Rss SHOULD BE BUT SINCE TS WT ARE CASE IT KEIN A RARSEY, PRESIDENT oF ALLEN-BRADLEY CANADA aes ME NEW PRESIDENT of the Canadian Manufacturers’ Assn. “FLASHBACKS FRO EL SOMMUNIST 5 50 years ago... HALIFAX PRINTERS TO CONTINUE STRIKE HALIFAX—May Day, this year, marked the second anniversary of the Halifax commercial print- ers’ strike for the forty-four hour week. The strike was begun on May Ist, 1921. During the two years the union has lost only four of those who originally came out on Strike two years ago. At the present time there are about thirty-five mem- bers on the strike roll. There is no change in the local situation. Both sides are standing firm. Efforts have been made to bring about a settlement of the differences existing. but have proved unsuccessful, as some of the. employers have refused to negotiate with the union. In a statement. just issued by- the Executive Council of the ITU, they state that it is the purpose of the International to prosecute the 44-hour strike to a complete success. The Worker, June 6, 1923 25 years ago... RAIL WORKERS DEMAND ACTION OTTAWA — Early returns show that Canada’s 140,000 railway and allied workers are voting solidly for strike action to enforce their 35-cent an hour wage demand. A. R. Mosher, president of the‘ 30,000-strong Canadian Brother- hood of Railway Employees (CLC) has emphasized that early CBRE returns indicate “an al- most unanimous ballot” for strike action. At the same time, the leader of the CBRE, which is one of the 18 unions involved,’ stressed that he did not regard a strike as “in- evitable” and that he hoped that a “reasonable agreement” could be reached. “Unofficial statements from here are to the effect that the minis- ter of labor is attempting to ef- fect a compromise settlement based on an 11-cent figure. Whe- ther the railway workers, who have flatly rejected a 7-cent con- ciliation offer will consider 11 cents as “reasonable” remains to be-seen,..- -- Tribune, June 5, 1948 : e Worth quoting: “The dictatorship of the proletariat is a persistent struggle — sanguinary and bloodless, violent and peaceful, military and econo- mic, educational and administrative — against the forces and tradi- tions of the old ‘society. The force of habit of millions and of tens of millions is a terrible force. Without an iron party steeled in struggle, without.a party enjoying the confidence of all that is honest in a given class, without a party capable of keeping track of and influencing the mood of the masses, it is impossible to conduct such a struggle successfully.” —Lenin, Left-Wing Communism, an Infantile Disorder Pacific Tribune West Coast edition; Canadian Tribune- Editor — MAURICE RUSH Published weekly at Ford Bldg., Mezzanine No. 3, 193 E. Hastings St., __ Vancouver 4, B.C. Phone 685-5288. Business & Circulation Manager, FRED WILSON ; Subscription Rate: Canada, $5.00 one year; $3.00 for six months ‘North and South America and Commonwealth countr:2s, $6.00 one year. All other countries, $7.00 one year ~ SEES PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, JUNE.8, 1973—PAGE 4 9 ge Acar Ae ore are a ee ee Cee JA AoC? G IMU YAGINE—TAUBIAT DEGAG Edttorcal Comment. . : Stop handouts to hig business The tax gifts Finance Minister John Turner is eager to hand to manufactur- ing and processing monopolies will save them millions of dollars at the working people’s expense. A rate cut from 49% to 40%, retro- : active to January 1, plus savings of more millions through fast write-off of equipment, represents Liberal Party patronage to its monopoly masters. Who will derive the lion’s share of these benefits? Names like Ford, Gen- eral Motors, Massey-Ferguson, Alcan, Domtar, Abitibi come to mind. Tory leader Robert Stanfield, fussing over his big fight against the conces- sions, has been induced to go along for a year (time enough for the monopolies to gorge themselves). Turner, for his part gave the Tories exclusive right to demand re-examination of the legisla- tion next year; he set 60 as the magic number of MPs who can demand re- examination. The NDP has 81. With elastic ethics, Stanfield agrees to a longer period for the claiming of immediate wear-and-tear expenses on machinery not yet installed. Still, Stanfield calls the concessions “discriminatory” and no wonder—they will not be enjoyed by banks, insurance and trust companies, or by the big 1 tailers. There’s a huge profit in money manipulation and the chief manipu a- tors would like to find a way to get ™ on the bonanza. : The Liberal-Tory tight-rope trick of . serving big business to the utmost while always appearing to be concerné for the working people, was never crue er than in Turner’s gift of millions © the monopolies as he tossed the worket an insulting $100 income tax exemption: Federal government accounts for fiscal year ended March 31 showed Pel sonal income taxes accounting for 44.5% of government revenue! If workers were to buckle before the “final offer” of big business or big bus” ness government, they might just as well give up their right to live. | Instead they fight back. No iniaW® tous law which steals from the works — people and gives it to the rich monoPh lies can go unchanged. It is importal that the NDP MPs battle this one ® the last minute and the last vote. |. But the people are outside Paria ment, and there too must be wagé in fight to stay the hand of Generous Jo E Turner, who takes the meat 0 oul tables to feed monopoly profits. a Public ownership for Canada’s oil _ It appears that. not a facet of Cana- dian economic development is free of the imprint of connivance between the government and foreign - controlled monopoly — primarily U.S.-controlled. The Canadian oil industry, 99.7% cont- rolled outside the country is a prime example. The United States military-industrial complex is grabbing for more Cana- dian oil and gasoline as countries of the Middle East and Latin America put an end to the robbery there by taking con- trol of their own resources. The Canadian government fails its responsibility to its people in continu- ing to allow and to abet the siphoning of our oil resources at the command of U.S. monopoly. Canadians get a little fed up hearing that they have to pay more for some- thing because of world shortages when the products being discussed originate right here in Canada. _ Monopoly’s rationale is to grab every dollar the market will bear and. then squeeze out some more. They exploit the workers on the job, and steal from the consumer as well. That is why prices go up; certainly a world short- age would not raise their operating ex- penses one nickel. Is it a world shortage of oil that’s bothering Yankee imperialism or the fact that they can no longer steal it? Except from Canada. The Canadian government reluctant- ly put controls on crude oil shipments earlier this year, but left gasoline un- touched ‘ostensibly to aid Canada’s 1” fining industry. Canada’s gasoline ve ports to the USA jumped 15,0007 t tween January and March this ye ; and the price to Canadians jumped pe But the gasoline came from oil imp? ed into Canada. f s ol The time is here to put Canada’ Bhi resources. under public owners i These are not the exclusive riches. a servile handful of Ottawa politic!4’ they are the property of the Cana be people. and the government must t0 told with certainty that if it hope> ¢ retain any semblance of eredibilit is must act — and immediately — t0 oad its unnatural relationship with US Me perialism. It must institute PU fo! ownership of Canada’s oil resources the benefit of the Canadian peop This should be followed by an over energy policy which places all the ® the ral resources of the country 1? hands of its people. For African unity -The Organization of African unit at its founding 10 years ago, alme" yg | only at unity of the African state® | fl at “firm actions to eliminate Cc}. | ism completely from the Africa? ~ | tinent.” be At its recent-meeting in Addis Abie 4 the OAU was able to note that theca? owers who. battle against . Eberation in the former colonies, ic% create a “danger” in north-east Agric? and who seek to impose on vet colonial days, are the same powé are a threat to the rest of stru mankind. me International solidarity with fo | peoples of Africa is an essentl world peace and development. SAME SSG ER IR