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“Warsaw Ghetto Fighters” is the name of this painting by M. Mendzhitsky, a
famous French Jewish painter whose son fell victim to Nazi brutality in France.
The Warsaw Ghetto uprising started April 19th, 1943. This coming Monday

marks the twenty-second anniversary of that historic struggle of the Jewish
‘people.

LONGSHOREMEN TO BOYCOTT ALABAMA

In its concluding session in
Vancouver Bayshore Inn, the In-
ternational Longshoremen’s and
Warehousemen’s Union conven-
tion gave unanimous approval to
the boycott of all goods shipped
out of Alabama,

“Be it resolved that members
of the ILWU will refuse to handle
any goods or merchandise from
Alabama coming across the docks
or through the warehouses until
the rights of all the people in
Alabama are recognized and fully
protected,”

Already a number of ships are
tied up in Honolulu andSan Fran-
cisco because they carry Ala-
bama cargo,

Other resolutions adopted by

the ILWU convention include free
trade with all nations, free edu-
cation, joint organizing cam-

paigns between the ILWU and the

Teamsters’ Union, the 35-hour
work week, support of Californiz
students in their free speech
struggles, etc,

Other resolutions cover con-
tinued support of the United Na-
tions, world nuclear disarma-
ment and an extension of the
nuclear test ban to cover all
underground testing, an immedi-
ate cease-fire in Vietnam and
the withdrawal of all foreign
troops, opposition to the US,
House Un-American Activities
Committee (HUAC) as an anti-
labor and anti-American setup,
The ILWU also took a strong
stand in favor of a full medicare

The charge made in the Pacific Tribune front page story last week that the Federal 9°"
ernment has made a decision to proceed with the Parsons Plan for diverting B.C. and YU
water to the U.S. was confirmed Monday in a speech by Northern Affairs Minister Art
Laing before the Pacific Northwest Trade conference in Portland, Oregon.

Much interest was centred on
the parley in Portland because
of the indications that Prime
Minister Pearson and the Federal
cabinet had recently decided to
proceed with the water diversion
scheme, Laing was expected to
outline the policy first hinted in
‘a recent interview by the Prime
Minister, :

Laing told the 300 delegates,
which included some of the top
U.S. political leaders, business-
men and engineers, that the Can-
adian government is prepared to
consider any scheme to divert
Canadian rivers into the United
States,

He said that officials in his
department are now making a
special study of the multi- billion
dollar Parsons Plan, In what
was fora Laing a sweeping change
from his former stand, he told
the delegates: “By no means do
we rule out the possibility of bold
and imaginative water diversion

Earlier this year Laing said
that the Federal government in-
tends to secure and develop the
fresh water resources for the
benefit of all Canada, He made
numerous speeches at that time
declaring that Canada would re-
ject any suggestion that its fresh
water is a North American re-
source, It is Canada’s resource,
he said, and will be developed to
serve Canadians, :

Now, as the PT predicted in
last week’s article, Laing has
taken the same course he took
on the Columbia River Treaty:
First coming out against it, then
switching his support behind it,

In his speech Laing indicated
that the Federal government is
anxious to find some basis for
bargaining with the U.S, which
would make the giveaway scheme
more acceptable to Canadians,
At one point in his speech he
indicated that in return for giving
the U.S. Canadian water, Canada
might expect a lowering of U.S.
tariffs on Canadian products such
as plywood,

plan in both Canada and the Ts.

Following the address ofSocred

‘Trade and Commerce Minister

Loffmark to the ILWU conven-
tion, Union President Harry
Bridges asked Loffmark, “Why
are you giving away a big chunk
of your resources (hydro), which
in turn will be sold for a profit
by aprivate utility in California?”
Loffmark replied that “this was a
matter for Californians to de-
cide , . . whether we in British

‘Columbia get too much or too

little (cash) I’m not prepared to
say.”

In reply President Bridges
pointed out that private power and
gas interests in California can
sell B,C, resources imports, ob=-
viously at prices well below the

By MAURICE RUSH

His speech was couched in
many references about protecting
Canadian national interests, but
the main gist of it was that
Canada is now ready to proceed
to a new stage in negotiating a
vast giveaway of B.C. and Yukon
water resources,

B.C.’s deputy minister of water
resources, Arthur F, Paget, also

addressed the parley, His speech.

indicated that there are still
reservations among B,C. author-
ities about the plan,

He said that any reduction in
B.C. water “would immediately
reduce our economic advantage
and could have a most serious
and even destructive influence

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Canadian rivers into the/dian and American delegates} Canadian rivers.”

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announcing that officials of|ference that export of Cana-

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upon our resoure¢s manage
ment.”

Laing indicated that uttal
had considered the difficult! ties
which might arise in negotiatl?
to win the provinces to the pla
He said the federal governmet!
does not intend to infringe ef
provincial ownership and resP™
sibility of water within thel!
boundaries,

Under the B,N,A, Act, wal!
resources come under provinel!
jurisdiction and Ottawa will na
to negotiate with the provinces”
line them up for the schon
However, judging from past per
formances, Ottawa should ao
have too much difficulty lininé™?
the Socreds in B.C, for a fu
giveaway of resources phe
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U.S. civil rights leader
to speak at May Day rally

The Vancouver May Day Committee has announc
Kenneth A. Finis, a prominent Negro civil rights leader and pres”
dent of the San Francisco Employees Union, will be the feat”
speaker at its rally in the Queen Elizabeth Playhouse, Sun ei

May 2 at 8 p.m.

Finis is a clinical psychologist, and has a Masters Dede
in Psychology. He is a member of CORE, NAACP and of
Friends of Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee.

His subject will be:
and Divergences."’

I
“Labor and Civil Rights — parallé

ed the

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B.C, consumer level, and still
reap a handsome profit,

The fraternal addresses of In-
ternational President Al Skinner
of Mine-Mill and Harold Gibbons,
international vice-president of
the Teamsters Union, drew en-
thusiastic applause from the
ILWU delegate body,

“Organized labor needs more
team spirit and fewer tuxedos,”
said Skinner, “Labor needs are-
turn to the spirit of its old slo-
gans such as ‘Solidarity Forever’
and ‘An Injury to One is an Injury
to All,’ slogans’ often scorned by
many of today’s union leaders,”

On the same theme, Teamsters

International vice-president Gib-
April 15, 1965—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Pag?

bons said, “Today’s labor move”
ment has, in my opinion, 8%)
far too respectable for itsP
pose and function, There f
many unfinished tasks still facil?
organized labor in North Amé
ca, It is not enough for us t0
ahead just as far as our N@”
extend, If this is as far %
can see then we’ll just will!
another institution in our m0 f f
society, We may get rich all
put we will have defaulted in °
purpose,”

tne
“I say to you,” concluded ¢
Teamsters’ chief, “that if
richest country in the worl ‘
we can mobilize billions of
lars for war ,.. we ought |
able to mobilize the same 1¢
of economic resources SO
can have work,” 7