AN INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY TAILORED FOR CANADA

25 years ago...

NATIONAL FLAG
AND ANTHEM

When Canadians celebrate the
nation’s 88th birthday anniver-
sary in July, which flag will be
flown and which anthem sung?

Canada, along among nations
of the world possesses neither —
officially. Nor will the present
administration of Louis St. Lau-
rent adopt one. The prime minis-
ter told the House of Commons
as recently as May 24, that he was
- “not prepared to bring in any re-
commendation to the House to
establish anything by law as a na-
tional anthem.” Nor did he see
any merit in even discussing the
question of the national flag
which, he said, always resulted in
“contradictory feelings...’

Canadians however have
amply expressed their desire to
salute a Canadian flag and sing a
Canadian hymn.

Tribune,
June 27, 1955

FLASHBACKS FROM |
THE COMMUNIST PRESS

50 years ago...

MONTREAL COPS RAID
COMMUNIST OFFICES

On June 20, 35 detectives
swooped down on the offices of
the Communist Party, the In-
dustrial Union of Needle Trades
and L’Ouvrier Canadien. They
searched the place thoroughly
and seized everything they could
lay their hands on.

The activities of the Com-
munist Party is making the boss
class wild. During the last few
weeks, about 10. shop bulletins
were distributed and daily we
have workers joining the Com-
munist Party.

During the raid, one of the
dicks was indiscret enough to let
the cat out of the bag. He said,
“Well we have nothing against
the Communist Party, but
they're getting-too fresh, they
are taking too wide a field.”
That’s right and that’s the way
it’s going to continue.

The Worker,
June 28, 1930

Profiteer of the week:

John Labatt Ltd., which owns numerous
breweries, Chateau Gai Wines, Ogilvie Mills,
Catelli Foods, catering services, etc., had an
after-tax profit for the year ended April 30, of
$37,755,000 compared to a_ previous
$22,466,000. Earnings on consumer products
(other than brewing) rose 6%, and on agri-

_ products, 43%.

Figures used are from the company's financial statements.

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PACIFIC TRIBUNE—JUNE 27, 1980—Page 4

SIDITORIAIL
COMIMIEINT

Need Trudeau peace deeds

Most Canadians would find good
sense in some of the remarks that Prime
Minister Trudeau made in an interview
on Europe-1 Radio, out of Paris, on June
15.

“I don’t think we can help the Afghan
rebels militarily in any useful fashion,”
he said.

Why anyone, and “we” in particular,
should want to help bandits armed and
programmed by the U:S., Pakistani,
Chinese, and Egyptian hate machines, to
destroy the functioning government. of
Afghanistan, Trudeau did not say. But
he went on, with some wisdom:

“If to help them means involving the
whole world in a new global and possibly

r nuclear conflict, then I don’t find that

wise...”

Those are fine words, but they do not
go far enough, nor do they coincide with
the Trudeau government's actions. —_

The fascist groups active in Canada,
both those out of the local woodwork,
and thousands imported from Europe
and Asia by Liberal and Tory govern-
ments, may want a suicidal war to wipe
out socialism. It is the same “reasoned”
approach of Hitler. And the munitions
profiteers may imagine a non-radio-
active island somewhere just for them.

But sane people everywhere have to
reject nuclear war, and that means reject-

Say no to grain embargo q

The U.S. Government is at it again
trying to make Canadian farmers and
workers pawns in Washington’s anti-
Soviet slander campaign. Not satisfied
with interference in Canadian grain
trade in the 1979-80 year, the USA is
again trying to enlist the aid of its faithful
servant, the Trudeau government for
1980-81.

That government has shown itself to
be no friend of the farmers, as it is no
friend of the workers. It is willing to
sacrifice family farms, as it is willing to

sacrifice the jobs of farm implement .

workers, by bowing to Washington’s
orders.
There must be no repeat of this

~ Guarding against ideas

It was an interesting proposal made by
Robert Logan, former head of the Lib-
erals’ policy and research committee.
But it was shot down by his fellow Liber-
als at a meeting of their Toronto Associa-
tion, June 15. Stating that he did not
think the premiers and prime minister
can do “an adequate job of writing the
constitutional congress through which
more Canadians might have a say in
drawing up a new constitution.

Opponents of the plan worried that
“not months but years” of debate might
ensue, which they saw, evidently, as a
waste of time, particularly if it is time
spent on the opinions of average Cana-
dian citizens.

By coincidence, that was the day Prime —

Minister Trudeau’s interview with

- ter policy of coercing NATO countries

prices received by farmers at the fa

ing world war as a solution to any prob
lem. >

If the prime minister wants to con
vince us that he is sufficiently on the sid
of nuclear:sanity to lead our country, He
should disown his servile role on beha
of the USA.

If Afghanistan smoulders as the p
tential fuse of nuclear war, then the cri
inal act of going through with
Washington, D.C. Olympic boycott,
Trudeau did, on the pretext of defend
ing Afghanistan, should be repudiated.
The short-sighted agreement to a g
boycott to further Washington’s ani
Sovietism, should be called the sell-ouw
is, and cancelled. a
. These never were acts to assist Afgh
stability, but to fire up the Carter electi
bandwagon with anti-Soviet sland
Equally important, they increase U
military and economic domination
Canadian life.

Again, instead of agreeing to the C

deploy mass murder weapons, Trude
should demand, on pain of serious dip
lomatic action, that the USA ratify the
SALT II agreement on _ nuclea
disarmament. That would be in line with
his spoken rejection of nuclear war.
should call off the Olympics boycott
other countries have done.

shameful subservience to a forel
power while Canadian workers and fi
mers pay the cost in lost jobs,.lost fa
and plunging living standards. W

gate are down, and while purchasi
wer of the workers is down because
unchecked inflation, the Liberal-To
conspiracy in Ottawa finds millions
dollars to hand out to Canadi
branches of U.S. multi-nationals li
Ford, and French ones like Michelin.
The element so obviously needed
this time, is worker-farmer unity to
fend living standards, jobs and fa
farms against the ravages of big businé
and big business governments.

Europe-1 Radio was broadcast. “Wh
he asked, “can’t Canadians be asked
decide whether to take their constitu
home from Great Britain?”

The remark indicates a concept mu!
narrower than what is really needed —
made-in-Canada constitution recognt
ing the country’s bi-national characte?
Letting the people decide, in Trudeavs
terms, means presenting them with
prefabricated referendum questl0
which is virtually idea-proof.

Correction

Our editorial, Spreading germs ant
deceit, referred to Canada’s manuf