The following letter, was Mar.
7. sent, to. Prime , Minister, Tru-
Kashtan, Lead:

et of the Communist Paity of
Canada:

internal affairs E Panes, This
is further exemplified.in its use
of the.‘ ‘trading with the enemy
act’?.to. prevent a proposed sale
of 25 locomotives to Cuba.

“This is an intolerable situa-
tion, which neither, the Govern-
ment, or Parliament can accept
without underinining the sovere:
ignty, and independeiice of
Canada.

“Parliament , and your Goy-
ernment should make, unmistak-
ably clear that it, will not toler:
ate any such interference and
in line with this , will . enact
legislation. to compel all foreign
owned companies in Canada to

abide by Canadian law.

ape the wae tp
inctease profits at the
ple, 4

ny
ggering on from

_ to. another. i ane
a

: Cutting

labor iii-

on and unemploy-
et ot the ey

wage
for, thi
ha

_ The director-Beneral of _ re-
search and development in Cab-
ada’s federal Department of La-
bor, Harty J. Waise! ass, readily
admits , pane ever Since 1967
wages ha spot chasing { prices,
In ibite. of this, and the now
well-known fact that the ce
ages has suffere an

ne, workers and

of eating

1 bitte

a eze by gove

imposed limits on spending, oi
the one hand, and a ban. on
strikes.on the ather hand. This
is particularly the case. in such
fue service as health

x

xpeses Usd, miivence

“With respect to the Mi W-
W ‘Orthington Co, itd,

munist, Party, Tae Va if

over ae epartiee as a “en mn
Corporation.

CHALLENGE INCREASES

The following. wire. was sent

Mar. 7 to Prime Minis ster, Tru-
feay.. by William, Bea an
eader, Communist Party *
anada:
URGE, , YOUR,

Nt. 10 a rake si4
NCREASES_IN- BREAD. THERE
iS, NO, JUSTIFICATION . FOR

SUCH INCREASES. WE ALSO
ASK YOUR. GOVERNMENT
TO... EXTEND ..THE . PRICE

FREEZE, .ON ENERGY, AND
BME PREVENT, A FURI R
Hy EROSION | OF LIVING Sth

“the labget guestion which, is

ah to the fore. by. this
event is t Wd extent to. wl lich out-
side contro in-

Heat trad:
the world and
creel prospectS in Can-
ada.

face hepa Hate

ii

“The. foreign investinent bill
is obyi tously no answer. $9 ais

it Has hot, checked j
increased
fous

in any) way.
oreipn ownership of
aoe

lation. ig required to cob cai
the problem, of foreign owner-

ship, a8. distinct, ftom invest-
men's and oaiis, ih, this connec.
tion the. of

Canada, is. of the opinion. that
only , public ownership under
emorratic. control can, éffec-

tively ¥,.come to ue with foré-

ign, ayers ip and ,enable the
cai nadian ie to become
masiers of their own house.”

i pais first =

to, the.extent that'the mars!
will bear, 2 6

The main concern of the t |
corporations ig maximum profit
The. profits. of the, monopolies
have increased as. the workeis
share. in. the, national income
has declined: Wage eain iS, it
sioners, ab “Others, on,
cone, are the Noemie of it a's

éorporations are t

in
Lion,
p6HE-

AS A,

/P. Bell of Liiperial, Oil

id, told f a Nova Scotia, price
i fe | Jast,. Feb ty. 15;
ie to moyé prices. is
6 bie sr dun i yi

pri price nena ies:

Hosts | in steel

Presently. i price increases are
being annaunced on a wide
of Rae ian _ steel. products.
_price lth le ie ber-

10!

e écono-

fe i soa the w

SRR Renn

eel and, me ds; Boi
dig fee efecsve, at i

Steel

raise
March
Recently the Teryn Prine Min.
ister of Britain put. Britain on, a
hree-day work week whet the
miners refused to .work over-
time, or, more than five days per
week, When the miners,
for. more, :

hony issue eur mo
try, the tiniohs 6F

ii sis, | ae
el a

ee
BRET

te
cover Pie
as in Cal a

gist ie are eis 0

S% Teste botes ah

re Serve {helt
B interests am

1g. loser
r ase ty BP é

i 8

for the ¢ oe

Hsée and
he “fet mm met
Ae réa Hlized on

I investment.
The eee our, system, 18:
er -
te elle " es a

S, aud ae
ess s_.to wor ers who
prac 3a

by the monopolies an
ica ah ‘inp

a

are to

General
ie CO,, a, ania ¢ that com-
ni in early iete The
Tastee €, as, i all suck strug-
bles today, are defence ih yin
stanc ards anc working | condi-
; The, way to victory is
1é workers involve
0 cs, orBanized workers

a y Hes can ie

é ‘ait ‘4! jee! labor

back up

are in re front line, a
in the battle apainst th tie
polie S.. i {

leré is no uestioh, About the
‘fact that ee si at
ahadians ate victims of mano-
poly capitalist exploitation, Mass

