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NATIONAL NEWS:

EICHMANN TRIAL WITNESS
IS REFUSED ENTRY HERE

The Canadian government
has refused entry to Dr.
Abraham Berman Of Israel,
well-known anti-Nazi_ resist-
ance fighter, to be a guest

speaker at this year’s Warsaw :

Ghetto Uprising commemora-
tion ceremonies and the 14th,
anniversary celebration of
Israel’s birth to be held in
Toronto, April 22.

He applied to the Canadian
embassy in Israel for a non-
immigrant visa to visit Can-
ada for a period of six to
eight weeks. He was inform-
ed by the Canadian embassy
in Israel that a visa had been
refused.

Dr. Berman had been in-
vited by the United Jewish
People’s Order which is spon-
soring the event in Toronto.

During recent years Dr.
Berman participated in simi-
lar events in France, England,
Belgium, Argentina, Brazil,
Uruguay, Chile and other
countries. He was one of the
heroic fighters of the Ghetto
uprising, and was a witness at
the Eichmann trial in Jerus-
alem.

The UJPO has protested to
Ottawa and appeals for pub-
lic protests against this un-
just action.

Royal York

Settlement of the 11-month
long Royal York Hotel strike
in Toronto was announced
last week as strikers ratified
terms of a new agreement by
a vote of 316 to 76.

Reports of the ratification
meeting indicated that many
of the strikers who voted in
favor were not happy with

the agreement, but their union °

‘leadership had pushed for
approval.

strike ends

With one exception — a
slight concession by manage-
‘ment on seniority—the terms
of the three-year pact are
virtually what the hotel had
offered in the beginning.

Nevertheless, the _ settle-
ment represents a big defeat
for the mighty CPR, owners
of the hotel, that had spent
$500,000 in an effort to break
the workers’ strike.

‘Stop dumping of U. ;
farm bare agi in B.C

Do B.C. consumers buy
B.C. grown fruits and veg-
etables?

If they live in a city or do
their shopping at chain stores,
chances are they don’t. The
reason is simple. It’s difficult
to find homegrown farm pro-
duce in these stores. Most of
what is on the shelves comes
in from the U.S.

The fact is that the U.S. is
not simply exporting farm
produce into B.C.— it is dump-
ing it into our province. The
big chain stores and whole-
sale houses (most of which are
U.S. owned) get American
farm produce at low prices.
But these low prices are never
passed on to the consumer.
They are used to making ex-
cessive profits. So the consum-
er benefits in no way from
low-priced U.S. farm produce
coming into B.C.

How does it affect our farm-
ers? The chain stores use low-
priced U.S. farm produce to
beat down prices to B.C. farm-
ers, or they refuse outright to:
buy B.C. grown produce. In
both cases it is driving B.C.
farmers out of production.

Take carrots as an example

. a farmer is lucky if he can
oct 2c a lb. for the carrots he
grows. Sometimes’ he can’t.
even sell them. But California
carrots in the chain stores
(which presumably come in
for less than B.C. carrots)
sell to the consumer for 15c
a lb. That’s too big a spread
and too big a profit!

This dumping of U.S. farm
produce into B.C. is more ex-
tensive than you may realize.
HERE ARE SOME FACTS:
® From 1945-60 (due to Cali-
fornia tomatoes flooding the
B.C. market) B.C. acreage in
tomatoes dropped from 3,500
to 700 acres.

e Almost all the processing
and canning plants in the Ok-

The B.C. Farm Commis-
sion of the Communist Party
is widely distributing an at-
tractive leaflet urging sup-
port for the farmers and
calling for an end to U.S.
dumping of farm products
in B.C. Text of the leaflet
is reprinted here.

anagan have been bought out
by U.S. firms and closed down
(to kill all competition.) Now
these canned fruits and vege-
tables come in from the U.S.
and we pay higher prices for
them. :
e During the first six months
of 1960, 128,000 U.S. fowl,
and 440,000 lbs. of dressed
poultry meat were brought
-into B.C. Many of them were
sold under the label “Product
of Canada.”
WHY IS IT ALLOWED?

Why. is U.S. dumping al-
lowed by our government?
Why are U.S. interests being
given preference over that of
Canadians?

