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Civic workers prepare fo

he the Lord and Pass
the Ammunition” seems to be

Pproach of the Vancouver
a a Employees Union, Out-

“Nex orkers in approaching

Bee negotiations. The
let. agreement expires Det
rie last membership meet-
=e Soe to set up a $50,000
ny est to meet a strike or
Bien ee emergency — that
ry pot: Commenting on
by eh Sion the Union News-
he'Sy makes: the point that
ie trey pattern, where the
Workers had to- strike

ane {3 3
Wea S year. to win a wage in-

SE, could repeat itself again
Reouver in 1962.
' €ditorial. in -the same
otf ¢ = oe union paper. takes
Nervi; * Fleming budget, ob-
oak at the result. of the
ie wid be to-shove up. the
fruit, vegetables, can-,

ned goods, tools and hundreds
of other items we buy from
the U.S.A.”

Putting it..all. together. the.
Newsbulletin winds up its edi-
torial with the observation,
“Now, as we are approaching
the time to. start negotiations

again; we must:.make up our} )
paues tgs is ie called in the

fall.

minds. that there will be no
settlement in -°62-.withcut a
substantial wage increase.” ~~

.- And in Quebéc!

- Sherbrooke — .The, fight. of

civic employees. in ‘Quebec. for |:
rsources...of Quebec: ‘by. a few

foreign financial eae: was
denounced.

trade. union. rights, and... the
right to strike “dominated- the
congress of Employees of Whini-
cipalities and School ‘Boards.
(CNTU)* held here: last: week.
_. The’. congress. demanded: .a
modification of«the, provincial
labor code. to enable municipal
emplyees *

to. exercise their:

r 1962

tiation and of arbitration.

In effect. the congress said:
either put teeth into. the law
to. bring employers to heel or
allow-us the right to strike.

“The. right. to strike, even
after going to’ arbitration, was’
revoked in a ruling of 1949.

. A special congress on the

.By. a unanimous vote the
congress called for the nation-
alization , of industries exploit-
ing. our, natural resources.

Control ofthe natural re-

Phe. coneress.: a Peceapited,
that the Quebec - government:

-bring in.an overall. -eharter. of
education that. would; guaran-,

tee access ta, education for,
every. child in the province at
every. level.

rights of asepeiaae: of: nego,’

hati ti
Jonal disaster area and work out a crisis program.” <

te strongly worded letter}
; emier T, C. Douglas of|
askatchewan,
ace program for farm|
are to. meet the emergency.
SS paroatitien jointly by.
. and provincial govern-
vie ‘the Communist Party
eae committee of Sas-
“to €wan urged the premier

Place the farm crisis high

tal se agenda at the special
Session of the legislature.”

gon inting out that the entire
fo aa public school tax hill
tipal; askatchewan rural muni-
ios Re and one hundred mil-
Cou fi pate in relief measures
Perce e@ had for less than 10-
Rents of the federal govern-
e ee Staggering arms. budget,
etter to Premier Douglas

oe
SS EEE EE =

and ‘accompanying : circular

submitted a

relief;

© The federal government).

should. make the Prairie Farm
Relief. Association (PFRA) 4
co-ordinating body to handle
the purchase, sale and move-
ment of all fodder to eliminate
speculation. Government-paid
subsidies to keep costs down
to farmers. In’ addition,
PFRA: should deal with ‘water
shortages, pasturage, etc. for
the federal government.

© Last year’s (1960) price to
be maintained under beef and
hogs.

e The federal government
to pay an Acreage Bonus of
$5.00 an acre in addition to
PFRA payments.

2 ABOVE. »
ah
, | BELOW |
SASK, . Gap normat. .__|
DES: mMuCcH ‘BELOW,
gato ry NORMAL .. aey
=>. > ry 4

Sketch of the three prairie provinces showing the aintall
te ifferent areas during the past few weeks, and the wide
€ep of the drought-stricken area.

compreheyisive }
containing a) program of emergency farm

‘the!’

