said: Socred At one of the largest election rallies held during the current provincial election campaign, Tim Buck, national chairman of the Communist Party of Canada, told about 1,000 people that the key to progress in B.C. lies in defeating the Bennett govern- ment. Buck told the rally, held last Sunday in the Pender Auditorium, that a defeat for Bennett would not only retain he Columbia river basin for Canada, but would be- gin the process of stopping the flow of Canadian resources to U.S. monopoly industries. TIM BUCK The meeting was also address- ed by each of the CP candidates in Greater Vancouver — Maurice Rush, Ron Forkin and Bill Stew- art, and was chaired by the party’s election campaign man- ager, Charles Caron. Buck drew attention to the fact that Social Credit was the only political party in Canada to op: pose the recent sale of Canadian grain to the Soviet Union, and charged: “This fits into the Socred pattern of using Canada’s wealth solely for the benefit of the U.S." Calling for the election of an NDP government in B.C., he “Such a step would be a move in the right direction—a Key task is defeat’ step which the Communist Party has advocated for over 40 years . When we first fermed our party in 1922, we pledged our- selves to the task of erecting a party of labor in Canada.”’ Buck dealt extensively with the revolution in the means of production and what bearing this revolution would have — upon peaceful ca-exictores — hefwean socialism and capitalism. “Capitalism cos: Tyoblems brought about by the boom in productive forces,”’ he said, “and although it would like to retard automation, it is com- pletely incapable of doing this. “Let us use this revolution in productive forces as a vehicle to win socialism,’’ he urged his listeners. Earlier in the day, Buck was greeted at Vancouver airport by Communist candidates and their supporters and was driven into town at the head of a colorful car cavalcade. : He has also spoken a Victoria, Courtenay, North Vancouver and Surrey, as well as on TV. Late Flash! Press and radio reporters late Wednesday indicated that some sort of out-of-court settlement had been reached between the B.C. Hydro and Power Authority and the B.C. Power Corporation in regard to the Bennett government’s take-over of the B.C. Electric. Although terms of he settle- ment were not announced, this newspaper has_ consistently warned that attempts were being made to wangle another 20 or 30 million dollars from the pocketbooks of taxpayers by the BCE coupon clippers. The agreement appeared to be designed to let Premier Bennett announce a substana- tial power rate reduction on the eve of the provincial elec- tion, September 30. COMMUNISTS Cont'd from Page 1 by B.C. demanding that Ottawa spend the $370 million now ear- marked for frigates to build large cargo freighters. The statement Eccles in the- London Daily Worker “This must be the earliest he’s been late this week.” nian ihc added that thirty 25,000 ton freighters could be built with this money. The Communist candidates concluded by pointing out that blocking the giveaway of the Col- umbia to the U.S. and using the vast hydro potential of the river to power large scale industrial- ization of southern B.C. is the key issue in this election,‘‘be- cause on the outcome of this fight depends whether the peo- ple of B.C. will block the way to further sellouts of our re- sources.”? The Communist candidates called on the voters to save the Columbia for B.C. by ousting the Socred:government which ‘‘is the instrument of B.C.’s betray- al, ”? Dear Friends: ‘PT’ Special Offer 3-month Sub for only $1 I would like to receive your labor paper on a 3.. month trial basis. Enclosed, please find my $1 payment, UN ee ADDRESS. 25-3 (This offer expires on Sept. 30, 1963) S ss - 7 * ¥ ot solve the' Columbia powe =the real issue eee MAURICE RUSH, Communist candidate in North Vancouver and Associate Editor of the Pacific Tribune made the following statement on C-FUN’s Roy Jacques program last Monday. Init he describes why the Columbia Treaty and resources is the key issue in next Monday’s vote. The key issue in this election is to put a stop to the sellout of B.C.’s natural resources and to introduce policies which will utilize our vast resources to cre- ate new industries and _ thou- sands of new jobs, The policies of successive So- ‘cial Credit governments has been to sell the people’s natural herit- age, especially to the United States for a quick dollar. Thus they are turning the people of B.C. into hewers of wood, dig- gers of ore and storers of water. Instead of that, if correct poli- cies were adopted, B.C. with its vast storehouse of natural trea- sures of