Ist Issue, April B.C. LUMBER WORKER 9 LARGE TURN-OUT OF DELEGATES to the 21st Annual meeting of Local 1-80, IWA, Duncan, March 16th, overtaxed the facilities of the IWA hall, and forced them to seek larger quarters in the Odeon Theatre, shown above. Institute Finds Rights At Stake “Fear-threat to Human Rights” was the topic of the Bighth Annual Labor Institute on Race Relations, spon- sored jointly by the Vancouver and District Labor Council and the B.C. Federation of Labor, March 28rd, at Van- couver, with over 95 students and instructors in attend- ance. E. A. Jamieson, Secretary of the Labor Council, gave the op- ening address which was fol- lowed by group singing led by Bill Giesbrecht, Executive Secre- tary of the Vancouver Labor Committee for Human Rights. A Panel, comprised of moder- ator, A. Arnason, and Panel members Dr. W. G. Black, Ar- nold Webster, S. B. Gervin and Rabbi B, Woythaler, then set the theme for the workshop groups, with a discussion on “Human Rights in the Atomic Era.” During the afternoon session, the Institute keynote speaker, Ralph Showalter, United Auto Worker’s Representative, ad- dressed the delegates on “Free- dom From Fear, A Fundamental Right.” In his address he pointed out that the fear complex rampant in the United States over the East-West stalemate, could be- cause of these fears, loose them the very rights they hold so dear. ‘An evaluation and summary of the Institute was made by George Home, Secretary of the B.C. Federation of Labor. In his summing up he ‘suggested that a way to end the fear hysteria so Printers of The B.C. LUMBER WORKER LIMITED PRINTERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS An Employee Owned Co. 944 RICHARDS STREET wh MUtual 1-6338 - 6339 prevalent throughout the world today, was in developing a better understanding of our fellow man. Following are the names of the Chairmen in charge of the discussion workshops: E. A. Hal- lock, E. A. Holmes, A. Arnason, W. J. Pierce, R. C, Haynes. CCF Nominates 40 Trade Unionists TORONTO (CPA) — Of 63 candidates nominated by the CCF in Ontario, 40 are trade unionists representing 23 unions as follows: Steelworkers 6; Auto Workers 4; Pulp and Sulphite 4; Electric- al Workers 3; (IBEW 1, IUE 1, UE 1); Carpenters 2; Typo- graphical 2; Telegraphers 2; Firefighters 2; Textile Workers 2; Sign Painters 1; Congress Local 1; Rubber Workers 1; En- gineers 1; Mineworkers 1; Brew- ery Workers 1; Lumber and saw- mill 1; Locomotive Engineers 1; Railway Carmen 1; Woodworkers 1; Atomic Workers 1; CB of RE and OTW 1; Office Workers 1. Fear Menaces Our Freedoms Reliance upon the established truths of rightly moti- vated democracy, with respect for the dignity of the com- mon man is an essential antidote for the devastating fear which now plagues the Western World. This was the theme of Ralph Showalter, UAW International Represen- tative, in his address before the Eighth Annual Race Rela- tions Institute recently sponsored by the B.C. Federation of Labor and the Vancouver Labor Council. In his description of the pre- sent state of public opinion, he said in part. “Fear—a senseless: fear lead- ing it along the path to hor- rible nuclear destruction—dom- inates the government of the United States, “Fear—a senseless fear eating away at the heart of its liberty —dominates the thinking of the United States. “Fear—a senseless fear that will tum much of the world against it—dominates the foreign policy of the United States. Precarious Balance “Our world today, our civiliza- tion, exists in a precarious bal- ance of terror, Both the Soviet Union and the U.S. have terrible power to inflict total nuclear de- struction on any nation on earth.” Because of the threat of im- mediate—and perhaps even auto- matic — counter-attack, ordinary logic indicates that no nation will deliberately start a nuclear war, he said. “(But) we cannot be certain that a sane policy can forever survive against fear and suspi- cion and hysteria either in the eee ee ee RALPH SHOWALTER UAW REPRESENTATIVE United States or Russia, Accidental Provocation . . . unfortunate provocation, or even accidental nuclear explo- sions activating hairtrigger ye- taliatory weapons, (and) the holocaust can descend upon us, “Then, too, there is the pos- sibility of insane, rather than sane, leadership of one of the INSTRUCTION IN INDUSTRIAL FIRST AID available through Correspondence Courses leading to Industrial rst Aid Certifica Fi Board of B.C. 