& cRUEL GD Okan! “All they think about is money.” 25 years ago... JOBLESS TAKE DEMANDS TO OTTAWA Armed with an _ 8-point “Ottawa must act” program, unions of unemployed workers © from five major industrial centres will interview cabinet members and MPs in Ottawa, Wednesday, May 5, spear- heading a new and fast-growing demand that something be done to provide jobs and relief for the near 600,000 jobless across the _... The unemployment crisis was put before many MPs by their constituents during the Easter Recess along with repre- sentations on the H-Bomb and Bill 7. An upswing of protest about continuing unemploy- ment, which was supposed to have disappeared in the spring is being felt again in Ottawa. There isa spirit of “fight back” and unwillingness to accept any return to the Hungry Thirties experience, evidenced in the proposals which the un- employed will make to th government. - 50 years ago... BRUTAL POLICE ATTACK MURPHY ARRESTED The Toronto police force prevent another free speech demonstration from taking place on Saturday, April 18, corner of Queen and James Streets. Comrade Harvey Murphy was arrested by Detective Sgt. Nur- sey on the charge of disorderly conduct and he was freed on $500 bail. Police brutally at- tacked workers and policemen on horseback galloped onto sidewalks to cleat up crowds of workers. Under the direction of De- puty Chief Pogue and Chief In- spector Guthrie a large force of police, plainclothed and un- iformed, and mounted on horse- back stood in preparation to ‘break up the free speech meet- ing. The Police Dept. is deter- mined to carry out its suppres- sion of free speech by every means, fair or foul, especially the latter. Tribune, The Worker, May 3, 1954 April 27, 1929 Profiteer of the week: Companies are not the only profiteers we have. Canada’s rich gain also in terms of their piece of the pie. In 1951 the richest 10% of the population received about 17 times as much as the poorest 10% of the population. By 1971 this gap had grown astonishingly: The richest tenth received 45 times as much. In addition, the richest 10% has increased its. share of the national income by some 12%. So if the old line politicians drag out their old “ “trickle down” theory, you can certainly argue the trickle in fact flows the other way. Figures used are from the company's financial statements. (Incorporating the Westerner) PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER: Bruce Magnuson EDITOR: James Leech e ASSISTANT EDITOR: Tom Morris BUSINESS AND CIRCULATION MANAGER: Norman Brudy Published every Monday by the Canadian Tribune Publishing Associa- tion 924 King Street West Toronto M5V 1P5. Ontario e Phone (416)363- . 8113 e Telex TRIBCO « 06-219895 — Quebec Bureau, 356 Mont Royal ‘Ave., East Montreal e Phone (514) 843-5310 : 25c per copy. $8. per year. $14 for two years. $20. for three years. Other countries $10. per year. Advertising rates on application. Second class mail_registration number 1559 All signed articles are the viewpoint of the authors and not necessarily of -- - the Tribune PACIFIC TRIBUNE—MAY 4, 1979=Page4 == 9° o * YAM—S3AUIAT ORISGAG turned out in large numbers to. eDIMTORIALL COMIMIENT A salute to May Day May Day stands for struggle. Work- ers’ struggle. It stands for international labor solidarity. For Communists, it also stands for the victories of socialist labor, which are accumulating like flowers in spring. : May Day is, in the first place, North American. It started on this continent, and spread to Paris, and beyond, in the ‘ fight for the eight-hour day. The police _ killings in Chicago’s Haymarket Square signalled the start of the’ workers’ May Day. Just look at May Day 1979! Workers in socialism moving forward with new achievements for mankind. In the lands of liberation struggles, success after: success — Iran, Afghanistan, Grenada, Xampuchea, Ethiopia. And tomorrow: South Africa, Chile, Uruguay, Argenti- na, and more. - On the horizon we glimpse the hope of a SALT II agreement ~ limiting strategic arms — one step, as will be a world disarmament conference, toward the goal of world peace. - . May Day! How gloriously. described from a Nazi prison by the Czech Communist hero, Julius Fuchik, ‘in Notes from the Gallows: “This is the first of May 1943, an intermission in which I have a chance to. write. What luck! — to be a Communist editor again for a moment, and write a story on the May parade of the battl strength of the new world.” - This May Day — this workers’ intef national day of solidarity, of struggle fo liberation, for human freedom .— We greet the world’s majority, — the pre ducers by hand and brain — the work ers. We salute this world-wide day if nored by the capitalist ants. : For those in the prisons of the racisé of the fascists, of the bogus democra’ our tears are turned to determination overcome your tormentors. On this May Day in Canada largé sections of. workers.-face the ire od} corporation bosses and _ their - kep governments. The call for labor unity ! nowhere more important than in Cana da. In the world as a whole, so much ha advanced. Yet for that reason the forcé of reaction and imperialism threaten ™ blight the realist dream of all people = a ees: creativity, free of war and want. a To the genocidal powers we say: tht power of the working people, of tht socialists, the communists, the democr@ tic masses shall triumph over you! inhumanity and destruction. - On May Day, we salute proletaria! internationalism — one of the mightieS forces on earth. Elections and labor unity _ The trade unions are involved in an unprecedented way in the current fed- eral election campaign. That is urgently called for, considering the ominous contest between the Liberals and Tories to see who can push politics farthest to the right. In the 1974 federal election, 9.6 million voters cast ballots, a lot of them workers. The decisive part of big busi- ness was orientated on Trudeau’s Lib- erals. The media got the message, and the marketing of Pierre Trudeau was carried through. This time round, despite the prop- aganda that “people” are moving right, the truth is that the godfathers of Canada’s political system — _ state- monopoly capitalism — want a move to the right, a real clamp on labor, and a more authoritarian state. The most influential of the corporate elite will again utilize its media to put — into power the old-line party which shows the most promise for the board- room bosses. This is no revelation. This is how Canada’s capitalist elections work. All the means in the hands of the ruling class are trained on the electo- rate, including millions of workers, about three million of them organized, to “prove” that a government that’s good for the corporations is good for ghe working people. ori Experience proves on the contrary, that the Liberal-Tory football game played by the ruling class is, and always © has been, bad for the workers. What the _ Tuling class liked about the two-party — system was that even if their team lost, their other team won. They. owned both. a Today, the labor movement is taking a bigger part in the campaign, awat that the Liberal-Tory bosses’ partié always serve the bosses. \ It is crucial in this election tha! working people get involved. In the 7 or so ridings where Communists af running, we call on workers to volt Communist, because the Communi Party platform comes to grips with thé issues, swept under the rug, or distorte? by the old-line parties, and unfortunaté ly, not always taken up by the Ne* Democratic Party. 2 4 But voting Communist is only part 0 it. The concept has to be of a unite@ battle to elect a new kind of parliame®! — a parliament made up of a progre* sive majority, including Communists. _ Unity of workers behind the electio? of a progressive majority on May 22 ® the only way to guarantee real change A united battle by the trade unio? movement, the New Democratic Party: the Communist Party, and. othe! working-class organizations is essenti@l to meeting the issues head on. Unity ® needed on major real issues — jo? creation, curbing inflation, working fo! a united, two-nation’Canada, for Cana dian control of resources through pub’ lic ownership and democratic contro’ establishing a foreign policy based of mutual benefits and détente. © This election can mark a real change in policies, in worker participation, pa vided the issues of concern to worki people are taken up and dealt with in # way such as to enhance labor’s role.