Friday, November 5, 1982 |

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40° Vol. 44, No. 43 |

‘Betrayal’ protested

About 150 Fraser River fishermen gathered at a meeting in Steveston
Monday to blast the federal fisheries department for ‘“‘betraying”’ Cana-
dian sovereignty by closing the Johnston Strait fishery while Americans
are catching Fraser-bound chum salmon at nearby Point Roberts,

The union said the department indicated Fraser River boats would be
able to operate in the Strait following an agreement hammered out with
American officials last summer, an agreement which the U.S. broke. |
Canadian officials have closed the area, claiming that an anticipated
bumper run did not materialize and there is not enough of an escapement

to justify fishing. a 5 - § Se
The UFAWU ans the government’s figures, citing ‘too much NINO PASTI pee

discrepancy between different tests.’’ NATO f aca |
The angry fishrmen passed resolutions calling for the resignation of Vane SB ealetee segs -—

the director-general of the fisheries department’s Pacific region, Wayne |
Shinners, and for a two-day opening of the Fraser River fishery.

protests gov't. sellout on Fraser.

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arms race

Opposition to nuclear
weapons is so strong that half |
the population of two million in
Sicily signed an appeal against
the deployment of
“‘euromissiles’’ on the Mediter-
ranean Island, according to

locked out longshoremen
hit with ‘6 and 5’ threat ===

= | Now an independent in the |
ee. wii che federal government moved | Italian senate, and a renowned
its six-and-five-percent wage con- | peaceactivist, Pastitoldacrowd
trol artillery up to within firing | of about 300 who jammed the

distance of unions in the private | Robson Square theatre in Van-
sector Tuesday as it introduced | couver Oct. 27 that the new
legislation into the commons forc- | medium range weapons such as

ing B.C. longshoremen back to | the Cruise and Pershing II

work under the threat of imposed | missiles increase the danger of
wage controls. ' nuclear war because they are vir-
Embodied in the legislation was | tually ‘‘impossible to control.”

the unprecedented ultimatum: sign

an agreement by midnight Mon- "Survival or holocaust’

day, Nov. 8 or the federal govern- Page 9

ment will impose the federal public . —
sector wage control figure of six | Pasti told the meeting,
percent and five percent. organized by the B.C. Peace

Council and Canadians Against
| Cruise for United Nations
Disarmament Week, that the }
evidence shows the United
} States is ‘‘the leading agressive
military power in the world.”’
Armed with a first-hand /
knowledge of the balance of
/ troops and conventional and
nuclear weapons between
| NATO and the Warsaw Pact
forces in Europe, Pasti said the
U.S. administration and the
' Pentagon routinely “‘lie’’ when
they tell people the Soviets are
leading in the arms race.
But, he said, ‘“‘I know
reasonably well the American
| people... .thereare millions inj
the U.S. against the rearma-
ment.”’

“I can’t believe the government
would so blatantly favor the
employer,’’ Don Garcia, president
of the Canadian Area of the Inter-
national Longshoremen’ and
Warehousemen’s Union, com-
mented in responding. to the
government’ back-to-work legisla-
tion.

Garcia emphasized that the
government ultimatum ‘‘effective-
ly kills all negotiations’’ since the
B.C. Maritime Employers’
Association ‘‘can just sit back and
enjoy it and wait for the govern-
ment to impose six and five.”

In fact, the BCMEA has balked
at settling an agreement in the year
since negotiations began, waiting
for the inevitable federal interven-

See ILWU page 12

TRIBUNE PHOTO. — DAN KEETON.

Renown F pipes oat i ing (r) is greeted by the leader of the Vancouver |
ed American peace activist Dr. Linus Pauling {r) is 9 y é

| Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility Dr. Tom Perry and receives a standing ovation at the
Stel Vancouver ballroom Oct. 28. Pauling, who has twice won the Nobel Peace Prize, told a pack-

| ®d house that Canadians can stop Cruise missile testing and make a significant contribution to
World peace (see story page 11).

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of a committed few hundred to Griffiths is president of the other governments, the balanced Others have derided the vote as

_ Ate you for or against world
disarmament?
of tat’s the question thousands
ball ians will be asked on the
; Ot when they head to the poll-
ike ths in municipal elections
SMonth.
€ anticipated strong ‘“‘yes”’
ae will be a clear message to the
-{Nadian government that
are rising in increasing
babes to speak out against the
thr 8eoning arms race and the
it fat of nuclear anihilation. And
ily be the crowning achieve-
“nt for the peace movement

Which in 1982 grew from groups

several thousand individuals, say
the peace activists whose efforts
put the vote on the civic ballot in
144 municipalities.

In British Columbia, 18
municipalities are holding peace
referendums this fall, and others
will do so when elections come up
next year. :

“TI e positive thing about this
vote is that it as poet oe z
those le who haven't y'
arched fot peace,” said activist
Andrea Griffiths, who is helping
to promote the “‘yes vote in
Vancouver.

local chapter of Operation
Dismantle, the Canadian group
which originated the idea and has
been pushing for such a vote over
the last few years.

While the wording of the
referendum varies in some areas,
most electorial districts have
adopted the organization’s phras-
ing of the question. From Ottawa
to Vancouver, most civic voters
will be asked on election day:
“Do you support the goal of
general disarmament and man-
date your government to
negotiate and implement with

steps that would lead to the
earliest possible achievement of
this goal?”

As might be expected, the road
to achieving the peace vote has
not always been smooth. Right-
wing politicians such as B.C.’s
former municipal affairs
minister, Bill Vander Zalm, some
reactionary columnists in the dai-
ly newspapers and federal
government representatives have
chided the effort as being
anything from ‘‘frivolous’’, il-
legal and even close to
treasonous.

being ‘‘motherhood.”’

“*Yes, it’s a motherhood issue
— it’s something most people
agree with,’’ said Carmela
Allevato, a Vancouver lawyer
who co-chairs the End the Arms
Race committee which has been
the moving force behind many of
the city’s successful peace ac-
tivities this year.

“That is, most people except
the governments of Canada and
the United States,”’ said Allevato,
pointing to the Canadian govern-

See “YES’ page 3

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