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of Canadian jobs”

George Meany and Co. in the AFL-CIO have always
supported American imperialism in all its evil undertak-
ings. That includes the dirty and criminal war in Indochina.
It is precisely this betrayal of the working class by leaders
who are supposedly protecting its interests which enables
the ruling class to load the cost of war, monopoly price
fixing, profiteering and outright political chicanery, onto
the backs of labor by means of wage freeze, mass unem-
ployment, inflation and poverty.

But the latest political gimmickry of this high-priced
labor-gentry in the United States goes even further than
the tactical political manoeuvres of the arch-imperialist
Nixon administration in this election year. They are now
lobbying in support of a bill in the U.S. Congress which if
passed could deprive tens of thousands of Canadian
workers of their jobs.

The bill, sponsored by Senator Vance Hartke and Con-
gressman James Burke and known as the Hartke-Burke
bill, is the brainchild of the AFL-CIO. The international
trade committee of that body's industrial union department
are the main supporters of the bill. This takes in the leaders
of 11 powerful international unions with hundreds of
thousands of members in Canada. Indeed, this bill moves
so far toward trade protectionism that even President
Nixon is reported as preparing to oppose it. This lets him
off the hook and makes him look better politically while
these labor leaders criticise him from the Right.

While all this is going on the Canadian Labor Congress
remains silent. Why? Not a peep about the United States
imperialist encroachment on sovereign rights of the Cana-
dian working people. Why?

In 1970 the Canadian Labor Congress adopted certain
guidelines with respect to more autonomous rights for
Canadian members of international unions. What has hap-
pened since then? It would now seem that the time has
come for an accounting to be rendered to Canadian mem-
ber@§of these unions as to where they stand and what has
been done.

What about mutual interest and equality as between
the workers of the United States and Canada, and, for
that matter, other countries also? Are Canadian workers
to be content with this shabby treatment as second and
even third class citizens?

February is also the month in which the CLC has under-
taken a campaign for jobs in Canada, although printed
material issued:so far has been totally devoid of a class
approach and conservative enough to be acceptable to
the Manufacturers Association.

This would indeed seem an appropriate time to convene
a conference of international representatives of those 11
or 12 international unions involved in the Washington lobby
to deprive Canadian union members of their jobs, along
with Canadian members of these unions to hear an ex-
planation of their position and to decide on steps to protect
the rights and interests of Canadian workers.

It would seem that now is the time to assert the equality
of rights for Canadian members of international unions
and to implement the proposals for more Canadian auto-
nomy as a means towards achievement of a united and
sovereign Canadian trade union movement, a movement
af capable of protecting its own class interests.

—Central Trade Union Committee
te Communist Party of Canada

ev *

Call to recognize Bangla Desh

“Canada should join the growing number of countries which
have recognized the State of ‘Bangla Desh,” the Central Execu-
tive of the Communist Party declared in a statement issued on
Monday. "The formation of the State of Bangla Desh is an im-
portant event in the life of the people of what was called East
Pakistan. They fought for years to have their national and demo-
cratic rights recognized but instead, were subjected to brutality,
discrimination and military suppression reaching the level of
genocide.

“They have now formed their own State, Parliament and
Government, a clear expression of the popular will of the
people. The sovereign State of Bangla Desh is an incontrover-
tible fact. It should be recognized by'Canada without further
delay. Such recognition would be a useful deterrent against
those who, in partnership and collusion with U.S. imperialism,
would like to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.”

_ Angela fighting for life

rit

SAN FRANCISCO—‘“My life is
at stake,” Angela Davis declared
last week in her plea for bail
before a U.S. district court.
Judge William T. Sweigert took
the matter under advisement
and said he would render a deci-
sion shortly.

Angela told the court that her
continued imprisonment inhibits
her from fulfilling her role as
co-counsel in her defense.

“Because I am fighting for the
right to live,” she said, “I .am
devoting all my time to my de-
fense.” Her inability to inter-
view prospective witnesses and
go over evidence with her at-
torneys at will, Miss Davis said,
has been ‘“‘one of the most. com-
pelling problems” of her 15-
month confinement. The refusal
of the state to grant bail, she
said, is a denial of her constitu-
tional rights and an erosion of
the legal processes.

“I think the papers we have
filed show that I am eligible for
bail,” she said. “These papers
prove there have been many
capital cases in California where
bail has been granted. Many
wonder why I have been denied
bail. Many think, myself includ-
ed, that denial of bail has been
more a political gesture than a
legal one.

