PT Le et ids (ecm CET GL WHO Perret eC et LL nh at ttali “Knight of Grace’ seinen cinnamon a eNRUSTAUALSTS STN? the company. pays $100,000 a year to the province! More than that, Duplessis gave the American combine a 99 year 0“ FEBRUARY 7 the Gov ernor-General pinned a “gong” on Maurice LeNoblet Duplessis’ a reward for handing over several billion dollars (U-S.)° of Que- bec’s wealth gratis to American fe. high finance. Me : ‘The “boys” were ‘there to see “gir” Duplessis get his medal. Present were R. E. Powell, pres- ident of the multi-million dollar U.S. monopoly, Aluminum Co. of Canada: Major A. C. Price, pres- ident of Price Bros.; and J. W. McConnell, big shot publisher of the Montreal Star, Standard, Herald, with vested interests im dozens of huge Canadian mono- that the engineers were having trouble finding a proper location for their Ungava terminus “SO as not to build over too rich fields.’ Fortune magazine, slick organ of Wall Street, has esti- mated that the deposits, when they are fully surveyed, will run to at least one billion tons of high grade ore, equal at today’s prices to a total of $7 billion. Yet it is this gigantic ‘steal, and Padlock Law to turn Que- bec into an undernourished, poorly-paid American “colony — the suave representative of Wall Street which* is mulcting enor- mous super-profits out of our province — and the Canadian Liberal Party” newspaper-owner, sowho uses the press to hide the fact that Quebec’s natural re- sources are being drained off to feed a foreign war-machine. In the past 10 years, mining engineers have discovered - that beneath Quebec’s soil lie riches that defy imagination—at Un- -gava, the largest known body of iron ore in the world, as well as ‘-deposits of zinc, copper, gold, and nickel—at Lake Allard, huge de- posits of the rare and vital metal titanium—at Abitibi, more zinc —in the Laurentians, near Mon- treal, a recent discovery of de- posits of titanium. The list is endless. The surface has literally conly been scratched. As Duplessis himself told the “Dominion Mortgage and “Invest- ment Association on May 4, “No place in the whole world offers “perspectives as great as in Que- Sbec.” yee es This same ‘puplessis, without thought of the welfare of Quebec or its people to whom this wealth Jbelongs and for whose benefit it sshould be used, has given over ~ “this priceless heritage ‘to Ameri- «can financiers for @ song. The Ungava-Labrador iron ore ‘podies are now being exploited by the Iron Ore Co., controlled by the Hanna Corp._of Cleveland. The president of the Iron Ore Co. re- cently estimated that at least 10 million tons of ore would be taken ~ @ut each year for shipment to philadelphia and Baltimore for smelting into pig iron and steel. With iron ore now fetching about $7 a ton, this means at least $70 million per year --- for which conspiracy of the Duplessis axis to funnel maw Quebec. : j raise wages, increase Quebec, pendent of “U.S. producers, 2 PROP TTT UCC LLL GUL LL UL ub dia “The struggle of the French-Canadian people against and higher wages, merges with the strug tT Lan LL Le stout chest. Viscount Alexander, ; cting for the St. Laurent govern” lease on a 300) Oa See . > : 8 : ‘ which he himself admitted is esti- ment, invested the little Caesar of mated to contain 300,000,000 tons Quebec as Knight of Grace of of the highest iron-content ore in the Order of St. John.” The the world. Describing the “diffi- , Order is British Imperial, but the culties” facing the American hand. was Hard-Cash American, company, Duplessis told the Leg- %slative Assembly on March 9 without. parallel in Quebec's his- tory, to which Prime Minister St. Laurent gave his benediction ae uo = ae and praise (and a medal to Du- The unholy triumvirate “was plessis), over the outraged pro- complete: The political “boss” ‘ests of Quebec Liberal leader who uses his police blackjacks George Lapalme. Nothing more clearly illustrates the treasonous sell-out of Canada to U.S. imperialism than the St. Laurent- off Que- bec’s natural resources into the of the U.S. war machine. They vetoed proposals to have the government own, operate and finance the huge mining project. They turned thumbs down on the idea of building steel smelters in Use the Ungava millions to social leg- jslation, build hospitals, schools, homes for Quebec’s “hewers of wood and drawers of water No! Use the Ungava ore to erect ‘the first Canadian smelter in to make Canada inde- to 29D The great strike at Asbestos, Quebec; of Canada’s asbestos industry. smash the strike, but workers stood fir their long, bitterly-fought struggle for PUT 1 Me LU hate ed PP TT sumuncvaavenauevcyrayaecauacanaxaava/auaugnaoavaituavlalalai & OWNS QUEBEC? conscription and war, for equality gle against the $1. Laurent-Duplessis axis and its sell-out fo war-planning U.S. imper ialism. + ‘ 1 . By FRANK ARNOLD Tt i a canavanennvnvvurin nan gneavanganuaneusnncaceiannnpimietniefeomiSIRUSIEUTIETT ST, ' et Se pe ‘ ; facilities, labor, power develop- ments and everything else going to make up the industrial strength and potentialities of our country; are controlled, to greater or lesser one-fifth of total value of manu- facturing production in Quebec.. The extent ito which American capital already controls Quebec and commerce, and dom- overcome the steel shortage here, to give jobs to thousands? No! As in the case of Asbestos, Que- will be shipped out bec’s iron ore a, industry ~ ees are ee he inated. Quebec politics, is not degree, by foreign capital, © arebtirde The govern- ploititg Canadian resources and fully: appreciated. ments of Canada and Quebec, naturally, do not ‘strain , them- selves to provide accurate and de- tailed figures on the subject. Still, workers for foreign interests. form of steel products at sky- example—,000 _ high monopoly prices. ’. Take one other square miles of Quebec The same betrayal has been en- lands, three times the area te) gineered on all the new ore dis- reri i i . enough ts known to build up the eek ee The great ae hs . 