REGINA — The current issue
setaitie Fire reports that over
Battieece’ gathered in North

eford on April 19 for a rally
“toa U.S. manned bomber
ts over Canadian territory.
t B-52’s, a vital part of
Merican war of genocide
etnam, will be flying test

Over Saskatchewan and
| Dots of Alberta all summer.

“ts thus trained will be used
“ee thousands of bombing
| bleg ons over the peasant peo-
AN “aa Vietnam, and Laos.
its dar vattleford is the site of a,
. helps tracking station which
[of th Gauge the “performance”

Boots mock bombings, as the
bot the Swoop down just south
} "Ne city.

‘the : ae those participating in
| tty de ly were farmers, laborers,
| univenes and faculty from the
\ br oy. high school students,

. Ssional people, business-
¢! 2nd clergy.
F Peakers at the rally included
tora Woloshyn, a North Battle-

district farmer, Mrs. Carol
the Undson, Vice-President of
x Saskatchewan NDP, Paul
| Sask graduate student on the
ae campus of the uni-
5 Y, Barry Richards, a Prince

Mining engineer, and
! én Smillie, Chaplain on
| Unit askatoon campus for the
yd Church of Canada.

that Richards made it clear
| Protect’ issue at stake in the
| ism, “st was not anti-American-
Rae pointed out that large

ly bers of Americans are equal-

| Rey, p

“Tole PPOsed to their country’s
| Worlg as “policemen of — the
| ao).2..im the effort to protect
: thet corporate Empire, and
| allie these Americans “are our
| $8 in this struggle.”

the = Richards also emphasized

: Black Panther Party which
Jo foviding free breakfast and
thet programs: in — black

wees throughout the U.S.

hinoonted with pride” to Mrs..
Nop Sutherland, daughter of
“up leader T. C. Douglas and a
thee ter of the Black Pan-

a 0

a 5
Ne speaker from the aud-

ie
vi a student from Mexico
tog Nding university in Saska-

» = drew loud applause when
Ee that “the plight of the

ae in Latin America was the
| ang 28 that of the Vietnamese
i dh Of underdeveloped nations
teqreneral. They are all domiria-
4 ey the economic and mili-
|g. might of the U,S.” ;
| py cveral of the speakers
“State d out that government
of ments and press coverage
Bane B-52 issue had consis-
tp distorted the real signifi-
Droten,o! the flights and of the
Sts against them.
; Weint; federal government’s
§ Nting of permission to the
| tp t8gic Air Command (SAC)
bone out the flights is but
“Sup More example of Canadian
4 bolo for U.S. war and foreign
Yet Y aims, the speakers said.
leno the politicians had either.
rE or denied all attempts
he “eee citizens to make
t ents as a public issue.
Vietnes coverage of the war in
Bgp: am and of the role of
«4 “Sin that war, was seen as
Man) sive to the gross hu-

Suffering resulting and

’s complicity that
g.

in

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Nfferin

8. Gudmundson stated that
in we had a responsible press
th. lis country, we would have

bike Positive role of groups like .

Telating the connection of _

these practice runs to the mass
murders of people in another
country, instead of concerning
themselves only with the noise
these planes make as they dip
to 800 feet above our Saskat-
chewan soil.”

She was referring to a Star
Phoenix article of April 15
which failed to relate the B-52
flights to the atrocities in Viet-
nam. Instead, the article con-
cerned itself only with the com-
ments of a resident of Krydor,
Sask. This gentleman apprecia-
ted the -“excitement” whicn the
flights generated in the com-
munity, and viewed them as po-
tentially detrimental only if
they should interfere with his
TV reception.

Striking out at the “Board of
Trade mentality” of much news
coverage, Rev. Smillic comment-
ed on CBC newscaster Craig
Oliver’s coverage of an earlier
demonstration against the SAC
flights. Mr. Oliver closed his
report with a quote from a resi-
dent of North Battleford who
resented “those intruders from
outside.” Mr. Smillie continued:
“Ve Canadian citizens were the

‘intruders, but Americans with

B-52’s flying over Vietnamese
and Canadian skies were wel-
come tourists.” : .

