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By MARIO DIAZ (Prensa Latina)

Nearly one hundred women are being held as “prisoners of war” in several prisons in Santi- ago de Chile, where they are being tortured.

According to a report revealed here by Doctor Evelyn Mauss of the International Women’s As- sociation, who visited the “Buen Pastor” jail in the Chilean capi- tal, most of the women prison- ers are being held incommuni- cado and are constantly being moved to torture centers.

Dr. Mauss declared that some ninety-five women are_ being held without specific charges against them and their names are not on the lists of political prisoners.

The women were sent to the “Buen Pastor” jail from other concentration camps and many of them arrived with their hair pulled out, their breasts cut up and their genital organs destroy- ed by electric shocks. Many of them have become pregnant be- cause of rape by their jailers and desperate requests for abortions have been denied.

Evelyn Mauss said that many

tured in Chile's jails

Chilean women waiting to be interrogated in the concentration

camp of Pisagua. Many are political activists themselves, or wives of workers, fishermen and professionals who were supporters of the

Popular Unity government.

of the victims had mice intro- duced in their vaginas and that in the Chena concentration camp, on the outskirsts of the capital, they were blindfolded during torture so they would not see their torturers.

Prison authorities did not al-

Men on Dawson Island face ‘scientific death

SANTIAGO — The Commu- nist Party of Chile, working un- derground, has issued a decla- ration denouncing a_ criminal plan by the junta to slowly mur- der the political prisoners on Dawson Island. The anounce- ment that these prisoners would be or have been transferred to other prisons does not: deny the truth and implication of this gruesome plan.

The following is the text of the Communist Party’s de- nouncement:

Pinochet, the dictator, has pro- hibited humanitarian organiza- tions, mainly the Red Cross from visiting Dawson Island under any circumstances. The reason for this decision lies in their cruel determination to murder our popular leaders through ‘scientific’ procedures. The lives of Luis Corvalan and

his fellow prisoners are in great-

danger.

Fascist doctors have wilfully participated in the elaboration of the plan, which consists of

the administration of different drugs in the prisoners’ food that produce a diminution of ap- petite and consequently a loss of the calories necessary to sub- sist. Through this method cel- lautolysis and a process of or- ganic self-destruction — shortly take place to which the condi- tions of the Island help only too well.

Parallel to this, potent diure- tics are given, furocemide in particular, a drug that induces severe dehydration and salt dep- letion that further debilitate the body.

This planned physical annihi- lation is increased by diets that alternate proteins and carbohy- drates, adding to the damage of the vital organs.

The fact that prisoners on Dawson Island are being denied visitors is a consequence of this ‘scientific plan.’

With great cynicism the jun- ta claims to have discovered among the prisoners a system of secret codes, and suitcases of

low Dr. Mauss to talk to a wo- man doctor, who is also a “pri- soner of war’.-“She knew in what condition the women were in prison and would have been an authorized person who could have told us about the conduct of the military”, said Dr. Mauss.

She added that several of the prisoners, among whom are workers, writers, teachers and actresses, have been moved to galleries for common prisoners, where they share terrible living conditions with them.

The regime also -threatens children to control the Chilean woman,

There are innumerable cases of children who have been drag- ged out of school in the day and out of home at night. They are tortured psychologically and sometimes physically, and then sent back, traumatized, to their mothers,

Chilean exiles said that this was an efficient way to intimid- ate women and to keep them from commenting on the arbit- rary procedures of the Chilean military junta.

arms aimed at fomenting a rebel- lion. We need not stress the falseness of the accusation.

The Communist Party of Chile calls: all the people of Chile and all the peoples of the world to stop this crime before it has been successfully com- pleted.

Dawson prisoners must be snatched from the claws of the fascist beast as soon as possible so that their lives can be saved.

Free speech fight in Calgary

CALGARY — ; Strong pres- sure from communists and their allies here last week forced ra- dio station CFCN to open an election forum to all candidates.

The station wanted to in- clude in its forum only candi- dates representing parties who had members elected to the last parliament. That would have ex- cluded Communist Party candi- date David Whitefield in Cal- gary Centre, and two other can- didates.

But Whitefield and one of the other two candidates immediate- ly launched a strong protest, in- cluding a telegram to the Cana- dian Radio-Television Commis- sion, and the organization of picket lines around the station’s property.

The CRTC responded with the suggestion that CFCN allow all

' parties to air their views on the program, with no results. Sta- tion spokesmen merely said,

“we think we’re on firm legal

ground,” and challenged the CRTC to take court action.

But when Whitefield reiterat- ed his intent to picket the sta- tion, contacted other candidates, especially New Democrats, to ask them to honor the picket lines, and had statements pub- lished in both of Calgary’s daily newspapers, CFCN backed down.

Whitefield’s statement said: “I regret strongly that CFCN has chosen to regard this mat- ter as a simple legal question.

“The right to freedom of speech

and of access to the media is much more than:a legal right, it is a vitally important political right belonging not only to can- didates but also to voters.

“We shall continue to protest through the CRTC and other

‘government agencies and we

shall resume our plan to picket CFCN television studios ... . to request other candidates to boy- cott the program and to take a

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stand on ‘the right of freedom of speech.” .- ; Further pressure was applied to CFCN the day before the forum when: William Kashtan addressed a public meeting in Calgary. Kashtan told the meet- ing that while most local news coverage of communist alterna- tives has been adequate, the na- tional news media have deliber- ately ignored the communist election platform. is The combined pressure was

‘too much for the television sta- .

tion.. CFCN buckled at the last minute, and Whitefield was among those presenting their party platforms’ on the televi- sion forum.

The communist candidate called this a victory for freedom of speech, and was also pleased with the publicity it generated for the Communist Party. The episode showed Calgary com- munists to be principled and tenacious fighters. ‘

e@ Continued from page 3 i speaking for the farmer. He’s talking fpr the big food chains whose profits are record-high, just as prices are record high. Examples are General Bakeries whose profits are 55% up over last year; Maple Leaf Mills up 149.5%; Weston Bakeries up 81% and so on.

Thirdly, as far back as January deals were already being cooked

_ up by the Liberals who promis-

ed, if elected, to raise industrial milk prices. They told the dairy

representatives that the Cabinet

would grant increases raising the guaranteed price for 100 pounds of milk from $8.50 to $10. Cana- dian taxpayers are already sub- sidizing the dairy companies to

‘Basic issues

e@ Continued from page 3 brought “its policies to a wide audience. Despite the blackout of the central media,’ the Com- munist leader stated, ‘‘the local mass media (except in Metro Toronto) was compelled to note the campaign of the Communist Party and its candidates. Coherent Program

“In the-course of the cam- paign new friends of the Party and new. readers of its. press were found,” he reported, show- ing a basis for “more rapid growth of the Party, the Young Communist League. and _ their press.” He said that the Com- munist Party “emerged as the most stable organization of the Left, with a coherent program corresponding to the needs of the working people,” and that

the campaign would “bring great political dividends to the Party.”

Acknowledging that ‘“work- ing people who have begun to break with the old line parties vote, in the main, for the NDP feeling it has a better chance,” Kashtan predicted that this would change as the struggle develops and issues become clearer.

He expressed congratulations, on behalf of the CP Executive Committee, to “all candidates of the Party in this election

campaign, a large percentage of .

whom ran for the first time and showed the ability to stand up

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not settle

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done,” he said. Tasks Ahead

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By PETER REGENSTREIF

The poll’s messas4 A Liberal win but not a romp—

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