‘a tactics
Provoke a national shutdown and

300

: allow

“Sttike

Rotating

strikes

Cont'd. from pg.4

: amen the strike began and as

d Continued, the companies evi-
ently felt that they.could win

7 Ebert for their aims if the
oa peers didn’t return after the
4 § th ating Strikes were called. Both
Ti Mpanies were seemingly hop-

hg for a national shutdown of
for Industry so that the blame
r the strike could be placed on
© Workers. When the com-

Panies’ wishes failed to material-

©, the management switched
and tried new means to

ocely government interven-

On their behalf.

com € new provocations by the
- Panies came in the form of
SSive lay-offs of both non-

0 .
»Perating workers and workers

0 the other trades. T. N. Stol, a

Mm

Leber of the CBRT and GW

‘Si 26 in Toronto,- told the
une, “In the Maple yards,
neers have been laid off
Companies in an attempt

t p
roe the morale. But it isn’t
Ing. Instead of responding

l¢ companies’ tactics and
Dlete ig them to force a com-
United Shutdown, we remained
: and the workers showed
Rig ne amount of disci-
5a at the Maple yards,” Stol
More than 60 of the laid-
ing orkers gathered in the park-

: lot and then marched through

Whee and into the time office.

fhe hee reached the time of-
in to a Conducted a 12 hour sit-
the the company know that
Chie Not going to be in-
in ‘at In addition to the
Te Plans are now under way,
Workin, Workers who are still
A oe ‘ tween the rounds of
Contr} Gane Strikes, to collect
that th 10ns for the workers
un. © companies have laid off.

Bena, We have added a new

on aie the negotiations be-
“G s the lay-offs,” Stol said.
of the ek the Toronto locals

Ze CB
‘elegram 28 and GW sent a

Which’ union negotiators
Danieg 4 them to tell the com-
Will no at the rotating strikes

Were e End until all those who
: the Sh a re-hired.”

Work Tike progresses the
wi ts fee] confident that there
Of gf # Continuation of the kind
Y Sessions that took place

st Week the Western centres
Din ay Y workers in the run-
Ntervig €s. And in a telephone
tog One striking worker
tribune, “Before the
he effectj ad my doubts about
Sttikes , Veess of the rotating
We I also doubted that
perating workers)’

>

coysthe non-o

— Repotiag ce the company into

after <8 with us. But now,

pt tw,
thing oo Weeks of seeing this

the and seeing also that
Moraja Paies can’t break the
sthers that ot Unions or the
trike, Rt are supporting our
he Comp. CW that we can force
ne are pre to negotiate and

at We he aa win the increases

Cc nog )
aq pimunist Jailed
pe daugh LO — Anita L. Pres-
testes Slter af Luis Carlos
fovtllian Ongtime leader of the
fort and . ,°. Was sentenced to
nee pohalt years in prison
sen MUnist to reorganize the
tar ten a arty of Brazil.” The
lo Coun Passed by the Mili-
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@ Cont'd from pg. 4

the unwary.

to maximize profits.

of t

Efforts to smear the workers and working farm-
ers with claims that wages and farm receipts are
responsible for high prices are fabrications to trap

_ The government has brazenly published statis-
tics proving the decline in earning power of four-
fifths of Canadians, while it helps the monopolies

Monopoly claims that wages are the cause of
runaway prices while billions of dollars of profits
are recorded daily in the bourgeois press.

Government statistics show a steady decline in
the share of Canada’s income for four-fifths of
the eee and a steady increase in the share
e top fifth. (1965-71).

The lowest fifth dropped from 3.7%(!) to 2.9%
among singles, and from 6.2% to 5.6% among
families. In the highest fifth, singles rose from

Food profiteering calls for fight

45.2% to 48.5% and families from 89% to 40%.
_It says something for the way our system is
rigged, and about the slander that wages cause

inflation.

Not wages, but the lust for profits, sets off the
prices explosion which wreaks hardship on every

working-class family.

This issue reports on the outrageous profit-steal
by the food giants (the appliance makers and
others are waiting round the corner, their field
day already marked on the calendar). Nor are the
pious-sounding retail chains guiltless. Markups are

surging ahead.

It is a time which calls for massive protest —
protest against government complicity, against
the privilege of monopoly to snatch the food from
the tables of Canadians and to pick their pockets
of wages at the same time.

Food prices hit sky

@ Cont'd. from pg. 4

the new government regula-

tions. Not the four to six cents

rise as can be expected -soon.
Profits Up Sharply

Senior executives at George
Weston Ltd., to whom money-
making comes naturally, say
that the only likely relief for
consumers ‘is federal interven-
tion. Without that, notes the
corporation’s far-Western vice-
president, it will be another full
crop year—this time in 1974—
before lower prices can be ex-
pected. He cites the lifting of
the government’s ceilings on
wheat prices to millers and
world shortages as contributing
to high prices.

His own company seems to
have done quite well’ in the
meantime. The August 2 edition
of the Globe and Mail shows
Weston’s corporate report for
six months ended June 30:

Latest Year Ago

Profit
$12,137,000 $7,441,000
Share

$1.06 0.64

Revenue
$597,057,000 $511,652,000

These profit figures exclude a
number of features, including
tax credits and land sales. As
well, a lower rate of corporate
taxes for processing operations
improved results by about six
cents a share.

