IRAF » (BLACK’AFRICA’S POWER UNTAPPED ‘ Fae Ga (OF - 7 ees Me - * “s 4at™ People in their struggle for tone,” \ | i | liberation. By. JOHN. WEIR Pacific Tribune Correspondent MOSCOW — Henry Win- Ston’s. eyes care clear and tert, although they were robbed of the power of sight in an American prison. He will never be able to “see again but’ Soviet: doctors are hoping that the treatment _he is undergoing. here will at, least enable ‘him to distin- “Suish shades of light and darkness. Winston expressed _ grati- tude for the demonstrations of solidarity in Canada with LABOR Coni’d. from Pg. I conference put the onus on the participants to work out Proposals from the _ floor. What was required was a set | of fighting proposals from the leadership which the dele- Soviet doctors improve sight of Henry Winston the Communist Party of the United States in the struggle| .| against the. monstrous persec- ution it is suffering under the McCarran Act. International. pressures have compelled. the govern- repressive}: : measures more slowly than ‘it had intended, he said, and ment to apply further solidarity’ actions ‘to- gether. with.the. struggle. of the American progressives can force the authorities to pack down. The U.S. Communists lead- er pointed out that previous attacks on the U.S. constitu- tion and bill of rights had been defeated in this way. He cited the Alien Sedition \¢ion CKWX Morgan - should not. be underestimated, ASKS PROBE OF McMAHON CHARGES Canada ur ave the Columbia for ges CP leader Lashing out against Liberal leader Ray Perrault’s proposal that the Mica Creek Dam be abandoned “at this_time,” Nigel Morgan, Communist Party pro- vineial leader warned. in a radio broadcast last Sunday that danger on the Columbia is. mounting. He called on the public te act now to save the. Columbia _ for Canada by making their stand known both to Ottawa and Victoria. Speaking over radio sta- | said: “Recent statements’ originat- ing in Ottawa indicate the Federal cabinet may. be con- sidering a fresh offer to Premier Bennett to break the deadlock to get the Trea- ty ratified and to satisfy U-S. demands for surrender of Columbia power.” Warning that. the danger, Morgan called for rejection of the draft Columbia Treaty with the U.S., and in its place urged an early’ ‘start on an} | all-Canadian east-west’ power |.grid_to serve and stimulate’ Canadian . industrial. growth. es cartoon is by Bourhan Karkutli, a Moroccan artist: He warned that Perrault’s whose work is dedicated to the cause of the African) proposal, which would use | so-called downstream bene- | fits in the U.S. to build High | Arrow and Duncan Lake and ita develop a number of | smaller B.C. projects, “‘can- , not but increase the danger | of jettisoning of thousands of potential jobs in B.C.” MACDONALD CHARGES Pointing to charges made in the Legislature by Vancou- full probe into the alleged profiteering. MacDonald charged in the Legislature that:McMahon’s 750,000: shares reached: ..a value of $11.25 million even ‘He said “let the motorists know that when they pay for their gas they will be paying ver East NDP member Alex. MacDonald concerning -profit- |. “ eering, Morgan called for a before*the oil’started to flow. | off these secret promoter profits for years to come. They should know they will be paying off the political debts of: the Social Credit government.” RIGHT TO STRIKE DENIED Sharp criticism was also expressed by Morgan over the the Social Credit govern- ment’s refusal to grant full collective bargaining rights to all government employees. ; He charged the Socred pol- FRANK McMAHON, above. was being paid off a political »debt by. the Socreds, charged NDP: member Alex MacDon- ald last. week: in the House. Extent of the payoff, he said, was stock transactions on oil pipelines which reached val- ue of $11.25 million even be- fore oi] started to flow: icy, “as announced by Labor Minister Peterson would lim- it bargaining rights to pub- licowned utility company workers — still excluding 14 to 15 thousand civil serv- ants —and taking-from even utility. workers the right to strike they formerly had as employees of the privately- owned company and B.C. Power Commission.” Morgan said it will not be very effective bargaining for employees. when all labor can do. is-talk. “That is the sort of bargaining Hitler per- .