a —— es Sn eS nes ati Se alae SSS ml inner einen SEE —_ = [Nov rescluion on GOR] Dollar crisis hits West A ‘ bon Tesolution urging recogni- ral German Republic Chancellor Deno gonad of the German Willy Brandt’s Social Democra- By WILLIAM KASHTAN Trudece ckecld te ape as ee | | Was 7s Republic (GDR) _ tic government to improve re- — The decision of the West Ger- rudedu snou many ae bore oe te . | Sounciy Poe by the federal lationships with the German man government to let the mark look to secure popuriig “Asnncial ese tates | Outh for e New Democratic Democratic Republic; float is only another illustration trade in USSR capitalist world. Inflation, unem- cent bth feuobtion at the re- Whereas some 28 nations of the currency crisis afflicting ployment, currency crisis, these the Ny " ederal convention of now recognize the German De- _ the capitalist world. Canada _ has always are now embedded in the very i 4 did not, €mocratic Party. It mocratic Republic, which has What it reflects is the sharp- | cuffered from putting all | system of capitalism. a od : j larg- i le for markets in ]. ‘ COnsiq A » come up for become the world’s 10th larg ening struggle fo AGUS! ito by the delegates. est industrial and trading which each government manipul- uae Ab fs ° > the con ulletin distributed at power; ates its currency in order: to | ——basket. e prese H lates nvention, the NDY de- Whereas the government of achieve a temporary advantage debacle of Yankee im- Y tion of i Support for recogni- Canada has recently recognized’ over its competitors. The Bret- | perialism's adventures, Vietnam war ; Strupole aaa = “as part of the — the People’s Republic of China ton Woods Sea rie economic troubles and Nst imperiali (Spee i f furthering and the International Monetary . . ial one : e i strug eee ora: 10h the Interests. Ohetuy 8 growing financial crisis iustieg C2, for both of which were aimed u : J just: » of World peace and th f world peace by Fund, both o See | ae Lies ; Aatclininge relationati be at achieving stability in the cur- aes sould sts ee sme $ 0 Ol tion oa the proposed resolu- tween sovereign nations; rencies of the capitalist world, | € crash——bdrings ou : ° st WASHINGTON—The interests Counc fottor Federal NDY _Be it Reolved that the New have been unable to prevent the | glaring clarity the stu-| 9. ¢:, fcnsie Wh | Wiekoumabes Ws: Democratic Party support re- erosion of these es Anke pidity of tying Canada's | og chore petroleum deposits has Prospects for cognition of the German De- ing from a aie eines ra economy to that of the | been confirmed by the U.S. gov- mene between Ue: United States. ernment. In a letter to Senator Teas the ce ate bripheToPe and the world mocratic Republic by the Gov- # “Opnitic, 1, because of the re-- ernment of Canada; and pitalist countries and the strug- : cae J. William Fulbright, the State a Of existing frontiers Be it Further Resolved that gle between them for markets. d Prime ih oad Tru- Department says that a new Toy.Bo COMtained in the Mos- the New. Democratic Party sup- Affects Exports eau is on his way to} south Vietnamese . petroleum q teatieg. and Bonn-Warsaw port initiatives being taken to In this particular case, the visit the Soviet Union, | jaw has “served to attract the Be Where, ; normalize the relationships of floating upwards of the a which has the most | interest of various international )) haye also penPortant initiatives both sovereign German states German mark, whether it willbe | c+sble and fastest grow- |. oil companies.” €en taken by Fede- in world forums. revalued or not, will adversely E the Six companies, including 4 affect its exports while it will noe d . Phoek AAS Standard Oil of New Jersey W improve the position of those (Esso), Phillips Petroleum, Get- of orld P eace Assembly to meet US. and Canadian monopolies | he would do well to seek ty, Continental, Marathon and } Counce A8sembl ert a0 q geared to export. to further trade relations | Union have advised Congress- Ounci} 6 y of the World dence, against imperialism an The root cause of the currency | With the USSR and the | man James Abourzek (Demo- f Dest from €ace meets in Buda- war.” ‘ crisis is the U.S. war in Vietnam socialiste halk; of the crat, South Dakota) that they f hatiang aa 13 to 16. Several 2. “The strengthening of the and now in all of Indochina, and aeald might be interested in bidding. 