ye = \ “Wy i Ny Ww} A : SANCT “STO FALSE ARGUMENT ANSWERED. . . PG. 3 Pp Storey FOop PROFITEERING” said signs carried outside Wood ward’s n Hasti ding; asti ngs St., last Friday by supporters of the newly-formed Co- leafles 'Ng Committee of Concerned Organizations, whohanded outa t their m eh ee Protest. SNoppers. Other photoon this page shows youngsters joining — Sean Griffin photos US. bombing in Laos, Cambodia draws protest bombing wmPtion of large scale by yee © 0f Laos and Cambodia bombers, and the 4 ambodian terri. ietnam puppet ea created a metre Indochina and the diyiy, tticials have refused to Dg and t €fullextent of bomb- Sealeg he Thieu regime have Dodia 4 { the border with Cam- ®Xtent op Pfrom the world the estimo ved aggression, eee uon of the bombing Sham tid protest and dent Ni ap Criticism of Presi- Waring On for renewing the the fe pia and Laos, and i Ol extendi The tf ‘0 North vidnene he “WOlation action is in complete ®eong., he January 27 Paris the mrt Protocols. Article 20 HE Pa :. accord provided that me SPect Would ‘strictly pnts” f the “fundamental dia. th the people of Cam- = independence, . ahity and terri- Attiolg nity” of that nation, tos “ Put an also pledged the USS. racVities 0d to all military Strain 5 Sin Cambodia . .and r < Mame ™ reintroduce; Me ts si CHI: Sy ‘ : - Munitions and war material’... and that the ‘internal affairs of Cambodia shall be settled by its people.”’ Each provision of the Paris Accord is an indictment of Presi- dent Nixon's current actions which foreshadow a deeper U.S. involvement. Still time to block NORAD There is still time to block the NORAD agreement which the Canadian govern- ment announced Tuesday will be renewed when it expires on May 12. Basing itself on the same specious argument that Can- ada faces a threat of Soviet bombers, Defence Minister James Riehardson said the government would continue the agreement withthe U.S. until and perhaps beyond 1975. Public protest can still force the minority govern- ment with its Tory sup- porters on this issue to back down before the May 12 dead- line. FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1973 Vol. 34, No. 16 High prices not due to shortages Tribune 15* Food prices board ust have teeth to curb profiteers The food prices review board promised by the Federal government must have teeth in it to curb the food monopolies or it will fail to meet the needs of consumers. ~ This was the demand heard in Parliament this week and is being taken up by consumer. groups across Canada con- cerned with the high cost of food prices. The announcement by the min- ority Liberal government last week that it will announce a food prices review board before the end of April, reflected the mas- sive pressure felt by the govern- ment from consumer protests against high food prices. But indications are that the board planned by the govern- ment. will be a ‘‘toothless wonder,’ as NDP MP Grace MacInnis put it in the House, unless it is given powers to ensure that food prices do not increase and to roll back prices where justified. The announcement that the board will be set up came from Consumers Affairs Minister Herb Gray, but he did not spell out specifically how it will operate. The proposal for a food prices review board came from the 25-member all-party com- mittee on food prices which suggested that such a board limit itself to making recom- mendations to Gray. The limits suggested by the commons committee to *’study- ing’ food price increases and making suggestions to the Con- sumer Affairs Minister came under sharp fire for being **weak* and *‘wishy-washy.” Consumer groups have de- manded it be an independent board with power to reject an unjustified increase and to order aroll back inprices where the facts justify it. The public pressure which forced the government to agree to the setting up of aboardcan. if it continues to mount. compel it to go further and set up the kind of food prices review board being demanded by consumers. Meanwhile, in Vancouver the, recently formed Co-ordinating Committee of Concerned Organizations, took to the streets last Friday with a hard- hitting leaflet which they dis- tributed in front of Woodward’s Stores at Abott and Hastings. Entitled ‘‘Holy Cow’’ the leaflet shows a meat pie divided up to demonstrate who gets what of the consumer’s beef dollar. Using figures from the Meat Packers Institute report, it shows that 10 percentof thepie goes for wages and salaries and 37 per cent to the producer. Who gets the biggest share of the pie —53 per cent? asks the leaflet. The leaflet clears up the mys- - tery by publishing the profits of the major foodchains. It shows that Dominion Stores profits from 1971 to 1972 went up from $34 million to $9%-million: Burns Foods profitsin the first six months of 1972 jumped 25 percent; Kelly Douglas profits for 1972 went up 43 percent: and Canada Safeway profits in the same year went up 40 percent. Answering the question: “What can we do?”’ the Com- mittee urges consumers to con- tinue the meat boycott on Tuesday and Thursdays and to demand a prices review board to roll back prices and curb profits. The Co-ordinating Commit- tee of Concerned Organiza- tions (CCCO) is continuing its campaign and calls for public support. Interested individuals and organizations are asked to See FOOD PRICES, pg. 12 All out to city May Day tally, Sunday, April 29 © Vancouver's May Day rally to mark labor’s international holiday will be held at City Hall Square, Cambie at 12th Ave. on Sunday, April 29 at 2 p.m. Born out of the struggle of North American workers for the _ eight hour day, the rally this year will featureaspeaker from _ French-Canada, Jean Pare, vice-president of the Electrical — Workers Union (CLC). The program will also include - prominent Vancouver speakers. _ Aspecial program of folk musicis being prepared to mark = the celebration. The May Day Committee met Wednesday — night to put the finishing touches on preparations. = A full turnout is urged to make May Day, 1973 an — impressive demonstration of united labor’s fight for a better tite: <