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3 Abu in the London Observer
‘Go away! I don’t believe in ghosts!”

Communist leader takes
Part in UBC seminar

“Russia, China and the West,”
Was the topic chosen for the Un-
Wersity of B.C,’s annual summer
Seminar, which was opened last
Weekend at the Point Grey campus
With an address, ‘Canada in a
Rapidly Changing World,’’ by Hon,

Oward Green, former Minister
Of External Affairs,

A feature of the seminar, in
Which some 250 students and
faculty members participated,
Was the Saturday afternoon and
fvening panel discussion on

Peaceful Co-existence,’’ The
Panel included B,C, Communist
fader Nigel Morgan, who
SPoke on the subject: ‘Co-ex-
Stence - Is It Compatible With
He Marxist Concept of Class

Tugele - National Liberation
Md Socialism as theNext Stage

History?” -

Moderated by graduate stud-

ent Hardial Bains, the panel als
included Rev, Jack Shaver, UBC
United Church chaplain, who
spoke on ‘*Co-existence-a Theo-
logian’s Point of View.’’ Pof,
Robert Kubicek, UBC Dept, of
History, spoke on ‘‘Co-existence
- An Historian’s Approach,’’

Pointing out that ‘‘the Marx-
ist approach to co-existence is
the result of changing world real-
ity, of accumulated experience
of class struggle, of realism
and of sound common sense, Mor-
gan declared, ‘*We are passing
through the most revolutionary
period of transition in all hum-
an history,”’

A lively question period fol-
lowed, and the seminar was

rounded out with a number otf
papers by UBC. faculty and
visiting lecturers dealing with
Sino-Soviet relations,

Transit probe urged

Cont'd from pg. 1

Behe P.U.C, announcement was
i with open consternation by
K eleven mayors and reeves
°m the Greater Vancouver and
peeater Victoria area, A special
eting in the Vancouver city
all led to an agreement among
an to ask for a special meeting
the Rue provincial cabinet before
. ULC, hearings on the transit
© increase,

Meanwhile, many more groups
= Protesting the fare increase,

Victoria a veterans organiza-
— has urged that the boost be

Jected on the grounds it would
"pose impossible hardships on
*Nsioners,

aa Vancouver the Downtown
WSinessmen’s Association has
eed a strong protest against
i= fare boost, Their concern
> aad stems from the im-
“SSible congestion a fare boost
‘ll lead to, with more people
‘king to automobiles, and the

arm it would do to downtown
Uiness, :

Hitting out at the Socred gOv-
io ment’s pressure play on mun-
*Palities and transit users to
oa them pay for a transit sys-
while the provincial govern-
t a Sarners all the gravy from
lucrative power, freight and
. Operations, the B,C, Com-
ist Party again this week re-
= its demand for the im-
C late setting up of a Royal
" Mission to probe all aspects
Do in transit needs ofthe metro-
an centres,

The Communist Party urges
that there be no further transit
fare increase until such a
complete probe has taken place
and its recommendations brought
forward,

On Tuesday Premier W,A,C,
Bennett said it would be ‘‘in-
appropriate’? for the cabinet to
meet -municipal leaders to dis-
cuss the transit situation while
the PUC is considering the
fare increase, This is obviously
a dodge to avoid broadening the
discussion with municipalities on
the transit crisis and respons-
ibility for it,

STRIKING SEAMEN FIGHT FOR SQUARE DEAL. Members
of Seamen's Local 400, Canadian Brotherhood of Rail-
way and Transport Workers, are shown picketing coastal

WEYERHAEUSER GETS SOCRED HANDOUT

U.S. monopoly takes over
big Interior forest area

The giant U.S, Weyerhaeuser
Company, reputed to be the
world’s largest forestry enter-
prise, this week announced that it
had taken over control of the
Kamloops Pulp and Paper Comp-
any which was recently granted
a large pulpwood harvesting
licence.

The announcement came from
Weyerhaeuser President Norton
Clapp who said his company had
acquired 51 percent control and
that four officers of the U.S.
company would constitute a
majority of the 7-man board of
directors which will control the
company.

Prior to the U.S. takeover,
the Kamloops Pulp and Paper
Company applied for and was
granted a huge area of public
forest lands almost half the land
area of Vancouver Island. The
pulpwood harvesting licence
(Number 2) includes 13 public
working circles set up originally
for small loggers who will now
be virtually eliminated.