8 Wor ae be taking part in organization of the World Peace the sum total of foreign policy of Congressman Abourezk, who Ich will discuss two Council and its national com- U.S. imperialism which finds ex- won election last November on WUestionc. - 3 ‘ i : ites 1, «pp stlons: mittees, amendments to the pression in the establishment of despite the denial of the U.S. am anti-war program is inno- Worlg 3 Bowing dangers to rules and regulations, and recon- military bases all over the world. government. Thus from a source cently asking, “If American oil is actions: op creased aggres- struction of the World Peace qs, military Se ae of strength, the U.S. dollar has is to invest billions on the basis nd ¢ world imperial- — Council. . exported inflation to other become a source of weakness. Of leases which are valid only so Worlg € urgent tasks of the Meetings for a wide exchange pijtalist countries and simulta- This is why the West European long as the Thieu regime stands, ttenethen “°® Council to of views are planned between neously aggravated the U.S. in- (0 tries are trying to unload it. does this mean that our policy Mier tj," 22d widen still fur- trade unionists, youth and stud- ternational balance of payments. GuevinawGaals on Vietnam will change from Mtity ge .“°Mmon action and ents, women, farmers, church This has led to a deterioration pleas ic Smug self-determination to blind sup- | Dace ° all forces working for people and parliamentarians of the value of the U.S. dollar _ The devaluation of the U.S. port for Thieu and his generals?” national indepen- who will be present. which in fact is now devalued dollar is an expression of the An Open Letter to the President of the Canadian Labour Congress i yt Mr 5 ‘Limi h’s Donald, and it is an issue that way the rights of Canadian er. : A ; olidated Food Limited, Booth’s onald, n y g . a laving reaeDonald: ported the uni? Sega hy a eat company. The agreement you should be out in the fore- workers, as you so cynically im- 0 your press re- the way in the strugg provided for the CFAWU raid front supporting all along the ply, but anti-labor employers y that fon etl 30 concerning Booth and Acadia Fisheries. “tent Call “q dispute be- Nor do you mention the fact melo Unigna” ; ; 1 with company assistance. t : “dust fs, in the fish- that the CSWU has laid forma You, Mr. MacDonald, now say admit, has applied for affiliation and profit-motivated selfishness : i LC and : 1 Say in OF Nova Scotia, I charges now before the CL 1, di oot cond FoicanadepuriCohe eek Sonlch tw as-xeeponblbke 4S, ent } i of that “the Canadian Fo to the Canadian La ong s - : : es pele Se ae ae ee Ca Allied Workers, with the full But the Congress demands that seven-month strike which tied “Verte ] Revehedistor: aaUOhs ea =a Allied Work- approval of the Canadian Labor this union must merge with the UP the industry, throwing hun- f Yow ‘Shon sty Beereud “Outs Canadian oop Congress, undertook to organize Canadian Food and Allied Work- dreds of processing plant work- against the United Fishermen line. like Booth and Acadia Fisheries. The United Fishermen, as you It is they and their bureaucratic ig. x x ion—alias the Amalgama- ae ate ; tery, ! ha ers Union—alias t ; of trawler fishermen ers as a condition for rejoining ers out of work and threatening fy, encan 8 Of citizens’ “in- ted Meatcutters of the USA. Did the zrOUP ‘ sees : J if é rae ao of ie I presume. is oe the members of the CSWU-CLC involved.” But if a majority of the mainstream of Canadian la- the life of entire communities, ie > the fishermen were signed up at bor as represented by your .tO paraphrase your own state- ANticinns & tO explain have a voice last March when ; t, whil h i ‘Mong Dee i ci in Canso, how come that the com- Congress. ment, while at the same time ; ae ay , ‘ fooler an et be ERS ee) iss pany has been forced to import If we go back a few years to Putting it bi oe side up, as far (7 fy Which days later M for justification” of its raid inexperienced crews from New- the post-World War II period, it 5 responsibility 1s concerned. J Voting