| 3 YPRUSSCIRO™. tae TPKE? : | lle es d : : Motesting spestrated Outside the courthouse in Vancouver Wednesday he we ve U.S. role in Cyprus. Organized by the Greek community cit * - . 8 Ragas tly represented a wide variety of political opinion as cal Oreq in the petition presented to the U.S. consulate. It ed the U.S. for its failure to oppose the Turkish invasion and Or : Watante restoration of the democratically elected government, U.S. eS t “tugees a the future independence of the island, aid to Cyprus Mdemand; an end to arms sales to Turkey. All were united, however, ~~ 'Ng “Cyprus for Cypriots.” Inplementation urged TUN vote on Cyprus tations” ao anti-US demon- It added that, under Kissinger’s Dep) CLOUut acked many cities direction, implementation of the hy, lous the world and a UN Security Council resolution fop © Ver Beeetary ceasefire -was delayed and obstructed. teat Ce fase Cyprus, voices Turkey, aS a result, was em- all lution ued to call for the boldened to bellicose action by Nat; € lines € Cyprus crisis Washingtoa’s schemes for the ions "°S Of the July 20 United partition of Cyprus. t . “Slaton, ecurity Council The editorial called on We Editor; Washington to end its ayer Old thet i towards Turkey, its schemes tor : ed pe US Dally the partition of Cyprus and its wee “ . ee oe obstruction of the UN resolution. itj and secu ‘ca a “Recognition of the in- Saver aS Allowed to lags dependence of the Cypriot people R = soptinne,.the and their legal Bovennment ue i i least that can be demanded 0 Cpt een called for Wachingtad which is so criminally Ds Wi astitutional ruleon responsible for their suffering and fey Wal of all foreign the new threat to world peace,” it Worig Crisis The disastrous economic policies of successive Liberal and Tory governments were blamed this week for the massive layoffs and impending plant shutbowns that have suddenly hit the province’s lumber industry. Already close to. 4000 lumber workers have lost their jobs and more are expected to be laid off daily as plants moved quickly to curtail production and cut back on shifts. Speaking to the Vancouver and District. Labor Council - meeting Tuesday night, Doug Evans, financial secretary for IWA Local 1-217, told delegates, “everyone is suffering because of Liberal policies. With mortgage rates at 12% and land prices what they are who can even look at, let alone buy a house?”’ Evans pointed out that more . than 2000 workers have been cut from the payroll in the sawmill, shingle and plywood sections of his Local alone. “Some plants which were for- merly working three shifts have cut back to one,”’ he said and added “many plants are taking whole logs and chipping them for pulp.”’ “Tt’s a pretty gloomy picture for ' woodworkers from this point right through the winter.” He charged that it was ‘‘bloody awful” that the government should look at the situation and still do nothing. “We're going to have to bring pressure on the government to pour massive amounts of money into low cost housing and to make. - low cost mortgage money available. If we don’t, it’s going to be a long bitter winter,” he said. The IWA plans to mount a leaflet and publicity campaign on the issue to force government action. The Communist Party also pointed to Liberal government this week for responsibility in the lumber crisis. Provincial Party secretary Nigel Morgan noted that the massive layoffs reflect the VOL. 35 No. 33 wT 1 He senna. crisis that is affecting countries ridiculous heights.”’ “The same governments have this yea totally neglected the housing needs fae trade with the US,” he said. See LIBERAL, pg. 8 , Pg. Parti i throughout the capitalist world and eng eek ee ee charged, “‘it’s the result of suc- Canada-US trade ties is the fact cessive Liberal and Tory govern- that US housing starts have f ile: ments which have allowed land off drastically in the last rete prices and interest rates to reach plummeting from some ae rmillion last year to a predicted 1.3 million t Morgan also attributed of the Canadian people and have the problems to the araheniy: continued to tie this country to created US oil crisis and the UP cabinet minister speaks September 8 Sergio Insunza, minister of nastics inthe Popular Uni ,m Unit - ment of murdered Chilean president Salvador Allende is prone ns speak in Vancouver Sunday September 8, 8 p.m. at Templeton Secondary School Auditorium, 727 Templeton Drive. Insunza’s address in Vancouver is part of a cross-country tour pence to tae the first anniversary of the fascist coup in ile September 11. The meeting here is spons i for Democracy in Chile. ee eae Originally slated for September 11 to fall on the anniver Sary d the rally was moved to September 8 in order to take Ldvariune es Insunza’s tour in this country. All proceeds from the meeting after expenses are to be sent to Chile Democratico in Rome, the coor- dinating agency for mobilizing international support for the Popular Unity forces inside Chile. Insunza will be touring the country as a representative of Chile Democratico. Insunza was minister of justice under president Allende f: until the coup. Prior to that he had been under secret. anak Popular Unity government. ee Meanwhile, early last week, Luis Corvalan, impris , Week, , oned secretary of the Communist Party of Chile was Pelee eee Mexican daily paper Excelsior. He told reporters of how, for 10 months straight, leaders of the Popular Unity government of Chile ep are ne on Dawson Island, were taken out of barracks at e crack of dawn every morning and driven to di fdenihrtee sha g canals and do other A rat-infested canal, covered with rotting weeds, he said, was used to supply the prisoners with water, which was also used to food composed of sea garbage collected on the shore. Food cence ‘ from friends and relatives were almost all confiscated by guards A group of newsmen from Excelsior recently took part in the i a es meeting - the International Commission for Inquiry into e junta’s crimes and a tape recording of Corvlan’ i entered there as a document. : ee d @ respec leriga@etce, ae for the. in- stated. Two al Teignty and tested sens ™ VELLY-DOUGLAS TRIPLES PROFITS aya oviet Union ong support from The With ., Cditor; aU foil emphasized that TNyCYPrus, ty TOOPS Withdrawn ar nger of Greek- “ould th and pee be greatly cone Tes eee of Cyprus __ Referring to the announcement Seoteg Stitution the role of their last week that Kelly Douglas and at overnm and the legally- Company had tripled profits over i cor Os, ee of President the first six months of 1974, B.C. then MMUniti 1ons involving the Federation of Labor secretary- onIe "esolved on Cyprus could treasurer Len Guy accused the I eos bY the Cypriot company of engaging in heartless {op © Dai ditorial stat ieee 8 y W. ed. rofiteering.”’ Me iP eing the blamed the us.” : f the huge Makan, Was i Crisis, pointing Kelly-Douglas, part o ne and Ca with 00 has treated George Weston food em Mas ig Of then hostility: as. the pains a of Super-Valu stores in “OUy Whe MPlici €diterranean” and this province announced profits “hich ou: wy with the July 15 _ last week of $1,567,000 for the first “ted him. half of this year — three times the profits for the same period in 1973. “The labor movement has for some time now been demanding effective government action to stop price gouging.” Guy said. “At a time when the food. index of the Consumers Price Index is 16.3% higher than it was a year ago, the federal government has a responsibility to move decisively against _ those corporations responsible. “The fact that Kelly-Douglas has ‘Heartless profiteering’ labor charges tripled its profits is gruesome proof of the heartless profiteering these food conglomerates engage in,” he Said ages) : ‘In the face of this undeniable evidence of profiteering it’s time for governments to take on these companies and tell them they have a responsibility to provide food to the public at reasonable prices or suffer the consequences. : tee GUY