B.C. Forest Products Ltd. reported Tuesday earn- ings of $5.45. million or $1.30 per common share on record sales of $133 million. a, Scott sales set record su Paper Lid., reports ae etek rose lo $42,910,244 a g7i, an increase of 4 a ® : vent over 1970 net 3a Be “ 4g39,761,768 and the highest # the company’s history. | = Fourth di. we | Labor charges Socreds subvert teachers’ rights Westcoast “end sales 2 5 were relea’ lent to unemployment. attractive . . profits). . m advan B.C. TEL DIOS Sa Net . ~nonths Earnings, $10,615, : $381,865 ‘hese reyenues net sal i ; earning 7 ] cents up in the cor : ae of 1970. Net 1971 earnings of B.C. ‘ Net . ° Telephone amounted to $16 s. wi WwW million or $5.40 per share, compared to $14.6 million or \733 $5.10 per share in 1970, Profits & more profits Profits! Profits! And more profits! That’s the picture that emerges from financial statements carried on the business pages of the daily press these days. Tucked away where most readers will not see them, the above clippings are only a sample. They prove that rising profits are a major cause of inflation and accompany the twin evils of high prices and Added to the above is a story on the financial page of the Province last Saturday that MacMillan-Bloedel, according to the father of Bill 33, J.V. Clyne, has had a good year. Earnings, said Clyne, in the first 9 months of 1971 were $16.2 million. He predicted that the fourth quarter would be better than the previous months, which would indicate that M-B will end up with reported profits in the neighborhood of $22 to $25 million. Unemployed woodworkers in B.C. will also find a statement of his very interesting. Apparently M-B is planning to invest much of its 1971 earnings abroad. He said: ‘‘I do not see any new building of mills in B.C. which would be economically . There is a greater economic return (meaning . in other parts of the world.”’ Here again is proof of the anti-Canadian and anti-social character of big monopolies like M-B. ‘‘To hell,’’-they say, ‘‘to unemployed woodworkers in B.C. We’ll invest our money where we can exploit peor'e the most for our profit.”’ S are unaudit ules in 1971 ioe tubic feet, com. billion in 1970, y Sales tose iy oMipared to 738 ES the: hpan \ said the high: te due to in. YI all of the lions. As well 'e aS given the ov *€ its export mi" Angela's-mother fights for her daughter's life Sallye Davis, the mother of imprisoned Angela Davis, has been on the speaking trail for many months to secure justice for her daughter. She has appealed to audiences from Harlem to San Francisco to urge bail for Angela: for her release. for an end to the horrible discrimination which has marked the case from its inception. ; On February 8 and 9, Sallye Davis will be in Vancouver to address campus meetings and a mass rally at John Oliver High School. A local committee has been set up with a wide representation from com- munity and youth groups taking on the task of aiding in the defence of the young imprisoned teacher. Mrs. Davis is also a teacher in the schools of Birmingham, Alabama. She says the long months of lecturing, organizing, and building support for her daughter would have been impossible without the tenacious courage displayed by Angela and the wonderful support of thousands of concerned people in the U.S.A. and virtually every nation on earth. The address of the local Angela Davis Defence Com- mittee is 1035 East 29th St., North Vancouver, Phone 987- 4585. Inquiries and support are welcomed. - In Toronto the Committee for Angela Davis recently sent a telegram to Angela signed by five hundred Canadians, greeting her on the occasion of her 28th birthday which fell on January 26. A donation of $1,000 for her defence accompanied the telegram. TENANTS LOBBY Delegates from _ tenants organizations all over B.C. are planning a lobby to Victoria on Monday, Feb. 14 to press their campaign for tenants rights. All tenants groups are urged to take part. All those interested can phone 521-5847. PACIFIC TRIBUNE+-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1972—-PAGE 12 Pledging all-out support to B.C. teachers who face wage rates set by government decree, the B.C. Federation of Labor this week charged the Bennett government with going ‘‘whole- hog” to put the Teachers Federa- tion out of business. At the annual meeting of the Vancouver Labor Council Tuesday, delegates endorsed the labor federation’s stand, which CUPH’s Jack Phillips said was vital because if the Bennett government could get away with destroying free collective bargaining for the teachers, it would set a pattern for their dealings with all public employ- ees. It is a form of provincial wage control, he charged. He said the legislation covering the teachers’ salaries is designed to win the support: of the most backward section of the public who will blame the teachers and not the govern- ment if school boards have to go to the ratepayers for more funds to carry on the school system. At the present time govern- ment employees are 15 percent below others in wage categories, he claimed. S B.C. delegate to world peace parley More than 1,000 delegates. from all over the world will gather in Paris next week when the World Assembly for the Peace and Independence of the Indochinese Peoples opens at the Palais de Versailles on February 11. The Assembly is convened by the Stockholm Conference on Vietnam, the only existing inter- national liaison committee for coordination of activities and protests