ELMER PONTIUS, Trail smelter worker and veteran trade unionist, has announced his candidature for alderman in the Kootenay smelter town, His program includes provision for a winter works program, secondary industry, anew tax structure to lighten the tax load on homes, and actionon the serious pollution problem. He also calls for ahimproved fresh water supply system and sewage treatment.) 575 Ogden runs —Jnions united for labor act changes in Nanaimo BERT OGDEN, of Nanaimo, member of the Nanaimo & District Labor Council executive and organizer of the United Fisher- men and Allied Workers Union, has been nominated as an alder- manic candidate in the Nov. 17 civic election. Ogden has been active in affairs in the ‘‘Hub’”’ city and was acandidate in the last civic election. URGENT SPEED THE DRIVE As we come closer to the years end, we are 900 subs short of our objective. The many hundreds of outstanding subs to be renewed are placing serious financial burdens on our paper. Most press clubs are well below their drive objectives. WHERE DO YOU STAND? DRIVE QUOTAS CLUB QUOTAS ACHIEVED GREATER VANCOUVER Bill Bennett Broadway Centennial Frank Rogers Kingsway Niilo Makela Olgin Peter McGuire Pr. Grey Timber IND. ~ Van. East South Vancouver Victory Square North Burnaby Edmonds North Shore City Total PROV. MISC. Creston Fernie Powell River Sointula Trail _ Correspondence po ~~ aOanvoa-— ON nN fend —a- BROWN _ — os oh Prov. Misc. Prov. Misc: Total CLUB VAN, ISLAND Alberni Campbell River Cowichan Nanaimo Victoria Van. Island Tot. DEWDNEY Maple Ridge 13 Mission 1 Dewdney Total 24 OKANAGAN VALLEY Kamloops 12 Notch Hill f Penticton 8 Vernon 24 Okanagan Total 51 DELTA Coquitlam Ft. Langley Fraser Indust. Fraser Valley Club Richmond New Westminster Surrey White Rock-Delta Dalta Total Prov. Total Unpledged Grand Total QUOTAS ACHIEVED 13 10 14 27, 15 29 60 20 188 1054 146 1200 {Beaver Transfer * Moving * Packing * Storage Cont'd from pg. 1 the Federation report is the fact that fishermen and farm workers are not included in the labor code. The policy is one of continuing the idea that fishermen are not employees but ‘‘coadventurers” and therefore not part to any labor legislation. UFAWU delegate Walter Tickson lashed out at the code for failing to recognize fishermen as workers and commented: ‘‘What the hell is the difference if you’re paid by the hour or by the pound — the fish barons still get their pound of flesh.” Tickson called on the Federation to continue mounting a campaign “to achieve what we set out to do.” New Westminster labor council delegate Rod Doran, commenting on the Barrett government's alleg- ed neutrality in labor-management disputesy pointed out that ‘any eorenieat which tries to adopt a position of neutrality between labor and capital will come down squarely on the side of capital.”’ “There is a dangerous tendency of this government to move away from its working class membership and influence,” Doran said. ‘“But the government can be turned from this path. The task is to emphasize the independence of the Federation, not the building of the NDP. “Tf there is a split in labor,” he warned, “‘it will put the Socreds back in.” Marineworkers delegate and Federation fifth vice-president Bill Stewart told delegates to remember that “‘the NDP is not a labor party.”’ “The labor move- ment must have a legislative program and fight for it free from the illusion that another party will fight for it.” OBITUARIES VALERIE THOMAS The progressive movement lost a - young supporter last week with the untimely death of Valerie Thomas who passed away in hospital, the victim of lung congestion. She was 31. Born in this province, Val married Glyn Thomas, then a leading figure in the Young Com- munist League, after leaving high school and became active herself in’ the youth movement. She is survived by her husband, Glyn, two sons, Brian and Martin and one daughter, Nicole as well as her parents and a brother. UFAWU president Homer Stevens spoke at funeral services last Wednesday in North Van- couver. MARGARET DUNLOP A devoted worker for peace and a long-time subscriber of the: Pacific Tribune, Miss Margaret Dunlop of 219 E. Woodstock Ave., Vancouver, passed away in her 95th year on Sunday, October 28. Always ready and willing to stand up for working class folk, Margaret was loved by all who knew her. She will be missed by her many friends. To members of her family the PT staff extends its sincere con- dolences. 