WORLD SCENE SWEDISH DIPLOMAT TELLS OF BOMBED DIKES STOCKHOLM—J. C. Oeberg, Sweden’s ambassador to the Demo- cratic Republic of Vietnam, told the Congress of the Social-Demo- cratic Youth Union in Stockholm that “less than three weeks ago, I saw with my own eyes the bomb-craters in the Red River Delta, on dikes and dams, on sluice-gates.” Oeberg sharply attacked U.S. statements that it is not bombing the DRV’s irrigation and flood-control system. “In the U.S.A.,” Oeberg said, “they speak about the ‘inability’ of the DRV to provide effective systems to harness the rivers. For those who saw the ef- forts made by the Vietnamese people to maintain and consolidate dams, such statements sound like an attempt by the Americans to provide themselves with an alibi.” CHIEF STUMBLING BLOCK TO PEACE TEL AVIV—At the 17th Congress of the Communist Party of Israel, Meir Vilner, Party general secretary, said the chief stumbling block to regional peace is the refusal of the Meir government to relinquish its claim to neighboring Arab territories. He noted that “some Arab states do not accept Israel’s right to exist,” but re- minded the assembly that “this is not the position of any-of Israel’s neighbors—Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt or Syria.” FRENCH WORKERS DEMAND PAY HIKE PARIS—For the, second time in 15.days, millions of French workers went on strike for a 1,000 francs-a-month (close to $200) minimum wage for a 40-hour week and retirement at 60 with a minimum monthly pension of 800 francs. . In Paris, more than 100,000 strikers marched, led by. the two largest French unions, the CGT (Confederation Generale du Travail) and the CFDT (Confederation Francaise Democratique du Travail). “People’s Unity of Action” was a major slogan of the demonstra- tors. U.S. POLICY DOOMED, WEST GERMAN PAPER SAYS FRANKFURT—USS. policy in Vietnam is doomed, a leading West German. daily newspaper said July 3. The Frankfurter Rundschau said in a long editorial article that proposals made at the Paris talks by the DRV and the Provisional Revolutionary Governnient of South Vietnam should be acceptable to the U.S. as a basis for settlement: “The Americans are constantly being offered a.chance to leave Viet- nam without any particular loss of face in so doing,” the newspaper said. ARGENTINIANS SUPPORT VIETNAM BUENOS AIRES—More than 300 Argentinian trade union, stu- dent, scientific and political groups pledged support to: the Viet- namese patriots recently. The organizations were taking part in the Assembly of Argentin- fans Against the Vietnam War, which met in Buenos Aires. The Assembly voted to denounce the criminal, genocidal war of the U.S. imperialists against Vietnam and demanded that all U.S. troops be speedily withdrawn from Vietnam. by william kashtan The coming federal election is dealt with in this latest report by William Kashtan, leader of the Communist Party of Canada. The report sells for 25¢. On sale at any of the following outlets: Progress Books, 487 Adelaide St: West, Toronto 133, Ont. Book World, 357 Daven- port Rd., Toronto, Ont. Co-op Book. Shop, 882 Main St., Winni- peg, Man. W. Tuomi, No. 1 9642 Jasper Ave., Edmonton, Alta. New Times Book Service, 100 Northern Crown Bldg., Regina, Sask. S$. Walsh, 356 Mont-Royal West, Montreal, 151, Que. Co- op Book Store, 341 West Pender St., Vancouver, B.C. i PACIFIC TRISUNE—FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1972—PAGE 6 BOOK REVIEW Recommen NEW CHILE, prepared by the North American Congress on Latin America, available from Progress Books, Toronto. 176 pages. $2. New Chile, a collection of es- says written mainly by a group of members and associates of NACLA which cover a wide range of topics is informative, well-organized and clearly writ- ten. The studies on Chile’s econ- omy are by far the most com- prehensive in the book. They give a historical perspective to Chile’s capitalist underdevelop- ment and make it possible to discern the fundamental cause of Chile’s underdevelopment — U.S. imperialism. The book’s main economic thesis is that the degree to which .Chile has been able to develop along capitalist lines correlates directly with the de- gree to which the country was dominated by U.S. imperialism. In relation to this central econo- mic thesis the authors also ex- pose the real nature of the U.S. “aid,” discuss the Chilean bour- geoisie’s weak attempts to re- capture the heights of the econ- omy, refute arguments with regard to the alleged benefits of foreign investment and docu- ment the nature of this invest- ment which the Unidad Popular nationalized in its first year of government. The book. contains some very interesting essays of U.S. im- perialism’s attempts to under- mine the Communist/Socialist led Central Labor Federation (CUT), both by