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“One man—one vote’

7 HE proposal of Britain’s Prime Minister Harold Wil- son for “a Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Mission” to Rhodesia in an attempt to head off the threat of Rho- desian Premier Ian Smith's “Unilateral Declaration of Independence” (UDI) is not an evidence of the “high statesmanship” is it touted to be in some political circles.

Already the Wilson proposal has received a sour re- ject by racist Premier Smith. With the exception of “my close friend, Prime Minister Robert Menzies’’ of Austra- lia, Smith rejects the other Commonwealth ministers (in- cluding Canada’s Lester B.) with a contemptuous “those people”.

In British Guiana, Aden and other trouble spots of our “far-flung empire and commonwealth” Prime Minis- ter Wilson, and the Tories before him, have had no hesi- tation about suspending constitutions, disbanding elected governments, or putting the people under military and police rule. In this at least London can claim parity with Washington.

But not in Rhodesia. While they pretend to oppose Premier Smith’s UDI, that is 230,000 white settlers lord- ing it over 4,000,000 voteless Africans in a British “owned” African colony, they fear the inevitable conse- quences of UDI, and prefer the colonial status quot to remain—with some small “concessions,” of course.

These might include the possible “appointment” of, a handful of African “ministers” in a “junior capacity” in government affairs; a big hurrah about an. “expanded

educational policy’, aimed at teaching the African the

“responsibilities of self-government”’, etc. But not a word on the prime objective of four million Africans, expressed in four simple but expression words: “One man one vote”.

For the “Labor’’ statesmen in 10 Downing Street the colonial status quo in Rhodesia is preferable to Premier Smith’s UDI. Neither seeks to end the white minority rule, which makes life for four million Africans a verit- able hell on earth, but one, UDI presages disaster, swift and inevitable.

As the British Daily Worker puts it: “It is for pre- cisely these reasons—and because of what the status quo means in terms of human suffering and misery to the four million Africans—that the government (British)

must be pressed to act now and end white minority rule, _ without waiting to see which way Premier Smith will

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_8 ‘*splinter’’ groups in the run-

“You're not. to talk about peace, or anything else that might upset him at the moment !’

Murder called “good’

AST week External Affairs Minister Paul Martin

made one point of Liberal “foreign policy” clearer, viz; that in the event of a Liberal victory at the polls, Canadian military forces will be on their way to Vietnam to join in the U.S. murder of Vietnamese.

According to Martin all who question U.S. murder- ous aggresion in Vietnam in its criminal attempts to “stop Communism”, are “ill-informed”. Echoing Martin’s approval of U.S. aggression the Vancouver Sun “apolo- gizes’ for those Vancouverites who had the temerity to question Herr Martin, then informs its readers that “‘the American purpose is good” in Vietnam; that all the blame for U.S. atrocities “lies in Hanoi and Peking”.

During and after World War II the Hitlerite war cri- minals used much the same argument in defense of their crimes against humanity. Martin’s concept of what is “good” is bad for Canada. It is imperative that it be cor- rected November 8.

Thus if ‘‘majority’’ govern- ments were the ‘‘solution’’ to Canada’s ills, we’ve had lots of them since 1867, But, as the ancient philosopher Aesop so fit- tingly wrote apropos ‘‘majority’’

Liberals emerged with 171 seats: to the Tory 39, with no less than

ning for the balance, including the Tory Herridge ‘‘New Democ- racy’’ party in a desperate effort

to salvage something from the government, ‘The Mountain wreck of the ‘‘Iron Heel’’ Ben- labored , .. and brought forth nett pirate regime, a mouse,’’ Well not quite a,

n their touching appeal

for votes, always well larded with extravagant *promis- es’*, L. B, Pearson and his Lib- eral entourage of aspiring candi- dates rarely miss an opportunity to extol the ‘‘urgent need’’ of ‘*majority’’ government to ‘‘get things done,’’

In Vancouver last week Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Martin is reported to have said ‘*God help Canada if it isn’t a Liberal majority’’, For the record a few million Canadians (including this one) can promptly reply, ‘*God help Canada if it is,’’

Since the first Parliament of Canada, July 1, 1867 to Nov, 6, 1873, the Tories, or the ‘Pro- gressive-Conservatives” as some of them dubbed themselves 78-years later (in an attempt to stem the tide of political oblivion) have had no less than ten distinct ‘*majority’’ govern- ments, seven of these with very substantial majorities,

Similarly since Confederation, the Liberals have had no less than thirteen distinct majority governments, some of them real whopping ones, capable of imple-

: menting any or all pre-election

**promises’’ had they so desir- ed, but didn’t,

In the years of World War I we had the Tory Borden govern- ment which, in its second term in office became a ‘Unionist’’ government under the ageis of a

**National Liberal and Conserva- ~

tive Party,’’ an alliance which split French and English Canada on conscription, made ‘‘democ- racy safe’’ for the Bankers Asso- ciation, and together gave Canada some of her best and biggest graft and corruption scandals, An art in which both old-line

parties excel, whether together or’

apart,

Along about that time deep schisms in the ranksof Tweedle- dee and Tweedledum also began to show up, followed later by breakaways, Thus we had **Laurier-Liberals’’, ‘‘Independ- ent-Liberals’’, ‘‘Independent- Conservatives’, ‘‘United Farm- Labor’’, plus Tory H.H, Stevens’ one-man ‘*Reconstruction” party, The Social Credit plague didn’t appear on the scene until later.

