cdanderson@watarts.UUCP (04/18/84)
For the line eater
So, it seems that the President of Litton Industries of Rexdale,
Ontario, (makers of the guidance system for the U.S. Cruise Missile) is
blaming the "Peace Makers/Protesters" for their inability to procure the
contract for the Stealth Cruise.
Seems that the continual protests at the site, and the bombing of the
building last year, have caused the American govn't. some consternation!
Shucks!!!
For those of you who do not know, the Ontario govn't. gave Litton
Systems Canada (the U.S. parent of which is currently before the courts
for unfair labour practices and excess cost-overruns) >$20,000,000 in
grants for the outdated basic version of the Cruise. This money could
have been put to far more productive use in any other sector of the
economy. Furthermore, because of the Defense Industry Productivity
(DIP) sharing agreement entered into between the U.S. and Canada in
1959, any money spent on exports to the U.S. must be met by reciprocal
trade in armaments to Canada. Both these, the fact that arms spending is
socially wasteful (who makes the stuff for circulation or use?), and the
"boom and bust" |-( nature of armaments industries makes such expenditures
obscene, especially when they are of a nuclear nature.
To leave you with words that I am sure will rend your very hearts, the
President of Litton,
Ron Keating, said
"These people have caused very serious damage to our company. That
was not the only wat that we were hurt in the marketplace; the additional
security that we have had to put around our facility has cost us over $2 M.,
money which could be put into our business to help make us more competitive
and further ensure the future for all of us". (Me secure, Oh yah, of course
we need more nuclear weapons |-) ).
wcdanderson@watarts.UUCP (04/18/84)
For the bugs
As a supplement to the initial article, the contract for the
Stealth Cruise has gone to the Kearfott division if the Singer Co. in
the U.S. (anyone know about this Corp.?) and the protests against the
Cruise in Canada have been going on for the past four years. The Cruise
Missile Conversion Project (of Toronto, Ontario),in particular, have
been argueing for the conversion of war production to socially useful
goods as have been formerly supplied by Litton so that more people may
benefit and the unemployment figure be reduced.