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Washington IWA asks entry
bars be lifted to B.C. delegates

Sy Op B Es

A demand that British Columbia delegates to the annual International Woodworkers
of America convention be permitted to enter this country without discrimination was level-
ed on the U.S. Immigration Service and Attorney General Tom Clark by the executive Board
of IWA Northern Washington District 2, meeting in Seattle Sunday.

_Keynoters in BCFL convention

Clark and immigration authori-
ties have denied IWA officials and
other progressive trade unionists
from north of the border permis-
sion to enter on union business,
as part of the intervention of old
line governments on both sides of
the border in the internal affairs
of the union.

The IWA in B.C. has already
elected 60 delegates to the IWA
international convention scheduled
for Portland, October 11, but only
the minority of Fadling support-
ers are considered sure to get
border permits.

The executive board also blasted
radio programs aired in BC by
the IWA “white bloc” and IWA In-
ternational: President, J. E. Fad-
ling, which, it charged, improperly
bring union affairs before the pub-
lic and seek to undermine the
confidence of the rank and _ file
in B.C. district unions’ leaders at
a time when they are in negotia-
tions.

In the course of a full discus-
Sion on what Fadling forces are
doing in the international union,
the board also asked IWA_ inter-
national officers to “publicly dis-
avow” a leaflet distributed at a
Los Angeles plant under the juris-
diction of the CIO United Furni-
ture Workers, calling on workers
there to leave the URW because it
has refused to sign Taft-Hartley
affidavits, and come into the IWA,
whose international officers have
complied.

The board recommended that
District 2 locals also act to pro-
test the IWA’s attempt to use the
Taft-Hartley Act to take over jur-
isdiction at the Los Angeles Fur-

niture operation.

UBCM denies

granted full civic rights
The proposal, originally submit-
ted for endorsation by the B.C.

.

HAROLD PRITCHETT

ERNIE DALSKOG

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WILLIAM STEWART

“The convention was unanimous on all th3 leading issues,” commented Harold Pritchett,

retiring secretary-treasurer,

who was defeated by George Home by one vote. “Tl:is overshadows the

fact that some upsets in the elections were caused by the CCL’s ban on 22 miners’ delegates, and

by the planting of some other delegates. It shows
program, and as an executive council member I’m prepared to spare no effort to achieve
that program as laid) down by the convention, I have confidence that tke membership will mot allow
the federation to be disrupted and that we will emerge strengthened from the tests that lie ahead.”

that

the membership wants

a progressive

Dalskog presented the key political action resolution and Stewart replaced Harvey Murphy as

vice-president. (See pages 1, 12).

Death toll reaches 16
in B.C. mining industry

_ International President John Clark joind the delibgfa-
tions of the district policy committee of the Internatfonal
Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (CIO) in/Van-

couver last weekend.

Delegates demanded that the
Provincial Labor Relations Board
re-open conciliation proceedings in
the gold mines.

They gave a unanimous vote
of confidence to regiona] director
Harvey Murphy, who has been
Suspended by the Canadian Con-
gress of Labor from attending
CCL councils and conventions for
two years because he criticized
.the role of some CCL officials in
the deportation of Mine-Mill or-
ganizer Reid Robinson,

The committee also approved a
letter signed by district president
John Moffett and district secretary
K. A. Smith to B.C, Federation of
Labor delegates appealing for sup-
Port against the CCL bans on:
Murphy and Mine-Mill.

Wage demands of copper locals | ;
(based on the Kimberley scale) | :

Were endorsed and the joint copper
Committees instructed to open ne-

gotiations at once.

Death toll in the mining industry
this year has risen to 16. J. Braun:
Was crushed to death by a fall of
rock at Taku mine, and brakeman
Donald Roy was killed at Copper

Effie Jones musicale

The Civic Reform Association is
holding an open musical evening |
this Saturday at 1147 Nelson Street, !
Suite 5.

This will climax a series of
Social events at which CRA’ sup-
Porters have had an opportunity to
Meet the CRA mayoralty candi-

date, Mrs, Effie Jdénes.

JOHN CLARK
Mountain.

“This has been a terrible year in
the mining industry,” comments

the B.C. District Union News, term-

ing the fatal accidents, “a constant
reminder of the type of industry
we are engaged in.”

Every executive member of
every local in the Consolidated -
Mining and Smelting operations
has received a private letter from
manager W. S. Kirkpatrick aim-
ed at inducing them to secede

from the union on the basis of a .

number of red-baiting slanders
of the union leadership printed in
an American business publica-
‘ tion,

LMI nn nnn Om Mmm nnn

Despatches from the front

ATHENS—The main force of the guerrilla army has been
annililated in the fighting around Mt. Grammos. The few sur-
vivors have fled into Albania, Bulgaria and New Mexico.