In the 1935 general election the

(Any similarity between the Tory Herridge NDP of that era with the NDP of today or its veteran MP from West Kootenay “is purely coincidental,”)

In the 1945 Liberal ‘‘majority’’ with its 184 Grits to 39 Tories, the ‘‘brand new world’’ promised after World War II held noattrac- tion for the King-St, Laurent top- heavy majority, They had other *<committments’ ro! carry through; to provide an anti-Soviet ‘*espionage’’ launching pad for the U,S.-Churchill coldwar, and_ to clear the way for Canada’s ‘‘in- tegration’’, (the polite word for betrayal and sellout) in the U.S, economy and. war adventures,

The 1957 general election saw the Tories ousting the Liberals by a slim margin of 7 seats, But in the 1958 political bout the ‘Follow John’’ crusade buried the Grit household with a 208 to 48 ‘‘majority.’’ That at least was a “majority’’ capable (if it wanted to) of implementing every piece of legislation any Tory, Liberal or Socred spell-binder had ever ‘‘promised.’’ But it didn’t,

‘¢mouse,’’ Rather say a top-heavy majority ‘‘commitment’’, to have

useless U.S, Bomarcs anddeadly —

nuclear warheads located in Can- ada, an end product of our ‘‘in- tegration’’ subservience, A Tory **commitment”’ whicha *‘ minori- ty’’ Liberal government ‘‘honor- ed’’—by sneaking U.S. nuclear bombs in—in violation of its ‘*promise’’ to ‘*negotiate’’ them out,

Let no one be fooled in this election campaign when old-line party aspirants set up a howl for ‘*majority’’ government, We’ve had them with both labels and

Quoting

A doctor told a Hollywood film stat that she was run down and needed 4 a change. ‘‘A change” she exclai ed. “During the last 18 months I’ve had three husbands, four cars, three jewe! robberie, eleven cook, two divorces and seven landlords. What other change can you suggest?”’

—PEOPLE’S VOICE, New Zealand, Sept. 8, ‘65:

As one citizen, we are fed up !0 here with people who tell us what sacrifices they are prepared to make for the Canadian people. We are sick of pre-election promises. We woul : much prefer it if budding politicians followed the Red Skelton gag about © a the Senator who told his audiences:

“Those fellows in there have been — stealing from you for years. They've p | robbed you blind. They’ve taken most of the nation’s wealth. How about electing me now and giving me? chance?”

—Bob Ward in UE NEWS, Sept. 27/65

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Perhaps the most appropriate sy™ bol of the world we are attempting f° accustom our children to accept is 4 toy time-bomb ($2.95) that starts tick- ing when wound.

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The bomb is supposed to be passed from child to child until it 99° “bang”, blasting the hapless you"d” ster out of the game.

—PEOPLE’S VOICE, New Zealand)

August, 25/65: —

I want to see President Johnson and try fo convince him that the only thing to do in Vietnam is to seek a pol col 3 settlement. You cannot win that “Gi of war by military means. F

I would say to him, “Mr. presen you are mucking up.the world—¢ fast. The Chinele Pi chaps off e

Korea and they might do it ‘again. G0 __ for a political settlement—it’s the oY

way. You don’t mean fo fight them

alls —British Field Marshall, Viscou™! Montgomery “Monty” of El Alo- mein, in an interview with the oB- SERVER, July 1/65. Reprinted in CEYLON NEWS, July 24/65.

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in abundance since 1867, During the 98-years since the fit Parliament of Confederation, 9° 1ess than 23 out of 26 have bee? Tory or Liberal ‘majority’ 6°V - ernments, and these old-liné political jumping-jacks for big ‘monopoly capital (on the latter's instruction and‘‘slush’’ fund sU sidies) want to keep it that W2)

Through the years they have at least learned that under ‘‘minol!- ty’’ government it is much more difficult to apply ‘‘get tough policies on the people, c@!7’— through sellouts of Canada’s 7 sources heritage, or embro Canada in U.S, war adventures against peoples and nations wi whom Canadians have no quart@s — Hence their yowl for ‘«major! government, j

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