ouglas backs a ice By MARK FRANK te REGINA Premier T. C. Douglas. of Saskatchewan favors the sending of a provincial parliamentary delegations © federal MPs and officials to the USSR and China like the one Which recently visited those countries from Britain, headed by Clement Attlee and Aneurin Bevan. abroad | f MLAs together with |. day following his address to dele- Sates attending the 69th annual _ Trades and Labor Congress, con- Vention. : To the direct question as to Whether he favored such trips abroad, he declared: : “Rventually we are going to _ have to trade with these. countries. We can’t keep looking at each Other over 6,000 miles without do- Ing so.” uD He was firmly of the opinion “however that provincial delega- tions, in themselves were of no Use, that they should be accom- Panied by those with power to _ Close trade deals ‘otherwise it’s Just a visit.” ; (Premier Douglas’ views con trasted strangely with the opinions he expressed before delegates to the TLC convention, where he pil- Ned: his faith on the spending of $2 billion a year on arms, declaring these expenditures were necessary and that “communism” had to be Stopped. He conditioned his re- “Marks on the need for arms by Pointing out these were a tempor- ary thing.) sas My second major question to Douglas was to ask his views on ‘Unemployment. Did the premier Place any support in the idea of 8 national emergency conference - 0n unemployment of the three lev- __ €ls of government? He replied that a year ago he had wired Prime Minister St. Laurent requesting such a meet- dng. He expressed opposition to _ the current series of what he call- €d “piecemeal” conferences that are periodically held on various _inter-provincial problems like highway traffic. He believed that What was needed were regular an- ' I spoke to the CCF premier aj - Ales, 9 be Se ee On the issue of a special emerg- ency conference on unemployment, he said: ‘ : _ “I think it would be most useful. It would be able to make a proper allocation of responsibility for the problem.” Pete Asked, about the St. Lawrence Seaway and the threat to its all- Canadian character offered by the US. he confessed his lack of pre- cise knowledge as to the facts. “It is a problem on which I cannot ex- press an intelligent view,” he de- lared. : (During his address to TLC dele- gates, he declared his support for the Seaway and the South Saskat- chewan River. Power Project as great job-creating | undertakings and necessary to meet unemploy- it). ra ainier Douglas said he favored a jointly constructed project in the matter ‘of the Seaway on an inter- national boundary like the St. Law- rence “provided you don’t give away control,” but he hesitated to express a positive opinion about the need for an all-Canadian Sea- ay. ; Ms He extended his remarks by pointing out that the agitation for an.all-Canadian gas pipeline seem- ed to be guided “by sentiment more than by economics” and that he was opposed to anything which had the suggestions of what he de- scribed as “nationalism” in it. On the topic of’ wheat surpluses Premier Douglas said they were “manageable” and that curent esti- mates of the total 1953-54 amount were 100 million bushels too shigh. Earlier, the premier had express- ed his opposition to the announce- ment that the US. government would be considering restricting imports of Canadian dats and bar-/ LOCAL nual conferences. AS a peers 7 SSSSOSOOOSY SSOSOOOGI IGS 5 ; nas "genase $ : . ; 1 “Y COPPER MOUNTAIN MINERS’ UNION 3 No. 649 EXTENDS ~ laa Selling the PT 64 subs is a good start Dear Keader: “Tt was a pleasant surprise to return to Vancouver and find the sun shining. During most of my recent tour it rained steadily. ~ Rain, however, didn’t stop our Pacific Tribune supporters in Powell. River, Campbell River, Courtenay and Cumberland from canvassing with me every day. : Total subs and renewals ‘were 64—but that is only the ‘beginning. ‘Tm sure all these places will go away over the top in the Septem- ber - October circulation drive. yd like to thank the kind folks who put me up in each of these places; and also the many, many subscribers who not only renew- ed their subs, but insisted*that i stay for tea and sandwiches or tea and cake; | i “The only think I find wrong with the PT is that it is too small. I read its 12 pages thoroughly and wish the paper was twice its present size,” said one reader: Well, we can’t have a bigger paper until we extend our cir- culation. considerably. Rita Whyte Unions lt LLU a} 3 march on Labor Day — A: wholly Canadian parade will be a feature of the PNE on Labor Day next Monday when Vancouver and district trade union- ists will march to the exhibition to mark the annual Jabor holiday. The parade is sponsored by the two central labor bodies in the