a ne eat team EDITORIAL Use sanctions to curb Israel! As the toll of grisly Israeli war crimes mounts, Millions of people, including tens of thou- ‘ands of Israelis, are strongly protesting the €gin government's outrages in Lebanon. It.is time the Canadian Government did More than whisper gentle disapproval. In €monstrations, vigils, newspaper ads and Phone-in programs Canadians are demand-" ing diplomatic and economic sanctions against the marauder gang which rules Israel and profanes the UN and the world consci- ence. In Beirut, which is being reduced to rubble 4nd corpses by Zionism’s mass murderers, Some 100 Lebanese women (including the _ ime minister’s wife) are hunger striking to demand access to badly needed medical sup- Plies blocked by Israeli armor. In Beirut also, Canada’s ambassador €odore Arcand, spoke in diplomatic terms of the horror of Israel’s unwarranted annihi- lation of people and levelling of cities. His less Onest bosses in Ottawa moved him to a less Sensitive locale. Canada’s government should dissociate it- Self from the bloody killers of children, des- toyers of orphanages and hospitals, and mediately send the Israeli ambassador Packing. It should at once recall Canada’s ambassador from Tel Aviv, and halt all trad- Ing and financial dealing with the regime of State terrorism. It should encourage other ountries to do likewise. (The Israeli regime jas wrought 11,000 deaths in Lebanon since It lied to the world about establishing a 40 km buffer zone”. Not least, Canada should revoke the visa of that merchant of death, Yitzhak Rabin, now In Canada peddling Israeli bonds. This for- €ign conspiracy eating at Canada’s well-being rags of its annual take of $10- to $14-million - Out of Toronto alone to assist the Israeli cause — the cause which is premeditatedly blowing the arms and legs off Arab children. Instead of abetting Israeli state terrorism, Ottawa is called upon to respond to the F-18 deal sags Canada’s foolish commitment to buy 137 Lockheed F-18 Hornet fighter planes from the -S. corporation at a cost of over $4-billion has been criticized on many grounds. Now we €ar that a possible cutback in orders by the .‘S. Navy publicized $1-billion worth of Canadian jobs Promised with the deal. Being tied to U.S. war Policies is very expensive. Flashbacks _ 25 years KEEP MINES OPEN VANCOUVER — Take a 15% wage cut or the Mines will:be closed down. This was the ultimatum 8iven to 800 Britannia hardrock miners by the New ork head office of Britannia Mines. ut at one of the largest meetings in the history of the Britannia local of the International Mine, Mill and Melter Workers, the company’s proposal was unani- Mously rejected. The union said that as productivity _ ee continually increasing, wage cuts were not an ans- er. : It said the federal government had a responsibility ‘o interest itself in keeping the mines open and that ttawa should guarantee a minimum copper price to Prevent a shutdown. When the current contract was Signed in 1955 copper was 43 cents a pound. Today ‘he price has risen to 48 cents with the company recelv- 'ng the full benefit of that increase. ~ Tribune, July 29, 1957 could jeopardize the much- | agonies of Zionism’s hapless victims. It should begin with full diplomatic recognition of the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. Never to be forgotten is the underwriting of every crime of the bloody Begin regime by Reagan’s USA — the newest, most sophis- ticated weapons, massive funding. It is with that help Israel is able to inflict mass misery, right down to denying the West Beirut population water, electricity and medical supplies, encouraging the epidemic spread of disease. External Affairs Minister Mark Mac- Guigan’s criticism of Israel’s program of slaughter is timely, but Begin has shown that words mean nothing. Added to MacGuigan’s criticism should be actions along the lines noted. YOU mow 'em down, and WE’LL move ’em out! Fight on 6/5% aclass battle The assault on workers by the Canadian ruling class through the 6/5% wage controls is tied directly to the crisis-riddled policies of Canadian, U.S. and world imperialism, which are suffering political decay. The proof is ample. And workers of Canada are expected by the ruling monopolists to pay for the system’s sickness. That is the essence of the 6% ceiling on wage increases (5% next year) dictated to federal public service workers, which is being picked up from the federal Liberals by provincial Tories, Social Credit and Parti _ Québécois. Rapid moves are being made to envelope privaté: sector workers in the same trap. The crack-down on workers (as well as the 1.5 million unemployed) is designed to main- _ tain the positions of financial and _ political power of the transnationals, Canadian monopolies, their chosen governments, and their bought media. More and more workers see that they are being made scapegoats in capitalism’s reces- sion. They are the selected victims in the crisis faced by world imperialism (and the mili- tary-industrial complex) as the balance of forces in the world continues to shift in favor of liberation, peace and socialism. Workers who thought “‘class struggle’’ was just a propaganda phrase are seeing in action the consistent efforts of the ruling class to beat them down, to beat down democracy, and impose legislative or military controls. 50 years WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OTTAWA — “What would you do if you had no work, your wife and children had no food, the rent was unpaid and you were in debt? What would you advise us to do?” This was the pointed question put to Premier Ben- nett by veteran miners’ leader Jim McLachlan when he acted as delegate to Bennett from the Workers’ Eco- nomic Conference here last week. The premier, himself a millionaire, was plainly put off balance by the question. McLachlan told Bennett that in Nova Scotia “when you see people getting a meal on Wednesday,.or per- haps on Thursday and nothing the other days; just waiting for pay day or no pay day, we have to do something.” But Bennett confined his comment to the “sacredness of our laws”. The Worker, August 6, 1932 Even municipal circles, such as the Federa- tion of Canadian Municipalities (including 200 mayors) go along with federal wage con- trols, and are eager for provincial legislation to that effect. Whose class interests are they serving? “No concessions” is today’s battle cry for workers. It will gain strength as unions and the labor movement overcome the timing problems built into the 6/5% assault by the government. ’ Profiteer of the week Canadian Pacific Enterprises owns CP Hotels, CP Securities, Pacific Forest Products, Marathon Realty, Maple Leaf Mills, and parts of Cominco, Great Lakes Forest, etc. CPE’s three-month profit, to Mar. 31 was $69,135,000. Not up to the $101,320,000 in 1981's first quar- ter. Assistant Editor — DAN KEETON Business and Circulation Manager — PAT O'CONNOR Published weekly at Suite 101 — 1416 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, B.C. V5L 3X9. Phone 251-1186 Subscription Rate: Canada $14 one year; $8 for six months. All other countries: $15 one year. Second class mail registration number 1560 60 years RAIL WAGE GUTS A strike, or rather a lock-out, involving 80,000 Canadian railway workers, is imminent. In spite of the Government Disputes Investigation Act, which they were always so ready to invoke when it was to their advantage, the Canadian Railway Association has de- cided on wage cuts of from 24 cents to 40 cents per day. The Association includes. the Canadian Govern- ment Railways, the Canadian Northern, Grand Trunk, Canadian Pacific, Dominion Atlantic, North- ern Ontario Railways and other subsidiaries. The workers, facing wage cuts of up to 6%, will probably take a strike vote soon as ballots have been already distributed by the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees. If the ballot taken a month ago is any indication of the feeling of the workers, then a solid strike vote is almost-a certainty. The Worker, August 1, 1922 PACIFIC TRIBUNE—AUGUST 13, 1982—Page 3