Bloedel. He is rumored to be the next head of MB.

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CPR BOSS AND HIS MAN ... lan Sinclair, head of the huge CPR empire, said early this year, ‘““We might
take over MacMillan Bloedel some day.”’ Is he now making his move? His man John Turner (inset), former
minister of finance, was recently named a director of CP, and is slated to become a director of MacMillan

Cont'd from pg. 1
rolls of those receiving assistance
rather than helping those in need.”

The brief expressed the labor
movement’s concern that social
assistance rates are insufficient to
allow a person to live on them
adequately: and reaffirmed labor’s
conviction that public assistance to
those in need is a right and should
not force those receiving
assistance to live “in poverty or
degradation.”

As well, the brief condemned the
dismantling of the community
resources boards, and reiterated
the need. for ‘‘adequate, inex-
pensive, 24-hour daycare,’’ and
called upon the government to
make funding available for this

service and for the hiring of well
trained and fairly paid staff.

In the field of education, the
Federation demanded increased
education expénditure to allow for
further reduction of the pupil-
teacher ratio, and improving the
quality of education. Additionally
the Federation reaffirmed its
commitment to the concept of free
education from kindergarten
through all levels of university and
vocational training.

The brief also condemned the
provincial government’s actions in
removing labor representatives
from the boards of governors of
post-secondary educational in-
stitutes, and demanded inclusion of

Peltier hearing May 3

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Its purpose is to weaken, and if
possible destroy, the movements of
the Indian people for equality. At
stake are wealthy oil and mineral
deposits on Indian reservations
that are claimed by mining and oil
corporations but which they cannot
develop because the Indian people
will not let them.

I should add at this point that
when the siege of Wounded Knee
was on, the press was not allowed
in, All ‘“‘news’’ was handed out by
public relations officers of the FBI
and manufactured to suit the oc-
casion. The American people to
this day do not know the true story
of Wounded Knee. The Canadian
people know even less.

The above is information I
received recently from members
of the American Indian Movement
who were at Wounded Knee, who
know from their own experience

what is going on. I have carefully
examined their stories and I accept
them as valid. I believe a great
injustice is being done to the people
of that reservation and this in-
justice includes framed-up charges
of murder, not at all uncommon in
the United States.

Leonard Peltier’s hearing comes
up on May 3 in Vancouver. I urge
all who believe in justice for the
Indian people, who believe in
equality for all human beings
regardless of their race, to get in
touch with federal justice minister
Ron Basford and ask him to
thoroughly investigate this case.
To deport Leonard Peltier to the
United States in these cir-
cumstances is the same as
deporting a political refugee to
some brutal fascist country where
he would face immediate death.
Let Leonard Peltier stay in
Canada!

“Communist holiday.”’

inequitable legislation.”

Manitoba labor demo on May 1

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Federation of Labor has called for a
demonstration of all its affiliates at the Manitoba legislature on Sat.
May 1, as part of its continuing fight-back against wage controls. In
agreeing on the May 1 date the Federation gave recognition to the
spirit of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike and rejected attempts by the
local press and some right-wingers to red-bait May 1 as only a

The action taken by the MFL is a follow-up on its 11-point program
against wage controls adopted at its Emergency Conference a couple
of months ago, which included a call for ‘‘a demonstration at the
legislative buildings, with maximum involvement of other groups, in
order to demonstrate the opposition of our movement to the

‘PACIFIC TRIBUNE—APRIL 16, 1976—Page 12

labor courses in all school
curricula.

Dealing with labor legislation,
the Federation brief made seven
specific demands for amendments
to the Labor Code which include
the granting of bargaining rights
for fishermen, and the granting of
unfettered picketing rights. As well
the brief stated its unequivocal
opposition to strike breaking
legislation and compulsory ar-
bitration as employed by the
previous government and warned
the Socreds not to employ such
tactics in the future.

Also included in the brief were:

e Condemnation of the govern-
ment’s actions in abolishing the
commission studying the Mineral
Royalties Act; :

e Criticism of the government’s
actions on ICBC, and a call for a
rollback in automobile insurance
rates to 20 per cent. above the 1975
rates and a warning against the
readmission of private insurance
companies into the auto insurance
field;

e A vigorous attack against the
federal wage control program, and
the Socred’s decision to opt in to
the program; 3 :

e A call for immediate action to
settle the Indian land claims
question on a fair and equitable
basis.

e Reiteration of the Federation’s
call for government takeover and
publie ownership of B.C. Tel;

e Harsh criticism of the
government’s’ ‘‘retrogressive
actions with respect to the needs of
women,”’ and particular con-
demnation of the abolition of the
provincial status of women office.

BNA ACT

Cont'd from pg. 2

voluntary partnership of the two
nations in Canada, guaranteeing
the right to self-determination and
full equality to both nations.

“The Communist. Party of
Canada considers that this
democratic demand is essential to
the strengthening of: the unity of
the labor and democratic
movement of English and French
Canada in its advance against U.S.
domination and monopoly rule.

“All the evidence of the past
period reinforces the correctness
of this position. We urge the truly
democratic, patriotic and national
forces throughout Canada to fight
for such a solution and for such a
new Canadian Constitution.”