5 e Prince Edward Island, are owne posits in the Lake Allard region, picture. ; : : : Re f 1948, US trolled eas DY! International Paper, bigges 2 6, U.S.-controlled com- ts, pulp and paper producer. In not far from Ungava, are now being exploited by Quebec Titan- ium and Iron Co., owned by the U.S. giant Kennecott Copper Co. The company has puilt a refinery at Sorel. where ‘some 500 workers are already employed. Duplessis admitted that in the next 1090 years Kennecott will take out an estimated 50,000,000 tons of the valuable metal.’ + 1949 it produced one-third of Que- panies accounted for 20 percent of pec’s total newsprint production. total manufacturing production in’ Canada. This leaves out a ~ number gf important American- controlled companies, and, ‘since U.S. investment is concentrated” in Quebec and Ontario, it is a safe bet that the proportion of Quebec manufacturing turned out by U.S.-controlled plants is at least 20 percent, and probably 2 good deal more. ‘In a number of major indus- tries, key industries, U.S4-con- trolled companies hold positions of monopoly or close. to it. For example, Alumintim ‘Co. ‘of Can- ada is the only producer of alum- inum metal—Canadian Celanese is the only producer of acetate filament yarn and staple and _fabrics used by garment industry —Canadian Johns-Manville, As- pestos Corp., Flintkote are the major producers. of asbestos. Even where American-owned or controlled firms have to meet competition they generally enjoy a ‘dominant position by 1 of their tremendois financial strength and control of markets, Practically every_ city or town of industrial importance in Que-, f industry tically every branch 0 : controlled has its powerful 'U.S. corporations. ; = ° In pulp and paper, textiles and clothing, foodss and beverages rubber and : metal manufacturing, diesel 100 motives and chemical, asbestos aluminum and power—in almost every instance, U.S.-owned cor- porations either dominate the it” dustry or are major producers: The profits, in U.S. dollars, 8°. ‘to shareholders acros while tens of thougands 0 Canadian workers are pa considerably less: than t vailing national average by thes? Duplessis-protected corporations: The copper newly-found in the Gaspe has been given over to Noranda Mining, owned by: the Timmins interests who are the Canadian junior partners in the American combine that arranged the Ungava. deal. Noranda has begun a $30 million development in the Gaspe to process the ore. Of the zine discovery in the Gaspe, Duplessis told the Legis- lative Assembly on February 27 that “East Sullivan is interested.’ East Sullivan is controlled by Noranda. © w: i These new developments are only a spectacular part of a much larger process by which Ameri- « ¢ French” id wage? The fight of the 1 virtue ment in French Canada t0 ° social equality with the rest ° Canada, to raise wages from. standard levels, to improve livité Pe can capital has moved in on Que- A : : pec and “taken over.” Attracted tie-ups with other industries, etc. : a vet tae by low wage raties, “cheap and This is not to say that Canadian and health Fae Hae: a etre. f $ Lean hay : into large account this pene a4 plentiful labor,’ ande by a reac- capitalists are having it tough,” ti t b by US capital tionary government which has and need special help or subsi- ion of Quebec by Uw | aac i Raye | For the obscurantism and shown it will put its police force dies. In a good many cases Can- ? ‘ ; ples” : ; tionary character of the pup completely at the service of for- adian capital has developed work- i fae it + por-hatine > eign capital to club French-Cana- ing arrangements with, their “hig ite ‘feel a a ia ence its dian workers into submission, brothers” in the US., and are a af Beis iy aS, its U.S. companies have been infil- piling up fantastic profits. What aR ithe ROR ES DIP Bra rive it does mean, however wey virulent anti-communism, nce : a6 in large part from its obeise™” ad “trating this province and today account for probably more than , raw materials, manufacturing el Washington, as well as St. and Bay Streets. © : The struggle of Canadian people aga conscription also meets in battle the subservience M4 inst wat US. imperialists. For 0 robber barons and ‘the _schemers are one and people. - ete , Rene Rocque, _ martyr,> leading against the John pire, symbolizes in struggle of French life and against war. - gle that grows’ daily shi war camp. | last week after com oe : prison term.) ‘ : ; French against United States domination 5 his police-state in an attempt to Canadian trade unionist by as Canada’s two years ago was a stile Premier Duplessis used all the power of m and won the admiration of every better wages and lwing conditions. taneously the struggle OF 14 Canadians to become as their own house. ‘ PACIFIC TRIBUNE _— AUGUST 8, 1951 — forest | : bec has its American plants. Prac footwear, mining and ee 3 the border’ ne prem as veh abor st SUNK to the diktats of Wall street * ie Ra arencl™ the Frei nd 408 re St. Laurent-Duplessis axis’ 8 iz us * the sa against imperialist wat i ae p \