By MABEL RICHARDS “Why do we always have to get Tooked in this province?” mused a young acquaintance as he poured over the latest press reports on the Kaiser shenani gans. The answer is simple. Because we are victims of the free enter- prise system. No one in this year of Our Lord Bennett, 1972, should be shocked by the news that Kaiser's U.S. executives manipulated an under-the-table deal to get their hot little hands on so-called Canadian” shares of their sub- Sidiary company. Fortunes were never made through honest Sweat and playing the game by Marquis of Queensbury rules. The latest revelation about Kaiser activities is but a small Part of the deal which from the very beginning has been a disaster for B.C. As the Pacific Tribune put it succinctly more than four years ago: Ten cents a ton and what do we get? Holes in the ground and deeper in debt! That is the real story of how the People get taken to the cleaners in this province. The hypocrisy of the daily press at this-late date express- ing dismay at the activities of Some of the get-rich-quick Charlies who haunt this prov- ice is not lost on the reader. The Vancouver Sun and Province have at their disposal contacts, information and a research staff denied the less affluent. The type of deal perpetrated on the people through collusion of the federal and provincial authorities with alser Resources should have been the Subject of muck-raking long ago. If our memories serve us Correctly, the daily press welcomed the Kaiser coal deal; never protested the measly ten ne a ton the people would get : om the sale of their coal to : ee never regretted the cost . € taxpayer of building the oberts Bank superport for the ee of Kaiser and the apanese industrialists; never Mentioned the loss of employ- ment which export of a rich Power resource meant to B.C. Workers. : Now the Vancouver Sun is con- erned because some Kaiser executives didn’t play the game. © it wasn’t cricket? So what? ae Incident is small potatoes f Mpared to the overall Fanchise they were handed to mint money in B.C. nin ther Premier Bennett nor 1S cabinet henchman have seen It to comment on the deceit of | Workers Benevolent Assn. Of Canada CLioressive Fraternal Society Sters 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. 'innipeg 4, Manitoba I ! I I ! | t ! 1 1 I 1 1 t Kaiser should be taken over | their friends in Kaiser Resources. Possibly they even approve, for they are so staunchly committed to free enterprise and all the term means they think that if the boys saw a chance to make a buck. they would be fools not to take it. One politician in the federal field, however, is concerned. Doug Hogarth, MP for New West- minster, has urged the Prime Minister to suspend the Kaiser option to lease inshore property at Roberts Banks. He also urged the PM to suspend a Kaiser application to buy another 5,000 acres in the Kootenays. Not least, he suggests “the govern- ment take into consideration action to ensure this company is no longer advantaged by its relationship with the people of Canada.” The working people of B.C. would go further and suggest that this company and a few hun- dred more U.S. corporations be no longer advantaged by their relationship with the people of Canada! Kaiser Resources has not shown itself to be efficient, circumspect in its public committments, or too con- cerned with the welfare of its employees and the environment of the Kootenays or the Lower Mainland. Now the company has reneged on its committment that 25 percent of the shares will remain Canadian, and has fallen far short of living up to its trade deals with the purchasers in Japan. When a foreign company, Hawker-Sidley in Nova Scotia, proved itself to be similarly irresponsible, the provincial government took over their steel mill and it has been much healthier since. The same action should be taken by the B.C. government in the Kaiser caSeymand,make a... Crown company. A TED HARRIS 757 East Hastings St. Vancouver 4, B.C. | Painters and Paperhangers - : Supplies Sunworthy Wallpaper Reg. 45¢c — Now 19¢ a Roll » GOVERNMENT SUARANTEED LOAN ‘and what gives you the notion you are STRIKE loss * ae Thy WRITE-OFF , = So“ . RESEARCH NS DEVELOPMENT entitled to public welfare?’ YCL leader's visit spurs youth action By LORI GORDEN “The Young Communist League is increasingly showing that it must be where the youth are instead of wishing the youth to be where it would like,” stated John Bizzell, the chairman of the Canadian Y.C.L. Bizzell, who is presently on a speaking and organizational tour of Canada, stayed in Vancouver from Jan. 12 to Jan. 18. He spoke to many progressive and con- cerned young people. During his’ visit, he emphasized how young Com- munists must be in the arenas where youth are fighting issues that are most important to them. ‘Their task,” he said, “is to show the _ interconnection between these issues. They must, wherever possible, build unity, and raise the class con- sciousness of other youth.” Bizzell’s message seems to have already taken affect. To help young workers and students play a constructive role in the fight for peace, he addressed an enthusiastic group on this question. As a result, a Van- couver committee is being = Leo me me ES QED eee ES EY GE EES EY Eee oe ED em eee, Eom ER em eee Left caucus in for substantial Nineteen seventy-two can be a good year for woodworkers, asserts the Left Caucus in Wood in a bulletin distributed this week. “With the termination of the coast contract, workers in this basic industry expect and are entitled to substantial wage increases in the light of ever- increasing cost of living. In this regard we have some catching up to do.” The Left Caucus blasts juris- dictional disputes which plague labor. They say they must be settled ‘up to and including mergers where necessary’. Jurisdictional picket lines play into the hands of the boss and are a disservice to the labor move- ment, whether craft or indus- trial. Only the lawyers benefit at labor’s expense. The bulletin says the first step towards unity is to work for one contract in the industry in B.C.. wood calls wage boost not as it is now with one on the coast and two in the Interior. Where a merger is not yet possible, the next step is to work for joint agreement on demands and termination date. The workers will take care of union officials who in the interest of _the boss break ranks and sign three-year contracts. While profits and production continue to soar, employers and their reactionary governments are preparing to impose a wage freeze similar to the one Nixon shackled labor in the U.S.A., with the support of some U.S. labor officials. The Caucus says the organized employers during these trying times will again practise the age- old tactic of divide and rule, and there is no guarantee that some union officials will not succumb as was the case of Pulp in past negotiations. “ formed to initiate support for the World Federation of Demo- cratic Youth campaign to build a children’s hospital in Vietnam. Already. these young Van- couverites have pledged to raise $5,000 over the next year. While in Vancouver. a most successful benefit folk concert was held for the WFDY project. About seventy young people enjoyed the music. food. and a brief address by Bizzell on Chile and the hospital. In order to reach as many young people as possible, Bizzell lectured at three campuses in the lower mainland. At UBC and Vancouver City College he spoke spoke on the developments in Chile which led to the success of the Popular Unity government At SFU, Bizzell, who was one of the main organizers of the African National Congress in Canada and who is himself a native-born South African, spoke on the struggles of the African people and the role of the A.N.C. Angela’s mother to speak here Financial support needed for defence Angela Davis's mother, Sadye. who is coming to the Pacific coast from Birmingham, Alabama, on a speaking tour. will be heard in Vancouver, the Angela Davis Defence Com- mittee announced this week. Four public meetings are scheduled here for the second week in February: a big public rally under the auspices of the Vancouver Angela Davis Com- mittee. in the John Oliver High Auditorium (41st and Fraser) for Wed.. Feb. 9th. as well as two student campus meetings and a labor rally. Mrs. Elaine Podovinikoff. secretary of the newly-formed Committee. announced this week that a letter is being mailed to a list of fraternal, cultural, labor and community organizations appealing for their support of the Com- mittee’s work and the planned Davis meetings. It also advises that 5.000 leaflets. 400 ~-Bail Now’ peti- tions forms, and large (16 x 24 inch) colorful posters. with a silk screen of Angela Davis. are available. The Committee's address is: 1035 East 29th St.. North Van- couver— Phone 987-4585. It was reported at the meeting held last Tuesday in the Grand- view Community Centre ‘that $375 has already been sent to the United National Angela Davis Defence Committee in San Fran- cisco. Beaver Transfer * Moving - Packing Storage * * 790 Powell St. Phone 254-3711 Classified advertising COMING EVENTS KEEP THIS DATE OPEN SAT. 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