SiG ETIES

ie eh

ie action will. have. t to. be
a Banization an
struele to, 0. curb monopoly pow-
and. Breeleats to
pt le favorable

te Baal ‘

By TOM Mor Ris

ag AEL-CIO president George
Meany, in a fowery, letier, has
invited, Alexander Solzhenitsyn
io.visit the USA. as a guest o
thal labor, federation. The letter,

sent Fe sbruaiy,, 23, lauds Solztte-
nitsyn’s,, ‘cour ABeOUS struggle
for. intellectual a and human. fhes-

dom’sand offers, | to, ‘onganice, a
tour. 50 that you may Das, the
opportunity to travel widely in
our diverse cot untry,”

Méany’s largesse, is interest:
ing Biven Solz chenitsyn's lat 8
omine dn an. article. March

which. , Time Magazine, < calls

at of adyice from the ex:
ile,” eae leis hh i
Qh =
dear Ng’ George Me, The AFL-
re ton opresident, as been ham-
away, at Nixon over Wa

urging, he, resign. Sal
gheniisyn’s cont tributic on tg Mea-
nyis argument. jis, to ,¢hide, the
dudze, who, “flouti: ig his obliga:
tory independ ence, Pande ering to
ihe passions. of society, acquis
a inan who, during an, exhaust-
ing. war, , Steals aiid pub-
lishes efense De} artnent doc-
Uiments.”” penne the preat. dis-
sident Solzhenitsyn advocating
a, nice, jong. jail term for the,dis-
siderit Ellsberg. who exposed the
éntap On papers, |

More “word of advice from

Hug i ing

igs Bate;

Wha if Salzhe
were iH your WnIBA?

sic Bo, TOM FOLEY...
wie er eral 8 quate, the U.S.

Ww wi hy the . Soviet nion, if
ing with people. about sie 1 Eee
ters | nate
esycho opical warfare campaign
around writer Alexander Sol-
theni syn,
To, agrée_to.< consider the, t.8.
aid the USSR as _identical -be-
cause, both are states, is. like
agreeing to consider a corpora-
tion, and-a trade, union, as iden-
tical because both ‘are organiz4-
tions;

This is exactly the same ap-
proach the , friends of Solzhéni-
tsyn ai They. are Jor democ ra-
i in ui same way , that i

ree, enterprise” friends

“right to. work” Jaws pretend EB
be, for trade union democracy,

Let me try, to draw ;an an-
alogy here which 1, think _fits
Solzhenitsyn's case. Let US |sUp-
pose the son af @ ruined, busi-
ness tycoon being forced to be-
come an industrial worker in

order to, ive, and even joining
the union, ini
But i imagine that this worker

(lel? s all him Alex) invariably
ta es th le. side of the bosses, in
every i sue -— Speed. up, neglect
of. worker. Brlevances Manage-
ment, Spying, , etc. Sup ose. he

continually _ etgues that, oie
should be no union at all, that
unions, are rotten and thee

thy Ys evil,
. Suppose. that, during, the. big:
pest Strike struggle the junion
has ever. waged, Alex tries, t
Beta discussion. Broup. ie
amon ite ieners about, how
stupid, ap fi Ae t
vat dea ership

Bue that in
has, B

wait
wor, ert een,

wor ‘)
Boons anc severa

ough , most

Hos Ht

ave been

would be.,seized. pon uh

. citizens were killed 28 al

BO. Up
Tr gees andaser
ii the past 12

on

On. Monday et February 4 :
Meany: S) AEE, pette| called for? 9 ¥
“fullsscale, 1, ponaressional in ee
bpation into ihe 19 972.8
Sovielstrade pact.” He’s 0 ps
to, U.S,Soyiet trade —,, 50;
Solzhenitsyn. When you
right down to it, Meany,
Solzhenitsyn deserye each oul
as duestion.is: does the;
pal movement deserve | e

them?

enitsyf ;

ie
killed, that Alex. Pa cin
uting articles, to th cpt
tion’s, newsletter, {put lished \P2
the bosses) Saying, that, {5
uriion really ought. to haye |e
the , strike, that none. of, Ye)
workers, deserve the oe
crease iliey’ Ve WO, and ,¢
on ihe .Benerai public to, a
thai the union, be. ‘bulishedly val
‘ A do hee Suppose *e
one, with Alex? How Wi
He dealt, _with?, No ‘al
case like this would Pie
tmany, thorny problems, both ;
the union and to, af we i

They would be Fes trai
the, fact that anything t ey

enemies of the union and,
working class and , stored
But. event ually things
get, , to, the point where,
would have io strip Alex of
union... membership, ie :
him, from ihe union fl
what. was done, to, Saizhemtyy
he, was stripped, of his) men of
ship in. the sworking , class, “ gy
and £xpelled., from the unio? |

the Soyiet Union.
that 5 tate, from, Nazi i

More than. 26,,million, Se
And a. piece, of, t3arist, 119
like, Solzhenitsyn has no. iM
nable right § ie Sovie t. citizens
in his ase dé was) an extra
nary, privilege, which he
tindally abusediis., a ints Hee
, Auworker within; a union vat
&. right to express his neat
here. js..a). point, where, 2
¢ low -workers,, can tell, he,
agent, bi the bosses and.
be, j Rig
fl i"

ils, “ipdemoctation’ a
ihe fact, it,is the, hin Fj
Ald, that is. hay G bate
shiguld argue, thes
Case. Daily Wor