N BS :
Whe i Pe if.

n'a Communist can win a free election, | say there's something
wrong with free elections!’’

ff Th :
i a lowing statement was

Wile c2Y the Central Execu-
Ming ermittee of the Com-
ist Party:

Re carty:
| Ca the protocol and
the due were signed by
Sovetnmeccian and Soviet
thd Buents, a calculated
Wt caust@t anti-Soviet cold
Mize Paign has been or-
hhigae , -Y Tight-wing political
WH lthe,,,9d outside of Par-
*dte th, Nan attempt to ne-
hs gi, Positive outcome of
| Nida) Cussions which was so
tons Welcomed by Cana-

The

Ly the Mtegy being pursued
) feactionaries is to
Bauer on side issues,
Hh tom Pub IC attention away
) Ments © significant agree-
F them tronved at and prevent
The cn being implemented.

pervative Party and
i S press is at the
} Poi n, i this anti-Soviet cam-
‘tong in Words, it pretends to
"dtion de €nse of Canada’s
interests, its sove-
5, it independence. But
S. impnt Plays the game of

Stialism, The Conser-

YW
Regn AM BEECHING

f] Ate }
nitcheyn Fred J. Schofield,
of the
y, is the party’s
4X Schofer Regina North West.
MN of comP8 a rich back-
Munit
| te, Me y work. He
fers Who holds a life-time
erg A nthe National
tino Before that he
memberships in
: eu an Farmers Un-
da, hited Farmers of

§

r,
_ th Schofielg

H ity : Swift, “aS a councillor
ten Or Urrent municipal-
bog ber 0 teats, and was a
toon’ for e Beverley School

a thee 'ti Bors: Active in the
Fongetber ee apoment, he was
n € board of the

ferent for Petative in Swift
coma his ss years, and has
fp Ns a tee fo, (cal Wheat Pool
an cuitector Over 30 years. He

( Tedit 1,0! the Saskatche-
loca 10n League, and
Committee of the
°Perative Imple-

Vag

ia] i. field was

Rader of pee

Com-

3 for Sask. CP |
“poses Thatcher hoax

| FRIENDSHIP PACT
BRAKING COLD WAR

vative Party has chosen to play
a dangerous and opportunistic
game, pandering to reaction-
ary nationalist. groups and
fanning anti-Sovietism with
the hope this will get them
some votes,

Patriotic Canadians, all
those concerned with the wel-
fare of the country and the
strengthening of its indepen-
dence and sovereignty, should
not allow themselves to be di-
verted and sidetracked from
what is of cardinal importance
for Canada and its true na-
tional interests.

These national interests are
embodied in the Protocol on
Consultations which pledges
both Canada and the USSR
to further develop friendly re-
lations and mutually advanta-
geous cooperation, and to
play an active and significant
role in the relaxation of inter-
national tensions and the pre-
servation of peace. ©

Whose interests are harmed
by these agreements?

Will they not strengthen
Canada’s ability to pursue an

@ Continued on page 8

munist Party in Saskatchewan
in 1969.

The Communist Party’s pro-
gram will emphasize people’s
unity around an anti-monopoly
program which stresses the
Canadian, publicly-owned devel-
opment of the province’s resour-
ces as the basis for the estab-
lishment of industry. The party’s
position is that it is only this
kind of development that can
provide an all-round and full fu-
ture for Saskatchewan working
and farm youth. The party’s pro-
gram calls for no sale of the
ownership of Saskatchewan's
water or energy resources be-
cause it is upon these that the
future establishment of hun-
dreds and perhaps thousands of
new industries depends.

The Communist Party in Sas-
katchewan campaigns against
the Thatcher-Liberal government
policy of increasingly turning
over the resources of the prov-
ince to private monopoly own-
ership. At one time, for example,
68% of the province’s natural
gas needs were met out of pub-

@ Continued on page 8

Labor Committee for Jobs
plans mass picket of PM

for new economic policy

2.

the

lan youth g
3. 1,250,000 Cos lag y
4, 6,000,000 Canadians living at or below the poverty level, according te

@ Welfare

of

5. Plant closures -- lay-offs increasing. -
6. Farmers are belag driven off the land.
7. Small Businessmen are bolag wiped ovt.

with such great potential wealth as Canada.

under the poll:

climb for the

nation of the facts clearly refutes this claim.

© The foreign contro! of our industry.
© The giveaway of Canada’s natural resources.

and Profit

© Price
@ Unemployment.

FY

By JIM BRIDGEWOOD

“Wanted—One Million Jobs!”
is the demand of the Hamilton-
Oakville Labor Committee for
Jobs, representing over 40,000
trade unionists, now organizing
thousands of workers and un-
employed: to demonstrate for
jobs in a mass picket of Prime
Minister Trudeau when on Wed-
nesday June 9 he visits the city
of Hamilton to take part in the
celebrations of its 125 anniver-
sary. ;

The Ontario NDP caucus has
endorsed the Labor Committee
for Jobs’ program and plan of
action. This was announced by
Reg Gisborn, NDP-MPP for
Hamilton East at a June 1 pub-
lic meeting called by the Com-
mittee as “the first step of a
continuing pregram to help the
jobless.” Over 400 men and
women heard Gisborn, who
brought greetings from Ontario
NDP leader Stephen Lewis, say
he himself would be on the
picket line next Wednesday and
is encouraging “all trade union-
ists to be there as well.”

Initial public action of the
Labor Committee for Jobs was
publication on May 22 of a full-
page ad in the local press, in
which it presented its program
for a new economic policy of
one million jobs.

