take over Is. — DITORIAL mine Canron aorker killed The high accident rate at Canron’s steel fabricating plant in Vancouver turned into tragedy late last week. Anton Zindarcic, 47-year-old laborer, and member of the Marineworkers and Boilermakers Union since 1963, was killed January 30 when a crane crushed him against a flat deck. Zindarcic, a helper on the crane, was caught between the cab and flat deck while the cab turned to lift” a load. Police and union officials arrived on the scene immediately. After a discussion between the union of- ficials and the men, a threatened walkout was averted. A police investigation is now underway and an inquest into the death will be held February 12. Union officials have declined comment until after the inquest. Lessons of Chile aired Continued from Pg. 11 struggle demanded a further advance, a deepening tran- sformation, the solution of new: tasks. For example: political — the question of power; economic — the organization of normal economic life in conditions of cardinal social transformation and growing resistance from the capitalist class; strategic the strengthening of the alliance of democratic forces, and primarily, the working class alliance with the middle urban sections. According to Sobolev, the Communist Party of Chile held a correct position when it main- tained that there still remained unsolved some tasks of the anti- imperialist, anti-oligarchic revolution. However, he goes on to say that “there was no clear-cut substantiation of the roads and methods of the speediest at- tainment of these tasks.’”’ Further, “it was only along this road and by pursuing a flexible policy, that would rule out leftism and ad- venturism, that it could be possible to strengthen the alliance of the working class with the middle sections and ensure the revolution’s advance.” No such clarity was introduced and the revolution was marking time. Reaction increased its ac- tivities and towards the close of 1972 went over to the offensive. In many cases, the revolutionary Demand Spain free prisoners The Canadian Committee for a Democratic Spain in Vancouver this week sent a cable to the president of the Supreme Court, Palace of Justice, Madrid, con- demning the continued im- prisonment of the Carbanchel Ten. The Vancouver Veterans of the International Brigade have also cabled the president of the Supreme Court in Spain deman- ding release of the Carabanchel Ten. forces did not adopt a vigorously offensive stand in relation to reactionary circles. ‘‘This was one of the crucial miscalculations made by the Popular Unity Coalition.”’ There were two centres of power; the popular one con- centrated mostly in the executive: power of President Allende and his government, and a_ reactionary centre that held in its hands legislative power, the judiciary, the bulk of the state apparatus and the mass media. The developments in Chile demonstrated that if the electoral majority is insufficiently organized outside of parliament, it is a passive force. It alone does not guarantee the advance of the revolution. “What is required to break reaction’s resistance is not simply a majority but a vigorously acting and solidly organized, majority.” Dealing with the army, Sobolev points out that “after left-wing forces come to power, the struggle for the army becomes a paramount component part of the entire process of peaceful development and deepening of the revolution.” One of the conclusions he draws is that the government should have mounted an ideological eampaign_ in the army that fully accorded with the tasks of the revolution and that this could have been done without violating the ‘‘con- stitutional norms’? to which Allende was committed. Much more could be said about this significant article. Those who want to read it in full should do so. Those who can’t obtain the journal in which it was first reproduced will find a slightly abridged ver- sion in the December and January editions of Political Affairs, organ of the Communist Party of the U.S.A. The article has a_ special significance for Canadian Com- munists and all others who seek to take advantage of the possibilities for a peaceful transition to socialism in Canada. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1975—Page 12 Cont'd from pg. 1 The successful application for the ex parte injunction was only possible because CKLG employees are covered by the labor code rather than the provincial code under which such injunctions are prohibited. Threats of a blacklist — well known to workers in the broad- casting industry have also surfaced in the strike. Not unex- pectedly, they were denied by CKLG station manager, Don Hamilton, but his statement that the “notoriety of these employees of being the first in the industry to go on strike would not go unnoticed by other stations,”’ left. little doubt in the minds of trade unionists. Strikebreakers are running the station’s operations as a result of wholesale dismissals of pro-union employees before the strike began. As employees were. fired, they were replaced and as CUPE 1004 delegate Dave Werlin told delegates to the Vancouver Labor Council, “‘probably one condition of their being hired was that they pledged never to join a union.” More than 40 charges of unfair labor practices have been laid with ° the labor relations board against the company as a result of the firings as well as several other major grievances. In talking with the picketers Saturday, NDP MP Stu Leggatt charged the company with being “irresponsible”’ as a result of its actions and its admanant refusal to accept the terms of the Ladner conciliation report. He said that he - had written to the chairman of the CRTC demanding an inquiry into the situation. Terms of the conciliation report which the union accepted last week, included provision for a modified union shop and a minimum standard of wages for all staff. The report was prepared by lawyer Hugh Ladner. The refusal of station manager Hamilton to accept the report despite the fact that it provides salaries lower than those in several other radio stations, was not en- tirely unexpected in view of the company’s determination to block any attempts at union organization in the broadcast field. CUPE delegates Dave Werlin emphasized that point to the Vancouver Labor Council meeting Tuesday night in outlining the Toward PERMANENT SOLUTIONS to the HOUSING CRISIS in the Lower Mainland * ¥ Ten to twenty thousand families are being forced to live in overcrowded and. sub- standard accommodation, Decent housing, when available, typically consumes 50% of disposable income for young families. Traditional forms of housing development (i.e. private single family dwellings or privately owned apartments) have continu- ally failed to meet the housing needs of low and medium income families. Government housing assistance to date is inadequate. co Front page of Vancouver Labor Council folder on housing. _ NDP gov't should CKLG strikers pledged , full support by BC Fed strike. “This is not Y. a dispute between a local union anda radio station,” he pointed out. “‘It’s an attempt by organized labor to “make a breakthrough in the:major field of broadcasting.”’ The CKLG strike is the first at a radio station in a major Canadian city although numerous attempts have been made to organize, nearly all of which have led to company reprisals. Werlin also noted that the question of the control of broad- casting ‘‘occupies an important place in the minds of corporate executives.’’ Clearly radio stations don’t want any union advocates among their ranks. The radio stations have also banded together in an effort to frustrate organization of their employees. At its last convention, the Canadian ~ Association of Broadcasters held strikebreaking seminars, and this week a direc- tive from Broadcast News, the radio section of Canadian Press, stated that all news about the strike had first,to be cleared in BN headquarters in Toronto. Dot b Hamilton is a member of the boart of directors of Broadcast News. Despite the formidable from presented to the union by tht broadcast industry, however, som — cracks have. appeared. Ol Tuesday, Dunsky Advertising Ltd) _ which handles the publicity fo Autoplan in reminding drivers 1 renew their insurance for 1975 cancelled all further advertising) — with the station. . a The B.C. Federation of Lab0l| also warned that other compa es 3 who currently have advertising| accounts with CKLG might fact) pickets if they allow their c mercial messages to continue 0 CKLG’s air time. Federation president stated “‘wé will look at anyone who contin to advertise there as being oppose) to the trade union movement if! B.C. and will act accordingly.” — The union has also planned t challenge the ex parte injunctiod) | granted late Saturday night 0) — Moffat Communications by justicé Harry McKay. Labor condemns Continued from Pg. 1 proposed by Thompson since the main intent of the resolution was still clear. ‘But,’ he said, “‘we’ve got to send the message to the CLC that we’re not going to accept any economic crisis — that we’re going to fight back.” Fishermen’s delegate Homer Stevens also expressed concern that wage controls were the sub- ject of discussion and told delegates, “‘if any real action were being urged by the CLC — a rollback in prices or curbs on corporate profiteering — then we would have heard about it. : He echoed other delegates’ criticism that the Congress ‘‘is doing nothing’’ about the economic crisis and added, ‘‘the whole labor movement should have a part in any CLC discussions with the government.” Charlie Shane, Laborers delegate, pointed out that it was timely to reiterate opposition to wage controls since hundreds of thousands of workers would be entering into wage negotiations this year. “Tt’s particularly timely,” he wage freeze stated, ‘‘when you consider th kind of position adopted by union like the United Auto Workers in th U.S.” He pointed out that the UAW instead of fighting back agains massive layoffs, has a commodated itself to the auld) industry and has signed several wage contracts which have wage increases. “In some ca particularly in the south, they’vé ye accepted wage cuts,”’ he declareé Shane warned delegates a t the danger of the Congress or any) trade unions in this country ace cepting similar propositions:|. “Anybody who things the nd : increase agreements or wage cuts) accepted by the UAW will do} anything to solve the economigh ; problems, is kidding themselves, he said. “There are cutbacks in hours nol only in the U.S. but here as well, | Steelworkers delegate Mona) Allison said in pointing out thal E employees have been cut back tO three weeks a month at Hay Truck where she works. “and we’ve got to take action on it a now or they won’t even hear us Ottawa.” Tenants lobby Continued from Pg. 1 commission to require of the apartment owners, the complete rental records, month by month, suite by suite back to December, 1972, of the Oak Apartments in Coquitlam and the Delmonico Apartment in Burnaby — both cases where tenants’ have produced evidence of illegal rents. Another resolution directed at the commission and adopted by the conference noted the public ad- vertisement for a person-to head a study group on rents and housing, and called on the commission to appoint B.C.T.O. Bruce Yorke as well as a similar person chosen by ~ the B.C. Rental Housing Authority to serve on the study group. A further resolution asked that the commission require the posting of all rents in all apartment blocks along with the anniversary date — a requirement long sought by tenants. Conference delegates also had some sharp words for the office of . the rentalsman and the man himself, Barrie Clark. The con- ference noted that the office “operates under the concept of accommodation to the landlord’s = } Feb. 25 Aa rather than on the pasi¢ legal rights of tenants. — ie _Some specific instances wel* cited of the bias of the rentalsma? including one case where the offi acceded to the absurd demand by landlord that a tenant supp? character references for he children who were under 10. Focus of the B.C.T.O. campaig? 2 for the spring session will be thé lobby to the Legislature slated fo! Tuesday, February 25 with tenanh | — to meet on the steps at 11:30 aa Letters have already gone 0 asking for a meeting with the NDP caucus as well as a later meeti | with concerned cabinet minister - The lobby will press for ame? a ene to the Landlord and Tena? Act including the establishment a full time B.C. Rental Housit Authority under the direction of department of housing; removal of all exemptions to rent review section of the act; implementation of the ND oP election pledge guaranteeing th?) right of tenants to f0 associations and councils 4! bargain collectively with landlor® over rents and conditions; vigorous enforcement of rent crease limitations.