Student spokesman Paul Kouri
noted that neither the Canadian
press ‘nor the government had
ever challenged U.S. policies. or
Canadian complicity in these
policies. He called on those
present at the rally to under-
take the crucial task of point-
ing these matters out to the
people of Canada, to tell them
that “we can prevent the flying
of B-52’s over Canadian terri-
tory.”

Spokesmen for the demonstra-
tion said that direct telephone

‘invitations to attend the rally

had been issued to both Ameri-
can and Canadian authorities
almost two weeks in advance.
It was argued that governments
in Canada and the U.S. had 4
responsibility to send represen-
tatives who would attempt to
explain the presence of the
bombers and. to answer ques-
tions of citizens of the province.

The Canadian Department of
Defence flatly refused the re-
quest. The rally organizers had
also been in touch with Colonel
George Hennrikus, an informa-
tion officer for SAC in Omaha,
Nebraska. He declined the invi-
tation but said that “Canadian
authorities would represent us
in such activities.” Although he
Had not, been in touch with
them, he felt “they could be
depended on to answer any
questions.”

After the speeches, the pro-
testors, some on foot, and some
in. automobiles, proceeded
through North _ Battleford’s
downtown streets to the site of
the radar station. En route they
handed out copies of the Prairie
Fire’s special issue on the U.S.
bomber flights, and talked with
residents of the city.

At the site the demonstrators

were greeted by*a small but
noisy group of counter-demon-
strators, mostly local high
school students and young peo-
ple. A minor confrontation en-
sued, with a hostile but fruitful
exchange taking place. The ori-
ginal demonstrators pasted -up
signs on the radar installation
under the watchful eye of the

representatives the
government decided to send.

politician

RCMP, who must have been the
Canadian

Quebec premier-elected

By ALAIN PATRIE

MONTREAL—In the halcyon
days of capitalism the manu-
facturer was a “general” and
the politician a servitor. Today’s
world finds the capitalist no
more a “general” in the factory
but rather a corpulent heir who
clips coupons and floats on
champagne in Macao. The capi-
talists of today hire technolo-
gists for their monopolies since
the development of social pro-
duction has virtually eliminated
the need for a boss. And the
must now thrash
around desperately to try and
explain wars, economic disas-
ters or just plain poverty. The
logic of this development has
led to a new breed of states-
tnan, a sort of technological-
capitalist-politician, a state
monopolist.

This “triune” finds its most
ready example in Robert Bou-
rassa, the new Liberal premier
of Quebec. Bourassa is a logical
development of state-monopoly
capitalism in Quebec, .the pro-
cess whereby the fusion of in-
dustry and politics takes place,
where a marriage is dictated in
the name of profit and power.
One obtains the same portrait
in Trudeau. iby

Languishing under a burden
of national deprivations and the
exacerbations of economic fail-
ure, much of Quebec tends to
listen to Bourassa, indeed to all
the economic mandarins who
outline Quebec’s problems and
then with the occult face of a
horoscope reader, predict
smooth sailing shortly. This is a
period in which capital has be-
come unstable in Quebec.

What is the true state of af-
fairs economically in Quebec?

Nearly one person in 10 on
the province’s work force —

9.2% — is now unemployed. |

There are 75,000 to 80,000
young men and women gradu-
ating from our educational
systems each year. The labor
force grew by 3%.in 1969, but
employment rose only 2.4.% A
Montreal economist, R. B. Mc-
Pherson, estimates Quebec
needs 7 billion dollars in invest-
ments each year just to keep
unemployment at an acceptable
level. Probably 9 billion dollars
is nearer the truth.

Mr. Trudeau has stated “I be-
lieve, Mr. Speaker,
situation in Quebec would be

that the

much better if the rate of” pri-
vate investment wasn’t the
second lowest of all the provin-
ces of the country.”