The licence granted by Min-
ister of Lands and Forests, Ray
Williston, takes in a vast forest
area stretching from Lumby
north to Clearwater between Rev-
elstoke and Kamloops.

During hearings conducted in

B.C. Gov't
would curb

health plan

Despite assurances given
to the -public by Premier
W.A.C. Bennett and Health
Minister Martin a few weeks
ago , that B.C, would sup-
port a comprehensive medi-
care plan such as recomm-
ended in the Royal Commision
report, it was made clear
‘this week that the Socred goy-
ernment intends to press for
extensive curbs on any nation-
al health plan,

This was made clear by
the stand of Health Minister
Martin at the federal -prov-
incial meeting of health min-
isters in Ottawa this week,
Martin urged that ‘‘deterrent’’
fees be imposed for many
services

over two years.

freighter-passenger vessel Northland Prince. Thirty men

May hy Williston on forest
licences, the deal between Kam-
loops Pulp and Paper and Weyer-
haeuser came under sharp crit-
icism as a “sellout of Canadian
resources” to the U.S. This crit-
icism forced Williston to declare
at the time that no company
granted a licence would be al-
lowed make a capital gain from
its sale.

RAY WILLISTON, Minister of Resources
Giveaways in the Socred government,
granted the Kamloops licence even
though he knew it would be immedi-
ately taken over by the huge U.S.
monopoly. The editorial on page four
demands that he cancel the pulpwood
licence at once.

Now that the licence has been
finally completed the Weyer-
haeuser interests have taken over
complete control and plan to build
a 250-ton-per-day pulp mill
which will provide raw materials
for the company’s manufacturing
plants in the U.S.

When the Forest Management
Licence Scheme was first intro-
duced in the early 1950’s many
B.C. companies were taken over
by U.S. corporations after they
had acquired a forestry licence.
During the last Royal Commis-
sion evidence was produced
showing that tens of millions of
dollars had been made by B.C.
companies which acquired public
forest lands and then sold themas
capital assets to U.S. monopolies,

The major means by whichU:S.
companies have acquired the
dominant position in the forest
industry of B.C. has been through
the purchase of controlling
interest in companies which had
been granted such licences as has;
now again been granted to the
Kamloops Pulp and Paper Comp-
any.

Strong protests to the B.C.
government are expected from
the public and from small logging
companies who will be eliminated
in the licence area, demanding the
licence be cancelled.

LABOR ROUNDUP:

Seamen still on strike
at Northland operations

Seamen at Northland Shipping
and Northwest Shipping are en-
tering their second week on
strike determined to win demands
for wage increases and time
and a half for overtime,

‘CBRT Local 400 delegate
Mike James told Vancouver
Labor Council on Tuesday night
that meetings are being held
with B,C, Federation of Labor
leaders in order to plan an ef-
fective campaign to insure vic-
tory,

The men are on strike to
back up demands for a $40 a
month wage increase and a high-
er penalty rate for doing jobs
usually handled by Longshore-

and ten women are involved. They are demanding time
and one-half overtime and $40 monthly wage increases

—FISHERMAN photo

men, in addition to the overtime
question?
e

Carpenters in Victoria havewona ~

package increase of 71 cents
an hour and in Kamloops of 86
cents an hour, In both cases the
increase , based on a two year
contract, will establish parity
with rates paid on the Lower
Mainland,

The union is on strike in the
Kootenays for 86 cents an hour,

~which would also achieve parity

for that area of the province,

The Bakery and Confectionery
Workers Union has signedathree
year agreement with all major
bakeries and organized super-
markets, The new contract af-
fects about 600 workers and pro-
vides for an across the board

wage increase of 45 cents an
hour, spread over the three
years,

In addition, employees. will
receive three weeks vacation
after five years, four weeks after
10 years, and other fringe bene-
fits.

The union membership has
been on the 35 hour work week
since 1956,

Ambulance drivers in the
Lower Mainland have won a re-
duced work week with no loss
in take home pay, They will
now work 56 hours a week in-
stead of 86, as formerly, This
means their wages have gone
up from $1,07 to $1,50 an hour,

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