own News of ~ | the nation * Vets write queen Thirteen Toronto war vets who Saw service in Holland announced last week they had written Queen Wilhelmina of that country pro- testing the Dutch massacre of In- donesians.- The letter stated that Cana- dians who helped liberate Hol- land from Nazism ‘condemn the attempt of the Dutch army to €nslave 65,000,000 Indonesians.” The veterans announced that a Copy of the letter to the Dutch queen was sent to Prime Minis- ter Mackenzie King urging the Canadian government to stop all trade with the Netherlands until at country's government stopped the “massacre of the people” of Indonesia. The letter to Queen Wilhelmina Said: “Canadians did not free you from German tyranny in Hol- land so that you might restore & Dutch tyranny in Indonesia. It was not for this that 8,000 Canadians died at Scheldt, at Naijmegen and in the skies ever Holand. As people who Contributed to your liberation We have a moral right to de- Mand that your government Withdraw all troops from In- donesia.” The letter man Penner, kok was signed by Nor- Andrew Hartman, Allan McKenzie, John Miller, Mi- Chael Olynyk, Henry Ornstein, Harry Fistell, Louis Binder, Wal- er Dent, Joseph Levitt, Wilfred Acker, Michael Ukas and Lee urke, - More profits, less milk OTTAWA—Total milk sales in 40 City markets throughout the Country were more than seven Percent below May sales of last tae according to a report last eS from the Dominion Bureau Statistics. Following are milk eg of some of the larger mar- nq tontreal: 13,110,000 quarts; down a Six percent. “Tonto: 11,690,000 quarts, down 8.4 Percent, ; 7 Winnipeg: 3,720,000 quarts, down Percent, ancouver: 5,020,000 _—.quarts, f ay nN approximately 2 percent. reased milk prices constitute rhe jue factor responsible for wered consumption. Danger signal DaRONTO—On May 16 in the sores Tribune, science writer Dy- tter commented on the ex- Plog; ee of the steamship Grand am P in Texas City. Loaded with onium nitrate, the ship blew N dock. Loss of life and prop- ‘i damage were great. = § of possible repetitions Wrote, disasters Mr. Carter trate ,. “, load of impure ni- than 'S_actually more dangerous Preca ny atom bomb, because no ence VttONS yet devised by sci- will ensure. it remaining Anywhere it exists the Texas City hor- repeated without Warnin any time, be Carter suggested a com- Nquiry into nitrate ship- Militant their connection with _~"Y preparations. U P goes your tea NCouvER — Wholesale tea &cross Canada shot up by Cordin, * Pound this week. Ac- imports to. a Vancouver tea- to oe the price boost is due an rha. Production costs in the x ee countries, There ; Tumors that the 12 cent tea hia only a starter, and that Tmporte will continue upwards. *ts claim to be operating ‘on Profit» very narrow margin of Specuin while Coffee blenders are seg "8 on a coffee price Teta) “TD the near future.’ Where Pricg ‘ €a stocks are low the Amos, St will affect consumers LPP barred from BCER gas hearing The Public Utilities Commission are scheduled to hold “public” hearings on the request of the BCElectric to increase gas rates, commencing August 7 in the As- size Court, Vancouver. Filing a request to appear at these hear- ings to present a submission, the Vancouver Committee of the La- bor-Progressive Party received the following reply from the Utilities Commission: : “|. . your organization is not recognized as an_ interested party in the proceedings under the Public Utilities Act, in con- nection with a revision of the gas rates of the B.C. Electric Company Limited.” The LPP and others are ask- ing the question: By what right and authority does a public body such as the Utilities Commission abrogate to itself the right to say what organizations, political or non-political, shall come before it to state their views? CCF Leader Harold Winch has written the Utilities Commission asking for an explanation of this high- handed action in barring an or- ganization from stating its views on a matter of wide public con- cern. The LPP has launched a protest in the form of a petition cam- paign, already endorsed by over 1,500 signatures. The public are urged to support this campaign against a high-handed ruling, ob- viously designed to gag public opinion and facilitate