— ject Pending the External Affairs inhi a hearings on the Col- ae iver treaty and protocol the Meckery of parliament,”’ . . New Democratic mem- anes, the committee—Colin ae : H, Ss. Herridge and An- rele rewin — last Monday ~fased their minority report, Ba ecsing a ‘*vigorous dis- te Tom the report of the a ittee, the three NDP mem- 4 Said they approved of Gen, os i. McNaughton’s descrip- "ee the treaty as ‘fa very nee €aty for Canada and Parlia- Mt should know it,’? eT lies AP minority report out- ian © three basic defects in Teaty as follows: a BE] : : ions PY accepting the construc - _ © the Libby Dam in the a a One of the treaty pro- effect anada is deprived of the me Control of waters ves- 4 weer by the Boundary Wat- €aty Act, with animmense inealeulab) Canadians. ble future loss to te ae treaty prevents the ef- ay i oon of the Kooten- tion ‘ T Columbia for irriga- the prai Other beneficial uses in airies; se es. T incty' he treaty unnecessarily Trow BP 4m which will cause dis- di ee long-established Cana- Sary Mmunities, the unneces- e F Sour Struction of natural re- an ae Sixty years of public facinit x ate investment in public lustny Sin agriculture and in- the y Merely to sell benefits to Chapa, “ich are temporary in Value ss and in diminishing Dorothy Steeves Peaks on Cuba Doy othy Steeves, recently re- ® Duby from Cuba, will speak at 20th, paesting on Sat., June Ran, 23n P.m, at the Lonsdale Vancouy d and Lonsdale in North ecedeg + The meeting will be Mer at : by a smorgasbord din- Ponsored P.m, The meeting is ew ©Mocratic Party, €s in its projects the High — by the Lonsdale Club, NDP WILL FIGHT TREATY IN HOUSE Columbia’ probe ‘mockery’ charges minority report Condemning the government's handling of the treaty, the NDP members said that ‘*the whole procedure in referring this treaty to the committee after final ne- gotiation of the protocol consti- tuted a mockery of parliament. While evidence was invited and the committee were asked to scrutinize the treaty, itwas made clear by Mr, Martin, the Secre- tary for External Affairs, from the outset that no recommended change in the treaty would be accepted,” The report criticizes the ‘‘am- biguous’’ provision in the treaty on diversion, and asks that ‘*the right of diversion tothe prairies” be ensured, It also objects to the lack of a definite formula for compensating owners of property who will be adversely affected by flooding. The NDP members recall MP Jack Davis’ statement on the treaty in the House of Commons on October 4th, 1962 as ‘‘nothing short of a fiasco,’’? and that it was ‘inconceivable that the gov- ernment of this country should ever enter into any agreement, let alone a comprehensive treaty with another country to last at least 50 years, which failed to procure any demonstrable ad- vantage for the people of Canada, No man, no government, no party can be proud of this achieve- ment,”’ ‘¢wWe fully agree with what Mr, Davis said at that time,’’ says the minority report, ‘*The changes made by the Protocol in no way affects the soundness of what Mr, Davis said, We will, when the resolution to approve the treaty comes up for discussion in the House of Commons, urge Parlia- ment to reject this fiasco, this sellout of our Canadian re- sources, this embarrassing treaty,’? concludes the NDP re- port, This week PT assoc.editor M, Rush received a letter from Jack Davis, Liberal MP from Coast- Capilano, informing him that committee hearings would not be More signatures plea hy WAHP Committee t Cont; trees tte to collect more sig- oe . the request of Mrs, beWon, Ovinnikoff, Chairman eee Against High Prices allin » Teferring to the peti- Sales § for the removal of the 4X on essentials, he bea SPonse to the petition “te on enthusiastic, and i Continy een many requests te emit € the campaign, The RXxta €e has therefore agreed he signature campaign fa, when it will be a an all-out effort Proving towns throughout nes » Prior to the dele- 2 €Yviewing the provin- Thment, ¢ ; Bee has been care- ae the price of sugar ba il market, and is hote that it con- tinues to.come down in price, although not yet to the level desired, Mrs, Podovinnikoff urges all homemakers to pay par- ticular attention to the price of sugar as the canning season ap- proaches, If there is any attempt to boost prices at this time, immediate protest action will be launched by the committee, she said, Commenting on the high cost of living and, continually rising prices, (using as an example the exhorbitant price of coffee), Mrs, Podinnikoff stressed once again. that only consistent action by consumers in writing to the federal government and to Mem- bers of Parliament. Anyone wishing to contact the Committee, can phone Mrs, Po- dinnikoff, YU 7-4585, or Mrs, V. Cameron, HE 4-5955, held in- other parts of Canada and B.C,, and that the