1970-71_v11,n03_Chevron

-Gary Robins, the Chevron

Picketers began forming as early as 7 thursday morning at Waterloo’s Sunar industries plant after production workers voted Wednesday night to call a wildcat strike in support of ‘office staff who have been negotiating contract demands with Sunar’s parent, Massey-Ferguson of Toronto. scuffles broke out a.f’ ter this picture was taken when rocks were alledgedly thrown at several of-more than 200 picketers; one man was charged with assault bjj Waterloo police. .

CLC, charges Ccc6mmunist infiltratioti”‘, / -* by Re;nzo Bernardini chevron staff

. Allegations of a “communist plot” were made at the eighth Canadian labor congress conven- d tion held in Edmonton last. week . when the United Fishermen and

. Allied Worker’s union requested entry into the CLC.

The CLC executive is request- ing that the unions in question first - merge with a recognised union (not a standard CLC policy) because of suspected 1X communist infiltration of both unions.

The boxed insert below, shows how one Calgary paper, the Al- bertan, reported the proceedings,‘

--. though a -more realistic picture of the congress would show the manipulation on the part of the

, CLC executive to maintain power. ‘,’ The convention should go down in history as a convention where

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all pertinent social issues were discussed. Issues like pollution, organizing the poor, Vietnam, Canada’s free trade policy, industrial democracy ; all received. a certain amount of attention:

The caliber of discussion from the.‘floor was excellent, but the policy that evolved from the conference was generally liberal and in some cases anti-democratic. The reason behind this lies in the fact that the CLC executive had effectively a free hand to institute whatever policy it wished.

From the’ start of the conference, the executive appointed all the resolution committees whose job it was to make rec- ommendations to the conference

’ from the hundreds of resolutions received from all union locals and metropolitan labour councils across Canada.

Concern for social issues- was stronger this year than ever be-

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‘fore. Almost all policy the executive wanted passed, was passed and all resolutions and policy they wished supressed, was supressed. When it came down to an actual request for the executive to supply leadership for, action, they refused.

Surely they supplied verbal support to those people who wanted to organize around social issues, but budget allocations were

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scarce, and the willingness to’ provide leadership practically non- existant. ’ .Donald M~Denald,t-p~~i~~nt.lqf, the CLC was the chairman of the convention. As far as he was concerned, anything that the executive could not control was a “communist $ot.’ But even his red-baiting tactics received little support from the average delegate. The house was split fifty-fifty over the issue of the fishermens application for affil-

his mallet and calling for order. When the’house finally did come to order he made the comments

:*,&at -were reported in the Alber- ;“tan article.

While on the one hand the executive presented a policy which was in keeping with the reforming attitude of the average delegate,, -they managed to supress resolutions which if implemented in CLC policy, could make the labor movement a movement for social action.

These would be resolutions which, if implemented, could strengthen the labor movement at the grass roots level, reduce the. power of the executive and pave the road for a Canadian social movement dedicated to erad- icating those aspects of society which are at the root of today’s problems. Unfortunately the CL.C executive managed to give e- nough concessions to keep-most of the delegates happy while main- taining their own power.

iation to the CLC. It is the con- tention of this- observer that the vote went slightly in favor of VMC action this weekend

-.allowing the fishermen to affiliate with the congress along with all other unions not presently affil- i iated.

However, MacDonald said that the vote went overwhelmingly in favour of the committee’s rec- ommendation. His decision was challenged from the floor., But MacDonald simply said that he had a superior vantage point and that he alone could tell the real

-way that the house voted. The house burst out with a

mixture of cheers, whistles, boos, applause, and fist pound- ings.

The Vietnam mobilization committee both in Toronto and in Kit- - chener-Waterloo have been active in preparing for war protests for this weekend, in con junction with other protests across Canada and the U.S.

On Saturday there will be a march from Waterloo Square to speaker’s corner in Kitchener at one p.m. The main speaker at the rally in Kitchener will be Bill Dyer, a law student and former high school student in the area who has been active in the VMC and the New Democratic Party.

Endorsed slogans for the pro-

t withdrawal of all U.S.? and - other foreign troops from Viet- ‘nam, Cambodia and all of South-

East Asia. ,

l An end to Canadian complicity

l Solidarity with the U.S. . anti-war movement.

_ (The Toronto protest will assemble at 2 p.m. Sunday at the north , end of Queen’s Park and there will be a mass rally at the City Hall Square at 3 p.m. A student eye- witness of the Kent State massa- cre will be there to speak.

For % further information, call the VMC in this area at 576-0841

MacDonald was left to pound test are or 5762293.

Communist .jdoi snWd&d by Paul Jackson the al bertan

EDMONTON - A major attempt by the Commun- ist Party in Canada to subvert the Canadian labor movement was defeated here thursday. .

But victory was not obtained before tremendous verbal hassles had broken out between conflicting sides at the Canadian Labor Congress convention.

But MacDonald received a standing ovation from the vast majority of 1,500 when he said: “I hope that the delegates to this convention have shown the corn- ’ munist party of Canada and the other sinister forces operating at this/convention what they think of your efforts to pervert this labor movement. ‘I

One delegate involved in the bitter arguments across the convention floor declared: “I’m not a communist.” MacDonald shot back: “I can’t help it if some of you are innocent enough to be manipulated. ”

Mr. MacDonald declared: “There are commun- ists in the convention halls and I know their names.

“They are attempting once again to get into the democratic trade union movement and subvert it for their own purposes. But their aims are completely contrary to the aims -and ideals of the free trade union movement. And this congress is not going to let them get away with it.” <

Mr. MacDonald said this was one more confrontation the congress executive had had with the “sinister elements.” Fortunately, delegates to the convention had supported the executive in their stand to keep out those:who wanted to use the Canadianlabor movement for their own ends.

I The threat of a communist conspiracy had cbeen hovering around the convention halls since it opened

And top congress officials predicted that it would break out into the open when aresolution preventing the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union from affiliating with the congress unless it first mer- ged with another union, reached the convention floor.

$rogramming after’ ,a- very sue- chestra. - . . 1 cessful 5 day run. The station,’ -Friday - ; from 5pm t& 6, _ Luis Construction began on a new ‘_

nrnPrnmminv ‘five &va -a \week campus- parking lot on monday 3’ Lobo looks at the music of Bob . -.-,, &,.-, C. . , . . lC , . L..;l&mri The n&w Dylan, Ronnie Hawkins and The- r* -a *U’jy”‘yb . --,. .# i’ . ..-= I ‘: - - - ‘--

from 5pm to.‘midnight, will con- . tinue its- full schedule- of L pro-s ’ Band i

And. those-ire- lust some ‘of the grams beginning monday, june ,1, Here are some. prograLm notes. ’

On Monday, the program /Won- .day takes a look -at none’ other than Maggie Muggins. Join Jerry

I. Cook and Ann Banks at 8:30 on.

Bruce Steeler and’ &ex Smith -codinue their s-s. nuQuIsm0~ with a look at the ‘graduate- stu- dent union ;at the University of

’ Waterloo. Catch the-show wcdncs- A,- ,,,,-:,I .-.L v7.t-m a-

. specie programs <planned‘ this week. Don’t forget ’ People’s

, Music on TuesdayProm 7 to 7130, One Hour on Wednesday from 9 : 30 to lOi30, Pollution ,Probe Thursday< at 7: 00, This Weekend, on i Campus’ Friday at .7 : 00 or all the other special music ‘and _spe-,

cial interest shows listed in. last weeks Chevron.

And finally, some ’ general _ information. Radio Waterloo’s _-_- - __ -- _ .m-

, ne:ar UK LaculLy uulrwlr~. lot will. -accommodate and will serve-both- the faculty I building and the_ physed ~building: - _ _ Becaube _ of-$carcity of c funds

_ the lot will firstbe given top like the math parkin will-be paved when more money - becomes %ailal@e:i ’ _ Mediwhii&’ a!8 i. c.m$u . ,

-‘still has no parking lo and car&n ’ the-, front being towed away.;-

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,...,Ll MX- - < uay-eye11111g at I ; w p111. office hours are -11: 00. am until y~uultxll.- ; - - - .

