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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1960

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VANCOUVER, B.C.
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Photo Shows French youth demonstrating in Paris against
he Algerian war and the call-up of 18-year-old youth for
Military service.

Fight for 7-hour day

Urges labor federation

& “The fight for the seven hour day is the most effective

: ainele thing that can be done to combat unemployment

-nd the ravages caused by unemployment upon the work-
a People.” stated a resolution passed by the 5th Con-
‘ytion of the B.C. Federation of Labor meeting in
: ~“heouver this week.

Education report and the pro-
posed new B.C. Federation of

from ]

Delegate after delegate rose]

ean, PPort the motion, which
ask: On the B.C. Federation to
a unions to place the 7-

* demand in their negotia-

tio ;
RS this year. It also instructs

acy €deration. to press the

ity to make this a top prior-
L Question for all Canadian
Abor,

wag fore the convention,
this Concludes on Friday of
Week, are 134 resolutions
Ocal unions plus a host
Orts from standing com-
es. Expected to draw the
Sst debate are the Political

of Te
Nitt -
ig

Unemployed to be submitted
to the convention for endorsa-
tion.

Other resolutions facing the
delegates have to do with Bill
43 and 123, vacations with
pay; health plan: Workman’s
Compensation, forest policy,
weekly newspaper, unemploy-
ment, trade union unity, immi-
gration, old age pensions,
trade, bomb testing, disarma-
ment, bomb shelters and a
resolution calling for with-
drawal. from NATO and

NORAD.

FUTURE

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¥|should be developed on an

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resource for Canada’s

If allowed to stand the pre-
sent agreement will mean giv-
ing away for good tens of
thousands of future jobs. It
would mean that industries
looking for large blocs of
cheap power will settle in the
U.S. Pacific Northwest instead
of B.C. It will give the USS.
greater economic control over
Be,

Once the Columbia is devel-
oped.on a north-south: basis it
will be for all time. B.C. power
will enrich the U.S., and leave
B.C.. with the crumbs.

Instead the Columbia

east-west grid which would |
feed B.C. into the|
prairie provinces and wherever
else needed in Canada to bring
new industries, jobs and lower

power

ment .of economic sanctions
against Cuba the U.S.
week rushed more Marines to
the giant American base at
Guantanamo.

Vice-President

rates for Canadians.

The disclosure on Tuesday
by Justice Minister Fulton that

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— Cancel sellout agreement —

The Columbia agreement with the U.S. is the biggest sellout of
B.C. in history. It should be cancelled at once and replaced by an
all-Canadian development of Columbia power to keep this great

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benefit, not the. U.S.

the B.C. Socred government
vetoed diversion of the Koote-
nay River into the Columbia,
and favored the U.S. Lihby
dam project, exposes Premier

areas. This will mean that the
heavy B.C. Electric capitaliza-
tion will be piled on top of
cheap Columbia power, bring-
ing it up to near the present

Bennett -and his government | mill rate.

for the big-business, pro-U.S.
stooges the Pacific
always said they were.

Tribune

But where was Ottawa?
They stand equally condemn-
ed for going along with Vic-
toria in this key project which
sabotages the whole McNaugh-
ton plan for Canadian use of
Columbia power.

It is also clear already that
any hopes the public in B.C.
had that the present agree-
men will bring lower electric]
bills are flying out the win-
dow. Indications are that the
Socred government will reach
an agreement with the B.C.
Electric to distribute Columbia

The same stunt was pulled
off with natural gas, The
people hoped for cheap gas,
But by the time Victoria fin-
ished making deals with the
B.C. Electric and West Coast
Transmission we were stuck
with rates which are among
the highest in North America.
The same can happen with
Columbia power.

There is still time to stop
the Columbia sellout! Demand
Ottawa and Victoria cancel the
agreement!

Demand an all-Canadian de«
velopment of the Columbia!

(See important article by

power in the main populated

Nigel Morgan, page 2).

CUBA FACES INVASION

Cuba this week revealed to the world U.S. plans to stage a large-scale invasion

of Cuba “in the next few days” and has asked for urgent action by the United
Nations to prevent U.S. aggression.

Following up its announce-

last

In a TV debate last week
Nixon called
for a Guatemala-type over-
throw of the Castro govern-

ment. His statement left little};

doubt that U.S. military plan-
ners have been at work for
some time preparing military
intervention.

The Cuban government re-
vealed that on Sept. 29 a four-
engined U.S.-registered  air-
craft, coming from U.S. terri-,
tory and piloted by a US. air-|
man, dropped a large consign- |
ment of weapons intended for
anti-government forces.

Meanwhile, U.S. pressure on

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Canada to join in the economic
boycott against Cuba is grow-
ing. Support of such a policy
by Canada would not only cost
us trade and many jobs, it
would also involve us in U.S.

U.S. A.

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policy

aggression against Cuba.

The Canadian government
should reject outright the U.S.
toward Cuba. The
Cuban people must be left
free to run their own affairs.

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