; already. - the

ask. C.P. urges immediate
aid to stricke

We- “Drouth, gvasshoppers and exploitation
Say the federal government should immedately

en areas

—ail combine to create a national calamity.
gecdare the prairie provinces a

6 Increase social aid and
make it “readily available.
Federal grants to help pay for
increased social aid.

e@ The provincial govern-
ment, which has the power,
should declare a two-year mor-
atorium on all farm debts. No
farmer should lose his farm
or his machinery because of
this crisis. ©

© A special program of pest
conirol, the entire cost to be
born. by the provincial and
federal governmenis.

©. A rural works project to
provide worl and wages, aim-
ed at solving the serious water

problem that plagues the
prairies: The provincial gov-
exnment should immediately

establish a Provincial Water
Authority. Speed: up the build-

ing of the South Gsskeichawap
-| River, Dem.:

‘@. ‘More extensive. credit at

é low interest rates. .

The etter: also; drew>to the

4) governments attention that

farm « crisis. is
driving: thousands © of « small
farmers. from - the, land, and
rapidly - -worsening the plight
of: others. Big ag ;

- ! TE will compel eyen more

A eoona. people. to, seek . their

fortunes outside. of our pro-

.| vince. It will bring worsening

economic conditions to our
towns and ‘cities, end deepen
the economic, stagnation that

} promises a bleak future for

our citizens.”

Oke of a number of Cuban shipyards built since the
revolution 2s ‘part of a growing national industry, ° the
Antres — Shipyard. (Hsinhua News Agency.):

‘GUS’ NEARLY HAD IT:

- America’s second spaceman came within an ace of
disaster after successfully making his much-deleyed flighi.
The escape hatch of his capsule blew off unexpectedly. ‘

This latest attempt by the U.S. to demonstrate its
strength and “superiority” in space would indicate that U.S.
‘astronauts picked for trips in space must be adept at dog-

Captain Virgil (Gus) Grissom, whose rocket ‘went 118 |
miles into space, when pulled from the water ‘wisecracked,
Giye me something to blow my nose — my head is full of
sea “water.” _ a

Contribution to scientific research by the U.S. in this
latest space flight, according to authoritative sources, is
negligible. The capsule, containing records of the flight, bes
lost and no attempts will be made to recover it from the

paddling. : A :

ocean bed — a jasik described as

“next to impossible”.

Toronto. —. “United . States
hysteria over Berlin has,.to a

large extent, been manufactur-
ed to get extra billions from
Congress to bolster a sagging
domestie economy,” Dr. James
G. Endicott, Chairman of the
Canadian: Peace Congress’ ‘said
this week.

“Tt is a lever being used by
the administration to pry. new
arms and foreign aid appropria-
tions from Congress,” he ex-
plained.

Dr, Endicott made the: state-
ments.in a cable to the Berlin
‘Neues Deutschiand,” the tead-
ing newspaper in ‘the German
Democratic Republic. The
newspaper..is conducting a
world-wide public opinion poll
on.the question of a German
peace treaty and had solicited
his views,

“A peace. treaty with, the
GDR and the Federal Republic
is absolutely necessary at this
time,” Dr. Endicott said.. “The

and the growing power of. the
unrepentant. Nazi’ generals in
Bonn are.a serious menace.to
peace. All those who are op-
posed to atomic war must help

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rearmament of West Germany.

Armament makers feed —
Berlin war. hysteria

time bomb that. West German
rearmament has. planted. in the
heart of Europe.”

“The present eastern bound-
aries of Germany must be guar-
anteed, Nazi plans for revenge
must be abandoned and general
disarmament begun,” he ‘said.

Dr. Endicott said that the
largely artificial. crisis ~-over
Berlin could: easily be solved.
“West Berlin can easily be
guaranteed free status by the
United Nations and an inter-
national’ treaty, while at the
same time being. denied: the
possibility of becoming a; war
base for the Benn-Pentagon
Axisch.- : |

Cuban hit song

The Northamericanos

Say Fidel is comunista.

They don’t say that Batista

Killed twenty thousand
Cubans.

Tf Fidel’s a comunista,

Then put me on the lista —

For I’m a Fidelista.

Cuba ‘Si! ‘Yanqui Nof,
—From one of the latest

hit tunes in Cuba.

to dismantle the dangerous:

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