790 Powell St. ‘Phone 254-3711 “It’s high time that we learned that we can’t build socialism on someone else’s property,”’ he said. Many delegates were particular- ly critical of the code because it contained some features of the old Socred legislation as well as incor- porating several features of other provinces’ labor laws. One delegate termed the drafting of the code “a robbery of legislative graveyards.” CUPE delegate Jack Phillips also commented on the intent of the act to legislate equally on behalf of labor and the employers. “There can be no equality between the owners of the means of produc- tion and those who sell their labor power,” he declared. “It’s a sad day,” Phillips noted, ‘‘when we depend on the benevolence of government instead of on our strength and unity of pur- pose.” He pointed out that “‘it is a myth that there can be labor peace in the face of monopoly capital control and added that the Labor party in Britain came to defeat on just that issue. : Phillips called on the delegates to continue to press for changes in the code. ‘‘The book is not closed on Bill II,” he said, “changes can be made.” Homer Stevens, speaking for the first time in 20 years in a Federa- tion convention, told delegates that he had had assurances from the minister of labor and from the NDP that fishermen would be in- cluded. He noted that both the Liberals in Nova Scotia and the Conservatives in Newfoundland had included fishermen in labor legislation. Some delegates took the floor to comment on what they felt was an attack on the NDP but they, too, voiced their demands for changes in the labor code. Although several speakers were still on the floor, chairman for the session, Jack MacKenzie cut off debate and the question was put. The report was carried and the un- ited opposition of the Federation to Bill II in its*proposed form af- firmed. Delegates also adopted the recommendation of the Legislature committee that the provincial government be urged to “enact labor legislation consistent with New Democratic Party policy and the 8-point program a policy and program endorsed by the labor movement.” Canadian Labor Congress representative Joe Morris spoke on the labor code and told delegates that “‘you can’t make bad legisla- tion good by just tinkering with the legislation.” He cited four areas of criticism that the labor movement has in- cluding the sweeping powers of the new Labor Relations Board and the continuation of the policy that -trade unions are legal entities, despite the fact that such policies have long been opposed by the NDP. In closing Morris told delegates to continue to strengthen their position and stated that “‘the capitalist system has not changed much ‘in its basic direction and working people will have to con- tinue building strong unions and using their economic power to win a position in society.” RANKIN Cont'd from pg. 2 Mayor Phillips’ statement that he will now assign aldermen to specific areas is as meaningless as was a similar attempt by former mayor Tom Campbell]. Nine aldermen and the mayor live in the west side of the city and no ar- tificial re-assignments can change this fact. The issue of a Ward system which 41 percent of the voters sup- ported, will continue to be an issue. Saving the entrance to Stanley Park will continue to be an issue. : I think that, in view of the way the ballot was contrived to prevent an informed and clear expression of opinion, we must continue to press for a ward system. We should now propose also that-the provin- cial government amend the charter of the city to permit its establish- ment if and when the citizens and City Council ask for it. We should also now press senior governments to acquire the four acres of the Four Seasons site that cost $4.4 million and turn jt over to the city, on the condition that it be reserved for public use and in- tegrated with Stanley Park. Classified Advertising COMING EVENTS November 10— Saturday, ANNIVERSARY BANQUET AND DANCE TO CELEBRATE THE GREAT OCTOBER SOCIALIST REVOLUTION, at the Nordic Centre, 7820-6th St., Burnaby. Speaker — Maurice Rush, editor of the PT.. Entertain- ment, Refreshments. Supper at 6:30, price: adults $4.00, students (under 16) $2.00. Ausp: Fraser Valley Region, CPC. November 9 ANNUAL FISHERMEN’S CABARET, Ukrainian Hall, 805 E. Pender Street, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 9 P.M. to 1 A.M. Tickets: Advance $3.50—Door $4.50 (for advance tickets phone 254-3436, for information phone 255-1415, M. Varila.) Milestones Orchestra, Refreshments. Spons. by F.0. of Canada and Woodwards Local UFAW Union. : November 24 Saturday, November 24, SLIDES on Dorothy’s trip to England and Ireland. XMAS BAZAAR TABLE. 8:00 p.m. at 832 Calverhall, North Vancouver. Good Food and Refreshments. Everyone Welcome. Admission $1.50 — Children 75¢. BUSINESS PERSONALS NEED CAR OR HOUSE INSURANCE? Call Ben Swankey 433-8323. WANTED WANTED OLDER FURNITURE in Clean Condition. Cash. Coastal Recycling, 1336 Nanaimo. 253-7238. HALLS FOR RENT UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE ~ 805 East Pender St.; Vancouver 4. Available for banquets. wed- dings, meetings. Phone 254- 3436. WEBSTER’S CORNER YALL Available for banquets, meetings, weddings, etc” For rates, Ozzie 325-417) or 685- 5836. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1973—_pAGE 11