against the war in Indo- china, and the organizers state that it is intended to give new emphasis to the solidarity movement. The Conference takes place in the setting of Nixon’s so-called new proposals for peace, and renewed bombing of Indochina. Emphasis will be on the new aspects of the aggression and one of the three workshops at the Assembly will deal with New Aspects of the War, including ‘the Electronic War, and War Crimes. Other workshops will discuss the Economic Infiltration of Indochina and the future of the protest movement. The assembly will, of course, be addressed by representatives of the Indochinese people. Among the delegates it is expected there will be a large contingent from the United States, including some Congress- men and other prominent public figures. It is anticipated that there will be 20 delegates from Canada, including a number of trade unionists. From British Columbia there will be one delegate, Mr. John Beeching, Chairman of the B.C. Peace Council. The Council is raising money amongst its friends and supporters to finance a delegate and would be grateful for donations for this purpose. It is hoped that Mr. Beeching will be able to report to a wide circle of people on his return from Paris. LABOR SCENE In its pledge of support made this week, the B.C. Federation of Labor said ‘‘It is hard to imagine such laws are being introduced in a free country. Ironically, the government has not called for public referendum on other recent increases. I feel sure citizens would love to vote on liquor prices, car insurance rates, hydro rates and MLA salaries.” Teachers are meeting across the province to plan a course of action to meet the government’s latest attack on their rights. * * O* Pickets were out in front of city hall, the B.C. Hydro building, and at several other points in the city this week. Hydro employees are waging a fight which is becoming necessary in more and more businesses as speed-ups, cut- backs and “‘efficiency’’ moves put hundreds of people out of their jobs. The Office and Technical Employees Union are involved in the dispute where an American “efficiency” outfit is making studies which employees say threatens the livelihood of 25 percent of the staff. _ WOFAX is the name of the “efficiency’’ firm. When a Hydro employee refused to tote their representative around in his. car he was_ suspended. Employees refused to fill out the WOLFAX form, and were also threatened with suspension. The union applied for an injunction against Hydro but the courts refused them. Their only recourse was a picket line to bring the situation to public attention. Linemen have in many cases refused to cross their picket line, which as the Tribune went to press Wednesday was being con- tinued. BRUCE MAGNUSON, Com- ~munist Party federal campaign manager, will open a national speaking tour in B.C. during which he will also meet with Party committees in the main centres. His itinerary includes a public meeting in Royal Towers Hotel, New Westminster on Thur.. Feb. 10. He will speak in Vancouver's AUUC Hall Mon.. Feb.- 14. Magnuson will be at a social meeting in Nanaimo, Sat.. Feb. 12. and at a meeting in Victoria Sun., Feb. 13. Tue.. Feb. 15 he will be in Kamloops: Wed.. Feb. 16 in Vernon: and Thurs.. Feb. 17 in Trail. SS ee aa Dave Werlin, Civic Empy Union, said the 200 city laid off last week had t2 protest to city councl usual in city hall the didn’t know what the rig? was doing. He said the plenty work for the lait : employees repairing roads” — a program which th presented to city alder latter ostensibly agre workers should go back 0) but city engineers are Sl - and the struggle continues: New Westminster ane trict Labor Council last criticized the B.C. Feder: Labor for not organizing 2™ lobby of unemployed to Ue vincial legislature, and? for action. At the Vand meeting of the labor coum request for action on al® ployed demonstration ©) heard from Dave Werlill executive will meet will B.C. Fed regarding requests. Elections saw the 1971 re-elected by acclamation Thompson, Paddy Ne Malange, Cliff Rundgrel Stevens, Bill Stewart, Comber, Jack Phillips Lawrence, Bob Hamil} Frank Kennedy and” Skillings are the 1972 exe of the V.L.C. 4 TEACHERS Cont'd from pg- v District School Boards 1 further undermined while responsibilities and pre are continuously expandil growing more critical and The Bennett governmeé apparently taken one desperate step in its at substitute for collective ing rule by edict. Kd Minister Brothers earlie that salary increases” districts had to be © within an arbitrary 6.9 ceiling proved so unj unworkable that Van teachers won an 8.9 raise and 35 other arb awards produced an aver wage increase. 4 The Schools Act amen@ amongst other provisions require any board exceed 6.5 percent raise will have for it next year. B.C. School Trustees Ass tion, the B.C. Federatid” Labor, numerous labor couy local unions, school boards NDP, the Communist Pal B.C. and other groups denounced the new ments. ’ United mass public acti required if the move is ! halted. Teachers have allt sent a delegation to Victor meet the government. | being discussed is the f bility of a one-day strik “revolving’’ strike (lik CBC announcers and nicians), a political action? paign and the question of a tie-in (including poss reaffiliation to the trade movement. ) 4 Strong. immediate, W mass action — involvin widest sections of the pu appears to be the only wi defeating such dictatoria undemocratic legislation.