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relations with the FRG on the
same foundation as with other
capitalist states. We see noth-
ing special in that; it simply ex-
presses our general foreign pol-
icy aimed at the peaceful co-
existence of states. May Bonn
at last be guided by the same
viewpoint.”

Honecker also warned that
dragging old cold war policies
out of mothballs “will, as in the
past, yield no dividend.” The
GDR would “bloom and prosper
in the family of socialist coun-
tries” without the blessings of
West German capitalist monopo-
lies.

Horst Sinderman, Chairman
of the Council of Ministers, re-
minded politcal leaders and pro-
pagandists in West Germany
that the treaty for normalizing
relations between the two Ger-
man states had been achieved
on the initiative of the GDR. It
had been a defeat for revanch-
ists in the FRG, but, “we never
thought that the revanchist
forces would give up with the
signing of this treaty. What we
do expect is that those who
signed the treaty with us, name-
ly, the government in Bonn, will
observe it as we do.”

Of many examples of the vio-
lation of the body of treaties by
West Germany, Sinderman cited
the fact that no sooner was the

treaty signed than the so-called cite numerous examples of posi-

FRG Constitutional Court in
Karlsruhe issued a constitution-
al interpretation of it which per-
verted it completely and assign-
ed the Bonn government a re-
vanchist policy. The FRG gov-
ernment, far from repudiating
this interpretation, had its min-
isters praise various features of
it. Sinderman also dealt with
Bonn’s announcement, despite
protests, that it would set up a
West German Federal Depart-
ment for Environmental Protec-
tion situated in West Berlin. He
pointed out: “The Four Power
Treaty on West Berlin prohibits
a West German presence in
West Berlin since West Berlin
does not belong to the FRG and
cannot be governed by it.” The
move was therefore illegal and
a violation. of the Four Power
Treaty.

Revanchist attacks on the
GDR in West Germany, Sinder-
man continued, try to denounce
the GDR because it stands for
the observance of normalization
treaties. The GDR will not ‘per-
mit their violation.

Willy Stoph, Chairman of the
GDR State Council, declared in
an address at Bitterfeld: ‘In his
latest speech to the Bundestag,

FRG Chancellor accused the

GDR of working to create ‘ten-
sion. He did not, however, pro-
vide proof for this unfounded
claim. Rather he was forced to

Communists parade for

Canadian energy policy

TORONTO — Carrying lanterns
and candles to highlight what’s
in store for working people if
fuel and heating prices keep go-
ing up, about 75 people marched
to. Queen’s Park the evening of
Jan. 22 to back up the Commu-
nist Party’s demand to make
energy a public utility.

Under the banner of the Com-
munist* Party of Canada, the
marchers, who braved the miser-
able winter weather of rain and
slush, carried posters demanding
“Low uniform fuel prices”, “Na-
tionalize all energy”, “An all-
Canadian pipeline”, “Bust the Oil
barons” and other slogans.

Passersby and those watching
the march were handed leaflets
continuing the content of an ad-
vertisement which appeared in
the Toronto Globe and Mail the
day before, outlining the Com-
munist Party’s position on the
“energy crisis”. The leaflet pro-
posed five steps to meet the
energy crisis, which include pub-
lic ownership under democratic
control of Canada’s energy re-
sources; an all-Canadian pub-
licly-owned pipeline to Montreal;
price controls to establish the
lowest possible uniform standard
price for fuels; and an all-Cana-
dian energy policy.

Elaborated Policy

At the steps of Queen’s Park,
where the demonstration ended,
the marchers heard William
Kashtan, general secretary of the
Communist Party, elaborate on
the Party’s energy policy and the
policies that should come out of
the federal-provincial energy
conference of prime minister and
premiers.

“The conference will be suc-

cessful”, Mr. Kashtan- said, “if it

provides for a Canadian Energy
Corporation so that oil, gas, elec-
tricity and other fuels will be-
come a public utility under the
democratic control of the Cana-
dian people.

“However the premiers it
seems, led by Mr. Lougheed of
Alberta, rather than standing up
to the multi-nationals, want to
protect them. . . For we know,
and this is borne out by experi-
ence, that there can be no inde-
pendent economic development
in the true interests of the
people of Canada, without public
ownership.”

