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REE GUN MAKER and former condemned Nazi
War criminal Alfred Krupp, was recently honored at a
a huge reception in Essen, West German President Luebke
and Vice-Chancellor Erhard paid tribute to Krupp. In the

above cartoon the Br. Daily Worker cartoonist Gabriel

} depicted a suitable “masterpiece of art” for one of Krupp’s

| earlier receptions.

| Phillips not to attend WFTU

| Civic workers prepare
| for coming negotiations

A wage increase of 10c an hour heads the list of a
|. five-point program for 1962 negotiations decided on by
| the Annual Wage Conference of the Vancouver Civic
| Employees Union (Outside Workers).

Other demands formulated

| at the conference which met

| Friday, November 24 were:

‘| Guarantee of 10 paid statutory

holidays a year, irrespective of
‘ they fall on;
_ Seniority to govern in promo-
| tions where qualifications are
_ equal; City to pay entire cost

‘| of Traveller’s Insurance; end

_ three weeks vacation after five
_ years, four weeks after fifteen
mevears...
i This five-point program will
‘| be submitted to the regular
membership meeting Friday,

| December. 15.

The conference also endors-

| eda statement, submitted by!
‘| Secretary Jack Phillips,

“that |

hours received a major set-
back in 1961. This negative
‘process has been facilitated by
the divisions within the ranks
of labor, nationally and _ pro-
vincially. »

“There is. no doubt. that
when, we go into negotiations
the daily press, the television
and radio stations will be
utilized in an attempt to dis-
credit our demands, as part of
the. overall. propaganda: cam-
paign against organized: labor.

“All this means that we
must have the most thorough-
going preparations for negotia-
tions and the maximum degree

_ the union send fraternal grect:|

of Trade Unions meeting
_ Moscow, December 4, and 16,
| and express regrets that the

union could not participate
Bi brough an ‘observer at this
 time.”’

Phillips had been scHenilien
q to attend the conference in

Moscow as an official observ-
er of the union.

Here is part of the union
Statement: | ; :
“As we all know, the move-
Bevent for more pay and shorter

| ings to the World Federation:
in|

i

of unity within our own ranks.
“Tt is with these considera-
tions in mind that I wish to
make a request of the Wage
Conference. I ask you to, join
with me in requesting that the
Executive Board should agree
that no action be taken at this
time in respect to the decisions
to send an observer to the de-
liberations of the WFTU.”
The conference also ‘“dis-
associated itself from a num-
ber of unauthorized statements
made to the press and radio in
an attempt to discredit the
Union its officers, its policies
and its democratic procedures.

|Native Brotherhood fails to

|make decision on dual union:

; The Native Swikerkoul of B.C. ended their seven-
day annual convention at Alert Bay last Saturday and
| failed to arrive at any decision on whether to attempt to
Set up a dual union for coast fishermen.

} ‘The move, which was being
‘Sparked by Frank. Calder of
| the New Democratic Party, was
tabled,
|] Meanwhile, the Vancouver
ort Conference of ten mari-
“ time and waterfront unions
Sent a letter to Claude Jodoin,
President of the Canadian
Labor Congress, opposing the
“Move and stating that it
“would do great harm to both
Native and non-native workers
é the Province.”
| The letter requested that

Jodoin condemn such action..
A press release from the
Conference stated that “what
is needed in B.C. is a strong
united Native Brotherhood em-
bracing both coastal | and in-
terior Natives, with all Na-
tives in’ industry being mem-
bers of the established unions
in that industry, and full sup-
port by the whole trade union
movement of the Native people
in their fight for equality and

a better life.”

PT reveals sensational
evidence for first time —

By BRUCE YORKE

The Colaibla River Treaty is a national and provincial scandal. Further sensa-
tional evidence of this fact is presented here for the first time to the Canadian public,
though the material was published as long ago as June, 1958.

This material was either de-
liberately hidden by the Otta-
wa-Victoria negotiating team,
or they were utterly incompe-
tent. In either case both gov-
ernments should be condemned
and the treaty scrapped.

