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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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- Street Journal, he said, drew at

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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

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. 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

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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.

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Strike donations’
sent to Industrial
Marine and Shipbuilding vat
ers of Canada, 124 Germ
Street, Saint John, New Bile
wick.

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