-Whitby), oe Burton (Regina East), Ts

Douglas (Nanaimo-Cowichan —

The Islands).

R. Gordon Fairweather (Fun- dy-Royal), John Gilbert (Broad- view), A. Gleave (Saskatoon- Biggar), Randolph Harding (Kootenay West), Frank How- ard .(Skeena), .David Lewis (York South), David MacDonald (Egmont).

Grace Macinnis (Vancouver- Kingsway), Barry Mather (Sur- rey), Lorne: Nystrom (Yorkton-

Melville), David Orlikow (Win- ._

nipeg Narth), Arnold Peters (Temiskaming), Mark W. Rose (Fraser Valley . West), Douglas C. Rowland (Selkirk), Max Salts- man: (Waterloo), John L. Skob- erg (Moose Jaw), Rod Thomson (Battleford-Kindersley), Harold ’ E. Winch (Vancouver East).

India-USSR Pact

NEW DELHI — Under the newly signed 20-year friend- ship pact India and the Soviet - Union pledge closer coopera- tion, including immediate mu- tual consultations to adopt appropriate medusures to re- move the threat of war if either party should be threat- ened.

The pact has been heartily welcomed in both countries.

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war in Indonesia. The conference called for demonstrations across Canada on Nov. 6 to bring pressure to bear on President Nixon to end that criminal war of aggression, and.also to compel the Canadian government to end its

The representatives from South Viet- nam were prevented from participat-

ing in the meeting by Canada’s External Affairs Department, which delayed their visas to Aug. 9 so as to keep them out. The conference adopted a sharp protest against that action.

The main document adopted by the Conference was an Ac- tion Program outlining a plan of work for the immediate ‘period ahead. The Conference also passed other resolutions on Bangla Desh, one protesting the Amchitka nuclear tests, and an- other demanding immediate and reasonable bail for the impri- soned Black U.S. Communist Angela Davis.

The conference called on Canadians from all walks of life to participate in mass de- monstrations in every province and in every region of Canada on Nov. 6, the International Day of Protest. As well, prepa- ratory actions for the Nov. 6 demonstrations will be under- taken, including a Student Day of Protest by university and high-school students on Nov. 3, and an Assembly of Canadians to lobby parliament in Ottawa on -Oct. 13 in solidarity with

. moratorium actions across the

United States. |

The anti-war actions are to be built around the following demands to the Canadian gov- ernment:

e@ Issue a statement condemn- ing U.S. aggression, and de- manding the immediate with- drawal of all.U.S. troops and war material from Southeast Asia.

e@ Tell the truth about Cana-

da’s role in Vietnam. Open the files of ‘the External Affairs De- partment and CIDA. ‘-@ Withdraw now from the International Control Commis- sion and urge its dissolution. Withdraw from all military al- liances with the U.S., including NATO and NORAD.

e Declare an embargo on shipments of arms and strategic resources to the U.S. End all re- search for the U.S. military. Terminate the Defense Produc- tion Sharing Agreements.

A mass rally at City Hall Square, followed by a torch- light procession to the U.S. con- sulate marked Hiroshima Day in Toronto the night before.

The hundreds of people who flocked to the rally heard Steph- anie Coontz of the National Peace Action Coalition in the United States flay the Nixon ad- ministration for its stalling tac- tics and hypocrisy at the Paris peace talks, and pledge that the U.S. peace movement will not

‘allow Nixon to destroy the life

of one more G.I. by continuing bloody aggression in Indochina. She told of the actions initiated for the Nov. 6 demonstration in the United States and around the world.

From -City Hall Square the rally marched to the U.S. con- sulate, bathed in the light of torches carried in the parade.

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