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“Attorney-General Les Peter-
son has the dubious distinction of
being the only attorney general
in Canada’s history to have
ordered massive raids by police
on trade union offices with the
aim of prosecuting unions for
refusing to accept forced labor.”’

This was the charge made
Tuesday by Homer Stevens, a
leading trade unionist and Com-
munist candidate for Van-
couver-Little Mountain where
Peterson is the sitting Social
Credit member.

“This action by the attorney

-general during the recent con-

struction dispute will go down in
history as representative of the
extreme anti-labor attitude of
the present Socred government.
‘Attorney General Peterson
drafted the present anti-union

legislation which has no equal in
Canada. J.V. Clyne of Mac-
Millan Bloedel and_ the
Employers Council proposed Bill
33 and compulsory arbitration
and Peterson enacted it.

“The Construction Labor
Relations Association proposed
accreditation legislation to help
the construction bosses fight
labor, and Peterson enacted it.

“While Peterson was attorney
general and minister of labor he
enacted every piece of anti-union
legislation requested by the big
employers in B.C. and in some
cases even gave them more than
they wanted.

‘“My main purpose in running
in this election is to bring the
labor issue into the centre of the
election campaign and to make

sure it is not brushed under the

Prominent farmers in the rich
Nicomekl and _ Serpentine
Rivers area, explaining the
flood problems they have been
facing to Communist party
candidate Fred Bianco, said
that although the damage to the
crops this year is estimated at
over $1 million, the government
is stalling any progress by

- discussing grandiose plans

(through their various depart-
ments and boards) that will
place the cost of protection
unnecessarily high and will take
some years to complete.

Bianco said that the farmers,
through their research and
practical judgement, believe
that three portable-type pumps
of the kind used extensively by
the U.S. Corps of Engineers
would do the job now, at a
considerable saving. The units
complete with power plants

would cost in round figures
$20,000 each.

The irony of the whole
situation is that the money which
has already been spent on
studies, reviews and reports,
etc., might have gone a long way
in providing immediate require-
ments, Bianco said.

He explained that the problem
of flooding arises when the main
ditches back up and cannot carry
the water coming from higher
ground which is worsened
because of residential develop-
ment.

The pumps the farmers want
would carry the water into the
river. Along with this a modern
system of tide-water gates at the
dams (which were originally
built in 1912) would be needed. It
was stated by the farmers,
Bianco said, that in the last ten

years only one mile of dyke and”

New resource sellouts
planned by Bennett

Cont'd from pg. 1

for copper and other minerals
found in B.C. The U.S. and
Japan, who are hungry for B.C.
minerals, are forming
various cartels and companies
to seize control of the provinces
raw minerals. They have
absolutely no interest in process-
ing these resources in B.C. They
want them for their manu-
facturing plants back home.

The deal announced by Bennett
for Peace River coal hands over
the vast Sukunka seams of
coking coal, which can be mined
very cheaply because they lie
close to the surface, to a finan-
cial conglomerate made up
mainly of U.S., British, Cana-
dian and German capital.
Brascan, which is one of the
major companies involved, is
listed among the 100 top corpora-
tions operating in Canada,
holding ninth position in assets.
It used to be Brazilian Light and
Power, and controls many sub-
sidiaries in Latin America where
it extracts raw materials. It also
holds 32 percent control of John
Labatt brewery and has sub-

stantial interests in the Hudson’s
Bay Company.

Bennett is also anxious to get
the election out of the way before
the full impact of the Columbia
Treaty sellout to the U.S. hits the
B.C. voters. In the next year or
so the public will have to pick up
the tab for something like $300
mijlion to complete our part of
the deal when Ottawa and
Victoria signed the treaty which
was one of the grossest betrayals
of the public’s interest in our
history. :

The giveaway .of B.C.’s
resources for export in raw form
means the export of tens of thou-
sands of new jobs. It robs the
B.C. economy of hundrds of
millions of dollars which we
would get if these resources
were processed in B.C.

This is the crucial issue of this
election.

The ousting of the Socred
government and election of a
majority of NDP’ers and Com-
munists could start the process
of restoring the resources of the
province to their rightful
owners — the people. That’s why
the stakes are so big on August’
30. ies Be = %

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1972—PAGE 8

very little repair work had been
done in the area.

The frustration of the valley
farmers was climaxed a few
weeks ago in the signing of a peti-
tion addressed to the mayor and
council of Surrey, giving notice
that they would withhold their
taxes as a protest to the lack of
action on the part of the govern-
ment, coupled with an appeal
that council persuade the senior
governments to install the
pumps now.

