FRIENDSHIP PACT

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independent course in domes-
tic and foreign policy, and
lead to a strengthening of its
esovereignty?

Will they not lead to devel-
oping cultural and scientific
exchanges and trade, which is
so vital to Canada and to the
prospects of employment for
subsantial numbers of working
people and to the wheat farm-
ers? Will they not help in safe-
guarding and developing the
Arctic in the interests of Can-
ada and the USSR?

Will they not lead to streng-
thening the forces of peace
and security on a world scale
and the prospects of détente
in Europe?

It is this the cold warriors
fear. They fear Canadian-Sov-
iet friendship and cooperation
like the devil fears holy water.
They don’t want a relaxation
of international tensions, but
rather a stepped-up arms race.

Their concern lies in the fact
that the visit of Prime Minister
Trudeau to the USSR has help-
ed undermine the pack of cold
war lies build up by reaction
over the years, and has made
it possible for countless Capa-
dians to see the Soviet Union
with new eyes — not as an
enemy, but as a friend, a
source of strength for Cana-

dian independence, and as a
force for peace throughout the
world. *

The labor and democratic
forces throughout the country

_ must not allow the great prom-

ise and possibilities of the new
chapter opened up by the Pro-
tocol on Consultations agreed
to by the Canadian and Soviet
Governments to be undermin-
ed. They must make their
voices heard loud and clear in
and outside of Parliament.

It is high time the cold war-
riors, the war hawks, the reac-
tionary political forces in Can-
ada, were put in their place.

“They call it take-home pay

because there's no other place
you can afford to go*with it!

Exposes Thatcher hoax

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licly-owned natural gas sources.
Today this has been reduced to
less than one-third.

The party will expose the false
propaganda that there is insuf-
ficient Canadian capital avail-

able for the development of our.

own resources. It emphasizes
that the recent trip to the USSR
made: by Prime Minister Tru-
deau. creates the possibility of
the USSR assisting in establish-
ing industries and manufactur-
ing on the prairies in exchange
for prairie products. Such deals,
unlike the outright sale of the
ownership of such resources to
U.S. monopoly, would leave
Canadian sovereignty _ intact,
and would open the door to ex-
panded and higher job levels in
the province.

The Thatcher administration -

has done a big job in selling the
public the false idea that Cana-
dians haven’t the money to dev-
elop their own resources. It is
one of the greatest hoaxes in
history. The Communist Party
is convinced that Canadians ba-
sically do want their country
developed. The problems of
young people stem from the fact
that this development is lacking
and they can see no future.
The fact is that over $1 bil-
lion yearly is taken in profits by
U.S. monopoly from its exploi-
tation of Canadian resources,
which goes to the United States,
or is used by them to buy up
more of the ownership of Cana
dian resources.
There is need to work out a
program of integrating the wa-
ter, hydro and power resources
of the three prairie provinces to
form the power base for expand-
ing manufacturing industries
based on the raw materials re-
sources of the prairie provinces.
The future growth of the prai-
ries rests on this concept of set-
ting up a power grid across
western Canada linked with the

rest of Canada. The big business
governments of both Ontario
and Quebec are more interested
in selling power to the United
States.

The success of the Interpro-
vincial Steel Corporation in Re-
gina, which grew from $6 mil-
lion—put up by a CCF govern-
ment which kept no equity in
it — to $30 million, is ample
proof of the rich potential in
planning for the people. ;

Saskatchewan is the centre of
the agricultural crisis at this
moment, and the Communist
Party vigorously pushes its pro-
posals for new programs as an
alternative to the destruction of
sectors of agriculture, and the
pushing of millions of rural
people off the land into the cities
to join poverty-stricken. and low-
paid workers. .

The Communist Party cam-

_ paigns for the repeal of all anti-
‘labor legislation, and fights for

a labor bill of rights. In particu-
lar, such a bill of rights for la-
bar will incorporate special
rights for women workers—the
right to equal pay for equal.
work, equal job opportunities,
and maternity leaves with no
loss of seniority or job.

Mr. Schofield charges the
Thatcher administration with
cynically using the problems of
women, youth and the Native
Peoples to attempt to undermine
the gains. made for the working
people by the trade union move-
ment, while actually not solving
the basic problems of young
people, the women and the Na-
tive Peoples.

Such a program means hope
for Saskatchewan’s people, its
youth in particular,

U.S. POSTAGE UP

WASHINGTON—Postal rates
were increased one-third, thanks
to a decree of the- new semi-
public U.S. Postal Service to
which the Nixon Administration
has turned over the old: Post Of-
fice Department.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1971—PAGE 8

Hamilton civic

workers vote
Strike action
By NAN MEeDONALD

HAMILTON — On Sunday,
June 6 at two well-attended
meetings, workers of Local 5
and Local 167 of the Canadian
Union of Public Employees to-
gether with Local 772 of the
Operating Engineers turned
down the latest offer by the city
of Hamilton in their current
contract dispute.

With a combined membership
of almost 1,200, all three locals
have been negotiafing jointly

-with the city since a common

expiry date of last Feb. 1.