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today.
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ATHENS—Following the annihilation of the guerilla army
government forces were engaged

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in mopping up operations

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ATHENS—FoFllowing the annihilation of the guerrilla army
and followmg the mopping up operations, government forces
were engaged in more mopping up. operations today.

* * *

Following the annihilation of the guerilla army and follow-
ing the mopping up operations, the government forces today
skillfully warded off counter-attacks by the guerillas.

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ATHENS—Following the skillful warding off of counter-

attacks, the government forces

today were protecting their pro-

vincial Capitals from shelling and were busy reforming their
lines where tle guirillas had broken through them.
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ATHENS—Hailing their crushing victory over the guerillas,
the government forces today launched a full-scale defensive. ~

NRA

Fishermen pick up ‘PT’
at 2] points on B.C. coast

“Man of the week on the circulation

>

Stevens,’
manager. Stevens is
and Allied Workers Union.

“He and his friends have worked
out plans for stepping up sales of
the Pacific Tribune in the fishing
industry in spite of the fact that
fishermen often don’t see home for
weeks at a time. They’re having
bundles of Our paper sent to every
place where fishermen meet.

“To date they have bundles going
out to 21 spots on the coast, rang-
ing from Prince Rupert to Namu

and Fanny Bay. Their objective is:

to place them in every fishing town

and cannery without exception.
“Stevens states flatly that more

readers for the paper are essential

front is Homer

according to Fel Ashton, Pacific Tribune business
secretary of the United Fishermen

| to defeating the present union-'

busting offensive of B.C. employ-

ers, and challenges other industrial
groups to meet the fishermen’s
pace.”

Turning’ to Vancouver, Miss Ash-
ton reported that 47 subscriptions
were renewed on one night August
31, when 14 teams of canvassers
turned out after working hours to
start tuning up for the circulation
drive in October. “We still have a
lot of renewals to catch up with
before the drive for new readers
starts,” she said, “but these results
show we can do it.”

teachers

right to municipal office

: —HARRISON HOT SPRINGS

Tory-minded delegates dominating the convention of the
Union of B.C. Municipalities rejected tor the fourth successive
time a proposal that teachers and municipal employees be

Teachers’ Federation, was that
teachers be granted legal rights to
run for election to municipal
councils and. that municipal em-
ployees be allowed to run for
school board. The provincial gov-
ernment has held up consideration
of legislation granting this demand
pending approval: by the UBCM.
This year the matter was laid be-
fore the UBCM by the Association
of Kootenay Municipalities and two
other municipal groups.

Retiring UBCM : president Wil-
liam Mott told delegates, “This
| would be very dangerous legisla-
tion.”

He conjured up a horrifying

spectacle of even policemen and
firemen seeking public office. ‘This
would be very wrong.”
Then, revealing the fundamental
reasons for his oppcsition he stat-
ed, “with their big unions they
could run the. polls without much”
trouble.”

Labor circles are inclined to feel
that if labor voters comprise a ma-
jority there_is little wrong with
them electing candidates, though
they point out that the civic rights

; 'of teachers and civic employees is

also a vital issue in a host of muni-
cipalities where labor does not yet
contest elections in an organized
manner.

Mott during the past two years
played the role of a stalking-horse
for the Coalition in publicly father-
ing the sales tax.

R. A. B. Wootton, reeve of Oak

‘|Bay where he is a key figure in

Tory Finance Minister Anscomb’s

.| constituency machine, said, “I see

no reason why anybody should cry
discrimination.”

Victoria’s Mayor Percy George
took a different view: “We have
heard talk of the four freedoms.
Lots of teachers fought for free-
dom, including their freedom to
run for election to public office.”

Technical reason for the opposi-
tion is that teachers, to quote a
1944 court decision barring an elect-
ed North Vancouver teacher-alder-
man from holding office, have an
“indirect contract” with the muni-
cipality. Teachers point out that
they are hired by the school board,
not by the municipality, and that
municipal employees have no con-
tract with the schoo] board at all.
British teachers are frequently
elected to borough councils, accord-
ing to The Schoolmaster.

The decision deprives municipal
councils and school boards of a
valuable public contribution from
an important body of citizens.

Elections in -

\civic union

The Vancouver Civic Employees’
Union (Outside Workers) an-
nounces results of its annual elec-

tions, conducted by referendum
ballot, as follows:

President: T. Anderson (scav-
enging).

_ First vice-president: EK. Kirkpat-
rick (pavements).

Second _ vice-president: wm.
Woodward (sewers).
Third vice-president: A. Whyte

(city garage).

Trustees: Andrew Lyons (sew-
ers), J. Fraser (city shops) and
Ralph Hamilton (sewers).
‘Conductor: Edward Smith (wat-
erworks),

Warden: Alstair MacLeod (Parks
Board).

Business agent Donald Guise and
Recording secretary Jack Phillips
had previously been returned by
acclamation.

The union has elected a full dele-
gation of 13 to the October 11 con-
ivention of the Trades and Labor
‘Congress at Victoria.

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