UFAWU says probe gov't attack on union _ “United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union is under attack by the federal gov- ernment at the behest of a handful of scabs and undoubtedly influenced by those who would benefit most if the fishermen of B.C. were deprived of their long-established right to bargain for their livelihood,’’ says the current issue of The Fisherman in an editorial attacking the probe of the UFAWU under the Combines Investigation Act. Quoting Mr. Justice Clyne to the effect that the director of in- vestigations does not have to pro- . ceed with an investigation or a charge upon application of six people, but has certain discre- tionary powers, The Fisherman continues: “The minister of justice is pro- ceeding with this investigation because he wishes to proceed, because it is a matter of policy, not because he is compelled to ca SS ge “This is, obviously, a direct gov- ernment attack on the UFAWU in particular and the trade union movement in general. “Mr. Garson has said, ‘There is no intention to interfere in the proper activities of any un- ‘ion.’ But if he can investigate the UFAWU, then why not the Barbers, the Cab Drivers, the Carpenters, the Plumbers, the Street Railwaymen, the Painters, the Woodworkers, the Miners, or any other trade union? 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Bring this ad = with you 752 Granville St. (ENeHiMtimiaNy, COOOL bs harassment, and intimidation against any union if the gov- ernment is successful in using it against the UFAWU. “The federal government must be told’ to use the Combines Act for what it was devised, to pro- tect the public from unscrupulous business practises, from big com- panies getting together to hijack the consumer, and from the ne- farious practises associated with exorbitant profits.” The union reported this week. that up to May 25 the two gov- ernment investigators had seized 2,690 items from the union files and catalogued and placed them aside for eventual removal to Ottawa. Frank Howard, CCF MLA for Skeena, has lodged a strong protest against the Combines investigation with Justice Min- ister Stuart Garson and called on him to “take immediate steps to stop the investigation, “for by no stretch of the imag- ination can this action be class- ed as legal.” Harold Winch, CCF MP for Vancouver East, was absent from the House because of illness the day the question was raised, but wrote the UFAWU that he takes “a most serious view of this in- vasion of trade union rights, and should the matter not be satis- factorily settled, will deal with it again at the first opportunity ;in the House.” The UFAWU has applied for an injunction to halt the gov- ernment investigators from pro- ceeding with their search of union files, and hearing of the application will likely conclude this week. Position taken by union coun- sel, as summarizedein The Fish- erman, is this: “Offices of the UFAWU have been raided and searched but the canners have not been touch- ed. They have seized or im- pounded approximately 2,600 of our documents so far. . . . Com- ing at a time when our negotia- tions are at their peak, this tends to completely disrupt and dislo- cate the work of the union. “This could very easily lead to complete dislocation of the in- dustry at the very height of the season. “Section 25 of the Fisheries Act authorizes the Fishermen’s CONSTANTINE FINE CUSTOM TAILORING Ladies’ and Gentlemen Rm., 118, 603 W. Hastings St. PA. 5810 Vancouver 2, B.C. SG BBB rele )enae ese CABARET DANCE TO HONOR ‘P.TY SATURDAY, JUNE 2 — 9 P.M. OPERATING ENGINEERS’ HALL FLOOR SHOW. OO eee ae Auspices — Kingsway Social Club STAFF 5804. FRASER Union to bargain collectively to establish the wages of fishermen expressed in terms of the price of fish. “The late Chief Justice Farris in 1946 sat as sole arbitrator to interpret the union’s salmon price agreément and did, for that seas- on, fix the price of fish. “In 1952 the minister of labor, Hon. Lyle Wicks, acted as a medi- ator in a dispute between the fishermen and the canners in re- spect to salmon prices. Later that same year Premier W. A. C. under Section 25 of the Fisheries Act to fix the price of fish as between the fishermen and the canners. “It is unthinkable that these two eminent jurists would par- ticipate in anything that was il- legal. “What is the union being charg- ed with? The union is being kept in the dark as to its alleged crimes. Surely any citizen of Canada who was charged with violations of the Criminal Code would be entitled to know what sections he had violated. It looks to us more like a fishing expedi- tion in an endeavor to obtain some shadow of justification for this unjustifiable raid on the union.” : Bennett appointed Judge Clerihue | Urges pressure on Senocte continue, s TORONTO “However government | manages to force through its , pipeline bill, the last has not} been heard on this central is- sue of Canada’s national policy,” ; Leslie Morris, LPP national org- anizer, said this week. In an interview, he said he be- lieved the fight would go on with renewed energy, not only around the pipeline sellout, but around the whole question of the St. Laurent government’s policies— “and including the resignation from the government of C. D. Howe, architect of the betrayal.” “What is needed now is the unity of all the forces opposing Hose turned on Doukhobor women NELSON, B.C. A fire hose was used against a group of Doukhobor women here: Monday this week when they gathered at the home of Emmett Gulley, Quaker secre- tary of the government committee on Doukhobor affairs, to appeal for return of their children from the New Denver school. ‘ Children of Sons of Freedom parents who oppose schooling because they believe it teaches militarism have been held at New Denver by authorities for as long as two years. Force of the water hurled two women to the ground, crying and screaming... The fire hose broke a moment later, dousing some of the firemen, and the Freedomites moved down the road, appealing to spectators to help them recover their children. the Pipeline battle will ays Morris the government on this issue,” he declared. “The labor movement is exerting considerable strength. The CCF is waging a magnificent battle in the House of Commons. The Tories are also putting up a strong battle, but the labor movement cannot afford to per- mit them to assume the mantle of leadership.” Morris added that “we of the Labor - Progressive party are proud to be a part of this battle for Canada — for that is what it is essentially.” Morris noted that the LPP had pioneered on this issue, having first raised it publicly three years ago. He recalled also the LPP’s fight ~for the all-Canadian Sea- way and the unity that eventu- ally developed around that is- sue. “The bill must go to the Sen- ate,” he said, “and Senators are not wholly immune to public pressure.” He advised a barrage of wires and letters to Liberal MPs and Senators. But unity was the key to vic- tory, he repeated. “We fully agree with M. J. Coldwell that this is a question above partisan inter- ests. It’s a question around which all of us must bury our differ- ence on other points. If we can find unity on the main thing at this moment — that ownership and control of the pipeline must remain in Canadian hands — we can yet defeat the government’s plan.” With the CCF the LPP favored public ownership, Morris explain- ed. “But this should not be al- lowed to divide the people. The main task is to keep control in Canada. On that point, most Canadians are agreed.” A charge of 50 cents for each insertion of five lines or less with 10 cents for each additional line is made for notices appearing in this column. No notices will be accepted later than Tuesday noon of the week of publication. NOTICES DURING PRESS DRIVE PERIOD —This office will be open until 4 p.m. Saturdays. DEADLINE FOR COMING EVENTS COLUMN — All copy must be in the Pacific Tribune office not later than 12° noon Tuesday. ate your used postage stamps, any country, including Canada, particularly values above 5c and perforated OHMS or overprinted OHMS or G. 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