| Romesh Chandra, the widely-
Own general secretary of the
World Peace Council, will visit
‘fanada this fall for a speaking
Our to the World Conference on
ultinationals, which he will
} “tend in Toronto, Nov. 14-16.
The tour, to start Nov. 5, is
Projected to include major
“ities from coast to coast. He
| will be in Vancouver for public
| Batherings early in November
}at a date to be announced.
In addition to Chandra, Karen
albot of the U.S.A., North
Bican representative at
| porld Peace Council
| *adquarters in Helsinki;
q Non Raymong Goor, Belgian
€rgyman-and chairman of the
cuopean Committee on
peanity and Cooperation; and
representative from the
“ongolian People’s Republic,
hot yet named, will take part in
the tour,
Pee World Conference ‘on
ultinationals will discuss
ratinational corporations in
ation to (1) the current
*conomic crisis, (2) as a threat
d development, national in-
fpendence and a new-
£Conomic order and, (3). their

“€ as a threat to peace and
tente.

| World peace leaders
to visit B.C. in Nov.

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ROMESH CHANDRA

As well as participants from
Canada, representatives of
United Nations organizations,
world trade union, church,
student, peace and other bodies
will attend.

Among those so far an-
nounced will be men and women
from Algeria, Iraq, Mongolia,
Cuba, India, Venezuela, Costa
Rica, Chile, Puerto Rico, Sr
Lanka, South Africa,
Madagascar, Mozambique,
Federal Republic of Germany,
Britain, France, Portugal,
U.S.A. and USSR.

Continued from page 9

Iubj; Ing the U.S. and western
ii ters Opinion for acceptance of
Win €ntion and a strong right-
4 6 military government.

Prepay

I Hes in the campaign against
Tip 2 CConomic warfare is the key
ee away public support
{Ry me revolutionary leadership.
Tass: ithholding credits and other
} Rance from bilateral and
Hing ig ter! commercial lending
befan tions, great hardships will
lag the middle and working
F  *SSes,
Private investment credits can
Tozen, trading ‘contracts
te and cancelled, and
» ployment increased, while
be pialist propaganda will place
nd ame on workers demands
ano vernment weakness rather
| the, on lending institutions and
|rg. deliberate policies of credit
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the

' The effect of these programs in

PORTUGAL AND THE CIA

Chile during the Allende ad-
ministration is well known.
“Propaganda exploitation of
economic hardship will thus
prepare at least a limited public

acceptance of a strong military -

government that suddenly appears
to ‘restore national dignity,
discipline and purpose.’ If there is
a Portuguese Pinochet, he ought to
be identified now.

“In coming months we will
probably see intensification of the
CIA’s operations to create fear,
uncertainty, economic disruption,
political division, and the ap-
pearance of chaos. Political
assassinations must be expected,
along with bombings that can be
‘attributed’ to the revolutionary
left.

“Greater militancy by reac-
tionary elements in the Catholic
Church must also be expected in
their efforts to undermine the
revolution. As ‘moderate’ electoral
solutions become more and more
remote, the CIA and its sister

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veteran of the Lincoln

Charging that* the Employer’s
Council of B.C. is coordinating
and directing the drive against
B.C. labor this year in a deter-
mihed bid to impose lower stan-
dards of living on workers, Tribune
editor Maurice Rush told a large”
crowd at the annual Labor Day
picnic at Parksville that in the 81
years since Labor Day was
proclaimed workers in B.C. have
never been under such con-
centrated attack.

Quoting from a Labor Day
Statement by William Hamilton,
president of the Employer’s
Council in which he called on
employers to ‘‘stand firm” and to
‘challenge’? labor’s demands,
Rush saidit has been the aim of the
Employer’s Council since it was
formed to drive down workers’
living standards on the excuse that
this was necessary to ‘‘make B.C.
competitive in world
markets.”

“The only way labor can win
against the combined attack of big
business supported by the federal
government is through united
militant action. Unity is the key to
victory for B.C. labor,”’ he said.

Pointing to the rejection by
woodworkers of the Hutcheon
report, Rush said the proposals
contained in the report would have’
left woodworkers far behind other
workers at the end of a two-year
agreement, and would have

services will increasingly promote
Chile-style ‘stability’ as the only
remaining way to ‘save’ Portugal.

“The separatist movement in the
Azores, already gaining
momentum among the U.S.
residents of Azores origin, may be
promoted by the CIA as a last
resort for preserving U.S. military
bases there.

