=e ort Colborne. : large B.C. steel local hits udbury raid on Mine-Mill The second largest Steel local in B.C. has condemned its:national officers for iding the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers at. Sudbury and|: At their regular membership | Seting last Saturday, Local can best be served by a policy 02, a composite local of the| of organizing the unorganized SWA, unanimously gave sup-|and building a strong trade rt- to a- resolution which|-union front against the large ongly condemns the action| monopolies in this country who our national leadership in| are attempting to slash wages empting tc raid and smash| and destroy unions.” the jurisdiction of the IUMM| In the meantime, in Sud- S in Sudbury and Port Col-|bury there are strong indica- [borne, tions that the Steel raid is fac- 4p. “It is our opinion that the| ing mounting opposition. iterests of Canadian labor| President Gillis of Local 598 Fishermen's Union warns against new raid threat The United Fishermen and Allied Workers. Union, Which has twice fought off threats to its jurisdiction 7} ver west coast fishermen, is faced with another possible Vchallenge by the Native Brotherhood of B.C. 4} Frank Calder, e&«-CCF, MLA, '®d now working in a mana- Serial capacity for B.C. Pack- rs, disclosed in the Prince Ru- Pert News that a_ resolution Was before the fifth conven- n of the Nishga Tribal Coun- l applying for a charter from € Canadian Labor Congress. | tf the resolution goes through it will be forwarded to the 29th Annual Convention of the the UFAWA under the signa- ture of its secretary-treasurer Homer Stevens, asks those con- cerned and the entire Brother- hood to “take another look”’. The letter sketches out the good relations between the Na- tive Brotherhood and the UFA WA anq the fact that the UFA WA has based itself squarely at all times on the fundament- inte, eee ee Native Brotherhood being} al principle of racial equality helg in Alert Bay on Novem-| and has represented equally her 20-25. well the interests of fishermen, native and non-native. The union statement makes the following points: e Unity of all fishermen is the indispensible requirement to advance their interests. e Native Brotherhod is a fraternal organization set up to deal with the social, political and basic national problems of the Indian people and that any attempt to transform it into a trade union would wreck the Brotherhood. ® Any raid by the Native Brotherhood on the UFAWA would be unsuccessful and only serve to disunite the Na- tive workers amongst them- selves and destroy the Native Brotherhood. e Involvement of company officials (Calder) suggests in- terference with the manage- ment in union affairs, carries penalties under the law and signifies company unionism. The UFAWA offers to meet with officials of the’ Native Brotherhood to discuss any problems clearly and without any bitterness. BOMARC B MISSILES IN CANADA According to Calder, “in the €vent that the Native Brother- hood convention approves the ishga resolution and the Na- tive Brotherhood is accepted Into the CLC, the Brotherhood ganization would be the | ly union fepresenting fish- €rmen in the ‘CLC. In a lengthy letter to Calder d the Nishga Tribal Council, — Cont‘d from pg. l “Maximum unity of the en- tire jabor and _ progressive Movement, and every indivi- Mal in it, is needed to stop _} “8 business in its tracks and 7 “*e that the big steal they have 7} jatched does not get the sanc- 10n of the capitalist courts. The Bennett government | Should be urged to reject the '*Pplication, and: get on with - job of giving the people Je full advantage of lower Rent and transit rates to which hey are entitled,” Morgan de- Clare, Above is one of the two Bomarc B’s secretly shipped into Canada recently from the’ United States amid indications “at only nuclear warheads are planned for them. The Toronto Star reported that while the Bomarc A has me Onventional warhead designed for it, this is not the case is ‘the Bomarc B and there are no indications the U.S. | Mtends to design other than a nuclear warhead for it. — “Heavily guarded by RCAF security guards. the missiles ‘tived at North Bay, Ont., on Oct. 19. They had been Bred from Seattle under strict secrecy to avoid ee: w ations by those opposed to Canada’s acquiring nuc ear -“8Pons from the U.S. : who heads. the opposition to Mine Mill in Sudbury, lost control of a packed meeting in the union hall and calledin the police when efforts to ad- journ the meeting failed. _ Argument arose over the re- fusal by Gillis to accept a mo- tion of Tom Taylor, ex-execu- tive board member, calling on the meeting to condemn the Steel raid in Sudbury. A majority of the members present: at the meeting re- mained behind after the ad- journment and approved the Taylor motion. In Port Colborne, it is re- ported that in- a debate be- tween Harvey Murphy of Mine Mill and Larry Sefton, Steel- workers representative, the majority of a meeting of 1800 workers, one of the largest in the history of the town, show- ed their clear support