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Labor Council condemns ©

U.S. bombing of Vietnam

While U.S. representative
Henry Kissinger continued to
utter vagaries about peace being
“‘athand’’, delegates to the Van-
couver Labor Council Tuesday
night went on record expres-
sing their “‘keen dismay”’ at the
lack of a peace agreement and
reiterating the call of the B.C.
Federation Of Labor conven-
tion for animmediate cease fire
and withdrawal of all USS.
troops.

Former Council secretary and
now MP for Vancouver East,
Paddy Neale amended the
motion to include condemna-
tion of the renewed bombing of
civilians in the Hanoi, Haiphong
area. The motion and amend-
ment passed unanimously.

Elsewhere in the Council meet-
ing a motion was passed calling
on the owners of Sanderingham
hospital to ‘‘bring their two year-

Communists parley launches
provincial legislative drive

Meeting im Vancouver last
weekend, the Provincial Com-
mittee of the Communist Party
adopted a plan of campaign for
the spring Session of the B.C.
Legislature, deciding toconcen-
trate its efforts on the necessity
of bringing B.C. Tel and West-
coast Transmission § under
public ownership, and radically
overhauling B.C. resource poli
cies. ;

‘Both these subsidiaries of
giant U.S. corporations have
long come under sharp public
criticism for their exhorbitant
charges,’’ Nigel Morgan, Provin-
cial leader of the Party de-

clared. ‘‘Both have arrogantly
announced their intention of
fighting government takeover,
whichis not surprising when one

realizes that Westcoast an-

nounced a 96% increase. in
profits for the first nine months
of 1972, and B.C. Tel a 50% hoist
from $10 to $15 million for the
same period,’’ he charged.

‘‘The broadest anti-monopoly
unity can be built around the
demand for immediate govern-
ment takeover,’ hesaid, ‘‘and
such a move would pay big
dividends to the people of this
province and mark a good start
in wresting control of the B.C.

ERNIE CRIST

Announce PT staff change

The editorial board of the Pacific Tribune announced this week
that Fred Wilson will be assuming the position of circulation
manager of the PT. Fred willbe replacing Ernie Crist whois going to

work in industry.

Although he only recently celebrated his 21st birthday, Fred
headed up the editorial board of the Tower, a newspaper at Van-
couver City College, and is presently the provincial organizer for the
Young Communist League. He is a former member of the
Teamsters Union, having worked in various industries between

college semesters.

Fred brings to his new position a background in organizational
work among youth as well as experience in circulating the PT on

college campuses.

In welcoming Fred to the PT staff the editorial board wishes to
express its deep appreciation to Ernie Crist for his many years of
work on the paper. Ernie came to the PT some seven years ago dur-
ing one of the most difficult periods inthe paper’shistory and yet
succeeded in pushing circulation up toits highest point in many
years. We wish him all the best in his new job and we are sure thathe
will continue his work in finding new readers

Tribune.

FRED WILSON

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1972—PAGE 12

for the Pacific

economy away from the Yankee
exploiters.”

Actiontohalt the foreignrip-
off of B.C.’s natural resources,
and to bring them back under
public control to provide more
jobs and a better return for the
B.C. treasury was also pro-
posed. The Communist Party
will campaign to have the
present Forest Management
legislationrepealed; togetthe
new government to refuse to
renew a whole number of Tree
Farm licenses expiring shortly
and to phase out others; to
return our forest lands to public
control under an enlarged
Forest Service and establish a
new Crown Corporation to
strictly controllogandraw-pulp
exports, to handle log sales on
the basis of the ‘‘highest bid’,
and develop secondary indus-
tries wherever necessary to
prevent the senseless drain of
job opportunities, that our
people sorely need.

Similar policies will be
advanced for B.C.’s rich re-
serves of oiland-gas, minerals
and coal; and full support given
the NDP government’s efforts

‘ torestoreCanadian sovereign

ty over Columbia
water-power.

