prerguson, Acting Presi- ‘ye Canadian Seamen’s ‘resentative, this week members of thé City “ndustrial Committee srs of the two Vancou- councils to discuss the inal shipping program ii. Meeting at the City -_ invitation from Al- ‘ck Price, the decision - to prepare a report -. be submitted to the il for approval: fn demand, raised by -guson, is for a one Merchant Fleet “nadian merchant marine, how- 31 Digger Smith, West]. = ip merchant fleet to * equirements of Cana- > 1 export trade, and to | his nation as one of -earriers of the world’s ® iting to the need of a + to assure the main- -£ Canada’s - wartime ‘nd this nation’s pos- > ining access to world | erguson stated: “Con- jay Are present for a ase in Canada’s inter- # rade. The breakdown ‘war economy of scar- | destruction of fascist “ade policies and the - f industrialization in > ia,-Latin- America and s\s provide unheard of 7 es to Canada as an ’ nation.” fodl ng combines, how- _ +» imposed exhorbitant | ites on Canadian ex- | nd greed has checked of Canadian products » An independent Ca- ever, is the instrument with “which to prevent our trade from being jeopardized by monopoly poly practices’. Ferguson drew attention to- the presence of a nucleus to-« ‘Canadian merchant navy in the Park Steamship Company ships. which now number nearly 200. R. K: Gervin, secretary of the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Coun- cil, supported the GSU program, and John Turner, secretary Van- couver Labor Council assured the support of his organization in the fight for a Canadian merchant|oner a navy. After long years of imprisonment, a Japanese. political pris- freely. ddresses a meeting in Tokyo and speaks his mind Intimidation Alleged In Arrest Or Seamen From Park Steamships Commenting on the arrest and trial of over forty seamen for alleged infractions of the Canada Shipping Act, Dewar Ferguson, Acting President, Canadian Seamen’s Union, in “a statement to. P.A., pointed out this week that the disputes which have resulted in the arrest of seamen ‘‘have no place. in the civic courts,” and warned that anti-union shipping operators are prepared to use the more obsolete sections of the shipping act as a basis for | attacking the seamen’s right “The disputes, which have brought much unfair publicity to the seamen and have been in- terpreted by some newspaper ac- counts as evidence of the. ‘irre-° sponsibility’ of- our seamen, should be handled through regu- lar conciliation proceedings. The Canadian Seamen’s ~Union strongly suspects an at- tempt to discredit seamen is the role of Drew ir social security will 'seshas Canadian mono- ‘tempts.te erush the in- ‘e movements of colon- semi-colonial peoples? e questions which are he minds of all forward Janadians. © ople of Vancouver will | opportunity to hear an ng authority on such F, in the person of Stan- ; yerson, national Educa- tector of the Labor-Pro- | Party who will deliver » lecture at the Pender ‘1m Thursday, December am. 1 to thousands as one of » most distinguished vuthors, Stanley Ryerson ed a reputation as an ing authority on Cana- id international affairs. — English-Canadian and Canadian parents his far into our Canadian mm the English-Canadian > ancestors came to Upper -in the late eighteenth 3; he is “a descendent of i Ryerson, who helped to fe Separation of Church ate and William McDou- 1e of the Fathers of Con- ion. 2 c graduating wi ding Canadian Writer | Lecture in Vancouver and Duplessis in the field of -1-Provincial Relations? What part has the Hart- * coalition government in developments which will *e- whether or not the strivings of the Canadian be realized? tion from the University of Tor- onto and: the Sorbonne, Paris, Stanley Ryerson taught French and History at the Sir George Williams College. in Montreal. Since 1934 he has been an active participant in the left-wing labor movement particularly among the French Canadians as editor of La Clarte and later La Vic- toire, and as an organizer and teacher. Stanley Ryerson’s. pioneer work in the field of Canadian political history was drawn to the attention of the reading pub- lic with the publication of his book, 1837—Birth of Canadian Democracy. His second book, “French Canada” attracted na- tional attention for its penetrat- ing analysis of the democratic tradition in French-Canadian life and his treatment of the question of national unity. Students of political affairs are awaiting with keen interest Stanley Ryerson’s visit to Van- couver. In addition to his public lecture he will address a member- ship meeting of the Labor-Pro- gressive Party and will meet with. educational and literature directors in the Greater Vancou- ver area. 3 — PACIFIC,ADVOCATE of collective bargaining. while they are fighting against the slashing of their wages and the removal of the War Bonus. The attack on the right of sea- men to collectively bargain might well be a tactic designed to isolate seamen from public support in their fight for just demands.” Ferguson pointed out that where agreements are in effect between company and _ union, ship’s officers have not accept- ed the agreements nor have they attempted to put agreements in- to operation. He also pointed out that officers are responsible per- sons, and many of the disputes which have been brought into court have involved the safety of ship and crew. . “The union is’ being hampered in its attempts to protect the rights of ‘seamen by having charges brought against individ- ual seamen by ship’s