M IP NATIONAL COMMITTEE STATEMENT Unite to defeat the anti-labor laws! crusade for the elimination of movement are blocking effec- 4 mma Se SS Te ae. Be SV Bsr sh Sr = Sere oa Ae dbsctiekimacsiond rp Larin tings aA vile PREAEEE TS &. Te we 2 wa RS ER ee SS Sia i _ “Unable to smash unions and strikes as in the past, monopoly capital today uses its governments to push through legislation to curb and cripple the trade unions and makes in- feasing use of injunctions to smash strikes,’ issued b ” says a statement y the national committee of the Labor-Progressive Party. The LPP call for unity to defeat anti-labor laws says in full: o The &rowing attacks of Big Business on trade union rights area blow at the democratic Tights of all Canadians. “The right to association, to €ctive bargaining and to sttike has been nullified in Newfoundland by the Liberal Smallwood government backed by the Tories in the legisla- ture. ' The right of workers to organize, to belong to unions of their own choice and to freely elect their own officers, has “been drastically infringed ' pon in Quebec by the Du- | plessis government which has | @lso used violence to smash strikes. . “Tn Alberta some unions such @ the Teamsters have, in ef- | fect, been outlawed. ‘The right to picket. and to extend solidarity support to strikes has been restricted in B.C. by the Social Credit gov- émmment and the unions made fable to lawsuits. This is des- froying the status for which the trade union movement has fought since its very inception, 45 well as opening the door to endless and costly court ac- fions which will not only bank- | tpt unions financially but undermine their ability to ef- fectively defend their mem- _ bership. “In Ontario, recommended anti-labor legislation hangs over the heads of the trade thion movement, ready to be. used when it suits the pur- poses of phe Frost govern- ment. “In other provinces too, re- actionary pressures are mount: ing for anti-labor legislation of a similar type. The Diefenbaker ment -has faciliated this anti- labor drive by its “hold the * policy on wages, by its refusal to disallow Small- wood’s legislation and its com- ete silence in face of similar icks ‘in other provinces. lo fi: So eee eB es _ What is behind this conspir- ay against organized labor? _ These” restrictive, anti-labor and. anti- -democratic ‘measures ate not the work of* crack-’ pots. They are-the considered ' Policies of the~capitalist mon- §polies “which; over the years, ve been working systemati- ly to build up a_ hostile blic opinion against the rade union movement. Unable smash unions. and strikes pommccei govern- Bit ae as in the past, monopoly cap- ital uses its governments to -push through® legislation to curb and cripple the trade unions and makes increasing use of injunctions to smash strikes. Thus, Labor Relations Acts which were supposedly design- ed to establish and protect the rights of workers to belong to unions of their own choice, to bargain collectively, to organ- ize, to picket and to strike, are now being used against the trade union movement. Through government interven tion on behalf of monopoly capitalists, these Acts are be- coming a noose around the necks of the workers to pre- vent them from exercising their basic rights. All these restrictive, anti- labor measures are designed to weaken the trade union movement, ‘make them unable to defend the interests of their membership and prevent the workers from taking the path ‘of independent labor political action. Their purpose is clear: open the door for an all-out on- slaught on workers’ | living standards and protect the huge profits of monopoly capital. These menacing facist-like developments are cause for al- arm and united action not only by the trade union move- ment but by all democratic Canadians, If these measures are not opposed and defeated capitalist monopoly will move more rapidly to a complete denial of independent action and existence by the trade “unions. To protect the rights of the . trade unions is thus to protect the democratic rights of all Canadians. The Labor-Progressive Party declares that this dangerous trend can be checked and reversed. The workers and the trade union movement are not powerless today, they act unitedly in every province and on a national -scale. They have the strength if.they use it. They have the power if they exercise it. And they will have-the backing of the majority.:.of.. Canadians aif “they seek it.- : Members of the Labor-Pro-* gressive Party fight for the following position: The aims, purposes, leadership and nego- tiating powers to carry out the - providing Soviet basic functions of the trade unions as organizations of working-class struggle for the - protection of the workers’ in- terests are the prerogative solely of their membership and cannot be replaced by labor legislation. If these rights and duties. are surrendered to governments even by the smallest degree, the trade un- ions are thereby placed in jeopardy. The task facing the trade union movement in all pro- vinces and nationally, is to engage in a united struggle to restore the full rights of labor to organize, to bargain collec- tively and to strike. In this spirit the national committee of the Labor-Pro- gressive Party calls upon the trade union’ movement:and all democratic Canadians to unite their efforts in a nationwide all restrictive anti-labor fea- tures from the Labor Relations Acts, for the repeal of Bill No. 43 in B.C., Bills No. 19 and No. 20 in Quebec and for repeal and disallowance of Small- wood’s anti-labor legislation. The Diefenbaker govern- ment promised to enact a Bill of Rights. The Labor-Progres- sive Party calls upon the trade union movement and all demo- cratic Canadians to press for incorporation of labor’s basic rights—the right to association, to bargain collectively, to or- ganize and to~ strike,—in the federal Bill of Rights. The trade union movement. has the means to bring this about. And if it acts it will be supported by all democratic Canadians. Unfortunately many of the top officers of the trade union tive trade union action against this reactionary drive and are retreating before the pressures of capitalist monopoly. They must be compelled to initiate a nation-wide campaign for re_ peal of all anti-labor legisla- tion and unite all of labor for this fight. History has already demon- stated that the trade unions movement cannot defend itself unless it is effectively and firmly united. It must there- fore strengthen its unity and put an end to divisions in its own house. This demands that inner union democracy be re- inforced, the rank and file actively involved, red-baiting stopped. United trade union and la- bor-farmer political action — this is the road to the defeat ef anti-labor legislation. Soviet doctors at work (left) and nur ses ; with ae Son back is life (right). UWS. visitors see Soviet surgeon kill a dog, bring it back to life MOSCOW — ‘Visiting U.S. colleagues attending the In- ternational Aeronautic Feder- ation conference here saw a surgeon demonstrate the: ‘technique of “killing”: a dog and then bringing it back to life. Brig.-Gen. Don Flickinger, ‘director of life sciences for Force Research,’ US; Air watched Soviet surgeon: V.A. Negowski perform the ex- periment. ; “A -petcock on a needle in- serted in the femoral vein was opened and the dog bled to death,” said Flickinger. “Respiration disappeared. Blood pressure dropped to zero. The corneal reflex was gone. The electrical activity of the brain‘ disappeared. For four or five minutes the dog was stone cold dead. “Then a pressure arterial transfusion was started. At -the same time a tube was put down the trachea to give forced artificial expansion of the lungs on a rhythmic basis. They injected an epinephrine stimulant with the blood. “When three-quarters of his blood was back in his’ body, the dog came alive, wagged his tail and looked at us.” Flickinger said thé Russians “have gone farther than “Am- ericans in establishing’ em- ergency ‘resuscitation “proced- ure.” June 5, 1959 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 3