At a meeting attended by 600
in the Teamsters Hall the work-
ers, after hearing the report of
their negotiating committee re-
commending acceptance of the
latest offer, debated the offer
and then voted 404 to 193 to
reject it. The meeting then voted

425 to. 69 to authorize the nego-

tiating committee to take strike
action if necessary.

In an earlier meeting, the
workers at Macassa Lodge,
members of Local 167 CUPE,

voted 100% to reject, the offer.

Hamilton city’s offer was seen
by workers as a far cry from
meeting their needs both in the
area of wages and fringes, and
the need: to strengthen their con-
tract rights.

The overwhelming vote to re-
ject, coupled with their strong
expression for strike action, is
viewed by the workers as
strengthening their negotiating
committee’s hand and, at the
same time, adding strength to
their sisters and brothers, em-
ployees of the Wentworth Coun-
ty Health Unit, members of
Local 167 CUPE, currently at
the conciliation officer stage for
renewal of their collective agree-
ment.

This is the first time in the

history of the three locals that
they have discussed their joint

needs and have jointly voted:

together. The spirit shown and
the expression of unity will be
the greatest guarantee of a con-
tract worthy of the workers’
needs.’

CP leader

wires Trudeau

The following wire was sent
to Prime Minister Trudeau on
June 7 by William Kashtan,

National Leader, Communist
Party of Canada:
“While the Constitutional

Conference in Victoria on June
14th and 15th is of great im-
portance to Canada, no less
important is the urgent and
over-riding necessity of getting
over 700,000 Canadians present-
ly unemployed back to work
and overcoming the- present

. Stagnant economy.

“The Communist Party pro-
poses that the government pre-
sent a plan of action to the
Conference and the country
which would do exactly that.
and ensure that jobs or an
adequate income be made avail-
able to every Canadian as a
right.

“There is more than enough
to do to develop the country.
What is required is the will to
do it.”

Demand new policies

Picket of PM planneé

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lems. We'll keep it moving un-
til it becomes such a size that

our elected representatives can

no longer ignore it.”

Al Davidson, Hamilton Build-
ing Trades secretary, castigated
Louis Rasminsky of the Bank
of Canada for.*referring to the
unemployed as “unused capaci-

ty.” “This statement,” he said, °

“shows the callous disregard of
people by these officials.”

United Electrical (UE) Ham-
ilton area co-ordinator Tom
Davidson told the meeting,
“The -government must be forc-
ed by the overwhelming demand
of the Canadian people to im-
plement immediately the pro-
posals of our program . . . The
Labor Commeittee for. Jobs is
going to keep on fighting until
misery and despair are elimi-

nated from our county,
job at decent wages is ry
nized as the right of eveld
adian citizen.” af
Full support, financl
physical, was pledge! al
Schultz, Teamsters
business agent who was
ing on behalf of their P
Roy Taggart. nd @
jim Pow, UE Local 5
plained to the audiencé j rf
June 9 demonstration a
will be under the aUSP
the trade unions, but that
one is welcome. ie
slogans to be used, — the fi
“will be selected from vi rl
page ad and will be bi
the demonstration by *
mittee.” or Dl
Since the meeting, Dh
leaflets have been dist
by trade unions at the eA .
their respective plants:

Unionists want tent city ;

Condemn neanderthals:

By JERRY HILL

Young people will be on the
road this summer because of a
lack of employment opportuni-
ties. They are not content to
idle about all summer and will
be searching for work. This
searching will lead thousands to
Toronto where they will need
adequate and sanitary accom-
modations during their stay in
the city.

A broad-based organization,
“Grass Roots,” is calling for the
establishment of a tent city.

Metro Toronto Labor Council
favors Tent City, stating “We
are willing to encourage all
kinds of conventions and travel-
lers to come into the city and on
occasion creating immense po-
lice problems, and yet we are
unwilling to simply undertake
the minimal responsibility of
over-seeing the tent city and
thereby enable a community-
based organization to obtain the
grounds from the province for
this purpose.

“The Executive Board, there-
fore, recommends that the Labor
Council of Metropolitan Toronto
urge the Board of Education to
continue in their efforts on be-
half of Tent City and that we
make our views known to Public
Works Minister Mr.
Auld.”

Mr. Archer, President of the
OFL said, “Sure the young peo-
ple are against the’ establish-
ment, they have every right to
be. They want jobs.” To this
there was thunderous applause
and the recommendation was
passed overwhelimngly in favor
of accommodations for young
people this summer.

A further Executive recom-
mendation by the Council en-
titled Full Employment states
that labor warned the Trudeau
government “that their policies
would lead to the present stag-
nation.” The recommendations
continue “. . . the Canadian La-
bor Congress called on Ottawa
to announce a full employment
budget that would include low-
ering the personal income brack-
ets and terminating the 3% in-
come surtax, higher spending on
regional development and the
immediate implementation of
the new Insurance Benefits, in-
creasing the old age pensions...

Their conclusion: ‘‘all affiliat-
ed locals send letters and tele-
grams to the Prime Minister,

James.

the Minister of Final
Minister of Labor, the 19
of opposition parties oo
Members of Parliame®™ (op

Chairman of Labol
Donald Montgomery bh d
this by asking that be
gate to Council rei nd
their respective locals 2 oof
ters and telegrams tO © ~
try’s leaders.

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