US. IMPERIALIST
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SIMON FRASER STUDENTS
CONDEMN CHILE COUP

Students at Simon, Fraser
University have spoken out sharply
against the military takeover in
Chile. A statement released last
week by Mark Haynes, president of
the Student Society, said:

“We would like it known that the
Simon. Fraser Student Society. is
shocked at the recent events oc-
curring in Chile. It is well known
that President Allende was a pop-
ular representative elected through
the due democratic process.

‘In support of the principles of
democracy the students at Simon
Fraser University condemn the
military intervention which has
taken place. President Allende had
sworn that his program of the path
to socialism would be done within
the constitutional framework. It
was in the prevention of civil war
that Allende had chosen this path
and it is the military and its right
wing supporters that have proven
to be the aggressor against the
democratic will of the people.

“Evidence given of past United

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States involvement in Chile's inter-
nal affairs and of recent involve-
ment via collaboration with this
military overthrow, calls for our
condemnation of both the United
States’ foreign policy and the
military junta which is momen-
tarily in power in Chile.”

At UBC a native Chilean and
UBC grad history student. Anne
Marie Morrell. told a panel discus-
sion presented by the Alma Mater
Society that the people of Chile
wouldn't put up with the military.
junta for long.

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UBCM CONVENTION

Winds of change sweep /

B.C. municipal parley

By ALD. HARRY RANKIN

The 70th annual convention of
the Union of B.C. Municipalities
held in Prince George September
12-14, reflected the demand for
progressive change that is now
such a marked feature of B.C.'s
political life.

-All mayors, aldermen and
members of regional district
boards were entitled to attend as
delegates. For the most part they
also tend to be conservative in
their thinking: to charge them with
being responsive to the need for
progressive change would be an un-
just accusation.

But this convention was different
from previous ones in several
respects. ;

About one third of the delegates
were new, having never attended
such a convention before. Many of
them were young and not a few
were connected with the NDP’and
organized labor, in other words.
rather close to the ordinary citizen.
They wanted some new directions
from the leadership of the
U.B.C.M.

This was shown most clearly in

the election of the new eight
member executive. The retiring ex-
ecutive as usual brought in a slate
of eight. But the délegates were
not satisfied and nominated more
from the floor. In the vote two of
those nominated from the floor
were elected. I was one of them.

The new feeling was evident also
in the response to the address by
Bill Lane, chairman of the B.C.
Land Commission. This piece of
legislation. so bitterly fought by
real estate interests and their
political representatives in and out
of the legislature, was considerably
more acceptable to a sizeable sec-
tion of the 700 U.B.C.M. delegates.
Many now. agree that the main
criticism should be that it was pass-
ed 10 years too late.

However, an obvious unresolved
problem still is how to help our
farmers so that they can make a
good living on the land and attract
more young people to farming.
Solutions to this problem involve
an end to the dumping of U.S. farm
produce into our province and

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on and about womens’ and/or other “rights’’, but like the
frayed Diefenbaker “bill of rights,” nothing that will
basically change the social status of any.

But concessions galore to Big Business. All of which
apparently inspires NDP leader David Lewis to get going

some controls over the profiteering
by big corporations in the things
the farmer must buy — seed,
machinery, etc. Low interest loans
are also a great need. On these
matters the provincial government
has not as yet taken much action.

The debate on the Landlord Te-
nant Act also showed the desire for
change. The U.B.C.M. executive
recommended that the municipal
landlord-tenant Act also showed
the desire for change. While it is
mandatory for municipalities to set
up such boards, they were without
any real powers to do anything
about establishing regulations that
will give a fair break to tenants. I
spoke on the need for boards to
have some power to act and this
concept was adopted by the con-
vention.

The main problem facing
municipalities is, of course, the in-
creasing list of services they must
provide. Their cost is rising rapid-

ly, but municipalities have only
limited sources of revenue and 4
very narrow tax base.

On this whole question the con
vention adopted a report which
recommended that grants
municipalities be tied to provincia
revenues, that education costs be
removed from residential and farm
property, (a plank in the NDP elee
tion platform), that municipalitié
get a share of liquor and fuel taxes.
and that they be relieved of the
costs of welfare. '

As a member of the newly —
elected U.B.C.M. executive 1 i
tend to do my best to see that the
U.B.C.M. carries on a good calm
paign for such new provinela
policies. That includes efforts to”
volve the citizens of this provine®
in these campaigns. And I'll see
it that ways and means are devise”
where the executive reports back |
to municipal councils and te
public on its actions.

