sili Wh || MT TT | SOVIET SPACE CREW. Spaceship Soyuz-14 crew consisting of ship commander cosmonaut pilot Col. Pavel Popovich and flight engineer Lt.-Col. Yuri Artiukhin before space flight July 3. The crew is trained to land in water if necessary. Soviet and U.S. space engineers are preparing for a future joint flight and link-up in space. Cont'd from pg. 1 settlement. In the current Situation, any proposal by the government to hold a second vote on the rejected offer would not be acceptable toa large percentage of the membership and would solve nothing. In such a dilemma, there is only one road to follow. The delegated conference should be a broad and representative body and should give a clear mandate to the negotiators. With at least half the membership on strike and with the imminent approach of a shortage Resources Minister - Bob Williams announced last week that the B.C. government has lodged a formal request with the In- ternational Joint Commission to scrap the Skagit River agreements. The request, which places the province of B.C. as an “‘aggrieved party”? under the IJC’s rules of procedure, attacks the agreements largely on technical grounds. The province hopes to prove that the 1942 agreement between B.C. and the city of Seattle, as well as the 1954 and 1967 agreements were technically illegal and therefore should be considered nulled. The main thrust of the B.C. government’s position is that neither the B.C. government nor the city of Seattle had the authority to make such an agreement. Under the terms of the Boundary Waters Treaty between the United States and Canada all matters affecting the flow of water across the border is the exclusive jurisdiction of the International Joint Commission. The IJC apparently did review the initial agreement in 1942, but the B.C. government says that the IJC hearing was conducted by less than a majority of its members, and that when the vote to approve the agreement was taken some of the voting commissioners were —Tass photo of logs because of the loggers’ strike, serious consideration Should be given to a_ general shutdown on the coast. Either there will be a general shutdown or a general return to work. Sooner or later, these alternatives must be faced. Whatever is done should be done with a view to promoting unity and giving the negotiators a strong mandate. In light of the current Situation, a decision for extending the strike would win the widest support, in our opinion. Unless the -I:W.A. can achieve latecomers who had not been present while evidence was being given. A final point being raised by the B.C. request is that the 1942 agreement was signed under the terms of a “‘national emergency” — WW II — and hence has lost its validity. It is not expected that the legal approach of the B.C. government will produce any direct results. Already at the May hearings on the Skagit in Seattle, conservation lawyers were guled out of order by the judge for attempting to involve studies of the International Joint Commission. Questions of jurisdiction are almost inherently filled with red tape and can be prolonged indefinitely in the shuffle between government of- fices. Even if the B.C. government is successful in placing the respon- sibility for the Skagit agreements with the IJC, the number of commissioners present at a meeting in 1942 will not be the decisive factor in the IJC decision. Rather the final outcome of the Skagit Valley will be determined by the ability of the B.C. govern- ment to place the issue of Canadian sovereignty and the welfare of British Columbia, around which public opinion could be mobilized, squarely on the bargaining table. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1974—PAGE 8 The overthrow of the fascist dictatorship in Portugal must be followed not by preservation of the Portuguese colonial empire in some new “‘acceptable”’ form but by abolition of this empire, without which the democratic system cannot be strengthened in Portugal itself. This was the view expressed last week by Izvestia’s political ob- server Vladimir Kudryavtsev, who points out that Portugal is one of the poorest countries in Europe and has the world’s last colonial empire. The article by Kudryavtsev made the following points: The Portuguese colonies were turned by Lisbon into the stronghold of not only the Caetano empire but also of the racist regimes in Rhodesia and the Republic of South Africa. The “unholy alliance” of the racist- fascist regimes in Portugal, Rhodesia and the RSA became a threat to independent Africa. The overthrow of the fascist dictatorship in Portugal should make elimination of the last seats of colonialism and racism in Africa unity in this difficult situation and send its negotiators back to the bargaining table with a_ strong mandate, there is no hope of bet- tering the settlement. Spokesmen for the employers have made it clear they have no. intention of improving the last offer, that is, unless they are compelled to by the unity and determination of the woodworkers. A Coast strike at this time could be won provided there was unity, and provided the trade union movement closed ranks behind the I.W.A. The public squabbling by leaders of the pulp unions and the I.W.A. over the issue of which tradesmen should be paid more than other tradesmen doing basically the same work, is not helpful in this complex situation. The bosses are laughing all the way to the bank. This problem, too, should be approached on the basis of unity and one common demand, not on the basis of elitism, craft egotism and a desire to practice oneupmanship on the other union. The vast majority of the .woodworkers want more money because of what inflation has done to their pay cheques and because they want to improve their stan- dard of living. They know the in- dustry can afford more and they are prepared to fight, given the correct leadership and support. Thus, the main problem before the delegated conference should be how best to fight in this com- plicated situation in order to make the most gains, and heal the serious splits which have come to light. The top leadership of the I.W.A. cannot escape respon- sibility for the current difficulties, but this is not the time to settle that score. Now is the time to unite all ranks, to pull the union together in order to fight the boss. World unions meet on Chile GENEVA — World trade union representatives will meet in Lisbon, Portugal on September 11- 15, in a trade union solidarity conference with the oppressed Chilean people, it was announced this week by a meeting of trade union organizations here. much easier. And in Portugal proper the renunciation of the colonies will strengthen those democratic principles for which the new regime — supported by an overwhelming majority of the population — is fighting. Along with Lisbon’s_ colonial empire, the ‘‘Lusitropical’’ theory (from the word Lusitania, the ancient name of Portugal) of the special adaptability of the- Por- tuguese to the conditions of the. tropical zone has also turned into a fiasco. This theory presupposes the ‘‘Lusitanization”’ of other peoples, that is, turning them into Black, Brown or Yellow Portuguese. Similar attempts were made in Angola and in Mozambique, where laws were elaborated on how an African could become a ‘“‘Por- tuguese’’. : This reactionary theory must be taken into consideration when analyzing the present attempts to preserve the colonial empire — only in new form, a neo-colonialist version. This is what the idea of forming a federation consisting of Portugal and _ its’ colonial possessions boils down to. The Federation will change nothing, particularly since the colonies are considered overseas provinces in an administrative respect. The presence of a white stratum running the political scene and the economy would only guarantee the preservation of the Portuguese colonies. Since the idea of a federation has been completely rejected by the national liberation movements in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea- Bissau, Lisbon has_ proposed conducting a referendum on the colonies’ future. At the same time it has suggested that the hostilities be discontinued, the national liberation armies disarmed and the organizations of the national liberation movements (MPLA, FRELIMO and PAIGC) be turned into civil. political organizations. Thereby the results of their many years of struggle are reduced to nothing and they are put on the same footing as other national organizations, many of which are notable for their reactionary character and pro-colonial trend. The national liberation movements have agreed to hold political talks with the new Por- ene | i) tuguese authorities. How preliminary condition of pe must be the unconen recognition of the indepem Gul Angola, Mozambique and fi Bissau. 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