FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1972

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Conte B.C. Communist Party to
are ®st the August 30 election
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the case of the old-line parties,
some very big business men.

Nigel Morgan, who heads up
the Communist slate, is running
in Vancouver East. Nigel was
elected to the leadership in 1945
from the ranks of the wood-
working industry in which he
played a major role in the initial
organization of the I.W.A.

The Communist Party, under
his leadership has taken the
front role in fighting the sellout
of B.C. resources. Long before it

was the “‘pop’’ thing to do, the
party organized fightbacks
against the giveaways of the
Columbia river and B.C. timber,
coal, natural gas and minerals.
For some years through a series
of radio broadcasts, Morgan
brought to the attention of the
public the dangers inherent in
Social Credit government legis
lation.

At the age of 58, Morgan, a

See CANDIDATES, pg. 7

VOL. 33, No. 33

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By NIGEL MORGAN, B.C. leader
Communist Party
When Premier Bennett announced recently that his
government had approved a 20-year deal which will see
the export of millions of tons of Peace River coal he was
serving public notice that the Socred government
intends to push ahead with its resources giveaway

policy.

More than that. There are
strong indications now that one
of the main reasons why Bennett
wants to get the election out of
the way is because vast new give-
away deals are planned in the
next few months. The reasoning
is that if the Socred government
could be returned with a fresh
mandate it would be in a
stronger position to ride out the
storm some of the new give-
aways are sure to stir up.

This also explains the fact that
the giant monopolies who now
control our resource industries
are pouring millions of dollars
into Socred election coffers to
help ensure re-election of the
Socred government. They have
big stakes in the outcome of the
present election: hundreds of
millions of dollars in profits and
continued control of our
resources.

At the meeting in Dawson
Creek where Bennett announced
the latest coal deal he admitted
that other large coal deals are in
store but he said he would not
reveal details at this time.

It is also known that nego-
tiations with Brinco for a huge
power and resources giveaway
in the Stikine area are well
advanced and are being with-
held until after the election.

The Bennett government has
deliberately held back releas-

ing the report on power develop-
ment in B.C. until after the
election. From all indications,
the report will project large
scale hydro development favor-
ing big business and will also
turn a large portion of future
hydro development over to
private monopolies in B.C. This
has already been indicated in
the attempt by the Socreds to
hand. the Vancouver Island gas
franchise to private interests
until public protests forced a
hearing.

Also coming up next year for
renewal are the tree farm
licenses for most of the 20
million acres handed over to the
giant timber companies in the
last 20 years. The forest barons
want the Socred government
back in office to ensure that
there will be no difficulty
getting the licenses renewed.

Instead of renewing the
licenses notice should be given
now that all tree farm licenses
under which Crown lands are
handed over to private com-
panies will be ended and the
forst lands revert to public
control and management.

Big deals are also mooted in
the mining industry, not only on
coal, although there is growing
world demand for coal, but also

See RESOURCES, pg. 8