HEAD TAX HIT

Stronger fight urged
to block tax increase

“Increased public pressure is essential to compel
Vancouver city council to hold the line on homeowner
i taxes this year,” William Stewart, secretary of the Van-

VETERANS HONOURED AT BAN

Ica. (See story on page 2).

QUET. Tim Buck is shown at the head table
with veterans of the Communist movement in Canada. He is reading a special mes-
Sage from the national executive to founding members. On the left in dark glasses
is William Kolisnyk, first Communist to be elected to public office in North Ametr-

‘week,

“Unless such pressure
exerted every Vancouver
homeowner will face a tax
increase equivalent ‘to a 2c
an hour wage cut, the state-
ment continued. .

“The utter failure of coun-
cil to come to grips with this
question is. illustrated by
such proposals as that of
Alderman Halford Wilson for
‘a. form. of head-tax on: all
non-resident. workers in’ Van-
couver. This is a scandutous
attempt to pry open a form
of individual taxation which}

load onto the working peo-

Books by U.S.

Time Canadian labor

rule’ says Harry Bridges

“It’s time Canadian labor won home rule,” Harry Bridges said during a re-

Cent visit to Vancouver. “Until you do, you'll always

titizens by the brass of the AFL-CIO”, he pointed out.

won home

rightist pushed
by city C. of C.

is

would further pile the tax,
| them have suggested that we

It was revealed this week|
that the B.C. Chamber of!
Commerce is’ pushing the)
writings of ultra-rightist Dr,
Fred Schwartz in Vancouver)
as part of its “Operation)
Freedom” campaign.

be treated as second-class

The. fiery Longsh ;
: ry Longshoremen’s Turning to ILWU problems

: This disclosure substanti-'
Peace Research Institute. |

pee! Communist Party said in a statement issued this

ple of this area.

“Vancouver City Council
has been balancing its bud-
get year after year by add-
ing to the burden of home-
owner taxes until this year
they are beginning to meet
the combined resistance of
labor and ratepayers,’ the
statement continued.‘‘In order
to ‘head off this resistance
the. council and various. of
its aldermen are . scattering
around proposals for taxing
everything but the air we
breathe, but as yet none of

shift the tax burden where
it belongs, onto the shoulders -
of downtown business and
industry.

“To the - contrary, the
Court of Revision, hearing
appeals from downtown bus-
iness, appears to be falling
over its own feet in its haste
to make a case for reducing
assessments on this property.

“A concerted effort by the
people of Vancouver can
compel the city council to
find a solution to the prob-
lem of city. revenue other

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International President, here
for the ILWU Convention,
addressed the convention and
heldsa press conference.
-He denounced the Meanys
8nd. Reuthers in the labor

Movement. for being amongst

~ the foremost ‘disseminators of

~ Cold’ and Hot war propa--

Sanda, and. suggested that
they turn their energies  in-
Stead to solving one of the
Most startling paradoxes of
the day — unemployment in
the Midst of a period of rela-
tive prosperity.

t was no coincidence, he
Temarked, that since the end
of World War II “profits and
tmemployment have grown
together”. In his opinion, the
Surest Way to fight this situa-
tion is for unqualified soli-

darity in the labor movement,

So that the wonders of tech-
nological progress become a
blessing and not a curse up-
on the working man.

_ As a prime example of the
type Of \ solidarity. required,
he cited the unwritten agree-
' Ment between his union and
the Teamsters in the U.S.
See .

of B.C. Longshoremen could

"PEACE FORCES GROW IN U.S.’
DR. H. ROBERTS TELLS RALLY

The forces for peace in the United States are gathering

strength
a

Sunday night.

“More and more people every day in the

are speaking up for peace and disarmament,” Doctor Roberts

Said: He cited “Women For Peace” as a militant group which

. holds street parades for disarmament and works to destroy
the myth that civil-defence, in the event of an outbreak of}

~ Buclear war, holds any protection for the people. —__

-Dr. Roberts told the audience that increasing numbers

<5 Dr. Holland Roberts, prominent American peace worker
nds lecturer, brought this encouraging news when he: ad-
dressed a.public meeting in the Pender Auditorium last

locally, he expressed the firm
conviction that the interests

best be served by amalgamat-
ing“ into one big local, and
the -convention subsequently
accepted a resolution to that
effect.

