| ao a = NON J) 2 aS bse eee anes co A ee re EXPORTING JOBS = CNR gives diesel — contracts OTTAWA Facts and figures which re- vealed the Canadian govern- Ment itself is placing- major Contracts in the United States resulting in hundreds of work- Delta LPP backs two candidates The Delta constituency com- Mittee of the ,Labor-Progres- Stve party has- urged support of two candidates in the forth- Coming municipal elections. In Surrey, Bill Fomich, a : Young railroader from Port Mann who has been active for Many years in community af- fairs, president of the Port Mann Ratepayers, president of the Delta constituency commit- tee of the CCF, is fighting for @ progressive tax program and better secondary roads to beat the dust problem. In Delta municipality, Carl Liden, Sunbury fisherman who IS an active member of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union is waging “a Strong campaign, in which the do-nothing tax policy of Reeve Kirkland came in for heavy fire at a Ladner stewardship Meeting this week. to U.S. ers being laid off were put on the line here last week by the legislative committee of Local 522, United Electrical, Radig and Machine Workers (UE) in a brief to Transport Minister Hees. The figures showed that more diesel engines for Can- adian National Railways were “entirely built in the U.S. since 1949 than have been built by Canadian Locomotives, King- ston, during the same period.” From September 1952 until the present, orders for 590 diesel engines had been placed by the government with Gen- eral Motors at London, said the union. During the period back-dating to May 1949, three years before GM’s assembly went into operation in London, Kingston Locomotive had only received orders for 113 diesel engines up to the present. Local 522’s brief exposed that over and above the orders plac- ed directly with U.S. firms— 127 as compared with 113 at Canadian Locomotive — that the 590 diesel engines placed with GM were merely assembl- ed at the London plant. “The basic product,” said Local 522, ‘Gs manufactured in the U.S. with American labor and Am- erican’ materials.” LPP leader protests flight of US. planes _ Flight of U.S. planes’ carry- Mg atomic warheads over Can- adian territory was protested to Prime Minister Diefenbaker this week by. Nigel Morgan, abor-Progressive party pro- Vineial leader. In a letter to the premier, Organ said: “The LPP in B.C. wishes to Tegister with you and the gov- €rnment of Canada a strong Protest in connection with the ®Mnouncement this week that ‘S. Air Force planes, carry- Mg atomic warheads, are daily Passing over Canadian terri- tory in war practices that take ‘them to the Siberian borders of the USSR. “We consider such ‘missions’ not only highly provocative— jeopardizing the peace of the world—but endangering our lives in this westermost pro- vince in the event of accident. “We call upon your govern- ment to see that an immediate stop is put to this hideous threat of death from the skies, and that the sovereignty of Canada and the security of our people is observed and pro- tected.” ~ CLOSING OUT SALE Everything Must Go! CASTLE JEWELLERS 752 Granville PA. 1014 Powell River depends on pulp and paper for its prosperity. Militancy, unity of pulp, paper strikers is guarantee of victory “The militancy and unity displayed by the pulp and paper strikers could not be excelled, and. with the support of the trade union movement we will win this battle,” delegate Orville Braaten (Converters Local 433) told Vancouver Labor Council on Tuesday this week. “If we keep up the pressure the companies will soon be forced to their knees.” When members of the Inter- national Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Work- ers Union and the United Pa- permakers and Paperworkers struck . on ~»November 14 against the province’s biggest pulp and paper mill compan- ies, it was the first time in 20 years that they had been forced to “hit the bricks.” Braaten cited the situation in Prince Rupert as an ex- ample of how the strikers are reacting to the situation. “Strikers got a-truck, others became volunteer woodcutters and now-free wood is deliver- ed to families who need it. A cold storage locker was secur- ed, and donations of fish re- ceived. Some of the boys or- ganized a hunting party and brought back 11 moose, so many strikers are eating moose steaks and roasts these days. The strike committee set up a store to handle staples, and these are sold at cost. One member who was formerly a a barber is giving free hair cuts to strikers.” The 6,000 strikers are hold- ing out for a 12% percent wage hike and fringe benefits, after rejecting an offer of 7% per- cent. Major mills shut down are Powell River, Canadian Forest Products, Crown Zeller- bach, Alaska Pine and. Cellu- lose, MacMillan and Bloedel, Columbia Cellulose and Elk Falls. Braaten cited instances where big business concerns have attempted to intimidate strikers and turn union leaders against their leaders. He read a letter from a fin- ance company to a striker who wanted payments deferred on a car. The letter, written on the eve on the strike, said in part: “If you go on’strike you will only get strike pay and we feel quite confident that your union officials will no doubt draw full pay; also all you need to be out is one month and if you were to get the additional five percent increase it will take several years to pick it up. We feel it is entirely the fault of the membership if you do not put your union officials onthe right track.” Another company letter ad- vised a striker that “if the rank and file of your union continues to let union officials lead you around by the nose you may be hungry for a long while.” VLC president Lloyd Whal- en asked Braaten to turn over these letters to the council ex- ecutive so that the labor move- ment can take action in the matter. HUB HUMOR SEES suo BURLESQUE Head for the HUB for a complete selection of Union Made Men’s Wear .. . Work clothes, dress clothes and furnishings, all on our FREE CREDIT PLAN! No _inter- est, Ne Carrying Charge. 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