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Apart from special political
actions, the British Intelligence
Service bosses include terrorist
actions, subversion and sabo-
tage in the concept of “‘psycho-
logical warfare,” Philby said.
He produced directives to Bri-
tish resident agents in a num-
ber of European countries de-
manding that they set up a
network of agents-saboteurs. _

In his interview Philby gave
concrete facts and named
names. He dealt at some length
with British subversion in the
Lebanon and named leading
SIS agents there.

“The British Intelligence is
conducting subversive opera-
tions also in other Arab coun-
tries. British intelligence agents
are particularly active in Am-
man, where they are led
by the first secretary of the Bri-
tish embassy Spiers, and in
Aden where the SIS resident is
the first secretary of the British
embassy K. Brehoni, who super-
seded the well-known British
agent K. Herdon in this post.”

Philby said that a former SIS
resident agent in Berlin and
Bonn, Peter Lunn, had told him

“that the numerous materials

against Willy Brandt published
in the FRG conservative press
in the 50’s and 60’s were in-
spired by the British Intel-

‘ligence Service.

LABOR SCENE

by Bruce Magnuson

The racist South African gov-
ernment has over a. number of
years conducted intense propa-
ganda to make apartheid look
acceptable and above all profit-
able to the business community
of advanced capitalist industrial
nations. The terrible human
misery is forgotten and the
pressure to abolish this monst-
rous creed is softened. It is time
to remind ourselves before rush-
ing to buy the numerous com-
modities now offered on the
Canadian market.

e First, under the Job Reser-
vation Act of South Africa, non-
white workers, no matter how
skilled, are not allowed to do
skilled work at the rates estab-
lished for such work. Recently
two colored men in Johannes-
bug were fined for working as
carpenters, a job reserved for
whites.

e Second, by means of the
Pass Laws the government has
made the African worker a mig-
atory labor force, breaking up
thousands of families and keep-
ing their wages low. The Afri-
cans have no- right to choose
where to live and work.

e Thirdly, there are no trade
union rights. African trade
unions are not recognized in
collective bargaining. Workers
who join them are persecuted
by the authorities. African and
Indian workers are only allow-
ed to join segregated, inferior
unions without recognition.

e Fourthly, there is no right
to strike. African workers who
go on strike are fined up to
£500 or imprisoned for up to
three years. In April 1968, 2,000
African dock workers went on
strike in Durban for higher
wages. They were sacked and
forcibly removed to remote
areas. If Africans strike it is
virtually regarded as civil war
by South African government.

e Fifth, there is no freedom
of movement. Every day some
2,000. Africans are convicted
under the Pass “Laws. Thous-
ands are forced out of the
towns to the poor rural areas
where they cannot get jobs.

e Sixth, African workers are
paid starvation rates of wages.
In the mining industry, where
white workers are paid close to
£43 weekly, the Africans are

Need solidarity to end
South African slavery

paid barely 2 pounds and 12
shillings. In the manufacturing
industry the comparable rates
are 37 pounds and 6 pounds 18
shillings. In the building. indus-
try the rates are 40 pounds per
week for whites and 6 pounds
and 10 shillings for the African
workers.

The most terrible working
conditions are to be found
amongst the African farm work-
ers. Their wages and conditions
are not protected by law of any
kind. If they break their con-
tract they can be imprisoned.
These workers are forced to
labor from 12 to 15 hours per
day.

* K *

The South African Congress
of Trade Unions, the only non-
racial federation of trade unions
in South Africa, is the consis-
tent champion against apartheid
and discrimination in South Af-
rica. Many of its officials and
activists, consisting mainly of
Africans and some other non-
whites, have suffered persecu-
tion restrictions, bans and de-
tentions under the 90-day and
180-day laws and the Terrorism
Act. Many of its officials labor
under house arrest. Some are
serving imprisonment for their
activities, while others still are
exiled.

To continue its work, inside

South Africa as well as abroad, °

the South African Congress of
Trade Unions has established a
temporary head office in Lusa-
ka, Zambia. It has also opened

... And “home”
hut with indescribable squalor.

South Africa today.

" for the African worker in South Africa is a poor

an office in London, England,
with Mr. John Gaetsewe as the
representative of the SACTU in
Western Europe.

