Central Executive Committee

compulsory arbitration on the

than those enjoyed by many

the Canadian people.

ae Communists demand Gov't act

The Government should intervene immediately in the criti-
cal rail negotiations and effect a settlement on the basis of
the reasonable demands of the unions, sparing the country
the inconvenience of an entirely unnecessary rail strike, the

clared in a press statement on July 3.

It is a complete travesty of justice for the rail companies to
refuse to bargain in good faith with the rail unions, banking
all the time on the intervention of the government in the
advent of a rail strike and the imposition of some form of

This procedure makes a mockery of collective bargaining.
The conditions being asked by rail workers are no more

the wage demands are indeed modest when placed along-
side the monumental price increase faced by all working
people and the huge profits of the corporations.

In the face of the companies’ intransigence, which finds
the workers with no settlement in sight six months after their
last agreement expired, the Communist Party asks the gov-
ernment to intervene in the situation now and force through
a settlement favourable to the unions’ proposals.

If, through your failure to act, the workers are forced to
strike, we are sure they will have the unqualified support

of the Communist Party de-

workers.

other Canadian workers and

<y

NDP wins Manitoba

in record turnout

By WILLIAM ROSS

A. 77% turnout of Manitoba
electors: — the largest in the
province’s history — returned
the .NDP government with a
working majority of 31 seats in
the 57-member legislature. The
Tories got 21 seats and the Lib-

This.. preliminary article. by
Manitoba Communist Party lead-
er William Ross will be followed
by a more detailed assessment
of the provincial elections in a
future issue.

erals 5. The lone Socred member
in the previous House was de-
feated as was Joe Borowski,
the former NDP cabinet member
who defected from the party
and sat as an independent.

Recounts in a few constitu-
encies will decide the fate of
Liberal leader Izzy Asper who
led his NDP opponent by one
vote and that of Tourism Minis-
ter Larry Desjardin who was 18
votes behind the Liberal can-
didate.

A comparison of the popular
vote shows that the NDP made
the largest gains, increasing
their percentage from 38% in
1969 to nearly 43%. In most
constituencies where their can-
didates were not elected they
placed second. The Tories reg-
istered only a 1% increase in
votes (37%) throughout the
province while the Liberals
dropped from 24% in 1969 to
19%. 3

There has taken place a pola-
rization in the political spec-
trum in Manitoba, with the To-
ries at one end and the NDP,
joined by former Liberal sup-
porters, at the other. The right-
wing appeal of Mr. Asper ex-
pressed in his election ‘slogan,
“Self Control Not State Con-

trol” backfired against him and
the Liberal party continued ‘in
its decline as a political force
in the province. Not only his
seat in the legislature is on the
line for Mr. Asper but his fut-
ure as the leader of his party.

The aggressive and heavily-
financed campaign of the Tories
centred around the issue of
“Private Enterprise versus So-
cialism” and in‘ the more well-
to-do sections of Winnipeg and
rural Manitoba enabled that
party to hold its own in this

election. The attempt by a num-

ber of businessmen, aided by
the Winnipeg Free Press, to
knock together a coalition of
Tories and Liberals did not suc-
ceed, mainly because of the riv-
alry between the two party
leaders. In only one constituen-
cy where a single old-line party
candidate opposed the NDP did
they succeed but even there
local politics were the decisive
factor.

The appeal by the candidates

of the Communist Party to ‘De-
feat the Old Line Parties’ and
‘Keep Manitoba Moving Left’
has been justified by the elec-
tion results. However, the low
votes received by the Commun-
ist candidates reflected both the
pressure upon working class
voters from the fear of jeopar-
dizing NDP seats in the fact of
aggressive Tory campaign as
well as the absence of an inde-
pendent political position by the
movement which would streng-
then the working class policies
of the Schreyer government.
The campaign by the Commun-
ist party has laid the basis for
a more independent role by the
labor, farm and people’s move-
ments in determining policies
for Manitoba to curb the powers
of the monopolies and develop
the province in the interests of
the working people

MONTH OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE KOREAN PEOPLE

PYONGYANG — June 25 marked the 23rd anniversary of the
Korean War, ignited by the United States to quell the victorious
march to socialism by the people of the northern part of that
country, and to further U.S. cold war aims. Three years later, on
July 27, 1953, the U.S. was forced to sign an armistice agreement,
having failed in its attempt to invade and occupy the north.

The month of June 25-August 27 is celebrated the world around
as “Month of Solidarity with the Korean People,” who are strug-
gling to force U.S. troops out of the south and achieve the peaceful

reunification of their country.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1973-—-PAGE 6. ,

‘American people welcome communique"

CPUSA leaders meet Brezhnev

WASHINGTON—The visit of |

Leonid Brezhnev opens up “new
possibilities for widest coopera-
tion between the two peoples
(of the Soviet Union and the
U.S.) in many different spheres,”
the leaders of the Communist
Party, USA, said as they met
Friday with Brezhnev.

