SSS eee ee SERS Tam Chaip oe retiring to the rocking Work. wi from full time union Iter, Continue to serve the [i Sts { ‘othe working class, but : t capacity,” Jack | the c C. area representative Unployet@dian Union of Public list pS 20d leading Com- @ oe unionist, told more - dionig Ivic workers, trade Ht the ‘Sand friends who gathered Abs Pride, Building at the PNE “ttement a honor him on his Senses f S.A TS SB neo US s m his union post. a bution Ae tribute to the con- oho ade by Phillips to the “Cretamy ement, Dave Werlin, "Y of CUPE local 1004, said, thee deserves great Victories and gains Yang er Membership over the 27 ou, tig which he was leader iy cin “Wig me Many struggles the iter Phil: jhad gone through ‘A Says, Ps. leadership, from f | Was 2° When th ; Caught € labor movement f hy, Werli by McCarthyism to € Civic Said Phillips brought i iain Streg rKers back into the ‘ “ Part te of labor. Pointing to ther; pla ga, Stings, ee at central labor W | aug fought 4 ‘ erlin said Phillips Vance to unite the workers ‘ their struggle. is) . ‘ a like Jack Phillips do the 0 s ces they always of working cl ee g class 2 aysocialism, and because qe —), Stow which side they _ Ss» "e side of the working Pe SE at Te. Se => oa“. <= fof 2s Hartm : Atm ety an, Canadian utbutetste@Surer of CUPE paid Hota off tllips on behalf of the Hoy debt Cers and said the union {Opto contre tatitude to Phillips bg Rs " Tibution he made to lf Presented a gift on _ ee = & L Te iti Er a standing ovation at banquet last Friday after tribute by Dave fap ‘MUS HONORED BY CUPE f @ e e ! will continue to serve in ‘Struggles of working class’ post at the age of 60, said he is retiring at this time because “there are certain things I want to do, certain goals I want to reach in the years left me. These do not include monetary gain. I am not going to work for the other side om they gave me up a long time ago, he said. Phillips said he had always fought for the principle that each union had the right to settle its own affairs. ‘I will not end fighting for constructive policies for the unions because «the trade unions are the largest and most significant movement in Canada.” He said he loved Canada ‘‘but the damn system was rotten”’. Phillips said, ‘‘it was no secret that I have been a member of the Communist Party. I have never turned my back on the philosophy or from membership in the Party. Phillips has been a member of leading committees of the Party and is currently a member of its central committee and B.C. executive. “Tf [had turned my back on my beliefs people would respect me much less, and without self-respect a man is nothing,” said Phillips. He pointed out that while his party believes in socialism and the need for revolutionary change of society, he never tried to foist his opinions on trade unionists with whom he worked. “I have always fought for working class unity recognizing that the trade union movement must be broad, must include every shade of opinion, and that only through experience will labor come to be an independent and leading force in society.” : Pointing out that the Communist Party had never asked him to do anything not in the interest of the trade union movement, Phillips said, he will continue to work for Ss CUPE local —Sean Griffin photo the noble ideas which are changing the world. “Socialism,” he said, “is no longer a dream. It’s a worldly reality.” He said there was growing in- dignation today against the effects of the capitalist system. ‘“‘There is a tremendous turbulence and the immediate answers can find solution by democratic action of a united people with labor at the centre. Gains won through unity will open the way to socialism.” Greetings were read from CUPE locals across Canada and in B.C., as well as from other trade union and civic leaders. Vancouver CUPE local 1004 presented him with an honorary life membership and a cheque for $1,500 from the membership. Other B.C. locals also presented the popular leader with gifts and well wishes. The entire evening was a warm tribute to a popular Communist trade union leader whose devotion to the interests of the working class and his great abilities have ad- vanced not only the interests of the civic workers but all B.C. labor. RANKIN Cont’d from pg. 2 the cost of building housing. Then, if the city acted as its own developer and contractor, the costs could be reduced still further by removing the profits of these oups. othe real estate people are doing their damndest to prevent any solution to the housing shortage. And, it must be admitted, they are being supported by many municipal councils and planners. But when everything has been said, the fact still remains that private industry cannot and will not build housing that the ordinary citizen can afford. SOF: § *hilling the national executive. “01s leaving his union | ATTENTION VICTORIA READERS | | SUNDAY, JULY y || th ANNUAL PICNIC & SALMON BARBECUE Meet Communist Candidates Ernie Knott — Nanaimo-Cowichan-The Islands Barry Dean — Esquimalt-Saanich Hy. at the Knotthole — 4810 Sooke Rd. Delicious food and refreshments at f PR reasonable prices! ‘a OCEEDs — KNOTT & DEAN ELECTION CAMPAIGNS 7—1to7 p.m. DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THE CONTINUING WAR IN INDOCHINA! * Free All Political Prisoners * End Aid to Thieu and Lon Nol * Unconditional Amnesty for War Resisters Bring a picnic lunch and join in a baseball game! — sponsored by Vancouver American Exiles Assoc. JULY 4—2P.M. to sae PEACE ARCH