SRE EER CASRN Oko - FLASHBACKS FROM _ THE COMMUNIST PRESS 50 years ago... SYDNEY MINERS ISSUE CHALLENGE SYDNEY, N.S. — Openly ex- pressing its contempt for what it terms an imitation Fascisti, Pha- jen Local of the United Mine Workers issued a public challenge to the Sydney Board of Trade to come out to New Aberdeen and there begin its avowed purpose of steaming out the “red” ele- ments in Cape Breton. This is the miners’ reply to the recent action of the Sydney Board of Trade in signing a resol- ution expressing alarm as to the outlook in Cape Breton in the event of a strike, and pledging its membership to stand in the gap and maintain law and order until © the arrival of forces sufficient to uphold the local authorities. Phalen charges that the Trade Board's action was taken on the orders of Roy Wolvin, President of the British Empire Steel Cor- poration who, the miners say, threatened otherwise to withdraw his capital and allow hay to grow in the streets of Sydney. The Worker, April 11, 1923 25 years ago... CONCLUSION The Communists are singled out for the main target because they are the most active oppon- ents of reactionary capitalist pol- icy. They do not speak for: them- selves alone, but for the present and future interests of the work- ers and farmers in Canada. When the Communists are hit, the whole democratic and labor movement is injured. Anyone who falls into the trap of believing that you can have democracy and progress. minus the Communists is digging a pit for himself and for democracy: ‘The Communist movement in Canada is a quarter-century old; its philosophy is a century old. It was produced by Canadian historical development and is the most advanced expression of true progressive Canadianism. All at- tempts in the past to crush Com- munists have recoiled on’ the heads of the would be crusaders; so it will be in the future. Tribune, April 17, 1948 Worth quoting: “The people are only able to create and develop the liberation movement because they keep their culture alive — despite the continual organized repression of their cultural life, continuing to - resist culturally even when. their political and military resistance is destroyed.” ans, , Pacific Amilcar Cabral Editor — MAURICE RUSH Published weekly at Ford Bldg., Mezzanine No. 3, 193 E. Hastings St., Vancouver 4, B.C. Phone 685-5288. Business & Circulation Manager, FRED WILSON Subscription Rate: Canada, $5.00 one year; $3.00 for six months North and South America and Commonwealth count: /2s, $6.00 one year. All other countries, $7.00 one year Second Eddtorial Commeut... Anti-lahor plotting It is revolting to learn that H: G. Draper, assistant commissioner of the RCMP and Robert Bourne, head of the police and security planning in the Solicitor-General’s Department, should be allowed to act as informers to im- part security information to an agency of private corporate interests, The RCMP talk about “labor unrest produced by subversive elements” and Mr. Bourne’s Speech on “government security organization” at a secret meet- ing of the “Canadian Society for Indus- trial Security,” became a matter of puek knowledge when Edward Broad- ent ‘(NDP-MP for Oshawa-Whitby) was refused entry into the conclave of this state and private police force work- ing in secret. That the security personnel from some 175 manufacturing and resource companies across the country together with agents of various levels of govern- ment should be privy to information so secret that it has to be kept out of reach of elected members of Parlia- ment has yet to be satisfactorily ex- plained. Solicitor-General Warren Almand’s explanation that he has forbidden RCMP security personnel from taking part in such meetings and expressin doubts about the practice of RCM briefing of private organizations, and; that as of now the practice has been stopped; does not explain why it has ever been allowed in the first place. This obvious and surrepticious anti- labor plotting by state and employer agencies must be seriously challenged by organized labor, which should leave nothing undone to force the fullest public disclosure of all the facts in or- der to expose root and branch any and all such anti-democratic, nefarious and neo -fascist conspiratorial activities which must never be allowed to develop in this country. Once more, Mr. Sharp... The Thieu regime’s attack into Cam-: _bodia in violation of the Paris Agree- ments, and its stepped-up arrests of all who might become a political opposi- tion in later elections, reaffirm its poli- tical squalor. - These adventures by Saigon—armed, paid and programmed by the Pentagon — are added reasons for Canadians to pressure Ottawa for adherence to the Paris Agreements. The Canadian Gov- ernment must be free of commitments to the USA and its Vietnamese hireling. A report carried in the Toronto Globe and Mail, April 18, and credited to Washington ‘Star-News, Associated Press and Reuter showed clearly who is running the show: “U.S. officials yester- day considered the possibility of using South Vietnamese gunboats and troops to force open the Mekong River route to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Pehne.” And on April 14, the Provisional Re- volutionary Government’s representa- tive on the International Commission for Contro] and Supervision, Col. Duong Dihn Thad, charged the Saigon puppets with painting their military aircraft with ICCS markings for use U.S. war machine. _ union bodies: Louis Laberge (Quebec - Bill 19, was the Communist Pg x over the central highlands. It Can he as- sumed that the directorship. was the same. To becloud their violations of the Paris Agreements, the Nixon-Thiey partnership has been able to count on Michel Gauvin, head of the Canadian team on the ICCS, who won his Yankee | spurs on the old Vietnam Commission, for services rendered. : Canadians on the ICCS “have taken a cold war attitude when the whole trend in the world is in the opposite direction,” other observer teams haye charged. . The whole unsavory cabal 0f Ameri- can imperialism should be denoyn by Canadians — far from being foisted upon the House of Commons, ag was done when External Affairs Minister : Sharp said the crew of a downed [G¢s helicopter had been “forced” to gion — confessions of being off coUrge Gp April 13, Sharp admitted the craft had been in an unauthorized zone. Firgt the Pentagon line then, reluctantly, “the truth. el The Canadian Peace Congress has demanded the replacement of Michel Gauvin, head of Canada’s ICCS team, with a less biased person. It’s a worthy proposal; but what of an externa] af. fairs minister who gives falSifieg jp. formation to the representatives of the Canadian people in the House of Gop. mons? a It’s clear that Mr. Sharp hag to je reminded frequently that it is ‘the yes. ponsibility of Canada’s ICCS team.-to serve the Paris Agreements, not the oe Free the prisoners — | Quebec’s Common Front, which won | significant victories for public gepyice employees about a year ago, And Jater survived its inner struggles, 18 now re grouped and taking up the fight fo» the release from prison of the labor leaders who led the Common Front strike move. A caangl those’ jailed ming mong those jailed in recrimjnation | under infamous Bill 19, were the rad dents of Quebec’s three major Federation of Labor), Marce] Pepin (Confederation of National "Tyage Unions), and Yvon Charbonneay (Cor: poration of Teachers of Quebec.) | - They remain to this day locked jn ¢he cells of Orsanville prison, gUlty only) of carrying out their responsibilities tp their trade union members. : One of the first to demand the ynjon | leaders’ release and the scradping of Canada. “ Protests to the Bourassa Gove; f are increasing—from Canadian 9p, zations (the Canadian Labor Congres! long-ago demanded their release and | repeal of Bill 19), and from WOr]q_wide labor bodies such as the World We tion of Trade Unions, and the Inte tional Confederation of Free |, Unions. * Now it is imperative that thege tests build in intensity, in conCeyt with the Common Front campaign Unti] the labor leaders are freed and the facoict- | tainted Bill 19 is withdrawn. er | Neither the Ottawa nor Quehee goy- ernments can be allowed to continue the violation of trade union right