Meeting at the Fishermen’s
Hall, the 53 delegates repre-
senting close to 2300 work-
ers, ‘also adopted a series of
resolutions. on widely. diver-
gent subjects, such. as:

® Raiding — Condemned|
the CLC for condoning Steel’s
attempts to take over Mine
Mill locals.

© Unemployment — Urged
all levels of government to
fake concrete steps to deal
with unemployment, includ-
ing a shorter work week.

® Trading Stamps—W ent
on record as being opposed
to their use.

e Peace — Renounced the
idea that war is a solution
to. international .problems,
and -aligned itself with the
newly.- formed - Canadian

United States

~Harry.Bridges will be seen
on- Channel 12 on Tuesday.
March 8, at 10:30 p.m.

, ates earlier charges that the)
C. of C. is seeking to» bring.
the rightist hysteria in the
U.S. ‘to. Canada.

than. by increasing —home-
owner taxes,” concluded
| Stewart.

Fellow Canadians:

Unless drastic action is taken, chronic
unemployment will continue to plague our
country. Hundreds of thousands of Can-
adian bread-winners and their dependents
will continue to be deprived of the living
standards that are their right.

This is not necessary. Not a single
Canadian needs to be out of work!

What is needed to stop the drift to
‘permanent’ unemployment for increasing
numbers of Canadians, young people and
adults? : :

1. Increase the consumption of goods
by raising wages and curbing the record-
making profits -of the- big corporations.
People’s living standards and people’s wel-
fare before profits. Cut the arms budget
and spend for peace.

2. Shorten the work-day and work-
week. : ;

3. Stop the export of hundreds of
millions of dollars annually in profits to
the U.S.. owners of Canadian industries,
and use this money to develop our manu-
facturing industries.

da on the exports of raw materials to the
U.S.A... and the-imports of machines and
manufactures from the U.S.A. by govern-
ment action to develop our own industries.

~ STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE
OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CANADA

NEW, |
Through New Markets

Send Our Goods to the World — Increase Purchasing
Power at Home — Put Our Unemployed Citizens to Work
and Provide Jobs for All

4. Cut down the dependence of Cana- .

JOBS —

new markets for Canadian goods — in
Cuba and other Latin American countries,
in the Socialist countries, in the new inde-
pendent countries of Africa and Asia.

6. Extend long-term, government -
backed credits to the under developed coun-
tries, and help them to build their own
industries.

This is a practical policy to deal with
growing unemployment,. dependence on
the U.S.A. and stopping the decline of ou
manufacturing industries, :

It means ending the cold war in trade
by trading with all countries in a mutually
beneficial way. This would help the cause.
of world peace. It means putting up resis-
tance. to U.S. pressures. It means curbing
the U.S.-Canadian monopolist clique which
dominates Canada.

What can you do? Advocate these
things in your trade union and farm or-
ganization™ and in the New Democratic
Party. :

Demand of NDP candidates that they
support such progressive Canadian meas-
ures as these. :

Vote for Communist candidates where
they are nominated, secure in the knowl-
edge that they will fight for these nation-
building projects.

New Trade Policies, a Shorter Work-

: AG Peace demonstrations are taking place in major American

Cities ‘such as San Francisco, Chicago, Boston; and. New York.
. «1. Dr, Roberts is at present, speaking in Western Canadian.
“1.2 {thes under’ the: sponsorship of ‘the Saskatchewan Peace

sein

5. Meet the ill effects on Canada-
-Commonwealth trade which would result
from Britain’s prospected entry into the .
‘European. Common Market, by driving for

week, Higher Wages and Allowances —
People Before Profits.
End the scourge of unemployment.
Let’s ‘Be Masters in Our Own House!

March 2, 1962—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3