FI Rel lt eA A OUTLAWS MINORITY OPINION CBC ban strikes blow i] Silywvsed! pay. OCTOBER 15, 1965 OL. 26, NO. 41 ee Man they want to silence speaks in B.C. next week William Kashtan, na- tional leader of the Com- munist Party, will open a national tour in B.C. next week. He will speak in the main B.C. centres be- tween Oct. 20 and 25. “What's At Stake No- vember Eighth?"’ will be the subject of his speech. Although CBC has denied him the opportunity to outline his Party's plat- form on TV and radio, the public will have a chance to hear him while in B.C. For details of his tour see page 2. A WILLIAM KASHTAN a Protest against U.S. Viet bolicy set for Saturday These will include cessation of the bombing of North and South Vietnam: the withdrawal of all foreign troops, including U,S.; from Vietnam as provided in Article 16 of the Geneva Accord; and the dismantling of all foreign (i.e. U.S.) military bases in Viet- nam as provided in Article 19 of the Geneva Accord. mie protest against U.S, ry intervention in Vietnam a Set for Vancouver this Th ae Saturday, October 16, of p ancouver International Day Totest Committee called this Rather people concerned, to the the Court House, Tgia and Howe, at 12 noon, The Vancouver protest will be a of the world wide protest A circular issued by the spon- October 16 against U.S, policy S0ring committee declares that b letnam, Paonstrationehave support for the protest is essen- a Organized in over 30Amer-__ tial in order to convince the U.S. an Cities, as well as cities in that they are morally and politi- anada, Britain, France, Japan cally isolated by their present gentina, ; Ms Vietnam policy: and to impress political candidates in Canada that there is strong opposition A short Meeting at the Court : : to U.S. policy in Vietnam. Se on Saturday will be ad- dres in. © by- UBC profe Wil- - Willmott, which will be Adding importance to the pro- cowed by a Soh the the U.s, test is the announcement that onsy vane ** —y,s, forces in Vietnam have been Tang late at Georgia and Bur- given the go-ahead to use gas wd warfare against the Vietnamese people, This action is part of The b theme of 2 ar ill e the march wil ine stepping-up of the U.S. war in demand an end to the war de tetnam, A list of specific with more bombings and large Con ds. will be posted on the scale employment of U.S. troops Slate door, in military operations, at freedom of speech A body blow was struck at freedom of speech and Canadian democracy this week when the CBC program, “This Hour Has Seven Days,”’ barred Cana- dian Communist leader William Kashtan from appearing on its program to which all leaders of political parties had been invited. This action followed a recent decision by the CBC to bar the Communist Party, whichis running 16 candidates, from ‘‘free time”’ political broadcasts. The effect of the CBC’s de- cision is to ban the Communist Party from the publicly-owned Canadian broadcasting system and to deny Canadians an oppor- tunity to see or hear Communist candidates discuss the vital is- sues of the federal election,and to decide for themselves the merits of the Communist Party program, The Sunday night national TV program announced recently that it would provide a “hot seat” for every national party leader to answer questions on the elec- tion issues, When Kashtan, on behalf of the Communist Party, indicated his desire to appear, the program producers rejected him, The grounds given were that CBC regulations rejected free time for the Communist Party. Earlier the CBC had decided not to grant the Communist Party any free time political broad- casts on the grounds that only parties which ran more than one candidate for every four ridings would be entitled to the free time provided. Now this un- democratic ruling is being ex- tended to all regular program- ming of the CBC, Commenting on the action of the program’s producers and the CBC, Nigel Morgan, B.C, Com- munist leader, said the aim of the ruling is to achieve a com- plete blackout of the Communist Party’s point of view, “This ban could be extended to all programs on radio and television — and under this Mc- Carthyite ruling, could even ex- tend to news coverage of the election campaign, As far as the CBC is concerned it is re- fusing to recognize that the Com- munist Party exists and wants to keep the public from hearing the program of the Communist Party, “This action iS an attack on all minority points of view, It will only help the enemies of publicly-owned TV and will give comfort and satisfaction to big business and U,S, interests in Canada,” Following the rejection by the producers of.“This Hour Has Seven Days,” William Kashtan sent a wire to the leaders of all Canadian political parties pro- testing the ban. The wire was to Prime Minister Pearson, John Diefenbaker, T.C, Douglas, Real Caouette and Robert Thompson, It said: “On behalf of challenge to all See CBC BAN, pg. 3 U.S. VIETNAM POLICY CONDEMNED AT TEACH-IN U.S. policy in Vietnam came under sharp fire last weekend at a huge tecch-in at the University of Toronto. The debate was followed by more than 20,000 people at Varsity Ar- ena andan audience estimated at 2 million on special radio hookup which carried the program to 30 U.S. and 13 Canadian universities. For a report on the teach-in at UBC see the story on page 12. Picture above shows a section of the youthful audience at Toronto University.