LL I LAA Le I AR A a nso ianag ays - fwa Gl y i ° Mes: Ms ‘ fT] : a ee h ; . él ) Pe Vancouver, B.C., May 16, 1947 ay 303 Fr \ debebbdbbelstel I Vol. 6. No. 20 Five Cents OPPOSE NEW LABOR ACT LPP calls for united labor action ee e ~ Fascist tactics charged @ Charge that the actions of Premier Maurice Du- Plessis against leaders of. United Textile Workers in «the strike of some 850 tex- tile workers at Lachute, Quebec, “are taking on the character of fascist persecu- tion,” was made by C. S. Jackson this week. Jack- Son, district president of the United Electrical Workers, charged that Duplessis was fronting for “reactionary, anti-democratic corporations who for years have been Paying sweatshop wages to their workers.” @ Kent Rowley (right), UTWA president, was atrested at his Montreal home where his father is dying and his mother is ser- iously ill. ee By its enactment of Bill 39, the Anscomb-Hart Coalition government has declared war on the trade unions. In its struggle against the new Act,‘the trade union movement can become the rallying center for a united people’s move- ment to defeat the Coalition, and the Labor-Progressive Party “pledges its full support to the trade union movement in taking the initiative to fight for rescinding of Bill 39 through nomination of people’s or labor candidates in the next provincial election.” This is the import of a statement issued this week by Nigel Morgan, LPP provincial leader, in which he announces that if a united program can be achieved, “‘the LPP will consider’ condidates nominated by that united movement to be labor or people’s candidates and will fully support them as such—even to the extent of foregoing our right to nominate candidates.” Text of the statement follows: Continued on page 8---See LPP CALLS FOR UNITED LABOR ACTION Canadian-Soviet treaty sought OTTAWA—Main proposal of a memorandum to be presented . e this week to the government from the National Conference or Canadian-Soviet Relations calls for a treaty of friendship be- tween Canada and the USSR. ‘ Calling attention to the need for, “friendly relations between Canada and the USSR,” which have “deteriorated during the past two years,’ the document calls on the government to act on this 4-point program: : ; ‘ © Initiate trade discussions wth ithe Soviet government based on long-term credits granted by Canada. @ Facilitate cultural exchanges between Canada and the USSR encouraging the CBC, National Film Board, National Gallery and other agencies to exchange cultural materials with the Soviet Union. @ Plan development of the Canadian North in such a way as to ensure a friendly frontier with the USSR. - @ Negotiate a long-term treaty of friendship with the Soviet Union along the lines of the British-Soviet agreement. : A delegation chosen from the conference to present the recommendations to the government includes: Leslie Roberts, Elmore Philpott (at right), Rev. Gregory Lee, Senator T. D. Bouchard and F. W. Park. Two representatives of the official trade union movement will also be added to the group., Buyers’ strike gets support of unions Scores of Vancouver trade unionists will join housewives in picketing downtown and suburban stores this Saturday as part of a national drive to halt butter sales this week in order to force the price down. Delegates to Vancouver Labor Council (CCL), this week pledged complete support to the one-month buyers’ strike campaign initiated na- tionally last weekend by the Housewives Consumers Association. Among trade unions officially taking part in the picketing Smeltermen expected to reject CMS offer TRAIL, B.C.—Smelter workers at the Consolidated ining and Smelting Company’s plant here are expected to reject a company offer for a wage increase of eight cents 8n hour and other minor proposals, when they ballot on the matter here this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The \ Workers, represented by Local 480, CIO, Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers’ Union, are asking a wage boost of 25 “ents an hour and an improved pension plan, The Con- Solidated offer was rejected by some 500 Kimberley miners a a membership meeting last Monday. They will formally Vote on the offer by referendum this Thursday and Friday. The complete company offer, the first to be made in ‘the current contract negotiations, calls for wage boosts of “ight cents across the board, with additional premiums of _tom one-half to four and a half cents for various categories €mployment. Common laborers were offered five cents 2a Our and a new holiday rate for contractors was men- ’ Oned. i The MMSW local terms these latter provisions as mere- y ‘fringe issues,’ apart from the union’s main wage demands. re an executive member of the Local students were also active Tim Buck to tour Coast in June i * Tim Buck, LPP national leader, who recently returned _ | trom a tour of Britain and the Continent, will address public Satherings in Vancouver, Victoria and Port Alberni in the Course of a brief four-day visit to the Coast next month, it pean noes by LPP provincial headquarters here this ee) . On Saturday, June 14, at 7 p.m., Buck will speak at a banquet in Vancouver, and on Sunday, June 15, 8 p.m., he will address a public rally at Exhibition Gardens. On Monday, June 16, 8 p.m., he will speak in Capital Theater, Port Al- berni, and on Tuesday, June 17, 8 p.m., in Chamber of Com- paten, Merce Building, Victoria. will be*the Marine Workers and Boilermakers Industrial Union and the International Wood- workers’ Locals 1-217 and 1-71. Housewives throughout Brit- ish Columbia were active this week in the butter boycott cam- according to reports given to the Pacific Tribune. Picketing in Vancouver, Port Al- berni, Courtenay and Cumber- land -has resulted in a sharp drop in sales of butter and shortening, Mrs. Mona Morgan, IWA Wo- men’s Auxiliaries organizer, and Housewives Consumers Associa- tion, addressed a rally of Port Alberni citizens this week, at which the buyers’ strike cam- paign was given. enthusiastic backing. This Saturday and Sun- day, Mrs. Morgan will speak at public meetings at Cumberland, Courtenay and Campbell River. Vancouver housewives were contacted in the hundreds this week in a special chain tele- phone campaign initiated by members of the Housewives Consumers Association here. on the prices front this week, when ‘round robin’ petitions were circulated in city schools asking that chocolate bar prices be lowered to five cents. Thous- ands of students in Grandview, Kitsilano and Strathcona schools were among those who signed the petition to the federal gov- ernment, The petitions, prepared by the National Federation of Labor Youth, are’ being circulated in (Continued on page 8) See STRIKE