.- Monday at 7; 00 -on SPOKEN 7 : 00 pi&-If you have any public . WQRD, Rosko, an announcer ’ for

-,- WNEW-FM T New -York, reads 7 the works of @bran; Charles Laughton reads- George Bernard

‘ _ Shaw; Hal Holbrook reads -Mark - -- Twain; and John Drainiegresents

Stephen Leacockr _ . - - ’ i ’ ’

-4 Thursday evening at- 6:15, I _ following the - regular 6: 06” news5

. our’ daily Classical-. music show ’ , presents the’. Rachmaninoff Sym:

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Waterloo’ and we will advertise your event or meeting free of charge.. For more information

’ on this service or. any -other at the station, why not call us at , extension -3645, 3646 or 5789000. L If you are interested- in working with -the. station, give US -a call - and ask for Bruce _ Steele or

- .- aTODAY 1 ’ -1,’ ,&A films 8pm AL1t6, ’

’ Convocation: Science and Mathe- ’ matics featuring: Prof John:. Po-

j lani of Toronto receives honorary Doctor of Science:2pm Jock-building, ’ ; ’ _ 7 _ SATURDAY _

.Convoca tion : Engidxring. , Fea- turing former Dean of Engineer- ing Douglas Wright speaks to grads. Jo&building. i March\ to speakers- corner. begins at Waterloo Square to- protest Cana- dian complicity in war in_Viet- na,m. lpm. I -- \ i _ - _ 7

SUNDAY - ,-L _ ’ Assemble at -Queen’s Park for Vietnam war protest. 2pm. - L

_ Graduate Students Union Dis-’ cotheque Pub Nite with-Sounds by

- the Fred’s Uprising Disco show. -. 8pmcampus center pub. ” _

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Over 380 plant workers of Wa- terloo’s Sunar industries voted late Wednesday hight to stage a wildcat strike in support of Sunar office workers who havk been on strike since monday over \wage and contract demands.

Sunar is a wholly-owned subsi- diary of Massey-Ferguson limited d’f Toronto, itself a cubsidiary \ of E.P. Taylor’s Argus corpora- tion.

Plant workers have been legally forced to cross the picket lines of their fellow office workers for the past two days ,becayse pla’nt and office contracts are not ne- gotiated simultaneously.

Office employees have sought a fair settlement with the company for over a year, ever since October, 1969 when the Ontario labor relations board gave Steel- workers the right to organize office workers and bargain on

their behalf. Previously, no office workers

in the entire Massey-Ferguson organization had won the right to union representation.

When M-F industrial relations manager Bill Morgan took over from local managers in contract negotiations last december, many felt he had been sent from De- troit with orders to keep any settlement at a minimum and avoid setting a lucrative prece- dent for office workers elsewhere in the M-F group. \

The company’s final offer, which included a senidrity clause allowing the company to pass over those next in line for promotion and hire anyone they desired, and which offered a minimum wage of about $1.62 per hour (new federal guidlines stipulate $1.65 minimum) was rejected by 90% of the office employees.

Solandt sings out Chairman of the national sci-

ence council Omont Solandt speaking monday to representa- tives of the c,hem,ical institute of Canada and american chemical society said that society must stop looking upon groqth as the index of progres$.

He was concerned that while the economy was advocating “growth for its own sake”, all serious problems-poverty, crime, violence, pollution, and even war- are made wdrse by population growth.

Solandt said he is convinced that . mankind will never solve the prob-

lems of living together peacefully and comfortably on the earth until it achieves a well planned and rational system of population control.

He was most outspoken in his criticism of pollution critics, however. /

“I am sufficiently cynical to believe that the present outburst of interest in pollution stems in a completely unconscious way from

;- this same unwillingness to face up to more intractable problems,” he said.

“Pollution is obviously bad- everybody is against it. It is par- tially at least a physical problem, though it has strong social overtones and we can certainly do mayy positive things about it, most of which will be useful. So socie-

ty’s attitude seems to be one of ‘let’s all chase pollution in the hope that the nasty insoluble problems of poverty, violence and crime will go away’ “. Solandt said he had no doubt of the sincerity of those fighting pollution or of the desir- ability of starting now to control environmental quality . But pollution problems are aggravated by or even caused by population growth.

He went op to describe how pollution control was like treating the symptom without treating the di- sease.

However Solahdt’s own record does not accrue to him much success even in treating the ‘symp- toms’.

Solandt is vice-president of the electric reduction company (ERCO), which is the sole sup- plier of phosphates to Canadian detergent companies. ERCO also has come under considerable criticism for direct pollution at its plants in Newfoundland and Dunnville, Ontario.

Toxic effluent from both plants has been polluting streams and killing fish; air pollution from the Dunnville plant has been suspect for the death of crops and aninials in that area.

The science council of Canada, of which Solandt is chairman, is, advisor to the ca-nadian government on pollution.

Come/l new affs dean The dean’s search committee nation. Cornell is a Canadian who

has nominated professor Paul G. is both teaching-oriented and Co&&l1 to the position of dean of very concerned with undergradu- arts. Professor Cornell is at pre- ate students. He views tith stispi- sent teaching Canadian history. cion any department that has or He was the founding chairman of would launch itself into PhD work the department of history. ” prematurely. Alsd he would be

Leo Johnson was “joyful” to , resistant to any empire builders learn of professor Cornell’s nomi- on campus. ’

No time for puft-times? The univer’sity act committee

is almost ready to submit its latest draft to the board and senate for approval.’ One of the un- finished items in the by-laws is whether to include part-time students in the definition of ‘student’.

It is generally agreed that since part-time faculty will not pa$ci- pate in government, neither shuld part-time students.

A recent call for submissions from part-time students by the student rep John Bergsma was

-poorly received, but of the 15 responses, most agreed that part- time-students should be consider;d as students, also.

Operations vice-president Al Adlington noted that the position of part-time students is worth con- sidef-ing in the light of possible .- -

future educational t?ends. For instance, York has .over 6,000 part- time students. Bergsma added that a’ student representitive may want to drop some tiourses in order to devote more time to the governing council and that this should be taken into account.

At/ the same time however, one of the basic arguments heard in defense of present government policies on pollution is based on economic gain. That argument is that many industries cannot afford the adequate antipollution devices necessary to maintain a sound ecology. Forcing industry to provide adequate protection would cause many industries to close their doors, resulting in heightened unemployment and a loss of production.

Yankee go’ home .On - monddy immigration mini-

ster Allan McEachen said that american citizens who we& arrested at the Toronto demonstration and are convicted, face de- portation.

The end result, in this case, is that the commebcial fishing industries in certain areas have been closed down instead. This closing \ has created additional unemployment and a loss in gross national product, not to mention the millions of dollars added to the national debt which will be necessary to restore the damage caused by industry.

Two of the americans are stu- Another argument commonly dents here at Waterloo. Shane postulated in defense of the pre- Roberts, physics 1, is a landed sent polltition policy-dwells on the

‘immigrant and Roger Mertl, grad notion that, at the present time, psychology, is studying here on a we do not have sufficient research student visa. to show _that such industrial

(\ Since they walked off their jobs, Meanwhile, plant workers-ad- and voted for wildcat support of

the company h’as hired other per- vised by their union leaders that office workers. stnnel and contracted out its ~key- the company was probably vio- Many ,of the striking offi‘ce punching computer operation. lathg its contract with them by people have less than five year’s

Only eight office workers cros- hiring scab delivery men through seniority. At least six are support- sed picket line’s with managers the office workers’ strike-reject- ing husbands attending univer- and accepted the company’s offer. ed taking slow legal procedures sity.

Pollution probe: ’

MWx~ry jDollution=-a typlicul -I _ .- cask of reversed priorities

Thus far, only the effects of At all levels of government in this country today, a common policy concerning various aspects of pollution can be discerned.

These policies directly affect the types qf laws which are enact- ed concernihg the ecological welfare of the nation. The policy, as it now sthnds, could best be des- cribed as one in which public health priorities have been reversed in favor of capital gain to isdustry.

Existing policy, and laws ema- nating from it allow polluters to destroy, or seriously threaten the common well-being in favour _ of some -short-term profit-mo- tivated enterprise. It would seem that any government which pro- ports to represent the best interests of its electorate could clearly recognize the disparity between such a policy and the well-being of its citizens. But this does not appear to be the case, despite the best efforts of mhny scientists and of other interested citizens. 1

The mercury issue ,

A typical example of the current policy can presently, be seen in the case of mercury poisoning levels in fresh water fish. At the present time, inland commercial fishing has been banned in Howe Sound area of British Columbia, in the St. Clair river region of On- tario, along the Ottawa river and along the St. Lawrence -as far east as Quebec City.

‘In all\ instances, fishing bans were enforced when the “safe” level of mercury poisoning was exceeded as a result of industry dumping large quantities of that element into the. water- ways. As a direct result of these bans a sizeable portion of On- tario commercial fisherman are now unemployed. To offset the immediate financial problem, one half a million dollars of public monies have already been pro- mised as compensation by government bodies to fisherman in the Lake St. Clair region alone.

practices are dangerous. In most cases this is in fact true. The onus of proof presently is on the public to show that certain corporate methods are harmful, and not on industry to prove to the people that these practices are not de- trimental.