wood, minerals, natural gas, oil and power, could be- come one of the greatest indus- trial areas of North America and the world. The real reason why the So- cred government called the elec- tion at the present time, two years before it was’ necessary, is because it is anxious to get the election out of the way and be returned to office on the eve of carrying through the biggest resources sellout of all — the Columbia River. Premier Bennett was afraid that opposition in Canada, and in Parliament when it recon- venes in the Fall to consider the draft treaty, would defeat his plan to turn control of the Columbia River to the U.S. He is hoping to strengthen his hand. by being returned on September 30 with a new mandate, The decisive issue before-the people in B.C. in this election »is to block the plans of the Socreds to give away the Col- umbia, described by Gen. A. G, L. McNaughton and other prom- inent Canadians as a ‘‘sellout?’, A setback for Bennett at the polls on September 30 would be the most. effective way for the people of this province to block. the giveaway of the Columbia River. The draft treaty, which the Socreds and the minority Liberal government in Ottawa are try- ing to push through would turn B.C.’s interior into a vast stor- age area for water to be re- leased when needed for power development in the U.S. Instead of a treaty providing for this plan, B.C. and Canada should adopt the all-Canadian plan of Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton Carpenters The 21st annual B. C. con- vention of carpenters has rea- firmed its opposition to the Col- umbia treaty and its backing of the McNaughton Plan. The B.C. Council of Carpenters is now charged with the task of furth- ering its efforts to prevent ratifi- cation of the treaty. The convention, held in Nelson last week, also demanded that the Pearson government reverse its decision on nuclear arms and ‘‘strive for the ultimate goal of peace without destructive arms now that a major breakthrough -has been achieved.’? This demand was linked to an- other which asked for a 50 per- cent slash in the arms budget, with the resultant saving to be used to develop Canada’s natural hit treaty resources and bring the country’s industries under Canadian. con- trol. The meet also demanded that the union’s constitution be amended to allow locals to af- filiate with the NDP. This re- ‘quest will be forwarded to inter- national headquarters for action, W. G. Cameron of Vancouver was elected president of the coun- cil for the coming year. TUT TUT, GIRLS! _ The skirts of Salvation Army girls are getting “a bit — short’ according to the Army’s world commander, Gen. Wilfred Kitching. He told reporters skirts should be “somewhere between the ankle and the knee.” - all Canada, “BLOCK THE PLAN TO HAND 2 TO -LHEP UsSi S. . which would develop maximu! power dams on the Canadia side of the Columbia for Cal ada’s benefit This latter plan, which is truly patriotic plan, would el able Columbia power, which coul be the cheapest source of po in North America, to prov. the base for building a gre industrial empire in souther B.C. and provide tens of thou: sands of new jobs in the neé future and for generations come. This plan would also prevel the flooding of tens of thousan¢ of acres of rich B.C. land in interior, and would make ava able water for use in the pr rie provinces and provide larg quantities of cheap power to 4” national power grid to serv Many British Columbians hav! become impatient with the de lay in developing the Columbi River basin, The reason for thi delay is to found in the ul popular power policy which th Socreds have attempted to fore down the throat of an unwillin population. : To get quick acti on th Columbia, the present draft treaty should be scrapped an an early start made on an all Canadian development of th Columbia. The federal and pro vincial governments s h 0 ul jointly finance the developme? of the river and thus keep ! under Canadian control, The present plan reported from Washington ‘is that US. financial interests will put UP about $450 ‘million to build the storage dams in B.C. which the! want. : This will not only assure them — that they will get water storage It will also give them effecti¥ control over the B.C. dams aD! place them in a key position for generations to come, to hav the final say in what develop- ment will take place on the Can adian side of the river. ; That is why we Communist say that this election may P! the last big chance the peopl of B.C. will get to block th! biggest betrayal in our history That is why we say: OUST THE SOCREDS AND THE COLUMBIA RIVER OVER REVELSTOKE \CANYON —-- REVELSTOKE \CANYON KOOTENAI FALLS