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Price index rises 2.5

OTTAWA—Wholesale prices are
stil going up. Uninterrupted
Price rises since last September
°n wholesale goods, according to
sth Dominion Bureau of Statis-
we Tose 2.5 points for April,
7, compared to March, 1947.
; Om the basis of 1926 being 100,
he index for April was 122.9. In
March it was 120.4. In April of
1946 the index stood at 108.4.

Juiled CSU leader ill

_ MONTREAL — Conrad Sauras,
imprisoned director of organiza-
aba the Canadian -Seamen’s
nion, “is in immediate need of
& physician’s care and hospital-
aaa if his life is not to come
© a-.sudden end,” according to
CSU officials here.

The CSU. asking the depart-
Ment of justice that Sauras,.
Pending his release, be placed

under the abié care of a physi-|

cian, and be “hospitalized.”
Sauras was sentenced to six
Months under Section 239 of the
Shipping Act. He is now

Serving his. term at “Bordeaux |¢

a The CSU has condemned
1s bill as. being ‘obsolete’ be-
cause it “goes back to the 18th
fentury and is being used ‘today
© hinder trade unions in their
legitimate work.”

Conroy asks labor unity.

REGINA A. representative
Wage conference of CCL unions
here heard Pat Conroy, CCL sew
retary-treasurer, call for. labor
Unity to halt the growth of re-
actionary anti-labor tendencies.

Conroy dealt with the CCL
plans for a concerted campaign
Or higher wages and lower
Speed He emphasized that high-
t Wages’ were needed in the’ in-
erests of the nation as a whole,
oe Were not just derianded by

Or becausee of. ‘selfishness.’

The conference set .up a com
mittee to co-ordinate CCL activi-

1€S on wage and price issues
here, ‘

Drew gov’t under fire

OTTAWA—Main target for at-

ck in resolutions passed by the
nine conference of the Associa-
ton of Ontario Mayors and
Reeveg here was the government
of Col. George Drew.

Closing a three-day conference
Over 100 delegates from large
4nd small towns in Ontario unan-

ously called for action by the
Provincia] government in the field
°f housing, children’s aid, cost
°f education and social services,,
Maintenance of community cen-
ters and financing of mining
municipalities. ¥

CCF MLA charges US
plans to occupy North

THE PAS—‘“Canadians cannot ignore the request by
America must spend vast sums of money

General Spaatz that

declared in a press interview
continued, “is already too in-
volved in America’s war prepara-
tions. Additional expenditures 45
suggested by Spaatz would result
in Canada’s North becoming @
military base completely under
the domination of the brass hats
who are today guiding America's
foreign policy.

“tt hoe a a threat of at-
tack from the north, why have
_ General Spaatz and his govern-
ment not brought it to the at-
tention of the United Nations,
‘ which was set up to preserve

9”

“The fact is that the only coun-
try to the north of us, the Soviet
Union, is as desperately in need
of peace as any country in the
world, Permanent peace between
the United States and the USSR
ig not only possible but absolute-

to survive.
“But America’s
ignoring as .it does

foreign policy,
the’ United

military preparations and inter-
vention in all parts of the world,
will not result in peace.

“The way to peace lies along

for Arctic defense,” Berry Richards, CCF MLA

ly essential if our civilization is

Nations and taking. the form ‘of.

the. road .of 4international under-.

for the Pas,
here last week. “Canada,” he

standing and cooperation through

the United Nations and _ the
building of peaceful trade and
cultural relations between this

continent and the countries of
Europe and Asia.

“Canada’s North, with its vast
natural resources and its prox-
imity to Europe and Asia on the
north can play an important
peacetime role in such a pro-
gram.

“We want to see the north
developed and the port of Chur-
chill pouring forth food to the
hungry peoples of the old world.

“The Canadian government’s
policy today, however, complete-
ly ignores these possibilities. The
only attention the North is being
given today by our government
is of a military nature.
_ “Tt is not too late for the
Canadian people to demand of
their government that Canada be
drawn no: further into this dan-
gerous military alliance and that
we make our voice heard for
peace in the only place it will
‘be effective — in the United Na-
tions.”

MONTREAL—Scores of
bers of General
ley textile mills,
of Labor convention, meeting

Rowley says Poles now
working in Quebec mills

Anders’ army, are working in Ottawa Val-
it was charged at the Quebec Federation

ley, Canadian Director of the United Textile Workers, AFL.

- s s
Tim Buck in city
Large audiences are e€X-

pected to hear Tim Buck,
LPP national leader, when.
he makes a four-day speak-
ing tour of BC. this. week-
end, reporting on. his re-
cent trip to Europe.

In Vancouver, Buck will
be honored at a public ban-
quet at Hastings Auditorium -
on Saturday, June “14 at 5
p.m, He will address a mass
meeting at Exhibition Gar-
dens, Hastings Park on Sun-
day, June 15, 8 p.m.

