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PAUL ROBESON

Premier Byron Johnson by
his speech at Nanaimo on April
30 revealed himself to be “a
real estate agent for Wall
Street,” Nigel Morgan, provin-
cial leader of the Labor-Pro-
gressive party, observed in a
statement to the Pacific Tri-
bune this week. Morgan is con-
testing Nanaimo-The Islands
constituency in the coming pro-
vincial election.

“Premier Johnson, while hgad
of the.Coalition, handed over
thousands of square miles of
B.C. hinterland to U.S. monopo-
lies for a song,” charged (Mor-
gan. “Now he proposes to con-
tinue this disastrous policy if
a Liberal government comes to
power on June 12.”

In his Nanaimo speech John-
son maintained that. ‘American
corporations exploiting British
Columbia’s natural resources
“are not devastating anything”
and argued that “it is of the
greatest importance that we
have a government that will
respect the investments which
have come into this province.”

“Two important conclusions
ean be drawn from the pre-
mier’s remarks,” commented
Morgan. “First, that he places
at the very centre of Liberal
policy the defense of Yankee
corporations in British ‘Colum-
bia. Second, that he is very
sensitive to widespread opinion
that these corporations (Wall

Street’s dollar troops) are “deva-

stating’ our province.”

American monopolies are in¢
vading Canada and British Co-
lumbia not ‘because they are
skilfully ‘coaxed’ by Premier
Johnson, but. because our tax
laws offer them a= lucrative
field for exploitation, continued
Morgan. At the present time
American investment in ‘Can-:
ada is $8 billion—representing
70 percent of all American in-
vestment abroad.

“The Wall Street Journal re-
cently reported that there are
over 2,500 U.S. firms operating
in Canada,” said the LPP lead-
er. “It explained this rush of
American investment capital

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