Unfortunately, even in those cases, where it has been clearly

, shown that certain industrial methods are dangerous or lethal to the good health of the people, aition by government has been slow, ineffective pr nonexistent. Both of these arguments and the present government policy place short term industrial and commercial benefits above public safety and in fact, above long range ecdnomic survival.

one type of water pollution has, been considered he,re. It is a well known fact that across this nation a number of other lethal in- gredients are being added to our ecosystem. Among those are ar- senic, chromium and nickel, all of which are highly lethal. The effect? of these poisons are known, and have been made public. The government is well aware of the direction in which the present state of affairs is leading. The action of the government will largely be determined by the pressure applied by industry to maintairi. the status quo, or by the people to change the situation. Obvidusly, the time has come for the people to become actively involved.

Motorsport club pkms race to- mospoft can-am

The Motorsport Club will soon formally participate in its first

‘major auto race. Next sunday, june 14, two buses will be sent to Mosport for the CAN-AM races.

hours. The cost fo;-both is only ten

Unfortunately there are no class. es for such speedy vehicles in the day’s racing, so Gerry Conroy, organizer of the entry, has, decided to try the next best thing and is going to fill the buses up with racing fans.

Tickets for t.he trip and Mosport admission tickets are on sale in the Federation of Students office in the camp& center during office

At least til Sept.

dollars. This may sound like a high price

to pay, but ‘it sure beats trying to drive hotie in that traffic inebri- ated.

If all seats are sold, the whole venture will break even. The.club is also considering trips to the fabu ulous new multi-race complex in \ the Irish Hill-s in Michigan. But the CAN-AM trip must be successful first.

The last day to get your ticket, will be the monday before, june 8.

@u&es ubproveci After several weeks of indeci-

sion the administration has finally given approval in firinciple for the #baby care center on campus. -

The uniyersity had niade no commitment for the permanent allocation of space of financial support for the center but has agreed to allow it to operate on an experimental basis until Sept. 1.

During that time safety officer Nick Ozaruk has been asked to assess the “need for and desir- ability and feasibility of both baby and child care services” and to investigate-means of im- plementing such needs.

The Waterloo baby commune, which has been operating in rooms 207-208-211A of the campus center since the beginning of april, was organized by a group of students and staff to provide low cost care for children of students, faculty, and staff. It has facilities for . twenty children with ten presently en- rolled, ran@ng from small babies to four years.

The center operates on a co- operative basis with parents vo- lunteering time as they are able. The monthly fee of $30 covers the cost of a diaper service and two full time staff members. Equipment has been donated dr improvized. ’

There are still several difficulties to be settled in order for the center to be licenced. 7 ~

The Day nurseries ’ board is questioning the qualifications of the stiff. They usually require a baby care nurse, or someone trained at Canadian Mothercraft. However, parents feel satisfied that the emergency use of health services is adequate physical protection for their children and since they are themselves ori staff they will ensure adequate enio- tionaJ care.

,’ Tlie whole idea of group care of

babies and of parents’ coopera- tives is lrelatively new in) Canada. The Day nurseries branch have set what they believe to. be mini- mal standards for care of children, but many parents feel that demands such as hot meals at lunch for older children and a full-time nurse are unnecessary and unrealistic. It is hoped that some term of compromise can be reached.

If anyone has any baby furni- ture, toys, or clothing they don’t heed; or spare time they could donate please call ext. 3810. Or if you just like kids or have one of your own drop into room 207 iti the campus center between 8:30 and 5:30 - they’re nice people.

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note last week. She had overheard John Robarts, She thinks, make a comment about “nice lecture hall,” while entering the theatre of the arts, and she was wonder- ing what he meant.

Well -1 thought everyone knew THAT story. If in fact our premier did say that, and if must have been with a note of sarcasm, he would have been referring to the fact that th-e theater of the arts is not altheater at all - it’s a lecture hall. At least that’s what the plans indicate.

You see back in thos> days government financing ratios were different for teaching and non- teaching facilities. So the university, being honest and fair, just built a fancy lecture hall. All this, was helped a bit by the old head of PP&P, Mike Brooks (thanks Joan), who was a theater buff. ’ ’ Anyhow, it seems that Mr. Robarts has caught good 01’ Uni- wat with its pants down, or should I say. . . .no I shouldn’t.

* *-* * And I heard a neat-o rumour

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A guy took back a book and it was so’overdue that the fine was

in excess of eight dollars. But the library had assumed the book was lost and had initiated charges closer to ten dollars for replace- ment.

The girl at the desk was a bit confused but apparently some - elderly- woman came out and thanked him graciously for re- turning the book and cancelled his fine. Now you have. to have- some sort of power to call the shots like that, so this might mean that the library senior staff don’t think we should have overdue fines. That’s progress. Hurrah.

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This is‘ a taped interview with Dimitri Roussopoulos, editor of the radical; new left Montreal quarterly, O& Generation lntervie wer: Satu Repo of the editorial bbard \ of This .magazine is about schools (Toronto). Adapted from This magazine spr.ing. 1970.

It seems to me that there have been two kinds of political responses that young people in Quebec have taken in the 1960’s. In the early part of the ‘60’s radical activities and political protest was concentrated among a small minority of students in- the elite univer@ties such as the university of Montreal and Laval. The student radicals at that

x’ time tended to be chic and sophisticated non-con& formists in expensive leather coats and elegant coiffures, very parisian in many ways, and usually members at first of nationalist groupings and later of various small marxist-leninist groups. When any political action took place it was con- fined to this small and highly articulate group of students. leaving the majority untouched. In 1968 the protest movement has /shifted from the elite universities to the newly established junior colleges, the so-called CEGEP’s. The students here come from predominantly working class and low- er middle class homes and lack the continental sophistication of the students-in the elite universities. They tend to be more like their sloppy american brothers and sisters in their colorfully miS- matched Sergeant Pepper outfits and with long hair-. Their leaders, when they emerge, are ndt french left-wing intellectuals, but rather part of a world-wide youth counter-culture. As exemplified by Charlebois, the celebrated montreal rock

‘singer, their music is also part of the international youth culture. ,

could you tell me more about Charlebois?

Robert Charlebois is one of the most popular and talented singers in Quebec and is also somewhat of a pioneer. He has broken away from the french tradition of chansonnier, Vigneault, Leveillee, etc., in two yays: in terms of music, his music is mDre rock, and in terms of lyrics. His lyrics are a

mixture of joule french, which ,is a very popular working-class french, and’ english. It is interesting that at the same time as Charlebois emerged as a singer there was also developing a new school of

+ poetry called ‘la poesie Babylon, ’ Babylonian poetry. The reason this poetry evolved was because there are a number of languages in Quebec. There is working class french and there is rural french: the rural french is a pure dialect and the working class fsench is a mixture of rural french and english -slang. There is the french of Radio Canada and the french of the professionals with a parisian influence, and there are the languages of the various minorities living in Quebec as well as english, of course. Charlebois has composed his lyrics in this new idiom and his songs and music are having

,an enormous impact .on Quebec. In addition, -he is now establishing an international reputation!

Ho w does Charlebois compare with Bob D y/an? J

Charlebois is rougher and m&e subversive, mor’e defiantly anti-bourgeois. He is more like Stones, actually, than like Dylan. The same defiance, in-

. ,cideptally, th& same joyful Philistinism and cultural anti-authoritarianism that finds expression in Charlebois has also manifested itself in the PO-

1 etry, fine arts and theatre of the late $Q’s. There have been a number of theatrical productions in the last Montreal season,expressing the same phen- omenon, the emergence of a counter cultui-e. One

I of the plays was Gens de Noel Jremblez which is a play on the name of the Minister of Culture. This was a kind of acid rock presentation, somewhat like Hair. It ‘was not very successful but it indicates a new direction. And in certain dis- tricts here in Montreal there is also a kind of a village mentality emerging. ,

’ To sum up: there are now two subversive cul- tures within the new generation of the ’60s in Que- bet - the culture of the traditional left and the new

’ counter culture. The second culture, the counter culture, is clearly the most militant. You see these kids coming out-by battalions when there is a mass

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demonstra-tign. On the other hand, significant radical action at university level has been virtually nonexiStent for the last 2 l/2 - 3 years. The great strikes have taken place in the CEGEPs. The most nobable of these, of course, was the general strike in October 1968, when 40,000 students attending these junior colleges in various parts of Quebec went on a strike which lasted several weeks.

Why did they strike? What were the issues?

There were many: protest over inadequate facilities, anger over the fact that there was not enough space at the higher universities for the CEGEP graduates who wanted to continue their studies, frustration in knowing that many of the graduates would not be able to find employment. But it was also a spiritual protest; a protest against the in- humanity, regimentation and jtit plain dullness of many of these schools. The students were protest- ing over the quality of their lives as students. Dur-

” ing the strike when many buildings were occupied for long periods there were many attempts to set up alternative living and learning situations, com- binations of communes and free universities.

How interested are these younger students in Quebec per se, in issues such as independence and building a sot- ialist alternative?

