IM: We can’t afford fuaranteed income A hoax ts hs Slander campaign against * “Soviet anti-Semitism” yclved a heavy blow — , the U.S. State Department ») > fy, ¢ On the record in Wash- JS testimony directly . dicting the legend dis- yed in the commercial ‘hat three million USSR "© being “terrorized” and uted,” testimony, submitted BY State Department ex- Jy 2 House subcommittee, ,¢ that the massive anti- Ia Propaganda campaign I, Dax, one in which the h, idministration has par lee npentative Benjamin S. No al (D-NY), chairman of ,, “S° subcommittee inves- “denial of rights to €ws,” was clearly non- by the testimony of T. Davies, Deputy As- €cretary of State for % Affairs, that Soviet “re not being persecuted. 3 Contrary, Davies. testi- ‘viet Jews are “eminent” htig Journalistic, economic, Mtg. 22d cultural worlds.” €covering his self-pos- ly; Rosenthal said in a t alarmed tone. that he y believe Davies’ testi- ta hich covered 21 pages willed evidence. My, -cVies called upon State thy, “2t representative. Sol > Who said he agreed Iy.ctVies’ testimony and ty and by the statement.” \ a Who is a Jew, had just R,.. {fom serving a three- q Mi Moscow. ly S also attacked what he i . “sick and. mindless 2M” of the Jewish De- for “{gue,- denouncing the €xtremist acts” direct- “neouver 4, B.C. Phone 685-5288. y “Signment at the U.S. Em: ‘ West Coast edition, Cana exposed... ed against Soviet personnel in the U.S. The latter was a reference to the recent shooting attack on the Soviet UN mission in New York. The testimony by the State Dept. experts followed closely on reports that the Soviet Union had. permitted at least 7,500 Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel in the first eight months of this year. ; The charge that the USSR was refusing to permit Jews to eml- grate to Israel had been one of the chief points in the cam- paign waged against the USSR by various U.S. and __ Israeli agencies. : Polansky told the evidently discomfited Rosenthal that, “Based on my experiences and travels in the Soviet Union, it would be an exaggeration to say that Jews lived in a ‘state of terror. Polansky said he had traveled widely and freely in the USSR, visiting Jewish communities not only in the western part of the USSR but also in Soviet Central Asia. He said he found that Jew- ish synagogues were usually - full, and that Soviet Jews would talk to him freely and frankly their lives. eee said that the USSR has seen an increased number of publications in Yiddish in recent years, that Yiddish theater and variety ensemble groups. are well-known’ and widely .appre- ciated in their many performan- ces across the Soviet Union, and that there is no problem about the availability, of matzoth for . Passover meals in the USSR. He said that “Jews continue to be eminent in the Soviet economic, journalistic, scientific, medical and cultural worlds, in numbers far out of proportion cae rcentage of the tota Se punlations? (N.Y. Daily World) cite Trigun Tribune Editor—MAURICE RUSH, i Published weekly at Ford Bldg., Mezzanine No. 3, 193 E. Hastings St, 5 . Circulation Manager, ERNIE CRIST : Ubscription Rate: Canada, $5.00 one year; $2.75 for six months. Ith countries, $6.00 one year. All Qnd South America and C ther countries, $7.00 one year number 1560. A welcome proposal Canadians received the welcome news last week, peace news, that the policy of the Canadian government is» “to lead to recognition” of the German Democratic Republic and to support its admission, along with the Federal Republic of Germany, to the United Na- tions. This was what Prime Minister Trudeau and External Affairs Minister Sharp announced November 10. We add only that this long overdue recognition by Canada of the GDR should become fact very soon, and that no resuscitated cold war calculations be allowed to delay it. The Communist Party—and our pa- per—have over a long period urged such a policy be adopted by Ottawa. We welcome the promise of it now, as re- cognition of the GDR and advocacy of UN membership for the two Germanys of today will be in full accord with the unfolding international detente. It can contribute significantly to a European security conference. At the very centre of the cold war has been reaction’s insistence never to recognize the socialist GDR. When Can- ada’s government carries out its an- nounced intention to do so, it will strengthen the cause of world peace, and move nearer to an independent for- eign policy for our country. Survival is not enough «A meaningful attack on poverty in Canada must have as its central aim the achievement of a radically altered distribution of the national income, tak- ing from the large increments of wealth, and redistributing to those areas of need to provide all Canadians with an income which guarantees a health and decency standard.” This quotation is from the policy statement, “The Fight Against Poverty adopted in April 1969 by the 20th convention of the Communist Party of Canada. Since then the devastation of mass unemployment has swept Canada. Now, after three years of prepara- tion, the Senate Committee on Poverty has submitted its report. age In its principal recommendation it does not come to grips realistically with poverty. The guaranteed annual income it proposes as the main solution ‘does no more than consolidate the pres- ent “welfare pot,” by redistributing resent welfare costs without essen- jally changing them. The Gaieiacs Party’s list of meas- “ures needed to provide every Canadian with what is his and her right, a stan- dard of living that meets all essential needs and the adequate guaranteed an- nual income this requires, is headed by the call for full employment policies. The Senate Committee’s Poverty Re- port speaks of this, however vaguely and emptily. It does urge the federal government to adopt a policy of full employment and acknowledges that “Canada’s poor” want jobs, not wretch- ed welfare handouts. But the Report’s base proposal for a guaranteed annual income—$3,500 for a family of four — has this same old handout character. What Canadian fa- mily can live on that amount today? It’s not even enough for the survival level the Senators suggest. It’s deliber- ately based on only 70% of the $5,000 which was the committee’s own pov- erty line for a family of four in 1969. Contrast this with the Communist Party’s demand today: Income security and adequate pensions with a minimum of $3,000 for a single person and $5,000 for a family — as a right, and with no means test. While the Report on Poverty does correctly propose financing hospital and medical services out of general reve- nues, it wrongly advocates doing away with family and youth allowances, and old-age security. ; This is what monopoly wants. The total cost of welfare, whatever name it’s given, is to be brought down. The rich are to get richer, and the poor poorer. A public utility the public must own The Bell Telephone company should be taken over now by government and made a publicly-owned utility. Such a move has been too long delayed. This monopoly, encrusted with all the hypocrisies of musty paternalism and voracious privilege, gouges the people unceasingly. Already granted a big rate increase this year by a government too ready to bend the knee, Bell Tel is now demanding a further 914% increase. Put an end to this profiteering! Bell Telephone must become a public utility, owned by the public and not by private individuals. It’s been gouging its own employees mercilessly. The latest word is that 8,000 Ontario and Quebec Bell opera- tors have voted to strike. Their victory would be assured if they were members of a trade union instead of a company employee associa- tion. As it is, we wish them success in their struggle with this communica- tions octopus. Distinguished fixers The daily press reports from Wash- ington that “an influential bi-partisan group of U.S. senators and-congress- men has promised to push for an ex- emption for Canada from the U.S. 10% import surcharge.” Yes, and to see tha this is done within 90 days! We all know about the slinking fixer who tells you he knows a man who knows a man who can, ete.—for a price. Beware the fixers, especially when they’re U.S. senators and congressmen. For the continental energy pool pol- icy of their government is being pressed ahead—to the profit of the U.S. and of those ready and anxious to sell out our country’s resources. Latest reports are that exports to the United States last month were over 13% higher than a year earlier. Exports of crude petroleum, natural gas and copper accounted for most of the in- crease. . The pillaging of Canada by U.S. im- perialism is accelerating. We'd be worse than fools to think U.S. senators ,or congressmen have any intention of trying to stop it. 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