a, WILLIAM BEECHING toy A—The Benson one m, Collar crash program ly PTOVide the jobs needed to i eo rising unemployment, ‘qllliam Kashtan, leader of j ©Mmunist Party of Can- ho, eaking to a banquet in \ Oh the 50th anniversary of tt, “ding of the Communist te Wo tr. Kashtan called upon tp wikers, farmers, and all Yor a rally behind a fig, Which would take ad- & © of all the new opportun- ie aan Within Canada, and iy ,CMally, to solve the My, the interests of the i, & People. Som; ashtan said that the i Stat, Council of Canada Nh €d that Canada needs ete ew jobs by 1980. ¢ Vill they be found?” he %\,. “€Y won’t be found un- ed factories, and find i One for our products in §, 7, /Nships with all coun- Cha a Promise-of more jobs 4 will be further blight- ‘if Mere Temain a raw material The hd for U.S. capitalism. Sbtan Ommunist Party, Mr. This, ,S2!d, was the first one Fey pre demand for a billion- lik, 28h program for public Rene J Present billion-dol- the n prigram, however, is \irs Ind of program calcu- ‘ big Cope with the crisis. Litt 79, OfPorations are going i they? tax reductions. A year b COne.eot 3%, which brings Mo acSsions made to them dia But for the average b dont It will be merely 3%, ut 15 a year more to i, Us f ane stupidity,” said Old an. b the Line, New Twist NY on €nson proposals,” he ie ‘ Obviously calculated Pall a business with.a few ke, Brn given to working Ww Mt it is precisely such a fo has brought on the : ®nomic crisis and ris- Nee™Ployment. hy Wh We have something fq}. °2 the government is Come there is mount- _ "ployment, government = =p 2o Benson's billion $ tid—to moneybags ministers answer by _ saying there isn’t a growth of unem- ployment, but there are just too many people, young and old, looking for jobs.” Mr. Kashtan said that the Canadian people are not accept- ing this. The workers, farmers ‘ and progressives are already in- dicating that there is growing opposition to government poli- cies. There is a mounting crisis in our society, he said. Nixon is busy in the United. States trying to create the image of a man of reason, of a man who wants to negotiate. 5 “He was not called Tricky Dick for nothing,” he said. New Possibilities The fact is that the actions of Nixon—and it can be said the actions of the Trudeau adminis- tration—in taking some steps to- further develop relations with China and the USSR, are indica- tions of the new possibilities in- herent in this present interna- tional situation. : “It is a very intricate situa- tion, with many contradictions,” said Mr. Kashtan. “But, nonethe- less, steps can be taken now which would mutually benefit the people of Canada as well as the peoples of the socialist countries. There is a real possi- bility for increased trade be- tween Canada and the Soviet Union and other socialist coun- tries, which would be enhanced by collective security in Eur- ope.” Mr. Kashtan said that capital- ism has not changed and has not solved its contradictions, all claims to the contrary. The poli- cies advanced by President Nix- on indicate the depth of _the crisis of American imperialism. It is a sick economy, and the American dollar is a sick cur- rency. That is why the 10% surcharge was imposed. U.S. capitalism is adopting policies of protectionism, is embarking on a trade war, and plans to export its crisis elsewhere—in- cluding here. : The U.S. government, he said, ., has been saying that it wants Canada to revalue the Canadian © Continued on pg. 10 lanada, USSR pledge friendship — = : FS Trudeau sees strong ties expanding with neighbor to the North OTTAWA — Everything positive that has been achieved 1n Soviet-Cana- dian relations, declared Soviet premier A. N. Kosygin at the end of the first complete day of his historic visit to Canada, is “a direct result of the striv- ing of the peoples of our countries to live with one another in peace and friendship, and a result of the efforts By MEL DOIG Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Kosygin first accord in Moscow in May. See pages 6-7 for background materials on Premier Kosygin’s Canadian visit. COLD WAR PROVOCATEURS HURT CANADA'S INTERESTS ‘It is becoming increasingly evident that a sinister drive is afoot, stemming from the ultra- right in Canada and from U.S. imperialism, to prevent a fur- ther strengthening of Canadian- USSR relations,” declares a statement issued by William Kashtan on behalf of the cen- tral executive of the Communist Party of Canada. “Indeed, what these anti-Canadian forces want to achieve is a complete disrup- tion of normal relations between our two countries and return to bankrupt and harmful cold war positions. “This is what is involved