treaty and protocol ‘‘will have been completed and the treaty endors- ed by the Senate before the mid- dle of June,”’ The letter to Rush from Davis followed a resolution sent recent- ly from a public meeting in North Vancouver urging Davis to oppose the treaty and that he press for hearings in B.C, Davis’ reply, that the treaty will be rushed through, was borne out this week, The committee’s report is expected to be tabled in the House this week, perhaps Thursday, and that the Liberal government intends to press it through with all haste, Letters and wires of protest to MP’s are urged immediately, of C “Suppr FLOOD DANGER RISES IN B.C. Flood danger signals are again out in B,C, as a few days of warm weather and heavy rains have swollen many rivers and streams through- out B,C, “Forty one delegates from the United Fishermen & Allied Work- ers Union, its women’s auxiliar- ies and the Native Brotherhood of B.C, returned from a four day lobby in Ottawa last week heartened by the support they received from the NDP, the Cre- ditistes and a lone B,C, Con- servative *‘disturbed and disap- pointed’’ at the failure of the Liberal government to protect the interests of Canadian fishermen, Centre of concern is the Fraser Valley where dykes are reported not to be in ad- equate condition to avoid dis- astrous flooding in the event of excessive runoff, The Fraser rose more than four feet last weekend at Prince George, John Harris of the federal water resources branch in Prince George said warm weather combined with rain could bring an active flood threat, In addition to lobbying over 130 MPs from all parties individual- ly, caucuses of the NDP, the Rallie- ment des Creditistes and the So- cial Credit Party, and partial caucuses ofthe Liberals and Tor- ies, The delegation called on fed- eral fisheries minister Hed; Robichaud in an hour long meet- ing to reveal the course of neg- otiations between Japan, the U.S, and Canada over terms of a new The Fraser at Mission reg- istered just over 15 feet Mon- day, In 1958, the peak at Miss- ion reached 24 feet, overflow- ing dykes and bringing $17 million in flood damage, North Pacific Fisheries Treaty. Earl Robinson will sing at Tribune Victory fete EARL ROBINSON, noted folk singer and composer seen here at the piano, will highlight an excellent concert program at the PT victory celebration Queen Elizabeth Playhouse, Sat., June 13 at 8:30 p.m. Robinson is fivine here from New York to take part in the fete to mark the end of the finan- cial drive. Robinson composed many top labor and folk songs including “Joe Hill,” ‘‘The House | Live In,’’ “Ballad for Americans,”’ and oo others. the group met the official AFRICA FREEDOM DAY. May 25 was marked around the world as a day on which people expressed their solidarity with the African people fight- ing for their freedom. Picture above shows freedom fighters demonstrat- ing in Johannesburg against the South African apartheid policy. Under the ism Act’’ freedom is being suppressed. *Why all the secrecy?’ union secretary Homer Stevens asked the minister, ‘‘Don’t the fisher- men and people of Canada have the right to know what’s going on?’ The union has repeatedly point- UFAWU Ottawa lobby wins partial success ed out that Japan must be stop-. ped from ‘‘pirating’’ Canadian, © U.S, and Soviet salmon on the high seas and that the USSR should be invited to take part in the - treaty, Tied in with the North Pacific fisheries is the 12 mile limit, which the union wants es- tablished from baselines that will enclose major bodies of water. The present government bill on a 12 mile limit seeks to protect U.S. and French ‘‘historic rights’’ to fish Canadian waters, Such a bill is considered worse than useless since it will secure such ‘‘rights’’ by a formal act of parliament, The NDP opposes the bill as a sellout of Canadian fisheries, : Kid's day on Sunday Remember to pack the family picnic basket for the International Children’s Day celebration at Peace Arch Park this Sunday, June 7th, Plan to get there about 1 p.m, and spend the day with the Canadian and American chil- dren who will gather together. Children will get free ice cream or pop. There will be races and contests, ashort cere- mony anda Children’s Hootenany, In planning these festivities, the B.C, Women’s Committee for World Friendship said that “man- kind owes to the child the best it has to give.” Bonn minister backs Hitler plan Hitler's 1938 plan for the dis- memberment of Czechoslovakia has been revived by a West Ger- man cabinet minister, Hans See- bohm, Last week he called for Secession of Sudetenland, The majority of West German newspapers have demanded See- bohin’s dismissal, but Chancellor Erhard has failed to condemn this latest edition of Hitler's pro- gram, June 5, 1964—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3