There is no young person in Quebec who considers himself a militantor an activist in any sense who is not an independentist and a socialist. It is like putting on your coat in the morning.

The growing movement towards independence hzis created new political grbupings in the left in Quebec. Could? you tell me something about these?

Within the existing political structures the Farti Quebecois and the new developments within the Confederation of national trade unions are the most important. The Parti Quebecois was formed in 1968 by a group of left-wing liberals and social democrats under the leadership of Rene Levesque, a former liberal cabinet minister in the provincial legislature, who has become the most prom- inent non-marxist spokesman for national independence. P.Q. is a left social democratic party,- an *independence party. It has attracted a substantial following: in less than three years its membership has grown to some 50,000 which is more than the eombined signed-up membership of the Union Nationale and the Liberal party.

The CNTU grew out of the provincial catholic unions. It has some 280,000 members approximately half the organized workers in Quebec. (Only about 30% of the workers in Quebec are organized, incidentally). Its orientation tends to be nationalist and social democratic, although there is no.official line. Two years ago the national executive of the CNTU adopted the thesis of the Second front. Ac- cording to this thesis it is not enough to organize workers through the collective bargaining process ; they also have-to be organized as far as consump-

L tion is conderned through co-op stores and banks and co&umer protection associations, and they have to be orsanized at their place.of residence as well. There has been some very significant work done in both these areas since then. -

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these two groups and also concerning the tiondr-y left is that socialist thinking in Qul always had a strongly regional flavour. Or things that the thinking quebec socialist ha: insisted upon - and this applies to the olde ation of the ’40s and ’50s as well as the new tion - is that it was essential to develop an ically Quebecois brand of socialism; a SC that grew out of the history and culture people living here. In Quebec this has me there is a strongly-anarchistic streak in major movements on the left. Surprisingly there is also a very strong pacifist tenr

b some of these groups. This is the case wit’l is probably the only party in the wor!d - poqible exception of the Pacifist socialist in Denmark and the Netherlands - which that their government ought to be positivi tral in international relations.

According to this problem Quebec she be part of any superbloc and it should no1 national army. 1 was there during those ‘:’ debates. It is an issue which speaks to th to the history of these people. There has been a strong pacifist tendency in Queb majority participating in these debates w; defend Quebec against any external force 1 resistance rather than with an army. They training in mass resistance from the 1 schools to the universities. In other word: like the Swiss army: people would be tr: mass resistance so that if there is a foreig ion it will be a far more effective resistant say, the Czechs were able to put up in f the Soviets.

How did Levesque react to this p?oposal? / ’

Levesque-disagreed with this position, but t ority won. It was the majority position _ now the official position of the party. It was ed at the fouiding conference because Ll

- himself intervened and spoke against it. was brought up again at the P.Q. second car here in Montreal and this time it succeeded.

How about the CNJU? I would like to hear mor this whole concept of the second front. It is rathe for a labor union in- North america to be concerr social and political issues.

The social concerns are understandable wl know the historical roots of the CNTU. As tioned before, it grew out of the catholic 1aL ions. When Quebec be-gan to industrialize turn of the century and after the Secpnd WOI

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housing and health and recreational facilities, pri tection against unscrupulous landlords. and organ izing welfare recipients. But in the process, peopl have become more sophisticated politically, an are increasingly beginning to realize that in orde to get anything done they have to move into th political ar.ena. There is a move presently under

way to set up. a municipal socialist party in Mon treal which will draw its support from the citizens committees, labour unions and progressive socia agencies. This party is call RAP - Regroupemen des associations populaires du bas de ville et dc l’est de Montreal. In my opinion it has a gooc chance to make a substantial showing in the nex municipal election.

)MORROwA,L I, . Could you te// me something ~ about the

revolutionary left in Quebec?

The revolutionary left is very divided here. There are many small groups. The most signif- ican t indigenous , groups have been the FLQ and the FLP. The FLQ came first. In some sense the FLQ was intended to be the front that was going to, launch and sustain the arm-

ers. Naturally there was a lot of hostility towards big labour leaders in the CNTU Michel Chartrand is ed struggle, not just for an independent Que- these unions among those who held economic and perhaps the clearest manifestation of this. As you bec, but for an independent socialist Quebec. political power and also among the catholic clergy know, he is the president of the Montreal central The FLP could perhaps be seen as the pol- who saw them as atheistic and communistic etc. labour council. Chartrand is an instinctive anarcho- itical wing of the same struggle: somewhat To counteract the influence of these foreign unions, syndicalist, a man who profoundly distrusts author- like Vietcong and FLN. The chief theoretic- the clergy themselves got involved in organizing ity where it is socialist or liberal or conservative; ians for these groups, so far, have been Val-

. catholic workers unions. Initially these unions a man who refuses to be shackled by any structure. lieres and Gagnon. FLQ, when it launched were fairly moderate in their demands and He recently resigned from the presidency because into its terrorist operations, was very much perhaps not much different from company uti- he said he was not interested in sitting behind a influenced by the film The battle of Algiers

ions. But they grew ‘gradually more militant desk all day and pushing papers. He wanted to get and the writings of Franz Fanon. The idea here _ and after some powerful strikes (like the one back to the hustings, move around and talk to con- was that symbolic terrorism would .awaken

in Asbestos, Quebec in 1949 in which the que- struction workers on their jobs and drop in on the country, make the masses conscious of bet government sent the provincial police to 1 people in factories and offices. Some kind of com- their oppression, and that eventually this break up picket - lines and intimidate workers promise solution was reached and Chartrand kept would lead either to mass resistance or signif- with guns and clubs) they lost a great deal of the job. ,I think &hey hired a number of extra sec- icant political activity. After a wave of sym- their clerical support. They became secular retaries to do the paperwork. Although Chartrand bolic terrorism took place in Quebec Val- national ‘unions and took the ‘name CNTU in is. an exceptionally talented and powerful man, his lieres and Gagnon; . along with many others, 1962. - attitudes are in many ways typically French-Can- were arrested. Gagnon has recently been re-

Today approximately half of the,organized work- adian. leased but Vallieres is still in prison four years

ers belong to the CNTU. The other half , roughly, Now about the ‘Second front. The Second front later, and without a proper trial. While in are members of the Quebec federation of labour, prison, Vallieres has written an important

- which is part of the Canadian labour congress. In document, a letter to the founding conference this organization the international unions dominate. of FLP. In this letter he emphasized the im-

The CNTU, because it is an indigenous organiza- portance of building an indigenous kind of tion, has developed quite different power structure socialism in Quebec. He talked about direct

than the rest of the union movement on this con- democracy; he talked about worker control; tinent. There isa greater degree of democracy and he talked about a society which was con- co-operation within it. There is no centrally ap- trolled from below. Our kind of socialism, he pointed union bureaucracy: the governing body of said, is not going to be the socialism of Cuba

the CNTU consists of the delegates of all the mem- or the Soviet Union or China or Algeria. It is

ber unions. All delegates have equal power despite going to be something our people’ create

the size of the union they represent. So you get . themselves.

both very small unions and very large ones making decisions together on an equal footing. More than half the. union dues go to the CNTU national office which has a central strike fund and also some mon- i cannot say anything very certain about the ey to spend on projects that it considers socially FLP. It is a marxist-leninist group, a van- useful, like community organizing in the cities. guardist group. They believe very much in

Because of the pooling of finances, it is possible the primacy s of the working class. On the . for relatively small unions to do tough bargaining, other hand, a lot of their constituency con-

and even go on prolonged strikes: sists _. of students and young unemployed Because of this .kind of power structure, it is workers. They-have also been involved in cit-

understandable that the CNTU is much more sen- izens’ committees in some areas, although sitive to the political climate of the province than this, too, goes against their theory. For on a the Quebec federation of labour. The &FL, like its theoretical level, at least, they are very much parent organization the Canadian labour congress, opposed to getting ’ involved in electoral pol- backs the New Democratic party, but it has never itics. They also don’t believe in working with had much impact on the electorate. Officially the the lumpen element of the working class

CNTU -doesn’t back any political party, but I bet which dominate the poor areas in the inner there are more PQ organizers in the CNTU than in city whf?re most of the citizens’ committees any other organization. When you drop in at the operate. Montreal headquarters, you can just smell the PQ Since Gagnon was released from prison- he there. has made a couple of interesting statements

that may have some effect on the future activities of these two groups. He has said that the period of armed struggle has come, to

r an end for FLQ. He no longer believes in the necessity for terrorism but thinks the time

\ is ripe for political action. What does he mean by political action? It is still too early to tell.