What is required for Canada to
move in the direction of a Cana-

dian energy policy in the in-

terests of the Canadian people,
Mr. Kashtan said, “is a powerful
movement of people, united, that
will change the present non-
policy that works in the interests
of foreign, mainly U.S. monopo-
lies.
Interests of People

_“TheyCommunist Party has an
important role to play in this
movement, because it is the Com-
munists that will fight for the
unity of this movement, based on
the organizations of the people,
the trade union movement, the
farmers’ movement, the NDP, the
Communist Party and all demo-
cratic organizations, that can
can serve to help change the
present policies of the Liberals
and Tories.”

Mr. Kashtan pointed out that

.“‘it would be good to elect Com-

munists to parliaments, where
they can participate in the de-

bate, and make known to Cana- —

dians that there is a party in
Canada, the Communist Party,
that always defends the inter-
ests of the people on all issues
affecting their lives and well-be-
ing”. : :
The fight for. a Canadian
energy policy based on public
ownership, Mr. Kashtan said, “‘is
not only for that, but for a
change in government, for a
new direction that ultimately
leads to -democratic control by
the people of Canada, to social-

”

ism’.

PACIFIC! TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1;°1974 PAGE 8

tive results which were achiev-
ed as a result of treaties and
agreements signed with our Re-
public — on the basis of co-
operation.” He assailed -talk in
West Germany of settling border
disputes between the two Ger-
man states by force, warned re-
vanchist forces in the FRG
they harbored “hopeless illu-
sions” and declared: ‘‘We reiter-
ate our readiness to do every-
thing for the development of
good neighborly relations be-
tween the GDR and FRG.”

Chancellor Brand’s allegation
that GDR policy could adversely
affect Bonn’s_ relations with
other socialist states was quickly
demolished in the countries in-
volved. All comments in social-
ist capitals from here fo Mos-
cow sharply rejected Brandt’s
statement and condemned Bonn’s
latest attempt to establish
bridgeheads in West Berlin.

Leading Hungarian newspap-
er, Budapest Nepszabadsag, for
example, reminded Bonn that
“socialist countries unerringly
pursue a unified policy in build-
ing their relations with West
Germany.” Bonn’s attempt to
turn one socialist country against
the other “will in future also
not be successful.” West Ger-
man DKP (German Communist
Party) and the SEW (Socialist
Unity Party of West Berlin) also
accused the Bonn government of
faltering in its observance and
implementing of the spirit and
letter of the normalization trea-
ties and condemned Bonn’s latest
efforts to push its way illegally
into West Berlin. »

Indian Communists
greet new accords

NEW. DELHI — The National
Council of the Communist Party
of India which met here Dec. 2-5
adopted-a political resolution de-
scribing the visit of Soviet Com-
munist ‘Party léader Leonid
Brezhnev to India as one of the
“most outstanding”
ments of recent times.

The visit and the agreements
signed between India and the
Soviet Union are “historic con-
tributions to the cause of
strengthening world peace and
national freedom.”

The. CPI National Council
evaluates the significance of this
visit and the agreements as hav-

_ing “imparted a new content of
stable and long term nature to

Indo-Soviet cooperation in the.

fields of economy, science and
technology.”

The visit, the CPI said, “de-
fined the main directions of its
development for the next 15
years at least, strengthening the
cause of economic independ-
ence, national self-reliance and
rapid social advance of our
country.”

Soviet-Cuba Trade

About 52%) of all Cuba’s
foreign trade is with the
Soviet Union. Among the most
striking figures: in the past
12 years. the USSR has de-
livered more than 60,000 cars;
50,000 tractors; 65 million
tons of oil and oil products;
and about seven million tons
of wheat and wheat flour to
Cuba. In turn, the Soviet
Union buys sugar, nickel pro-
ducts, citrus fruits, tobacco
and other products from
Cuba.

develop- .

Prague gat

William Kashtan, general sec-
retary of the Communist Party
of Canada, has just returned
from participating.in a confer-
ence called by World Marxist
Review, and following that a
visit to Yugoslavia on the invita-
tion of the League of Commun-
ists of Yugoslavia. The Tribune
asked him about the results on
the conference in Prague.

