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At press in Crprs. was still reported AS ner Teports that President false 4 S was dead proved to be he Was Indications were that Where { faded for New York Taiseg ae demand is being of the ire emergency session nei] aie National Security nae deal with the latest Deacg "Ch threatens world Ca Peace Which has a 500-man slang <°Ping force on the the lafacy itectly involved in faileg a Crisis, but so far has Cup y ©ondenin the military MAS on, Ich the world knows Nato ke by Canada’s Miter ae the Greek Was “dependence of Cyprus Bre laranteed by an nferen _ Worked out at a alisnicas © In Geneva under UN Keepin S at which the peace- and Brit orce was established Underty “in, Turkey and Greece the = to be guarantors of leriton; dependence and pl inter ity of Cyprus. i lacked yp, “'my officers at- Greek military coup In Cyprus condemned PRESIDENT MAKARIOS However, the Greek military junta has long sought the removal of Makarios and Greek takeover of the Island, which Turkey, another NATO ally, has strongly objected to. Only last week Makarios charged that Greek army officers in Cyprus were plotting a military takeover, and threatened to make public documents e€xX- sing the plot. mt 4 raconcalyable that the See CYPRUS, pg- 8 LA wpetitish BOR COMMENT Wort,..- ~lumbia’ ao rkers a's coast Wag tt Offer have been given Feces vote on, one that Ri PoVineia) Out in Victoria with Ki Minister of labor, top 88, putt: " Pittting on the pressure nt Wegtnist prkers Bureau of the Wag 04, j arty, meeting last : Widely : statement which : distributed. Hevniled Cof aly wt delegated con- Very ; CaUse the ast locals and a no the. little b = new package was t etter than the previous ejected, The party statement, issued when most of the pulp and paper mills were shut down over the issue of trades rates, pointed out that unity between the IWA and the two pulp and paper unions, based on the common needs of the mem- bership, could result in big gains. While that is not in the cards for this year, itisa realistic target for the labor movement next time around. fact Reports from Vancouver Is ani and up-coast, seemed to indicate a back-to-work movement in order to be able to vote on the new offer. In many cases, voting must take FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1974 > Tribune Second class mail registration number 1560 By MAURICE RUSH Only eight days after the federal election returned his government with a majority, Prime Minister Trudeau told Canadians Tuesday that promises made in the last budget will not be introduced at once, and that the budget to be brought down when Parliament reconvenes on September 26 will be a “more restrictive budget” than the one which brought~ -the government down and forced the election. In press and TV interviews beamed across Canada, following the first meeting of the cabinet Tuesday, no mention was made on what the government intends to do about promises made by the Liberals during the election campaign. The implication of his remarks was not only that those limited promises would not be acted upon, but the small con- cessions made in the last budget, which brought the government down, will not be “exactly” the e. He said the general thrust of the defeated budget will be main- tained, but that it will be “‘more restrictive’? and said that measures will not be introduced at once. The .statement by the Prime Minister is seen as preparation of the public not to expect any big changes when Parliament reconvenes and not to anticipate that promises made during the election and in the old budget would be brought down at any time place at the place of work. A spokesman for the Wood- workers’ Bureau put it this way: “The new offer provides only a few extra crumbs, but no more bread for the vast majority. What we | need now is an all-out effort to get a no vote. The leadership claims they have squeezed out everything that’s there. That’s true on the basis of their policy of avoiding a strike under any conditions. This is the policy which has to be changed. If not in 1974 (and we must try our best!) then next time around. The new offer to be voted on VOL. 35, No. 29 in the near future by the new Liberal majority government. It bears out the worst fears of working people, that return of a majority old line party govern- ment would bring about a shift to the right in government policies. To soften the impact of the government’s retreat from action on-its election promises, Trudeau announced a 12 per cent cut in federal sales tax on footwear and clothing. However, this cut is being passed on to manufacturers, who have already warned the public not to expect that it will be passed on to consumers in lower prices. It is admitted that the impact of the cut will not be felt by consumers at all for many weeks, and then may only dribble down in small amounts. The bulk of it will likely end up as a handout to the manufacturers to boost their profits. Considering the continuing sharp rise in food prices, Canadians would have been justified in ex- pecting that the cabinet, at its first meeting after the election, would 15° have taken stronger action to protect consumers. Only last Wednesday,’ two days after the election, Statistics Canada reported that there had been a further 1.3 per cent rise during June in the consumer price index, bringing the index to its highest point since the Korean War 23 years ago. The index showed that the largest increase was in food prices, following the trend in May when the cost of living went up 1.7 per cent, and more’than 50 per cent of the increase was due to food price increases. Rather than take action to halt and roll back food prices, Minister of Agriculture Eugene Benson openly called for higher food prices saying that ‘‘Some say food prices are too high. I say nonsense.”’ This expresses the government’s cold- blooded attitude to rising food prices which strike the hardest blow against people on average and lower incomes. At the same time that the latest See LIBERALS, pg. 8 Basic issues not settled by election x « * City food prices highest in N. America—P. 7 —P.3 contains the following ‘‘im- provements’’: e The cost-of-living adjustment to be effective December 1, 1974 instead of January 1, 1975. e The tradesmen to receive $7.29, $7.40 and $7.505, instead of $7.05, $7.28 and $7.505, with some regrouping. As a-result of recent develop- ments in the IWA and the two pulp unions, progressives and left- wingers are having a new look at their policies and alliances, in terms of next year’s negotiations. All major IWA and pulp con- tracts expire next year and the major employers are the same for all unions. This means that the question of unity is assuming a new dimension. Those who have been most critical of the top leadership must ask what they are prepared to do about it in the coming union elections. Here, too, the question of alliances based on the needs of the workers and sound working class policies is of paramount im- portance. The unions in lumber and pulp, working together in unity, can become a dynamic leadership force for the trade union movement of British Columbia.