FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1973 B.C. Fed in Victoria Memb spars Crs o buildin f the B.C. Peace Council lobby in Victoria last Wed heir meeting with the government caucus. Defeat right wing plot EDITORIAL © 95 Waiting for t “Th « e fully orchecst few weeks we have seen a care- : hoes campaign by the land specula- he (Lang Ir paid spokesmen to misrepresent Thi Ommission) Act to the people’ S cha : °f Labor Ths Was made by the B.C. Federation nounced ¢ oy in a special statement which the eee of a province-wide cam- Ons to defend the Act and brin 3 © the public. E Te c “ampaignure no doubt that there is a right wing MS go he to defeat the Act. But their Bain Most by ee than that. Those who stand to State pr Re right wing plot are the big real i Aes insurance monopolies, and in os exploiting our province, the £0vern ent campaignas a means of fore- Se Public ment to abandon any plans to im- MIEN ig gis tt Ols over them. The present cam- Is aided, bus; : z Using 3 pe ueited and financed by these big Ver ri a ee ae Wing and ultra-right wing element So pai ut of the woodwork to take part in reds, ov Organized and sparked by the "les and right wing Liberals, along —Sean Griffin photo See story and more photos on page 3. with big real estate interests and wealthy farmers, the campaign has reached anew highin misrepresentation, threats of violence and hys- terical calls to ‘‘save B.C. from socialism and Communism.” Atone of the rallies they brought outas feature speaker the pro-fascist head of the Canadian League of Rights, Phillip Butler. The CLR is affi- liated to the ultra right and racist Canadian Intelligencer Service. The right wing gang have sought to create public hysteria and panic by misrepresenting what the Act does. Probably the best answer to them came ona CBC TV program Tuesday night in which the mayors of Delta, Surrey and Rich- mond agreed that all municipalities now have the same powers the Act describes, and that what the Act does in fact is establish an overall umbrella to ensure that farm and park lands are not destroyed by real estate promotions. The current drive by the right proves againthe need for unity all democratic and anti-monopoly forces in B.C. From that point of view, every pro- gressive citizen should rally behind the drive by labor to explain and support the Act. nesday are shown here in the Legislative demand action to curb Vol. 34, No. 11 Urge labor act ch rents —SEE PAGE 12 > Tribune nges UNIONS BACK LAND BILL The 175,000 member B.C. Federation of Labor com- mended the provincial government Monday for intro- ducing the Land Commission Act, calling it the ‘‘first legislation designed to exploitation of land.”’ In a wide ranging brief sub- mitted to Premier Barrett by secretary Ray Haynes and pres- ident George Johnston, the Federation said ‘‘we appre- ciate that the minister has indi- cated the government’s con- cern in-this area and offer our full support to any practical pro- gram to support and develop B.C. agriculture.”’ Following a meeting Tuesday of the Executive Council of the Federation, Secretary Ray Haynes said the board un- animously, and in the strongest possible terms, endorsed the legislation describing it as ‘‘one of the most important pieces of legislation ever introduced in the province.’’ The Federation also announced that factual material on the Act would be distributed and that labor coun- arrest the uncontrolled cils throughout the province would be holding public meet- ings to rally support for the legislation. The support action of the Federation follows closely sim- ilar resolutions by several indi- vidual labar councils who have endorsed the Land Commis- sion Act for cracking down on land. speculation in British Columbia. The brief also reiterated the Federation’s call for the govern- ment to implement imme- diately the NDP’s eight point pro- gram on _ labor relations,’ promised before the August 30 election. “Our Federation was very pleased with the eight point pro- gram,”’ the brief said, ‘‘and this See LABOR, pg. 3 TIM BUCK The Pacific Tribune joins with Canadians everywhere in mourning the passing of the great Communist leader. See inside, also page 12 for details of Vancouver’s memorial meeting.