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The only U.S. casualty suffered during the M i

ly Lai massacre, a
black Gl who reportedly shot himself in the foot so he wouldn’t have
te participate in the slaughter that followed.

In the Old Town Square in Prague,
February 25 to celebrate the 23rd anniversary ©
working class in Czecho

On May 14, there wi

anniversary of the found
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"PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1971 —PAGE 14

130,000 people gathered last
f the victory of the
slovakia.

ll be large scale celebrations of the 50th
ing of the Communist Party of Czechoslo-

Quebec’s Liberal Party politi-
cians are beginning to feel the
heat of social pressure as they
skate into their second year of
power. A scant 12 months ago
Premier Robert Bourassa led his
“dynamic” team into the corri-
dors of Quebec’s parliament un-
der the banner of 100,000 jobs,
a key pledge to make French
the “working language” of the
province, constitutional serenity
and a promise of technical effi-
ciency.

The overriding issue in Que-
bec is of course unemployment
—250,000 registered unemploy-
ed, 100,000 of them in Montreal.
Scenes evocative of the 1930's
abound. Plants and factories are
closing as swiftly as the snows
melt away. Men are laid off as
casually as overcoats are remov-
ed. In the Slater shoe factory
of Montreal men with 30 years
seniority were given 30 days
notice. In Maniwaki the rate of
jobless surpasses 50%. Chains
on fences, industrial buildings
for sale, and forlorn lines at
the Manpower centers. _

Bourassa of course feels the
pressure. Desperation has led
him to cast his nets far and wide
to obtain industry that will fur-
nish jobs, but everywhere he
goes he finds willing capital for
projects that will have little if
any effect on the sorry state of
affairs. :

Though the press is hailing his
circuit as crowned with success,
the truth is that foreign bankers
and industrialists have express-
ed no interest in investing in
secondary industries. Their
greedy eyes are on the primary
resources. For example, the
Rothschilds are more than will-
ing to invest vast sums in the
Brinco project which requires
transmission lines across Que-
bec to the city of New York.
The bankers smell profit from
an assured contract which New
York offers in buying power. But
the whole affair promises few
jobs and these of a transitory
nature. The same can be applied
to the James Bay project where
capital is available. The press
has hushed up awkward expres-
sions of disinterest which Bou-
rassa encountered in France and
Italy when he met with indus-

: trial leaders.

The premier announced the
willingness of West German
bankers to loan Quebec money.
Quebec is so short of capital
that he will be forced to use
this money to finance the up-
coming transitory projects of
roads and subways which the
province intends to institute
this summer in efforts to keep
the jobless under control.

All this of course does not
brighten the horizon. Quebec
has to service an astronomical
debt structure as well as cope
with wildly swelling welfare
demands and expanding needs
in education.

As for his pledge to make
French the working language of
the province — it has gone to
the same valhalla as the 100,000
jobs.

The presidents of three of the
largest banks and trusts met
with Bourassa and warned the
government in so many words

STILL GOING ON

about its language policy. The
warning must have been of such
magnitude as to shake the cabi-
net. In fact, when Legislative
Member Claude Charron (PQ)
stood up in the house and asked
if at least the Liberals would
institute French as the working
language not in private industry
but in those sectors of industry
owned and controlled by the
government, the response was
— no.

Workers in the General Mo-
tors plant in St. Therese con-
tinue to be baffled by the direc-
tives concerning the French lan-
guage. Officially the language
continues to be English, but one
worker put it succinctly. when
he said that he refused to under-
rave when spoken to in Eng-
ish.

Bourassa and his party have
bent every effort to toady to
the monopolies and bankers on
the national policy as well. Ob-
jective conditions in the. prov-
ince continue to position the
Liberals into ambivalent pos-
tures. On the one hand, problems
arise which call for autonomous
decisions, while Ottawa de-
mands total servility.

A case in point is the shock
which continues to reverberate
in Ottawa’as Quebec declares
its complete jurisdiction over
cable television. This is an in-
trusion on the sacrosanct field
of federal telecommunications.

But what Quebec is fighting
for is national survival in the
field of culture and art. Quebec
openly announces that owner-
ship will be strictly maintained
within the province and that pro-
gram contents will be under
control so as to encourage Que-
bec productions.

The growing “chicken and egg
war” may give rise to guffaws
but it is a reflection of a deadly
serious affair which highlights
the economic disparity of Que-
bec, since agriculture is burden-
ed by discrimination and mono-

MAY DAY GREETINGS

Federation of Russian Canadians
National Executive

QUEBEC NEEDS PERMANENT
EMERGENCY MEASORES!
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