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This resolution was not a fly-by-
ight proposition. “It was part of
4 caloulated conspiracy laid in Ot-
tawa* and Washington. The
Sroundwork for it had been creat-
€d in Bengough’s vicious presi-
dential address, in the refusal of
the administration to permit the

Madian Tribune to be seated at

© press table, im Gregg’s speech
*0 the convention and Judge May-
bank's remarks to the banquet.
“All these developments were cal-
“ulated to get the delegates in a
frame of mind whereby they
Would give overwhelming support
to the resolution and thus give
abor’s stamp of approval to
Whatever action the government
Might take at this fall session of
the House, both in connection
With Bill H-§ and the LPP.

The conspiracy failed however
8nd failed miserably. Instead of
fing stampeded as the authors
the resolution hoped they
Would be, the delegates spoke up
88 they spoke up on no other ques-
n and decisively defeated the
Tesolution, the administration
‘nd those who were pulling the
Strings behind the scenes.

Tt was a real victory for de-
Mocracy,

This wasn’t the only conspiracy
atched at this convention. An-
is €r one was indicated in Min-

€r of Labor Gregg’s speech to

| Reviewing the
ILC convention

: By WILLIAM KASHTAN
- Looking back at the proceedings of the Trades and Labor con-
Vention which concluded a few days ago, I can’t help but get the
y fedling that new winds are blowing in the labor movement.
the best evidence that this is so was the decisive way in which the
a delegates inflicted defeat on the administration in its efforts to have
the LPP and other organizations outlawed by the government.

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Perhaps

the convention when he intimated
that labor should| forego strike
action in defense industry and
take the path of class collabora-
tion. This no-strike appeal how-

ever! got no support from the |

delegates, many of whom had
come from areas where bitter
strike struggles were being fought
out as a result of the employers
provocatory “hold the line” poli-
cies. This militant mood forced
both Russell Harvey, AFL organ-
izer for Ontario and Percy Ben-
gough to state that labor had no
intention of handing over its
strike weapon to either employers
or government,

A relatively new element] at)

this convention was the growing
anti-U.S. sentiment expressed by
delegates on a number of issues.
Keen and sharp debate took place
on the issue of U.S. workers.and
supervisors taking away the jobs
of Canadian workers on a num-
ber of projects that are now un-
derway in this country. And while
there was no debate on the re-
solution calling ' for the develop-
ment of the natural resources of
the country, its content was of a
nature as to indicate that the
convention was opposed to Can-

ada becoming a source| of raw.

material for the U:S. Indirectly
it mirrored the striving of work-
ers for a re-assertion of Canadian
independence and an end to the
growing domination by the U.S.
of the Canadian economy.

Having said that however it
must also be stated that the: con-
vention tended to move in two op-
posite directions at the same time.
On one hand it defeated the re-
solution for banning the LPP. On
the other it upheld the anti-com-
munist ban which prevents locals
from electing whoever they wish
to office or convention. On one

s-hand the delegateg were very voci-

ferous about the need for all-in-
clusive social security, a nation-
wide low rental housing project,
lessened taxation! on working
class incomes. On the other hand@
they still supported policies, sold
to them as peace and defense
policies which make it impossible
for them to achieve national and
social security. Delegates spoke
about the high cost of living, in-
flation and growing attacks on
trdde union rights without yet
seeing that the defense program
is the source of the difficulty.
Welfare is only possible in con-
ditions of peace, ,

The convention didn’t resolve
that dilemma. The rank and file
in the locals will have to else
many of the good resolutions will
be meaningless. They will also

have to do something else and
that is—fight for those resolu-
tions that are worthwhile, bear-
ing in mind that a federal elec-
tion is in the offing and that the
united and independent political
action of the workers can bring
them important successes.

An ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure, And an ounce
of united action is worth a pound
of resolutions. The TLC conven-
tion and events in the country

show that the workers are moving

strongly in that direction,

HON. MILTON F. GREGG

PERCY BENGOUGH

At the recent Trades and
‘ Labor Congress convention in
Winnipeg, delegates gave a
sharp rebuff to Minister of
Labor Gregg’s ‘‘no strike” pro-
posal and TLC President Ben-
gough’s “ban the communists”
plea, ;

Mine - Mill
sends bid

to. senator

DENVER
U.S. Senator Pat McCarran this
week was sent an invitation to
appear at the 48th convention of
the International Union of Mine,
Mill and Smelter ‘Workers, four
of whose leaders he has subpoen-
ad for hearings of the McCarran
“Internal Security” subcommit-
tee, '

The invitation, signed by the
union’s four highest officers —
international president John
Clark, vice presidents Orville Lar-
son and Charles Wilson, and sec-
retary-treasurer Maurice E, Trav-
is—proposed that McCarran come
to the convention in New York
”on any day which is convenient
to you during the week of Sep-
tember 8, to answer our charge
that you, Senator ‘Pat McCarran,
aré an enemy of American labor.”

“This charge is based on four
facts,’’ the letter said. ‘“1) You

were the author of the infamous }.

McCarran ‘Thought Control’ Act;
2) You were one of the authors
of the anti-democratic MicCarran-
Walter ‘Quarantine Aliens’ Act;
3) You were the author of the
McCarran Anti-Labor Bill intro-

‘duced in the last session of Con-

gress; and -4) ‘You- voted to de-
mand that a Taft-Hartley injunc-
tion be invoked against the steel
workers.” :

Clark and Travis are two of

the four subpoenad Mine-Mill wit-
nesses. :

Red 4baiters slapped
by rank - and - file

at TLC convention

WINNIPEG

After delivering sharp setbacks to Brigadier-General Gregg’s
appeal for a no-strike pledge and the resolution, with the blessing
of the TLC leadership, calling for the outlawing of the LPP, the 67th
convention of the Trades and Labor Congress held here August 16-
22 dealt with a number of vital issues confronting working people.

_ The convention endorsed reso-
lutions calling for:

® Enactment of a national bill
of rights.

@ A nation-wide minimum
wage of 85 cents an hour.

@ Development of natural re-
sources to promote full employ-
ment. 2 : ;

@aA government - subsidized
contributory national health in-
surance which would provide ade-

quate medical, surgical, optical,
psychopathic and dental treat-
ment.

@ All-Canadian routing of gas
pipe-lines from the western gas
fields to the east.

In the closing hours of the con-
vention, President Bengough led
the attack against the unity reso-
lution introduced by the Hamil-
ton Can workers calling for :the
coordination of activities and pol-
icies of the TLC, CCL, Catholic

‘| syndicates and the railway run-

ning trades. Bengough said he
was opposed to joint activity with
the CCL but declared that he had
no criticisms of the activities of
the Catholic syndicates or the rail-
way running trades in the pre-
vious joint committee. Never-
theless, Bengough not only oppos-
3d unity with the CCL, but alsc
with the Catholic syndicates and
che railway running trades.

Bengough’s blow at Jabor unity
‘ame at a time when both AFL
and CCL railway workers are par-
ticipating in a joint negotiating
committee around the demands of
125,000 railway workers for a

/45 cent an hour wage boost.

The executive deliberately tried
to steer the delegates away from
such vital issues as the-develop-
ing wage movement, rising prices
and the working out of the cost-
of-living escalator clause. How-
ever, they were not completely
successful in doing that.

The convention passed a reso
lution on peace calling on th
federal government to increase it;
efforts to obtain world peac
through the UN, NATO, the Inter.
national Confederation of Fre
Trade Unions, and the Interna
tional Labor Organization. Red
baiting arguments succeeded it
winning the inclusion of NATC
in the resolution. This in effect
nullified the overwhelming desir

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of the delegation to see peace
achieved in the world; the reso-
lution nevertheless summed up
the repeated criticisms made in
the earlier sessions against heavy
federal expenditures for war pur-
poses while health insurance.
housing and other pressing is-
sues. were being ignored.

The convention also passed the
following resolutions:

' @ Federal aid in building low
rental housing. This was approv-
ed by the delegates and referred
to the incoming executive for ac-
tion.

@ Enactment of a fair employ-
ment practise bill in provinces that
do not have it.

@ Lessening of income tax on
lower income groups and increas-
ing it on higher income groups,
including reimposition of the ex-
cess profits tax on corporate in-
comes.

@ Prevention of ‘foreign per-
sonnel’ working in Canada until
all Canadian unemployed have
been given opportunity to fill
available jobs. .

@Cessation of immigration in
the winter and off-season months,

@® The expansion of foreign
trade to prevent unemployment.

e Aid to underdeveloped coun-
tries of the world.

@ prevention of labor relations
boards from interfering with the
internal workings of unions ap-
plying for certification as bar-
gaining agents.

@ Introduction of subsidies on

essential food items so ‘that prices °

to consumers will be lowered, and
the institution of price controls.
4 J

@ Prompt payment of unem-
ployment insurance benefits dur-
ing- peak unemployment periods.

@ Payment of unemployment
insurance benefits to ‘strikers and
locked-out workers.

@ Public ownership of tele-
phone services.
@® CBC control of Canadian

television and censoring TV pro-
grams that affect morals.

@ Equal bargaining rights for
civil servants.

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