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protest vehemently the accusation pide their news eae:
Spatches are ever “slanted” or “coloured” to convey im-
pressions contary to the facts. The stock answer to any
charges of “ ‘loading” news oa with pa} ganda | to
ly strict ve factual, and
ie any Sr oHaliine is Pane to the editorial col-
mns.
A recent incident has demonstrated to the Canadian

labour
af reporting are readily discarded if the opportunity
rises to create false impressions regarding trade union
may strive to write

objectively, like any other. semoploy ee he must he ee pe

leading dailies, S,) a ies

President Cla es of the Canadian Labour
Congress See s er prepared keynote speech
eminar in Winni-

notes available; th:

. He has since made his

and what the public was asked 3 believe he said, were
two totally different version:

‘were

prepared to sudiate anys indepen lent eae Tito the

field of direct pojitical ac’

e evigence: poe ae stories es given eis ‘slant”

wilderm: ands of
ing a

sident found i to
wltese possible stew eson eerouey trade union channels
of the actual text of his spee
anagement cee “however, found in this
a zeady-made opportunity to trot out another highly
trade union purposes.

things, that

claimed, among o' puesident

in po:
farmer ure c bitahodering the “re-birth of a mori-
bund minority p
nex a oe oe and somewhat inconsistently,
ly interest
emi!

3S
resources in order to compel annual rounds of wage in-
creases.

s across British Columbia were warned to

pow

d trade unions. Political action oy the
workers was Sante as something in the nature of a
national calami

Now case (ine facts are available, what did Claude
Jodoin say

He oe his remarks mainly to the following pro-
positions ; —

(1) That C nscientiously
carryit the | instructions ee the Test eonvenuod to
i new and suitable political

instrument for organize iB our.

(2). That it is now m tive than eve!
such a party should be formed, ae eile Liberal, Barat
Credit and Goneervative parties have failed to protect

tv

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the legitimate rights of the trade unions.

new political ee
a1 will ee coerced it
are Be

ic aerate be allowe in
at wauayoaceils 8 ‘or the formation of a new poli-
tical party never contemplated any affiliation of the cats

= ment in Canada in a manner similar to the
relationship between the British rages Union Congress
and the ish Labour Party. eas Se a pla , the
mat conom ic functions of le uni will

pei ry

continue to be directed indepen: ently “of nay “outside

Political influence and strictly as fas by the m-
shi

The reports which appeared interpreted his remarks
in.a way that publi President for the faith-
ful cischaree of his obligations toward the body of which
he is

When he situation is fully understood by trade
unions it will be seen that the enter, prisines journalist
who so obli ie advance
* Cone merce,

ctually did organized labour a service.

More workers have been aie aware of the bias in
news ieumtine practiced in some ques against trade
unions. A striking example has been furnished trade
unionists e need for developing their own media
to dispense reliable labour news in order to offset a

Ww:
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OTTAWA (CPA) — Trade ‘ong and progressive position
unionists Tave been asked to get | on ev Sue Bat ‘of social legislation | &"¢ hea
the forthcoming
Feather cepa by CLC ex- aie health ' insurance and
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