THE ‘MARKET PLA ce L. A. Vancouver, B.C.. writes:— It has seemed evident for some time, that the federal government intends to use the fact that neither owner or union _ éfforts have worked toward control of consumer prices; as an excuse to take over such Controls itself, in the belief that it has majority public support for such a take over. Which unfor- tunately is probably true. I was therefore relieved that the recent provincial confront- ation between some of the unions and the province, has not occurred; for I feel that.such a federal law once consolidated is a big step toward Facism and the Chief objective is to get legal control of labor. And a confrontation regarding Wages, ina limited area of union- ism only with the public so unprepared would seem likely to play into the hands of the govern- ment in a class way. I know that you are not the ~ union leaders. And I am not too detailed in my knowledge of unionist activities. But hope that you will accept this as the Opinion of one regular reader. For I do not believe that the old law of the market place’ of competition regulating prices, and so holding down prices, any longer holds because ownership — well disguised — is now in so few hands that almost no real competition in prices is permitted. With the big Monopolists it’s just “‘all the traffic will bear.” MUCH TOO LATE John Tanche, White Rock, Writes:— While it was two or three years behind time, John Wier’s article in the Aug. 7 edition of the Pacific Tribune on Maoism and Trotskyism was very explicit; not that we all Needed it, but many of us did. With the titles of booklets and It Pays to Sell the ‘PT’ Contact: E. CRIST, Circulation Mgr. - at 685-5288 - Beaver Transfer * Moving Packing * Storage * 573 East Hastings St. Phone 254-3711 prices to go further into detail on the same page. But why is our press always so late in explaining, cases in point? Explanations on Czecho- slovakia, Maoism, Trotskyism, etc were too late in coming. The enemy succeeds in decimating our ranks when such information comes late, and there is no reason for being late in this regard. It shows an indifference which Communists cannot afford — if they wish to build and strengthen the party. I believe this problem should be featured in more ‘letters to the editor,’ and it is well worth the space if anything is. WRIGHT UE NEWS SERVICE “IT'S AN EMERGENCY, DOC, WE GOTTA - USE THE DRILL RIGHT AWAY ! # | ‘A lump in his throat’ : Peatied not pollution, first concern of monopoly By MABLE RICHARDS Resources Minister Ray Williston suffered ‘‘a lump in his throat’? when members of SPEC (Society for Pollution and Environmental Control) handed out leaflets at the opening of the Bowater Paper Corporation plant at Houston last week. The minister wasn’t moved to tears in appreciation of the efforts of concerned citizens to protect the environment; on the contrary he was choked up with anger. SPEC’s leaflets dared to criticize the activities of the company headed, according to Williston, by ‘‘one of the world’s best known conservationists.”’ If J. Martin Ritchie, chairman of Bowater which is building a sawmill and pulp and paper complex in the Bulkley Valley has come up with a system which will do away with the pollution connected with pulp mills, it is to be hoped he will share his knowledge with forest _industry representatives who are taking part in the pollution probe at UBC this week. Doctors challenge existing abortionlaws An editorial in the journal of the Canadian Medical Associa- tion recently criticizes. the present system in Canada where abortions must be approved by a committee of at least/ three doctors. The magazine, CMA Journal, is the official voice of organized medicine. ‘‘Doctors should not be obliged to assume the function of gatekeepers to decide which unwanted children should be allowed into this world and which ones should not’ the editorial states. _ Further, it makes the point that opponents of a truly liberal abortion law. cite the rights of the unborn fetus, but such opposi- tionists ‘“‘must show an equal concern that the rights of the unwanted child are respected and guaranteed after it is born.” TED HARRIS 757 East Hastings St. ~ Vancouver 4, B.C. - Painters and Paperhangers Supplies Sunworthy Wallpaper Reg. 45¢ — Now 19¢ a Roll 253-1221 Sixth Annual CANADA-CUBA WINTER CARNIVAL Leaves Vancouver Dec. 18, 1970 ONLY $659.00 Contact: GLOBE TOURS 2679 E. Hastings St., Vancouver 6, B.C. 254-2313 The point is well taken. Society as a whole, not only the Women’s Liberation groups which have been in the forefront of the struggle for freer abortion laws, will welcome this forthright stand of the medical profession. Certainly no section of society on moral or religious grounds has the right to insist that unwanted children be brought into a world where their welfare is not guaranteed — a condition woefully lacking in western society. There is little doubt that the stand of the medical profession will assist in achieving more sane abortion laws from parlia- ment. On