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FOURTH COMMUNIST .
JAILED BY MEDINA

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imprisoned under circumstances
that dramatize the fantastically
undemocratic nature of the pro-
ceedings, now entering the
seventh month.

Green, Communist Party lead-
er in Illinois and second defense
witness, suddenly- had his bail
cancelled and was jailed for the
rest of the trial last Monday
while on the witness stand. His
offense was that he protested
mildly against barring a mass
of evidence considered vital. to
the .defense.
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while protest was still rising
throughout the land, especially
among trade unionists, oes
his jailing of three other defen -
Winston, organiza-
tional secretary; Gus Hall, Ohio
leader; and John Gates, editor,

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Profiteer of the week:

Ask a worker what he earned a gal
and he’ll tell you the gross det s us
company accountant and he'll tell the aie
fit after taxes. Not only that but sale z
tions pay tax only on what Is left after e ;
penses are deducted. Wouldn’t it be oe
to pay tax only on what you have left a =
paying all your expenses! That brings a
Interprovincial Steel and Pipe pall 4
Regina. Profit for the first nine mon™ - -
1972 was $4,700,000; for the same perio : :
1973 it was $11,100,000 — an increase
136°/, — after expenses, after taxes.

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Canada Day and the drive Right a

It is not surprising that on Canada
Day, July 1, a great many Canadians,
free of job pressures and confined
spaces for a day, were thinking of
water skiing, fixing up the patio or
enjoying a green park.

Thousands of others had to work,
many had nowhere to go, and still
others counted Canada’s 107th birth-
day an excellent day to carry on the
election campaign. ‘

It may be significant that an im-
portant capitalist newspaper chose that
day to throw in its lot with Robert
Stanfield, Lubor Zink, Paul Hellyer,
Ron Collister, and the rest of that right-
wing pack of wage freezers. (Let it be
clear that the kind of mentality that
introduces a wage freeze as a pretext
for cutting inflation also rescinds dem-

ocratic rights, steps up intimidation of

workers and their institutions, en-
courages monopoly’s get-tough-with-
labor policy, and works overtime at un-
dermining trade unions.) oe
The Globe and Mail, like a sinister

clown witha painted expression, loses-

no decorum in flip-flopping from Tories
to Liberals and back again to Tories.
Its editors know that the Liberals too
have a wage-freeze plan. What the
Globe means when it says, “it is time to
send in a new team, the Conservatives,”
is that the monopolies who are the pup-
peteers for both old parties, think the

Summit serves peace

rocess of detente moves ahead
as the enemies of the reduction of
inter-country tension and the decriers
of increased friendly relations between
the USA and the USSR howl their
loudest. ixon-Brezhnev summit talks in
Moscow and Yalta quickly produced
concrete results, with other agree-
ments — on restricting underground
nuclear testing and deployment of mul-
tiple indepen ently targeted re-entry
vehicles (MIRVs) — under discussion.
In the face of recent increased nu-
clear testing and proliferation, it-is to
be appreciated that the two biggest nu-
clear powers ci Pane steps to reduce
sat to humanity.
oe aly never © before,” Leonid
Brezhnev noted, “have ties and con-
tacts between the USSR and the USA
in different areas of political, economic
and cultural activity been so lively as
oday. :
ae one ‘Soviet political analyst put it:
“The Soviet Union and the United
States are countries belonging to dif-
ferent socio-political systems. They are
divided by fundamental ideological dif-
ferences. However, this does not in the
least exclude their. cooperation on a
sober, realistic basis 1n the interest of
the peoples of both countries and uni-
ace.’
Meade been the basis of the Soviet
peace program since it was elaborated
by the founder of the Soviet state, V. I.
Lenin; and fortunately for the world,

it ig working.
. It Perks “a the advantage of Canada

s ite the cries of the ultras —
ara left. Only they could oppose
the advantages of increased trade and

exchange, resear
srreversible detente to ensure a future

free of nuclear war.

ch cooperation, and ~

Tories can tighten the screws on the
people with greater gusto, offering
better protection for profits and power.
Such a plan would mean hard days
ahead for workers, if it were allowed
to be put into force. The fact of the
increasing unanimity of the big busi-
ness press on how to deal with the ills
of the system (including Stanfield’s
promise to balance the budget by slash-
ing social services) is verification of the
drive to the political right, about which
the Communist Party has warned
throughout the election campaign.
With the drive now clearly evident,
our assertion that the election cam-
paign is part of an ongoing struggle
rings truer than ever, and calls for the
stepping up of anti-monopoly organ-
izing:

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Must call parliament

Parliament must be called without
delay following the election, to face up
to a number of emergencies threaten-
ing the country and the Canadian peo-
ple. The worst infiation crisis in more
than 20 years, brought on by unbridled
profiteering, cannot wait for solution
until fall, or worse, winter. It must be
attacked now. ~~.

The new parliament must meet with
all practical swiftness and, in short
order, compel the government to pro-

_ duce legislation for an immediate roll-
back of prices of food, fuel and foot-
wear by 25%; to implement a tax on
the excess profits of corporations;
to exempt from taxes families earning
less than $8,000 and singles earning
less than $5,000.

What must be done requires vision,
and concern for the independent devel-
opment of Canada. An independent
foreign policy, free of NATO, free of

the U.S. Pentagon; public ownership
and democratic control of Canada’s re-
sources; drastic changes in taxation to

- throw off the burden that has been put
on the working people and to tax the
exploiting corporations; housing as a
public utility, and taken out of the
hands of speculators; a vast program
to provide 2.5 million jobs — these are
the kinds of things that must, be set in
motion.

The Communist Party election pro-
gram set goals for alleviating hard-
ships inflicted on the working people,
Native peoples, pensioners and others.
Stating that socialism provides the
only lasting solution to the evils of this
system ruled by the monopolies, the
Communist Party also fights the day-
to-day battles for housing people can
afford; for job opportunities and job
protection; for women’s rights; for
protection of democratic rights now
being eroded by capitalism’s push to
the right.

It is in the spirit of the daily battles
for preservation of living standards and
the building of a secure future, that
parliament must meet. It must dare to
enact legislation that puts people be-
fore profits.

But it should be common knowledge
now that only a powerful unity of

working-class and democratic organiza-
tions outside parliament can keep up
the pressure to prevent the election
from being used to carry out more of
the dictates of monopoly. —

PACIFIC TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, JULY 5,1974—-PAGE 3