Mourn Ed. Pierce Death

Hundreds of tradéunionists and oldtimers in the labor
movement will gather at the Boilermakers Hall on Mon-
day afternoon at 2:30 p.m. to attend the memorial service
in honor of Ed. Pierce, one of the outstanding veterans of
the B.C. labor movement who was accidentally killed at
Britannia this week.

Ed. Pierce, who was 59 years old at the time of his
death, has a lifetime record of service to the labor move-
ment. He was one of the first to bring organization to the
hard rock miners. Vice-president of his local, 663 of the
IUMMSW and former International Representative Ed.
Pierce took part in all the early struggles to bring organ-
ization to the workers of this province. As district secre-
tary of the Mineworkers Union of Canada, an affiliate of
the Workers Unity League, he helped lay the basis for
industrial unionism. Pierce was a charter member of the
Labor-Progressive Party.

Outstanding labor leaders will take part in the ceremony

including D. O’Brien, President of the BCFederation of -

Labor, CCL; Representative Harold Pritchett, district
president of the IAW; Harvey Murphy for the IUMMSW

and Nigel Morgan Provancial leader of the Labor-Pro-
gressive Party. .

All workers are invited to take part in this ceremony.

Elections

strength to meet the challenge.

A contributing factor to the
Coalition victory was the method
by which voters were registered
in these elections, and the dis-
franchisement of hundreds of
loggers, fishermen and _ other
workers in urban and _ rural
areas. Labor had already pro-
tested the method of registration
and expressed the fear that hun-
dreds, if not thousands, of work-
ers’ votes would be lost. The fear
was borne out on election day, at
which time many hundreds of
voters were not recorded on
lists. A strong protest and ap-
peal for revision of the Election
Act was made by Nigel Morgan,
LPP provincial leader, to fore-
stall the possibility of a repeat
of the occurrence in future. el-
ections.

The results of the elections
clearly indicate that labor unity
represents the only means by
which the offensive of reaction
can be countered. The people
have a striking example of the
dire results of disunity, and the
CCF defeat in this province fur-
ther, underlines the obvious need
to forge unity around the issues
of the day. Labor is in a strong
position, drawing upon the ex-

periencés of war, to lay the basis
for a rallying of its forces to
meet the tests of the future. The
Labor-Progressive Party has
graphically demonstrated that
only by presenting a _ united
front can the tide of reaction be
turned.

Labor unity, combined -with
the pressures of the coming pe-
riod, can force a cleavage in the
ranks of the coalition, and sever
the cord that binds the siamese-
twin montrosity that the coali-
tion government represents.
While labor suffered a defeat in
the election, it is clear that the
struggles that lie ahead will pro-
vide the flux to bind the people
together in a united fight on th
issues as they arise. ;

The Labor-Progressive Party,
rising to meet the new problems
of the future, pledged itself to
continue the fight for unity. The
election proved a victory for the
Coalition, but labor and the peo-
ple with an eye to the struggle
ahead, prepared to exert extreme
pressure to force action on the
pressing issues confronting the
people from British Columbia’s
new government.

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‘Supplies

‘Depreciation. 2.9¢

organization from the sale of its fish product:
for the past financial year:

British Columbia is easily the greatest fish-pro- *

ducing province in Canada. The value of its

annual sea harvest reaches $35,000,000 and
= accounts for approximately 48% of Canada’s
= total fish production,

62.8c was paid to fishermen and employees.
29.9c was paid for supplies and services.
2.9¢ went into depreciation—a source of funds
for replacement of fleets and plants.
1.9c went into taxes. - es
2.5¢ was net profit — available as a_ busines: &
maintenance reserve and for distributior
to about 1400 shareholders in Canada,
Great Britain and the United States.

The Coast fishing industry supports 18,000 men
and women and their families, and through the
purchase of equipment and supplies, pours fur-
ther huge sums into the community.

How the ‘fish dollar’ circulates is illustrated
above. Out of every dollar recéived by our

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER