RONTO — “The Commun-
A, of Canada welcomes
oon of the United Na-
Semel to recognize the
ton Ie Liberation Organiza-
' (PLO), as the national re-
‘tative of the Palestine
People,” the Party Central
Mmnittee said in a press re-
. pect. 18. “This opens the
PL {0 the participation of the
‘np, 2 the Geneva Conference
pe solution of the Middle
‘Crisis on the basis of UN
ity Council resolutions on
hi The on.”
© Communist Party charges

\ ae campaign undertaken
te Israeli Government, a
ee joined in by papers
: € Globe and Mail, against
. futon of the PLO shows
‘Tent oy the Israeli Govern-
ial as hot given up its terri-
fuser nitions. This is why it
P to recognize the national

ie of the Palestinian Arab
Thi the statement says.
| tial: Position which U.S. im-
‘i, S™ supports and _ instig-
will not lead to a lasting
i it could lead to another
"4 the Middle East. The
aq Government by ab-
eg On the vote in the UN
tort ly, gives aid and com-
is) “po the annexationists.

ar

Wil lhe 8°OBnition of the PLO as.

Uthentic voice of the Pales-
Bie Tees must necessarily
‘: Tecognition of their legi-
: eh and just rights, their
: 0 self-determination and
that te independent state, if
Uist their wish,” the Com-
: Party declares. “This is
of all Bee sadiction to the right

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th , States to their existence in

Iddle East, including the
Of Israel, as a sovereign

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nope up in protest against
Tena Y price gouging.
obs are organizing in op-
et to exorbitant rents and
Poor ‘tenant rights.
B, “ee too are organiz-
tty hi ing back against pov-
Ss Ich effects at least 25%
Population.
Phe arliament of Labor
n et OFL Convention,
" Ontar; a parliament of labor
ario, can and we hope will
: i Course of action which
me it at the centre of
tp WP, of all these move-
ea give them the stabi-
Strength they reed to
€ir legitimate demands.
It is in the course of the
-, struggle of people to win
Be orant victories that
eon the value of unity
def, to unite at the polls
lg75 the Davis government

at about the community,

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le paluence and control, will
tis eure continue to be
: fth against the best inter-
Conti © people and be subject
ern wed and gross abuse of

‘oncluding his brief Bizzell
Bnd, this reason, our
that ; Ost important demand
mate fully and directly ac-
€ to those they should
S of en rotect, the best inter-

€ majority of the citi-
ask etro Toronto”; and he
lice €d for ‘an independent
ad board, democratic-
Heated to include rep-
Ives of labor and com-

Unit
Y organizations.”

he Metro Toronto police”

UN decision welcomed

and independent state.”

Rejecting “Kissinger’s manoe-
uvres and private and shady
deals in the Middle East,” the
Party statement says these “‘can-
not and must not replace what
is fundamental to a lasting and
just settlement. Such a settle-
ment must include Israeli with-
drawal from all areas it occupies
since 1967; the recognition of all
states in the Middle East, includ-
ing Israel, and full respect for
the national rights of the Pales-
tine Arab people.

The Communist Party calls
upon the Canadian people to
insist upon and work for such a
settlement as the best assurance
of a durable peace in the Middle

East.”

indians win
breakthrough

OTTAWA — Acknowledging
the legitimacy of the ‘Native
people’s protests over their
oppressed conditions of life
and bleak outlook, the federal
government has agreed to
regular and frequent meetings
with representatives of Can-
ada’s 300,000 registered In-
dicins. :

-On Sept. 30, Indians from as
far away as British Columbia
carried to Parliament Hill a
list of their demands, but were
met with violence from a club-
wielding RCMP riot squad.
George Manuel, president of
the National Indian Brother-
hood, credits the Native Peo-
ple’s Caravan = with breaking
down “the gatekeeper’s role
played by the civil service and
giving us direct access to the

cabinet.”

chart action

one might ask? The community
is the organized trade union
movement, the labor movement
as a whole, the working people
who make up the vast majority
of our population. This majority
has but one set of interests —
yours and mine. The other set
of interests belongs to the big
corporations. Whether or not
you are talking about inflation,
world detente, education, cul-

ture, _ health, transportation,
housing, women’s rights, labor’s
there are

rights, or whatever —
only two sets of interests —
those of the workers and those

- of the monopolies.

It is surely not hard to figure
out on which side to come down.

Against Monopoly

United action against mono-
poly, on the wage front, on the
price front, on the housing,
health education fronts, on the
peace front, in the battle for
genuine Canadian independence
~_ this needs to be our slogan
for 1975. Labor’s interests de-
mand the defeat of the Davis
government and the election of
a_ progressive majority to the
legislature in 1975.

It is the only way to beat
back the bosses’ offensive and
protect the working people
against inflation, speed-up, lay-
offs, unemployment and serious
hardships. .

And what about socialism, you
say. Its alive and well, thank
you, and will by force of ex-
amp’e of the world socialist sys-
tem and by the growing experl-
ence of the working people in
action against monopoly in Can-
ado, break through the clouds
of fear and prejudice sown by
the enemies of the working class
inside and outside the labor

movement.

“foo conference

“Trudeau advised

The Canadian Peace Congress
has called upon Prime Minister
Trudeau to send his Minister of
Agriculture, Eugene Whelan, to
the United Nations World Food
Conference, taking pace next
month in Rome.

The Peace Congress pointed
out that “the destruction of 28
million eggs indicated that Can-
ada has surpluses that could
help to alleviate the desperate
food shortages in those coun-
tries of Asia and Africa where
thousands of people are dying of
starvation, and where life expec-
tancy is less than half of what
it is here because of the severe
shortage of food.

“Part: of Canada’s ‘defence’
budget, now almost $2.5-billion
a year could, if invested in fav-
orable long-term loans to those
countries where people are
starving, be an important help
toward overcoming world food
shortages,” said the Peace Con-
gress, which has councils across
Canada. “It could also be a boost
to agricultural production here
in Canada, if the contracting,
purchases, processing and trans-
portation were under strict gov-
ernment control to prevent pro-
fit-gouging by the middlemen,”
the message to the prime minis-
ter said.

Crushing defeat
for reaction as
Spinola resigns

“Portugal’s Communists have
hailed as a crushing defeat for
reaction the events recently
which culminated in the resigna-
tion of Antonio de Spinola as
president of Portugal,” reports
the British Morning Star from
Lisbon. -

Spinola bowed out Sept. 30
declaring that the country was
being driven to chaos and anar-
chy.

But the Communist Party con-
demning, the attempt by reaction
to reverse the development of
democracy in Portugal said that
a brilliant victory had been
scored.

Spinola was replaced as presi-
dent by his former ally, Gen.
‘Costa Gomes whose first move
was to confirm Movement ,of the
Armed Forces leader Vasco. Gon-
calves as Premier of the provi-
sional government.

Spinola was also forced to
give up his post as the chairman
of the Junta of National Salva-
tion set up after the overthrow
of fascism in April. Four of his
supporters were removed from
the junta. oe :

The Communist Party charged
that reaction had aimed to estab-
lish a new dictatorship in the
country and congratulated all its
members who ‘“‘seized the initia-
tive in the struggle and prevent-
ed the counter - revolutionary
move,” reports the Morning Star.

Speaking to the nation, Pre-
mier Goncalves said “the forces
of reaction chose to attack us,
but the Portuguese people and
the armed forces are vigilant.”

Victory came not only as a
result of the work of the armed
forces and intelligence organiza-
-tions but also because of “the
aid from the most active and
vigilant part of the democratic
’ movement.

Soviet economy forges

ahead under socialism

By JOHN WEIR

MOSCOW — The Central Sta-
tistical Board report shows the
Soviet economy forging -ahead
with giant strides. During the
past nine months industrial out-
put in the USSR rose by 8.2%
more than the increase during
corresponding period last year.