Outlook “favorable”

The ‘outlook for the balance
of the year is “very favorable,”
says Weston’s president G. E.
Creber, “and record results
should be achieved.” Putting
his words into plain English, it
means that increased — bread
prices will go directly into high-
er company profits.

Canada Packers seems to
have done quite well also. The

Globe and Mail of July 31 notes -

that this corporation’s profits
in just 13 weeks ended June 30

were at $3,864,000, up from
$2,796,000 a year ago. If there
is a beef shortage; it hasn’t
dulled Canada Packer’s ability
to rake in the money either.

Consumer Will Pay

A Canadian Press dispatch
from Edmonton quotes Canada
Packers’ spokesman Bruce Rob-
inson as saying that as long as
consumers are prepared to buy
bacon, the price will continue
to rise.

Bacon, now selling at about
$1.38 a pound, is expected by
the Star estimate to go up to
about $1.70 a pound by Sep-
tember. Commenting, Robinson
said it was “not unrealistic,
and it all depends onthe con-
sumer.”

Attitudes like this are typical
of the food industry. It appears
as long as people have a last
cent to buy a piece of meat, a
loaf of bread, or a quart of milk
or a dozen eggs, some food
monopoly is going to be right
there to steal it.

P.S.: Eggs will be up around
90 cents a dozen for Grade A
large, and dairy products up by
20% across the board by the
end of August, we are told.

the Communist movemen

leading personality 0
ment and a stalw
tional movement, world
ism. We extend our deep con
munists and citizens of the
which stands as a monumen

Tribute paid to Walter Ulbricht —

following telegram wes sent to th aS
ae Socialist Unity Party of Germany by Willliam Kashtan, =
general secretary of the Communi

With profound sorrow we learn der ot
; the State Council, a founder oF
Walter Ulbricht, Chairman ot Germany and of the socialist —

German Democratic Republic

and leader of the proletarian ‘and democratic movements,

f the international Communist move- —
i f the unity

a peepee progress and commun-
dolences to your party, all Com- _
German
t to his memory. =

e Central Committee —

t Party of Canada: — -
of te death of Comrade ae
outstanding Marxist-Leninist

of the interna-

Democratic Republic S

’ tation

peoples.

forces.

radely atmosphere.

Communist leaders meet

BUCHAREST — Nicolae Ceausescu, General Secretary,
Romanian Communist Party, on July 21, met with William
Kashtan, General Secretary of the Communist Party of
Canada, who was spending his holidays here at the invita-
tion of the Ceneral Committee of the RCP. Stefan Andrei,
secretary of the CC of the RCP took part in the meeting.

The Communist leaders exchanged views on the con-
tinuing development of relations between the Communist
Parties of Romania and Canada, as well as discussing some
problems of the present international situation and.of the
international Communist and Workers movement.

Satisfaction was expressed for the relations of friendship
and collaboration established between the Romanian and
Canadian Communist Parties, and common determination
was stressed to expand bilateral relations, the visits of
delegations for exchanges of experience and talks. to the
benefit of both parties and peoples.

. In the meantime, the two parties expressed the deter-
mination to act for the development of collaboration in
various fields between Romania and Canada, to the benefit
of the Romanian and Canadian peoples, of the cause of
peace and international cooperation.

Appreciating the positive developments that are taking
place in international life, the ever stronger affirmation of
the trend to detente, understanding and cooperation among
peoples, the Communist leaders stressed the significance
of the intensification of efforts by socialist countries, Com-
munist Parties, the working, popular and progressive
forces in the fight for extinguishing all hotbeds of tension
and war, against the imperialist policy of aggression, dic-
tate and interference in the affairs of other states, for
settlement of international problems in the interest of all

Stressed as well was the necessity to make further
efforts for strengthening the unity of the international
Communist and Workers movement, of all anti-imperialist

The meeting took place in a warm, friendly and com-

Joseph Kleinstein, a lifelong
member of the Communist Party
of Canada, passed away sudden-
ly on July 18 at the age of 69.
He leaves his beloved wife and
comrade Ethel and two sisters,
Mrs. Eva Ravid and Mrs. Rita
Goldberg.

‘Born in Poland, Joe emigrated
to Canada, settling in Toronto
in the 1920’s. He took part in
the great struggles for freedom
of speech and assembly during
the late 20’s and early 30’s. Joe
was in the thick of the struggle
for the legalization of the Com-
munist Party and for the right
of the working class to organize
into trade unions in order to bet-
ter fight against inhuman exploi-
in the sweatshops of
those days. For many years Joe
was an outstanding leader
amongst the workers in the
needle trades. Later, as a jour-
neyman printer, he was an ac-
tivist in the printing trades
unions.

At the time of his death, Joe

Joseph KLEINSTEIN

was the chairman of the cultural
committee of the United. Jewish
People’s Order and of the Jew-
ish cultural organization, YKUF.
A cultured man, Joe understood
well that the role of people’s cul-
ture is to serve well the aims
and aspirations of the masses
of working people.

Perhaps the most outstanding
quality of Joe Kleinstein was his
love for his fellow man. He was

deeply devoted to the cause of |

real and lasting freedom for all
working people from the rapa-
cious greed of the capitalist
class and the exploitation of
man by man of the capitalist
system; and for putting an end
to war and the winning of last-
ing peace between the nations
and peoples, social progress and
the extension of democracy cul-
minating in a socialist society.

Joseph Kleinstein never wa-
vered from his chosen path. He
was a loyal son of the working
class of Canada, a dedicated ac-
tivist of the Communist Party.

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