B.C. LUMBER WORKER Ist Issue, June iNEWS DIGEST Items Of Interest To Labor In Capsule Form S “End War”, CCF Leader Declares QUEBEC—Nations should “end war as an instrument of national policy,” M. J. Coldwell, CCF National Leader, told a United Service Club dinner here in a major speech on foreign affairs. Lifting Of Ban On Liquor Advertising Sought LONDON—The Ontario Federation of Printing Trades Unions at its 14th annual meeting here urged that all restriction on liquor advertising in Ontario media be abandoned, thus stimulating employ- ment in the printing industry. The federation also asked the re-im- position of tariffs on American magazines. ICFTU Seeks Aid For Africa BRUSSELS—The ICFTU has asked large-scale international aid for development in Africa, co-ordination of investment policies in the area, and establishment of a special U.N. fund for economic development in addition to the U.N.’s 100-million dollar Special Pro- jects Fund. A G.M.C. Turns Down Reuther DETROIT—The General Motors Corporation has refused an offer by UA'W president Walter P. Reuther to submit contract nego- tiations to an impartial arbitration board for final ruling. Canadian Car Sales Decline OTTAWA—Sales of new passenger vehicles in Canada in the first three months of 1958 declined 3.5 per cent to 88,671 units from the 1957 first-quarter total of 91,843, and the retail wale 1.6 Per cent to $263,510,000 according to DBS. Action To Stop Bombings Urged WASHINGTON—The Industrial Union Department of the AFL-CIO has demanded action to stop bombings of Jewish and Negro community institutions, which have occurred over 40 times “in virtually every Southern state since January 1, 1957.” Driver Awarded Severance Pay TORONTO—Severance pay of nearly $1,100 has been awarded a driver fired by the Toronto Telegram last October. The award made was by a 2-1 arbitration board decision. Prison Paper Praises MacPhail KINGSTON—The K.P. Telescope, a 50-page monthly magazine written and printed by prisoners at the Federal penitentiary here, has as the cover story of a recent issue a feature on the late Agnes MacPhail, who as a social reformer and CCF Member of Parliament repeatedly urged penal reform. Petrillo Rei ig In June NEW YORK—Musicians’ president James C. Petrillo will re- tire in June, following doctor’s advice to “take things easy.” DOUBLE THE LIFE OF YOUR CHAIN SAW . Boost take-home pay with this easy-to-use FILE-N-JOINT. saw sharpener; your saw lasts longer, cuts faster, increases production for less time and effort. SEE and TEST it at your CHAIN SAW DEALER TODAY! NYGRAN INDUSTRIES LTD. 5935 E. Hastings, Burnaby, B.C. Publication date of the next issue of the B.C. LUMBER WORKER is June 19th. Deadline for ad copy is June 12th and for news copy June 13th, ECLoncentiWorxen Representing the Organized Loggers and Mill Workers of B.C. PUBLISHED TWICE MONTHLY ON THE FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAYS BY. => International Woodworkers of America (CIO-CCL) District Council No, 1 < DISTRICT OFFICERS: Joe Morris Joe Madden canine Stuart M, Hodgson » Fred Fleber George H. Mitchell International Board Member —2..--—--—-— Walter F, Allen Address all communications to GEORGE H. MITCHELL, Secretary-Treasurer 45 Kingsway - Dickens 6261-2 ‘Vancouver, B.C. Subscription Rates.._......$2.00 per annum ing Representative.......G. A. Spencer Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office a ‘Ottawa 27,500 COPIES PRINTED IN THIS ISS' Jodoin Clarifies Situation Position of unions affiliated to the Canadian Labour Con- gress and comprised exclus- ively of government employ- ees, was clarified in a state- ment issued recently by Pres- ident Claude Jodoin. He said “The decision of the Canadian Labour Congress to participate in the formation of a new political force in Canada has naturally aroused considerable interest both within and outside the labour movement. It has also apparently resulted in some misapprehension as to its effect insofar as some of its affiliated unions are concerned. “There are within the Canadian Labour Congress a number of af- filiated unions consisting exclus- ively of government employees. The Congress recognizes that these unions must maintain, as they always have, a position of strict neutrality. It was not an- ticipated that this position would