P “thin May et en oy w/} SAN} | PRO 4 TEST ay DOW CHEMICAL. Every Saturday afternoon since November 2 Scores of young people have been picketing the Dow Chemical offices in - Wnt inthe ie Va : Ncouver to protest the company’s manufacture of napalm used 'etnam war. Photo shows one of the protests. CONFEDERATION FOR TOMORROW Must face fact Of two nations aS Communist Party of Canada has called on the &§ blig Tation for Tomorrow Conference to recommend the asi Ment of a Constituent Assembly to be elected on Canada of equal representation from French and English e Vou Purpose of the assembly Stituti © to draft a new Nort, 2 to replace the British Tee peetica Act, which would titer ¢ the right to self Minatj Cana ation for each of the two "Nations, The ‘ f TA All text. of the statement ecutive the Party’s Central Ommittee follows: * & ie Caen Mederation for Tomorrow Canada: *e must face the facts of Past and present, if it is anada’s future. 8 Pate yp Oe knows Canada is nS yet ten provinces. But what (dg is «e® Tecognized is that ation, Made up of two nations. : ‘ and statehood are two Abi —CMcepts. A nation is a { c : ' Beet on geenity of people, Bu age wg basis of a common hans PSY *tritory, economic life, SES Y Oh é q fi Olo ic es Tepe st® . 98ical make-up 3 &@ common culture. the © more than one nation Tders of a single state. —C \ 0 ; 1 . ’ Magy ot the’ two nations in 4 SS " ‘ i a the fundamental democratic right possessed by all nations — the right to self determination, that is the right to arrange its own affairs as it: pleases. It does not follow that our two nations must therefore separate. They can and, we would hope, will exercise their right to self determination by working out a new basis for federal union in their common interest. But this must be done on the basis of the freely expressed choice of the people of each nation. This new basis for federal union must be embodied in a new constitution. The century old British America Act does not do. It treats Quebec only as one of ten provinces, not as the homeland of the French Canadian nation. Because this is so, it does not create the conditions whreby the nine provinces of the English Canadian nation can effectively work together to advance the common interests of their nation as a whole. The Confederation for Tomorrow \ See FACE FACT, pg. 2 VOL. 28, NO. 48 Rising MILK, MEAT UP Tribune a 10c prices rob the poor Faced with rising food prices, especially meat, and the announcement by the major dairies this week that the price of milk in Vancouver would go up a cent a quart, the Women Against High Prices Committee announced plans for a campaign against high prices. : Chairman of the committee, Mrs. Elaine Podovinnikoff, issued an appeal calling on all women to protest the high price of meat by starting a boycott ‘of meat this Friday, December 1 against supermarkets. In a leaflet issued by the Women Against High Prices Committee they charged that quality of meat is down in many instances while at the same time prices are up. The leaflet gives the following price comparisons: 1966: 1967: Fresh ground beef 53¢ 59¢ Fresh ground shoulder 67¢ 79¢ Chuck steak 49¢ 69¢ Stewing Beef 79¢ 99¢ Short ribs | 69¢ 89¢ Rib roast 93¢ 98¢ Pork chops (centre loin) 79¢ $1.05 Ground round 79¢ 99¢ Pointing out that the price of meat dropped the last time the women of B.C. initiated action to bring prices down, Mrs. Podovinnikoff said her group will be handing out leaflets at a number of supermarkets each weekend, urging women to join in the effort to bring down prices, and ‘“‘this time we want them to stay down,’’ she said. " The committee is kicking off its boycott this Friday by staging two demonstrations at Woodward’s downtown stores — one at 1 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. Other plans will be announced later. For information about the campaign the public are asked to phone Mrs. Podovinnikoff at YU 7-4585 or Mrs. Wishinski at TR 2-2150. The announcement that milk prices would rise this week came as cards were left at the homes of customers of Jersey Farms Ltd. on Monday. Dairlyland announced on Wednesday that it will likely follow with a raise this week, bringing the price of a quart of milk delivered to 31¢ and at stores 29¢. These latest increases follow the general trend towards rising prices which strike particularly hard at the poor — the pensioners, workers, unemployed and those on welfare. On October | this year the cost of living index stood at 150.5. Last October the index stood at 145.3 — arise © of 5.2 points. In terms of a worker with a monthly wage of $400, earning an average of $2.50 an hour, this _increase in one year in the cost of living amounts to a wage cut of 9¢ an hour. Meanwhile, as the poor get poorer and the rich get — richer, the federal and provincial governments refuse to take action to halt runaway prices while trheatening labor with a wage freeze if it seeks wage gains which have now become essential. erence d City C il chambers last Thursday to voice STORMY MEETING AT CITY HALL. Nearly 500 people j ecisions on freeways. The meeting was adjourned after hearing only one of 20 delegations. Seated in the front row are heads of delegations ready to present their briefs. On the left is Vancouver City ‘Secretary of the Communist Party, Charles Caron whose organization was prepared to submit alternative proposals to present freeway plans. A second public hearing has now been set for Thursday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Eric Hamber Secondary School auditorium. opposition to council d av