oom SSO a => =>. — a throy gh i (REPARE DRIVE FOR MERCHANT MARINE. Union leaders met in Halifax oe to prepare a brief on the need for a Canadian merchant i we and to draw up plans to project the issue in the federal rHlons Photo shows William Stewart, (left) president Shipyard €ration of B.C.; Clement Fleury, president Metal Trades Federation F deration of Nova Scotia. Vebec; and J. K. Bell, secretary-treasurer, Marine Workers Unions plan major drive A meeting of major importance to British Columbia took place in Halifax last week but the local press was curiously silent regarding it. It was a first in Canada, representing co-operative action between east and west unions in pushing for a specific program. The unions concerned were the Metal Trades Federation (Quebec’s CNTU) and two CLC affiliates, the Marine Workers Federation of Nova Scotia and the Shipyard General Worker’s Federation of B.C. They met to draft out a brief in anticipation of a federal election this fall to press hard for a Canadian merchant marine. Bill Stewart, who was one of B.C.’s representatives at the conference said it is necessary to implant in the incoming government the need for a strong shipping and ship building industry to ensure constant employment. : The Halifax Chronicle Herald quotes J. K. Bell of the Marine Workers'Federation as saying all government agencies in the past have functioned for retrench- STOP SELLOUT TO U.S. Build Mackenzie pipeline under Canadian control nyatada Should build a publicly- Ned gas and oil pipeline the Mackenzie Valley as ub}; the process of achieving reson; Ownership of natural Stren Tees to create jobs and cignty Canadian _ sover- This is last F Part of the gist of a letter sent aos Tiday to Energy and Maep.c®s Minister Donald Rye. uald by the Central Pp ®cutive of the Communist a : Rae Signed by General ty William Kashtan, the follows. the statement is as on Globe and Mail reports Oi ~~ Warning the major U.S. Consorti aS companies in the MUltimane Seeking to build the Val uitlion dollar Mackenzie shoul &as pipeline, that they Nine € looking to Canadian tirms ering and construction doing’ pe U.S. firms, as they are »'0 construct the pipe line. © entire burden of your remarks and the story in the Globe and Mail seems to be a plaintive appeal to the consortium to give some breaks to Canadian consulting engineers and construction workers. This is an odd way to deal with an undertaking of major significance for Canada and its people, an undertaking directly related to the development of the North and to the strengthening of the sovereignty and inde- pendence of Canada. The real question involved is not whether Canadian consulting engineers and other Canadians will be used to construct the pipeline, whether Canadian material will be used or not, but who will own, control and operate the pipeline. If the consortium builds it, it will be built to serve its interests and that of U.S. imperialism; if it is owned, controlled and operated in Canada, it stands to reason USSR pledges ‘all needed aid’ M : NikeSCOW — After a three-day visit in Hanoi, President “Abita Powe after pledging that the USSR will do everything in its: ai Podgorny of the Soviet Union returned to the Soviet the a the “de-escalation” of the war in Vietnam, promote Peace : ™ of the United States representatives to the Paris Mea : QS to defend themselves. alks, and supply the peoples of Indochina with the Will pencil news agency TASS said that the Soviet Union that {v° the Vietnamese “all necessary aid” and demanded fg that Phe U.S. stop its military aggression. It is understood €sident Podgorny dis¢ussed with the Vietnamese lead- ang qucrete problems of the sort of assistance that is needed Ui ‘© Way it would be delivered. ids 3 Mbers meanwhile are continuing their devastation Vietn 1 both North Vietnam and the liberated areas of South ordey M, especially concentrating on blowing up dikes in pa “estroy the crops. that Canadian . consulting engineers, construction workers, Canadian material will be used to build it. It requires no act of genius to know that the consortium was established not to protect or advance the sovereignty and independence of Canada but to extract a fast buck, and alongside it, to control the pipeline in ways which will serve the interests of U.S. imperi- alism. This cannot be the aim of Canada and the Canadian people. The Communist Party urges that a pipeline be built which will be publicly owned and constructed in line with the immediate and long term needs of Canada. Only in this way will Canadian control be assured and the interests