ANDREWS” OALY WORLD "HALT the JUNTAS TERROR / Chile leader speaks at rally March 22 A first hand report on events in Chile will be brought to a Van- couver audience when Fernando Martinez, first vice president of IMPERIALISM Cont'd. from pg. 1 “Where before it was mainly the socialist countries which took a consistent anti-imperialist stand, today more than eighty countries are involved, and they are now using their resources to win. Resources, and particularly energy”’ he said, ‘“‘have become pretty decisive weapons in the age-old battle for freedom from imperialist oppression and ex- ploitation. The tide is turning in- creasingly against imperialism and in favor of the anti- imperialist forces.” Reviewing the role of the Com- munist Party in the struggle for Canadian independence and against U.S. economic, military and political domination, Morgan appealed for united ac- tion to win new national policies for Canada. The Communist Party spokesman called for: e A new independent foreign policy for Canada, including withdrawal from NATO and NORAD, recognition and exten- sion of trade, cultural and scien- tific exchanges with the Socialist world in line with the strong trend towards international detente; ¢ Development of our natural resources under public ownership, including an .all- Canadian energy pipeline and - national energy grid; e Action to stimulate process- ing and manufacture of our natural resources at home to change the emphasis from sale of raw materials to sale of products of our resources. e Nationalization of the CPR as the first step towards a fully- integrated modern transporta- tion system. e Nationalization of the bank- ing and credit system to develop our industries and make us masters in our own house. é the Chilean Student Federation and a spokesman for Popular Unity, now headquartered in Rome, speaks at a public rally at Vancouver Technical School Auditorium, 2600 E. Broadway, ’ Friday, March 22 at 8 p.m. Martinez speaks excellent English and is a leading member of MAPU, one of the_ parties which made up the Allende government. Sponsored by the Canadians for Democracy in Chile Committee, the proceeds of the rally above expenses will .go to the Canadian Fund for Refugees from Chile which is handled by the Canadian Council of Churches. The rally is all the more urgent at this time. Last week it was an- nounced that the Chile junta has scheduled military trials to begin April 3 of about 100 prisoners, in- cluding Luis Corvalan, secretary of the Communist Party of Chile, and other Chilean leaders of the Allende government. Two Chilean patriots, Jose Toha, former vice president and minister of interior, and Clodomire Aleyda, foreign minister of the Popular Unity government, have already been moved from Dawson prison to Santiago to face military courts. The Canadians for Democracy in Chile committee have launch- ed a petition calling for release of Corvalan and other political prisoners, which is being cir- culated at Simon Fraser Univer- sity this week at a booth spon- sored by the committee. Ad- dressed to the secretary-general of the United Nations, the peti- tion urges the UN to intervene. The Vancouver-based com- mittee has also launched a peti- tion protesting the decision of Canada’s immigration appeal board to deport Bernardo Arrano, a Chilean student taken into custody in Vancouver. The committee is completing plans to bring Harold Edelstam, former Swedish ambassador in Chile, to Vancouver for a public rally later in March, Edelstam is presently touring the U.S. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1974—PAGE 12 ne iti Federation reaffirms demand for amendments to labor cod Meeting last week with Premier Barrett and members of the provincial cabinet, the ex- ecutive council of the B.C. Federation of Labor presented its annual legislative submission outlining its position on govern- ment action over the last year and prospects for further legisla- tion. Of primary concern in the sub- mission was the government's contentious labor code which came under fire again two weeks ago by B.C. herring fishermen for failure to include fishermen under its provisions. Faced with an adamant government position on the code, despite a lengthy campaign wag- ed by trade unionists throughout the province to effect changes, the Federation reiterated its call for amendments to the code — not yet promulgated in its entire- ty — and in the submission detailed those amendments IWA OFFICERS Cont’d from pg. 11 UPIU vote was, as stated earlier, unanimously adopted by the last meeting of the Van- couver Labor Council and will go to the Canadian Labor Congress convention in May. Syd Thomp- son, council president and presi- dent of IWA Local 1-217, took a back-handed swipe at the resolu- tion. He played to the gallery by making a demagogic speech about high prices and inflation, insisting that trade unionists should pay more attention to this and less to the issue of Canadian autonomy. That may well ex- plain the contradictory propositions in the Barker editorial. What the officers of this local fail to see is the inter- connection between the fight for a truly independent trade union movement and the achievement of a truly independent Canada, free of US economic and political domination. A truly independent labor ‘movement could be a_ potent force in restructuring our society in the interests of working peo- ple. This would mean more emphasis on the rational use of our natural resources and the accelerated development of secondary and