A good deat of the grain sold to the Soviet Union could be loaded at the Lakehead and shippéd through the St. Lawrence Seaway— Nad the seaway been built as an all-Canadian venture. (See story In adjoining colums). ADENAUR STILL COLD WARRING - REFUSES TO ‘GO GRACEFULLY’ Mystery continues to surround the American autobahn incident last week which culminated in U.S. and Soviet troops facing each Other at gunpoint. It was the most dangerous flash development Since two years ago when Soviet and U.S. tanks stood gun to gun at Checkpoint Charlie. Strong views are held that the incident could have been engin- €ered by a combination of West German and high-level Ameri- Cans interested in wrecking the Present move toward easing ten- Sions, _ For two years since the change border arrangements in Ber- lin, large parties of U.S. troops Moving across the GDR on the 110 mile autobahn stretch from West Germany to West Berlin have dismounted for checking. Last week some of them balked at the customary procedure. The incident arose at a time When Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Oreign Minister, was in Wash- ington to discuss measures to re- 4x tension; when President Ken- Nedy had announced agreement to Sell wheat to socialist countries; When Dr. Adenauer had spent days NM West Berlin foaming at the Mouth against ‘relaxing’? and trade, : At one of his latest speeches, denauer could not find the Ger- Man equivalent for *‘ relaxation of tension’? and commented: ‘You See, I do not want to hear that Word any more.’’) It is a good time to stage an incident which might prove that no kind of co-existence is ‘‘pos- sible’’ with the Soviet Union, and Adenauer has been doing his best to ‘‘prove’’ that this is indeed the case. In the tenth farewell reception in as many days, he claimed in Bonn that last week’s incident involving the convoy to Berlin was a ‘‘top political Soviet decis- ion.”’ He disclosed that while the con- voy was being held up, the West had been in the ‘‘first emergency stage’’ which involved ‘‘the mo- bilization of some units.’’ Dr. Adenauer had said earlier: “¢Tt is not easy for me to depart. I would go with a free and joy- ful heart if in return for the wheat sales to the Soviet Union, the wall in Berlin had gone.’’ Labor hits Cont'd from pg. 1 Us, So0vernment who insist that 4 majority of the trustees be A- €rican, : "A _ hea the CLC officers acceded ate demand, it would have con- €d of handing over decision- aaniting responsibilities entrust- 1 to the congress by Canadian abor,? Vancouver Labor Council on Wesday night heard a sharp de- ate on the whole question of Tusteeship and how it applies to Madian autonomy. omenoueh there were conflicting shoul; of view on what labor ag do now that government eS €eship is here, there was .iplete unanimity in condemn- gy cooree Meany for crude in- ence in Canadian union af- shi BS Condemnation of trustee- oe in principle; and complete J€ction of theSIU as anotorious > ridden black eye for la- Feelings of most delegates was” summed up by Charles Stewart of the Street Railwaymen’s Union when he hit the role played by Claude Jodoin in bringing Hal Banks to Canada, blasting trust- eeship of any kind, and continued: “But it?s a fact of life that trusteeship has already been im- posed. Our job is now to create such a climate that instead of three years, the labor movemant should demand an end totrustee- ship within months. For once, let’s give our seamen achanceto belong to a union of their own choosing.”’ Breakfast cereal manufactufrers in Canada spent $15,650,000 for raw materials in 1961. Containers and packaging materials account- ed for more than a third of this material. The cost of all wheat, oats, barley, corn and rice used barely exceeded the cost of con- tainers. HAS RIGHT TO BAR SOVIET SHIPS U.S.A. could prevent direct grain loading Is it possible that a part of $500,000,000 worth of wheat we have sold to the Soviet Union could be loaded directly into So- viet freighters at Fort William and Port Arthur? This question could well arise as the problems of moving this vast amount of grain intensify. There is no physical reason why Soviet freighters could not use the St. Lawrence Seaway, and Great Lakes system to come right into the Lakehead. But there could arise a poli- tical problem about which very few Canadians are aware, and which urgently needs to become the subject of question and de- bate in the House of Commons. The fact is that it would be against the law forSoviet freight- ers to enter the Canadian lake- head ports to take on Canadian grain which the Soviet Union has purchased. But the law is an American, not a Canadian law. The evidence*to back up this statement is contained in the Re- port of the St. Lawrence Sea- way Joint Study Committee re- leased in 1959 by the Canadian Wheat Board and the Grain Ship pers and Exporters Association. The problem centres on the seaway system’s connecting link between Lake Huron and Lake, Superior at Sault Ste. Marie. The report first of all informs us that ‘‘the improvement pro- jects on the connecting channels between Lakes Superior and Hur- on and between Lakes Huron and Erie are the responsibility ofthe United States Corps of Army En- gineers.’’ In other words this particular link in the St. Lawrence-Great Lake water route is under United States jurisdiction. Then the report goes on to tell us: **Not infrequently, during the course of its study it was sug- gested to the committee that sec- urity regulations ofthe USA would prevent the passage of foreign flag vessels through the Am- erican locks at Sault St. Marie, Michigan. The navigation regu- lations approved by theSecretary of the Army of the USA on Feb. 19. 