AT MINE MILL MEET: Trail mayor blasts raiders from Steel TRAIL—Central theme of 4a hard-hitting address by His Wor- Ship Mayor Joseph Palyga to the Opening sessions of the 14th Na- tional Convention of the Mine Mill Union in Canada here called for the preservation of the unity Of the communities in the face of a threatened Steel raid. “Why you should now meet under the threat of raiding, most of us Will never understand,’*the Mayor Said, “One would have thought Well enough should have been left alone to continue in the role it has played so well in the life of Our city and region for so many years,” he said in a pointed refer- ence to Mine Mill’s long history in the Kootenay Valley. “I would think, in fact I know that my citizens—and around 75 Percent of them are your mem~ bers—would expect you to con- tinue the fight for an enhance- Ment of their dignity as men and women in the manner in which you are organized to act, in bargaining, in processing of in- justices that always and natural- ly arise Where a large corpora~ tion is the employer.” The Mayor was speaking to More than 100 delegates and staff’ - Tepresentatives who are in Trail for the Convention. In a sharp reference to the announced intention of the Steel Union leadership to conduct a- Taid in the Kootenays, His Wor- Ship said, “It would appear that the grasp for the torch of power Can cause a virtual conflagration in an otherwise peaceful com~ -™Munity, Our future in Trail and region, Mr. President, will be largely of your making these next few days. «. ,. It has been and will con- tinue to be possible for your Union, Mr. President, to deal amicably and not under circum- “stances of suspicion and hatred with any government of the land . on a footing of mutual re- spect and regard,” “jt would think that this is a state of affairs worth preserv~ ing,” he said, “I would think that the democratic principles of Mine Mill, a government from the grass roots upwards, instead of dictation from the top, is worthy of preserving too.” Another message from a well- known political figure in the area was received from Herbert W. M.P. for Kootenay Herridge, West. “1 deplore the unnecessary di- ‘visions being created by raiding and other. unwarranted attacks on your Union. The problems that face us all can only be met ef- fectively by the unity of working, people everywhere. My good wife joins me in wishing you a fruit- ful convention that will inspire others to work to this end,” the’ veteran NDP parliamentarian’s message said. Peace Congress greets efforts to halt war _ The Canadian Peace Congress has welcomed the efforts of UN Secretary General U Thant and Of Pope Paul VI to restore peace in Vietnam, But the spectacular “peace of-' tensive” launched by President Johnson, says the congress, is €vidently an attempt to appease this rising demand of world public Opinion for an end to the horrible Slaughter of the people of Viet- tam by American bombs and Napalm, President Saries are willing to talk to every- body around the globe—except _to the adversary with whom they have been at war for five years, the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, The NLF, as well as the gov- ernment of the Democratic Re- Public of Vietnam in Hanoi, have repeatedly declared their willing- Ness to enter into negotiations as Soon as the U.S, obligates itself by a solemn declaration to imple- Ment the Geneva Agreements of Secretary of State Dean Rusk, in his “14 points,” has evaded UNdertaking this obligation, ac- _ ©epting the Geneva Accords Merely “as a good enough basis for negotiations,” The U.S, . government knows full welt that! buch’ a” weasel Johnson’s emis-— worded statement will not lead to peace; it can merely serve as a smoke screen for prepara- tions for further escalation of the war. The Peace Congress is of the opinion that Canada, asa member of the International Control Com- mission, is duty pound to insist: on the full and unconditional im- plementation of the Geneva, Agreements. McNAMARA DOESN'T LIKE THIS PICTURE. Shown at left is a reproduction of the November 26, 1965, front cover of “‘Life,”” the American periodical. Publication of the pic- ture was reported to have drawn the ire of U.S. Defence Secretary McNamara. At right is a takeoff on the same ~ theme by Rusins, in the Ottawa Citizen. Labor Council raps CPR; asks for historic search The CPR has grown from an octopus to asuper-octopus,” said Marine Workers Union delegate wm, Stewart at this week’s ses- sion of the Vancouver and District Labor Council (VLC), A submission from that Union pointed out that the Board of Transport Commissioners had recently granted the CPR per- mission to discontinue the use of its docking facilities to the big Pp & O liners calling at the Port of Vancouver, . “This,” said Stewart,, “means a very big loss to Vancouver, but the CPR has spoken — has the City of Vancouver nothing to say about it? These ships are now docking in Seattle and are cer- tainly welcomed there.’’ Stewart also reminded the VLC delegates that on his recent visit to Vancouver, Agricultural Min- ister Green had also emphasized this failure of the CPR to live up to its obligations. “It is time,” declared Stewart “that the people of Canada take back what belongs to them,’? VLC Secretary Paddy Neale outlined a number of gigantic subsidies and other grants cov- ering big industrial enterprises, land and property holdings which, over the years the CPR has re- ceived from successive govern- ments, that is “out ofthe people,” VLC delegates voted unani- mously to ask the Canadian Labor Congress (CLC) to undertake an exhaustive research jobinto CPR past and present policies, cov- ering government subsidies, land and other grants, etc. * * * VLC delegates unanimously approved the action of the Build- ing Trades Council, stated in a letter from the BTC to the Min- ister of National Revenue, pro- testing the misuse of Income Tax Form TD-1 by the Catalytic Con- struction Company of Canada, This company had superim- posed its own printing (in red) over the TD-1 Form for its em- ployees to sign; a form of in- timidation which would commit the signatory to the company’s contractural relations with its employees and their union, Together with other company superimposed printing on the Form, across the center are the words; — “I acknowledge by my signature appearing below that I am familiar with the agreement ‘between the plant Maintenance Council of the... with the Cat- alytic Construction of Canada Ltd., and agree to work under the conditions outlined therein while working on Catalytic Con- struction jobs.” A photostat of the company- mutilated TD-1 Form was also forwarded with the BTC letter to the Minister pointing out this “unethical practice of intimi- dating our’members into signing a government form authorized and: prescribed by the Minister of National Revenue, for purposes other than what the Form wasin- tended for,” urged to “take whatever action necessary to prevent such prac- tices in future,” 2315 McBride St, POWELL RIVER: COURTENAY: Buck, Rush meetings Tim Buck, national chairman of the Communist Party, ana Maurice Rush, PT Associate Editor, will speak at the following meetings next week on their recent trip to North Vietnam: VICTORIA: Sat. Jan, 22 at Crathie Room, Holyrood House, Mon, Tues, Jan, 25 at Native Sons, Lower Hall, ALBERNI: Wed, Jan, 26 at the Berkley Hotel, NANAIMO: Thurs, Jan, 27 at the Eagles Hall, All meetings start at 8 p.m. Jan, 24 at the Union Hall, CP plans national meet in May A national convention of the Communist Party of Canada will be held May 21 to 24 in Toronto, The decision to hold the conven- tion was taken last week at a meeting of the party’s national Committee. (See also Page 12). The Committee also decided to intensify its campaign for peace in Vietnam around report back meetings which will be held widely ‘across the country by its dele-' gation just returned from Viet~- nam which was made up of Tim’ Buck, the party’s national chair-- man, Rae Murphy, editor of the youth Magazine Scan, and Maurice Rush, associate editor of the Pacific Tribune, : The party will work to mobilize public opinion in pressure upon the Pearson government to pub- licly insist that the United States - aecepts the Geneva Agreements of 1954 as a basis for the negotia- . tion of a political settlement. The National Committee adopted a motion taking note of the sharp contrast between the actions of the United States in threatening the peace of the world with its aggression against Viet- nam, and that of the Soviet Union in using its good offices to help India and Pakistan negotiate the. basis for a peaceful settlement of their differences, In preparation for the party’s national convention, a constitu- tional committee was instructed to prepare amendments to the party’s constitution which would take into account the formation of the Communist Party Quebec. The motion of instruction de- clared: “The binational character. of our country and of its work- ing class finds expression in the Communist Party, andisreflect-: ed in the establishment of the Communist Party of Quebec as a distinct entity within the Com- munist Party of Canada, having complete control of its own poli-' cies and structures in Quebec,” The Committee elected two ad- ditional members to its Execu- tive, both French Canadians — Jeannette Walsh, organizer of the Communist Party of Quebec, and Lucien Jacques, the editor of the. French language Communist paper — Combat, After a lengthy disussion on policy, the party executive was instructed to prepare materials on matters of policy in prepara- tion for the coming convention, Among the questions to be discussed are: January 21, 1966—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3 e A new foreign policy to dis- engage Canada from NORAD and NATO, and to establish this coum» try as a nuclear free zone, e The need for public owner- ship and control over ever larger areas of the Canadian economy, particularly to combat increasing U.S, domination and control over the Canadian economy, e@ The ways in which working people can win a larger portion of the total production of the country, and share in the bene- fits of automation, @ The possibilities of develop- ing an alliance between the na- tional movement of French Canada, and all democratic forces throughout the country, based on the working class, for far reach- ing social change, The Minister is.