ay, OUK SOLUTION TO UNEM PLotHEar RPWLATI ONS A § TO Gwe Ts e \ REAK GIVE THEM A y |- BiLtion TAK BEAK 25 years ago... 50 years ago... PULL CANADA SEAMEN _ INTO WAR EFFORT CHARGE MURDER That the current U.S. anti- . Communist spy hysteria is seek- ing to pull Canadians into the war orbit of Washington is indi- cated in the statement of William Z. Foster, chairman of the Communist Part made Nov. 19. “To lay the ground for war, fascism, and the more intensive exploitation of the workers, is the fundamental purpose of the wild campaign of Soviet- and Communist-baiting that is now upon us. This is the meaning of McCarthyism, which is inflicting upon the American people the worst reign of ideological ter- rorism they have ever exper- ienced in their entire history.” November 30, 1953 NEW YORK — Plain murder! This charge is hurled by seamen at the Lamport & Holt line, the U.S. steamboat inspectors and the captain of the Vestries, aR Hoong lives off the Virginia capes. More interested in. dividends, insurance and salvage than in the safety of 300 lives, the L & H line let an unseaworthy vessel, whose plates were deeply rusted, whose coal doors could not be closed, whose lifesaving equip- ment was antique, set out from New York to Buenos Aires. Most of the crew were Blacks signed on at less than the standard $4 British scale. = Tribune December 1, 1928 Profiteer of the week: Noranda Mines Ltd., one of those struggling endeavors which got loving, motherly care in Chretien’s federal budget, had a nine-month profit (to Sept. 30) of $80,500,000. The new tax Credits will boost that next year, although the $80-million is a 117% jump over 1977’s first nine months profit: $37,100,000. Figures used are from the company’s financial statements. PACIFIC Editor — SEAN GRIFFIN Associate Editor — FRED WILSON ; Business and Circulation Manager — PAT O'CONNOR Published weekly at Suite 101 — 1418 Commercial Drive, - Vancouver, B.C. V5L 3X9 Phone 251-1186 Subscription Rate: Canada, $8.00 one year; $4.50 for six months; Ali other countries, $10.00 one year Second class mail registration number 1560 PACIFIC TRIBUNE—DECEMBER 1, 1978—Page 4 which foundered with the loss of The Worker IDTOIRITAIL COMIMUEINT Budget aids war on labo There is a stark contrast in the federal budget of Nov. 16, between the fortunes in tax dollars: handed to corporations, and the lid on wage gains, and continu- ing high unemployment offered to working people. Chretien tried hard to keep alive the myth that wage demands and high living by workers. create infla- tion. He offered nothing to create jobs, or to control soaring prices and profits. In fact he promised a cut in job openings in 1979 compared to 1978. By throwing money to the corpora- tions, the Liberals, tightening the noose on working people, may have ideas of preventing any big-business drift to the Tories, and of laying a foundation for more solid corporation backing in next year’s general election. ; As an example of Budget hand-outs to corporations, with greatest benefits to monopoly corporations whose resources allow for costly expansion, is the invest- ment tax credit. Big business has been milking this one since 1975, But now it is extended “indefinitely” and raised from 5% to 7%. It means part of the corpora- tion’s expansion is paid by the taxpayer, . _ ‘but with no return to the taxpayer. Nor must such “expansion” guarantee jobs. Chretien says it “will provide benefits to manufacturing, the resources sector, farming and fishing.” Workers know well enough that manufacturing and re- sources are in the hands of giant corpora- tions, and that ‘monopolization of age riculture is moving ahead, with similar efforts by fish corporations. So who gets the hand-outs? More, the highly monopolized trans- portation industry — “rail, air, water and long-haul road transportation, now qual- ify for the basic 7% investment tax cre- dit,” on the purchase of equipm “Maybe, somewhere down the road, a fe jobs will result — if the equipme bought in Canada! — but the real ex sion will be in profits. In the area of research and deve Of ment the need for Canadian initiati! and protection of Canadian interest urgent. But this field is also one of # best arguments for public ownershll and democratic control of key industtl sectors. In contrast to. 100% write-offs private corporations (i.e., immediate | savings) based on. wide-ranging ! search” activities, any publicly-own@ enterprise benefiting from public mon® sunk into them, would pay off in soc! benefits for Canadian workers. Instead of enlarging mining compa? write-off from 30% to 100% for “dé velopment expenditures”, publidy owned, democratically-controlled © sources would earn substantial benef! for all Canadians. When the blinkers? capitalism are removed it is clear that the interests of the working people are cht true interests of the country. j Chretien’s reduction of the fedet™ sales tax (paid by manufacturers and i? porters) from 12% to 9% will “redue taxes payable at the manufacturer’s lev by $280-million this fiscal year and }J $1-billion in 1979-80. ...” Knowing Di business, consumers will look in vain fo! this huge saving to be passed on to them: _ The government of the monopolié has done what its patrons demanded. 4 for the legitimate demands of the work ing class, the Budget exposes once agal! the class war being waged by that gov ernment, and brings into focus the ae cial need for a united fightback by all labor and its allies. " McDermott should answer The Toronto Sun, and the Toronto Globe and Mail, not your everyday . dauntless defenders of labor, the trade - union movement, strike leaders, etc., did however find ample editorial space to say: “Bravo McDermott.” The gist was that here was a “good” labor leader, who refused to support workers on strike, who could quote, “it is the law,” as ably as any government prude. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers, who were recently railroaded ‘back to work without a contract, after being without one for 18 months and finally striking and defying government measures to force them to work, were the recipients of McDermott’s lectures - on being pure, while large parts of the — labor movement gave them fraternal support. He has earned congratulation from the anti-labor press. But seriously, ~ McDermott should consider what he nase. done; it may not be too late for him to change. He speaks of new directions, but what directions is he talking about — toward tripartism, toward the labor cooperation Chretien mentioned in his Budget speech? ; The Sun professes to know McDer- mott when it says “he’d agree” that it would be “more honorable” for the government to “openly and honestly” adopt legislation “forbidding strikes # essential services...” There are mal) workers who would expect MeDermo! to reply to his new-found spokesman. ; The Sun sees McDermott as “a ded! cated union man.” But dedicated what? One can’t quarrel with the nee? for independent political action, a brea with the old parties. But neither mus! working-class interests be subordinate to political aims as the Labor Party 1 Britain tries to subordinate them. What the labor movement needs fro# the Canadian Labor Congress leadet ship is political action to bring basi reforms, not policies to administé! capitalism and help manage it in thé interests of the capitalist class. The way forward is through ne¥ economic policies to strengthen the real independence of Canada, to achiev! real unity, based on the interests of thé working people of Canada. 4 _ The Globe says McDermott is safely _n its side on the question of “whethet we will or will not live by the rule of (capitalist class) law.” McDermott will have to decide whether he wants to play that role while workers in theif thousands are battling the very laws thé Globe champions, laws which deprivé them of human rights.