“This severely erodes my pre-
sumption of innocence and the
legal processes. Bail is supposed
to be one of the keystones of

a
Canadian labor's

needs ignored,
Mahoney states

Charging U.S. leaders of a
number of international unions,
including his own, with “not
taking into consideration the
interests of their Canadian bro-
thers,” William Mahoney, Cana-
dian head of the United Steel-
workers of America sharply cri-
ticized their support of United
States protectionist policies
that, if passed by the Congress,
would cost thousands of Cana-
dian workers their jobs.

An intensive lobbying cam-
paign by leaders of 11 interna-
tional unions is in progress in
Washington to win congres-
sional approval for the AFL-
ClIO- sponsored Hartke - Burke
bill, the most drastic protection-
ist bill, that has been pending
since last fall.

Stating his total opposition
to protectionist and national-
istic policies, Mahoney declared
his support for encouragement
of broader free trade “as essen-
tial to our national interest
here.” Improved trade condi-
tions can be achieved, he said,
not by building protectionist
walls, but “by helping other

. people to raise their standard of

living.” 3

Commenting on the possibil-
ity of any split with the U.S.
sector of his union, Mahoney
said, “If the United Steelwork-
ers tried to tell us that we can-
not have our own policy on
trade, we would have to consi-
der that possibility.”

CANADA’S MINERALS
: Canada produces more than
60 minerals and more than half
of this production is exported to
some 90 countries, most of them
developing nations.

From Canada to Angela on her
28th birthday, Jan. 26. (Design
by Edya Weir.)

American democracy. Unfortun-
ately in this country, black peo-
ple and poor people have been
unable to avail themselves of
the right to bail.”

Judge Sweigert was also vis-
ibly impressed by the presenta-
tion of 350,192 signatures of
people demanding bail for Miss
Davis. The signatures were pre-
sented by the National United
Committee to Free Angela Davis.

Franklin Alexander, national
coordinator of NUCFAD, said
more petitions are coming in
every day.

Affidavits from Miss Davis
and her doctors, presented sev-
eral times in the past 15 months,
declare that her health has ser-
iously deteriorated because of
her confinement. Last week she
was hospitalized for a series of
tests but the results are not yet
available.

On the eve of Angela Davis’
trial Jan. 31, the State has pro-
posed measures costing six-
figures for security at the trial.

The move is designed to aid the
prosecution by creating a des-
perado atmosphere.

The Supreme Court of Santa.
Clara County has issued a pro-
posal calling for 41 new em-
ployees to be hired for six
months at a cost to the county
of $257,600. The proposal also
requests a variety of closed-
circuit TV cameras, metal detec-
tors, alarm systems, and walkie-
talkies costing $53,450.

New construction and remo-
deling proposals for the court
house include the provision of
security fencing, window and
glazing protection, rooftop area
security lighting, -a portable
search building, covered walk-
ways, parapet lighting, etc.

Also planned is the construc-
tion of an entire jail facility for
Angela Davis on top of the ex-
isting men’s jail including spe-
cial access tunnels, elevators
and other fixtures and facilities.

The National United Commit-
tee to Free Angela Davis charac-
terized these proposed security
measures as a “spectacle of the
State piling deceit upon fraud to
disguise the illegal prosecution
of Sister Angela.”

In the crucial days remaining
before the trial, everyone is
urged to register their protest
both at the denial of bail and
the physical treatment of Ange-
la Davis. The address for your
letter or wire is: Attorney-
General Evell Younger, Depart-
ment of Justice, Sacramento,
California. Petitions are avail-
able from local Angela Davis
committees in Canada.

The Central Executive of the
Young Communist League of
Canada sent the following cable
to Younger last week: “The
YCL of Canada strongly pro-
tests the refusal to grant. bail
release for Angela Davis. This
unjust refusal endangers the
health of this young woman and
diminishes the possibility of a
fair trial. We demand the free-
dom of Angela Davis immedia-
tely on reasonable bail.”

PUBLISHED BY
THE WORLD FEDERATION

OF DEMOCRATIC YOUTH

Three young volunteers from Canada have joined the
International Youth Brigade to build a model school in
Cuba. Chris Hansen, a young construction worker from Ed-
monton, a Central Committee member of the Young Com-
munist League, will head the delegation which includes

L Donelda Greenwell, Vancouver and Ken Rouble, Toronto. |

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