city, the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council and the Vancouver Labor Council, in conjunction with the. PNE. ; Unionists will assemble on Mon- day at 9.15 a.fn. at the Powell Street Grounds and the parade will step off at 10 o’clock sharp. Route of the march will be along Hastings to Renfrew and into the Exhibi- tion grounds. * Music will be provided by the unionists of the Vancouver Police Pipe Band and the Firemen’s band. On conclusion of the march, there will be a meeting in the open air theatré at the Exhibition grounds. Scheduled to address the gathering are Lloyd Whalen, president of the Vancouver Labor Council, Archie Johnstone of the Vancouver and New Westminster Trades Council ‘as well as Labor Minister Lyle Wicks and George Currie,. representing the federal de- partment of labor. LPP petition efs results ‘Do petitions do any good?” is a question that every canvasser is familiar with. The answer is, “Yes, they do.” Here’s a story that illustrates the point: Years ago a large sum of mone was left by the Rogers estate for a park at Seventh and Eighth avenues between Manitoba and Columbia. . j Some months ago half the fot was cleared, then work stopped, condition for children. : Because a park is urgently need- ed in the district, members of the Mt. Pleasant club of the Burrard constituency LPP started to peti- ‘tion for the city’s parks board to park. . ; The petitioners rapped on doors all last weekend. | ’ On Monday workmen’ arrived | and work began again on clearing the site. : : : Surely this is more than a co- incidence. t |union has sent its demands to the leaving the area in a dangerous six percent holiday pay allowance, |clear the area and complete the Lack of work in Vancouver ship- yards has resulted in the layoff of 80-more workers at the Burrard Dry Dock and a further number in . — Western Bridge and other opera- tiogs. The laid-off workers were told that the companies had no idea of when they would be re- hired as there were no contracts in sight. ee, Marine Workers Union chiefs have restated their belief that the answer to layofis in the shipyards is more international trade and shipbuilding orders from the So- viet Union and China. x * * Victoria Civic Outside Workers have won a five cent an hour wage inefease as a result of their strike last June, bringing their basic rate to $1.86 an hour. They also got half the cost of MSA benefits, ser- vice pay and minor adjustments in various categories. “The dispute was referred to ar- — bitration and the award by Colonel, D’arcy Baldwin is final and bind- — ing on both parties. ; f * * * Shipyard workers represented by the. Marine Workers Union ‘are asking for a 10 percent increase in wages this year. With contract negotiations due to open soon the employers. ; They are asking in addition for double time for all overtime and a day off with pay as well for time worked on statutory holidays. x * * A new mediation attempt. will be made in the eight-week-old bakery strike and lockout. Michael McGeough, former head of the war- time Labor Relations Board, has high hopes for a settlement. Both union and company spokesmen have said they are willing to- re- sume bargaining. < haath Labor Day Greetings go All Trade Unions! ie ‘COPPER MOUNTAIN, B.C. SSSSSSSSS9OS99 ESSSSSSSOONS ‘og ‘Labor Day Greetings To Canadian Labor, . vi aed From OF a DIVISION 101, STREET RAILWAYMEN’S UNION (A.A. of S.E.R. and M.C.E. of A.) Disttdent S. E. Wilcox 4 Business Agent: C. Stewart | = oo Financial Secretary: J. Harkness % Ist Vice-Pres.: C. Murdock ~ ‘and Vice-Pres.: H. L. Eldridge S SESSssss< FRATERNAL LABOR DAY GREETINGS ; from i Kimberley Mine & Mill ’ Workers’ Union j Local No. 651 International Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers Box 989 Kimberley, B.C. > Blairmore Local Union No. 7295 District 18 United Mine Workers , of America Extends LABOR DAY GREETINGS > P.O. Box 5 - Blairmore - Alta. READ «1-38 Neve - FISHERMAN “Tabor’s Voice in the B.C. . Fishing Industry” * > ' 301 Powell St. Vancouver 4, B.C. 7 — Ue On this Labor Day, let us pledge to work for a United Trade Union Movement in Canada, serving the interests of Canadian Labor and maintaining fraternal relations with Labor the world over. _ .~ INSERTED BY VANCOUVER CIVIC EMPOYEES’ OUTSIDE WORKERS Edward Smith, President Donald Guise, Business Agent : Jack Phillips, Secretary sige UNION ~, SOO ci Oe oo OU a On ae a HHH FENVPAIDUUTPETEDAADUEYEHNEUAITEUREAEETT PATHE SONA AA Marine Workers & Boilermakers. Industrial Union cede! LOCAL No. 1 ce EXTEND: : Labor Day Greetings | Vancouver 3, B.C. Lie t 339 ; West Pender St. ” 2 ‘ Wane 7 i Labor Day Greetings es To All Organized Labor and Friends WEST COAST SEAMEN’S UNION A 4 (GANADA) ae 10 Powell Seer : ; mor 4947 : = E = : = = CT IN PACIFIC TRIBUNE — SEPTEMBER 3, 1954 — PAGE 7 \ .