in the physical assault on Premier Kosygin, in the threatened use of dynamite, the organized, pro- vocatory demonstrations — by ultra-right, pro-fascist and Zion- ist groups. These anti-Canadian actions are helped along by the mass media, by the shameful and cowardly silence of so- called liberals and by a security police riddled with ultra-right tendencies and sympathies. “The mass media including the publicly owned CBC bear a heavy responsibility for the encouragement they have given all these reactionary, pro-fascist groups, under the guise of up- holding democratic freedom. “The government bears a great measure of responsibility. It cannot on one hand invite the head of another state to come to Canada for the purpose of holding mutually advantage- ous discussions and on the other hand, in the name of democracy, give tacit support to organized hostile demonstrations aimed at preventing the development of mutually advantageous relations between Canada and the Soviet Union. This doublefaced ap- proach will only harm the cause of Canadian-USSR relations and weaken the possibility of strengthening Canadian _inde- pendence which the govern- ment professes is its aim. “It’s high time the cold war was buried. It did incalculable harm to Canada in the imme- diate past. It can do irreparable damage to the real interests of Canada today. The threat to de- mocracy comes from the right and not from the left. Cana- dians are now paying a heavy price because this was not clearly understood and for hav- ing remained silent when pro- fascist elements were allowed entry into Canada to act as a fifth column against the best interests of our country. To re- main silent now would com- pound the evil. “All .democratic Canadians who are concerned about the real interests of our country must condemn these actions and call for the further developmerit: of Canadian-USSR relations.” PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1971—PAGE 5 of both governments to adjust relations that are of mutual benefit.” Replying to the toast by Primé Min- ister Trudeau-at the state dinner here Monday night, Premier Kosygin stated, “Soviet-Canadian collaboration is not directed against anyone. It merely serves — and will do so increasingly we hope—the cause of international peace. We have no hidden motives.” The Canadian prime minister, in his remarks welcoming Mr. Kosygin and his daughter Mrs. L. A. Gvishiani, spoke of Can- ada’s long relationship with “its oldest friends,” declaring that in the long run this consists of a climate of understanding’ and cooperation. Addressing the So- viet premier, Mr. Trudeau said, “It is my sincere hope, Mr. Premier, indeed my confident belief, that Canada and the So- viet Union are now launched on a path that will permit the devel- opment of just such a relation- ship. Canada and Canadians want very much to be able to look to the North, as they have looked to the South, and see friends in each direction.” The prime minister indicated that Canada expects to conclude a General Exchanges Agreement with the Soviet Union that will provide a framework for scien- tific, cultural and academic ex- changes. Such an agreement will be in addition to the Industrial Exchanges Agreement concluded last January in Moscow.: Mr. Trudeau stated his hope that this base “will broaden into a profit- able trading partnership across a wide spectrum.” Referring to his visit to the Soviet Union earlier this year, the Canadian prime minister de- clared, “‘The move towards con- fidence made considerable pro- gress last spring.” He told Prem- ier Kosygin, ‘‘your visit here is another important step for- ward.” .~ It is in this atmosphere of confidence and friendship that the leaders of the governments of Canada and the Soviet Union are conducting their important talks. It was in this same spirit that . Soviet Premier Kosygin conclud- ed his speech of reply: “To the progress of the friendly peoples of Canada in an atmosphere of peace and progress, and to Soviet-Canadian cooperation. The humiliation our country suffered when the fascist Ed- mund Burke Society member Geza Matrai attacked Premier Kosygin revealed the despera- tion that reactionaries of all sorts in Canada and elsewhere are experiericing as true friend- ship between the Soviet Union and Canada is taking a giant stride forward. What és true of the real feel- ings of the Canadian people was demonstrated when Mr. Kosy- gin visited Bell-Northern Re- search just outside Ottawa. When on Monday he and his party were conducted on a tour of the research laboratories, the 1,000 employees greeted the So- viet: premier*with- bursts’ of ‘ap- © Continued on pg. 10