officer for every minor or major dispute. The operators are using obso- lete sections of the Canada Shipping Act to fight organiza- tion, and each time a dispute arises operators consult the ship- ping act instead of our union | agreements. ‘There is every rea- son to suspect that. the Act is being used as a threat against the seamen and as.a weapon to smash union organization. “Up to the present, approxi- mately forty seamen have been charged and arrested. The dis- putes concern Park Steamship Company ships, and the union suspects that the arrests repre- sent intimidation to hinder ‘or smash organization. “Many of the seamen who have been arrested sailed out of the Port of Vancouver under war- time conditions, and have proven by their record of service in the cause of freedom that they are responsible persons. Seamen are not attempting. to. disrupt or de liberately - provoke operators when. disputes arise over condi- tions on board. The main and only. concern of the majority. of the seamen.is to maintain and better. conditions under. which they work, and in this regard the Canadian. Seamen’s Union, as the organization of the seamen, will go every step of the way to- ward aiding them in the settle- ment of their justified disputes.” the development of a third war and the destruction of man. We meet at a time when the strug- gles of the colonial peoples for independence have reached a high pitch.” Pointing out that intervention in the Indonesians is a bitter pill for the people to swallow having driven the Japanese from their country, Morgan urged that the people of Canada make their voices heard in protest. “We must not permit the slaughter by British bayonets of innocent Indonesian people. We must permit Indonesia to become another Greece,’ Morgan stated. He stated that the Labor-Pro- gressive Party condemns the im- perialist action in Indonesia and demands the withdrawal of Bri- tish troops, urging upon the Ca- Provincial Committee nadian government to intercede with Premier Clement Attlee. Morgan asserted that events place upon the shoulders of the LPP a colossal task, the task to: unite and lead the struggle for full, peacetime, economic secur- ity and last peace, and to lead in B.C. the struggle for a peace- ful, secure and free world. “The Tory-dominated coalition must be made to realize that they have not received a ‘blank cheque,’ Morgan stated. The fact that 48 percent of the total vote assured 23 percent of the legislative seats for the voters against reaction fully substanti- ates the pre-election estimation of the LPP and “clearly indicates the correctness of the fight our (Continued On. Page 8) See PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE Radio Protection Demanded - The national protest campaign of the Canadian. Radio Officers Asociation against the discharge by. the Government owned. Park Steamships of two out of every- three operators on.each ship. was fully supported by the CCL Van- couver Labor Council at its regu- lar meeting this week. : Council delegates were. given a full report on the situation by two officials of CROA, which re- cently affiliated with the Cana- dian Gongress of Labor. The spokesman advanced: five’ points on which they are pressing their demand on the federal govern- ment for full manning of ships with three-radio operators. The points include the ship’s safety at sea, the need for providing employment, and improvement of sea-rescue facilities for trans- oceanic air transport. . “During the war radio officers played a vital part in maintain- ing the safety of life at sea,” radio officers’ delegates told the labor council. soe “Now, while: many : hazards, such as wrecks, and mines, still constitute a navigational! danger, Park Steamships.,:-have ~reduced their staffs from three to: one radio operator on each ship. Be- cause of the increasingly serious unemployment situation, the GROA demands that the Park Steamships follow the policy of postwar employment, advocated by the Canadian government prior to cessation of hostilities. “It is the opinion of experi- enced radio men that the safety of ships should not be dependent upon mechanical automatic alarm devices which have _ so often proved fatal to both. pro- perty and life at sea.” Murphy toAttend bh a >) +S Miners’ Meet_ inson, International President of Mill and Sméiterworkers, will be in Vancouver: on.December 7, to address the. .district . convention of. the. IUMMSW., anda public |. rally, -was.. made, this week by | Harvey..,.Murphy; IUMMSW. In- ternational..Representative.. Mur- phy, who recently returned from ‘a, tour.of interior. points, -report- ed that strong Support is. coming from. interior locals. tothe Ford Strikers,.. and. stated .that.. com- mittees have been set.up. at Trail, Kimberly and.Rossland to launch the “day’s. pay” campaign among union members, in those areas. _ Murphy . left. Vancouver . -this week to attend the convention of the IUMMSW, which will be. held in Kirkland Lake, Ontario,, com- mencing Saturday, November 17. The convention will discuss. the union wage stabilization _pro- gram, which has been drawn up by a committee working with J. L. Cohen, prominent labor law- yer, for submission to the Na- tional War Labor Board. _ Murphy intimated that he. held hopes of visiting Windsor to con- vey the support of the IUMMSW to.the striking Ford Workers. “SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1945 o Announcement thait ‘Reid “Rob- ‘the International Union ‘of Mine, .