i aie ii is ces B.C. LUMBER WORKER 5 i SOLIDARITY DAY By KALMAN KAPLANSKY Director, Department of ee Affairs, Canadian Labor Cong: mber 4th marks the first anniversary of the cay, Ca of the Hungarian uprising which started in Budapest on October 23, 195: Perhaps few events in the history of man’s con- tinuous struggle for freedom have had such an electri- November 4, 1956. The world ge ed a the time by the press, radio ana televisi oS VERDICT month, the Eleventh a the United has b June ae a omen commission, appoint sembly, De ee Tunisia, Ceylon and Uruguay. mous findings of the Somaniee: were He ia the UN Assembly, and were as follow: 1. Russia violated the UN Cha x by depriving the pee fale of acta eee indepen- den: 2. The present Hungarian oe was imposed by . armed Soviet, interventio: 8. Russia has carried out eee of neared citizens; 4. The present re in Hungary has violated human mens ee iets by the peace-treaty with Hungary. his was the verdict of mankind’s conscience as ioe tiveugh the United Nations. BeOUR S VERDICT FT uld Eve full eadacunitton to the first of the Hungarian tober, be appropriate on that occasion ‘is compare it van the Bolshevik revolution of 40 y ago, which has, the course of te, developed ine a most vicious aa cruel dictatorship.’ . Oldenb: roek, General Secretary, after consult- a membershi 5 million workers, aes vember 4, the date of the final suppression of t] ingarian up- rising, be proclaimed as Paice ane Day. ould be devoted He suggested that “such a day wo remembering the Hungarian revolution, but to demonstrating ike feeling of solidarity of the workers throughout the world with all their fellow- aSS- GROWING STRONGER Reports published in recent months to the effect that Prime Mii : eactnrisg! Thowieg the ITU, were given m1 The facts ce since ublis ‘vailing interest ane oe that the eae of Parliament were being Parliament, Behind The Scenes Knowles Gives Reasons For Declining Honour this important 28rd Parlia- ave given your een recent ceca campaign I placed a phasis not only on a e need re ry of Parlian cause of the le of this country. I le in the subject. commitment not only to the elec- The Offer tors of Winnipeg North Centre August 19, 1957.| but to my fellow Canadians gen- Dear Mr. Knowles: erally, campaigning as i For the last several Sides parts of Canada. portant as is the ae I feel that if 1a fie a ment. ca mS Ou see for the honor you have don am sure you will appredate | ‘the reasons on the basis of which I must decline the nomiiaden you were prepar- ed to make. tices ely yours, Stanley H. Knowles, -| Workers Given Increase , Ont. (CPA) The two per cent raise in Can- ada’s co er price index an. pr 23 thousand employees of the mammoth General Motors Cor- diininianel andl diria of the recent election campaign To attain Parliament it is mn that Procedure and haye been one a lookin; firm commitments which a mae during ths alesHton campaign, This I canno t grateful ‘ you for e Pareto that in your view I would be able to perform a ser- nada generally by remaining st-of-living pay increases. con nie sk will get $8 more per month, The increases cover workers in e G.M.’s plants here and in Wind Indi ural tors Holding oe Canada to participate in the deliberations | rights wor! ers in peed Bie further SUEEEGU 0 th: a um t] be willing to accept the office of z Co ae a Re ie re oe ih et f the 23rd Parliament NOT increase sideration is also given to the issuing o! ecial heenenbesiin TO SAVE PREMIUM DOL! ae x but (tion or rosette, to he distributed, or ld, ons. If you to the rel ae appy to place your na in 68 EAST BROADWAY LEST WE FORGET International ae Day will be a ae eaae in Brussels on Noy r 4th, at a mass-meeting held a “evening 3 the Cirq 2500 people. It will . attended by the ICFTU E: tive oe which is meeting at that time. evel ue WS a ne free world will not forget the Hun, ms’ heroic struggle for freedom and the tragic ne Be their aoe The anniversary of their fight will inspire them to give concrete expression t aaah 1 7 Bee AEN y of the and a world ment of peace. ue Royal, which seas, OUR AUTO INSURANCE RATES DID write: o-Operative Fire & Casualty Co. on August 1st LARS, PHONE EM 3710 VANCOUVER, B.C. vice to Parliament today and the future. Yours sincerly, poe ne TS Deelin ed August 24, 1957. Dear Mr. Diefe: spat Thank you for your letter of August st 19th. aa am m dey appre- ry high honor mini ‘or fice Speaker of the House of Com ns the 23rd Peoiament Be know of my keen intere: in the rights and Haaitiens of IWA supported by Alberni District Credit Union, IWA 1-217 Savings, Broadway IWA (N.W.)_ Credit Uni New Westminster Courtenay creat Hei Box 952 Courtenay Duncan & District Credit Lie, Box 1717, Duncan Prince George & District, 1046-4th Avenue, Prince George ——— CREDIT UNION DIRECTORY Credit Unions and other pe Unions IWA Loi inion, Room 2 }, 904 Gord Union, Box 299, Chemainus cal Unions in B.C, - 209 Argyle Street, Port & Quebec Streets, vanes sh 21, 774 Columbia Street, lon Street, Victoria h .