Northland “formula” for victory—on picket line or ballot box.

Mine-Mill meet united
on all major problems

Unity of purpose to carry through the union’s pro-
gram on pension vesting and other major demands high-
lighted the closing sessions of the International Union of
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers convention, held in Tor-

onto Sept. 14-20.

The unity was achieved by
the 125 delegates in a full and
open floor discussion upon a
highly controversial political
question, involving charges of
“communist domination.”

After nine hours of debate
and a roll-call vote, the body
firmly resolved that member-
ship rights as stated in the
constitution must be fully pro-
tected.

. The union’s cutgoing nation-
al president, Nels Thibault,
summed up the feeling of
many delegates when he said
‘that the anti-communist reso-
lution was not the main issue
before the convention. — It
would not give members of
Mine Mill more security, he
pointed out.:Instead it would
threaten the gains won by the
union because it would divide
the membership into warring
factions who would be fight-
ing each other instead of the
employers.

The convention unanimous-
ly adopted a statement direct-
ed to the Canadian Labor Con-
‘gress which pointed out that

there is no division among
Mine Mill members on the
question of affiliation to the
congress on the terms voted
by the membership on July 21.

All six top officers were un-
animously elected to their
posts. New president will be
Ken Smith, present Western
board member. He will take
the place of Nels Thibault,
who will contest the Local 598
presidency in November. Al
King, president of Local 480,
Trail, B.C.; was chosen new
Western District board. mem-
ber. Vice-Presidents Harvey
Murphy and William Kennedy
Secretary -Treasurer William
Longridge, and Eastern board
member, Ray Stevenson were
re-elected by acclamation.

After. resolving the contro-
versial debate the convention
moved on to deal with the
major question of extensive
changes in structure of the
union initially proposed by
‘the national executive board.
: These proposals were endorsed
hat will now be submitted to
a referendum vote of the mem-

bership.

The convention voiced a un-
ited and unanimous demand
that government and industry,
without delay. recognize their
responsibility - to Canadian
workers by establishing pen-
sion vesting security as a mat-
ter of employee rights.

Another major program de-
cision’ adopted ‘unanimously
by the convention was agree
‘ment on the necessity to fight
for a Charter of Labor’s Ec-
onomic Rights.

The convention pledged ev-
ery possible support to assist
“our brother members of the
international union” to win
their strike against the mining
companies in’ the . United
States.

‘Plan’ backfired

Mayor Norris Poulson’s in-
sult to Soviet Premier Khrush-
chev at the Los Angeles din-
ner was revealed as a deliber-
ately planned vicious action.
Pat Michaels. a television com-
mentator, declared that Poul-
son told him:

nice to him (Khrushchev) but
I’m not going to be. I’m going
to have my fist out there, but
it’s going to be covered with
brocade. And, under the bro-
cade, I’m going to have a long
sharp knife. And I’m going to
ram it all’the way into that
son-Of-a-b---."

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on the construction of the Ming
Tomb Reservoir. Admission free.

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dinner. followed by. recital and
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