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has two wings; the consumer protection wing and the political wing which consists of organizing people on a municipal level. The consumer protection organizations which are called ACEFs (As- sociation c-o-operative d‘economie familiale’; were established in several regions two years ago. They

concentrate mainly on budget counselling and consumer education. Because the French-Canadian worker, was a latecomer to consumer society, he tended to be much more vulnerable to it. He will sign anything without reading the fine print, and he is a sucker for all kinds of buy-now-pay-later rackets which are blossoming all over the prov-

( ince. Before he knows it, he is head over heels in debt and is threatened by legal action and repos- session of goods by these companies. But ACEF- also aims at bringing together various progressive organizations among labour unions and sot-- ial agencies, consumer coops land co-op banks ’ hoping that they will begin to develop -a united front against various aspects of exploitative business practices. And they also encourage people and groups to set up co-operative enterprises. ACEFs are quietly subversive organizations which aim at educating people about the evils and corruption of the present cap- . italist system, both on the level of production and distribution and at the. same time encourage people to band together to build an alternative system of producer and consumer co-operatives.

It is important to understand that the anarchistic tendencies, the collectivism and distrust of top- heavy bureaucratic structures which characterize the CNTU are as much rooted in the historical ex- periences of the quebecois as is the militant pac- ifism that has found expression in PQ. Among the

The political activity of the Second front consists of participation in community organizing on the municipal level. This kind of organizing has-been _ more .successful in Quebec, and specifically in Montreal, than anywhere else in Canada. There have been more organizers here, of course. Var- ious associations have sent in social animateurs to communities with the aim of increasing citizen participation in all aspects that affect their lives. Citizens’ committees have cropped up in many ur- ban areas, and Montreal is full of them. They have

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. W&t abbut the Englfsh-speaking Lift in Montred?

I certainly have not written off organizing the . english-speaking element -in . Montreal, at

- least not the .powerless element, the students- , - and the .poor.- I am not talking about the eng- -

lish-speaking corporate and financial - elite. , -There are two schools of thought among the

‘\ _english-speaking radicals -about how to or- ’ 7 ga&ize the non-french element. Some people

-- feel that English radicals should join the french z liberation ). movement as individuals, 1 1 - learn to speak -French and -forget about their _ own natural constituency. The other position, .

. , which makes more sense to me, is that the , english-speaking Quebeeker as well as the

. english Canadian in- general, should learn to understand his own oppression - and colon-

ialization in very concrete . and - specific , terms- We have to learn here from the French ,

r Canadian nationalist movement. The French- _ -’ - Canadian movement -began as a linguistic ’

-‘and cultural movement. There was a lot of outstanding writing --about .. the colonialized - mentality of the .Quebecker:- looking at what 1

,* effect colonialization has had on the sexuality. of t y people, their literature and cinema and . - j

- so on: ’ These discussions on the cultural fabric- of colonialization engaged the imagination of the artists -and intellectuals in Quebec. What followed were films, piays - and novels - dealing with; the same theme making thus Aa ’ larger group -of people. aware of their own alienation. When the alienating factors of- colonialism were objectified in various forms

- _ of art; people were. much, more ready _ to dis- 1 - cuss the economic and political dimension of the problem1 The socialists emerged and . were .

. activated and, found, that. they had a surprisingly \ receptive audience.- The trouble -

’ with _ theb english Canadian nationalists is that \ they have not been able to - move away from the economic dimension. - -

The point I -am trying to make is that., the 4 student left is often incapable of bringing

people together and tends to create divisive- ness within the student body rather than clearly, seeing the administration as the en- emy “to” organize against. When they fail as organizers, they! fall back on elitism and vanguardism. They dig up the holy : scripturesT of Mao and ,Lenin and begin the process of -. I -

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they are a minority and will remain a minor-, . , ity.- And consequently they never get involved in direct action. / , . These are the difficulties with english-speaking student radical’s,. but I don’t ,think- that th& , situation is hopeless. On the .other hand the organizing of the english-speaking poor into - ,- . citizens’ committees has been quite successful. . A group. of these people recently held the first Teach-In on poor people in Canada.’ It was I completely run by- them and they had work- shops on -their civil rights \and on-landlord-ten- ant relations and welfare and many other sub- _

, b-o jects. The whole thing was very successful. . And they have - been puttink out their own

newspaper for several - years now. There is also an important caucus of’ radical social workers in Montreal. They have regular meetings

- talking about strategy and holding seminars - on. political education. - It is important to _ con-

tinue this organizing work and also to organize

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. other groups in a similar fashion: english- L speaking students ’ should be organized and

’ > ’ English-speaking professionals and , industrial workers should be organized. and at the. same

ey time educated about what is happening in , Quebec, so that they- understand and become A

responsive _ to - the national liberation ‘. move- 1 -. . ment .-ywhich is taking _ place here. Unless .

this. is done, things will be disastrous - -when Quebec becomes independent. There will ‘either be a mass exodus or there will be violent ‘clashes -between the french majority + and the 2 ,

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-l&t. is. that you really don’t get.’ , - , E.W$. LOACH lution for a change. It’s about time the chance to, see what the con- . ’ ~ I 4A them. eng. you get -do-wn to real business and _ sumer’ societv’is doing with itself -. -_ ’ point out ‘the root causes of such i these days. .T!he word”supermar- -& need--a who/e /OF more problems. In the story ‘in May 15 ket” - is finally honest and it’s issue you pointed out the corrupt-

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I must take exception to putting the news ,of Toronto all over

s your front page last may 15. How about some good news, like

the -great religious revival in _ Leamington led by Dr. John’

Wesley White, disciple of Billy Graham? Learnington isn’t that much further than Toronto and no doubt there were other partici- pants than myself there too.

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change. But don’t stop there. problems - is salvation through Wheel your carriage past the operr . Jesus Christ; young hippie radi- As long as the possibility of pol-

storage into the clothing section. cals pretend that there is salva- luting is there, the companies are

- Is your pleasure men’s, women’s tion in their violent actiop and left with no other option in order _

or children’s wear? Or perhaps un-Christian life-style. to compete _ .

you need hardware supplies or If there is any- logical -theory Smarten up, government, before toys or that new la.mp you’ve ’ that promises. salvation through’ been yearning for? - -\ j smashing Eatonis window I’d like

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Maybe you’re just after another to hear about it. -/ * -pound of your favourite tobacco, . . GRAHAM WILLIAMS ‘- - ROBERT SIMPSON but it -gets tempting as you pass religious studies 2 laissez faire 2a . by one shiny aisle after another, music soothing the vague uneasi- _. ness that just won’t leave. When you *enter and exit, TWO doors now magically zip apart as you touch the rubber. ’

Don’t forget on your way to the car the garden ‘supplies, potted

plants and kiddies’ swimming pool. It’s outside under the awning as only so much fits inside. And should you be asked what you did

’ that day. and with not a little awe-’ and apprehension say ‘I -went to the’ superm2rket’, I wonder how many would know what you mean.

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Right on peoples, ,kisp UP . th* trsmendoirr- coverage

Congratulations on your excellent report of the action in Tor _ o&o last weekend.

The fact that University of Wa- terloo had such a large contingent

: is to be commended. Bill Jacksoh is especially to be ,congratulated

< for his efforts during .the day. Through efforts such as his, the,- Roberts brothers, Roger Merth and _ Rennis Wright, the cry of “we’re number one”%11 be ring- ink j 3ver the campus again.

Certainly no one can fail to, be impressed with this selfless and valiant effort at establishing the supremacy of Waterloo in this e- vent. Through dedicated. practice

_ (Peterborough) our boys have shown that Waterloo has the stuff that great Universities ‘are made of.

I would suggest that the letter- men be approached so that en- deavours such as this be recog- ,

nized with a Warriors jacket. Also perhaps, if the suggestion were made to M. Drapeau, Canada as, the\ host country to- the 1976 Olym- pics, cowld introduce a’ demon- strating event. ,

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‘I Alas, in the age of the technocratic society, where

alienation and mental constipation go hand in hand,

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, tion. of the characteristics bf two widely divergent medii. -- - -.

. PEPPERONI .?. . . .:r.. . . . . . . . . .‘..80~- it has become increasingly difficult for the individual KIELBOSA. . . ., . . A. .a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80~ ‘- to relate to personal or moralistic events .wbich have _ SPJCED HAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . : .8Oql tonsiderable influence on ‘day to day existence.

-~ MINGEDHAM . . . . ..;. . . .._.... . . . . . . 8Oq: This’subtle form of alienation is inherent in the tech- ~ CHICKEN- LOAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . .8Oq: nocracy and is magnified by -the omnipresent con-,

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MARINE .: . .‘. . . 1. .$1.05 To a, great extent,: the mass media, (television in - ve se;/en meats and the works. -particular ), ‘has played ‘an essential role in mass

alienation., The media have succeeded in stifling the.. j individual’s concepti@i of “self” and how he- might

relate to events -presented in either a. documentary or allegorical perspective. ’ _ ,

The andersonwi//e *tria/ was historically the ’ ~-first instance in which an individual of a defeated ’

. army was charged with conspiracy to commit, war crimes, -\ .