On Monday, June 16, at
$ p.m., he will speak in the
Capital Theater, Port Al-
berni. Nigel Morgan, LPP
provincial leader will also
address both meetings.

‘Buck will speak in the
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Building, Victoria, Tuesday,
June: 17, 8 p-m., with Mau-
rice Rush, LPP provincial
organizer. ik

¢ a” o s

The Turning Point’
the State Theater with a
FRIDAY, . JUNE 48, 19470 *

A sgene’,,from the: ‘Stalin’,

Prize. film which~opehs\at “}’

midnight . preview June 22...

_| hour.week. : Most of thé unions

_|meeting

Polish soldiers, former mem-

in St. Jerome, by Kent Row-

Rowley pointed out that along
with the rest of organized labor,
his union had protested the im-
portation of the Poles because of
‘their pro-Nazi’ background. ;

Labor’s protests’ were overrid-
den, however, with the federal
government ‘promising that the
Poles were to be used only on.
farms. : ‘

“Although the public was told
that the Polish soldiers. were
sent to farms in Western Can-
ada, it is a fact that many of
them were sent to the Ottawa
Valley,” Rowley asserted.

He said he had seen the soldiers
himself and that the UTWA-AFL
viewed the situation as “‘another
example of the importation of
cheap labor from Europe to’ low-
er living - standards in Canada.”

The AKL leader, who .is now
on bail pending his trial on
charges arising out of the La-
chute textile strike, said it was
not true there was a labor short-
age in Quebec.

“jf the plants are understaff-
ed it is mot because there is a
labor shortage, but because the
wages in the textile mills are
the lowest’.in all industry in
Canada.” cena

Major ‘Unions in
CCL wage drive

OTTAWA — Negotiations have
been launched by a majority of
CCL unions seeking wage in-
creases of from 17 to 35 cents an
hour,. and’ in most caseg a 40-

which are not-yet in negotiation
have served notice for the open-
ing of contracts and indications
are that a large proportion of the
companies involved are prepared
to settle.

f Reports on the general situa-
‘tion were received at a recent
of the reconstituted
Wage Co-ordinating Committee in
Toronto. Pat Conroy, CCL secre-
tary-treasurer, was elected chair-
eo of the committee,..with  Silby”
3arrett;District 50, United Mine-
‘workers of America, as alternate

Illinois. Republican .and member
of the Committee on un-American
Activities, said he “wouldn’t know
a fascist if I-had one by the.tail”

Personalities
in the news

O’Brien again
heads BCFL -

For the first time since its for-
mation the B.C. Federation of
Labor’s top officers were all re-
elected by acclamation at the
special convention held here last
weekend.

The four table officers who will
continue in the leadership of the
BCFL with its 60,000 affiliated
CCL unionists, are:

Daniel O’Brien, president;
Harvey Murphy, first vice-
president; Alex McKenzie, 2nd

vice-president, and Harold Prit-
chett, ‘secretary-treasurer. | : :

Elected to the five-man execu-
tive board from. ‘10 nominees
were: Malcolm MacLeod, -Ship-
yard General Workers.. Federa- .
tion; Alex Mitchell, Victoria, La- ‘
bor Council; Don “Berry, Inter-
national Union of Mine, Mill. and :
Smelter Workers; Coray Campbell,
United, Steelworkers. of America;
ffugh Allison, Canadian Brother-

‘hood of Railway Employees.

“REP. RH. VAIL. |,
tion of the following delegates

‘MAYOR WM. ODWYER
of New York called upon all citi-
zens to join the protest against |

enactment of the Taft-Hartley
abor’ bill, proclaiming June 4 as
veto day.

|.tee* on political action:

| | Mitchell; _

“The convention approved selec-
‘for the’ 17-man standing commit-:

“°Ynteknational -Woodwortkers: H.

Pritchett, S.Alsbury, J. :Green-:..
Webbs ieresxttc 3 atis eeta
Mine, Mill. and Smelter: Work-:

ers;, H. Murphy, K. Smith; , :
United Steelworkers: P. -Baskin;
United:Mine Workers: P. Lawson,
"United -Oil,,Workers: Alex, Mc~..
Kenzie; y : ‘
" Blectrical: B. Adair; eer
United -Packinghouse,;: ‘Workers:
HsCharke; 4. s5 wal? Sasi
Shpyard General Workers: . M.
MacLeod; cs tar Sarg,
International . Longshoremen’s. .
and Warehousemen: E,. Engler;
Vaticouver.-Labor Council:,,John.
Turner; i
..Victoria’ Labor Council; Alex
-CCL: D. O’Brien; ee :
. Canadian’: Brotherhood of Rail- :

. -way ‘Employees: H.. Allison;:
‘b “pice Woodworkers: -N. Sadler.

O'Brien and “Murphy were.
unanimously elected as delegates.
to the CCL national convention
to be held this fall.

lchairman,,:..!: ale os

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