Need for Capital

The need for capital is incon-.

testable. Keynes stated, “Capital
investment determines the level
of employment (not purchases
by private individuals who spend
practically the whole of their
incomes.)” So he proposed that

‘public expenditures supplement

the insolvency of private invest-
ment, to prime the pump of re-
covery, It is a method to ease
the difficulties of capital by rais-
ing the funds by taxes on the
whole nation and thereby lower-
ing the real wages nominally.
‘Also, inflation is a consequence

-when much of the funds are di-

rected towards unusable arma-
ments. But can Quebec-hope to
obtain the necessary capital
through taxation? :

With a population of 6,000,000
to Ontario’s 7,500,000 and des-
pite Quebec’s gross provincial
product of approximately $18

billion to Ontario’s $28 billion,

the Quebec government still has
very nearly the same budget—it
operates with about 4. billion
dollars. annually. In other
words the per capita gross pro-
vincial product in Quebec is
$3,000 to Ontario’s G.P.P. of
$3,700 yet the per capita tax
load is heavier in Quebec than
the per capita tax load of On-

tario in terms of, per dollar of —

income. ;
Foreign Investment

If the regular reservoir of
capital is being squeezed dry,
the only alternative is to seek
foreign investments. But that
kind of capital is like a flower
that follows the sun, investment
capital pursues the highest rate
of profit. os
“It is instructive to examine
the figures for Ontario and
Quebec with regard to produc-
tivity, since in other terms pro-
ductivity relates to an increase
in relative surplus value, that is
to say, in more absolute profit
for the capitalist. Of industries
which produce less than $8,000
per person each year, only
14.5% exist in Ontario, 33.1%
in Quebec. This sector of Que-
bec industry’ is old fashioned,
labor intensive and_ inefficient.
Investment capital repudiates
this type of market in favor of
the technically automated and

Portrait of a politician

computerized industry. To com
firm this the DBS says that capi-
tal spending for 1970 in Quebec
is expected to be up 6% against
14% for Ontario.

Marx points out that “as the
capitalist mode of production
develops, an ever larger quan-
tity of capital is required to em-
ploy the same, let alone an in-
creased amount of labor power.”
How can the state-monopolist
hope to obtain such formidable
sums?

Fusion of Companies <

The aberration is particularly
eloquent in Quebec. Puny firms
are pitted against behemoth
enterprises and run the serious
risk of being swamped. Compe-
tition among capitalists is the
most powerful: driving force and
industries with little capital are
ruthlessly ruined by the strong-
er ones.

There is a deliberate attempt
by some of*the French-Canadian
state monopolists, in their
struggle for survival, to fuse
various Quebec enterprises into
large and viable monopolies
with favorable injections . of
badly needed capital. Some of
the mergers are truly formid-
able. The Trust General du Can-
ada and the Societe d’Adminis-

, tration et de Fiducie plan to

form a new company through
a merger. with more . than’
$1,200,000,000 under its control.
This company: is controlled by
French Canadians. The Vachon
group of companies was.recent-
ly. purchased for $14,000,000 by
the Caisses Populaires. Desjardin.
There is evidence to suggest’
that G.I.C. established by Le-
sage government in 1964 to de- ©
velop Quebec industry may be
the real purchaser.
Quebec has-a terrible employ-

“ment problem. The province is
. burdened with enormous taxes.

Fully a third of Quebec indus-°
try is low in productivity. In-
vestment capital seeking the
highest rate of profit pursues
productivity, which is for capi-
tal the. namesake of super ex-
ploitation. Since U.S. or any
other capital is reluctant to in-
vest in Quebec, how can the
industry problem which Icads
directly to the employment
problem be solved?

The Solution

The Communist Party offers
a solution. Since the need for
investment capital is_incontro-
vertible, the logical and only
source is to obtain it from
monopoly.

Never in the history of our
country has the accumulation of
finance been at such a rapid
rate or volume for monopoly. To
cite figures is to be overwhelm-
ed by the astronomical profit
declarations these corporations
and companies announce. Of the
myriad companies in Quebec
that made public their net
annual income after taxes, we
cite Bell Canada at $114 million,
Alcan at $70 million, Distillers
at $50 million, Noranda at $50
million. A quick appraisal of
only 10 corporations gives us a
net profit of half a billion dol-
lars.

The time is ripe for the para-
sitic private appropriation of
social production to be halted
and the surplus value returned
to the social benefit. Whether it
be welfare or education or mas-
sive investment in basic indus-
try, these large sums of capital
belong to the people. To obtain
this target, monopoly must be
nationalized. : ;

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1970—Page7