All republics and branches of
the economy are fulfilling targets

The contrast is unavoidable.
Capitalist economies, including
Canada’s are in a panic second
only to the dirty thirties, over
inflation, stagnation, monetary
ills, and energy crises. The terms
recession and depression are no
longer under wraps. And the
ruling powers, as every trade
unionist knows, try increasingly
to put the burden of it all on
the working people.

In socialist countries like the
Soviet Union and its partners in
the Council for Mutual Economic
Assistance (CMEA), our Moscow
correspondent reports, the eco-
nomy is making steady progress
along the lines of socialist plan-
ning for a constant rise in living
standards.

ahead of plan. So far this year
products worth five-and-a-half
billion rubles have been manu-
factured in excess of plan.

Over 2,000 new types of goods
are now being produced. Pro-
gressive technological processes
were introduced in_ industry,

_greater scope given to mechani-

zation and automation of produc-
tion of consumer goods increased
at a faster rate than the general

rate, providing the means to still
further improve the living and
cultural standards of the popu-
lation,

Soviet economic and social ad-
vances are paralleled by similar
advances by other members of
the socialist community of coun-
tries.

The CMEA bloc (Council for
Economic Assistance) — USSR,
Bulgaria, the German Democra-
tic Republic, Hungary, Poland,
Romania, Czechoslovakia, Cuba,
Mongolia, with Yugoslavia par-
ticipating in many activities and
the Democratic Republic of Viet-
nam and the Korean Peoples De-
mocratic Republic sitting in as
observers — started 25 years
ago, behind the capitalist coun-
tries. Today the CMEA countries
with 18.5% of the territory and
10% of the population are pro-
ducing one-third of world indus-
trial goods.

In a quarter century national
income of CMEA countries has
increased eight times what it
was, while that of developed ca-
pitalist countries has grown only
by 3.3 times.

The CMEA. has made several
advances for cooperation with
European Common Market capi-
talist countries. It already has
a special agreement with Fin-
land. A

International affairs expert Ko-
lesnichenko pointed out in the
last October 20 issue of Pravda
that while many American capi-
talists are hesitating to conclude
mutually profitable deals with
the USSR, European capitalist
countries are stealing a march on
them.

OTTAWA — Two days after
presentation of a brief by the
CLC, churches and others criti-
cizing Canada’s relationship
with the Chilean junta, and its
stand-offishness toward the re-
fugees, Manpower and Immigra-
tion Minister Robert Andras was
moved to issue a press release
promising a serious response to
the brief.

Canada’s special Immigration
office in Santiago, Chile, which
has been in operation since the
coup in that country one year
ago, will be retained “‘as long as
it. is needed,’ Andras said,
Oct. 11.

The brief had expressed con-
cern over what appeared to be a
government policy to close this
office and shut off refugee. ac-
cess to Canada, as an escape
from possible torture and death.

Andras said he wanted “to

make it clear that Canada will

‘continue its present efforts to

process applications from re-
fugees who are still in Chile or
who have fled to other countries,
in accordance with the special
provisions approved for assist-
ing such persons.”

The. minister added that the
department will be looking into
allegations made by the group at
the meeting with the Ministers,

(Immigration and External Af- ©

fairs) that certain immigration
offices abroad are not conform-
ing to government policy in the
administration of the special
Chilean program.

“Jf necessary, corrective meas-
sures will be taken,’ Andras
said,

Promising to study the brief
further, he said that when the
review is completed another
meeting will be held with the
‘group.

Soviets, Egypt: PLO to Geneva

The Soviet Union and Egypt have demanded that the
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) be given equal
status at the forthcoming Middle East peace talks in Ge-
neva with Israel and the Arab nations. The demand was
contained in a joint Soviet-Egyptian communique issued
upon the return to Cairo yesterday of Egyptian Foreign
minister Ismail Fahmi from an official visit to Moscow.

__ Algerian president Houari Boumedienne said yesterday he h
asked the U.S. to define its position on an Israeli withactwal froin
occupied Arab territories and the establishment of an independent
Palestinian state. He said in the Cairo newspaper Al Ahram that he
had raised this with State Secretary Henry Kissinger during their
meetings in Algiers earlier in the week. ;

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