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— Cold, expensive

winter in prospect

A cold and expensive winter
seems to be the prospect after
Energy ‘Minister Donald Mac-
Donald’s plan to save fuel was
unveiled in the House this week.

Rises in prices on fuel and
heating oil will affect everyone
east of the Ottawa River, which
is also the part of Canada which
has the highest proportion of

ople.
Bee gurprisingly the oil com-
panies have praised MacDon-
ald’s decision since this new
rice rise along with the earlier
announcement that price res-
traints would not be kept on
after the end of January spell
a warm and profitable winter for
the multi-national . oil monopo-

lies.

Nowhere did MacDonald in-
dicate that there would be a
basic energy policy developed
for Canada which would end the
situation in which the Canadian
people are the victims of the
price gouging of the petroleum
companies.

MacDonald placed the blame
Arab countries, coupling that
for the present situation on the
with a threat of rationing in
the new year, ignoring the years
in which his government was
without an energy policy.

What was most evident was
that the Liberal government will
do nothing to assist those peo-
ple who will feel the pinch this
winter — and the pinch isn’t in
the bank accounts of Shell, Tex-
aco, Esso and Gulf.

- Boycott Chilean goods

TORONTO — At a luncheon
given jointly Nov. 27 by the
Ontario Federation of Labor and
the Labor Council of Metropoli-
tan Toronto, Senora Hortensia

Allende, widow of the late Chi-
lean president, called on Cana-
dian trade--unions to be in a
campaign to boycott all Cc ilean
goods and products which will
in any way assist the junta.
Citing the example of British
and U.S. West Coast longshore-
men, who have refused to un-
load Chilean ships, she asked
that Canadian longshoremen’ do
the same, “whether it be for
copper, wine or any other pro-
duct coming from Chile. This
will be a tremendous service to
the people of Chile, who need
all the international support they

Mitchell Sharp, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Minister of Foreign Affairs for the USSR.

can receive in their struggle
against the fascist junta... I
am sure we can rely,” she re-
plied to a question concerning
the boycott, “on the conscience
of the Canadian trade union
movement and people to take
these steps.”

Senora Allende also stressed
the importance to the people of
Chile that Canada not engage in
trade or any other commercial
venture, such as granting of
credits, with the military re-
gime.

Among those present at the
luncheon in honor of Senora
Allende were OFL president
David Archer, LCMT president
Donald Montgomery,
Meagher and Ed Cosgrove, OFL
and Lou Lenkinski, Wm. Long.
ridge and Jim Gill, LCMT.

Terry

Allende declares faith

in Chilean resistance

TORONTO — Hortensia Al-
lende, widow of murdered Chil-
ean President Salvador Allende,
told a press conference Tuesday
of the fascist repression taking
place inside her country and of
the growing resistance of the
Chilean people to the military
junta. “I have faith,’ she said,
“in the resistance of the Chilean
people. Sooner than it’s expect-
ed Chile will again have a gov-
ernment of the people and of
the workers.” Despite the wide-
spread terror, the left is more
united than ever and an effec-
tive resistance is being organ-
ized.

Senora Allende placed the

Serious talks advance

Canada-USSR relations

“The visit of Canada’s External
‘Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp
to the Soviet Union this month
underlined the continuing devel-
opment of sound state relations
of benefit to both countries.

In a world atmosphere deter-
mined on détente, the joint com-
munique closing the week-long
visit voiced agreement, to vary-
ing extents, on the Middle East
situation, European-security, the
extension of trade and cultural
exchanges, and the nourishment
of good neighborly relations.
The “practical application of
friendly relations,” Mr. Sharp
stressed, could prove more sig-
nificant than the text of the
communique.

Concerning the ‘Middle East,
Mr. Sharp said that Canada and
the Soviet Union “were agreed
on the necessity of maintaining
the ceasefire,” although he, per-
sonally, saw that as a “very dif-
ficult” task. In pursuit of that
goal, however, the communique
calls for early implementation
of the United Nations Security
Council resolutions on the Mid-
east. s

Palestinians

On the basis of the resolu-
tions’ demands for a just settle-
ment for the Palestinian people,
the Soviet Union was insistent

met at he Moscow airport by Andrei Gromyko,

that the Palestinians be parti-
cipants in the peace conference
scheduled for Geneva in Decem-
ber. Canada has, in the past,
played down this aspect.

