OL. 22, No. 37

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, SEPTEMBER 21, 1962 GES. 50.
VANCOUVER, B.C. 10¢

US threat to Cuba stirs
World wide condemnation

: US. threats to Cuba aroused condemnation in the
*stern hemisphere and around the world this week.

to 2 Canada demonstrations
ence outside U.S. con-
to, Sin Montreal and Tor-
ae Montreal Convention
Aine Voice of Women de-
bisa that the U.S. abolish
taing of Cuban exiles it main-
On its territory.
ly in oree Massey Hall ral-
Ray : °ronto Sept., 16 heard
" Feinberg declare that
U adians are opposed to
7. Marines in Cuba.
, Week the National
Pan, -ve Of the Communist
Wrote Acting Prime
. t Fleming stating that
aa €xists “a clear and im-
of late threat to the peace
and th Western hemisphere
€ entire world.”
Dot © letter urged Ottawa to
v. “st against the threat of
and peetession against Cuba
ahaa, make it clear that
a fully recognizes the

iiriste

right of the Cuban people to
organize their social system
to suit themselves.”

FIDEL CASTRO

U.S. policy towards Cuba
also came under sharp criti-
cism in the Canadian and
world press. (See story on
plot against Cuba on page 3).

Uietenbaker failed nation’s
iiterests at London parley ’

“Prime Minister Diefenbaker has neither fought

Nat

dieg 8n editorial estimating
M, oaker’s role at the
ter ONWealth Prime Minis-
ang “onference in London,
1 € crisis facing Canada,
‘yan ees that Diefenbaker
in fed policies which fit
tep *rfectly with the long-
Doligts ws of the U.S. mono-
tion for economic domina-
the world.
Die €ditorial charges that
oS Nbaker has engaged in
Man ae deal of demagogic
Wan ering” because he is
“non, Of the deep concern
leet © Canadians on the ef-
vie ®t the Common Market
nat eece's economy.
ls ae that Diefenbaker
| &o € clearly laying the
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“ainst the Common Market nor stood up for Canada’s
0 hal interests in London,” says an editorial in the

a 4
Radian Tribune this week.

election, and there is specula-
tion now that the election
may take place soon.” :

“This time,” says the edi-
torial, “he would like to
pose as the great defender of
the Commonwealth to sae

a continuing policy 0
are to the United
States.”

“But Canadian
opinion must see
this smokescreen
him to account.”

The editorial criticises Die-
fenbaker for not exposing
“the Common Market as an
agency of the big West Euro-
pean monopolies, as the
economic extension of the
NATO alliance for aggressive
war. Indeed he supports the

See LONDON. pg: 3 “2

public
through
and call

The giant International Woodworkers of America, represent-
ing more than 32,000 Canadian workers in the forest industry,
has decided to fight for the 35-hour work week.

It also condemned pro-
posed “voluntary” cuts in
Canadian lumber exports
to the U.S., pointing out
that such restrictions
“would not benefit Ameri-
can woodworkers, while it
would heavily penalize Ca-
nadian woodworkers ... ”

The _ resolution on “the
hours of work, submitted by
the Regional Council to the
convention for adoption, said
that, due to tremendous tech-
nological changes which
have taken place (and still
are), the reduced work
week was now of prime im-
portance.

It also stated that the 35-
hour week was not a cure-
all and that other remedies
would have to be implement-
ed, such as “government ac-
tion to develop secondary in-
dustries . . . and counteract
the present tendency to_rely
on other countries for the
manufacture of the new auto-
matic and mechanical equip-
ment now being installed.’
NO ALTERNATIVE

Regional President, Jack
Moore, in outlining some of
the problems~ faced by the
union at this time, conceded
that: “There is no longer any
alternative to reduction of
the hours of work. In com-
pany with other unions in
Canada, this must be one of
our major objectives.”

He went on to predict that
employers would use the
same arguments to try to
prevent the 35-hour week
that they used in attempting
to prevent any reduction of

the 70-hour week,. but the
fact would have to be faced
that a standard 35-hour week
in the U.S. and Canada would
create 2,000,000 more jobs.
“Tf it is not the solution for
the whole problem it will
take us a long way toward
better and more secure em-
ployment.”

Moore further stated: “The
shorter work week is on the
agenda in all the economi-
cally advanced countries.
This is solely because the
progress of automation is
reaching the point where the
traditional skilled labor may
be only a memory.”

Insa legislative. resolution

dealing with automation, the
union called for a Special
Committee of the Legislature
to “review the effects of
automation in B.C. industry
generally upon the province’s
employment levels !?..”
PEACE STAND

Among other resolutions
adopted at the first day’s ses-
sions were:

© One on full employment,

which urged “a _ planned
economy” and “improved re-
lations with other nations

which will free and expand
Canada’s export trade’’;
e A “No Nuclear Arms for
Canada” resolution, with Re-
See IWA, pg. 3

Attack on Doukhobors
violates civil rights

A sharp protest was launched with Attorney General
Bonner this week by the B.C. Executive of the Communist
Party over violations of civil liberties in the attacks on

the Sons of Freedom trek.

Hitting out at the action of
the RCMP, the letter states:
“Discrimination in blocking
travel on the public highway
to a religious sect, who ap-
parently cannot be appre-
hended for violation of the
law, violates the letter and
spirit of the law which you
are sworn to uphold.”

The letter adds that ‘“‘coun-
selling the adoption of a dis-
criminatory by-law by the
municipality of Kent by the
department you head, know-
ing full well as you must,
that such a by-law would be

ultra vires, and advising that
it be kept secret as Council-
lor Wilson is quoted as hav-
ing been directed by the
police, is on extremely dan-
gerous precedent.”

The letter, signed by B.C.
provincial leader Nigel Mor-
gan, calls for a halt to such
“ill-advised, cynical and un-
lawful maneouvers.” It urges
oppointment of a Commis-
sioner, such as Magistrate
Evans of Nelson, to work
through proposals for resoly-
ing the difficult problem in
a lawful, orderly way.

LATIN AMERICANS HIT U.S. POLICY.
Above is a recent mass demonstration in
the capital of the Dominican Republic
_ protesting against the. U-S.-backed dicta-

torship. Caricature shows Dictator Bon-
nelly bending his knees before Kennedy
while presenting a rocking chair as a gift
vo the U.S. president.

Fees

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WA TODEMAND
35-HOUR WEEK

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