- ment. The

By MAURICE RUSH
The curtain parted briefly at

the executive suite atop the |

MacMillan Bloedel Tower early in
April and gave the public a glimpse
of the ruthless struggle for cor-

‘porate power going on at the top

level of B.C.’s major corporation.

At stake in this struggle is the
question of who will control and
run the largest forest monopoly in
Canada and the 12th largest in the
world, with extensive holdings in
many countries in Europe and
Latin America. Along with that
goes control of the millions of acres
of the best Crown owned forest
lands held by Mac Blo under Tree
Farm Licences. It’s a rich plum

indeed, and one which gives those ~

at the top vast economic and
political power.

At the end of March and
beginning of April came the sudden
and unexpected announcement
that president Denis Timmis and
chairman George Currie had been
fired by the board of directors.
They weréreplaced by the head of
B.C. Tel., Ernest Richardson, who
became the newly-appointed
chairman and acting president of
Mac ‘Blo.

Since then it has been made clear
that the decision as to who will
head up the company and become
the new top forest baron in B.C. has
still to be decided. In addition,
other members are being added to
the board of directors, including
John Turner, former minister of
finance in the Trudeau govern-
annual meeting
scheduled to be held in the Hotel
Vancouver on April 27 is expected
to approve the new additions to the
board of directors.

An interesting sidelight to the
events at Mac Blo has been the
disclosure that the pay of
executives of the giant forest
company topped $2 million and
that top officers received exor-
bitant salaries, huge retirement
bonuses, pensions and liberal tax
options. The company officers
have repeatedly refused to divulge
the salaries of top officials, and
they are not required to do so by
Canadian law. The information,
however, had to be tabled with the
USS. security regulatory agency in
Washington if the company is to
trade in the U.S.

Latest figures available show
that in 1974, the last year for which
figures are available, Timmis
received a yearly salary of $166,667
and Currie $137,424. J. V. Clyne,
who has made so many speeches of
late about the need for working
people to make sacrifices to defeat
inflation, received a basic salary of
$90,000 and a $25,000 bonus in 1974.
Robert Bonner, who left the
company in 1974 and is now head of

. Mac Blo empire is John Turnél

B.C. Hydro, received a chairmat!
salary of $120,000 in 1973.

Rumors are rife in the busine
community that the man belli
groomed for the top man in #

After the April 27 annual. meetill
he will be a director of the col
pany and ready to move up into th
key post. But the question of tf
future of Turner at Mac Blo is tie
up with a much larger question: #
the CPR, which holds the larg®
single block of voting stock #
Mac Blo, (about 13 per cent wot?
$83 million), ready to take over W
giant B.C. forest company?
Many signs point to Tif
likelihood that this is happenite
There is a sequence of evel}
which indicates that Ian Sinclall
head of the $6 billion Canadiél
Pacific empire is moving to fast@
his control over Mac Blo. Here al
some of the facts which indica?
that the present ‘crisis’ #
Mac/Blo, caused by losses in
last year’s operations, is more
just. a shakeup because of |
year’s financial operations. |
e It has been known for sol
time that Ian Sinclair, who is*
member of the board of directo®
of Mac Blo, has been eyeing ™
takeover of Mac Blo for soft
time. In aninterview in the Feb.
1976 issue of Business Week
clair said, ‘‘We might take ové
MacMillan Bloedel some day. B
we have no plans to do so noW} —
Has the situation changed, and
Sinclair taking advantage 4
Mac, Blo’s present difficulties ®
move in for the kill?: There @
strong indications that this is th
case. =,
e The CPR already holds kéi

posts on the board of directors.”
addition to Sinclair himself, the

ig

the CPR. There is also W. J
Stenason, executive vice-preside™
of Canadian Pacific Investme!
Ltd., owned by the CP empire.

e Early in February an #
nouncement was carried on tl
financial pages of newspape
across Canada that John Turn
had been named a director |
Canadian Pacific. Now that")
being followed up by naming }!
as a director of Mac Blo.

Anyone who has read Pel®
Newman’s book, “The Canadié
Establishment” knows how ! dj
corporate elite move with carey of
utter ruthlessness to acquire oth
major companies. Are we
witnessing one of these ma
takeovers, this time by one of th
world’s major concentration
economic power — a multinatio?
conglomerate known as Cana
Pacific Ltd.?

_ Stockholm petitioning
set for Sat., April 24

The B.C. Peace Council this week set Saturday, April 24
as the first mobilization day for collecting signatures 1?
public places for the Stockholm peace petition calling for 2”
end to the arms race.-Aim of the council is to collect 150,
names and endorsations in B.C. by the end of August. Thé
national target is one million names.

Petitioning will be from 12:30 to 4 p.m. from the Peac®
Council office, Rm. 712-207 W. Hastings St. and will b@
concentrated on downtown streets. Many other centres 1?
B.C. are expected to organize petitioning on the same day:

The B.C. Peace Council has appealed to all concerned
people to join the mass petitioning on April 24 by reporting
to the council office from 12:30 p.m. onward. Petition forms
and signature boards will be provided. For informatio? u

phone 685-9558.