. And&onville, Georgia was the sight of a prisoner of war camp during the, american civil war, which;

*as the war was intensified, became vastly over- @owdedThe direct result of these oppressive and degP (ading conditions was that approximately fifteen thousand-lost their lives largely as a result of the

tre&ien t they received. The original intent of, the trial, as produced for -

Although the theater still exists -as a medium of television, was t #.. i a 1. . n 1 ,o rina tne prison commanaant, cap- creative expression, as exemplified by recent pro-

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ductions of Chicago 70 and. Dionysus in ‘69, it guilty of conspiracy to commit mass murder. \ -dies not compare in scope and populgrity with the As the t.rial progresses however, the defense at-

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one-dimensional aspects oftelevision and film. Both theater and television have retained techni-

cal and-artistic advantages over each other. How ’ often can one remember having sat down in front of the old tube, and being subdued into---a state of boredom? Nevertheless, the most popular examples . of creative ex!ression present in film and tele- ’ vision are based primarily on the element of fan- Y. tasy. _ -

torney; portrayed by Ja.ck Cassidy, succeeds in re- futing every major argument. by the prosecution ’ that Wirz did in fact actually participate in the mur- ders which allegedly had .occured. Cassidy effectively conveys the impression of a civilian attorney 1 pissed off at the moral indignation of the military which has -always been a (dominant influence in I - america. -. >

The prosecution, not being able to convict Wirz on ’ _ Not surprisingly then, the mass, media are -most legal grounds decides to try and\ convict .him on .

often utilized or ‘even exploited by media moguls to moralistic grounds arguing--that -although Wirz was create an atmosphere of mental mediocrity in their only following orders, he had a moral responsibility

prospective victims. to himself and to his prisoners to alleviate the in- -5 - tensely oppressive conditions of the camp. In line c

The tube can hardly-be called a medium of creative expression; in actuality it has adopted the guise

‘I with am&&an political and military tradition, Wirz , L

of a perverted rn-edium in which the purveyors of ‘is convicted on moral grounds.

fantasy and mediocrity,have sought to seduce their The trial of-Henry Wirz was undeniably a political

audience, for whom they have little respsct‘in the one. An individual was convicted of committing j first place, into a state of passive -abstention rather -.crimes perpetrated by his military and p@itical

superiors. I . than active participation on any sort Of intellectual ,, or thought-provoking level.

i) , - An interesting parallel might be drawn between this abuse of justice:military style and the recent

Theatre and television .by their very nature are media -of opposite intention and effect. The most

explanations of the consequences of the My Lai and i ,

.common aspect of television is its physical detach- , Kent state massacres.

.ment from its audience and its subtle irrelevancy. I In the case of Kent state, individual guardsmen

The theatre however, whether drama critics admit were excused by the explanation that t&iei$reactions

_ it or not, inadvertently attempts to convey a mini- were the direct result of a potentially volatilesitu-

ma1 amount of aesthetic expression, with .which in ation and were coolly {condemned by their superiors

some cases,, the individual can relate to on a basic for “loosing their cool”; in the case of My Lai, it it

level. _ I - established authori-ty, and not individuals,- who is

- ‘InsTances where the theatre’ and television- have io blame for ihe perpetuation of legally s$nctioned - - <

co-ordinated their efforts with any reasonable de- violence-and murder.

gree of success have been rare,’ and mediocre efforts At present in america, any collective protest a-

at that. mA f t gainst established authority-is -considered. suitable -. . ’ ’ An exception to this standard in George C. Scott’s

forindictment on a charge of conspiracy. Recent-proceedings in Chicago and military stock- _ ’

re‘cent production Of The andersonville trial, ades across the U.S. are indicativeof the fact that which was presented on the National Educational the judicial system, as a- part of, an, oppressive, ’

‘Television Network. Scott’s production of this confro- racist, and militaristic society, is as sick and.c%rrupt \, versial drama represented an effective consolida- as the brands of “justice-” which it seeks to uphold. - -

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_ Sauntered into the-pub at the comYmercial stuff. I$ ranged from (“we%e -;had a ’

The singer didn’t ‘turn me on,- campus center tuesday night. The New. Orleans either. , She seemed to’ sing- with - ,

- regulars were out in force’ (go a- request ‘for someth$ig fast. This little feeling for her material, and head, ask me how I know they is the fastest we know”.) to The more than once sang in the same

- were regulars), but there were band and C!arence Clamwater, . key as the guitarist. _’ ’ a few new faces as well. Among . Pilgrims’ Children is a rdatk?ly _ The drummer and bags, were them were the members of the new local band, featuring guitar, both quite good, laying‘ down‘ a band playing there, Pi/grims’ child- bass, drums, and (for all you male ,good. solid Jbackground for their

chauvinist pigs) a female singer. numbers. ‘; /, . I was none to overly impressed ’ -The only unfortunate incident of

with the guitarist. His style was the evening occured, when a small what might be called nondescript, minority ‘of those in attendance and besides that, he made a lot decided to sit down in the middle of mistakes. , 1. of the ‘dance floor, ruining the

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T HE QUESTIONS PUT to university of Waterloo president- designate Burt Matthews by

myself and Bruce Steele of Radio Water- loo resulted from three hours of considering what type of format would best draw this man out of his administrative shell and enable him to comment openly about his concepts of the university.

According to the syrupy verbiage in last february’s Gazette, Matthew’s answers would be the product of his having “thought long and deeply about universities”, and having “come to grips ‘with many of thee deepest problems besetting a modern, rapidly-growing university.”

Instead, Matthews answers. were as follows:

l In the matter of improving commun- ications among students, faculty and administration: establish committees. ,

0 In the matter of the accessibility of ’ research : “the freedom to publish most

/ , of us guard with great care.” @ In the matter of the role of the uni-

versity: “in the process of doing research to keep the academic program up to date,, the university may solve some problems.”

l On the question of considering education mainly as a means to an end-job and * money-: “It’s what society wants.”

Although professing a policy of “open- ness” in discussing university affairs, it seems Burt Matthews offers little change from the present and traditional practice of qualifying who in the university “community” should know what.

A professor, in his opinion, has the right to refuse to respond to a call for publica- tion of his material-whether made as a demand from society or from within the university-by claiming the research may not be complete and needs verification.

An administrator, in his opinion, need not clarify’ reasons for firing faculty “unless requested to do so by the person in question”, even though the arbitrary firing act has been the cause of many student protests on Canadian campuses over the past two years.

Matthews considers the only reason he would challenge a professor would be because of either salary demands or in- competence although he also commented that the only place a professor is ‘not a “free agent” was in the classroqm, and consequently this place must be kept free of “those biases and views which are personal.” Indeed. ’

The most fascinating exchanges occur- red after the actual taping of Radio Wat- erloo’s S.S. Inquisition had concluded (mainly because the tape ran out). Dis-

cussing the broad topic of liberalizing the university through inter-connection of disciplines, Steele commented on what is really a truly intellectual deilemma: adapting the tenets of one discipline to the construct of another. In other words, should not the university’s true purpose be to allow -a student to study (for example) math courses but verbalize his new knowledge in terms common to (for example) humanities? (The converse could also be postulated).

Or, if you prefer, should not the “job- training” aspects of universities be elim- inated by requiring industries to train their own -apprentices in their own schools? .

Matthews replied that the average stu- -dent was at university to get a degree, ensure his job future and thereby guar- antee his income. \

Yes, but hasn’t it been drilled into our heads for years that education is merely a means to an end? If so, how can we ac- cept only a definition of the university based solely on the anticipated echo of the “means-to-an-end” myth?

Matthews: “But it’s what society wants.”

After this transaction, one might wonder about Dr. Matthews’ ability to con- ceprua/ize-surely an ability that could be expected of a university president.

And what of the apparent, confusion about the concept of social responsibility?

On one hand, Matthews discharges personal obligation (or the obligation of an institution) for creative questioning by the glibe remark “it’s what society wants.” On the other hand, he comments that “knowledge can be used to both the de- triment and benefit of society: it depends on who has knowledge, not who discovers it.”

Then his previous remarks about research and the role of the university must mean’ that the operational power of the university-has the right to decide who is to have knowledge, whether “society” wants it or not. Or perhaps even whether society needs it, or not.

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According to Matthews, “students have a real role to play, because they have a particular experience no faculty has: the experience of taking a lecture at, the university of Waterloo.”

Because of this, better communication among faculty, students and administration means setting up committees. “Those involved should have background or experience which would lead to devel-’ opment of better procedure; or who are to be affected by policy. ”

I commented that people have been forced to think in a structure” basis, and not in a free-flowing “who-can-I-talk-to” frame of reference. Would Dr. Matth- ews have any‘ideas about eliminating the structural hang-ups of the university?