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City labor names delegate
to World Peace Assembly

The Vancouver and_ District
Labor Council has named Robert
C. Hamilton as its representative
on the delegation to the World
Congress of Peace Forces, meeting
in Moscow Oct. 25-31.

Hamilton is chairman of the
labor council's Education Com-
mittee and represents the Letter
Carrier's Union of Canada, Local
12 on the council.

The B.C. Committee for the
World Congress of Peace Forces
has sent. a letter to many
organizations outlining the pur-
poses of the world assembly and
urging financial contributions to
help defray the expenses of sending
a large delegation from B.C.

The committee is expected
shortly to announce the names of
the full delegation from B.C. Chair-
man of the B.C. Committee is Dr.
J.G. Foulks. The committee has
appealed for contributions to~be
sent to Apt. 802, 4691 West 10th
Ave.. Vancouver 8.

party.”

What is best for the country, a regime that
Parliament into a strike-breaking agency, or an a
tion in the service of the governed?

A large list of national sponsol®

includes’ Dr. Hans Blumfie!®
University of Toronto. Alder

) Kilborne and Aldermé
Dorothy Thomas, both of Toronto.
Andrew Brewin, MP and Dr.
sula Franklin of. the Universit
Toronto. d de

Provincial sponsors inc
Karen Sanford, MLA. Carl Lide :
MLA, Dr. Scott Wallace. :
Mayor F. de Vito of Trail. Alte
man Harry Rankin, Vanco
and Dr, Allan J. Davies. Que
Charlotte City.

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I federal politics these days and ever since the last

general election with its resultant Liberal
minority government, we have a virtual ‘“‘Liberal-Labor™
coalition, with the NDP invariably using its balance-of-
power position in the House to salvage the Trudeau ad-
ministration from Tory and Socred gang-ups. It has assisted
immeasurably in preserving the assumption that a minority
government is best for the country?

This best is founded upon the presumption that the
common people can “‘wring concessions” out of a minority
government that it couldn't otherwise extract out of a ma-
jority, regardless of what old-line party rules the legislative
roost.

It is high time the people, and especially the rank-and-
file of the NDP, in or out of Parliament, took a long hard
look at some of these presumptions, since the “‘balance-of-
power” voting record of the NDP scarcely bears them out.

True, some meagre concessions have been gained;
small pension hand-out to senior citizens and other pen-
sioners, more in the nature of an election “bribe” than an
antidote for increased living costs. Some small subsidies or
concessions to agriculture, but nothing that will save the
family farm from ultimate ruin. Some Liberal meanderings

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with his second round of harangues anent monopoly. “rip-
offs." His most recent oration about excess monopoly
profits is all very fine and timely, but it would be much
closer to best-for-the-country, were Mr. Lewis and his NDP
followers in the House to do something about it — other
than yak, and give the nod to Trudeau formula.

Even the present Prices Review Board created and
preserved as a toothless wonder by the Trudeau govern-
ment, with NDP support, is in itself a “concession” to
monopoly, since it is powerless to do anything about the
colossal monopoly prices racket except to tell Canadians
what they already know too well — that they are being
gouged hourly on their food, clothing, shelter, medical aid,

social amenities — on everything required for a normal ex-
istence.

NDP spokesman who defend this voting coalition and
repeatedly exercise their balance-of-power position to up-
hold these federalized ‘‘rabbit-and-horse pie” brand of con-
cessions, must of necessity discard what few remnants of
NDP-socialism they may have had in their parliamentary
kit-bags. In this they revert toa more ancient breed iden-
tified by the late and unlamented Liberal chieftain Louis
St. Laurent “Liberals-in-a-hurry,” and not so much of a
“hurry” at that. Or as the current Media now dubs them in

An agency which invokes a War Measures Ashe
terrorize the people. or a government which upho artic
right of all Quebecois to the fundamental right of bite
Fraternitie, Egalitie? ass po

A government that instinctively serves the class ove
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wrung from-the-Trudeau-government, with } P intel, \
the role of voting midwife, fall into that dubious make

It is time to dispense with such “socialism 4
new start with the real thing.

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