Michel Chartra too well the meaning of political _ tends to be aimed solely cot those 4 Sul national delf-determination af the ‘Canadian nation. ‘We have tasted the War Meas | also. the Quebec specialty, the Padlock Law. _ many members of your Central Council, we entire with the anarcho-syndicalist tactics. of Michel Char Which do harm to the working class, the flagrant infustice he has suffered at the leat of : Establishment” demands that all who hold dear democ- | social and. Rational justice demonstrate their - support parties join efforts fight international firms ‘ By PETER ZINKIN oi -ONDON — Delegates repre- Wns 15 West European Com- é ist Parties concluded their a” day conference here by louncing that they would - up contacts to develop certed oe against inter- ifional firm Expressing the general view, HOrge Frischmann, France, said Hit the Present stage of capital- was a new aspect ‘of im- eTialism. 2 development of interna- a Mal firms concerned not only il, Capitalist countries but also developing countries and the lations between the capitalist 4 d Socialist worlds. Ma Parties’ representatives €en impressed by the iden- i of views put forward. "h ‘We were able to see that ese firms were a threat to us” qd, with their influence on gov- Aments, “an anti- -democratic Wreat,” he Said. Stronger Solidarity a ‘ational solidarity of the rkers in the firms would be MVeloped and the alliance of © workers and democratic for- S strengthened. "Nationalization of the deci- 7€ sectors of the economy of © various countries was also essary. points of view about activi- in eee pono would now con- it © be exchanged and con- ation widened. ‘ee the Communists will be 4 Ore powerfully to help Be orkens and people of their Inte The Sest t po ht), wi Bit metre long Aswan Dam is completed (photos top and h its Capacity of 10 million kilowatt hours per year. It is the 4" Plant in the world outside the USSR. respective countries in their fight. The communique explained that the conference had been called to discuss “the struggle of the working class of the capi- talist countries of Europe in face of the development of in- ternational firms.” The parties had emphasized that the internationalization of capitalist production in the con- ditions of monopoly domination are a threat to the population, to national sovereignty and democracy in each country. “Delegations have examined the new demands which stem from this for the fight against imperialism today,” the com- munique said. Large Awareness The parties had noted that among wide sections of the working class and democratic movement there was an aware- ness of the need for common action on these questions. The countries represented were Austria, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Finland, France, West Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Holland, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The Communist Parties of Cyprus, Luxembourg, Portugal, San Marino and West Berlin, al- though unable to attend, had in- dicated their support. The Dutch delegates did not associate themselves with the communique but will report the proceedings to their central committee. By ALAIN PATRIE MONTREAL—“If Mr. Jerome Choquette, Minister of Justice in Quebec, won’t listen to our appeal perhaps the people of Quebec will.” This is how the spokesman for the Montreal Central Coun- cil of the Confederation of Na- tional Trade Unions, Mr. Foisy, enunciated the situation for the Canadian Tribune. He described the imprisonment of their presi- dent, Michel Chartrand, as a traversty of justice and “an ex- cess of spite.” The MCC, representing 67,000 Montreal unionists, recently is- sued a public statement calling for the resignation of Judge Roger Ouimet who sentenced Chartrand to one year in prison for contempt when the defend- ant spoke up sharply in his own defense. The MCC document said the judge was morally dis- honest and “bore a natural an- tipathy and prejudice against all the accused.” They claimed that he could not in this in- stance direct the jury in an ob- jective manner. Further, they called upon Superior Court Judge Challies Union urges public action to win Chartrand release to explain publicly the criteria used in choosing judges and to explain why after good cause the courts refuse to summon as witnesses federal minister Jean Marchand for the case against Mr. Chartrand, and Quebec minister Jerome Choquette in the case against Pierre Val- lieres. Mr. Foisy decried the pro- secutors in these cases as mem- bers of active standing in the Liberal Party, and suggested they are being paid lucrative sums for their work. The statement directs some of its fire at the Quebec Bar for not expressing itself on the re- fusal by Mr. Choquette to allow Mr. Robert Lemieux the right to defend his co-accused. The refusal to grant bail is hotly condemned. Foisy pointed out that a re- cent Gallup Poll reported by the Toronto Star reveals _ that “41.5% of our-people do not be- lieve the accused will receive justice at the hands of the Que- bec courts.” Further, that a young lawyer and author, Mr. R. Bellemare, wrote in a recent ~ issue of Maintenant that most of Quebec’s lawyers are afraid to undertake the defense of the accused. Faced with overt and formidable intimidation many of them are reluctant to become involved, and those who would be willing claim that the courts refuse to give the defense suf- ficient time to prepare a proper case. “We shall not wait for the wheels of justice alone,” Mr. Foisy underlined. The Montreal Central Council (CNTU), he ex- plained, has called for -a public meeting Jan. 19 at the Lanau- diere Public School. The rally is supported by the three trade unions—the CNTU, Quebec Fed- eration of Labor, and Quebec Teachers Corporation. A new force to join the struggle is the 30,000-strong Civil Service Union of the Province of Que- bec. Meanwhile Michel Chartrand, Robert Lemieux and the others continue to languish in prison. Although public pressure and an inquiry by the Civil Liber- ties Union seem to have lifted some of the tyrannical pressure exercised by Quebec “justice,” prospect for bail remains dim. Aswan Dam-—friendsh ip symbol CAIRO — The official cere- mony to mark the completion of construction work on the Aswan hydropower complex was held on Jan. 15, the birthday of the late UAR_ President Gamal Abdel Nasser. USSR President Nikolai Podgorny was the guest of honor. Nasser considered the Aswan dam the symbol of our century, one that would remain forever a monument to the Egyptian people’s struggle for freedom and independence, the Cairo newspaper Al-Ahran recalled. The Soviet government sent some 2,000 specialists to help build the Aswan dam — engin- eers and skilled workers who had already distinguished them- selves in Soviet hydropower construction. The Soviet spe- cialists shared their knowledge and experience with their Egyp- tian friends. A veritable army of Egyptian hydropower builders has emerged in the course of the building of the Aswan dam. Al- Ahram wrote that the high dam on the Nile is demonstrating its creative spirit in collaboration with the Soviet Union .. . All told, the Soviet special- ists have trained about 1,000 high-class excavator and crane operators, 2,700 bulldozer driv- ers, auto mechanics and drivers of heavy dump trucks, 3,500 electricians and fitters, mainten- ance personnel and other skilled workers. Already two out of four shifts at the power station are man- ned exclusively by Egyptian spe- cialists. Soon their Soviet col- PACIFIC TRIBUNE- ~FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1971— PAGE 9 leagues and mentors will remain only for general supervision and consultation. All Egypt, all Africa, all the world sees the lights of the Aswan hydropower complex. Anatole France once wrote “To make use of the soil, the mine- rals, the waters, the substance and the potential of the planet, man is needed, mankind, the whole of humanity. The full utilization of the earth requires the combined efforts of all men, ‘white, yellow and black.” Aswan is a symbol not only of Soviet-Arab friendship, it is a symbol of a new type of international collaboration, an example of the combined efforts of men in the interests of all mankind, the need for which the French humanist urged.