this question western lawmakers have long lagged behind ttose of socialist countries, where the backstreet butcher-abortionist is unknown. eeecesocccvvcecceveceveossor > OVALTINE : : CAFE : > 251 EASTHASTINGS ° : Vancouver, B.C. ° QUALITY SERVICE} ae ee ee = Workers Benevolent Assn. Of Canada Progressive Fraternal Society Caters to all your needs in the Life Insurance field LIFE INSURANCE ‘ ENDOWMENTS PENSION PLANS WEEKLY BENEFITS Apply to: B.C. office at 805 East Pender St. or National Office at 595 Pritchard Ave. Winnipeg 4, Manitoba {TS Sem erm eT eee ETT eee en me Eee oe geen emmem eemen cee coin ee ee eee —— eee eee ee ee cee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee oe oe oe oe a ee Spokesmen for _ forest companies, in answer to questions from individuals and anti-pollution groups taking part in the inquiry, have to date come up with nothing more definite than remarks that the industry “faces grave technical prob- lems,”’ and is ‘‘faced with the question of priorities,”’ etc., etc. Pollution not a priority? The brief presented by the Scientific Pollution and Environ- mental Control Society, (SPEC), outlined specific sugges tions for pollution control measures in most phases of forest industry. Amongst them were the installation of auto- matic continuous monitoring equipment to record concen- trations of hydrogen sulphide, and other gases, and to measure concentrations of hydrogen sulphide within a half-mile radius of all pulp mills in B.C., and the data published at company expense. The Pollution Control Board should seek an immediate accounting of furnace recovery capacity and day to day loading for all Kraft pulp mills in B.C. with appro- priate control to see that over- loaded equipment is replaced or production cutback in line with furnace capacity; no Kraft mill expansion be permitted unless recovery furnace size will accommodate such expansion. The brief outlined as well some methods of handling and treatment for other forest industry wastes. They recommend immediate installa- tion of primary treatment lagoons and the construction of emergency catch basins to at least contain present spills. Coast mills, booming grounds and saw mills should immediately begin to dredge accummulated sludge beds in their neighborhood from the sea and dispose of such dredgings upon the land. Neither fibre, chips, sawdust nor hog fuel should be permitted to fall into the sea from any mill or logging operation on penalty of a severe fine. Sawdust burners should be (prohibited, as well as slash burning, and there must be an end to clear-cut logging, the SPEC brief recommended. SPEC numbers in its ranks several well-known scientists, and the brief, in part, was prepared by them. It is certain that industry and government will cry “‘impos- sible! impractical! Too costly!” to the suggestions for pollution control. In this regard an item from Tacoma, Wash., in the Van- couver Sun of August 13 is most interesting. The item notes: “Air pollution standards that officials of American Refining and Smelting Co. say are impossible to meet were allowed to stand by the Puget Sound Air Pollution Board Wednesday. . . the pollution agency board heard comments from company offi- cials but took no action to change the regulations. . .”’ Standards which are impos- sible to meet? A technology on this continent sufficient to put a man on the moon, manufacture nerve gases to kill the world’s population, place communi- cation satellites into orbit, is incapable of finding answers to industrial pollution? What balderdash! The real nub of the reason for the vacuous answers and cries of: “‘standards impossible to meet”’ from industry is straight dollars and cents. A man from Powell River pointed this out to the pollution inquiry. He estimated the amount spent on pollution control by the forest industry in the past five years, against total profits, was only seven-tenths of one percent! The man on the street is no longer over-awed by the giants of industry; indeed as economic and pollution problems multiply day by day, he is beginning to look upon industry as an enemy, giving him a catchpenny day- to day existence, while the natural world about him declines into slime. Classified advertising COMING EVENTS AUG. 23 — GARDEN PARTY— SUNDAY, AUGUST 23rd from 2:30 P.M. on. UKRAIN- IAN SUPPER. Cabbage rolls & Pyrohi will be served from 5 P.M. Bingo. Refreshments. Admission $1.50. 1503 DOVER- COURT RD. NORTH VAN- COUVER. Everyone’ wel come. Save all good RUMMAGE for the B.C. PEACE COUNCIL’S RUMMAGE SALE to be held in NOV. Phone 685-9958 be- tween 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. or 987 1576. HALLS FOR RENT RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME— Available for meetings, ban- quets and weddings at rea- sonable rates. 600 Campbell Ave, 254-3430. CLINTON HALL, 2605 East Pender. Available for bzan- quets, meetings, weddings, _ ete. Phone 253- Tah ees Fick UK RAINIAN CANADIAN CULTURAL . 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