1954 did in effect prevent such passage. That regulation stated: ‘The following classes of vessels will not be permitted to transit the United States locks or enter any of the United States approach canals: (1) All foreign vessels except those of Canadian registry.’ ’”’ Therefore, at that time, the United States Army was propos- ing to block off Fort William and Port Arthur from all save Canadian and American ships. Later, however, the report continues: ‘‘The particular sec- tion of the Navigation Regulations was amended on April 8, 1958 to read as follows: ‘The follow- ing classes of vessels will not | be permitted to transit United Locks or enter amy of the Unit- ed States approach canals: (1) Vessels of the Sino-Soviet bloc countries.’’ So there you have the answer. If. the urgent requirements of the peaceful grain trade between Canada and the USSR demanded the use of Soviet vesselsto carry grain from the Lakehead, the United States army has a regu- lation which denies those vessels access to Lake Superior, and constitutes an intolerable inter- ference in Canada’s business, Surely it is time that the gov- . ernment of Canada took steps to _ insist that the St. Lawrence and the Lakes from the Atlantic to Fort William and Port Arthur must be freed from U. S. dom- ination, and must be open to the ships of all countries with whom it is in our vital national inter- ests to trade. At the time of construction of - the seaway, the Communist Par- ty of Canada pointed out that by placing control over key sections in U.S. hands we were giving away a slice of Canadian sover- eignty. In so doing, the CPC was one of the few voices that were raised in protest. That warning has now been pro- ven to have been painfully ac- curate. LABOR ROUNDUP: Toronto labor blasts calls on CLC to carry The Toronto Labor Council at its last meeting, on recom- mendation of its executive, wel- comed the partial nuclear test ban treaty, re-affirmed oppo- sition to nuclear arms on Cana- dian soil or in Canadian hands and urged Canadian Labor Con- gress national officers to press this position now on Parliament. It also delegated one of its executive members to represent the TLC at a conference on nu- clear disarmament sponsored by the Canadian Campaign for Nu- clear Disarmament. It was noteworthy that whereas a year ago delegates were deep- ly split on the nuclear issue, and even at the time of the last federal election the pro- nuclear spokesmen could muster the support of perhaps a third of council, the vote this time was overwhélming—only half a dozen hands raised against. The International Nickel Co. of Canada has laid off 275 work- ers at its Port Colborne refinery effective Oct. 16. Last week Fal- conbridge Nickel Mines announc- ed a layoff of 530 workers at Sudbury effective Oct. 21. The Mine Mill union, resenting the Falconbridge workers, said it had pressed for provisions in the collective bar- gaining agreement whereby ar- rangements would be made for - work distribution in the event of layoffs. The company, however, refused the proposal and a con- ciliation board appeared to ac- cept the company’s position. The attempts of Paul Hall, American-based president of the SIU, to interfere in the affairs of Canadian labor, came under _ severe attack at the last meeting of the Hamilton, Ont. Labor Coun- cik. John Belingham, ofthe Interna- tional Harvester local of the Steelworkers union, proposed the 30,000-member labor council should send a letter of support to the Canadian Labor Congress —Photo by Searle Friedman: The above people were recently elected to constitute the Vancouver steering committee of the Canadian & Allied Merchant Seamen's Associatio. Main task of the association thus far will be to fight for pension rights for all merchant seamen in the two world wars. October 18, 1963—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3° rep- . N-arms, fight in its dispute with Hall. Similar sentiments were ex- pressed at the last meeting oj the Vancouver Labor Council on : Tuesday. (See lead story, Page 1). The VLC has scheduled a meet- ing in North Vancouver for Wed- nesday Oct. 30. Purpose of the meeting will be to unite labor and other citizen’s groups for the forthcoming municipal elections on the North Shore. Council acted to comply with a request for _ action from the labor committee in North Vancouver. The Canadian & Allied Mer- chant Seamen’s Association of Toronto held an organizational meeting in Vancouver Wednes- day, Oct. 10, for the purpose of setting up a branch here. Edward Reid of Toronto, a Vice-President of CAMSA, out- lined the organization, its aims and objectives. He dealt mainly with some aspects of Bill C-64, © which gives merchant seamen pension rights who served in the two world wars. Up to now, these veterans of the wars have not enjoyed the same rights as those accorded to vet- erans of other branches of the service. The following members were elected to the organization com- mittee: Andrew Brogan, William Brannigan, Edward Buszowski, Thomas McGrath, Mike Hornick, Joseph McNeil, Carl Anderson, Frank Freeman, Gerald Tellier, Harry Allison, William Mozdir, Wilfred Suttle, David West and Patrick John Malone: Oct. 6 marked the sixth month that miners have been on strike at Reeves MacDonald, located on the B.C.-Washington border. Mine Mill is fighting for wage parity for these workers, who are receiving 45¢ an hour less than their fellow workers across the international boundary.