of the Canadian people be truly served. Instead of an unseemly sparring match between you and the consortium whose end result as we have seen on other issues, has been abject capitulation to U.S. pressures and U.S. interests; instead of a cap in hand approach, the Canadian people expect the Government to advance proposals directed to achieve an all-Canadian publicly- owned pipeline along the Mackenzie Valley route with due regard to safeguarding the rights of the native peoples and the ecology of the area. This ought to be the beginning of a process directed to achieve public ownership of natural resources, their processing in Canada, and the building of secondary industry on that basis. It is along these lines that Canada can be put back to work and the sovereignty and independence of the country strengthened. ment in ship building — not building a Canadian role. The marine unions want to change this. Not too long ago Canada boasted the third largest merchant marine in the world and many of the ships were built in B.C. Today, however, Canadian yards are _ less competent in building ships than they were at the end of World War II. Other countries have completely modernized their yards. ‘‘We intend to ask the federal government to either modernize Canadian yards as a public utility like Air Canada, or subsidize private industry through long-term, low interest loans as Japan has done,’’ Stewart said. This will also help secondary . industry in Canada through using Canadian-produced materials and machinery. “‘Canada is the fourth largest trading nation of the world,” Stewart said, ‘‘but only through shipping our raw resources to other countries where they are processed and then we buy them back. This is a situation where Canada gets no return from its own resources.” On his return from Halifax this week, he said the importance of a shipbuilding program here is the way in which secondary industries would come into being. ‘‘A ship is like a floating WARRANTS Cont'd from pg. 1 considerable criticism from trade unionists who expect the NDP to take up their fight for labor’s rights. Jim Kinnaird, president of the Building Trades Council said construction unions will not give up long standing conditions won by the unions as the CLRA is demanding. Meanwhile, the Mediation Commission is holding hearings this week preparatory to imposing binding settlements, but the hearings are being build merchant fleet city, with all the equipment and wiring and machinery and supplies of a city. Building a ship requires the services of as much secondary industry as does the building of a city.”’ He pointed out that of all Canada’s resources, wheat is about the only continuing one. Coal, iron ore, natural gas, copper is irreplaceable, and once it is gone — to other countries, and if we have not ourselves developed secondary industries making use of our own resources, Canada will eventually be a desert. J. K. Bell told the Halifax reporter, ‘Canada is a trading nation. We ship goods and material all over the world. Yet these goods are being carried by our competitors in world markets. Why should our competitors carry our goods?” ANNOUNCEMENT In keeping with previous years, the Pacific Tribune will appear as an 8-page paper during the months of July and August. With the Labor Day edition we will return to our regular 12 pages. During the summer months we will carry 4 B.C. pages and 4 pages from the Canadian Tribune on national and. international news. The Canadian Tribune also goes over to an 8-page paper for the summer. Russian-Canadian picnic planned The Federation of Russian Ca- nadians is holding its Annual Regional picnic July 23 at Confed- eration Park in North Burnaby (3 blocks north off Hastings Street) starting at 12 noon. The afternoon will be highlighted by home cooking, games for children, refresh- ment, musical selections and speakers. on current events. In the event of inclimate weather, the picnic will be held at the Rus- sian Peoples’ Home, 600 Camp- boycotted by the unions. bell Ave., Vancouver. a fj ge gs Classified advertising COMING EVENTS, tal Fund. PHONE: JULY 9th PICNIC JULY 9th at 1:00 p.m. at Webster’s Cor- ner, Sampo Hall. Bus leaves at 11:00 a.m. from 2605 E. Pender St. Speaker, program -good food. ALL WEL- COME. Spons. by Finnish Organization. JULY 23-ANNUAL GARDEN party to support Cuban Blind School, 3882 Yale St. — 2:00. p.m. to ? Ausp. Canadian Cuban Friendship Cttee. JULY 29—Keep this date free. FOR SALE 17” Black & White TV, Philco — 1970. Excellent condition, $50.00. 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