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] Expose CIA plot in Italy

The U.S. paid an Italian general $800,000 as part of a plot to restore
fascism in Italy. The general was Gen. Vito Miceli, former head of
Italian military intelligence, who was arrested on October 31, 1974, on
charges of conspiring to overthrow the"ftalian government. ;

This was reported in ‘(La Stampa”’ (TurinS*’one of Italy’s leading
capitalist newspapers. It quoted a report by the House Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the U.S. Congress.

According to ‘‘La Stampa,” Gen. Miceli was working closely with
Prince Junio Valerio Borghese, head of Italy’s neo-fascists and a
former aide to the late fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini. ;

The takeover was set for Dec. 7, 1970, but for some reason it did not
take place. Graham A. Martin, U.S. Ambassador from 1969-73 was

Defiant workers —
fight controls

Manitoba unionists adopt fight-back program

deeply involved in the plot.

‘US. pays mercenary
~ recruits to Angola

The United States Secretary
of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld,
Would not deny reports in the
British press that more than $20-
million American is being used
to recruit mercenaries from
Europe to fight in Angola.

In a televised interview, Rums-
feld said “there has been what
was once covert activity on the

part of the United States involv- °

ing some funds to provide assist-
ance to an element in the Angola
conflict.” When asked specifical-
_- ly.about the recent press reports,
_ he would not answer.
Most of the money is felt to
have been sent through the CIA,
eWhich was responsible for earlier
‘funding of the National Front for
the Liberation of Angola (UNI-
- TA). Earlier reports from Ameri-
Can Press has also claimed the
CIA was recruiting Cuban ex-
Patriots and other Americans to

fight against the Popular Move-

Ment for the Liberation of
Angola (MPLA).

___ Units of volunteers for the MPLA arrive

The British Sunday Telegram,
citing diplomatic sources” in
Zaire, said $200,000 of American
money given to the FNLA had
already been sent to London to
recruit mercenaries.. The paper
reported. that at least 300 people
have been recruited, and were
ready to. leave the country for
Angola. :

-Another British paper, the Ob-
server, quoted Leslie Aspen, Co-
owner of a vaguely sinister
sounding firm, Security Advisory
Services, as saying he had re-
ceived U.S. funds to recruit 600
British mercenaries. He said the
company had been given $564,-
000 in the last three weeks. °

There have been reports that
3,000 - white mercenaries. are
massed on the Angolan border,
ready to invade areas under the
control of the government. The
mercenaries, reportedly includ-
ing Portuguese and other white
Europeans, have been reported
in both Zaire and Zambia.

at the trent line of the southern front in Angola.

Special to the Tribune

WINNIPEG — A one-day emergency conference convened by the Manitoba
Federation of Labor here last week drew more than 800 delegates from affiliated
locals, the largest attendance in the Federation’s history.

The conference adopted an 11-point program to step up the fight-back against the
federal wage control program. The mood of the delegates was reflected in an

amendment to one of the measures proposed by the M

Regina labor vows
wage control fight

By DON CURRIE
REGINA — Saskatchewan trade unionists stepped up the fight
against Bill C-73 at the Regina Labor Council’s annual meeting.
The large turnout of 57 delegates at the January 24 meeting was
double the 1975 attendance and was indicative of the growing in-
volvement of more locals in the fight-back campaign against wage
controls. The meeting was turned into an organizing effort in sup-

port of the Saskatchewan Fede-
ration of Labor province-wide
demonstration and march on the
Legislative buildings Feb. 2.
Organizers for the Feb. 2 demon-
stration estimate upwards of
3,000 trade unionists from across
the province to attend, including
a large turnout of hospital work-
ers,‘ staging a one-day walkout
that day.

George Smith, who was re-

‘Working class must use
all forms of struggle

of the Central Executive Committee of the
ce atene or cane was presented to the Jan. 24-25 Cen-
tral Committee meeting of the Party by Party Leader William Kash-
tan. Excerpts from this report appeared earlier in this paper. Unfor-
tunately at that time, lines of type were dropped which indicated
that the report was delivered by William Kashtan.
Following discussion and adoption of a number of resolutions,
William Kashtan was called upon for a reply to the discussion,
which he has agreed to summarize here for Tribune readers.