Henry Winston, chairman of
the CPUSA, and Gus Hall, the
Party’s general secretary, met
with Brezhnev at the Soviet Em-
bassy before the Soviet Party
leader’s departure for San Cle-
mente. Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko and Soviet Am-
bassador Anatol Dobrynin were
also present.

Discussed were the struggles
of the working class, the prob-
lems of inflation and living stan-
dards, jobs and trade, the strug-
gle against racism, and the Ame-
rican people’s reaction to Brezh-
nev’s visit.

Brezhnev had come directly
from the White House after
signing the historic declaration
against the war and the use of
force. He. began the discussion

GUS HALL

by emphasizing the importance
of that declaration.

Hall and Winston declared
“The great majority of the Amer-
ican people will welcome this
document and all the decisions
made during these days of sum-
mit meetings as being in the in-
terest of the people of this coun-

7

try and the world.” |

Brezhnev wished the CPUSA —
“fresh success in the commom —
struggle for friendship betwee?
the peoples of the Soviet Uniot
and the United States, for the
relaxation of tensions and socl@
progress.” :

He affirmed that the CPSU
firmly waging: and will continue

) to wage that struggle carrying

out the peace program adopte
by the 24th Congress of te
Soviet Party.

During the meeting Hall and
Winston hailed Brezhnev’s 0”
cial visit to the U.S. as bring’
ing about a radical turn 4
Soviet-American relations 4?
generally improving the interna
tional situation as a whole. They
stressed that the visit is evi”
ence of new victories won f0f
the policy of peaceful coexist
ence and that it opens up né
opportunities for cooperation
between the American and t
Soviet peoples in various field?
and is widely approved by CF
working people and democrat!
forces of the U.S.

General Mills wins garbage can

MIAMI BEACH (LNS)—Betty
Crocker and “her” parent Gen-
eral Mills were awarded the
Second Annual Bon Vivant
Vichyssoise Memorial Award in
mid-June for the giant corpora-
tion’s encouragement of bad eat-
ing habits.

The award, a garbage can, was
given by the Center for Science
in the Public. Interest, as a
counter event to the 33rd An-
nual Meeting of the Institute of
Food Technologists at the Miami
Beach Convention Hall.

“Bad eating habits start young,”
stated the Center’s representa-
tive Dr. Michael Jacobson, ‘and
General Mills spends millions of
dollars a year to encourage kids
to eat foods that contain a high
percentage of sugar, a good deal
of salt, potentially harmful arti-
ficial colorings, and refined flour
from which many nutrients
have been removed.

“General Mills’ 1972 ad bud-
get of $63.3 million was bigger
than the entire budget of the
U.S. Federal Department of Agri-
culture’s Bureau of Foods.

More specifically, the com-
pany was cited for marketing
“breakfast products, like Ka-
boom, Sir Grapefellow, Baron
Von Redberry, and Franken Ber-
ry, that contain between thirty
and fifty percent sugar and are

Minister Impeached

SANTIAGO DE CHILE — Op-
position lawmakers for the
second time removed Economy
Minister Orlando Millas (Com-
munist Party) from office by
Passing an impeachment move
against him. In December Millas
was impeached as Treasury Min-
ister. Then in May of this year
the National Party presented an-
other move against-him but it
was turned down by the Chris-
tion Democrats, on procedural
grounds. The present accusation’
was filled by the CDP with the
support of the National .Party.
The United Popular lawmakers
had earlier left the Chamber.
This is the 18th such move
against ministers and other top
officials since uptook office.

The retail price of food in the
United States, in February,
averaged 7.3 percent higher
than a year earlier.

conducive to tooth decay, while
pushing better foods out of the
diet; these products are more
candy than cereal.”

Jacobson went on to say that
the refined flour used by General
Mills, ‘although enriched, lacks
many valuable vitamins, and
minerals, and is virtually devoid
of roughage.”

Two General Mills © cereals,
“Total and Wheaties, are identi-
cal except for 1/3¢-worth. more
vitamins in a 12-ounce box of
Total. That 1/3¢ mushrooms
into 18c at the store — a 5,400
percent mark-up. - ,

“This adds up to about a $10
million a year steal,’”’ said Jacob-
son. “It is cheaper for someone
to buy Wheaties and a vitamin
pill than Total.”

After the Kellogg Company)
General Mills is the second late
est cereal producer in the coun
try. But cereal alone did not Bi
count for last year’s profit 6
$65.5 million on sales of
billion. With Lionel Trains, Play’
Doh, and Parker Brothers ( ‘
nopoly) games, General Mills Re
now the third largest toy ma?
facturer in the U.S.

The Center’s in
name from the 1971 scandal
which the Food and Drug Att
nistration seized more Mae ed
million cans of botulism-tala”
Vichyssoise produced by ee
vivant, after one man died fro
eating it. The New Jersey Fe
was recently reopened by ow
same management under & 9”
name, Moore & Company:

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Can Socialists and Communists
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