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We are failing this great responsibility because of fear. Basic Freedoms “T submit there are grave signs that in the very fibre of the free world nations there is a weaken- ing of that very stuff which has distinguished us and given us our title of the free world— namely, faith and support of our basie freedoms. He also said the U.S. showed its fear by its trade embargo against Red China. “We are afraid that if we trade with Red China we will improve its economy and its war-making potential,” he said. Reds Will Do It. Yet, because of this fear, other factors were underestimated, and these factors were: “That (despite the embargo) Red China will industrialize with assistance from the Soviet Union.” “That the new Chinese econ- omy’s forced total dependence on the Communist bloc countries will be engraved in the very methods and dies of their factories and farms.” “That one fourth of the world’s population living in China will learn about the U.S. only through Communist propaganda — not even leavened by intercultural ex- change of our tradesmen.” Asia Watches “That millions of Southeast Asians—who are culturally much more like the Chinese than like us—will watch the U.S. carry out its reprisal and will watch industrial China welded into the iron mold of Kremlin economics and Kremlin bigotry.” Mr. Showalter said: “How much better it would be if our policy were based on the simple belief . . . that great truths will prevail if permitted freely to meet their enemies in the field of public criticism and world}: U.S. Funds Finance Smear MONTREAL (CPA) — Money from the United States is coming into Canada, through management-controlled organ- izations, to promote anti-labor legislation and smear the Can- adian labor movement, George Burt, Canadian Director of the United Auto Workers, charged here. Burt, who was in Montreal to attend a joint UAW—Interna- tional Association of Machinists’ meeting to establish 1958 air- craft industry bargaining goals, said that management money was being used to promote mea- sures similar to the so-called “vight - to- work” laws now in force in a number of States. All For Management The UAW director noted that numerous briefs presented to the special committee of the Ontario Legislature studying labor pro- posed banning “union security” provisions in contracts. “Not one brief of this nature came from workers asking for what man- agement spokesmen describe as alleged ‘freedom’ from unions, made possible by ‘right to work’ laws”, he said. “All were from management.” - Burt said that management pressure for anti-labor legisla- tion had ‘been particularly strong in Ontario and British Columbia. One of the means of trying to justify the hamstringing of Can- adian unions was a press cam- paign by management to make it appear that the Canadian labor movement contained individuals like Dave Beck, who was thrown out of the American labor moye- ment, the UAW Canadian direct- or suggested. Labor Smeared This smearing of the Canadian labor movement is taking place at a time when the voice of the organized labor movement is needed to protect the interests of the workers during a period of heavy unemployment, he said. “Management, by its smear tac- ties, is trying to stifle this voice at a crucial time.” Rental Loans Ended OTTAWA (CPA) — The Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, a governmental agency under the Public Works department, has stopped grant- ing direct government loans for rental housing construction. The move, announced by CMHC president Stewart Bates, is intended to keep more men employed in the home-building industry because the money is more effectively distributed when given to builders of family dwell- ings. The Corporation, which has $60 million left out of the $400 mil- lion granted to it by the National Housing Act for direct loans, according to its president has done a “tremendous” amount of direct lending on Toronto area rental housing. 5 “They should now go to the regular approved lenders for funds,” Dr, Bates said. “Ap- proved” lenders include banks, insurance and trust companies, whose interest rates range up to 6% or 7 percent. The remaining $60 million, Dr. Bates said, is being reserved for home-owners and limited-dividend corporations who provide low- cost housing for the elderly, the opinion.” blind and the infirm,