NDP youth parley demands: cab FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1963 VOL. 24, NO. 46 =" loc BCF meet blasts foreign control The 8th annual convention ofthe B.C, Federation of Labor, meet- ing in the Hotel Vancouver this week, has blasted the sellout of Canada’s natural resources and extent of foreign ownership of our economy, One ofthe first acts in the open- ing hours of the convention was adoption of the Natural Resources Committee report which illustra- ted how much of Canada’s wealth has already fallen .into foreign (chiefly U.S.) hands. **Canada is unique among in- dustrially advanced, high income countries in the extent of foreign ownership and control of its eco- nomy. It is unique also inthe to- tal absence of conditions on the inflow of foreign capital,’’ the re- port charged. John Hayward (Div.101, Street Railwaymen), in speaking to the committee report, presented some highly impressive statis- tics on who owns and operates the. Canadian economy. ‘*Do youthink the U.S. would allow this degree of foreign ownership in its econ- omy?’? he asked. Hayward went on to inform the delegates that Egypt has conclu- ded a deal to receive 80 percent royalties on all oil being exploited by foreign owners. By compari- sin, Canada gets 123 percent. ‘The government which puts in legislation to stop this type of thing will receive the support of the Canadian people,’’ he stated. In line with the convention mood on natural resources, resolutions were adopted which reiterate the BCF stand on the Columbia River and West Coast fish resources. The resolution on the Columbia pressed unequivocally for adop- tion of the McNaughton Plan. On the question of fisheries, it was decided to urge the provin- cial government to ‘‘ actively pro- See: BCF meet, pg. 3 U.S. tried ‘test of nerves’ at Berlin, charges Khrushchev Soviet Premier Khrushchev told a group of 21 top U.S, busin- essmen in Moscow last week that the trouble on the autobahn to West Berlin was ‘evidently atest of nerves on your part.’”’ He said that the rules were absolutely clear and they have been applied for many years with- out causing any friction.’’ Khrushchev told the U.S. busi- ness men, which included the pre- sidents of the New York Stock Exchange, Bank of America, Al- coa and Goodyear, that they should understand that ‘‘the time of the unrestricted and unbounded domination of the dollar had pas- sed,”’ He said the world will have peace and good relations if the principle of peaceful co-exist- ence and non-internention in the internal affairs of states was re- cognized. -WEAPONS, GET OUT OF NATO Resolutions opposing nuclear arms in Canada and calling for Canadian withdrawal from NATO and NORAD were highlights of the third annual B.C. convention of the New Democratic Youth, held in the IWA Hall, Vancouver, Nov. 9, 10 and 11. The youth parley took place on the eveofthe NDP provincial con- vention which meets in Burnaby’s Villa Motor Hotel, Grandview Highway and Willingdon, Saturday and Sunday. The issue of nuclear arms, withdrawal from NATO, resour- ces policies, as well as anexam- ination of the results of the recent B.C. election are expected to loom large at the NDP conven- tion. Other key stands taken by the 120 delegates at the youth parley demanded the renegotiation ofthe Columbia River treaty in the in- terests of Canada and a vigorous trade policy with socialist and neutralist countries. The convention, which repre- sents some 500 members, also condemned the Organization of A- merican States (OAS) as being U.S. dominated and opposed Ca- nadian entry. Heated debate took place among delegates on a resolution dealing with the maritime trusteeship is- sue, with the convention voting 49 to 45 to support the CLC position while generally opposing the principle of trusteeship except in extreme cases, Noticeable in this debate was the condemnation by most dele- gates of AFL — CIO president George Meany for his interfer- ence in the ‘affairs of Canada. Other resolutions passed at- tacked the political police activi- ties of the RCMP; a demand for - free university education; a de- mand for nationalization of the CPR; and a strong-callfor great- er control of Canadian industry by Canadians. (Next week the PT will carry. full coverage of the NDP and BC- FL conventions.) RONTO-DOM HON BANK : NEVER AGAIN. That's what these Remem- saw youth predominate in a parade of 250 brance Day marchers are thinking as a war people. The marchers are shown circling the veteran lays a wreath at Vancouver's Cenotaph last Monday at the end of a peace walk which “No Nuclear Arms For Can- ada’’ — this was the theme of the 3rd annual peace walk held on Monday, November 11, to honor those who have died in past wars and to affirm that wars must cease. Sponsored by the U.B,C. Nuc- lear Disarmament Club in asso- ciation with the C.C.N.D. and the C.Y.N.D., the march began atthe university gates where demon- strators picked up placards bear- ing the slogans, ‘‘No Nuclear’ Arms For Canada’’, ‘*Ban The Death Bomb’’, and ‘*Peace Through The U.N.” At 11 am.a two minute symbolic silence was observed, Later, at City Hall, the mid- point of the trek, the 250 march- ers heard an optimistic address by Dr. James Endicott, the Chair- man of the Canadian Peace Con- gress. He praised the test ban treaty as a step toward world nuclear disarmament. He also stressed the active role that women can play in the peace fight, mention- ing in this respect the recent articles by President Kennedy in which he placed the onus on women -to continue the peace struggle. In conclusion, Endicott criti- cized the nuclear arms pact which will bring nuclear arms on to Canadian soil, Emphasizing the fact that widespread opposition to the pact exists among the Cana- dian people, and that there is dis- e@ An Open Letter to the NDP convention--Pg. 5 @ Yank grab for Canada’s power-By T. Buck, Pg.7 @ Woodfibre tragedy - who’s to blame? -Pg. 12 Cenotaph as the wreath is laid. —Photo S. Friedman 250 marchers say no to A-arms sension among the Liberals themselves, he expressed the conviction that: the pact could still be annulled. ‘‘However,’’ he: said, if it does go through, it will only be a temporary thing for we know we will win.”’ Youth was the outstanding fea- ture of the march. The numer- ous young people led the other demonstrators in the singing of peace songs such as ‘*Down By The Riverside’’ and ‘‘Last Night. I Had The Strangest Dream’’. Downtown the marchers filed Silently into Victory Square where a wreath was laid on the Cenotaph by a W.W. I veteran and representatives of the spon- soring peace groups, Atwo-min- ute silence ended the ceremony.