The work of combatting ra-
cial discrimination and apar-
theid in South Africa by the
courageous champions of the
African workers takes on a
special urgency. today when
many West-European and even
North American firms are clos-
ing up shop and moving to open
up and expand their business in
South Africa.

Canadian trade with South
Africa has increased greatly
over the past period.

BS * *

Canadian unions should con-
tact the London office of the
South African Congress. of
Trade Unions at 49 Rathbone
St. London W.1.A.—4NL., Eng-
land, to seek more information
about the real situation in
South Africa today.

Local unions, central labor
councils, provincial federations
and the CLC and CNTU ought
to establish communications

with SACTU through its Lon- ©

don office, and invite speakers
to address them on the working
conditions and oppression of the
African worker today.

To change these conditions
there must be _ international
labor solidarity. This is a matter
of concern to all workers every-
where. World-wide trade union
cooperation is the road to free-
dom for the African worker in

A ‘friend of labor

By TOM MORRIS

ST. CATHARINES — After
hearing a brief protesting the
use of the police against strik-
ing workers at Kimberly Clark,
presented by John Clout, Com-
munist candidate in Lincoln rid-
ing, Niagara Regional councillor
William Marshall (who is also
an international representative
for the UAW) rose to speak. -

You would expect this repre-
sentative of the working man
in public office to have some
kind words for strikers. At the
very least, Bill Marshall might
have associated himself with
the sentiménts expressed in a
large advertisement placed in
St. Catharines and: District La-
bor Council last summer OppOs-
ing the use of the Niagara Re-
gional Police when “. . . on
three separate occasions Kim-
berly Clark has required the
police to send up to 50 police
officers at a time to ensure that
the union’s legal picket line did

not interfere with the transport”

of fancy tissue in and out of

the mill.”

Or he might have associated
himself with his own remarks
made in what the St. Catharines
Standard described as “a short
and fiery speech” when he told
1,500 workers on Aug. 22 that
the use of the police in this dis-
pute was “an intolerable jus-
tice.’

Instead, Marshall rose to at-
tack John Clout and the Com-
munist Party’s proposals to stop
such intolerable justices. In this
he was supported by Councillor
Robert Bell (himself a General
Motors worker) who called Mar-
shall ‘‘a true friend of iabor...
who has demonstrated this over
many years of loyal service.”

The Communist brief says:

“It is evident that the crea-

‘tion of these, ‘special police

forces’ is part of an overall pro-
vincial plan and it is equally
evident that they are strategi-
cally located in areas where

mass industry and large unions

exist.
“Taken together with a deter-

iorating economic situation and
a growing demand for wage
freeze and for workers to tight-
en their belts, it is a fair as-
sumption that in anticipation of
increasing plant closures, lay-
offs, mass unemployment and all
the attendant miseries, the po-
lice are being geared to run in-
terference for big corporations,
to turn disputes between work-
ers and companies into confron-
tation with the police, with the
state. :

“We object to the use of tax-
payers money to pursue such
aims.

“We ask that this council
move immediately to disband
the Emergency Task Force and
to ensure to the people of the
Niagara Peninsula. that police
forces will not be used to sup-
press dissent or coerce or inti-
midate people in pursuit of
whatever changes are necessary
to satisfy their economic and
social needs. . . .”

Is this the case or not? Is this

position not in the interest of*'

on the wrong side

the workers at Kimberly-Clark,
at Texpack in Brantford, or for
the thousands of autoworkers
Mr. Marshall and Mr. Bell are
expected to serve?

The press welcomed Council-
lor Marshall’s blast at the Com-
munists. He helped take the
pressure off when he said that
“the police have some duties
they will have to perform at
strikes.” And why not? This fits
in perfectly with the view of the
company and the anti-labor
forces. The Niagara Falls Re-
view writes editorially, ‘The
police force was created to
maintain law and order. Wheth-
er such occasions arise in which
workers are concerned is no
concern of the police. They are
required to keep the peace .. .
public interest does not neces-
sarily coincide with the interests
of Jabor and strikers.”

“Many years of loyal service,”
perhaps. But Mr. Bell may have
been indulging his sense of hu-
mor when he speaks about “a
trde“friend ‘of “labor.” “*'"' -

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