‘Jn Angol the‘CIA is not standing
idly by, where exceptional national
resources must be kept in
capitalist hands. The FNLA is
likely being supported by the CIA
through Zaire in order to divide the
country and prevent MPLA
hegemony.”

[Agee concludes by recom-
mending that the Portuguese
government exercise “careful
control” of ‘‘all entries and exists
of Portugal by U.S. citizens.”’

But, ‘clearly the revolutionary
process itself and the people’s
support and participation through
organs of popular power is the
strongest defense.”’]

Spanish film here

The outstanding. Spanish
documentary film, ‘““Dreams and
Nightmares,” will be available for
showings in B.C. until the end of
October. The film, which is in

color, and runs for one hour,

depicts the Spanish Civil War and
Spain today. :

Filmed by
In-
ternational Brigade in Spain, the
film won first prize at the Leipzig
Film Festival and other awards.

For information about filming
phone 536-6065 or the Tribune of-

fice, 685-8108.

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dragged down the wage standards
of all B.C. workers.
He said woodworkers turned

down the recommendations,
despite tremendous pressure,
because they knew the terms of-
fered would have imposed great
hardships on them and their
families in face of rising prices.

Answering the forest companies’
argument that higher wages
threaten to price B.C. lumber out
of the world’s markets, Rush
recalled that in recent years the
forest monopolies pushed prices of
lumber up to a scandalous level,
_pricing lumber out of some world
markets and especially out of the
housing market in Canada.

“During that same period the
forest companies made the biggest
profits in their history, but the
workers in the industry got little
from it in terms of higher wages.

“What did MacMillan Bloedel do
with these huge profits,” he asked.
“They used them to buy companies
around the world. They invested
hundreds of millions of dollars
abroad from exploitation of B.C.’s
forests and working people. Now
that they are experiencing some
economic difficulties this year they
want the woodworkers to bail them
out by accepting inferior wages
and conditions and carry the
burden of the present crisis.
Woodworkers should tell them in
no uncertain terms that they don’t
intend to accept that, and that if it
is necessary to cut back on their
foreign investments to meet
workers-demands they should do
so,”’ said Rush. -

Pointing to the crucial stage in
forest negotiations Rush said the
key to victory this year is for unity
of the three major forest unions.
“A united strategy which would
direct the main fight against the
employers and not against each
other is the most crucial need
now,”’ he said.

Turning to rising food prices,

which he said are higher in B.C. ©

than anywhere else in North
America, Rush said the reason for
that is monopoly control of the food

industry here, and its domination ~
by Safeway and Super-valu stores, .

who have eliminated any sem-
blance of competition between
themselves. He pointed to the large

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attack on trade unions’

profits reported by the B.C. Sugar
Refinery and Kelly Douglas to
show that profits are the main
reason for the higher prices here,
and said that the food monopolies
can meet the just wage demands of
food workers, but here again they
are being prodded by the Em-
ployers’ Council to force a con-
frontation with food workers.

Nick Chernoff, secretary of the
Courtenay and District Labor
Council brought greetings to the
picnic, and as a woodworker
referred to the difficult situation
faced by the unions in the forest
industry. He urged unity of
workers and stressed the need for

_labor to back senior citizens and

others on low incomes’ whose
standard of living is being eroded
by inflation.

Ald. George McKnight of Alberni
was .master of ceremonies. A
musical program and_ sports

‘events along with excellent food

rounded out a highly successful
Labor Day picnic which saw
hundreds of men, women and
children take part.

~ RANKIN

Cont'd from pg. 2

tional Telephone and Telegraph
and the whole crowd of other
multinationals that run and exploit
our society. But there is a growing
number of people who think the
world should be made safe for
people, not just for profiteering
giants: Society needs the Wall &
Redekops just about as much as a-
dog needs fleas.

The main criticism to be made of
rent controls is that they are not
properly enforced. And it’s time
the government recognized that
private enterprise never will
alleviate the housing shortage.
This is a government responsibility
which has been too long neglected.

Ukrainian
~ school

The School of Ukrainian Dance,
Music and Language of the
Association of Ukrainian
Canadians will begin its 1975-76
season on Saturday, Sept. 6. All
youngsters from pre-school and
mid-teens are invited to learn the
art of Ukrainian dance, to play the

- balalaika, mandolin, guitar, piano,

and learn the basics of the
Ukrainian language.

Registration for all activities is
at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6 at
805 E. Pender Street in Vancouver.

Sean — 685-8108 (days) or

Jim — 291-1771 (evenings)

Abe Osheroff, a

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