B.C. Natives
held in Wash.
'to pay debt’

_SEATTLE

Thirty British Columbia Native
Indians were held in ‘a virtual
state of peonage on a Mount Ver-
non, Wash., ranch last July, a rep-
resentative of the Native Brother-
hood of British Columbia chaized
here last week:

O. D. Peters, of Hope, B.C; a
vice-president of the Native Indian
protective association, first reveal-
ed the situation in reporting on

discrimination against his people

in the Yakima apple orchards.

Peters said the Native Indians
were brought to the ranch from
Canada foi the strawberry pick-
ing season. At the end of the
season the workers were in debt
and the owners of the ranch re-
fused to allow them to leave. They
were told that they would have
to remain for an indefinite time
and work out the debt.

Peters visited the ranch where
he found the Indians living “vir-
tually on water.” After threat-
ening the employei' with legal ac-
tion he was allowed to take the
workers back to their home.

Peters’ said the ranch owner
had taken up the Native Indians’
credit cards—good for food at a
local ~market—and was holding
them until it was time to begin

weeding the fields. ,In_ the
meantime they went without
food. eet

Victoria citizens oppose
city management plan

R - —VICTORIA, B.C.

Progressive citizens are up in
arms against the proposal to install
a “city manager” after the civic
elections, and are organizing to
fight at the polls every reactionary
candidate for office who eURPC TS
the scheme.

During the depression of the 30’s
many cities and towns tried out the
city manager plan, ’and results
proved ‘that in most cases the “ma-
nager” became a virtual dictator.

- Vietoria citizens have no desire

to suffer such an experience.

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Their strike over, members of the United Steelworkers (CIO)

“and Christmas.

put blowpipes in place to connect blast furnaces with blowing
engines at the Bethlehem steel plant in Bethlehem, Pa. The men
won company-financed pensions as well as insurance benefits.

_ movement, |

Mine-Mill members

spurn CCL raid

Raiding attempts by the Canadian. Congress of ‘Labor in Medicine
Hat received a sharp rebuff when 86 members of. the International

Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers in Medalta Potteries walked

out of a meeting called by the CCL.
refused to answer their questions,
all Medalta workers present. left
the hall, leaving the meeting to
McCloy, one Medalta ‘straw boss,
and a handful of CCL members
from other plants.

McCloy rushed into print with a
story charging that the incident
was Communist inspired and claim-
ing that the men who walked out
wert “Reds”, not, as was actually
the case, workers who resented his
attempts to destroy the union they |,
have fought two and a half years
to build.

‘In a press statement, Pat Dillon,
business agent for Mine Mill Lecal
895, said “Cannibalism in the trade
union movement has, been dealt
another blow by. the refusal of
Mine-Mill members to fall for Mc-
Cloy’s red-baiting.”.

Dillon declared that the mem-
bers were already riled up by eatt-

lier attempts of two CCL organiz- }/

ers to influence the workers on
their way to vote on the acceptance
or rejection of an-~ arbitration

award. They walked out of the}

hall fully convinced that they want-
ed no part of a trade union where
workers were denied the right of
voice in a meeting.”

Meeting outside the hall, the
Mine-Mill members: scorned Mc-
Cloy’s actions and condemned raid-
ing as “boss-inspired”..

McOloy’s, actions Have ates)
caused a stir, in the Alberta labor
wires and letters sent to Mine-
Mill’s Medicine Hat office from
coal miners’ locals and other CCL
unions denouncing his raiding

and promising full support to the —

Medalta workers, who were on

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When T. McCloy, CCL organizer,

strike 2 days in 1947 in order to
win recognition and a contract. |

. Bill Longridge, Mine-Mill inter-
national representative in Alberta,
stated here: “The raid at*Medalta
Potteries by the CCL is the last
desperate gamble by the CCL regio-
nal director, T, McCloy, to organize
something in Alberta. After two
years he can show less than 200
new workei's organized by the CCL.
His failure to organize oil, and
the loss of much of what was
organized leaves t CCL with a
smaller membership in Alberta.
than it had 2 years: ago.

“Workers in “ Alberta | have re-
jected the company unionism of
Mosher, Conroy, and McCloy. The
workers at Medalta Potteries like-
wise prefer Ben enops) a red i
rings.’ :

anti-Semitic comic
MONTREAL

Molson’s Brewery, purveyors of
non-union beer, have been distri-
pornographic, anti-
Semitic, anti-labor ‘comic’ book,
This is Tomorrow, has in the
US.

