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DAVIS ATTEMPTS COMMUNIST SMEAR |

 Sther dissidents...”

UFAWU charges sellout
in salmon rights talks

In a release issued following
the adjournment of the Canada-
US reciprocal salmon talks in
Seattle last weekend. UFAWU
business agent and union advisor
to the Canadian negotiating
team. George Hewison charged
that “Jack Davis has misled the
Canadian people and should no
longer hold a position of respon-
sibility.”

“Davis has been talking
publicly about Canada getting a
better salmon agreement, about
negotiating American fishermen
off Fraser River stocks while in
actual fact, he has authorized a
complete sellout of Canada’s
national fisheries interests.”
Hewison stated.

In his address to the UFAWU
convention last month, Davis in-
sisted that “Your interests are
our interests. They will always
be protected.” :

Teachers

Cont'd. from page 1
Ink and Surrey MLAs Ernie Hall
and Carl Liden,
aoe attempted to explain the
a hs of the government but in-
’ si that the final decision as to
meee in Surrey rested with
0¢al school board.
a added that Barrett had
Re z Special ‘grants available
le reduction in class size but
ieee with cries of “How
ak 1 and “What about cuts in
Supplies?
All the education minister

Could ultimately ico was
that mately promise was

a Jantzen, a highly
rect oe member of the B.C.
ae Federation and a
Bop president of both the
Tether nd the Canadian
all nee Federation. spoke for
pe achers when he reacted

protest N

to Dailly’s promise. “Ive work-
ed to elect NDP members all my
life.” he told the cheering
audience, “and now I'm being
shabted:= iby asthe NDP
government.”

In a brief presented to the

government, the Surrey
Teachers Association cited
several examples in Surrey
schools where the budget cut-
backs will cause severe reduc-
tions in services. ° .

In one senior secondary school

Lord Tweedsmuir — if the
budget cuts remain, the principal
will have to go back to the
classroom to teach, the vice-
principal will be eliminated,
staff will have to be cut by three
to four teachers, the pupil

“teacher ratio will increase from

Viqeto vi As

In several other schools, a
number of courses in industrial
education, commerce, home
economics and art and drama

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The association noted that
while it was dissatisfied with the
decision of the board to approve
such drastic reductions, it was
pleased that some trustees sup-
ported the teachers’ action and
had joined the lobby.

The ‘teachers pointed out that

-in organizing the lobby to Vic-

toria, they had lost close to $100
in wages and transportation
costs — inan effort to protect the
education standards of 35.000
Surrey students.

Of particular concern was the
fact that Barrett seemed to be
repeating former premier
Bennett's actions in starving
education by shifting the costs of
education to local districts who
can only raise additional revenue
by charging more property tax.

“We do not absolve our local
school board.” the association's
brief stated, “but we know that
the major cause for their action
was the failure of your govern-
ment to increase grants to local
boards to take care of inflation
and to provide for a modest im-
provement in services. But for a
school board determined to im-
prove the quality of education,
the only alternative permitted
was massive increase in the
local mill rate.

“The Surrey teachers are
bitterly disappointed with the
provincial education budget. the
allotment granted to Surrey
school district No. 36, and the
implications the cutbacks will
have in each of our schools.

“Living in one of the richest
provinces in Canada, the citizens
of B.C. deserve to have one of the
finest educational programs.”

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But in the proposal advanced
by Canada in the latest round
of talks, Canadian negotiators
abandoned all the basic prin-
ciples originally advanced in
June 1971. which included non-
interception by Canada and the
U.S. of one another's salmon,
and where this is not possible to
reduce interceptions to achieve
equity in the balance of intercep-
tions and to make adjustment in
one another's fisheries to avoid
interception. :

Canada, after meeting an un-
vielding US position over the
past vears, is now proposing a
formula similar to original
demands which will limit. not
reduce, interceptions. The Cana-
dian position will not prevent
harvesting on Canadian salmon
by the US and proposes to con-
tinue. if not increase, the im-
balance of interceptions in favor
of the US.

At present. the imbalance is
upwards of $10 million in the US
favor. with the Americans inten-
ding to make further demands

when the talks reopen in the fall.

“The US is writing the ticket
on these negotiations.” the
UFAWU declared, “and is just
sitting back until Canada is
prepared to make even more
concessions.

As well as trying to have the
Canadian proposals withdrawn
rather than leave them on the
table over the adjournment
period, the UFAWU advisors
wired Davis urging him to recall
the Canadian negotiating team,
withdraw the Canadian
proposals and take measures to
stiffen Canada’s bargaining
stance.

In replying to Hewison’s
statements charged that he was
“irresponsible” for leaking in-
formation about. confidential
talks and added that he would be
excluded from subsequent talks.

Hewison pointed out that he
and the other two advisors were
not consulted during the talks
and information was being
withheld from them. They decid-
ed to make the Canadian posi-
tion in the talks known to the
public, to point-up the sellout.

For lack of more cogent
arguments in the face of the un-
ion’s consistent position over the
vears on the question of
reciprocal fishing rights, Davis
attempted to smear Hewison,
stating that he was “‘a Com-
munist or a near-Communist and
there is no way that one could ex-
pect him to be an objective
reporter of talks going on with
the Americans.”

He also accused Hewison of
“wanting nothing more than to
start a Canada-US salmon war.”

Commenting on the accusa-
tion, Hewison emphasized that
there already was a Salmon war
going on between the two coun-
tries but that "Canada just won't
admit it.”

He added that the present
negotiations “‘just aren't
negotiations and Davis knows it.
He insists on trying to mislead
Canada into believing that this
will be a good deal for Canada.
But it amounts to one big snow
job and the UFAWU advisors
thing he should resign.”

Canada-USSR group
open member drive

Would you like to participate in
low cost tours to the Soviet
Union. see interesting films,
meet with interesting visitors
and delegations from the Soviet
Union or learn the Russian
language? These and other ac-
tivities are some of the benefits
one can enjoy by membership in
the Canada-USSR Association.

The Vancouver Branch of the
Canada-USSR_ Association has
launched a membership appeal
and this week released a
schedule of activities planned
over the next few weeks, start-:
ing with a film showing this Fri-
day at the Fishermen’s Hall and
a talk by national secretary of
the organization. Mikeal Lucas.

On Sunday, March 3 at’7 p.m.
there will be a film showing of
“Soviet Union Today” at the
Hastings Community Centre.
3096 IE. Hastings. This will be
followed on March 10 at the same
centre with a film, “Art and
Culture in the Soviet Union.”

A film on ‘‘Science and
Technology in th Soviet Union”
will be shown on Sunday, March
17 at 7 p.m. in the Carpenter's
Hall auditorium, 2806 Kingsway.
And on Saturday, March 23 at 8
p.m. there will be social and
dance at Russian People’s
Home, 600 Campbell Ave.

For further information con-
tact the Canada USSR Associa-
tion at Rm. 512, 198 W. Hastings
St., phone 688-7612.

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