We have had a very fruitful
Iscussion these last two days
8nd -concluded a_ considerable
amount of work, all of which
Should be of great value to the
Party. - All the comrades who
SPoke expressed general agree-
Ment with the line of the report.
At the same time there were
- S0me useful proposals made
Which should help to strengthen
€ report.
A proposal advanced in. the
_ discussion was the need to deal
ees the Ontario elections and
i © prospects of another election
n the next period of time.
This is a good point and should
included in the report. The
Sults of the Ontario election
- fe well known: As distinct from
7 + where a turn to the right
0k place, and in Alberta where

the Tories maintained their ma-
jority, the Ontario election re-
sulted in a Conservative minor-
ity Government with the New

Democratic Party as the official

opposition. This is a plus for the
working class and democratic
movement in the given situation,
giving it the possibilities of
pressing for more forward-look-
ing policies. However it is as
yet only a possibility because of
right-wing NDP policy.

The Tories have learnt from

the set-back they suffered and
are now actively preparing for
the next round of electoral strug-
gle. There are growing indica-
tions that a provincial election
will take place this spring. The
Conservatives are beginning to
sharpen their knives against the
NDP whom they consider the
main enemy to defeat at this
time. —

We should not only be pre-~

pared for a provincial election
-- Continued on page 10

elected as council president,
urged delegates to work for a
large turnout. “This is not only
the fight of trade unions. What
of those people in our society
who have no effective voice, no
organization, no real hope for a

better future — the senior citi--

zen, the unemployed, the work-
ing poor the Indian and Métis
population? They too are going
to be squeezed and robbed by
this federal government program
which does everything to control
wages, and next to nothing to
control prices and profits,” he
said.
Reject Wage Cuts

Greeting delegates on behalf
of the SFL, executive board
member John McLeod restated
the SFL’s absolute rejection and
refusal to cooperate at a provin-
cial or federal level with .wage
control legislation. McLeod

Continued on page 9

FL executive which stated

that, “The Federation should
work towards a one-day provin-
cial work stoppage or compar-
able form of provincial action,
including a demonstration at the
Legislative Building, with maxi-
mum involvement of other
groups, in order to demonstrate
the opposition of our movement
to the inequitable legislation.”
This was amended to read that
“The Federation should call a
one-day provincial work stop-
page. 2 7
: No Truck with AIB

Other measures endorsed in
the 11-point program included a
call on all affiliated unions “to
pursue normal collective bar-
gaining with vigor and determin-
ation to meet the real needs of
their membership, and to refuse
to sign contracts containing any
clause making the settlement
subject to approval by the Anti-
Inflation Board”; a demand on
the Manitoba New Democratic
Party and provincial government
to “reject the anti-worker ap-
proach of the federal anti-infla-
tion program, but rather devise
programs and initiatives that
deal with the real causes of infla-
tion”; establishing a committee
of the Federation ‘“‘to coordinate
negotiations for Congress affili-
ated locals and to serve as a
Mobile Strike Support Commit-
tee to assist striking locals”; and
urging all affiliates “to use all
available resources to intensify
organizing campaigns throughout
the province, to extend the pro-

Continued on page 9

Edmonton Communists: ‘use oil money . . ."

"Rescue social services

EDMONTON — In a stiff re-
jection of proposals to cut social
services and programs “in the
interests of holding down city
taxes,” the Edmonton City Com-
mittee of the Communist Party
of Canada has thrown its sup-
port to an alternative proposal
by Edmonton Mayor Terry Cava-
nagh. The mayor’s proposal is to
request that annual interest on
the provincially administered
Heritage Trust Fund, be turned
over to Alberta municipalities to

remove the necessity of increas- ,

ed taxes.

The Heritage Fund was set up
by the provincial government os-
tensibly to use royalties from oil
rescurces to ensure the ongoing
prosperity of the province.

The Board of City Commis-
sioners. took the step of placing
prominent advertisements in the
Edmonton Journal, Jan. 19 and
20, “to seek suggestions from the
residents of Edmonton, as to
ways and means effecting neces-
sary economies in Municipal
Financing.”

‘Making the assumption that
cuts would be necessary, the ad
asks: “‘Which services and pro-
grams currently being provided
by the City of Edmonton do you

feel could be reduced or elimin-
ated . . .?”
Open Attack

In a submission to the Com-
missioners, Jan. 23, Edmonton
Communists, over the signature
of Chairman Harry J. Strynadka,
“totally reject the idea of cutting
back on social services.”

The submission states:

“The alternative placed before
the residents of Edmonton is to
accept either an increase in
municipal taxes or a reduction in

~* Continued on page 10
/ Winnipeg transit
workers wont —
_take- arbitration

WINNIPEG — The Amalga-
mated Transit Workers
‘Union, whose 1,250 members
have been on strike since Jan.
26, has rejected a proposal for.
compulsory arbitration, stat-
ing that they want the: mem-
bership to decide on the terms.

There was recently a de-
\monstration by some IS wives
'of transit workers before the

\eity council, oe

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