PARK Curb profits of Communist party Cont'd from pg. 1 to meet rising living costs and productivity increases. “Third, that income taxes be changed to exempt single persons earning below $5,000 and families earning below $8,000. ‘We believe such measures are essential to enable the majority of Canadians to meet the present serious crisis. _ “Another major problem facing us is housing. Neither Liberal or Tory governments have — nor are they capable of — taking action to solve the housing crisis because they protect the big corporations. Here again, profits lie at the source of the high cost of housing. recently the Vancouver Sun published a table which showed that Block Brothers’ profits in the first three months of this year, compared -to the same period in 1973, rose by 360 per cent. And Daon Development, formerly Dawson Construction, reported a profit gain of over 1,000 per cent in the same period. “The Communist Party believes that the only way to tackle ‘the housing crisis is to make housing a public utility. To launch a crash housing program to build 300,000 units annually, and that where necessary for this purpose land be nationalized, and that mortgage interest rates be limited to five per ' cent. We believe such a govern- ment-sponsored program could be paid for by eliminating the han- douts to the giant corporations and cutting our arms budget in half. “The Liberals cannot undertake measures to protect our standards of living because they are dominated by the big corporations, as is the Tory party. The Tory plan for a price and wage freeze is a fraud because it will freeze prices _and profits at their present swollen level. All it will succeed in doing is freezing workers’ wages. “The Communist Party believes that both the Liberal and Tory parties should be denied a majority: that the best outcome in this election would be the election of a large progressive bloc of MP’s, including Communists, who will fight to put people’s needs before corporation profits. “A word of warning: A group calling itself the ‘‘Marxist- Leninists” have paid more than $20,000 in deposits to field can- didates who are posing as “Communists”’. Their purpose is to confuse the public as to what the Communist Party really stands for and to make a caricature of the Communist movement. They are not Communists. The only Com- munist Party candidates running in this election are those belonging to the party founded and led for many years by the late Tim Buck and whose present leader is William Kashtan. On your ballot the name Communist Party will appear below the names of our candidates. They are the only legitimate candidates of the. Communist party. “The Communist Party is running candidates in 12 B.C. ridings. When you go to the polls on July 8 cast your vote for action to roll back prices, to curb the big corporations, to end U.S. domination of Canada. Vote for the candidates of the Communist Party.” Peace—a top Cont’d from pg. 1 country of nuclear weapons have been - primarily responsible for massive expenditures over the past several years. Canadians have poured more than 50 billion dollars into the two military alliances over the past 25 years, and the cost in 1963 of maintaining nuclear weapons in the three sites was estimated to be $8.8 million per year. The cost is, in all probability, considerably higher now. In addition, this country is the fifth largest munitions and war materiel manufacturer in the world and the World Congress of Peace Forces Committee em- phasizes that virtually all the companies manufacturing munitions are owned or controlled by . U.S. multinational — cor- ‘porations. A partial list includes General Electric, Whirlpool, Bulova’ Watch, Honeywell, Motorola, General Motors, Westinghouse and Dow Chemical. And contrary to the statements of many apologists for NORAD, the economic benefits to this country are virtually nil as the bulk of sub- contract work goes to U.S. con- tractors. 3 The major issue posed by both © organizations is that of foreign policy and the necessity of Canada’s extricating herself from the military entanglements of the Pentagon. Debunking the oft-repeated myth that NATO was established as a election issue defence against the Warsaw Pact alliance, the World Congress of Peace Forces Committee points out that NATO had already been in existence for six years before the Warsaw Pact was signed and subsequent events have clearly demonstrated that NATO was and continues to be an aggressive alliance. The Committee points out as well that, in view of the Warsaw Treaty countries’ proposal, reaffirmed in April of this year, to disband their alliance if NATO would do likewise, Canada should be for- thright in support of such a policy as “a contribution toward disar- mament and detente.’”’ Any other position would clearly indicate Canada’s intention to maintain an aggressive posture — despite the wishes of the majority of Canadians. The Peace Council stresses that “money spent because of our participation in these organizations and agreements assists the Pentagon in carrying out its aggressive military ob- jectives and thus defeats the just aspirations of the oppressed peoples of the world for peace and independence.” Both committees call as well for support for UN disarmament resolutions sponsored by the USSR calling for a 10% arms reduction by all the developed countries with the saving to be devoted to economic aid to the developing countries. 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