URDAY —See story below BIG EASTER PEACE MARCH NEXT SAT NEW U.S. TAKEOVER THREATENS IN B.C. U.S. monopoly groups moved another big step towards taking over of B.C. industries and resources last week with the announcement that U.S. Plywood is offering $20 million to buy Canadian Colleries (Dunsmuir) Ltd., on Vancouver Island. It is reported that directors of the Colleries will recommend acceptance of the price. FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1 964 weet), NO.12, DTT =" 10¢ Canada: ean affluent Society? Pages 5, &, 7, 8 THIS WEEK the PT Presents a special 4-page supplement on this vital Bpestion prepared by the Canadian Tribune staff in °ronto. Read this important and provocative feature. * Gen. McNaughton's 2 warning to Martin on Columbia Pact WA ral at} V4 —Page 3 i Uclear-free B.C. ‘ster march theme largest united Easter Years arch and rally in recent Ver Shaping up in Vancou- Banization least nine peace or- roe S have joined forces to Mareh 28. € event on Saturday, @ Peace is Rig held around the mene: ong» mada of Nuclear Weap- Free ee Keep B.C. Nuclear marche, “Peace on Earth’? ae ‘ers will assemble at t (ay the 600 block Bur- he a Georgia), ee Toute will proceed tard to Robson, from gs eeauue and north to to yao ceding along Hast- ain and then back to ar Sc: Will meet at Ceper- ta re Beach) at 3:00 Speai seed which will in- » entertainment, refreshments and a picnic. Organizations sponsoring the march and rally are the Cana- dian Campaign for Nuclear Dis- armament; Combined Universi- ties Campaign for Nuclear Dis- armament; Canadian Youth for Nuclear Disarmament; Fellow- ship of Reconciliation; League for Total Disarmament; B.C. Peace Council; Society of Friends (Qua- kers); Voice of Women and Wo- men’s International League for Peace and Friendship. The nine organizations joined in an appeal this week to the public to ‘‘Join the march... Join the rally.” For further information phone any of the following: Dick Legge, AM 1-0351; Laud Gardner, GY: 9-5298; Denis Ottewell, AL 3- 2491. The offer by the giant U.S. corporation is being made through Western Plywood Ltd., a subsidiary which was bought out by U.S. Plywoods in 1961 for $6.5 million. - Canadian Colleries had its be- ginning more than 100 years ago when Robert Dunsmuir was given a large Crown grant which gave the Dunsmuir family control over the rich Wellington coal seam and extensive land holdings on Van- couver Island. The Dunsmuir grant, which was a sore point in B.C. politics for many years and the cause of wide public protest as one of first giveaways of public resources in B.C. history, was the source of the family’s ex- tensive fortune. Vast holdings In 1910 the family sold its holdings to a group of British financiers and in 1947. a B.C. group headed by F. Ronald Gra- ham bought back control. It then embarked on an expansion pro- gram into other fields. Taking advantage of the For- est Management Licence scheme the company expanded into the forestry field which is now the mainstay of its operations. Writing from Victoria, PT cor- respondent Ernie Knott, who has made. a study of the Dunsmuir interests andthe Esquimalt-Nan- aimo Land Grant, wrote this week that U.S. Plywood, which already owns two Western Plywood plants at Vancouver and Quesnel, will get a huge foothold on the B.C. lumber industry because Coller- ies had already taken over Fla-’ velle Cedar, Timberlands, and Empire Mills with their big tim- ber limits at Union Bay, Squa- mish and Oka Inlet. Knott writes that in this case more than timber is involved, for U.S. Plywood will also get: the coal rights to two million acres of E&N land; an interest in 180,000 acres of Gulf Island oil and gas land; 1,200 acres of prime tidewater industrial real estate; several Crown-granted iron ore claims on Vancouver Island; a 10 per cent interest in nearly 200,000 acres of Al- berta tarsands; and a minority interest in a big part of the Leduc oil field. Recalling the history of the E&N land grant, Knott writes that. the story of this . Crown grant and its vast coal, timber and mineral resources is typi- cal of the kind of robbery of the public which has been car- ried on for years. In this case influential Cana- dians obtained natural resources privileges, governmental assist-, ance and tax concessions.. After ruthlessly exploiting these re- sources, selling them to foreign capital, in most cases U.S., for a vast profit. Knott points out that originally vast area on Vancouver Island was granted the Dunsmuirs, who in return promised to develop rail and ship services for Van- couver Island. After making their fortune they sold out to the CPR and Canadian Colleries, who in turn cut the rail and ship ser- vices to virtually nothing, but continued its ruthless exploita- tion of the resources. Natural gas too Many organizations on Vancou- ver Island have in recent months demanded that since the terms of the original grant have been vio- lated that the government should reclaim the lands granted forthe purpose of maintaining an ade- quate transportation system. Announcement of the sale to U.S. Plywoods is expected to give a strong spurt to these de- mands on Vancouver Island and from the B.C. public. Also this week came an an- nouncement that Westcoast See TAKEOVER, pg. 12 Youth demand jobs in City Council brief B.C.’s jobless youth have de- manded the right to a proper education and fruitful labor. In a brief presented to Vancouver City Council last Tuesday, rep- resentatives of the Youth Com- mittee, Vancouver & District Un-: employed Council outlined their plans for relieving unemploy- ment. The unemployed had the back- ing of the B.C. Federation of Labour and Vancouver Labor Council. : Stating that ‘‘ young people suf- fer more from unemployment than any other age group,’’ the youth delegation demanded the development of a powerful in- dustrial complex, increased trade and improvements in Van- ee a a TT || VANCOUVER’S BiG EASTER MARCH IN '62. This photo shows a part of the 1,500 marchers who took part in the peace parade two years couver’s port facilities to help secure a future for B.C. young people. The industrial complex en- visioned in their brief; en- compassed: * A Wood Products Industry. See YOUTH, pg. 3 ago. Plans are underway by many peace groups in the city to make the Easter march next Saturday the biggest yet. Peace actions are also being planned by many other centres on Vancouver Island.