e Os, . ae al the Geneva conference on the Laotian ques- N session at the Palais des Nations. The communique A in Vienna after the Kennedy-Khrushchev_ talks ae Fmed their agreement for a neutral and independent } .of Canada, Open Lefter to Prime Minister Diefenbaker by Nigel Morgan, B.C. Communist leader Stop the hydro sellout! | Faced by the danger of an early deal between Ottawa and Victoria to betray B.C.'3 hydro resources to the private monopolies and. U.S. interests, the Communist Party of B.C., over‘ the’ signature of provincial leader Nigel Morgan, this week addressed » the following open Jetter to Prime Minister Diefenbaker. Honorable John Prime Minister House of Com- mons, Ottawa.. The Right Diefenbaker, ‘Dear ‘Sir: Premier Bennett. has widely publicized his ultimatum to your government, demanding that you agree to his plan to export all Columbia River “downstream benefits” to the United States. ,along with large-scale exports from the Peace and other hydro sources. Premier Bennett's scheme . Beers a Settle, me rae No increase” agree- indus nie provides for an "Wide health and wel- pen estimated at a value Dloyeg Cents per hour per em- Satuton and _ one . additional Day 4 y holiday on Boxing the 28 being recommended by *Tgaining committee. fare eVidenee there is mounting the wins at the membership ‘Fino th ea is far from ‘con- justi fied ee a settlement iyi Or “in their best is pePosition to the settlement bay's ng SPearheaded by Local aignin, ich js openly cam- loc ae for a no vote. Stity ut ae 6000 members, con- Umber ver 20% of the coast SWings *perations and if it Consider behing rejection can £0 ably influence the out- the referendum, 4 ®ouy, Teported that on. Van- nq Pi Sland in the Duncan Wane Alberni locals there Proposeg -, CPPOSition to the leader, rshi Settlement put. the flally , P there was not ‘‘offi- tion. Tecommending rejec- The Partions: Membership appears Bitements” _ incensed over Tesident 88¥ed by. ‘TWA they. = Joe Morris “who 0m Baa is peddling the an fn - oR line about markets fray, * economy. They a pe ot “tention to the last is- f ccser Western Lumber ba he ficial organ. of the ch Presented a very This | good case for a wage inerease and completely refutes all the. phoney argumenvs waiech Mor- ris now seeks to hide -behind. The sharpest . leadership against the settlement is being provided by a group .of com- munist woodworkers who have. issued a leaflet urging, “Re- ject Capitulation —. Resume Negotiations.” The leaflet, which has apparently . heen widely distributed throughout the industry, accuses Jee Mor- rsi of being in the company’s camp and contrasts the pro- posed “no increase” settlement recommended here with the announcemnt _ last week that. 165 major logging, sawmill and plywood firms in the U.S. Pacific Northwest (where wages are already consider: ably higher than m B.C. had offered wage boosts of from two to four cents hourly. The, leaflet claims . that. MacMillan. Bloedel and -Pow- ell River Company -made.~ a: profit of $4,000 per employee” last year, . after depreciation and other schemes for hiding profit. It also says that IWA members have dropped from first to last place» in, wage gains between 1940 and. to- day. Many. wodworkers been extremely critical of the leadership of the union for failing to rally the union -for, a real, fight. Results of the ballot will-be | made known June 1%. have }* Woodworkers critical of ‘no ‘Wage’ contract proposals 7 By WILLIAM STEWART Wenty-seven thousand coastal. woodworkers and: re voting this week on a “no wage increase” €Ment for their 1961 contract negotiations. what they consider to be its complete. failure .to mobilize the membership around the key $1 per day pay boost pro- posal. They point out that in New Westminster leaders of the union were year’s agreement” even before bargaining got under way. While welcoming the oppo- sition of Syd Thompson, pres- jdent of Local 1-217 to the proposed settlement, these members point out that if Thompson,.as a member of the negotiation .committee had ship and exposed the commit- tee many weeks ago when it was already obvious what was predicting “last. taken the case to the member- to. integrate B.€. hydro-re- sources with the U:S. North- west power ‘grid to - supply California’s insatiable: de- mands — as the first step in establishment .of a vast na- tional U.S. grid — will mean fabulous profits for the B.C. Electric-Wenner Gren inter- ests, that stand behind Mr. Bennett. But it wil rob B.C. homes and industries of the possibility of getting cheap Columbia power and the op- portunity of developing a vast new industrial complex in Western -Canada, that could successfully. compete with that of the United States and provide many thousands_ of new jobs fer Canadians. . In- dustry will not lecate until a good supply of cheap power is made available. Onee it is pro- vided, Washington State and Ontario’s experiece shows what an expansion follows and benefits are derived. More than that, Premier Bennett’s scheme would rob it’s total hydro power poten- tial, thereby denying Canada the full advantage of a na- tional, Canadian. grid system, New Party in B.C. meets Oct. 27-29 The provincial founding convention for the New Party in B.C. has been set for Octo- ber 27, 28, 29. It will. be ‘pre- ceded by a CCF convention October 26. Canada of nearly .one third of|. which scientific and engimeer- 7 last ( made feasible. Tals of recap-~ ing advances have at ture of our power when it is needed is nothing but a erpel - hoax, as the history pf Cana- . dealings ¢ with the United States only = dian power export too clearly proves. We are alarmed at sugges-- tions by Finance Minister. Fleming that your .goyern-— ment is considering reversal of the long-standing pelicy | against wholesale power ports. To -de is to that B.C.’s cheap hydro power be dedicated to developing — U.S. instead of Canadian, in- dustry and jobs. To. agree to” any long-term pewer exports | would. constitute .an outright | betrayal of our interests and _ of Canada’s. Bowing. to the Bennett ultimatum weuld con-~ stitute the biggest betrayal of” the people in this Province’s | history. We therefore government to: urge export permit demand; 2) Scrap the draft €olum- bia. River Treaty with the US.; 3 Take steps to get an im- mediate start on the full potential of the -Gol- umbia for Canadian use, ad the first step towards a na- tional, publicly - owned, all.’ Canadian power grid stretch- ing from coast to coast. Respectfuly yours, NIGEL MORGAN, Provineial Leader. taking place, it could have wane © “GO AWAY, CAN'T ¥OU?” June 9, 1961—P ACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3 ex-7 agrec yeur Sar 1) Reject Premier Bennett's | harnessing’ ia) aeciagica