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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1967

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the g Gtest photos from North Vietnam show brought by U.S. bombing.

struction of homes and buildings

VOL. 28, NO. 10

Tribune

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on should tell LBJ:
the bombing now!’

To see President
in near future

When Prime Minister L. B. Pearson sees President Johnson
in Washington in the near future he should take him this mes-
sage from the people of Canada: “Stop the bombing of North
Vietnam and get on with early peace talks to end the war.”

This is the kind of straight-
forward talk needed today to stay
the hand of the U.S, war hawks
and to stop further escalation
of the dirty war which can push
the world over the brink to
thermonuclear war.

Pearson was to have left this
week for talks in Washington,
‘put the death of Governor-
General Georges Vanier forceda
postponement, The talks are
expected to take place inthe near
future but there has been noindi-
cation up to the time of writing,
what the purpose of these dis-
cussions are,

Certainly there is no moreim-
portant question than the Vietnam
war and no bigger issue than that
of disassociating Canada from
the U.S. aggression in Vietnam,

Last week Senator Robert Ken-
nedy called in a Senate speech
for an immediate end to air
attacks on North Vietnam and that
the U.S, indicate it is prepared
for immediate negotiations, But
the Administration rejected his
proposal before he had even spo-
ken,

Meanwhile, Soviet Premier
Kosygin said Monday that the
United States torpedoed a real
chance for Vietnamese peace
talks by resuming bombings after
the lunar new year pause, He
said “the United States is trying
to liquidate the prospects for ne-
gotiations,”

Speaking at a meeting in Mos-
cow the Soviet Premier said the,
Soviet Union gave support to a
North Vietnamese offer of peace

See VIETNAM, pg. 12

McKnight elected
with big majority

In the Port Alberni civic by-
election on March 4 Veteran trade
unionist and active civic worker
George McKnight won the alder-
manic seat by an overwhelming
majority. Of the 2,835 votes cast,
118 more than last December’s
civic vote, in which as runner-
up McKnight was only 47 short
of election, this time he receiv-
ed 1,266, or 62.3 percent of
the total,

His two contenders, John Pat-
erson, got 605 votes and Dave
‘Roach 160. This was George
McKnight’s. thirteenth bid for
public office with the votes in-
variably reflecting a growing pub-
lic support.

**My first reaction totheconfi-
dence and support the citizens of
Port Alberni have shown me,”
stated McKnight when the voting
returns were in, ‘‘is adeep sense
of responsibility”.

_High on the McKnight program
for civic advancement in Port
Alberni is a lowering of the tax
load for the citizens in the low
and medium income brackets, and
a greater equalization of the tax
burden on those best able to pay,

McKnight also put up a strong
campaign for the Port Alberni

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~Centennial Swimming Pool proj-
ect, together with other urgently
needed requirements in the con-
struction of schools, housing, and
other civic needs, expressing
strong criticism of City Council
for failing to take full advantage
of available federal grants in aid
of these projects. :

Over the past year McKnight
has also been a strong advocate
of legislative measures to curb.
pollution in ‘his own and other
Vancouver Island areas,

ALB. McKNIGHT

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