manufacturing in- dustry. Problems like inflation, high prices and unemployment would be much easier to solve if we could free ourselves from the continental structures imposed upon us by the American monopolies and their junior partners among the Canadian monopolists. A recent statement by the Canadian Trade Union Commis- sion of the Communist Party put it this way: “It is only when the Canadian trade union movement becomes both independent (free from the corroding influence of the U.S. and Canadian monopolies and the paralyzing class-collaboration flowing therefrom) and sovereign (in a true national patriotic sense and able to deter- mine its own affairs free from outside interference and control) that it will be in the best position to join forces with organized workers all over the world to do battle with the international monopolies both at home and abroad. Oniy then will Canadian and US workers be able to join as true equals in defence of their in- ternational class interests.”’ which had been requested last year. Several other major provincial issues were raised by the Federation, notably in the fields of education, housing and the development of secondary in- dustry. . ‘We cannot urge too strongly that the task of reviewing our province's education system must be a top priority and should’ be completed as soon as is humanly posible,’’ the brief stated. ‘‘We agree with educators who say that a reduc- tion in pupil-teacher ratios must be the number one priority. . .” The submission also emphasiz- ed the need to extend the princi- ple of free education into nursery schools, kindergartens and _ all levels of university and vocational training. : On housing the Federation noted the absence of realistic policies at the federal level and pointed to the need for the provincial government to undertake a ‘‘bold and aggressive housing program’, specifically a major new program of low cost housing coupled with a land assembly program. Addressing itself to the depart- ment of industrial develop trade and commercé; Federation noted that, whl government’s seeming pol development of seconda dustry was in agreement that of the Federation, “2 programs of developing secondary industry a! parent.” The brief urged git", government involvement it” development of industfy” specifically the establishm® | a shipbuilding industry + junction with Ottawa. i Significantly missing from, submission, however, | many of the decisive resolilt, adopted on crucial issues October convention o& Federation as well as p05 advanced by the Federal) previous submissions to 8 ment commissions. a As well,.while several councils have ad® resolutions calling for SW tion by the governmeél resolve the housing criSIS® jy ing down rents, the brief !@! give voice to these demal® as it failed to reaffirm tion on a public takeover coast Transmission. a rin INTHE LERISUATORE By NIGEL MORGAN Another important, if small, step in the direction of obtaining a better return for the people of this province for their natural resources, was indicated last week with release of recommen- dations of the Pearce Task Force on Forestry. Resources Minister Bob Williams indicated ‘‘sympathy”’ for some of the recommen- dations, as well as probability that they would be written into law before the end of the current session. : Three major recommen- dations include: (1) Substitution of ‘‘stum- page” charges (based on ap- praised value of the timber cut) for the present, long-established system of ‘‘fixed royalties’ set ~ out for all pre-1907 timber leases. This means bringing the choice pre-1907 leases (practically all of which are held by the four giant U.S. monopolies — Crown Zellerbach, B.C. Forest Products, Canadian Forest Products, Rayonier, and Mac- Blo) under the same system as applies to all other crown timber. It means an increase in royalties for the big five from an average of $1.36 per hundred cu. ft. to the average of $14.70 paid on other leases last year; an es- timated increase ‘in forest revenues from $5.26 million to $54.2 million. (2) A cut-back in the special tax on logging profits from 15 to 10 percent, with an increase in the provincial income tax credit from 24 to 36 percent on this special tax. This would benefit all logging companies in the Province; making it possible to: write-off about $16 million. in Federal taxes to recoup a good part of the additional am@ ing paid the Provincial (3) Drop the Forest L@ in (a form of “‘property © old leases which only about $391,000 annually Commenting OF i¢ recommendations resol minister Williams deci!) would think the industt i accept the recommel wh gracefully’’. And ye. oh should, because even th? rect provincial treasury Will Tg an extra $31 million ig revenue; (ie. after Vai reductions are deducted) $50 million increased atl more than half this am? million) can be recovel’ 4! companies from Fede” — deductions. a? And more important § fot recently-appointed “task it of the provincial NDF | ment neatly avoids COM ys) grips with the bigee fh problem of examiD changing the post-1907 if tenures — which aC fore about 84% of B.C: acreage. g ‘ at While welcoming es ing made in bringing ' for the people’s forest. more in line with reality, united pressure nee go e Sg wm = directed to Say Pi ment to open up the tion of Be farm lice one cent per acre pel Y%_, cies handed out by ts P Socred ‘‘giveaway ou 0 tion which the Barre®’ ment is still continuiné ‘ Since fifty cents ©, iy dollar of wealth produces comes directly oF from its timber resoU fof question is a major 0”