pppatoudane The U.S. government is pushing ahead with plans to start con- Struction of a nuclear missile sub _base at Bangor, Washington, 50 miles from the Canadian border, Which poses a major threat to B.C.’s survival, and will, if not halted, turn the Straits of Juan de Fuca into a U.S. militarized zone. Although the super sub base has been the subject of much con- troversy in the U.S. and in Washington state, the disclosure this week that the U.S. government | is now accepting bids from con- tractors to-build housing facilities near Bangor for personnel who will Operate the base, points to the Surrey municipal workers “demonstrated o employer stalling in bargaining and puniti der Zalm and council. 60 workers were responded by considering all employees locked out for two days. LABOR FED CHARGES: The B.C. Federation of Labor Charged Tuesday that the mayors 8nd councils of Greater Vancouver Municipalities are deliberately Provoking industrial relations Chaos in a political attack on the Provincial government. BCFL secretary-treasurer Len uy made the charge following a Meeting with representatives of “the Canadian Union of Public mMployees, currently seeking new Contracts with Greater Vancouver Unicipalities. Also involved in the . €eting were representatives of _ the Vancouver & District Labor ; Uncil and other unions directly —MVolved in municipal operations. Guy said in a public statement at the mayors and councils are Using CUPE members as “the Meat in a sandwich” in a _ Politically motivated attack on the Provincial government. “These __ politicians tisagreements with Victoria over Unicipal financing and are have. speed with which the Pentagon is pushing ahead with plans for an early start on the base. The Bangor sub nuclear base received wide publicity last week when NDP MLA Peter Rolston of Dewdney, called on the B.C. legislature to immediately protest the building of the base. Rolston, a | United Church minister, called on the NDP government to demand that Ottawa protest to the U.S. Rolston told the legislature that the base would be located 60 miles from Victoria on the west coast of Puget Sound, and that subs would probably pass through Canadian waters as they made their way SURREY WEAR AMINES SCEAL OZ ae deliberately provoking industrial relations chaos in order to pressure the provincial government. This kind of political game is immature and irresponsible and is clearly not in the best interests either of municipal employees or the general public. This dispute will Spanish delegates in city March 23 The Vancouver ad hoe com- mittee sponsoring the visit to B.C. of two representatives from Spain announced this week that they will address a_ public rally at the Vancouver Technical School, 2600 block East Broadway, Sunday, ch 23 at 8 p.m. ; whe national tour is being sponsored by the Canadian Committee for a Democratic Spain. - would make B.C. locked out Monday for staging job action through Juan de Fuca Strait’to the Pacific. He pointed out that the Trident submarine, named from the missiles the subs will carry, would be a prime target for a nuclear attack, and that would make B.C. subject to great danger. He added that B.C. has been designated as the location for deflecting off-target missiles from the Trident system itself, and this extremely vulnerable to nuclear disaster. Pointing out that the Trident system represents a change in military philosophy from deterrence and defence to offence, he said development of this system Second Class Mai! Registration No. 1560 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1975 —Sean Griffin photo utside municipal council meeting Monday night protesting ve actions against municipal employees by Surrey mayor Bill van and CUPE Local 402 eventually be resolved in any case. In the meantime, the mayors and councils will only succeed in in- conveniencing a large section of the community. “The B.C. Federation of Labor calls on the elected officials of these municipalities to end their political games and get back to the bargaining table. The wages sought by CUPE members are in line with those paid to other em- ployees in the public service. The delays in negotiating a collective agreement are therefore com- pletely unnecessary,”’ said Guy. Meanwhile, the Joint Negotiating Committee of civic unions have opened a campaign in Greater Vancouver to win public support to compel municipal councils to return to the bargaining table to negotiate a settlement. Opening shot in the campaign came Monday with a large ad- vertisement in the daily press See CIVIC WORKERS, pg. iF4 is a dangerous move and one likely to increase the arms race and the danger of war. Rolston said the establishment of the Trident sub base “‘coupled with ' the fear of super oil tankers run- ning down the B.C. coast and through the same Straits of Juan de Fuca as the submarines themselves, is horrendous.” Resources minister Bob Williams said later that he believes a motion will be put to the House on the question of a protest to Ottawa, and he thinks the government will support it. The Trident sub base is expected to be operational by 1978 and when VOL. 37, No.9 The B.C. Tenants Organization announced this week that the lobby “ originally scheduled to take place on February 25 has been postponed to Tuesday, March 4. Arrangements have been made for the lobby to meet with the full NDP caucus. Those intending to par- ticipate should be at the Tsawwassen ferry at 9 a.m. Following representations to the caucus there willbe a meeting with the caucus committee responsible for housing and municipal affairs. Richmond MLA Harold Steeves has also arranged a meeting with Alberni MLA Robert Skelly and Vancouver Centre MLA Emery Barnes. They are reported to be three of the strongest NDP sup- porters of the tenant’s position. ‘At 4 p.m. lobby leaders will meet ‘with John Brewin, head of the Rent Review Commission. They will discuss the action resolutions recently adopted by the B.C. completed will place most of the population of B.C. within its radius of destruction. Each Trident sub, which will be built at a cost of $1 billion, will carry 408 nuclear warheads capable of being fired 6,000 miles. One of the designers of the Trident missile, Robert Aldridge, former. aerospace engineer for Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, described it as a weapon which can conceivably destroy an opponent’s missiles in their silos. “‘Thus,”’ he said, ‘the possibility of an unanswerable first strike is See SUB BASE, pg. 12 Tribune tenant’s ‘conference. These resolutions call for complete in- vestigation of illegal rent in- creases, protection for tenants against grasping landlords by requiring the posting of legal rents, and representation on the Rent Review Commission’s study group on possible forms of rent regulations. _ The lobby will ask the govern- ment to enact amendments to the Landlord & Tenant Act and will lay heavy stress on the need for tenant representation on both the Rent Review Commission and _- the Rentalsman’s office, both of which are fast becoming bureaucratic jungles, essentially hostile to tenants. : Finally the lobby will urge the government to call a housing conference of all levels of govern- ment with full opportunity for tenant and labor organizations to participate. Mrs. Ana Mario Morgano of Chile testifying Feb. 20 in Mexico City before the International Commission of Inquiry into the Crimes of the Chilean Military Junta. She told how she was arrested, whipped and repeatedly raped in 1973 by junta police. Her husband was murdered — by the junta.