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| Reports from Ottawa indicate that a dea! is being worked out \between the Federal government, B.C. and the U.S., which would build the “High Arrow Dam’ and doom forever the full develop- ment of the Columbia for Canada’s needs.’ °

| Such a deal, which pies ‘Social Credit government land the U.S. have pressed. WHAT You CAN DO ABOUT 5. AFRICA ifor from the start, would istore Columbia waters | mainly for downstream U.S. , benefit. It would rule out ,the Mica project and_ place the people of B.C. at the!

1. Boycott South African Goods

The most widely sold S. African products are IXL brand jams and jellies, Paarl brand wines, Ostrich brand brandy, Imperial Ruby wines.

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VANCOUVER, B.C. APRIL 14, 1960

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mercy of high power rates | from the privately owned Peace power development. It is now clearly mevened| that such a deal has been the aim of the Bennett govern-

ment. Through this maneouvre the B.C. Electric and «ace

2. Sign This Petition — Circulate It

Have your friends, neighbours and workmates sign this petition and send it to Prime Minister Diefenbaker, Ottawa.

We, the undersigned, urge you to condemn the racist policies of the S. African government, to demand an end to brutality, and for full democratic rights for all S. Africans.

‘IS UNEMPLOYMENT STILL SEASONAL,

“ MICHAE RR

MR. STARR?

applicants registered National Employment Sery- ice offices totalled 832,823 at March 24, Labor Minister Starr said last Thursday.

He was replying to a question by Paul Martin (L - Essex East). It was re- vealed that this total was 40,000 more than at the same time last year. :

Ottawa b aget fails to

meet needs of people

The third budget of Tory Finance Minister “Dapper Donald” again exposes the anti-Canadian nature of the government’s basic economic policies.

At a time when bold, imagin- ative steps are needed to push National economic develop- Ment, to give a real lift to the

Viding useful jobs for the ‘hundreds of thousands of un- employed, the Diefenbaker government continues to Muddle along.

Worse — when our foreign trade is running up astronomi- cal deficits, when our mines and factories are coming more and more under foreign domin- ation, whén our domestic cap- ital accumulation is being pour- ed down the drain in useless military projects, government

ther subservience to U.S. dic-

| tudes which boils down to “‘it’s gross national product by pro-| all for the best in the best of

station.

The budget tries to cover all this in a mess of dreary plati-

all possible worlds.”

You’re worried over the con- tinually increased domination of foreign capital over Cana-

OTTAWA—Unplaced job at

River Co. monopoly would win | the day, retaining control of the power market in B.C., while the Columbia cheap power potential would be poured south to serve U.S. in- dustries with low cost power.

The aim of the U.S., in ne- gotiations has been to block the Columbia ‘diversion plan, create water storage in Canada for U.S. dam sites, and divert the Kootenay: for U.S. benefit , by building of the Libby dam. | The key to this plan is the! “High” Arrow project, seiichd would close the door to a di-| version of the Kootenay into | the Columbia. Once the U.S. | achieves this, the door will be | open to win the Libby dam | project. |

Nigel Morgan, srovinkial | leader of the Communist | Party, told the Pacific Tri- bue at press time that, “the people of B.C. haven’t much time to stop this gigantic give- away and betrayal of our vital power resources to the U.S. Tt will be a sad day for B.C. if this sell-out is allowed to take place. I urge everyone, particularly the trade unions, to speak out sharply now to stop this deal before it is too late.”

Morgan said the Communist Party in B.C. will wage a strong fight against the sell- out of the Columbia to the U.S.

(See editorial, pg. 4)

dian industries? Perish the thought!

Says Dauntless Donald Flem- ing;

“During the past two years there has been increasing evi- dence, in many quarters, that foreign capital in this country is becoming increasingly con- scious of its Canadian respon- sibilities.”

You expected some tax re-

BERT WHYTE

Reports From

CHINA

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Photo shows some of the women who picketed-a large downtown department store, Friday night, urging the public to boycott South African goods. The picket line, which covered all entrances to the store, was organized by the Women’s Committee, Communist Party of Canada.

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Similar actions are planned in other parts of Vancouver.