B.C. LUMBER WORKER Ist Issue, July - WARNING — Connusssr prestige and influ have sunk to the lowest _ .™ point in history. Decent, inslget people in America and have and disgusted i the brutal savagery with which Soviet Russia crushed the heroic by the much-belated admission: Kremlin’s rulers ae their master and etal ‘he ie Rhacah Stalin, had bee: power-mad, ruthless In desperate aoe & to ain a position of influence, Com- munists everywhere, under Instructions and direction of Mos- cow, are frantically seekin ings ome the moral ostracism th em. flere in the United csi dg effort has assumed national preporti in the organizi f a new Communist front, mis- named the “Ameri re fer Socialist Education”. he ¢. of this front-was revealed is n= rty’s organ, t Worker. In its issue 14, 1957, the Daily Worker editorially hailed the foundation of the 5 iall, Jeome” and boasted that it “also includes leadii st: i that “the position of the Communists with regard to develop- ments of this kind was set forth in the resolution adopted overwhelmingly at their recent national convention nowing these facts, American labor will shun like a pla, led erican Foru Sociali: jead and entrap well-meaning Ame s into serving the cause of Communist subversion and the interests of Soviet imper- “Bee his goal will be thwarted once the “American Forum for fo Bocialit Education” is clearly and widely identified as a Com- munist front. No se erepevecting: American trade unionist will then have anything to do with i the past the aaa have organized many fronts whose success depended on how cleverly they. were able to dis- guise the true nature of the en esprice e. In some instances as, re able to deceive people wit a liberal viewpoint—a: fs et ua IS MORE THAN ON t ily—into joining. h h the St died of Rete cant so will this latest one. Rs ce An ha —President, Geo. Meany| lsewhere in the worl AFL-CIO EY International Labor Organization expert sent to that county Bs help imp: ndicrafts recorded ue scene. He noted, WAY to saw a rales and in Nepal this is shes way they do the job. ve the quality of the however, that the methods of wate are aleve ing there as ILO Photo, |NEWS DIGEST Items of Interest To Labor In Capsule Form New ogee Side pul T STE, MARTE—The ma Ste ration has an- PN ie of a $3 mil Hictle ae “mill from the Canadian eens Gonbany: ae Hamilton. The mul Ww a a the first card-programmed plant of its type in Canada, a of the largest chia for electrical eeainnant® ever mince ee a ‘Ce dian steel company. C.O.L. Still Climbing OTTAWA—Canada’s cost of living is still rising, according DBS. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2 percent between "toni ze ane May, 1957, from 120.9 to 121.1. One year ago, the index stood 116.6. Buy ot THE HUB for your sum- Senate to Investigate ‘“‘Union pee > Soreadctbiaryeaean WASHINGTON—The Senate Rackets committee, which Vancouver ie rgest aes been concerned pioinlys Mees ‘a pe corruption, will zon foners ie a portage Wear Store, FREE probe of alleged illeg: s by punnaeeinen t, the chairman, Senator John L. MeL alan ‘aide The mittee will investigat ange: “union busting” and other rauivener tactics made agains! some Southern United § tile employers. Textile Work- rs’ Union ently sent the committee detailed reports of violence used by employe sete ey with the “flagrant collusion” of police offi- ilk; according to reports. Pension Progra ETROIT—The United Auto Workers ae a program which pal ‘ring 78 thor neend retired members closer to the sols and I, it is hoped, ing pee meurement benefits to) many . For the vil yea oe ra of funds for its pensioners’ pri Labor rSexretary Endorses Hegisievien WASHINGTON — y James P. Mitchell Enc coeition end seokely Py toughes, lenislatlon de® signed to require that all employee welfare and pension plans bi registered with the U.S. government. uebec Relite Prevent et MUR paca P.Q.—Strikers at the Ga ace ‘opper Mines charsed that the ona Provincia eats e's andeneaee with ma- chine guns has prevented them eting, Witnesses Tes a Fir remen 5 Neds d TTAWA—Witnesses continued. to testify before the Kellock Royal Commission that the pEceence) ser firemen ae nets = on dies yard and road engines does save lives and evert a Chrysler Employees La id 0 MUDSOR _— Without any a ice warning oF less than a aft were planned, the Chrysler S| Corp. Taid| off 1400 employees. The news reached the workers through the local newspapers. ICFTU Peaunan at Banff OTTAWA—The 1957 ICFTU seminar will a held in September at Banff, ‘Alberta, at the inv itation of the CLC. Eighty students from val parts of the world will partisioate) in the school, the theme a which is “the interdependence of developed and underdeveloped ation: Patronize Our Advertisers Publicetion dete of the next issue of the B.C. LUMBER WORKER oo 18th. Deadline for od copy is July 11th and for news copy dely 1 BCLw KER Repeorensing the Orgunized Loggers ond Mill of BC. .. PUBLISHED TWICR MONTHLY. ‘ON TH FIRST = 5 ternational W: 8 BY Cg pokes Ruarh of Aanerian ¢ (C10-CCL) alter F, Allen aan communications to Ratna. | Aug a wea Save time and trouble— BANK BY MAIL! Bese hers of Amer oa When you bank by mail, our nearest branch is as close to FFICERS t-box. No DISTRICT 0} you as your nearest post: par] just eee is ~ = 300 Madden for special deposit forms at our nearest branch— Bred bleber have more than 700 branches to serve you. ¢ H. Mitchell ~