ity and Cooperation.

New pa cka ge may MPLA president asserts |
Angola will soon be freé

the Canadian government become a
foremost champion of the cause of de-
tente, of nuclear disarmament based on
equality of security, of a Middle East

litical settlement based on the 1967

N Security Council Resolution, for the
full implementation. of the Paris Peace
Treaties with respect to Vietnam, a suc-
cessful Conference on European Secur-

May Day 1974 particularly calls for
renewed expressions of solidarity with
the embattled people of Chile, for sup-

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avert hospital strike

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would lead the membership to

: turn down the offer.

The government’s capitulation
to the hospital workers’ demands
for a catch-up program has been
that the monies for the settle-
ment will have to come from
John White and the Provincial
Treasury Board rather than from
the narrow allocations originally
given to the hospital administra-
tions. “It was more than just the
threat of strike that led to the

settlement,” a union spokesman
said, ‘‘the deciding factor, in ad-
dition to strike, was the support
shown to the hospital workers
by the people of Ontario.”
Public support was gained
through a public relations cam-
paign that has been described as
“flawless”. Posters, radio spot
announcements, television pro-
grams, newspaper ads and public
speaking engagements all led to
an understanding by the public
of the conditions under which
the hospital workers labored.

Flizabeth Rowley named Communist
candidate in Windsor- Walkerville

By YVES LOZON

WINDSOR — Elizabeth Anne
Rowley has been approved in a
recent meeting here to repre-
sent the Communist Party of
Canada in the forthcoming Fede-
ral elections, “Windsor-Walker-
ville constituency.

Ms. Rowley, who was candi-
date for the Party in Edmonton-
Strathcona in the 1972 Federal
elections, is a resident of the
working-class Parent-Wyandotte
area and works in an Erie street
firm as typesetter apprentice. —

Exposing the two parties of
monopoly for the fraudulent
failure they are as far_as the
working people are concerned,
shaking the NDP back to its
class sense in view of an even-

tual building of a socialist-mind-
ed anti-monopoly alliance, in-
cluding sincere social-democrats
and Communists, are what Ms.
Rowley saw as the main role of
Communist candidates in the
looming Federal race.

In addition to being organiza-
tional secretary of the Windsor
regional party organization, Eli-
zabeth Rowley sits on the steer-
ing committee of the Norman
Bethune School of Social Sci-
ences and is active in the Can-
adian Peace Congress, the Com-
mittee for Solidarity with De-
mocratic Chile and the May Day
1974 Committee.

J. N. Lischeron, a retired auto
worker, has been chosen by the
meeting to act as Ms. Rowley’s
Official agent.

- Soviet aid to Egypt

MOSCOW (ANS) — Some
83 projects, including 35 indus-
trial and power engineering en-
terprises, have been built. in
Egypt with Soviet participation
in the 16 years since the sign-
ing of an agreement on eco-
nomic and technical cooperation
between the two countries.

The most important among
them is the Aswan hydro-power
engineering complex. The hydro-
power station, which is a part

of it, has already generated
18,000 million kilowatt-hours of
electric energy. The complex, as
a whole, has yielded the repub-
lic 800 million Egyptian pounds
net profit, which tops by 150%
its building expenses.

The construction of a- lubri-
cants plant was completed in
Alexandria, last year* With a
capacity of 69,000 tons of lubri-
cants a year, it will enable
Egypt to save annually $5.5-
million on import reductions.

TO OUR READERS

‘Along with some of the most recent developments, and
some searching looks at events just now unfolding, this
issue contains some articles and reports which would have
appeared earlier, had we not altered our publishing sche-
dule because of the postal strike. While this means that
some items are a little dated, they are developments we
Gre sure our readers would not want to miss. To those who
have sent articles which do not appear in this issue, we
ask your patience while the backlog is being sorted out.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1974—PAGE 10

port of their struggle to restore democ-
racy in Chile and for the release of all
political prisoners: including all those
who have been sentenced to death by
the military junta. ;
May Day 1974 likewise calls for’
stronger solidarity support to the peo-
ples of Southern Africa in their strug-
gle against apartheid, genocide, racism,
and for national and social liberation.
The downfall of the fascist regime in
Portugal creates better opportunities
to the peoples of Angola, Mozambique
and Guinea-Bissau to achieve their in-

¢ to defeat monopoly

TORONTO—“Events_ in. Por-
tugal show that the people of
that country are with us in our
demands”, said Dr. Agostinho
Neto, president of MPLA (Popu-
lar Movement for the Liberation
of Angola) at a press conference
here April 29. “And it is also
true that these same events
show that we will win soon”.

Dr. Neto was in Canada for a
six day tour that took him to
Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto.
While in Ottawa he talked with
members of the Department of
External Affairs about aid to
and recognition of the liberation
movements.