“Part of the problem,” he replies, “could be eleviated by co-ordinating committees and cross-administrative structures, out of senate, for example.”

Did Dr. Matthews not understand that meeting rooms, ~with chairs neatly ar- ranged in rows or behind desks intimidate people into not saying what they want to say and often entice them into saying what they really might not have meant? ’

Trying to elicit his opinion of the pro- position that the environmental structure of the university is alienating to students- something that was realized here by student-administration leaders years ago- we began groping for illustrative examples of- what we wanted to convey: meetings in the physical ‘(open”; in the arts quadrangel ; on the lawn. .d . anywhere where students passing by might be attracted to join discussion; the use of flyers, notices to draw students and faculty to open forum debates and interac- tion. Matthews’ response: “You mean we should hold meetings outside?” Burt is in favor, of course, of “generally open meetings all around. . . there’s no.point in having an open meeting secretly held. ” -

Is there any point in having “meetings” at all?

this is an adaptation of an interview with burt matthews taped may 20 for the radio waterloo program as inquisition. interviewers: alex smith and brute Steele.

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Burt Matthews is cautious about emotion. So cautious, in fact, that, “belief”, ’ “bias” and “emotion” all end up seem- ingly equated in meaning. Having stated in many interviews that to him, teaching comes first, Matthews contends a professor is not most effective when teaching something he believes strongly.

“One can be fanatasized by one’s be- tief , ” he says, ,and goes on to equate such emotion involvement with great bias. It is at this point that he claims the only time a professor is not a free agent is when he is in the classroom. “We must present concepts,” he says, “without ev- aluating them.” * i

It may be interesting to see where all our “value free’ professors go when Burt Matthews becomes president on july 1st.

* * * l Matthews did not speculate on the

university consultant’s report supposedly due by the end of june; he did mention, however, that because there are things university students’ want done on their behalf, he is in favor of a department of student affairs. He did not comment on the possibility that such a department that such a department might act, as it did in the past, as a bureaucratic buffer to channel student dissent away from immediate confrontation with the administration.

l He considers the president of the university should act as a “clearing house” who should depend on others to make more decisions, except when they are “cross-department” decisions.

Is the role of‘ the university to solve problems or to train’ people in the tech- nique of solving problems?

Matthews clearly considers it is not the former; yet he also comments: “I don’t think it is possible to train in the tech- niques of solving problems. . . change is so quick that we can no longer assume that values and problems of today will be the ones our grads will have to face, so we must provide the opportunity to learn now those things that one might guess will be most useful in solving the problems of the future.” And of course, in order to do this he contend& he will need the “best judgement of faculty and students as to what in the world we should ^i learn. ”

Well, at least Burt Matthews gave (the impression of being genuinely earnest.

But will that be enough to save ‘him from the wolves?

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I 1 HE PHONE RANG, an altogether silly thing for a phone to do as the bell inside

I could just as well have done the job: and Timothy raced down the hallway from his s bedroom to the living room. When he got there (as he always assumed he would)

he found the Bell Telephone man taking the phone and putting it inside a cardboard box. The wiring lay unattached on the floor.

‘What ho!” cried Timothy. “I have just now heard the phone sound it’s page, and I have rel- inguished myself from my books in quest of the answer, forsaking my study in order to answer my calling, Bell. And yet, as J achieve this place, as I always assumed 1 would, I find to my am- , aze that there is no longer what twas before. . . a phone in name. Pray tell, Bell, what speakest thou to my situation?”

“You’re hearing things.” sounded the repairman, scratching his beard with one hand while the other freely grasped Timothy by the ankle.

“What sayest thou?” quizzed Timothy as best he could without the free use of one limb. ‘. - _ “Take a man’s arm and he will scratch where it once was”, stated the Bell man briskly. “Well shit”, intoned the former owner of the arm. “It’s true. Ever since the war, I keep feeling -7 -

I haven’t washed one of my arms, and by this time it must be intolorabely dirty.” “It smells it”, sait Tim. “Get out of my apartment”, he said. The one armed man quietly left dragging his air hammer with him, and Timothy turned once

again to the Bell man. ’ “Why removist thou my phone, oh person of the street?” I-

- “You asked me to.” \ - “I expected no more calls.” ” Fool. ‘: “Yes?” I .

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“Take away this Timothy person,and look him up, fool. He causes nothing but problems. And I when you come back; bring me my masseur.” -

The fool escorted Timothy to the cage and left him alone with 4 doctors and a naked, buxom lady. The lady united his shoes, stripped him ‘of his “T” (for touch) shirt, and began passionately throwing her elbow into his knee. Timothy sat in silence as the doctors chanted. “Love me, Love me, Love me, I a sibeling” and the lady grunted on the offbeat. The fool returned with three cop- ies of “The Confessions of Jean Jaques Rouseau” and a peanut butter and jam smattie. He gave , each of the four doctors a copy of the book and the smattie to the lady. The lady opened the sandwich and placed the halves on the inside of Timothy’s thyes.

“l-wonder who it was who called,” said Timothy aloud, quite forgetting his place.

member: Canadian university press (CUP) and underground press syndicate (UPS): subscrib- er: meration news service (LNS) and chevron international news service (CINS): published fifty- two times a year (1970-71) on tuesdays and fridays by the publications board of the,federation of students, incorporated, university of YVaterloo. Content is the responsibility of the chevron staff, independent of the federation and the university administration; off ices in the people’s campus center; phone (519) 578-7070 or university local 3443; telex 0295-748; summer circula- tion 8,500; Alex Smith, editor. Wednesday this week was a groove for all the third-level bureaucrats and “concerned” co-ordina- tion people who went to counselling services’ presentation of data in the MC building. It was a shame counselling did not arrange a more involving andcrucial demonstration of their activities- there were real possibilities, * ?hen again, it was perhaps only intended as an attempt to satisfy ver- tical-scope minds (yes, Al Adlington was there) of the fact that counselling services’ budget allo-’ cation is justified. It is, of course, the graph-gobbling, chartgrone Datamongers of the Middle EcheQns that need their existence justified, not counselling services.‘1 asked at one point after a brief discussion of T-groups whether any such groups had been organized for administrators. Brian Hendley from the undergraduate affairs office chuckled next to me and said “yes, they’re called committees.” Indeed. Written on the campus center blackboard this week: Pain makes man think, Thought makes man wise, Wisdom makes life endurable, How about that? Am I, right in assuming, however, that if a equals b, b equals c, and c equals d, a does not necessarily equal d? (I can play this game too, Steele). Pajn is therefore not necessarily endurable, as is the case, I would venture to say, with the idiot who wrote it. But it does sound nice. Multi objections came from people screaming about the biased news on page 2 last week concerning an ostensible campus center re-liberation. There’s no excuse: the story was a filler, that’s all, though it was based on a very defmte rumor. And congratulations to our printer who moved into new bourgeois I buildings yesterday: may our printing rates not go up to cover your overhead. Finally, in closing, there is nothing more to say about Burt Matthews, \ news: bob epp entertainment: ross bell photo: john nelson features: rats you will note the great number of photos in the chevron this week taken by our ever-increasing photo staff: steve izma, nigel burnett, doug minke, brian soucie, phil elsworthy; gary robins. also this issue: stan simister, dane charboneau, kathy dorschner, rqarie kennedy, brute steele and louis silcox. and remember: he who laughs last, laughs last.

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RTHUR SCHLESINGER’S BRIEF volume, The Bitter Heri- idea-the idea that the war in Vietnam tage, offers an appraisal of the historical and theoretical ori- served, Schlesinger’s suggestion . must

is not just a local conflict . . . but a fate- be seen as an excellent one. - - gins of America’s Vietnam policy; in addition to these allegedly ful test of wills between China and the Schlesinger describes the Laos ex-

descriptive efforts, Schlesinger proposes several alternatives United’ States”, he emphasizes that this periment : “There the coalition formula,

. to the present course of action’in southeast Asia. Unfortunately, Sch- was not the initial motive for interven- by offering the Pathet Lao representation but only a -product of what he calls

lesinger’s noble effort is vitiated by glib half-truths and an apparent the “rhetorical escalation” of the) war. tion in the government, induced them for a moment to stop fighting. At -the

inability to get to the root of the problems he sees, A meaningful Schlesinger then leads us to and leaves same time, it separated the honest na-

book about the United States’ Vietnam policy must fulfil1 several us at the conclusion that the initial and - tionalists from the disciplined comm-

Functions. First of,all, it must accurately present the historical origins only reason for american intervention

If the present conflict. Secondly, it must offer credible insights-into in Vietnam is, simply, a moralistic one.