a price hoist in domestic gas rates in favor Six thousand at labor picnic enjoy nine-hour sports program Yop honors in the main contests at the Unite last Sunday, went to contestants re d Laber Picnic at Confederation Park presenting CIO and AFL unions of the woodworking industry. The labor queen elected as ‘Miss B.C. Industry’ was charming Mollie Bergren, 28 year-old stenographer at IWA-CIO Local 1-71’s offi erous financial support of hun- dreds of coast loggers and Van- couver working people, and was elected with 70,414 votes, 13,000 more than her nearest oppo- nent, Nora Lowe of IWA_ local 1-217, who was supported by Van- couver shingle and sawmill work- ers. Running third in the popu- lar girl event was Hannah Gov- MOLLIE BERGREN Elected ‘Miss B.C. Industry’ at United Labor Picnic of the BCElectric. Bill 39 ‘on provincial government’s anti- trade union act, Bill-39 “is on its way out.” “The one dollar fines, acquittal of the three bargaining represen- tatives charged, and the forced admission of the trial judge, make Bill 39 ridiculous,” the LPP lead- er asserted. “As a result of the wallop the Nanaimo strikers and their sup- porting lumber workers’ and miners, have given the infamous anti-labor measure, it is extremely doubtful whether the government can make the act work,” said Morgan. declares LPP leader Hailing the victory of the Nanaimo laundry workers in the court decision there last week, Nigel Morgan,-LPP pro- vincial leader addressing a crowd of more than 6,000 people at the United Labor Picnic last Sunday predicted that the ‘sweep way out’ “Even. a labor-hating man like Allan MacDonell, MLA, one of the foremost propagandists against the trade unions, has been forced to admit that the act will have to be amended in favor. of: labor,” the picnicers were told. “Bill 39 is on its way out. Con- tinued and increasing unity of the trade unions, CCF, LPP and all other progressive forces, will it away completely, and with it, the reactionary coalition of anti-labor Tories and Liberals,” Morgan predicted, in a 50-minute address at the picnic, where he was the main speaker. means ruinous prices for Yukoners, ranging anywhere from twenty-five to ene hundred percent increases. Freight charges to Whitehorse via Skagway av- erage about three times higher than by the Haines route. Over the Haines road _ to Whitehorse the freight rate on . fruit and vegetables is $26.00 per ton, while via Skagway it is $82.00 per ton. In addition to this excessive charge, Yukon merchants claim that the shrink- age, spoilage and delays via the monopolized ‘White Pass and Yukon Railway’ route is three times heavier than via the Haines Road. a When the Alaska Highway was puilt the U.S. and Canadian gov- ernments combined to drive through the Haines cutoff from Haines, Alaska, to a point some sixty miles north of Whitehorse on the Alaska Highway, in order Skagway, Mediately. AX, AuGusr 8, 1947 to relieve the WPYR bottleneck CPR freight edict will skyrocket Yukon prices WHITEHORSE, Y.T. — Advice received by mer- chants of this northern Canadian city from Vancouver wholesalers that “the CPR will not accept Whitehorse freight via the Haines cutoff,” but must be shipped via between Skagway and Whitehorse. As with the Alaska Highway, the CPR-influenced WPYR monopoly opposed the building of these highway arteries, fearful that their’ existence would cut into its mon- opoly grip on Yukon rail and river transportation. During the last federa) election the Labor-Progressive Party brought the scandal of the aban- doned Haines Road into the pub- lic view, demanding that the road be maintained as a much-needed artery serving Whitehorse, and a vital factor in the opening up of large new mining and agricultural areas in the Yukon. It stressed the need of a public inquiry into the whole freight and operating struc- ture of the White Pass and Yu- kon Railway. The CPR’s latest edict to Vancouver wholesalers is one more clinching argument for the need of such an inquiry. ce. Mrs. Bergren received the gen- rochin, ‘Miss Fisher Lassie,’ who received 38,093 votes. An esti- mated crowd of 6,000 attended the picnic. An 83-year-old member of the United Brotherhood of Carpent- ers and Joiners (AFL), Richard Gibbons of Kamloops