“So far the Canadian govern-
ment has hesitated to offici-
ally recognize the liberation

- movements as the legitimate

representative of the peoples;
for instance they have refused
to recognize the new state of
Guinea-Bissau. Yet I discussed
with. them the possibility of
their giving aid to our move-
ment. This is in fact a type of
recognition, so I consider my
trip to Ottawa very positive.
‘Although they haven’t yet
given this aid”, said Dr. Neto,

TORONTO — Repeating the
declaration of the Communist
Party for an all-Canadian oil
pipeline, free of external pres-
sures, Communist leader Wil-
liam Kashtan said in a letter to
the National Energy Board,
April 15, that “there are no
valid reasons why an all-Cana-
dian route should not be
chosen.”

The letter, on behalf of the
Party Central Executive, also
expressed again the Party’s
“view that the pipeline, like
energy and natural resources,
should be publicly owned and
operated in the interests of the
Canadian people. The letter in
full follows:

As wé have had occasion: to

. State before in a letter addressed

to the National Energy Board on
January 7, 1974, the Commun-
ist Party of Canada’ is opposed
to the route proposed for the
construction of the oil pipeline
from Sarnia to thé area: of the
Montreal, Quebec refinery.

We favor an_ all-Canadian
route so that at no time could
external pressures be exerted on

' Canada, thus assuring security

of supply.
No Assurances
In our view, the Sarnia oil
pipeline route gives no such as-
surances. The tap would be in
the possession of another coun-
try, in this case the USA. This

“the Canadian government is at
least discussing it. This is an
important step”.

He also said that the MPLA
would prefer that the aid which
the Canadian government may
accord the liberation move-
ments be given directly, not
through the auspices. of some
third non-governmental agency.
“When the aid is sent directly”,
Dr. Neto commented, “it is a
public and official position,
arcund which popular support
can be mobilized for our
struggle”.

Getting back to the recent
coup in Portugal, Dr. Neto re-
marked that at least for the
people inside the country it was
a positive advance, an end to
“open fascism”. But regarding
the new government’s position
towards Angola, Mozambique
and Guinea, he was not as opti-
mistic. “Our movement is a lib-
eration struggle fighting for
independence. This is our goal,”
he said. “If General Spinola is
serious about solving the crisis
in Portugal, as-he writes in his
book, then he must solve the
colonial situation.

would also hold true were the
line to be constructed at Sault
Ste. Marie.

It has been argued that cost-
wise it would be cheaper to
build the Sarnia line rather than
an all-Canadian route. This may
be so. However, if controls are
éxercised outside of Canada and
security of supply is endangered,
what value is there in a cheaper
line? '

If such a line of argumenta-
tion was accepted before Con-
federation, there would have
been no Confederation and no
Canada.

The real question is whether
policies are pursued to strength-
en Canada’s ability to be master
in its own house, or whether
Canada should veer increasingly
towards integration and contin-
entalism with the USA.

These are the underlying
choices involved: in any serious
consideration of the question of
construction of the pipeline.

Not a Serious Argument

The argumentation advanced
that the Sarna line would take
less time than an all-Canadian

_route is not a serious argument.

The time factor is not great and
therefore is not a valid reason
to. sacrifice the all-Canadian
route. The fact is that policies
could be devised to assure sup-
plies of oil to the eastern mar-
ket. Such policies are in opera-

dependence, a struggle freedom-lovil
Canadians must support. :

Fellow workers: ae

Make May Day this year a stepping
: stone towards the achievement of eV
stronger united action against mol
poly, for Canadian independence, pea!
democracy, for firm bonds of inter
tional solidarity, and for a_sociall
Canada in which exploitation of m
by. man would be ended and a new, m0
just and humane society won.
—Central Executive Commi

Communist Party of Canad

“We do not see how hi
of a federated state ©
without the continuing
acy of Portugal. In his
of things, the metrop?

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still be responsible for is

willing to sit down
to discuss these ar
matters on a princip

Dr. Neto also mentio™y
increased support thé
and other liberatio
are receiving around
He noted that the *
made much progress 1 ont
five years as to rep
on United Nations
being observer mem
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namic Organization 5
as well as the
Labor Organization. vl

This, he concluded, 4 si!
cause of the increas® the o
for our program inside
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in the field against |

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be done is to conti? oi
until the pipeline is ©
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valid reasons why ee ch?
dian route should not jine
An all-Canadian Pipe ade
follow the Trans-C#
Pipeline Route. ;
The Communist party
ada also wishes tO
considered view th@
line, like energy an¢
sources, should been |
owned and operated it n eof
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natural resources u
balanced economic
of Canada today an© —

A memorial to /4 4
Pearl Wedro, who di
2, 1973, is tobe My gm
Sunday, May 12, at orld
Bathurst Lawn Mem
on Bathurst St. soU ;

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< After the unveiling 3g
are invited to the an?
chevsky Centre, 5
Ave., where a plaqu' i
dicated by the exe
United Jewish PeoP™

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