The Communist Party
candidate is in sympathy with
the stand of the farmers who are
taking this determined action.
He will bring the issue of the
Nikomekl and _ Serpentine
valley farmers’ serious situa-
tion to the forefront in this
election campaign as well as
other problems facing farmers
in the Fraser Delta.

MORGAN

Cont'd from pg. 7

the interests of the working
people,’’ Morgan declared to a
loud burst of applause. ‘‘MLA’s
who can be relied upon to
conduct a consistent fight to curb
the monopolies, make them pay
their rightful share of the taxes
to lift the burden off the con-

sumers and homes, and set B.C.

on the road to new ‘people-before-

profits’ policies,’ Morgan
concluded.
‘Fred. Bianco, Communist

candidate for Surrey, outlined
proposals of the party for a crash
program to provide every
British Columbian with a job or
adequate income as a matter of
right. He pledged to fight in the
Legislature for a minimum
income for every pensioner, of
at least $3,000 (single) and $5,000
for every couple, per year.

Bianco called for legislation
to stop dumping of surplus U.S.
farm production in B.C., which
is bringing ruination to B.C.
vegetable and fruit growers.
‘The farmers and young people;
just like the working people, are
suffering at the hands of‘the
Socreds and their policies of
sellout to U.S. and foreign
monopolies,’’ Bianco. said.
‘We've got an opportunity to
call a halt to this course on
August 30th, and we’d better not
miss it.”’

Bianco fights for valley farmers

As a_ one-time vegetable
grower, and now an industrial
worker, Bianco says that only
through joint action of labor,
farmers and other progressives
will there be either security in

their occupations, or a fair,

return for their labor.

Advance polls

If you are going on holidays
and want to vote in the provin-
cial election, remember the
advance polls. They will be held
August 24, 25, and 26th.

If you are a voter in the Surrey
riding, the advance polls will be
held on the above dates at two
places: 13648 Grosvenor Road,
Surrey, and at Chicken City, on
the King George Highway,
Newton.

If you are a city voter (any
constituency), the advance poll
is being held on the above dates
at 2735 Cambie, in Vancouver.
Whatever you do, don’t lose
your vote by forgetting the
dates of the advance poll!

rug as the Socreds are trying © |
do. The Socred government, am |
in the first place the drafter of
its anti-union policy, Les Petel j
son, must be turned out of office)
on August 30 if labor’s 1omB |
established rights and demoG
racy are tobe restored inB.C. |
Stevens said is is regrettable |
that the NDP has not taken UP
the fight for labor’s rights in te {_
way it should have. ‘‘Ilooked#? |
vain for them to spotlight this ||
basic issue, but they have not. |
their main provincial electio? |
program mention is not eve? |
made of this question.” Boe
He said that the Communist |
Party is the only party which is Ap
highlighting the fight for restr |
tion of labor’s rights and 5 :
making an issue of the Socre™ |)
government’s anti-labor policy:
“That is why I, as a Wang
unionist, am running as a On
munist ‘candidate agai
Peterson. i
Stevens said that he will pre® le
in the election campaign for t a
restoration of collectly i
bargaining in B.C. and fort al
repeal of the Mediation Com
mission Act (Bill 33). ing
“I will press for the outlaws ¢
of injunctions in labor disput 1
and for the repeal of Bill3 and
regulations adopted by
Socred government W
impose a wage freeze
workers.” ist
Stevens aid the Commute
Party stands for adoption ee
Charter of Labor Rights wi (
will guarantee freedom ee |
association, full collec’ ;
bargaining for all, includ! és
government employees, 4! .
right to strike and picket, a Ye
as full equality for wo
workers and an increas®
minimum wages.
ed @

Stevens, who has play not
prominent role in the Ja ~ |
movement for twenty-five yea iy
and himself has been a vic?
B.C. Socred anti-labor laws,
nominated last week as qo"
munist candidate in the ited
seat riding of Little Mounta
His running mate is Jim Be

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Only a few days-remain now before the August 30 vou
which will decide B.C.’s fate for some years to come- tind
the Communist Party and its five candidates are PU
forth the real issues of this election, which can be su@ the
up in our main slogan: ‘‘End big business rule— Oust ©

As happened in previous years, the big busine
is almost completely blacking out our statements © ae
appeals. The only way we can reach the people wit dios
message is through costly advertising in press and 08 ra
and through: printing of large quantities of leaf

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