LABOR BLASTS

U.S. MEDDLING

Labi
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1963
VOL. 24, NO. 42

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approval of Canada.”

Passing on them.

Anglicans and NDP
hit A-weapons pact

The executive council of the Anglican Church of
Canada, meeting in Banff, Alta., last week, adopted a
resolution opposing the use or stockpiling of nuclear
Weapons by Canada. The resolution urges the federal
government to “continue to work for further agree-
ments for the reduction of world tensions.”

Speaking in last week’s parliamentary debate na-
tional NDP leader T. C. Douglas denounced the Liberal
government for “sheer subterfuge’ and “an affront to
Parliament” for refusing to produce the nuclear agree-

He said the government “has no right under the
Parliamentary democratic system to make commit-
ments on behalf of the Canadian people without the

The NDP leader also stated that the whole de-
fense picture had changed with the signing of the
Partial nuclear test ban treaty. ;

He quoted from Pearson’s book, “Diplomacy in
the Nuclear Age,” in which the Prime Minister con-

emns secret commitments without thé legislature

Emboldened by the Liberal government’s recent surrender on nu-
clear arms and power, U.S. officials moved on other fronts in the last few
days to tighten their grip on Canada.

In actions which amounted to virtually laying down ultimatums, the
U.S. moved to establish complete dominion over Canada’s 'trade unions
and to impose veto powers over Canadian trade, especially in grain.

This is the meaning of recent events which have placed Canadian in-

dependence in great jeopardy and brought the present grave crisis

which our survival as a nation is at stake.

Two actions of particular sig-
nificance took place last week
which shocked all Canadians and
indicated how far the U.S. was
prepared to go in dictating to
Canadians and their Parliament.

The first of these arose over
the crisis on the Great Lakes.
With the widely-criticized trus-
teeship legislation before Parli-
ament, and with talks on a trade
union level in Canada proceeding
in an attempt to find a solution
to the problem, the U.S.Secretary
of Labor, Willard Wirtz, publicly
came out in support of AFL-CIO
president George Meany, con-
demning Parliament and Cana-
dian labor for insisting that a
majority of any trusteeship on the
Great Lakes be made up of Can~
adians.

The AFL-CIO president, whois
under sharp fire by the labor
movement in the U.S. for his con-
servative policies, insisted that
control over whatever happens on
the Great Lakes must rest in the
hands of U.S. union officials. He
issued .what amounts. to an
ultimatum to International local
unions in Canada to back up the
AFL-CIO in the U.S. against the
Canadian Labor Congress.

Wirtz described Canadian in-
sistence that any body set up to

cope with the Great Lakes situa-
tion should have a majority
of Canadians as ‘‘exceedingly
unfortunate.’’

The second issue which arose
concerned Canada’s recent large
scale sale of grain to socialist
and other countries, Sharp fire
against Canada’s trade agree-
ments was levelled by U.S. agri-
culture secretary Orville Free-
man,

U.S. officials have always in-
sisted on having the right to fix
international wheat prices,
thereby ensuring the most favor-
able conditions for sale of U.S.
surplus wheat. Last week U.S.
government officials criticised
Canada for selling wheat at a
fixed price for delivery over an
extended period. The U.S. is in-
sisting that wheat prices should
be rising and virtually demands
that Canada tie its wheat mar-
keting to U.S. requirements.

U.S. officials threatened last
week to follow up their criticism
with action which would increase
wheat give-away programs to
undermine Canadian sales,
Canada has in the past protested
U.S. give-away programs in
areas which cut deeply into tra-

ditional Canadian wheat markets.

In Parliament Trade Minister
Mitchell Sharpdefended Canada’s
marketing proceedures and
strongly complained that U.S.
officials broke a confidence in
releasing prices of recent Can-
adian wheat sales.

Reaction in B.C.’s labor move-
ment to the attempted interven-
tion by AFL-CIO President G,
Meany and U.S. Labor Secretary
Wirtz was given by B.C. Feder-
ation of Labor Secretary Pat
O’Neal in a speech before last

week’s International Wood-
workers convention in Van-
couver.