Here is the evidence from
the five volume report entitled
Water Resources Development
—Columbia River Basin, pre-
pared by the U.S. Army Engi-
neers Division, North Pacific,
in June 1958. '

Volume I, page 66, says:

“The projects added to the
base system (Sequence VH) to
form the Major Water Plan
(Sequence IV H) reduce the
thermal plant required to meet
the 1985 load by 4,185,000 k.w.
and the thermal energy re-
quired by 25,299,000,000 k.w.h.
annually. '

“After an allowance is made

for the cost of 1,413,000 k.w.
of capacity added to projects
in the base system and the as-
sociated transmission costs,
this represents a system ther-
mal saving of $121,000,000 an-

nually. The evaluation of pow-| _

for aid to flood victims

| .The United Fishermen and,
| Allied Workers’ Union has ap-!

er is on 1985 conditions, which
are considered to provide a

reasonable evaluation for the

50-year life.”
: : e

By way of explanation, Se-
quence VH is the technical
term for the existing U.S. hy-
dro plant with water storage
facilities of 13,262,000 acre
feet. Sequence IV H is the tech-
nical description of a slightly
expanded hydro plant with
water storage facilities of 32,-
189,000 acre feet. The basic

Soviets urge
4 Power ban
fest treaty

In a new move to break the
tests deadlock, the Soviet
Union this week proposed the
immediate signing of a treaty
to. ban all tests — in the

atmosphere, under water and|’
|in space — subject to mutual

control by existing means of
detection, along the lines
suggested by President Ken-

nedy and Prime Minister Mac-|:

millan.

Signatories would undertake
not to conduct “underground
tests pending | the establish-
ment of control as part of an
inspection system checking

general and complete disarma-

ment.

The time ee come for
France to take part in the
Geneva talks along with the
U.S., Britain and the U.S.S.R.,
declared a Soviet statement
issued last Monday, together
with a draft four-point treaty.

Wednesday Britain and U.S.
announced rejection of the

Soviet plan. —

en

DRS SITE BEE RS

difference is the addition of 19
million acre feet of storage fa-
cilities.

Under the terms of the Col-
umbia River Treaty, Canada at
a cost of $458 million, is to
build three storage dams in
Canada and to allow storage on
our territory from the  pro-
posed U.S. Libby Dam as fol-
lows: ;
Mica Creek 7,000,000 acre feet
High Arrow 7,000,000 acre feet

Duncan 1,000,000 acre feet
Libby 5,000,000 acre feet
Total 20,000,000 acre feet

In other words Canada is
called upon to provide the in-
crease of storage from _ Se-
quence VH to Sequence IV H
at a cost to us of $458 million
in order that the United States
on thermal generation savings
alone will realize $121 mil-
lions annually.

The thermal generation sav-
ings are possible because in-
stead of burning costly fuel to
meet peak load requirements,
free water will be released

from storage.
)

It has been long recognized
that under the terms of the
Treaty the United States gets
large control and additional
hydro power benefits. These
have been estimated by compe-
tent engineers to range be-
tween a lump sum figure of
$700 to $900 millions,

Great as these benefits are
they. are small compared to a

$121 million annu@l saving
which is applicable for all
time!

All democratic forces in
British Columbia, the trade
unions, the New Democratic
Party, Columbia Valley resi-
dents, the Communist Party—
all who cherish our natural re-
sources must flood Ottawa and
Victoria with renewed pro-
tests. Hundreds of letters,
wires, delegations and meet-
ings are necessary to demand
that this greatest give-away in
B.C. history be utterly and
completely scrapped.

Fishermen ask Victoria

Others locals of the union

pealed to Premier WwW. A. C.| have contributed $375 in sums

Bennett and Prime Minister
Diefenbaker to declare the
Nass River Valley as a disaster
area and to set up a joint pro-
vincial-federal flood fund to
rehabilitate the victims of the
flood which swept through
Aiyansh and Greenville on
October 16.

The union headquarters re-
cently voted $500 towards a
Nass River flood fund set up
by the two Prince Rupert lo-
eals of the union. The two
northern locals have raised
$1,000 by public affairs and
collections and through their

efforts, three truckloads of
clothing, blankets,
been sent to the striken area.!

etc., Sisue! pl

ranging from $25 to $250. Al-
together, with assistance of —
other organizations, including ©
the Native Brotherhood and
the Co-op, the union has raised ©
about $2,500 to assist flood vic-
tims. :

The union has informed
Premier Bennett and ‘Prime
Minister Diefenbaker that vol-
untary assistance will not be
adequate, Over 100 persons
were left homeless by the
flood. At least 14 homes were
completely destroyed. Other
homes ~and_ public buildings
were damaged. Many families
lost their entire winter’s sup-
y of preserved meat, fish and
vegetables.

‘LABOR’S MONOPOLY, MUST Gor”

‘ecember 1, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUN7

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