There seems to be only one
logical explanation. U.S. mon-

opoly interests are dominat-.

ing Canadian Government
policies. Through NATO and
NORAD they’ve put a ring in.
our nose’ to.lead us to the
slaughter. Anyone who fol-
lows international events
knows that in the cold war
what John Kennedy has al-
ready said. So when the U.S.
.dumps its farm surplus into
B.C., both Ottawa and Vic-

1960 IMPORTS IN B.C.
(almost all from the U.S.)

Product No. of Lbs.
(in millions)
Apples (fresh) 9.5
Strawberries (fresh) 6.3
Cabbage ded
Onions 13.1
Tomatoes (fresh) 19.1
Tomatoes (canned) 6.2

Product No. of Lbs.
(in millions)

Peaches (fresh) 2.2
Peaches (canned) 4.2
Plums (fresh) 1.0
Carrots 10.7
Potatoes 38.7
Tomato Juice 10.6

toria are afraid to dog
thing about it. 5.
THERE IS A SOLUTION!

What is the solution
really quite simple!

All that needs to be
is that both the federat”
provincial governm™
should enforce existing
lation. If any new legis!

is needed, it can easly
passed. :
This would:

e Put a ban on US. 4
ing into B.C. and so PF
our farmers;

© Stop the profiteeri
food prices now produ
the chain stores and 50?
tect the consumer.
LABOR-FARMER UNIT!

Can it be done? Admilé
it will require-a lot of P
sure to compel govern
to change their presen
cies of sellout to the U.S
the people have changed!
ernment policies before”
we can do it again.

The starting point mu»!
action by the farmers
selves — passing resoluti
circulating petitions, 5°
large delegations to th
ernment.

At the same time, fa!
should seek the supP'
the powerful trade
movement. It is in the ®
est of labor to back fé
in this struggle. worl
farmers comprise 85%. ®
population United Wwe,
compel any governme!
listen to us.

Let us use this power
own interests! Let us 5¢@
that Ottawa and Victo
the needs of B.C. farm®
consumers first! a

Questionable_

The Birchite nucle
slogan “I’d rather bé
than Red” inspired M@'
Magazine to editoria
serve “neither is ine
and the goal of every
making policy must
avoid both.” On nucleat

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ade from now, highly
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Of Canada’s 18 millit
ulation, 185,000 are of
origin.

Easter peace parades in many

There’s a new fashion in
Easter parades this year.' The
accent is on peace. In big
cities and small across Can-
ada, in the U.S. and all over
the world, supporters of var-
ious peace movements will
get out on the highways and
byways to demonstrate their
demand for world disarma-
ment and end to nuclear
tests.

Here’s what’s happening in
the main centres outside B.C.:

Toronto

Marchers will assemble at
the University of Toronto Sat-
urday, April 21, and march
through the business section
of the city, ending up at city

hall where they will be ad-—

dressed by Archdeacon John
Frank of the Holy Trinity
Church.
Montreal

The peace march has the
support of the Quebec Fed-
eration of Labor and the con-

. federation of National Trade

Unions.

Ottawa

The Easter peace parade
will start from the Defense
Research building and will
end up on Parliament Hill.

Saskatchewan

The Saskatoon and Regina
labor councils are joining the
CCND in sponsoring one big
nuclear disarmament parade
in Regina, April 21. Marchers
will walk 2% miles to the
parliament buildings where
Premier W. S. Lloyd will ad-
dress a rally.

Alberta

Easter peace parades are
expected to take place in Ed-
monton and Calgary.
Winnipeg

An Easter peace march will
take place in this city.

Welland-Toronto
The Canadian Committee
for Nuclear Disarmament and
the
100 are jointly participating
in a march from the Univer-
sity of . Toronto to Peace
Bridge at Fort Erie, a dist-
ance of more than 100 miles.
They plan to join U.S. march-

- walk

Toronto Committee of:

ers at International Peace
Bridge and may continue
their walk to a Nike missile
base near Buffalo.

Windsor-Detroit
Windsor peace groups will
participate in an Easter peace
walk in Detroit April 12. The
is sponsored by the
Turn Towards Peace move-
ment and its supporters in-
cluding the Fellowship of
Reconciliation.

Chicago
More than 2,000 are ex-
pected to participate in an-

centré

nual Walks for Peace
mass peace rally Frid@

Saturday, April 20, 24

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place in the world in *—
port of beer. Althoug} |
Czechoslovakia beer
or 12 per cent strength,
eries also turn out 13
per cent beer.

Scientists estimate
of our earth at avr”
billion years. ;

IN BRITAIN:

Britain’s fifth Aldermaston
march, beginning Good Fri-
day, and winding up with a
huge rally at Hyde Park in
London, is expected to gain

thousands of new supporters,

said Canon John Collins,
chairman of the Campaign
for Nuclear Disarmament.

Pickets will also be organ-

fifth march.

ized at the Houses of
ment, Admiralty Hou
prime minister’s officié
dent), the defense ™
the war office and L@
Palace, headquarters
Church of England hie®
Easter parades 4
taking place in Ital
mark, and W. Germal?

April 19, 1962—PACIFIC TRIBUN