Present on the platform of
the June 1 meeting and repre-
senting the Labor Committee
for Jobs were its chairman Ron
Tipler, president of Local 1005

8. -
Hea bovsing valt shortage.

GOVERNMENT -: BIG BUSINESS RESPONSIBLE

The facts are that 196} to 1970 were bonanze years fer Big Business, which
fattened on rising inflation. But with workers trying to catch up on the infletion
through bargaining and through strikes when necessary, government and big busi-

All told, the sitoation confronting us is verging on the disastrous for @ country

Adding to the crisis conditions, is the fact that very few economists or leading
public figures — other then politicians — will prophesy any eppreciable upward
ical conditions of to-day.

LABOUR IS NOT TO BLAME FOR

© The war in Indo China, which is the major cause of inflation.
© Forgivable loans to assist in runaway plants to lew wage areas.
© The vast amounts of Canadian Capital leaving this country.

ry hes

WANTED -- One Million Jobs
This Country Is In One Hell OF A Mess

1. One million Canadians without \\obs.
ting from school aad college te unemployment.

d @ ene mil-

ness, using Inflation as the bogey, stepped up their
in the wsiny

cks on labour and deliberate-

ly brought about « °

o] ry ess
brake on labour's demands, with the results wp see today — mass ynempleyment and

prices and taxes still climbing.

The statements of Government and Leaders of Industry have placed the blame
for this situation at the feet of the working people of this country. However an exami-

TRUDEAU ADMITS GUILT

The Trudeeu Government boldly admits it created the unemployment sitvation
in this country. The resolve of the problem fer the Canadian people in coming te grips
with growing unemployment and poverty, is to develop « peoples’ program ef action.
Such @ program must be placed before Government at all levels gad ectively com-
Paigned for. We must call upon the Tredecu: Liberal Government et Ottewa te rev-

erse ‘its ic policy of
full employment.

Workers

ing te Big Busi

end te emberk upon « policy of

Ci velop East-
*

(Stelco) of the United Steel-

workers; Al Davidson, secreta-
ry of the Hamilton Building
Council; Pat Clancey, — vice-
resident, UAW-Oakville; | Leo
Schultz, business agent of Local
598 Teamsters; and Tom David-
son, UE co-ordinator.

In opening the meeting, Pat
Clancey spoke of the program
and the purpose of the Com-
mittee. Quoting from the May
22 Hamilton Spectator full-page
ad, he said: see

“This country is in one hell
of a mess. All told, the situa-
tion confronting us is verging
on the disastrous for a country
with such great potential wealth
as Canada . . . Statements of
government and leaders of in-
dustry have placed the blame
for this situation at the feet of
the working people of this coun-
try. However an examination of
the facts clearly refutes this
claim.

“The facts are that 1961 to
1970 were bonanza years for
big business, which fattened on
rising inflation. But with work-
ers trying to catch up on the
inflation through bargaining and
through strikes when necessary,
government and big business,
using inflation as the bogey,
stepped up their attacks on
labor. and deliberately brought

about a slowdown in the econ- |

omy, using increased.unemploy-
ment as a brake on labor’s de-
mands with the results we see
today—mass unemployment and
prices and taxes still climbing.

ployed in basic

THEIR JOBS te the'extent by which the rticl int
rights for these who are unempleyed. eng races is occa ard ais 5

ACTION ON A NEW ECONOMIC POLICY NEEDED

We call for united action by employed workers, along with those who suffer the effects of unemployment and poverty,
in support of the following program and its implementation:-- : :

This is a. section of the May 22 full-page ad inserted in a. Hamilton daily by the Labor Com-
mittee for Jobs. The Committee and its program for a new economic policy are endorsed by Local
879, Int. Brotherhood of Teamsters (Hamilton Area); Local 707, United Auto Workers (Ford Oak- |
ville); United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE — Hamilton Area); Local 1005, United
Steelworkers ‘(Stelco); Local 113, United Rubber Workers (Firestone); Oakville Labor Council
(Oakville Area); United Rubber Workers (Oaktille); Hamilton Building Trades Council (Represent-
ing 18 Construction Unions); Local 2868, United Steelworkers (Harvester); Local 525, UAW (Ham-
itton Area); Local 203, United Glass Workers, (Dominion Glass); UE Ladies Auxiliary (National).

y and service WILL ONLY SicuRE

“The Trudeau government
boldly admits it created the un-
employment situation in : this
country.’ The resolve of the
problem for the Canadian peo-
ple in .coming to grips ‘with
growing unemployment and
poverty is to develop a peoples’
program of action. Such a pro-
gram must be placed before gov-
ernment at all levels and active-
ly campaigned for. We must
call upon the Trudeau Liberal
government at Ottawa to re-
verse its economic policy of
catering to big business and fo
embark upon a policy of fall
employment. aay"

“Workers employed in basic
industry and service occupa-
tions will only secure their job
to the extent by which they
participate in the struggle for
jobs and equal rights for those
who are unemployed.”

Mr. Clancy outlined the 12

points of the new economic

policy called for by the Labor
Committee for Jobs (see the
May 26 issue of the Canadian
Tribune). Of the mass picket
planned for June 9 he said in
conclusion, “It’s a demonstra-
tion for all of Canada, not just
Mr. Trudeau.” _

Committee chairman Ron Tip-
ler pledged full support of the
11,000 members of Stelco Local
1005 for the Committee’s pro-
gram and demonstration. “The
protest,” he said, “will start the
ball rolling towards a solution
to the country’s economic prob-

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