New Party Agriculture
Program Ignores U.S. Conirol

The subject of this column
last week was that section of
the Draft Program of the New
Party which deals with agri-
eulture. It was shown that
while it does recognize the
cost-price -squeeze to which
farmers are subjected by. the
monopolies, it failed complete-
ly “to tackle the key quéstion
of’ U.S. control of Canadian
agriculture.

Why are these things ‘not
mentioned? Unfortunately this
failure is not confined to the
seetion of the New Party ‘pro-
gram. which concerns farming.
It. is noticeable right through.
Where it -is dealt with it is
quite inadequate.

‘Why is this so?

To adequately deal with the
issue of U.S. control of Can-
ada would. require that an ade-
quate solution also be offered.
That solution, for. agriculture,
would include a stop to the
dumping of U.S. farm preduce
into Canada and the taking
over of the big U.S. (and Can-
adian) corporations that ێx-
pldit the farmers. Stich a jro-
gram would mean a_ head on
claSh with U.S. and Canadian
mbnopolies. This the Néw
Party leadérship is obviously
not prepared to undertake.

‘Yiistead the program for
agficulture relies heavily on
the propdsal that the éstablish-
ménht of Co-ops will counteract
the effects of the mondpolies.
Gédd and necessary as they
are, co-ops cannot sdlve this
problem. Is it not clear that
the co-ops themselvés must op-
efite within a monbdpoly-con-
trdlled economy, that they
must both buy from and sell
to monopolies? They can “and
a6 bring benefits, but ‘these

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‘Cedric Cox favors trade
delegation to Cuba, China

East Burnaby residents

CEDRIC COX

heard a report on Cuba by
Lionel Edwards, who showed
slides of a recent trip at the
Edmonds Hall in Burnaby on
June 21st.

_ Cedric Cox, MLA who was
a member of the audience rose
during the question period to
speak “in favour of sending a
trade delegation to Cuba, as
I have expressed myself in the
B.C. Legislature in favour of
sending such a delegation to
China and all countries who
ean use our goods. Unemploy-
d Canadians need work,” said
Mr. Cox, “and such trade will
help produce it.”

The meeting was sponsored
by the Hands Off Cuba Cttee.
and was chaired by Len Norris
a veteran of the Spanish Civil
war.

The Vancouver Civic

Calling attention to rejec-
tion of the by-law last Wed-
nesday to buy the park from
the CPR for a large price, the
Newsbulletin said: ‘As one of

benefits are not of the kind
that threaten the control which
the monopolies have over the
economy and over the farm-
ers. Nor can or will the co-ops
displace the. monopolies, at
least under our present sys-
tem.

Canadian agriculture will
not. see a clear road ahead
until we do solve this basic
question of ridding ourselves
of U.S. economic and political
control. It is the central issue
facing all political parties and
cannot be avoided by the New
Party.

Civic workers ask action
to save Shaughnessy Park

Workers, this week called for action to save Shaughnessy
Park in the Union News Bulletin last Wednesday.

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nation. Yet it has no mercham]
marine of its own, but relies
foreign bottoms to carry its 9°
to the markets of the world.
small Switzerland and Czé
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U.S. Communists win resp

WASHINGTON — A USS.
last
Friday granted the American
Communist Party a delay in a
high court decision that it
must register as an agent of
the Soviet government.

The decision, made public
oh June 5, was to have been
implemented last Saturday.
The judge granted the delay
despite Justice Department op-
position — after the Party

filed a petition.

Because the Supreme
is now in simmer recess
effect of the stay is to Pp
any action until it resumes” F
séssion in October. : oat

The CP petition said 7 07
that the Supreme Court 1 ee
“permits the legislature t be |
law any dissident p2? if
group simply by makiné |
probrious findings” and ek
troyed the protection OF is
First Amendment of the “e
stitution, which guaram™”
freedom of speech.

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to the City Charter.

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