| mitted in Nazi Germany.” He called for united action by the people to restore the democratic rights of the workers and “give to all gov- ernment . employees __ their right to full and free collec- tive bargaining.” Morgan’s next broadcast will be heard over the same radio station this coming Sun- day at 7:25 p.m...at which time he will deal with events in the Legislature during the past weeks : : ‘BEST FOOT FORWARD Czechoslovakia, shown by statistics to. rank among the -leading countries. in the pro- duction of footwear, has. the world’s .. largest..-shoe . con- sumption,. . producing four pairs of shoes per person per year, . / Bill of 1789, the Fugiltive gates could. have put flesh - 8nd blood on. | * Absence of any fighting Proposals to the conference | to combat the curse of layoffs and mounting unemployment. While three million workers in Great Britain’ are out on) Strike and workers in France, | Italy and- Japan are leading: Mass struggies against ‘lay- | Offs, the Federation proposes, ; Federal - Provineial govern-’ ment research «programs: and | Programs’ to” acquaint -work-!! ers with: ‘the’impactof auto- | mation.” : However, there appears. to, be complete unanimity that! the fact that the conference, Was held in the first place | and that it elevated the hours, | | | { Question to. a paramount one, in B.C. j i j - is of great importance. Slave Law of 1850, the Pal- mer Act and the McCarthy | rampage as cases in point. | following itinerary for Buck: Banquet in the Elks Hall, Banquet Church. St., (opposite. Eaton's). DEWDNEY -CONSTITUENCY: (Details to: be: announced). Ukrainian: Hall,-805 E. Pender« 2nd portends greater things, BUCK TOURS B.C. TO MARK PARTY'S 40TH BIRTHDAY Tim Buck, national chairman of the Communist Party of Canada, will tour British Columbia during this month fo participate in public: functions marking the “40th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party, The Provincial office of the Party announced the OKANAGAN-KAMLOOPS “REGION: Tues., Feb. 20, ‘Vernon. : DELTA-WESTMINSTER REGION: Thur.,. Feb. - 22, in --New. Westminster's. Dreamland © Hall, GREATER .VANCOUVER:..Sat., x Feb. 2 NANAIMO: Sun. Feb...25« Reception and supper in. Harewood Community Hall, 2. p.m. Watch. announcements- for, events in the. following Fri. Feb.. 23. Haney. ; 4, Banquet. support their’ union. H the battle at Sudbury... Experts’ | estimate that Steel will spend ‘in’ the neighborhood of $2 “is concluded. ; : Sudbury workers are buy- ing a new kind of Victory Bond. The Bonds are issued by the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers at.the request of the Sudbury membership to help finance the fight against Steel-CLC raiders. The. Victory Bonds are of $5 denomination and -repay- able after. the. defeat of the Steel raid. Observers on the scene say that the speed with which the bonds are being snapped up is both an indication..of |- ‘the confidence the workers} ‘have in victory and their de- termination to find ways -to “Finances weigh heavy in million before the campaign centres: ice Se F Alberni, -------+-- mip ondbssascen - Mone Reb.28 Cumber.-Courf.-Campb.: Ry. ------- ._ Tue. Feb. 27. Victoria-Saanich, --..---$-=s-----=+--- Wed. Feb. 28 — ‘to come, Ss Steel’s contract with the orders Sudbury vote It was announced from Toronto Tuesday that the Ontario Labor Relations Board has approved a vote to be taken among Sudbury’s 16,000 workers. In the vote workers will choose between the Mine Mill and Steel. No date was an- /nounced by the Board for taking of the vote. local television station alone is reliably reported to exceed $100,000. Daily ads .adorne the local papers and money is being thrown — around freely. In Thompson, Manitoba, Steel has eight ‘paid organiz- ers and a house’ which: is: lit- erally floating in beer. Mine Mill, however, confi- Gently predicts that it will be the spirit behind’ the $5 Victory. Bond that will win ‘in’ Sudbury; not: the mispent dues money of the neglected Steelworkers membership. . Big rise in Yank investment here ~ U.S. investment in Canadian ‘securities. is.running far ahead of last year. Total for the first seven months. of 1961 ‘soared to $138,300,000 compared with $48,400,000 for the full year ~ ‘of 1960. February 9, 1962—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3 :