River

‘These are the kind of poli-
cies needed to get a better return
for the people of this Province
for their natural resources’’
Morgan declared, and to make
it possible to rid B.C. con-
sumers of the heavy burden they
bear of $409 million in sales,
gasoline and various other con-
sumer taxes. What aniniquitous
Situation it is when we con-
sumers have to shell out $409 mil-

lion, while the big profitable
monopolies only contribute $172
million for all royalties,
licenses, special privileges,
stumpage and reserves etc.”’

The 25-member Committee,
after hearing and discussing a
report from the recent Central
Committee of the Party which
reviewed the outcome of the
last Federal election, voted un-
animously to double the number
of constituencies it would con-
test in B.C. over last October.

old dispute to a satisfactory
settlement and failing that,
calling on the provincial govern-
ment to take over the private hos-
pital.”

Jack Phillips, whose Canadian
Union of Public Employees
represents the Sanderingham
employees said that ‘‘Sandering-
‘ham is fighting for its first
collective agreement, and the
strikers are determined to con-
tinue to win a just settlement.”’

“Our position is that hos-
pitals and nursing homes area
public service and should be
under public control,’ he said.
“But the new government can’t
undo all injustices overnight so
we are urging all labor councils

VIETNAM

Cont'd from pg. 1

ment to end the war still has not
been signed by the U.S. which is
stalling the Paris talks and try-
ing to create the illusion in the
American public’s mind that
peace is at hand.”

The Nhan Daneditorial said:
‘Our views are clear-cut and ir-
reversible: the Oct. 20 agree-
ment to end the war must be
signed immediately as is. There
can be no changes. We demand
of the U.S. a withdrawal from
Vietnam, anend to the aggres-
sive war and any military inter-

vention in South Vietnam, un-,

conditional respect for the
sovereignty, independence and
territorial integrity of our coun-
try, and respect for the South
Vietnamese people’s right to
self-determination.”’

The latest escalation of the
war by the U.S. has brought for-
ward a surge of demands from
all corners of the world that the
U.S. sign the 9-point pact, stop
the bombing and get out of
Vietnam.

Sympathy?

A Vancouver spokesman for
Kelly Douglas said on Monday
that beef prices will increase
during the next two weeks and
the price of pork is expected to
follow suit ‘“‘in sympathy.”

Good Food

and labor federations to bring
full pressure to bear.”’

Phillips also presented a
resolution from the floor calling
on the provincial government

‘to ‘‘dismiss the Labor Relations |

Board in favor of a more re-
presentative body, more in tune
with the stated labor policies of
the government, and one that
will give labor a fair deal inall
matters under its jurisdiction.”

The motion was promptedbya
long standing grievance with
several unions as to the deci-
sions of the Board. ‘‘At the time |
of our application for certifica-
tion at Venice Bakeries,’’ said
Hugh Comber, Bakery Workers,
‘“‘we knew we had-75% of the
workers signed up. But the
Labor Relations Board stated
that we had less than 50%— no
explanations given as to how
they arrived at that figure. I
think the Labor Relations Board
should be asked to resign or
should be removed,” he said.

Phillips’ motion passed un
animously.

Acting Council chairman, Jim
Malange also noted the presence
of delegates from the Fisher-
men’s Union, sitting as ob-
servers pending notification by
the Canadian Labor Congress
of the right to fully-accredited -
delegates. ‘‘I hope that this is
the last meeting where the
UFAWU will be sitting as ob-
servers,’’ Malange said,’’ and
that at the next meeting they ©
will be seated as full delegates
to this Council.’’ The Fishermen
have been denied a place onthe
Council for 19 years.

During the union reports,
Frank Kennedy, ILWU, rose to
read a letter from H.P-Smith,
Business Agent of Local 500,
ILWU, addressed to, Brian
Campbell, President of the
Vancouver Area Council of the
NDP. “I am returning your
civic newsletter,’’ the letter
read, ‘‘because asa member of
the Vancouver Labor Council
my loyalty is with COPE and
with Rankin who has always
been the spokesman of labor.”

The letter referred to the split
in the civic elections brought
about by the NDP’s decision to
reject unity with COPE, and said
that ‘‘the labor movement has
survived many potitical parties
and will continue to do so
despite many attempts to split
ite

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