for the Mine Mill union. The Steelworkers have ap- plied for a certification vote in Port Colborne. The laws in Ontario require a _ union to show 45% of the employees effected have signed up in an applicant union. Steel claim to have signed up over 60% of the work force at Port Colborne. Officials of the Mine Mill union question- ed here expressed complete confidence that-Steel will be decisively beaten in Port Col- borne. f City Jobless To Meet The annual meeting of the Vancounver Unemployed Council will be held on Thurs- day, November 16th, 1 p.m. at the Pender Auditorium, 339 West Pender. The meeting will hear Jack Moore, Ist Vice President of the B.C. Federation of Labor and C. P. Neale, secretary of the Vancouver Labor Council, and will elect its officers fo the coming year. - : SELMAR BEAN, above, an- nounced this week he will be a candidate for Surrey council in the election on December 7. ‘A longshoreman and active community. worker, Bean is ‘strongly opposed to what he terms “the lunacy of civil de- fence.” His program calls for senior government aid to edu- cation, better municipal plan- ning, modified ward system, | graduated tax on business, and. a public enquiry into the B.C. | Real Estate Act. | Parent Protests | Stop War Drill peace highlights VOW meeting Establishment of a Peace Research Institute in Canada’ and endorsation of VOW’s aim of a World Peace Year highlighted the provincial meeting of Voice of Women October 28, at the YWCA. The institute would be un- der direction of specialists studying. economic, social and political conditions to maintain peace. Study programs for an informed membership of wo- men throughout the world was stressed. Voice of Women is sponsor- ing a “summit” meeting of leading women of the world to be held in Canada next June where it is proposed to ask the United Nations to proclaim World Peace Year. Display booths at national and international fairs were agreed upon and it was felt the B.C. body could make a significant contribution to this) | achieve peace. idea. “Ways to Achieve Peace” was the theme chosen for an essay contest in B.C. schools by the 115 delegates represent- ing 1000 women in 101 areas. Luncheon speaker was Mrs, J. Foulks, who with her two children accompanied Dr. Foulks to the Soviet Union where he worked and studied for a year as an exchange sci- entist. Subject of Mrs. Foulks talk was “‘A Canadian Family in the USSR.” Dr. Kathleen Langston was elected provincial president o£ VOW. Throughout the one day meeting confidence was ex- pressed in the united efforts of the world’s women to help BC New Democratic youth rally against nuclear arms Sixty-five regular and alternate delegates attended the B.C. Founding Convention of the New Democratic Youth last weekend in Vancouver. The delegates from-twelve NDY clubs, the University New Democratic Party, Student Christian Movement, and the Young CCF executive, met to forge a program and constitu- tion. The delegates their ‘“Manifesto” declared in that “War _|today can mean the quick an- nihilation of our generation. Peace can mean a world of un- limited horizons.” All delegates were unani- mous in opposing nuclear arms in Canada and any military alliances. Public pressure forced the Burnaby school board to cancel a _ civil defence drill scheduled for primary schools on Wednesday, Nov- ember 8th. A protest arose centering On-peace groups, PTA mem- bers and individuals, and a movement to keep children home from school on that day was gathering momen- tum. The school board told a protest delegation appear- ing before it on November Ist, that the exercise had been cancelled because of widespread protest. _ Similar school drills are being planned in other school districts throughout B.C, The stand of the convention on peace was weakened when the convention did not specific- ally oppose membership in NATO and NORAD. However, in the dying minutes of the convention, a resolution to sup- port the policies of the NDP was challenged. One delegate took the floor and charged, “If I vote for this I will be voting for NATO.” This resulted in a majority of the delegates not voting on the resolution. Fear of upsetting the parent body by putting forward a pro- gressive program, forced the convention to skirt U.S. econ- omic and political control of Canada, neutrality, the arms burden; and recognition of People’s China. As one delegate put it “Let us tread softly.” ; Highlight of the convention was guest speaker Tom Berger, B.C. president of the NDP, who charged, “the government is conditioning Canadian peo- ple for a nuclear war by en- couraging fallout shelters.” Autonomy of membership and program developed into a fight at the outset of the cone. vention. 'The Federal NDP grants constitutional and pro- gram autonomy to the youth, provided said constitution and program are not in conflict with the principles of the Federal Party. Also applica- tions for membership are sub- ject to “screening” by the parent body. November 10, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3 -