“This conference, in which 67
Communist and Workers’ Par-
ties participated coincided with
the 15th anniversary of World
Marxist Review,” Mr. Kashtan
pointed out.

“World Marxist Review was
launched in 1958 at a difficult
moment in the history of the
international communist move-
ment. Its publication and regular
monthly appearance over the 15
years, as a collective theoretical
and information publication was
an important means of strength-
ening the cohesion and unity of
the Communist and Workers’
Parties throughout the world.”

Mr. Kashtan said that this
conference, “in signalizing the
15 years existence of the maga-
zine at the same time gave con-
siderable attention to ways and
means of further improving its
contents and extending its cir-
culation. Indeed it was reported

- that three new editions are be-

ing published in different parts
of the world, over and above the
editions now published, all
pointing to the growing support

of the magazine and the recog- .

nition of its important role, not
only as a theoretical and infor-
mation publication but as a uni-
fying factor of Communist and
Workers’ Parties and of all alti-
imperialist forces
Communist Conference

“The conference not only gave
attention to the improvement of
the magazine,” said Mr. Kash-
tan, “but in the course of so do-
ing focussed on various devel-
opments shaping up on a world

By RICHARD ORLANDINI _

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — In
a close vote, the Executive Board
of the Ontario Federation of
Labor has decided to spend
$15,000 in support of the On-
tario teachers for their struggle
against represive Bills 274 and
275. But the monies will not go
directly to the teachers’ or-
ganizations.

Instead the expenditure will
be made to the provincial New

Democratic Party, which is sup- ©

posed to produce a special edi-
tion of the “New Democrat” in
support of the teachers’ de-
mands.

Members of the Executive
Board who attended the quar-
terly meeting here, voted 17 to
13 in support of the proposi-
tion. Delegates who voted
against the expenditure argued
that the struggle the teachers
are waging against compulsory
arbitration will have an effect
on not only the teachers but
also the hospital workers and

other sections of the work force .

in the province. Because of the
over-all implications of the
struggle the delegates felt that
it would be more beneficial if
the monies had gone directly to
the teachers.

As one delegate put it, “I

have nothing against the NDP

producing a special issue of the

OFL ‘supports’ teachers

scale. Particular attention wa?”
given to the processes of detent€ ~
now under way, as well as t0
counteracting efforts of the cold”
warriors to undermine it.

“In the course of the discu
sions,” he said, “the majority
parties present expressed
view that the time had arri
to consider the possibility
convening an international co
sultation conference of Com
munist and Workers’ Parties.
was, of course, recognized th
such a conference needed to
well prepared and undertak
by the competent bodies assig
ed such a task.

The Canadian Communist”
leader said that the fact - “th
such views were strongly ©
pressed, indicates that Com)
munist and Workers’ Partie
throughout the world see th
the new conditions .opening
require a collective examinati
and collective conclusions s0
to facilitate a further advan
of the democratic, revolutio
ary, anti-imperialist forces ©
the world, leading to a furthél
retreat for imperialism. a

“The conference unanimous?
adopted a communique conta’
ing a strong statement on Chi”
and in defence of all those Pe.
secuted by reaction in differet
parts of the world,” Mr. Kas™
tan said. j

“On the whole,” he conclud
“the conference marked a fu
er step forward in the cohes
of the Communist and Work
Parties and emphasized ag
the importance of World
ist Review, not only for CO”
munists, but for all democra¥
and progressive forces in
country who are concerned Wi
the need for effective strug
against imperialism, for pé
cemocracy and fundame
change.”

(Next week’s issue will ca!
an interview with Mr. Kash
on his visit to Yugoslavia.)

New Democrat, but the 14
movement in Ontario sh0
use the finances it wishes
spend, to directly help their
low workers (the teachers)
the OFL is to really assu
role of leadership, then it
have to begin to exercise an
dependent. role, and not |
to conduct political struge
through the vehicle of the *”
alone.”

Delegates at the meeting an
the Tribune that the vote CO!
have been even closer had 7.
several delegates absented th,
selves from the room during 4 %
vote. 7

A banner of the South vig
nam Liberation Front has ?™
presented to the Vietnam at
mittee of the German De,
cratic Republic as a token
gratitude for practical solidat™

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