Showed thes. natn se “i CSWU at Petit de foundland and Quebec, many of was people like you, Mr, Mac- There is indeed a threat to J Uniter St ese men as against the whom quit upon learning that ponald, who brought anti-com- the rights of labor today in our fee. Van 9 Cao, Fis Couver-based__Grat? i Bo : €N over the Chi- You have not a word of criti- a algamated Meat- cism against companies such as the? origi Vote of 66 to 3 out. the U.S. Consolidated Foods they were used as scabs tO munism and the cold war into country. But it comes from break the union desired by the Canadian labor unions and caus- anti-labor monopolies and multi- trawlermen? ed disruption of unions and ex- national corporations like the t : in U.S. Consolidated Foods Limit- Aon onal : sors i des have Much of the fish are no pulsion of others. It resulted in There Ta Fisheries et oe ae i ar A aestion of cleaned until the trawlers return 4 pan on Communists, whose ed. It comes from governments the ie are ae : preven e the Nova Scotia to port because these new men only crime was their uncompro- that act as administrators for A, terme? reasons for trawlermen on on the boats are inexperienced. rising and principled stand these large monopolies. | F lik, 0 wit, © SUSPicions about coast. “pei fishermen call “‘gut- : : F 2 af An. th wh : : e and This is what fis against political opportunism, ederations and mergers may a 5, CAdia fall eo a company. The “Union. -WaIGh eee) burnt” fish that eventually be- cjass collaboration, and com- be both desirable and necessary V ) ; i en and carried aunt ; donate : pa apruttarily eee H love mee niee ee tenacious comes inedible. Yet the Acadia pany unionism. to make the unions stronger in Fo” far tment a closed on 1 nition, Fisheries are processing this Yours is a most dangerous Certain areas, provided they are nn} 88 to bl and then goes struggle for legal recog , “gut-burnt” fish for marketing hat plays into the hands Carried out on a voluntary and this OYees ee acklist all of its succeeded in forcing a new = pate ts a Pp By pare . con deistiératibeaacts edkine tm ae 3 : e em r = ’ Yo, Pan ae eeusal ep dyin. Neva. scpte Soke tea of The interim agreement nego- samen It Paatere the ei into account the wishes of the ut ee Ceci eae See ee se adventur- tiated last fall by the fishermen gle for the rights of labor and membership and workers involv- le €rm Ty WES oS ea themselves provided some pro- 4 tension of democratic 4. Whi for €n were respon- ers” and to make them eligible r by the the extension o mocratic Puch 4. 2 Sevan. : : ; tection for consumers by ights. Such steps could | = 7 brow ited a pecnen airike;.. for JPelonging: L0s6 yee iis stipulation that such unclean a that these hard working ¢€n by frst Gipe suas } eg Ming Gk ne industry, of their own choice. ted, and _ fish had to be used for fish meal. cetaetal aie ped, work i Riksivintet ubits: Bic game we ean; i Proce or work hun: it has nowebecn ten This clause is not to be found in Eun eieeel truss A iation of all unions who desi vue { Wen teg in Ss plant workers there is every reason to believe the “sweetheart” contract sign- the right to a union of their who desire Biche. *~ ? 5 ~ x are) fei fiven ee union who it to be true, ae ae = ed by the CFAWU, obviously own choice to do their bargain- owe ines ane pre! bee Voi i of trawler : ; ing. , i = . entail a pce: e a Poeatae with Booth and because i see cut into the A edcthe Tishis-er Isher ie tic and voluntary basis within Neg COmmunities was Acadia Fisheries of Canso, Mul- Re aR ie in Nova Scotia is MacDonald, include the unfet- the Congress. Yo ; i ure Not menti prove and Se - ne oe the right of the fishermen to be- tered nent i ree : it a only Otkare Canadi ton the fact Gorman, secretary- ite tcutters long to and to be represented It is not the ci een meee RUCE MAGNUSON, on s Union ian Seafood the Amalgamated eatcu ed by a union of their own choice. tees supporting the ova Scotia Labor Secretary, : y Speay nich is the secretly negotiated and sign That is the real issue, Mr. Mac- fishermen who jeopardize in any Communist Party of Canada ae about —sup- an agreement with the U.S. Con- PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY MAY 14, 1971—PAGE 5