i eae 48 15¢ VOL. 37, No. 47 PACIFIC Office of the Mayor CITY OF VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA Proclamation "IRDINT CONCERN WEEK” WHEREAS The Trident submarine and nissile systen scheduled to be based in Bangor, Whahington, will be the most deatructive weapons aysten in history; and WIRAS The Trident base will make the B.C, Lower Mainland the Lounching anea and reteliatory target for o finst-stithe nuclear attack; and WRAS The Trident system challenges the principles of international dow and nakes imperative a serious consideration of ita inpLica- tions far oun human envinonment; NQW THEREIRE 8, Arthur Phillips, Mayor of the City of Vancouver, DO HRBY PROTAM the week of November 23rd to Novender 29th, 1975 inclusive as "RDNT (ONCEN WER" in Vancouver; and wish to bring to the attention of our citizens, , , the taths campus di ng this week. “Trident Concern Week,’’ being held next week, was backed by Vancouver city council when Mayor Art Phillips signed the above Proclamation Monday. An extensive program of protest action against disciessions-and events taking place on the U.B.G 9g P ¢ Afb Arthur Phillips the U.S. sub base is planned for the week. See story on page 11. “Control over monopolies in- stead of the wages of working people — this is the central issue for our party in the election campaign,”’ declared Communist Party leader Nigel Morgan in Port Alberni last Thursday. Speaking at the meeting which nominated Otto McDonald as the Communist candidate for Alberni, Morgan told his audience that the key Communist Party objective would be to “bring the highly profitable resource industries in B.C. under public ownership and democratic control.”’ The CP leader said that only the communists have a “real anti- monopoly program.” He charged that ‘“‘Bennett and the Socreds are in the pockets of the big monopolies and would tighten their control over resource development and land development by large foreign monopolies. “The NDP,” he said, ‘“‘has in- creasingly abandoned its anti- monopoly positions such as the takeover of B.C. Tel and the im- posing of tough mining royalties.” Morgan welcomed the an- nouncement by the provincial government of expansions to the pulp mills at Ocean Falls and Castlegar and the extension of well drilling for natural gas. He said that these developments mark an advance that the CP has long advocated, but he urged ‘‘it be carried much further.” Morgan said that the provincial government should establish a Crown corporation in the wood industry which would oversee the LABOR PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR CUPW The federal government and Post office officials have ignored appeals from the Canadian Labor Congress and the B.C. Federation of Labor to return to the bargaining table and instead have Opened new strikebreaking attacks 88ainst the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. Latest moves by federal officials Was a narrowly missed attempt to ave parliament legislate a secret llot vote among CUPW members against the wishes of the Majority of postal workers — and "Vancouver the application for an *X-parte injunction that would Curtail picketing around the main t office. what would, have been an ~ Unprecedented act of interference the affairs of a trade union, tliament on Monday was forced , €scind a motion forcing a secret 1 llot vote in CUPW when NDP ener Ed Broadbent insisted on “cording a “no” vote. AS a Unanimous vote was required, Toadbent’s action effectively led the action. arliament was effective, street in giving the lead to new Tikebreaking tactics as the ancouver Province raised the anti-union media campaign to a new level when it editorialized in Wednesday’s edition that ‘“‘Ottawa should force postal vote.’’ Coming perilously close to open slander, the Province exposed its right wing bias with vicious and _ un- substantiated allegations against CUPW president Joe Davidson of personal opportunism, that he “‘won’t permit democracy in his union” and that “‘he’s whipping the pants . . . off a lot of innocent bystanders.” After those choice words, the Province calls the whole strike “ridiculous.” The Province editorial was: neatly timed with front’ page publicity to the formation of a rump group in the Vancouver local of CUPW who are attempting to reverse the decisions adopted by a mass meeting of postal workers last week. By a vote of over 90 per cent, postal workers in Vancouver supported the position of the national executive and agreed “‘to continue the strike until a decent contract is won.’ In Vancouver on Monday an attempt by local post office of- ficials to secure an ex-parte in- junction against picketing at the main post office was denied but the post office will have another chance on Thursday when. both sides appear before a Supreme Court judge. See POSTAL pg. 12 management of crown timber lands and phase out the present system of tree farm licences. At the same time, he added, the publically owned section of the industry should. be vigorously expanded, in both wood and pulp, using the presently owned crown corporations as a basis. NIGEL MORGAN “Similarly,”’ he noted, “‘it is all well and good to announce new drilling developments but these are the result of the fact that the government caved in to the demands of the companies for substantially increased prices. In effect, the gas industry went on strike for higher pay — but rather than sending them back to work as he did with the trade unions, Barrett gave them what they wanted. ‘His response should have been that of the Saskatchewan. govern- ment — nationalize the industry. The Communist Party says that the entire gas industry, including the pipelines, should be nationalized. Then Barrett would have something to brag about.” Morgan said that wood, coal, oil, gas, hydro and other resources are “sold short’? by the provincial government while “‘the people are being told that there is insufficient money for housing, hospitals, education, social services and municipal costs.”’ The nomination of Otto Mc- Donald, woodworker and longtime IWA and CP member, brings the number of Communist candidates to fourteen. McDonald will be joined on Vancouver Island by veteran trade unionist Jack Higgin, nominated- as, the CP candidate in Comox. In the Lower Mainland the latest Communist nominations are fisherman Mike Darnell in Delta, See MORGAN, pg. 12 VLC hails iBCA gains Delegates to the Vancouver and District Labor Council Tuesday evening voted to send congratulations to the Burnaby Citizens Association for winning two new seats on the Burnaby Council. ‘ “Tf it is a fact,’ commented ILWU delegate and chairman of the VLC civic affairs committee Frank Kennedy, ‘‘as Mercier, the defeated mayoralty candidate said that it was the labor movement that re-elected Tom Constable — then this is a credit to the trade unions and working of people of Burnaby.” Constable is a former business agent for the IBEW and a former delegate to the VLC. In other Council business, delegates voted to donate $600 to the BCA campaign fund and $100 to the B.C. Peace Council to send their delegation to the World Peace Council conference on multi- national corporations. In addition, notice of motion was. served to donate $250 to the Richmond Electors Action League (REAL), and to send $1,000 to the B.C. Federation of Labor’s political action fund for use in the provincial election. oo postal workers demonstrate their unity outside the central postal station which is the largest in anada.