internal subver- sion and. ‘by supporting much smaller conservative-led trade Below: ‘Copper for Chile’, a street sign by the Young Communist League. Members of the United Steel- workers employed by the Inter- national Nickel Company at Sud- bury and Port Colborne have voted to accept a new contract after three months of continu- ous bargaining. Out of a total of some 16,500 at Sudbury, 8,281 voted in favor and 3,117 voted to reject the proposed settle- ment. Employees at Port Col- borne voted 897 to 211 for ac- ceptance. The vote took place July: 7, two days prior to the expiry of the old agreement at midnight, July 8th. This contrasts with the situa- tion in 1969 when a vote on a final settlement barely squeaked through by only 166 of 9,896 votes in Sudbury after a strike Inco workers ok s ded reading on Chile} union centers. The AFL-CIO’s role is nothing less than dis- gusting. Another good essay con- cerns U.S. imperialism’s at- tempts to impose its culture upon the Chilean people—and how the Unidad Popular has suc- cessfully combatted this. New Chile does have some serious weaknesses. Although the book’s primary purpose is to analyse the causes and methods of Allende’s Chile, if it is going to analyse internal Chilean poli- tics as well, it should do so sys- tematically. The present result is fragmented. For example, it has a great deal to say about the ultra-left Movement of the Revolutionary Léft (MIR). Be- sides discussing MIR’s relation- ship to the Unidad Popular, the book informs the reader of its origin and political activity. One essay is devoted to MIR and its response to the Unidad Popular’s Program of Government is print- ed in an appendix. Yet there is not a single study devoted to either the Communist or Social- ist parties. The CP and SP are mentioned almost solely in rela- tion to Unidad Popular. The parties in the UP, especially the Communists and Socialists, are effectively reduced to mere parts of an otherwise monolithic unity —Unidad Popular. The consequences of such an approach are indeed unfortun- ate. Firstly, the book tells us nothing -about how. the united and popular fronts were origin- ally formed. This information would be very helpful to Cana- dian Communists since we are still in the preliminary stages of creating such a front. Worse, it gives us almost no knowledge of how Chile's popular fit presently works in practice. TH knowledge, too, is useful 5” it would give contemporaly 4 cialists a modern example “ how a united and popular ff works after it has been built al thus gives us pointers as t0 ies | we can creatively apply Ch ty experiences in Canada future. d Another serious weaknes | the book is its failure to sm) the complex forms of the ‘ aah struggle-in Chile, particulary in the period of the transforma as to socialism..There is es ats cussion of the Unidad Poa strategy and tactics. The Pi tical consequence of SUV" 4) approach is to simplify aa course of the class stt si Simplified analysis mea plified strategy and tactic errors. The forms of the class bi gle and the transition to yet ism could easily be the art) of another book. New ad it should either have restrict | self to the rolé of the ‘ y Chile or expanded itself * tf point where it could aded deal with the politics © Chilean class struggle. Outside the above reset tions, however, New ho , recommended reading fOr his who want to know eit 118 about the situation in Ch the aim which is to “acqua’ «ty non-specialist with some most important issues a popt tht victory of the Unida ot lar . . .” is successful. should nevertheless hav? is with some other very re F vi) issues. lasting 128 days, and Port Col- borne members of the negotia- ting committee at that time split with the Sudbury - committee over the settlement. Monetary terms of the agree- ment reached this time calls for a wage increase of 40¢ an hour effective July 10, a further 17.5¢ an hour effective July 10 of each of the following two years, 1973 and 1974. This makes fora total wage increase of 75¢ an hour Over the three-year contract. The increase of 40¢ now will be boosted by another five cents an hour cos.-of-living adjustments accumulated during previous agreement. Similar COL allow- ances up five cents an hour are included in the second and third ettlement | ie years of the new con in cig : tract moneta rovisions ry p cation, tot va insurance benefits. Paid , alt time will be three a afte 4) creased pension, V: 10, years, instead ftef a and four weeks Al years, instead of after 8, 3 Meanwhile, on july 4 st | members of the workers employé at Trail, Kimberly 4" ike Lake, B.C., went on and ay back new contract ¢™" pf Their offer from a 1 stopped short at 15% in fri in wages and 1% out re q The union is hel ing 20.5 increase ! fie nae The old com ed June 30.