unists within the Pathet Lao, and it gave Souvanna Phouma and the neutralists

Thus at the very basis of the “rhetorical how the Vietnam problem fits into the structure of ‘U.S. foreign \policy

the genuine neutrality of their country escalation” we find, if we follow Schlesing- to defend. When the Pathet Lao, failing

as a whole. And last, it must offer meaningfulunmystified alterna- er, nothing but more rhetoric. to take over theI government from tives to such policies. Although the author insists that ex- within, withdrew from the coalition and

- _ planations of politics that remain solely resumed the civil war, Souvanna Phou- Schlesinger’s book does not adequately about free elections is just so much dust on the level of moral rhetoric are danger- ma now moved to defend laotian neutra-

fulfil1 any of these functions. This is not to thrown into the eyes of the unwary and ous nonsense, he himself, in spite of such lity not against the United States but say that there is nothing of worth in The naive. assurances, frames his analysis in the against communism. As a result, the Bitter Her+e---the author offers sever- An account of the american adven- language of moral rhetoric. For examp- coalition experiment shifted the balance al important insights. These are, how- ture in southeast Asia remains inade- le, “Let us try to see the situation as it

quate’ to the extent that fails to examine of forces in Laos very much against the

ever, rendered largely inconsequential is: a horrid civil war in which communist Pathet Lao.” by the incredible amount of nonsense the government’s contempt for and mani- guerillas, enthusiastically aided and now Contra Schlesinger, the cause of the with which they are coupled. pulation of the increasingly important substantially directed from Hanoi, are withdrawal of the Pathet Lao from the

In tracing the history of United States structures of international law. trying to establish a communist despo- coalition was the CIA sponsored’assassin- involvement in Vietnam,- the author does Schlesinger’s description of ‘the man tism in South Vietnam, not for the Chin- ation of two of +,heir government mem- quite well until he arrives at the post that the U.S. put in power after the ese but for themselves.” He then indicates Geneva Accord (1954) period: here Ar- Geneva talks is ~also quite unfortunate. that this “communist despotism” is bas-

hers, the most important beiqg the neutralist foreign minister, Quinim Pholsena.

thur is reluctant to draw out the symbo- He tells us that Diem “fought long and‘ ed upon a “dismal and dogmatic creed, The “New York Times” ‘indicated that lit and practical consequences of the honorably for national independence.” with subsequent repression for its people Washington was not displeased at this american government’s relation to the This hardly squares with the facts. and losses for foreign investors. ” new threat to the coalition; quoting ‘a Geneva Accords. He writes: “ . . . Wash- Diem was a Catholic Mandarin who, when Thus, while telling us that american Washington official: “The foreign minis- ington supported Saigon in its determina- . the Japanese over-ran Vietnam, main- policy vis-a-vis Vietnam is mistaken ter was reported1 to have been using his tion to ignore the provision in the Gene- tained “friendly” relations with them ; insofar as it is based upon illusions of influence in a move to the left, so that a va Agreements for all-Vietnam elections who, when the French colonized his coun- grandeur, Schlesinger invites us, by im- wide rift was opening within the neutra- in 1956. However, the question of the 1956 try, became a high official in the french plication, to see american intervention list ranks.” (apri12, 1963). election was agitated in later years far civil service, and who, when the Vietna- in Asia as some sort of crusade against Souvanna tried to restore the coalition beyond its importance. For, even if presi- mese began to revolt against the french “despotic repression”. The Vietnamese by bringing together Phoumi (the man the dent Eisenhower in his memoirs was colonials, fled the country. This is hardly ’ and foreign investors (not necessarily CIA brought from France to head the ready to concede Ho Chi Minh 80% of the the record of a nationalist freedom figh- in that order) must be “saved”; as he right-wing “Committee for the Defense vote, Ho himself never displayed any inter. sees it, only the presence of american of the National Interest”.) and the head terest in permitting free elections on his Although Schlesinger rightly points out troops in Vietnam can prevent the “blood- of the Pathet Lao. Several days after side of the 17th parallel.” the repressive nature of the Diem regime, bath” of communist (i.e., nationalist) this meeting, Phoumi’s troops seized the

This statement encompasses both a lie and a distorting understatement.

it is quite important to indicate that victory. capital city. Diem’s terrorism was not merely the For Schlesinger, the problem remains several weeks aftr’ this, Souvanna’s

To say that Ho Chi Minh showed no in- quirk of an “honest nationalist” but was essentially the same as its formulation neutralist supporters had been “coales- terest in promoting free elections is the considered program of a reaction- simply ‘a lie. The reports of the Interna-

by the government; his only ,difference ary dictator-a dictator all too similar

ted” with Phoumi’s right. wing factions: with the government ends up being of a

tional control dommission indicate that to those “free world” leaders installed the army (and, in effect’, the govern-

and supported by the U.S. throughout strategic nature-he would prefer a

North Vietnam appealed repeatedly to merit) was now led by ten generals

political “solution” rather than the mar- (nine of them right wing; one of them them in order to get elections under way. the Third World. tial approach of the government. . neutralist) .This is probably the group

The author also grossly neglects the The only difference between Diem and To imply that the U.S. is in Vietnam Schlesinger speaks of as defending lao- importance of the american refusal to these other “free world” thugs is that he because it wishes to “save” the peop- tian neutrality.

- allow ,the scheduled elections to take was unable to ‘crush the revolutionary le in Vietnam is about as enlightening as The Bitter .Heritage ‘contains some place. Senator Ernest Gruening said in sentiment and activity of his subjects. , saying that the Russians invaded Czecho- signif ican tly important material-the a speech to the senate on april 9, 1965: Any work that is going to give an accur- slavakia to save the Czechs. Both must be demolition of the myth of monolithic “That civil war (i.e., the Vietnam war) ate account of american Vietnam seen as nothing but hollow rhetoric. communism, the warning of a rebirth of began-let me repeat, because this is the policy must fit it into the larger meaning w Schlesinger’s analysis of the Vietnam McCarthyism, and the exposure of the crucial issue-when the Diem regime- / of U.S. Third World policies rather than problem must be seen as a mystifica- bankruptcy of american counter-insur- at our urging-refused-to carry out the rationalizing it as an isolated bete noire. tion-ittells us little, if anything, about gency programs. These points remain, provision contained in the Geneva Agree- Of a particularly disturbing nature is . the essential features of american Asian however, oases in a desert. ment of 1954 to hold elections for the re- Schlesinger’s analysis of the motives be- policy. ’ unification of Vietnam. That was one of For an apologist, however, such mys-

Several years ago, Schlesinger was hind american Asian policy. Early in the publicly confronted with the nonsense

the underlying conditions of the Agree- book, the author proposes that the “offi-, tification is quite convenient, and, it he had presented to the public in the ment. The .,civil war began and has cial” reasons for being in Vietnam are must be said, quite necessary. It saves form of a government white paper on continued, with intensified fury ever largely moralistic. him from having to. face uncomfortable Cuba. In reply, he simply said, “I lied”. since. ” For example, he quotes Eisenhower as “problems” such as neo-imperialism, ,

In addition to this, the author fails to saying that the object of american policy This Schlesingerian, tradition is proudly

Pentagonism, etc. _ carried on in The Bitter Heritage. point out that the U.S. sought every in Vietnam is to “discourage any who The last sections of The,Bitter Heritage For an intellectual, especially means possible to obstruct and destroy might wish to impose a foreign ideology are mainly concerned with offering an for an intellectual involved in govern- the work of the Geneva ‘meeting (by on the free people of Vietnam.” alternative to the present american Asia ment affairs, violation-. of the truth is a setting up SEATO, by seeking to organize Later, in a similar vein, Schlesinger policy. In this regard, the author pro- serious matter. an american air strike at Dien Bien Phu, suggests that the dilemma being faced in and by putting in a puppet government southeast Asia is due to the illusory ame-

poses negotiations patterned after those In reaction to ! Schlesinger’s p&chant in Laos as a, possible “solution” to the

dedicated to undermining rican belief in their omniscience anb Vietnam problem. This is, if peace is to for falsification: Noam Chomsky suggest-

whatever peace settlement was reached at Geneva).

ed that he be ,drummed out of the pro- omnipotence. He also indicates that this fession. Clearly this >would be going too

By failing to adequately account for pervasive ‘ ‘moralism I,’ created an in- be attained, perhaps the -worst possible model that could be chosen; it would cer- ’ far. Better to have Schlesinger stuffed

the lack of regard with which the U.S. terest in Vietnam where none had exist- tainly be seen as unacceptable by the as a sample, for future generations, of approached this accord of international ed before.” North Vietnamese and by the Liberation those “value free” liberal scholars who law, Schlesinger leaves the reader with Even though Schlesinger believes that Front. If, on the other hand, american have become the hallmark of american the ‘thought that official U.S. rhetoric “hovering behind our polic$ is a larger interests (and, thus, notpeace) are to be intellect in the last decade.

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