was hon- ored with having the largest trade union family in B.C. Gib- bons is the father of Mrs. Caro- line MacFarlan, who submitted his, name, and has 27 direct relatives, one brother and sister, nine. children, and 16 grand- children. He _ will’ receive * a valuable silver cup, donated by Henry Birks and Son, with appro- priate engraving. Mrs. Bergren won. a luxurious cedar chest. In a sensational wrestling exhi- bition bout, former Canadian light- weight champion Art Lamphier was flattened in the fourth round, after two falls, by Ralph Haycock, outstanding local amateur. Norm Wood, well known to wrestling fans, refereed the bout. Interesting boxing exhibition matches, featuring prominent Am- erican Golden. Gloves winners, were also presented. Thirty sports and racing events for the young- sters with over 70 participating, saw $150 in prizes given away. Lucky admission ticket holders received 10 prizes valued at $800, with out-of-towners getting the top items. First prize of a Ben- dix washer from Forst’s was won by Kelly MHamil- ton, R.R. 5, New Westminster, ticket 20110. Second prize, a beautiful three-piece chesterfield suite from United Upholsterers went to R. S. Taylor, 1176 Duch- ess Ave., West Vancouver, with ticket 1226. A new model RCA- Victor radio-phonograph combina- tion from Forst’s, went to Walter Chek, Ocean Falls, B.C.. who had ticket 8345. Remaining seven prize winners are: Table Lamp, Max Erenburg, 3691 West 6th Avenue, ticket 276; Night Table, E. McPherson, 1641 East 57th Avenue; Coffee Table, Mary Gawricki, Savoy Hotel; Set of Pillow Cases, M. Cathwood, 150 East 2nd Avenue, North Van- couver; Belle Connor, S. Olynyk, and S. Vanente, with tickets, 13069, 4764, 5687, 3757, and 14223 respec- tively. Masters of ceremonies during the nine of hours of featured events were William Stewart, B.C. Federation of Labor execu- tive secretary, and Malcolm Mac- Leod, veteran Vancouver trade unionist, president of the Ship- yard General Workers Federation of B.C. ACCL). In addition to being runner up in the ‘Miss B.C. Industry’ con- test, Nora Lowe won a special award for soliciting the largest number of votes personally of any of the ten contestants. Don Barbour, manager of labor queen Mollie Bergren, who enter- ed the contest as “Miss Wood- worker,’ commented on his can- didate’s victory as follows: “I would like to thank all our friends and supporters, who in the final analysis, put the girl representing the logging section of the woodworking industry in first place. It is appropriate that loggers’ choice . should win this event, as this is the prime basic industry in B.C. Mollie’s election shows that the loggers are deep- ly interested in all worthy, hu- man affairs in which working people participate, even though this picnic may have been far removed from the logging camps along the coast. In a message - of appreciation, picnic manager Fel Ashton stated, “I wish to thank al? those de- voted workers who contributed so greatly in making the @ success.” picnic ‘Paul Bunyan’ day trophies These magnificent trophies, donated by the Dayton Shoe Manufacturing Co., specialists in the field of logger’s boots, and the Pacific Tribune, British Columbia’s leading labor paper, will be awarded the winning teams and individuals in the ‘Paul Bunyan Day’ celebrations at Port Aiberni, Mon- day, September 1. This big Labor Day event, the Alberni Joint Labor Council (CIO-AFL) lighted by contests for the world’s power-saw high-climbing championships. sponsored by will be high- bucking and The Dayton trophy will go to the champion high-climb- ing entrant, while the Pacific Tribune trophy goes to the champfn power-saw bucking team. These will become the property of the top winners in three consecutive annual con- tests. Each member of the winning power-saw team will be awarded a Pacific Tribune cup, awarded the top tree climber. while a Dayton cup will be Labor Day will be a big day in the Albernis, with a lot of silver going to the boys of ized the inimitable ‘Paul Bun the IWA who have immortal- yan’ and his big blue ox. En- tries in this all-star championship contest are expected from Washington, Oregon, and other ‘big-timber’ States. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 3 .