be changed by the Congress de- ion nor would the Congress ant to have this happen. The Congress has as much interest as anyone in seeing the government service of Canada, whether federal, provincial or municipal, free from any suspicion of political partisan- ship. Complete Autonomy -“Like other unions, the unions of government employees enjoy complete autonomy within the Congress. The decision whether or not to become identified with any action such as is contemplated in the resolution on political action with the individual unions. usly the government em- s’ unions will not want such identification and the Congress re- spects this attitude. In any case, the Congress would take the necessary action to relieve these unions of any responsibility for or identification with any policy per- taining to political matters. “The Canadian Labour Con- gress believes that unions of gov- ernment employees have an iden- tity of interest with unions of other classes of wage and salary earners. Union-Busting TORONTO—Serious charges ms VALERIO CAMARENA and sister Catalina enjoy a-joke with a nursing auxiliary outside the La Chorrera, Panama, centre which helps to insure their good health. Congress Answers “Vicious” Attack OTTAWA (CPA) — Canadian Labor Congress presi- dent Claude Jodoin in a statement released to the press here said he wa: shocked” and amazed at the vicious attack made en organized labor in Canada by Percy M. Fox, president of the St. Lawrence Corporation “Mr. Fox is apparently unable to understand the fundamental democratic right of Canadian workers to make their own selec- tion of the organization which will represent them in bargaining,” Mr. Jodoin said. Workers Right Over 70 per cent of Canadian organized workers have selected international organizations, and “this is the-right of Canadian workers, just as it is the right of Fox's company to have people hey benefit from each other’s ties and gain from cach r’s successes. “The Congress will continue government employees’ organizations to strengthen their numbers, to improve their salar- ies and other conditions of em- ployment and to obtain collective bargaining rights. It has every faith in its ability to retain and add to the government employee unions in its ranks.” Tactics Aired of widespread union-busting tac- to tics by Ontario companies, documented by example after example, are contained in a supplement to the Ontario Federation of Labor's brief to the Select Committee on Labor Relations set up by the On- tario Legislature. High Food Prices Protested ; HALIFAX—Both farmer and labor organizations protested the high selling price of food products compared with price the producer receives as the Royal Commission on Price Spreads heard presenta- tions in the Eastern provinces. Ltd from New York and Philadelphia on his Board of Directors, as: the St. Lawrence Corporation has.” The CLC president noted that Fox “uses-such terms as ‘labor bosses’, ‘crooks and grafters’, and people ‘with an alien approach to Canadian needs’, and then care- fully avoids the possibility of be- coming subject to libel by failing to name names.” Movement Clean The Jabor movement in Canada s clean, Mr. Jodoin stressed, and this includes the record of both national and international unions. “Slanderous innuendos directed wholesale against people who give leadership to labor organization in Canada make no contribution to the good and welfare of either in- dustry or labor,” he said. Resent Remarks Thousands of people who have “given their lives” to the labor movement will resent Fox's re- marks, the CLC president con- tinued. “They will resent even more his self-assumed role of wanting, as a part of management, to dictate the form of organization Canadian workers will have.” “We are thankful we in Canada still have that right of choice; if we should ever lose it, as Mr. Fox would seem to desire, it will be a sad day for democracy,” Mr. Jo- in his annual report doin concluded. KEEP YOUR MONEY SAFE... when you're travelling! while travelling. Negotiable anywhere. we have more than 700 to serve you, 100 Branches In British Columbia ‘Traveller’s cheques protect you against loss of your money You can obtain Traveller’s Cheques at our nearest branch — THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMM CE MERC ee 3