TRI FRIDAY, JULY 6, = (iat an NIE i mn jd if + i Is 195] Barrett says he Il help pay appeal costs Silby Barrett, Canadian direc- tor of the powerful United Mine Workers of America and a mem- * ber of the Canadian Congress of Labor executive board, has writ- ten Marine Workers and Boiler- makers Union in Vancouver congratulating its officers and members on their victory over - union-buster Myron Kuzych in their recent successful appeal be- fore the Privy Council in London, and offering UMW’s help in pay- ing expenses. “T see that the Judiciary Com- mittee of the court in Britain has handed down a decision on the. Myron Kuzych case,” wrote Barrett. “I want to congratulate you on the position you took in this regard. It shows your good judgment when you took this case to the Privy Council. “Tt is a victory for the trade. union movement of Canada and those who would not help to carry it are not good trade unionists as far as I am concerned. “The United Mine Workers are prepared to help pay the ex- penses., I am leaving for Europe and upon my return I hope to have a reply to this letter telling me what the pro rata cost is for the<CClce Loggers signing peace petition Hundreds of Peace Pact peti- tions are circulating in camps and mills up and down the coast. .-This week Timber-r-r, organ of loggers’ and millworkers’ clubs of the Labor-Progressive party, reported these developments in the fight for peace: Pioneer Timber Company workers added another 50 names to their petitions, bringing the total in that camp to 250. Loggers at Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Beach Camp have signed 100 percent. More than 100 loggers at Bloe- del, Stewart and Welch Camp Five have signed. In one evening, 70 loggers at Bik River Timber Camp signed the petition. All the crew at Phillips Arm have signed. Majority of the crew at North- ern Pulpwood, Beaver Cove, have signed. ' Tours Island A tour of Vancouver Island points will be made next week by Nigel Morgan, provincial leader of the Labor-Progressive party. Speaking on the subject, “What You Can Do For Peace”, he will address meetings at Vic- toria, Monday, ,July 9; Lake Cowichan, Wednesday, July 11; Port Alberni, Friday, July 13; and Cumberland, Courtenay and Campbell River, July 14-15. CONTINUED CEASE-FIRE a peaceful and just settlement of the still unresolved issues © in Asia and intensify the cam- paign for a pact of peace be- tween the five great powers. Fear of the effect peace in Korea will have in stimulat- ing popular, resistance to the burdens imposed by the re- armament policies ‘of West- ern governments is reflected in big business demands for speeding, up war preparations. Inspired press stories design- ed to cast doubt on Soviet motives are intended to pro- vide. justification for state- ments such as that made this week by Averell Harriman,. former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, urging no relaxation of the cold war. * This fear of peace, which is only the other face of the ‘desire for war, is not shared by the working people who carry the load of war prepar- ations in increasing taxes and ever-rising living costs. For them the hoped-for peace- in Korea will be a victory in the struggle to avert a _thind world wart. The LONG and the SHORT of it is... The HUB _ has oad. Union-Made Men’s Wear | = Whet—he tried to sell you @ Sait thet Sua't fit? Change your store, my bem ead try THE HUB d extended friendly } service for over 50 years. J League opens drive to win repeal of | Garson amendments Repeal of the Garson amendments to the Criminal Code dealing with treason, sedition and sabé tage during the fall session of parliament will be the one big job facing all democratic Canadians the next few month, said Thomas C. Roberts, executive secretary of the League for Democratic Rights. Linked to the demand for repeal must be a strong fight for a Canadian Bil a public address here. of Rights. “The people of Canada are sill solid for democratic rights. We must get to this body of opinion sist prevent use of the new amendments, call’ for their lrepeal, and guard against the government sneaking in similar legislation,” said Roberts. A pe- tition demanding the repeal was “circulated at the meeting. Dr. Harry F. Wood, Profes- sor Emeritus, Union Theological Seminary, New York, who was guest speaker, warned of the growing fascist menace in the U.S. He described the recent Supreme Court decision to up- hold conviction of the 11 leaders of the U.S: Communist party as being “earmarked throughout as a political and not a judicial de- cision,” arising out of the move to stifle the movement for peace in the U.S. Wecabing the manner in which the bill went through Com- mons, Roberts noted that barely 50 of: the 262 MP’s were pres- ent in their seats at the time. Michael Freeman, a member of a civil nghts delegation interview- ing MP’s prior to passage of the bill, reported he was struck by the evasiveness of MP’s on the question. “Not one Liberal spoke up with tha exception of Garson himself. Both the Prime Min- ister St. Laurent and M. J. Cold- well of the CCF were absent when this all-important issue af- fecting Canadian liberties was be- ing debated,” he said. “Th seemed,” said Freeman, “that MP’s didn’t want to~ be as party of what was being de- cided or face the danger of hav- ing to go on record as favoring 4 ~ ment. - Street Journal, he said, drew at TORON the amendments. Prvatell aa MP’s agreed ‘that they sho be put off to the fall and rushed through.” ican made a strong appea for a huge effort to bui ie movement for civil rights throug out Canada, in order to fight the dangerous turn in events a ecting: the liberties of all Canadians: Earlier Dr. Ward spoke a the broad implications ¢ 1 preme Court’ decision had for 4 USS. citizens. “It cut the heart clear out of the First Amen?” What they did to Communists they can do to a one who ‘teaches social oF oF nomic change.” Even the Wa tention to the fact that the re stitution had been thrown out ° the window. Czech miners aid British victims In London last ont Czechoslovak Charge a’ Affairs Rohac made a snresentation of $2,400 to ro Stephenson, secretary of Cumberland’ Miners Association, as first payment of a fund of $120,000 Be F lected by Czech coal miners for dependants of those who lost their lives in the mine disaster at it haven, England, in August 1947. Here, Matthew Williams, sole survivor of a more recent mine di at Easington, in which 78 were killed, is brought to the surface by rescue workers. SHIPYARD WAGES 65 CENTS LOWER Union asked to aid NI B. strikers Shipyard unions in British Col- ‘umbia have. been asked to give moral and financial support to striking Saint John Dry Dock Company workers, and an ap- peal has been received from In- dustrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of Canada, Local No, 3. Most interesting point in the communication, from the view- point of local labor, is the ter- ‘rifie wage differential between New Brunswick and British Col- umbia. Labor rate at St. John Dry Dock is 94 cents per hour; in Vancouver, under Marine Work- ers and Boilermakers Union * . contracts, it’s $157. Trades- men’s rate in N.B. is $1.29; in pat it’s $1.85 (plus eight statu- ry holidays with pay, plus four wiles for a total.of $1.98) and a par ee gets $1.62. ‘ “We're fighting for decent _ wages for our families; the com- _ pany is fighting to maintain sub-- standard wages,” says Local No. 8. Strike was called trvo weeks ‘ago when the company refused to boost wages 10 cents an hour as recommended by a provincially appointed commissioner’ “The company does not receive any government grant or subsidy and has to compete in business with tle Sepeetiie at Halifax, PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JULY 6, 1951 — aoe c’ Montreal, Sorel and quev™ pleads the Dry Dock ComP in a quarter-page advertise” But contrary to the are claim, Canadian Governmé ey" Estimates for 1951-52 shows ? sid’ ment of $274,500 yearly supe Actually, the company works der the same federal arran ast ments as shipyards oni the ; Coast. 'S Strike donations’ sent to Industrial Marine and Shipbuilding vat ers of Canada, 124 Germ Street, Saint John, New Bile wick. pe should z UnioP