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LOOMS JULY 21

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ony
°unced: that- it. would attempt,

c
‘ ompany office personnel com-

: Sees

Nothing surprising at
hational Socred rally

aes Was nothing surpris-'
rom Out the flood of fancy
the" can which came out of
KG. Ocial’ Credit convention
tawa last week,

= What was most note-
Was ont the convention
manager difficulties its stage
ing to S €xperienced in try-

conceal the thoroughly

Teactiona
Policies, Ty content of their

" 0 ;
ti A the all-important ques-

0
1 of war and peace, the

On came out for more

equemanded | ‘an adequately
So Canadian force
Y for immediate action, a

tr
‘Ong reserve army,

Compr and a
x ehensi ivi Sata >
System, e civil defence

ae See at ‘was silent;
a bec S. economic doming;,
ae anada, which is hard-
prising considering the

TCA STRIKE

ie tike deadline of July 21
She een set by more than 750
fWardesses in their dispute
Trans-Canada Air Linés.
At the same time TCA: an-

penser its airplanes flying’
m Ugh the use. of strike-
eee It is reported that

Nagement has over 1,000

tted to scab on the steward-
Esseg,
ae stewardesses, organized
Phi he Canadian’ Air Lines

ight Attendants Association,
sot their union leaders auth-
o y to call a strike earlier
As month after TCA: refused
so accept the recommendation
“a federal conciliation board '
ean Wage increases. for attend-
Nts on jet aircraft.

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-for the next 18, months.

Hospital workers"
win 5% wage gain

Over 3,000 B.C. hospital
workers won a 5 percent wage
increase in a contract to run

| This was announced by Bill
Black, union business agent,

who hailed
gain against a trend of little

or no wage increases ° ‘this year. meal

record of sell-out’ tothe Us:
trusts.which has been ° *chalked
up, by both the Alberta -and
British Columbia govern-

ments.

A policy statement on nat-
ural resources was adopted
providing that | these should
remain under control of: the
crown. “unless under-
development.”

This. neatly. leaves the. way.
open for the U.S. monopolies
to take. over as soon as a par-|
ticular resource comes under
“active development”.

On international trade, the,
convention came out for freer |
trade with all countries “with-
in the free © world”.

active:

tinction of being the only pol-
itical party in Canada which
does not advocate extension, of
trade with the socialist coun:
tries.

Beiraying its bitter anti-|
labor bias, the convention de-
manded compulsory arbitra-
tion: of disputes “in which. the

national interest is jeopardiz-|_

ed.”
The canvention further ad-
vocated that unemployment

insurance be placed on an “ac-
tuarial - basis” ° which~ could
only mean support for sharp-
ly . increased unemployment
insurance payments, or sharp-
ly reduced benefits. :

Above photo” shows a corner of mass rally in Cairo. on

June 26-in support of the Ang
Portuguese imperialism,

Speakers _ strongly ‘condemned
_ Portugal’s: actions in. Angola and demanded Portuguese
- Imperialism quit. Angola. ~ -

olan people’s struggle. against.

it as a modest}

C OA‘ N

MERCURY

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Demand Anti-Monopoly Hydre
“vn =" Dolicy From B.C. Legislature

ing over of power resources
may: take} or how. a_ single
agency would.be-set up in B.C.
There .are. strong suspicions in
many circles ‘that- Bennett may
leave the: B.C. Electric in the
field. of distribution, of elec-
tricity, gas and transit.

‘There are also strong indi-
cations that any. take-over. by
the government. will. be:accom-
panied. . by “generous”: pay
ments out of. the provincial
treasury. ,Refleeting big. busi-
ness thinking, Vancouver Pro-
vince business . editor. William
E. Ryan said this. week. “that
PEC, Power Corporation share-
holders and bondholders — if
expropriation. lies ahead—will
be.treated, with reasonable gen-
erosity by the .government. Fi
. Economists. “who closely fol-
low B.C. Electric financing are
‘asking the question: “If Ben-
nett takes over the. B.C. Elec:
trie will it be at. the high
the company
places on its assets?” These ex-

délibérately inflated — its capi-
taljzation | in ‘order to justify
larger ‘earnings under the
“fair rate of return” section of
the. Public Utilities Act. 3°

They point out that if Ben-
nett. accepts B.C. Electric capi-
talization. at its” present level
the. publie will be making a
‘gift of many millions of dollars
to B.C. Electric shareholders
out of the public treasury.

“That could be a real killing

for the private utility share-
holders at the taxpayeér’s ex-
pense,” said one of them. “Ben-

nett ee be watched ox that?

score.’

His warning is well taicen.
The Socred government from
the day it was elected) has

faithfully served the interests}
lof the big monopolies,

beth
foreign and -domestic. -The
working and farming people
of B.C. would be seriously mis-
led if they . thought hat
Premier Bennett was now ge-
ing to. crack down on
monopolies he has so feithiully
served,
ANTI-MONOPOLY
PROGRAM NEEDED

In a statement released:this:
week dealing. with the August
1 session of the Legislature the
Communist Party of B.C. said
“Signs. are. that the coming
session of the Legislature will
‘be. one. of. the. most important
dn history, Decisions or power
development could well deter-
mine the course of} industrial

development for many years fo.
3 j representatives like Dr. Shrum.

‘We. think~it Heécessary that.alt

come.. The. people’ of B.C.
should ‘stand on guard; te--en-
sure that our rich energy.re-
.sources, are developed for
Canadian and B.C. benefit-—

not for the U.S. and the big:,

monopolies.”
Calling on the people of B-€.

to be prepared to “blocie any

reactionary scheme which.may |.
be put forward, the Cemmu-}/

fy. all power resource

the}

nist Party. urged the foltenner

four-point ‘program:

(1) That the Columbia. Treaty
and the building of the High
Arrow’ Dam be scrapped ahd
that the Mica Dam be under-

‘taken at once for generation of
power in Canada, as part of a

national east-west grid:

(2). The provincial -geyern:
ment should undertake to, uni-
sin. Bee.
under a single energy author-
ity, publicly owned. and con-
trolled, and to include disteibu-
tion.

(3) In line with the prospect
of a single source of energy. for

-the province, immediate steps
“must be taken to appropriate

the power and distribution
property of the BCE. Yowards
that end we propose 4. commis-
‘ston be set up by the B.&: g0v-
ernment, including. labor rep-
résentation, to appraise the
B.C.E. assets~ ‘at . theif; tue

~value.

(4) 'Po ensure that the people
‘will derive the full benefit’ of:
power. development: it. will: re-
quire vigilanee .against. the
monopoly. interests and; their

‘energy control. be placed, un-

ider the B.C: Power Commis«
‘| sion, which should-be. brpaden-

ed to include labor et
tion,

-PASS. THIS FABER
ON. TO YOUR? |

FRIENDS AND) ">.
' WORKMATES. 3

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