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ELECTION SPRING FEVER

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Couple of

Nes weeks ago when Robert Stanfield told a group of busi-

a that “profit is not a dirty word.”

: Line fe; Some nastier type of citizens are saying that Stanfield

aVor of Bree uae for profit is like a hyena emphasizing he’s in

swimmin ardice. These critics say that Stanfield, after years of
& around in primeval ooze, was rescued by big business

is j aunched him as the Peter Pan of conservatism.

‘4 Bent correct. Nor is it true that he has been embalmed.
New wind on to listen to the man to realize that here is a fresh
will Beara pene across the political scene; a man who, if elected,

Ore h Sly rebuild the economy to the strength it had in 1931.
tures aa to admire the man as he stands up, and with gritted den-
sented sae to fight inflation, which he sees as notably repre-
With the eine people trying to get extra money to keep up

ii oF living.

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ae stockbroker who last week said, “Both of them have

nae Programs. And if they don’t restore confidence, then

All righ Snot a nickel less than one million a year.”

Vision Be a ae agree both men are equal. That they have the
ematical a ileo, the economic wisdom of Herbert Hoover, the ma-

derthay - €enius of Einstein and the polished aplomb of the Nean-
Is that an, what about their personalities?

On the = a about Trudeau correct: that he writes graffiti

Stand Toom walls of the House of Commons? How does this

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' the ae has personally ended unemployment nine.times
times in ae years. And that Stanfield promises to end it nine
TRV oy x next two years. The real issue is graffiti.

Becccrstand this then you'll appreciate that spring is

: that both men are taking off their woolies and slip-
Ome loose campaign promises.

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Nuclear weapons and get on with universal disarm-

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Skepticism, as expressed by Joe Wallace:

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alk about bull in the China shop.

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Profits ay ‘9 billion), the remaining 463 companies would
: eee 10.2% over the previous year. The workers
at Nixon, the Pay Board, and the labor leaders on

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Youth begins spring offensive

Just back from across-Canada
tour, John Bizzell, chairman of
the Young Communist League,
gave a few impressions of his
trip and the growth of the
League to the Tribune.

“The YCL is in great shape,”
he said, “growing in numbers,
influence and activity. British
Columbia shows the greatest
gain; its membership has doubl-
ed in the last six months, and
the comrades there plan to
equal this in 1972.

“The Nguyen Van Troi Chil-
dren’s Hospital for Vietnam pro-
ject is really catching on. Com-
mittees with broad participation
have been formed in Vancouver,
Edmonton, Innisfree, Calgary,
Winnipeg, Regina, Thunder Bay
and Toronto.

“Qn the jobs front,” Mr. Biz-
zell went on, “things are rapidly
developing for a spring offen-
sive around the question of
‘Jobs or Incomes Now.’ It’s ab-
solutely essential that working
class young people are drawn
into the fight. The federal gov-
ernment’s Opportunities for
Youth Program tries to hide the
issue, but it’s directed at uni-
versity students. Young work-
ers get nothing.

“On all fronts the discontent
and anger of youth across the
country is maturing and interest
is growing in the socialist alter-
native. Here the YCL must and
increasingly will play a key role.
As the crisis of monopoly deep-
ens and_ socialist awareness
grows, so does young people’s
interest in what young Com-
munists have to say.

“In many of the meetings at
which I spoke, question periods
revolved around what socialism
will do for Canadian indepen-
dence, democracy, the develop-
ment of our North, and ending
the oppression of the Native
Peoples. And the response was
usually excellent.”

Many of the meetings at which
Mr. Bizzell spoke were on the
Popular Unity electoral victory
in Chile and the path. the Al-
lende government is taking tow-
ards socialism. ‘What was
great about the discussion,” he

said, “was that invariably the
topic of the lessons Canada can
draw from the Chilean experi-
ence, as the question of unity,
defeat of U.S. and local mono-
poly occupied much of the ques-
tion period.

“What was also of import-
ance,” Mr. Bizzell pointed out,
“were the campus meetings at
Simon Fraser and UBC, for it
was the first time in several
years that a Communist had
been invited to address student
meetings. And discussions with
student leaders on several cam-
puses across the country showed
a revived interest in rebuilding

a national student union.”

In Winnipeg, Mr. Bizzell was
invited by the New Demo-
cratic Youth to address a meet-
ing to which the YCL club was
also invited. The question period
dealt with Chile and the example
of left unity. “The prospects
for youth in Canada would be
greatly enhanced by more such
joint activity,” he said, speak-
ing of the Winnipeg meeting,
“and judging by meetings with
young people and youth leaders
in most provinces there are
many opportunities for joint
action — more than many of us
dare think.”

Profits up jobs down

By WILLIAM ALLAN

DEARBORN—The Ford Motor
Company profits for 1971 after
taxes are now public, showing
they made $657 million, a 27%
increase from 1970. Chrysler
posted a net profit of $83 mil-
lion in ’71 compared with a loss
of $7.6 million in 1970. General
Motors profits during 1971 soar-
ed.to their second highest level
in history, topping $1.9 billion.

The total for the Big 3 in 1971
in net profits after taxes was
$2,640,000,000. Indeed a banner
year for the profitmakers.

Meanwhile what has_ been
happening to the men and
women whose labor made these
profits?

In Detroit, the Michigan Em-
ployment Security Commission
which tabulates employment
and unemployment figures (only
for those drawing unemploy-
ment compensation) reports that
average monthly unemployment
in Michigan in 1971 was 284,000.

It also reported that the 1972
model car production showed
that in Detroit some 20,000
workers were not hired back to
work.

Three weeks ago auto produc-
tion was cranked up by 8.11%
by both Ford and Chrysler.
Ford production rose 14.98% in
the U.S. and Canada and Chrys-
ler’s U.S. output was increased
by 21.43%, and in neither case

was there any increase in man-
power.

Chrysler in addition announces
it wants an additional 8% in-
crease in output by the end of
March. Meanwhile they have
been closing the Dodge, Newark
plants. for a week and two
weeks ‘‘to balance inventories.”

During January Chrysler built
92,000 cars while laying off
15,000 workers for one to two
weeks. A year ago in-the same
month they built 87,000 cars
with no layoffs.

Recently the U.S. Department
of Labor and Industry in a
series of reports accompanied
by charts, revealed that in the
last 10 years, the auto industry

‘had gotten 10% more output
from its employees.

Some idea of just what this
amounts to is seen in these
figures, supplied by the United
Auto Workers Union:

e Auto production in 1947
was 4.8 million motor vehicles
with a work force of 768,000.

e In 1969-70 model car pro-
duction was 10.2 million ve-
hicles with a work force of
901,000.

This is an increase in output
of 112144% but only an increase
of 17.3% in the work force.

At least a third of the UAW
members are jobless, while pro-
duction in the shops climbs
higher all the time.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1972—PAGE 9