O’Neal said that under normal
circumstances no one _ liked
trusteeships, no matter who im-
posed them. ‘‘But surely this is
not a normal situation. In fact,
judging by the intemperate, ir-
responsible statements of George
Meany the matter has now become
of much more serious importance
than trusteeship....

**Canadian trade unionists will
fully support the position taken by
the officers of the Canadian Labor
Congress in refusing to capitulate
to the demands of Meany and the

See LABOR, pg. 3

APPEAL LAUNCHED TO AID CUBA

Expressions of sympathy and
Offers of aid to hurricane-deva-
atated Cuba poured in from all
Ver the world following disclo-
Sure that hurricane Flora killed
More than 1,000 persons and did

Untol damage to the Island re-
Public,

At latest reports 150,000
People had to be evacuated in
ae province. In Camaguey
a Oriente provinces crops are

Most totally destroyed. High-
Ways, railways and thousands of
foes were destroyed and

Mage has been estimated in the

Undreds of millions of dollars,
G Cuban prime minister Fidel
peo pledged Sunday, after a
«Jt Of the devastated areas, that
«, Verything will be rebuilt’? and
ae more’’. Outlining the ex-
a ae the damage Castro report-
ae at offers of aid were pouring
Tom all over the world,
ae Cuban government has an-
tn ced that three days of mourn-
§ will be set aside,
ae Saturday the Communist
Y of Canada sent the follow-

Sf
RE Cable t6'- tte ‘Cubah news¢
er Hoy:

Hoot deep sympathy at this
© when your country has been
fj Vastated by hurricane. Con-
oe your courageous people

Tebuild despite difficulties
bt

imposed by U.S. blockade. Our
members will give full support
to all efforts in this ccuntry
to render material assistance to
you in this time of trouble.”’
In Vancouver the Canada -Cu-
ba Friendship Committee has
launched a public appeal for aid
to the people of Cuba. The Com-
mittee acted following a wire
from Cuban ambassador America
Cruz in Ottawa appealing for me-
dical aid and canned foods. The

Hurricane Flora struck the Carribean coun-. jar
tries, including Cuba, with devastating force _ help the stricken people.
: va

Cuban ambassador said it was
unknown whether the Canadian
Red Cross will give aid.

The appeal from the Vancouver
Committee issued this week by
its chairman Alex Storm said:
*‘The people of Cuba need our
help. Canned food, medicines,

especially antibiotics and pow-
dered milk for children are ur-
gently needed. Your donation of
food or medicine or the money

recently bringing catastrophe in its wake. Aid

to purchase the same can save
suffering and lives. Won’t you
help?””

All donations should be sent to:
THE EMBASSY OF CUBA,
112 SHERWOOD DRIVE,
OTTAWA 3, ONT.

For further information phone
the Committee’s chairman Alex
Storm at MU 5-9701.

In an emergency meeting last
Wednesday the Canada-Cuba
Friendship Committee sent a

from all parts of the world is being rushed to

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telegram of sympathy tothe Cub-
an people through the Cuban am-
bassador and pledged help inthis
hour of need.

The meeting also decided to
circularize trade unions and
other organizations urging hum-
anitarian aid to the victims of
hurricane Flora. A wire was
sent to Prime Minister Pearson
asking that Canada extend gov-
ernment aid set aside for victims
of the hurricane in the Caribbean
region be extended to Cuba and
Haiti.

Meanwhile, Havana Radio over
the weekend branded U.S. Red
Cross offer of aid as ‘*sheer hy-
pocracy,’’ and pointed out that
at this very critical moment the
U.S. is continuing to carry on its
economic blockade which is deny-
ing Cuba the things it needs to
meet the disaster.

The broadcast also charged
that even in this hour of need ~
the Cuban people are being
compelled to cope with raids
by groups trained and fi-
nanced by the U.S. which is
causing loss of life anl prop-
erty.

In. a front page editorial this
week the U.S, Worker urged Pre- -
sident Kennedy, ‘‘In the name of
humanity,” to lift the embargo
on Cuba