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apeers of the U.S.-bombed Bach
or. medical instruments among the debris.

Mai hospital in

Ma. The bridge over this river
was demolished during
summer’s bombing attacks.
Some 2,300 inhabitants of the
City of Donghoi and nearby

communities took an active part .

in the restoration of the bridge,
which went in to operation at
the appointed time.

A country going through the
first postwar days always runs
against a host of difficulties.
One of the difficult problems is
the supply of clothes and fab-
rics for the population. Aware
that the country needs their pro-
ducts as never before, the Viet-
namese weavers are working
without let-up. Several days
ago, the DRV’s largest mill in
the City of Namdinh took the
pledge to turn out this quarter
150,000 (150,000) metres of tex-
tiles over and above plan. Since,
during the war this enterprise
was almost completely destroy-
ed, construction work is in full
swing over the larger part of its
territory.

The mill workers and the
builders who have come here
are clearing the debris and erect-
ing makeshift premises for the
equipment. Truckloads of looms
are rolling up to the gate every
hour. Already in the first days
of peace they installed here 120
looms, which immediately went
into operation. In record time,
boilers, pipelines and a trans-
former substation have been re-
paired, and electricity supply
restored. Reports point out the
successful fulfilment of targets
by the weaving, spinning, and
maintenance shops.

The thunder of hammers, the
clang of saws, and the rumble
of trucks do not cease till late
at night. The country is build-
ing a new life.

nits

19, drew an imme
William Kashtan,
j munist Party of C
| a Budget based on high unemployment.

“Whatever good there is in the Bud-
get for working people is due to the
tion of the Government,”
“A majority govern- :
Tory, would not
make the concessions the present min-
been compelled

| minority posi
| Mr. Kashtan said.

ment, be it Liberal or

ority Government has
to make.

“In saying this however, one should
not be taken in by the Budget as a
whole. It is a Budget based on high un-

Inflation, rising
prices to

The federal Budget, brought down by
Finance Minister John Turner on Feb.
diate response from
leader of the Com-
anada, who called it

~ of 1978.

last |

These
December U.S. bombing. *

two children in Hanoi lost both parents during the

continue

employment, not on full employment.
Mr. Turner admits there will still be
close to 6% unemployment at the end

Need labor job policy

By JIM BRIDGEWOOD
The Hamilton and District

Labor Council called on the
Canadian Labor Congress to

hold a national conference to
establish a united labor move-
ment policy on unemployment.

Council delegates rejected the
political action committee’s re-
commendation to set up a comMm-
mittee to help find jobs for the
Hamilton unemployed.

Terry Fraser, delegate of
Local 105, IBEW, said “‘politi-
cians at all levels must be made

rent unemployment policy. We
might have a surprise federal

“election any time now and we

must make sure that propagan-

da from the employers is not all
that’s heard.”

John Ball, president of Local
504 UE said unionists should
be prepared to take to the
streets, if necessary, to draw
political attention to the unem-
ployment situation.”

Creates Unemployment

Tony McNutty, UE 504 dele-
gate said, “the PAC’s recom-
mendation to set up a duplicate
unemployment office was like
using a band-aid on a machine-
gun wound. What we need is
adequate legislation to create
jobs and we must fight to change
the system that creates unem-

- ployment instead of jobs.”

The motion calling on the
Canadian Labor Congress for

Continued on page 10

“Tt should also be recalled,” Mr. Kash-
tan said, “that in his last Budget speech
Mr. Turner declared unemployment
would go down, prices would go down
and growth would accelerate. None of
this happened. What assurances are
there that the situation will be differ-
ent this time? None.”

Mr. Kashtan pointed out that, “there
is nothing said with regard to develop-
ment of natural resources. There is
nothing spelled out to assure the 300,000
new jobs he promises. But 300,000 new -

jobs would only leave things’ as
they are — a large mass of per-
manently unemployed.

“Nor will the Budget really
cope with inflation and. rising
prices,” he said. “By eliminat-
ing the Federal excise and sales ©
tax on some food and semi-food
products and by lowering tar-
iffs on some manufactured
goods, he pretends that prices
of foods and these manufactur-
ed goods will go down.. How-
ever, this.remains, to be seen.

“First of all, he misrepresents
the facts when he speaks of eli-
minating the tax on food pro-
ducts. Food is not taxed al-
though some semi-food products
are, such as candy and choco-
lates.. However there is no as-
surance made in Mr. Turner’s
speech that the consumer will
get any benefit from these Gov-
ernment measures. Indeed,
based on past performance,’ the
only ones to benefit from these
measures will be the ‘manufac-
turers concerned, who are likely
to make more profit out of these
tax changes.

“Jf the consumers are really to
benefit from the Budget,” said
Mr. Kashtan, “they will have to
press for strict Government
action to ensure that they, not
the corporations, get the benefit
of Federal excise and sales tax
elimination and changes in tar-
iffs.

“Neither will the Budget save
the,family farm. Mr. Turner pre-

~~) “='@. Continued on page !0

CP PROPOSALS

Shortcomings of the Turner
Budget become more obvious
on looking back to the Octo-
ber electoral platform of the
Communist Party of Canada,
which included these points:

ON PENSIONS—1) Reduce
pension age to 60 for men and
55 for women, 2) Increase pen-
sion payments to $3,000° for
single persons and $5,000 for
couples, 3) Pensions adjusted
periodically in accordance
with increases in the cost of
living.

ON TAXES—1) Income tax
exemption of $3,000 for single
persons and $5,000 for mar-
ried, 2) Abolish federal sales
tax and excise taxes, 3) Sharp-
ly increase corporate taxes
and close all loopholes for tax
evasions.

ON PRICES — Prices and
rent review boards to roll back
prices and rents.

ON HOUSING—Public low
rental housing at a rate af
250,0C0 annually. :

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