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DP and labor movement. The

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well as on other related topics. We

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9 dialogue of this kind would

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€d today to win united action.

A Disappoi s
Sic: Ppointed Reader, Van-
ia , Writes: From the article
cia June 4 issue on the NDP
on a convention
Pa which I was, would
: eis but to believe that
tha Iter, William Turner, went
what po preconceived ideas of
had hie aS going to happen and
tee, closed and his ears
ee uehout the whole
he ‘‘swin i a
ce : g to the right
1 ae to Turner) was in
en to the left and while
acela was” returned by
; Mation, this election in no
right oa the party to the
2 ae S right wing policy
aCturerc® Japanese auto manu-
tip pr a to set.up in B.C. and
: Slits from the productivity
by ‘~. Workers was condemned
ee vention when it
Ward b he policy brought for-
Manes. the panel on taxation,
" ed secondary industry.
tablish. paper called for the
ned ment of government
en worker-controlled
Tesolutice » industry. A
the Bre but Barrett down in
ig es words: ‘“‘The NDP
Second €d to foreign control of
: ary industry.’ *
Party po wing policies of the
€ader received another

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Was am €n a labor resolution

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The NDP will gi
su DP will give full
Peet both within and outside
defer ature to workers who
the right of free
resist e bargaining and who
b oiihg forced back to work
Barrett hee order.’’ (Something
Whit aS not done in the past.)
fact He Waffle group was in
Que; Ver the leadershi
ti oe if Mr. Turner takes ibe
before Tead the paper brought
nee © group's recent con-
Vention’ Just prior to the con-
the poy; and compares it with
Convent» actually passed by the
ha ies even he would be
"eSembianen not to see the

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to ppd that the Waffle “failed
Bien St realistic policies
Progres<tP°F and other
Seeking” delegates were

Counts ‘Ss an error on two

COllectiy

The fires ;
about erst is not to be realistic
Xpect si far to the left one can
© move a large mass of

Social-Democrats in one three-
day session. The fact that the
delegates rejected a motion for
outright nationalization of the
forest industry giants, while
accepting one (over the strong
objections of Bob Williams,
MLA) which would see those
same giants forced to open their
books to workers, put workers on
all decision-making bodies, and
meet a number of other condi-
tions under which their com-
panies would not be able to
operate (the penalty for failure
to meet the conditions is
nationalization), indicates that
the Waffle took the convention
as far to the left as possible at
this time. Bob Williams of
course proposed a programme
of co-operation with the forest
giants.

The second error is to be so
naive as to think that the bureau-
crats that represented labor at
this convention do not have a
vested interest in the capitalist
system and sincerely wish to see
its overthrow.

Surely Mr. Turner must
realize that this is not the case
and that, in fact, while the labor
wing has its differences with
Barrett, the bureaucrats are
every bit as right-wing as
Barrett himself when it comes
to the important issues like
nationalization.

This letter can be summed up
by stating that the Waffle group
had a very definite effect on the
policy of the party, moving it
substantially to the left and

bring about a situation in which

it will be able.to push the party
leadership into left-wing action
with justification that it has
been approved by the supreme
body of the party.

MORAN DAM

Thos. R. Greer, Winfield,
writes; The article by Mabel
Richards on the Moran Dam was
very good, but there are vast
dam sites far above the
spawning grounds of the Fraser
River. There is the Quesnel
River with area bigger than the
Nechako river above where
Alcan take the water; the lakes
on the Quesnel River are Cariboo
Lake on the north fork, which is
35 miles long, with a fall equal to
the fall on Bridge River in three
miles and is a natural fall.

Then there is a fall on the
same river that is named Swamp
River above Cariboo Lake that
could be backed up into the lakes

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THANKS

The Editorial Board of the
Pacific Tribune would like to
take this opportunity fo ex-
tend its most sincere thanks to
the hundreds of readers and
supporters who made the
recently concluded financial
campaign the huge success it
was.

The overwhelming response
to the financial appeal of the
PT shows that support is
growing for B.C.’s only
fighting weekly labor paper.
Let us go forward now to
extend the circulation of
the paper in 1971 to ensure
that its message will be carried
to hundreds of new readers.

Again, thanks to one and
all.

around the Barkerville district
where there are minerals and
timber in the country to be
developed.

Then there is the south fork of
the Quesnel river which starts at
Quesnel Forks and in a distance
of 6 miles has a fall of over 500
feet from Quesnel Lake. It had a
dam that was built in 1898 by a
Victoria firm for mining
purposes. If this dam had been
kept in repair and closed during
the high water, it would have
saved the Fraser river delta
from flooding. This dam was
blown out in 1921.

The lake has three rivers
running into it, all equal to the
Bridge River in volume. There is
the Horsefly River that drains
the waters from Horsefly Lake
which is 35 miles long, the other
fork of that river is about 90
miles with other small rivers
emptying into. At the head of
these rivers is Molybdenite
country. During 1916 there was a
small quantity of this shipped out
packed on horses for over 20
miles and then on wagons 95
miles.

I was a big game hunter in this
district from 1928 until 1942 and
covered this district I speak
about. Then in 1909 and ’10 I
worked for the late Swannell of
Victoria and covered country
from Pemberton to the head of

Necharco.

I will bring pictures of this on
my next trip to Vancouver as I
intend to make a trip to Russia
July or August. My trip to Russia
is to get pictures of dams or
information about power
projects, also to get pictures of
working people of the farming
district’ and the sawmilling and
logging as I have been associated
with that all my life which is
quite a while for I am 85 years
old and worked away from home
since I was 14 years old.

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‘PROTEST AMCHITKA — Don’t let your silence kill you.” That was the
message carried on this colorful float sponsored by the B.C. Peace
Council in the East Hastings Gala Day Parade in Vancouver Sunday,

June 6.

—Dorothy Morrison photo

Amchitka blast protest

A rally-picnic to protest the
Amchitka blast will be held on
Saturday, June 26 at 3 p.m. at
Brockton Oval in Stanley Park.

Generation Gap?

Is there a generation gap?
That subject was debated by Ted
Collins and Ernie Crist on Sat-
urday night, with more than a
few in the audience speaking
their minds on the subject. The
pleasant evening held in the
Fishermens’ hall included a
salmon supper and dance follow-
ing the debate.

Ted Collins said the media
today had so much influence on
young people that unless they
were raised in homes where
progressive politics are taught,
they are bound to be confused.

Ernie Crist said the genera-
tion gap is a myth perpetrated
as one more gimmick to keep
people divided. The struggle
today is not between adults and

youth, but is a class struggle in _

which both parents and their chil-
dren must stand united against
exploitation, profiteering,
unemployment and other evils
of the capitalist system.

Alderman Harry Rankin
chaired the debate. The sponsor-
ing committee was made up of
adults and young people, with
veteran labor man Bob Towle
convening the affair.

Dr. David Suzuki, well-known
professor of genetics at UBC
and other speakers will address
the audience.

Voice of Women ‘and other
peace and environmental
groups, churches, student groups
and trade-unions are sponsoring
the event which will feature
entertainment as well as the
speakers. ‘“‘Bring your family
and friends and some food,”’
urge the sponsors.

The VOW points out that the
blast on Amchitka being set off
by the US Atomic Energy Com-
mission is a 5 megaton nuclear
bomb, five times the strength of
the one triggered in October two
years ago. It is 175 times more
powerful than the one that
destroyed Hiroshima in World
War II.

“This blast may start a tidal
wave or trigger an earthquake.
Radiation may leak out into the
sea and eventually into our food
chain.

“No one needs this blast!”

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