On European security and co-
operation the communique anti-
cipated a successful completion
of the present second stage, and
a follow-up meeting, which Mr.
Sharp foresaw as “at the sum-
mit or near the summit.” The
Canadian view seemed less hos-
tile to this Soviet proposal aim-
ed at “extending cooperation
and contacts between people in
Europe,” than has been general
in the West.

“ “In the sphere of cultural af-
fairs,’ the Canadian minister
said, “We are agreed on the
desirability of continuing the
very successful cultural activ-
ities and sports activities, and
so on, that have been carried on
between our countries. And in
the field of trade we are agreed
that there now must be more
substance to the negotiations
that have been going on, to
translate studies into contracts.”

Important Exchange

While in the Soviet Union Mr.
Sharp. stated his _ conviction,
based on “the serious way in
which the talks have been con-
ducted,” that the Soviet Union’s
desire was to establish good re-
lations with Canada.

“For example,” he said, “we
discussed bilateral relations be-
tween our two countries, inter-
national questions in which our
two countries are very closely
involved, the Middle East situa-
tions, and the Conference on
European Cooperation.

“We found in our discussions
some questions on which we
were partly in agreement, and
some questions on which we
had strongly different views. In
my opinion, it is very important
that we should have this ex-
change of views not only on
which we are in agreement, but
particularly on which we have
different points of view.”

He said that he was pleased
with the opportunity of speak-
ing “with three leading figures
of the Soviet Union — the Pre-
_sident, Nikolai Podgorny, the
Premier, Alexei’ Kosygin, and
the Foreign Minister, Andrei
Gromiko.”

He especially emphasized the
importance of the talks with
Alexei Kosygin, who, he stated,
“is a great expert in the field of
economics,” mak?

blame for the coup squarely on
the shoulders of the Christian
Democrats. She pointed to re-
peated attempts by President
Allende to win the support of
the Christian Democrats, but
they refused to accept any com-

‘promise and wanted only to re-

turn to the past. Eduardo Frei,
leader of the Christian Demo-
crats has not condemned the
dissolution of the Congress, the
murder of over 20,000 Chileans,
or the dissolution of the trade
union centre.

“The days the Chilean people
are living through are very dif-
ficult,” Senora Allende told the
press conference. “A 9 o’clock
curfew is still in effect and any-
one out after that time is
threatened with death. Hunger
and unemployment are wide-
spread. Workers’ wages are
frozen and they are forced to
work four extra hours on Sat-
urday for no pay.”

“The middle class,” according
to Senora Allende, “is shocked
and afraid. They live in terror.
Rewards are given to people
who turn in their neighbors as
supporters of the socialists or
communists.” Since the coup,
inflation has increased from
200% to 1,800%.

She praised the world-wide
support being offered the Chi-
lean people. She has received
offers to speak from around the
world. After her Canadian tour,
which takes her to Montreal,
Ottawa, Winnipeg and Van-
couver, she hopes to visit the
United States. So far, the Amer-
ican government has not agreed
to grant her a visa.

“Canada has a responsibility
in the overthrow of the demo-
cratically elected Chilean gov-
ernment,” she said. “When the
United States government and
the International Monetary Fund
refused us credits, the Canadian
government could have helped.
Chile received generous aid
from the socialist countries,
even such poor ones as Cuba,
but not from Canada.” One per-
son at. the press conference
pointed out that the Canadian
government granted Chile a
loan of only $700,000 at the
same time that the military re-
gime in Brazil was given a $26-
million loan.

Asked by one unsympathetic
reporter how much of her “per-
-sonal wealth” she managed to
take out of Chile, Senora Allen-
de responded that neither she
nor her husband were wealthy
and that she fled the presiden-
tial residence as it was being
bombed with only what she had
on. “You would be better to ask
what the junta is doing with
the money it is robbing from the
Chilean people,” she said, “and
with the bank account of the
members of the Populaf Unity
that it has frozen.”

While in Toronto Senora Al-
lende met with leaders of the
major. churches,, attended a
luncheon in her honor held by
‘the Ontario Federation of Labor
and the Labor Council of ‘Metro-
politan Toronto and after Tri-
bune press time was to address
a public rally which has been
sponsored by. over 40 labor,
church, ‘political and democratic
organizations. Her Canadian
tour was organized by the Cana-
dian University Students Over-
seas with tour committees form-
ed in each centre where she was
to speak, spearheaded by Cana-

dian. committees of jsolidarity.

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