Diaguied: as an attack ‘on the
Communists it uses every vile de-
vice to.-slander Jews, Negroes,
labor leaders and cp casi ak eit
zens generally. :

_ Accompanying the book, “Moleun" Ss
sends a note hoping “That you and
your family and your friends ‘will
read its message.”

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While we didn’t reach our objective, we can
say that the fall sub drive this year was the most
successful in many years. We are confident
that the sub-getters, groups-and individuals, who
did such a magnificant job in the campaign will

‘continue their good work in the coming period,

and utilize civic elections to sign up new readers
and top the two thousand target between now
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Minima’ cs te. a Wun tie een Meee ans 611 subs
North SenrORNer Lae as RW cia uae cee. a a 54 subs
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D. F. Rutka, Strathcona ......3......2.....:.. 85 subs

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George Anderson, Copper Mountain ..:...,....2% subs
C. W. Caron, NOT Eig IV SUNS ins Sits cia adele «ols sien 23. subs

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GREATER VANCOUVER STANDINGS

(Listing individuals securing five or more subs)
Maritime, 61% (J.R., 21%; R.H., 16; T.D., 8; K.O., 8);

North

‘Van., 54 (C. W. Caron, 23; E. Brandon, 514; A. Good, 5); Kitsilano,

48% (R. Whyte, 1314; T. McEwen, 6%; L. Singh, 6); West End,
Strathcona, 48 (D. F.
Rutka, 35; S. Zlotnik, 7); Electrical Workers, 39 (R. Robson,

31%); Norquay, 32% (P. Padgham, 514); mey Square, 31%
(Art Lindberg, 6; M. Morgan, 5). /

Forest Products, 30 (H. Pritchett, 614; E. Suojanen, 5%);
(P.B., 16); Civic Workers, 26 (Roy
Lawryniuk, 12%); Ship and Steel, 26% (W. Stewart, 74; S.

| Jenkins, 5%; W. Jacobs, 5%); Bill Bennett, 24 (W.T., 8%;

B.F., 5); Moberly, 22% (A. Roderique, 9; L. Foster, 644); Hastings
East, 17% (W. Zuker, 5; J. Bird, WE Sear and Shore, 14% ae
Dipons G) ia 2.

‘ Fairview-Mt. Pleasant, 14%; tiaination: 14 CIR DeWeaver,
Building |
Trades, 11; Niilo Makela, 10 (M. Terava, 6%); Lochdale, 8%
(FL Sapach, 8%); Capitol Hill, 17144 (RL Smith, 6); Gas’ and
Transit, 7; Scandinavian Workers Club, 6%; Central Burnaby,
5; NFLY, 5; Vancouver Heights, 445 Swedish-Finnish ee

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ys PROVINCIAL STANDINGS ia ike
(Listing individuals securing five or more subs) it §

Alberni, 33 (M. Praisley, 17; E. Creelman, 12); Port Alberni,
26 (C. Procunier, 5); Albion, 1; Britannia, 644; Cambie, 4%;
Campbell River, 104%; Copper Mountain, 41 (G. Anderson, 27);
Courtenay, 15% (T. Hogarth, 6); Cumbefland, 1114; Duncan, 1;
6); Granthams Landing,
1; Grassy Plains, 2; Kamloops, 1; Kelowna, 9 (G, Teather, 6);

"Ladysmith, 11; Lake Cowichan, 17; Michel, 7 (S. English, i);
‘Mission, 114%; Nanaimo, 3914 (Ed Webb, 10; I. F. Morton, an) 5

New Westminster, 32 (EX. Clark, 5); Surrey clus, 24%.

"Notch Hill, 11% (H: Codd, 1014); Osoyoos, 3; Nanaoose, 314;
Wildwood, 1; Princeton, 31%; Prince Rupert, 1; Quathiaski, 1;
Rossland, 4%; ‘Salmo, 1; Salmon Arm, 5; Sointula, 9; Milner,
314; White Rock, 2%; Whonnock, 114; Trail, 244; Vernon, 20%
(F. Kishner, 5); Victoria, 261% (C. Hudson, 9); Youbou, | 1%
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SUB DRIVE TOTAL ees
“(Equivalent to 1,288 oiie, Jagr SUPE

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