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LABOR-CCF

George Home, B.C. Federa-
tion of Labor secretary, took
the position that it would be
contrary to CLC policy to allow
these unions to join the new
political movement.

Tom Alsbury, who was co-
chairman with Grant MacNeil,
IWA research director, held
that these unions could come in
if they would accept the CLC
constitution. He claimed that
the Fishermen had told a CLC
convention that the congress
should change its constitution
to make it acceptable to the
Fishermen. -

Mike Canic, Fishermen’s or-
ganizer representing Vancou-
ver East CCF, jumped to his
feet and branded the statement
as untrue. Alsbury tried to

stifle the debate by pounding -

with his gavel but he was
greeted with shouts of protest
from every part of the hall.

Harold Winch, MP for Van-
couver East, tried to smooth
ruffled waters by announcing
that this question was under
review by the 14-man Labor-

CCF national coordinating
committee.
In his opening remarks,

George Home insisted, “We
must follow the resolution as
adopted by the second conven-
tion of the B.C. Federation of
Labor.” In doing so, he referred
specifically to the second
recommendation adopted by
delegates to that convention
which calls for support of the
CCF “as the best means of
presently obtaining their legis-
lative aims.”

When Bill Stewart of the
Marine Workers drew his at-
tention to the third recom-
mendation “ adopted by the
same convention, calling upon
the B.C. Federation of Labor
to “continue to bring together
representatives of the inter-
ested groups pledged to sup-
port the program of the B.C.
Federation of Labor,’ Home
would not commit himself.

Stewart refused to be
brushed of and twice put this
pointed question to Home:
“You have said that point
number two is the most im-

portant. Is that the interpreta-

tion of the executive council

of the B.C. Federation?” In-

stead of replying, Home made

a rambling, evasive speech.
co xt xt

To many who attended, the
most significant fact to em-
erge from the conference was
the streng desire for broad
unity shown by.the majority
of CCF delegates. The con-
ference was not long under
way before this expression of
sentiment compelled confer-
ence leaders to change their
approach.

Reflecting the pressure
from both CCF and trade un-
ion delegates, MacNeil made
the following points in his
summary of the conference:

@® The conference was
united on major issues con-
tronting the workers.

@ All segments, of organ-
ized labor and farmers could
find unified purpose in
politics.

@ The conference insisted
that decisions on_ structure
and policy must be decided
by the membership of labor
and the CCF. Combined ac-
tion could elect the next pro-
vincial government.

@® Broad nominating con-
ferences must be held on a
constituency basis. Political
action must be based on wide
membership participation and
unions given a fair basis of
representation.

@ Analysis of © previous
elections proves that united
labor can win at the polls.

As one delegate put _ it
after the Vancouver confer-
ence: “The Abbotsford con-
ference did not set the tone
for B.C. — this conference
did. If we continue with a
broad approach, basing our-
selves on the CLC resolution,
we can form the next govern-
ment in B.C.”

The next conference will be
held on Vancouver Island,
October 4 and 5. This area,
designated as area 8 in the
call; elects 10 members to the
legislature, as compared with
9 in Vancouver City.

At the same time, in a state-
ment signed by six members
of the sect’s fraternal. council
and sent to federal Justice Min-
ister Davie Fulton and prov-
incial Attorney General Robert
Bonner, the Sons of Freedom
charged that there was a con-
spiracy to halt their planned
move to the Soviet Union by
making them the object of “ex-
treme adverse publicity and
direct intimidation.”

The statement added that the
sect was “fully aware that a
definite conspiracy does exist
wherein no efforts will be
spared to make us abandon our
plans to emigrate.”

The sect asked the govern-
ment to provide police protec-
tion for their homes and fam-
ilies “for the remaining period
of time we have in Canada.”

“Superiority
of socialism

Speaking to a meeting in
Clinton Hall here last Suyday
night, Maurice Rush, LPP city
secretary, declared that “if
the socialist principles now
applied in the Soviet Union
and other socialist countries
were applied in Canada we
could, in a short time, reach
a standard of living undream-
ed of at present.”

Relating his impressions
gained in a two-month visit
to the Soviet Union, Czecho-
slovakia and East Germany
this summer, Rush said that
the scale of construction and
production “left no doubt in
my mind that within the
next few years the socialist
countries will prove beyond
dispute that their system has
infinitely more to offer than
our own.”

One of the measures. of any
society was its care for its
citizens, particularly the aged,
Rush remarked. In the Soviet
Union “a. greater value is
placed on human life” than in
any capitalist country

In an observation on edu-
cation he said: “We talk about
catching up. in -education
when there are students who
cannot. return to UBC this
year because they couldn't

find summer jobs.”

é

ons claim plo
to halt exodu

Bill Moojelsky, secretary of the Sons of Freedom Doukhobor sect, this week was confidet
that by September 30, the deadline set by the federal government, he will have more than 2,08
signed applications from Doukhobors wishing to leave Canada for a new community to be
established in the Soviet Union. :

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RECOGNIZE CHINA

nounced as being directly op-
posed to public opinion by Tim
Buck, LPP national leader, now
on a speaking tour of B.C:

In a telegram sent to Exter-
nal Affairs Minister Sidney
Smith at the UN, Buck de-
clared:

“Your support for the, dis-
credited U.S. policy of con-
tinued exclusion of People’s
China from the UN is a shock-
ing action which can only en-
courage U.S. aggression against
the Chinese mainland. It is an
open violation of the wishes of
the Canadian public. The path
to peace at this critical time is
to seat China in the UN and
for the General Assembly to
brand as aggression U.S. ac-
tions in the Straits of Taiwan.

‘Buck will speak in Vancou-
ver’s Exhibition Gardens this
Friday, September. 26 at 8
p.m. On Saturday he will be
the guest speaker at a ban-
quet to be held in Eagles’
Hall, Nanaimo, 8 p.m., and on
Sunday. he will address a pub-
lic meeting in Elks’ Hall,
Cloverdale, 8 p.m.

In the past two weeks two
representative bodies have
added their voices to the
popular demand for Cana-
dian recognition of China and

“ina “Hands Off China” de

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support for its admission
the UN. ;
They are the Canadian Co!
federation of Catholic Labory
meeting. in convention cD |
Montreal, and the gene! |
council of. the United Chur@ —
of Canada, meeting this We" |
at Ottawa.
In Vancouver on Thursday
last week, some 25 pickets
paraded outside the U.S._ coms
sulate in the Marine Buildiné
onstration organized by the
ij Bied ees : ;
A resolution sent to Cae I
dian and U.S. governme®
from. a public protest meen :
addressed by Tom McEwen “
Pender Auditorium here a
day last week declared th ES
U.S. provocations in the :
East illustrated the “ee
gulf between. U.S. offic.
policy and public opinion
all countries.” :

Mine-Mill strikes Ine?

SUDBURY — Some 130%
workers, members of a
Mill, struck the giant Inte
tional Nickel Company’s opt a
atioris here on Wednesday 5.
week to back up their dema?
for wage increases.

Mission, Cumberland | |

show how

F. O. Theiss, a reader from
up Mission way, walked into
the Pacific Tribune office one
day this week and handed
over four new one-year sub-
scriptions. The same _ after-
noon, the mailman delivered
a letter from Walter Stockand
of Cumberland which contain-
ed six sub renewals.

If 100 people who read and
support the PT would emulate
the efforts of Theiss and
Stockand, our fall campaign
for 1,000 subs and renewals
would be “in the bag.”

. The fact is, however, that

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