| Wood industry forcing strike D. Boudreau, Nanaimo, writes: As a dedicated communist member and a resident of the city of Nanaimo, it is only natural that I Would be deeply concerned about ihe depressed situation existing in the forest industry. Nanaimo is a city of ap- Proximately 40,000 people who rely | heavily on the processing: and Manufacturing of forest products for their main employment. When 4 major turn of events in the in- dustry occurs, such as a major | Strike, the vast majority of _ Workers have no other opportunity Beaver Transfer| * Moving _ * Packing | bs Storage | 790 Powell St. Phone 254-3711. of employment to turn to. It is therefore apparent that. if these men strike, it must be for the sheer common reasoning that no other avenue is open to them. If there were, it surely would not pay to ‘strike without first examining every alternative, because they are the ones who, no doubt, suffer the most for their actions. Besides the loss of wages a strike ‘will produce, never to be made up, another factor must be taken into consideration, the hard earned savings that will surely be depleted in paying for the support of families and the backlog of debts that will have to be made up. Management is attempting to tie the labor force securely to the cost of living increase, and I rather suspect that the government leaders are attempting to lead the workers in the same direction. The strike expected in the forest industry comes only after a period of uncertain bargaining, with management bent on holding to a final offer allowing only the cost of living increase, which denies the workers their right to share in the profits. UKRAINIAN HALL 805 E PENDER , JULY 5 YC L PRESENTS Nostalgia 64 featuring - (just released) Kingston Trio? = Soledad & the Brothers (four?) — Charlie Chaplin -Nikita Kruschev? ~--~- PUB NIGHT NS & Maui Honolulu/Waikiki Double occupancy includes Hotel accommodation oreserve space or for further information. please contact way The expertsin travel to the USSR GLOBE TOURS 2679 Hastings Street East/Vancouver B.C./253-1221 Pp AciFic TRIBUNE-—JULY 4, 1975—Page 7 The workers must not mistake by accepting the employers’ arguments. It is the responsibility of the union leaders to explain this pitfall clearly to the workers; who - : in turn must be diligent in their _ pursuits and continue to demand a share in the profits which is so rightfully theirs. All they are asking for is a very small portion of the profits they, themselves, have created; but are being denied. This denial must be challenged with all the vigor that can be ' mustered up for the sake of the humble dinity of the worker’s position in this society. Day care policy ‘step backwards’ L. Tarwick, Nanaimo, writes: I am writing this to let the people of this province know that the NDP government has changed its policy toward child care and in so doing, has taken a giant step backward instead of improving the situation. When the NDP initiated its sliding scale subsidy for day care in 1972, parents were assisted greatly in obtaining care for their children since the program took their financial position into ac- count. Today, however, we are faced with a new method of subsidizing day care which only allows a maximum of one-third of family income for shelter costs and im- poses similar ceilings on other family expenses. Verification of all information must. also be sub- mitted. In addition, no applications for day care capital or equipment grants will be considered until after December 1, 1975. With a policy like this, only the absolutely poor or the very_rich will have access to day care for their children. What about the working people of the province? In answer, I submit the following program which could be im- plemented in two stages. First, stage: e Government operated day care centres with staff considered government employees and con- sultants to be hired with the responsibility of supervising areas throughout the province. e Government standards for centres with equipment and supply grants allocated annually. — e Funding for centres to come from general revenue. e Flexibility of program. e New centres for children under three. Second stage: e The institution of a four-year teacher training program for day care centres — to begin within three years. e A government program of day care centre construction. I see the first stage being 2 en initiated immediately with the second stage to be started within three years. It is on rare occasions that films of the force and brilliance of Hearts and Minds find their way onto the screens of local theatres. This year’s Vancouver Festival of International Films is one of these occasions. Produced by Bert Schneider and Peter Davis, the film is the devastating documentary that laid to rest all of the myths which surrounded U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Made in 1973, it won wide acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival the following year, and captured the 1975 Oscar for Best Documentary.. Hearts and Minds traces the role of the United States in Vietnam from 1950 on and lays bare the lies of five American presidents; Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. Had it been made in 1975 instead of 1973 it might have uncovered the lies of yet another president — Gerald Ford. Consisting of film clips, speeches and scenes of the war, it shows not only the deceptions of the American politicians, but the ugliness of the war, the beatings and tortures administered by American soldiers 5,000 miles from their -homes, and the wholesale destruction of life and property which characterized the American presence in Vietnam. But it shows more than that. Hearts and Minds tells the story of the spirit and determination of the Vietnamese people, and chronicles the changing: attitude of many Americans themselves, whose massive demonstrations played such an important part in forcing the final withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam. Two Canadian films in this year’s festival show that military repression is possible in Canada, as well as Vietnam. Both films, Les Ordres and Bingo, deal with the ‘Hearts and Minds’ among film choices 1970 October Crisis, and the sub- sequent suspension of civil rights in Canada under the War Measures Act. Les Ordres, made by Michael Brault, documents the frightening weeks when the police and military searched and arrested at random, when people were held in- communicado indefinitely, and armed soldiers were commonplace at government buildings. Brault won top honors as best director at this year’s Cannes Festival and Les Ordres itself was very close to winning the top prize as best film in the Festival. Bingo, the other Canadian film, deals with the same experience, and has been one of eastern Canada’s most popular films this year. Hearts and Minds will be shown on July 15 and July 26, Les Ordres © July 23.and 25, and Bingo on July 13 and 15. All are to be shown at the Dunbar Theatre and tickets are available now at three locations, the Odeon Downtown, the Varsity and the Dunbar. : Of interest to television viewers is Dreams and Nightmares, the widely-acclaimed film of post-Civil War Spain to be shown this Friday, July 4 on the PBS _ network (Channel 9) at 10 p.m. Abraham Lincoln Battalion veteran Abe Osheroff shot the film under clandestine conditions in fascist Spain in 1957 and included historical footage with his own to produce the final 60-minute screen version. He won top honors at the Leipzig film festival for his work. In Dreams and Nightmares, Osheroff reflects on his own decision 20 years earlier to volunteer for the International Brigades and shows the legacy of that struggle which did not end with Franco’s triumph in 1939. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING fea SE VICTORIA'S Annual Picnic : and Salmon Barbecue At the Knotthole -4810 Sooke Rd. Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland residents welcome. 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