n t ake strong stand now, CP urges Ottawa _ Fishing ban dropped in U.S. deal In the face of mounting pressure On the Canadian government to Protect Canadian interests against the unilateral United States court action to close U.S. waters to Canadian salmon fishermen, it was learned Wednesday that the court action in the U.S. has been drop- ped. The dropping of the action, which Was in direct violation of an in- terim fishing treaty signed earlier this year, however, was done only after assurances were received from U.S. politicians that they Revelstoke pact ends OK lockout The lockout of 1,000 municipal €mployees by the anti-labor Okanagan Mainline Municipal La- bor Relations Association came to an end this week following set- tlements between the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the municipalities of Revelstoke and Kamloops. The lockout was imposed three weeks ago by the OMMLRA on the pretext of a small dispute in Revel- Stoke involving about 20 workers. The employers’ association hoped to precipitate a general regional work stoppage that would result in government intervention and the forcing of CUPE locals into a Council of unions. But when the Revelstoke work- €rs Signed an agreement last week ending their 11-week-old strike, the OMMLRA had no choice but to lift the lockout, although there is not yet agreement on a new contract. -The Revelstoke agreement was Patterned after the settlement in Kamloops last Thursday. Local 900 of CUPE in Kamloops voted 88 per Cent to accept a package that in- Cluded the maximum allowable Mcrease under AIB guidelines. Although Kamloops is outside of the OMMLRA, the Association was would press for a more agressive stance against Canada in the fishing and boundary negotiations. Leading up to the U.S. announce- ment, Canada’s federal govern- ment was being pressed sharply to respond to the U.S. action. May 8, representatives from the United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union, the B.C. fishing industry and the provincial government met and worked out a “‘con- tingency plan to be implemented in full or part depending on how extreme the U.S. position is.”’ Be, The plan called for the elimina- tion of the U.S. trawl tuna fishery off Canada’s west coast, to be followed by the elimination of the shrimp and salmon trawl fisheries. Canada should also conduct test fisheries in the disputed Dixon Entrance and in the Alaska Pan- handle, as well as taking other possible measures such as the restriction of U.S. fishing vessels in Canadian waters. The union, industry and pro- Combines investigator Simon Wapniarski, shown here during the 1975. raid of UFAWU offices, told the court during the trial of the UFAWU Seven this week that, prior to the trial, he had sent photographs to Crown witnesses, that he had shown them the news film seized from BCTV, — and that two witnesses had received copies of a specially prepared outline of events and evidence (see story). vincial government resolution was given unanimous support, although with some abstentions. Also this week, B.C. Communist Party leader Maurice Rush cabled ~ prime minister. Trudeau with an urgent demand that he act to pro- tect Canadian fishing interests. “Your government must take action now to protect B.C. fisheries and Canadian sovereignty in the face of growing U.S. pressures,’ Rush said. ‘“‘Weakness shown by Canada in the fishing and boun- dary talks encourages further U.S. actions against Canadian interests. Canada must take a strong stand now.” Even before the U.S. attempted to close additional waters to Canadian fishermen and to claim Canadian waters in Dixon En- trance, the U.S. was reaping as much as+double the numbers of Canadian salmon, including 50 per cent of salmon bound for the Fraser River, as Canadian fisher- men were intercepting of US. salmon. Crown witnesses — ‘prepped’ before trial of UFAWU By SEAN GRIFFIN ’ Defence lawyer Harry Rankin began summing up defence arguments in the trial of the seven members of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union this week following the conclusion of two more days of testimony in which it was revealed that the Combines investigator had “prepped” prosecution witnesses and had given two of them a detailed summary of events, documents and statements. Begun last Monday, May 1, the controversial trial was_ initially expected to be concluded in two to three days but had not yet finished by the time of adjournment Tuesday, the fifth day of proceedings. It was to be convened again Thursday, May 11 although it was expected only that a date would be set to allow both defence and the prosecution to complete their arguments. Since Judge David Hume is : - On __ @ saunaaetceteest WN Security Council condemns e G South African raids on Angola Stoppage regional in scope. “They were out manoeuvered at every move,’’? CUPE business agent Bill Ferguson told the Tribune Wednesday. ‘Their tactic Was to create a mess, get the 80vernment to back them and Smash us.”” In Kamloops the union turned back an aggressive campaign by the employer to “‘tear the guts out of the agreement,” among the best in the province. City negotiators Wanted 47 changes in the contract, almost all of them ‘‘take away” items, Ferguson said, ‘‘but they failed, our contract remains in- tact.” _In addition CUPE came away with improved sick leave, an ap- Prentice program, extra pay. for first aid tickets and severance pay or employees with 10 years’ Seniority. : “We're not happy with any Settlement under the guidelines,” “€rguson said. ‘‘We will just have to catch up Negotiations.” Negotiations for the, Next contract could begin as early a8 this September. in the next round of — The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to condemn the South African in- vasion of Angola last week, after South African forces struck deep - into Angola, attacking the mining town of Cassinga and a nearby Namibian refugee camp. The Defense Ministry of the Peoples Republic of Angola called ‘Vietnam aid threatened The Social Credit government is atttempting to renege on B.C.’s commitment to provide $2.25 million in medical aid to Vietnamese children from a fund established by the former NDP government in 1975. Under questioning from NDP MLA Karen Sanford, Socred pro- vincial secretary Grace McCarthy told the legislature this week that the fund was never established and there is no money available for Vietnam. A similar move by McCarthy last year to scuttle the fund forced premier Bennett to disassociate himself from her remarks and to acknowledge the government’s commitment. Sanford said that an all-party committee of the legislature had almost decided on how to allocate the money when the legislative session ended. The government must bring a motion into the legis- lature to call the committee back into being, but so far it has not acted. the attack, “‘part of the imperialist action in southern Africa and preparatory to a new invasion of our country.” It said that Angola was mobilizing its defense forces to protect the country’s borders. . South West Africa People’s Organization leader Sam Nujoma said that “hundreds of. women, children and elderly” Namibians were killed in the attack ‘This barbaric act will not go un- punished,” he warned. The Angolan government has - repeatedly charged that foreign mercenaries and South African troops stationed in northern Namibia have launched a series of raids into Angola. ; As of last Friday, the Angolan government reported that South African troops were still in the country, contrary to South Africa’s claim that it had withdrawn, and that fighting was continuing. slated to be out of the country for a month beginning May 13, it. could be late June or perhaps later, before the case is concluded. The UFAWU Seven — Jack Nichol, George Hewison, Homer Stevens, Walter Tickson, Ken Robinson, Bert Ogden and Dave McIntosh — face fines up to $5,000 and/or two years’ imprisonment if convicted of the charge of ‘“im- peding an inquiry under the Combines Investigation Act. Although no conclusion to the case was feached this week, the two days of testimony Monday and Tuesday revealed new dimensions to the Combines investigation of the union and showed clearly that Combines officer Simon Wap- niarski, the chief prosecution witness, had gone to considerable lengths to ‘prep’ other Crown witnesses before the trial. A document prepared by Wapniarski which was introduced as evidence -during cross- examination by Rankin, revealed in the introductory pages that the six citizens who had originally applied to initiate the investigation into the UFAWU ‘‘were members see UFAWU pg. 12 e LABOR: _- Demands for changes in the contract | put forward by the Con- | struction Labor Relations Association has set the Stage for tough building trades negotiations, page j 12. j e ENERGY: There are no t oil shortages in Canada | declares’ the comprehen- | sive brief prepared by the UFAWU for submission to i the May hearings. of the } National Energy Board, : page 3. Se