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—Photo, courtesy IWA Regional

-Council No. 1.

These three striking PWA stewardesses have been fired by
the company. All three received a standing ovation at the
Vancouver Labor Council last Tuesday night after Beverley
Dame (left) addressed the council. :

Scrap Bomarcs,
costs urged by

Kamloops Labor Council
has called on the Canadian
government to “abandon their
nuclear role and assume the
full cost of elementary edu-
cation” in Canada, stating
that Ottawa does practically
nothing towards _ providing
finances for education.

“What’s the use of arming
two Bomare bases to defend
us against nothing?” Ray Mc-
Innes, of council’s civic af-
fairs committee, asked, blast-
ing the policy of money spent
on such items.

At the labor council’s meet-
ing of Thursday, Feb. 21, Mc-
Innes lauded the proposed op-

pay education
Kamloops labor

erating budget of Kamloops
and North Kamloops for this
year, despite the fact that he
termed the 17 percent in-
crease over last year “alarm-
ing.’ He noted that almost
two-thirds of the total budget
was for teachers’ salaries and
supplies.

His report also praised the
school board’s actions in plac-
ing monies in the budget for
acquisition of land for expan-
sion purposes in an effort to
purchase before speculation
could take place.

“This committee feels we
are getting as much as pos-
sible for our dollar,’’ McInnes
said.

YCL elects

“With the spirit of 1812 to
guide us, Canada will drive
back your attempts at econo-
mic and political domination
now, as it did to your armies
in the past.”

This resolution, sent to Pre-
sident Kennedy, indicates the
spirited opposition to U.S. in-
terference and nuclear weap-
ons in Canada that was voiced

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delegates

by 50 delegates to the B.C.
Young Communist League
convention last Sunday.

The convention, at the Fish-
ermen’s Hall, was held to el-
ect delegates for the National
YCL Convention in Toronto
on July 4, 5 and 6.

~Youth unity against nuc-
lear weapons in this federal
election was agreed upon as
the main task facing the YCL.
Discussion on unemployed,
education, sports and recrea-
tional facilities served to
highlight these issues, con-
fronting youth in this elec-
tion.

The slogan “Stay Atom
Free in ’63” was adopted by
the delegates as the battle
ery which would rally the
greatest number of young
Canadians to fight for Can-
ada’s best interests.

ELECTION RALLY
HEAR
LESLIE MORRIS

National Leader

Communist Party of Canada

Sunday, March 24

Pender Auditorium
8 p.m.
339 WEST PENDER STREET

March 8, 1963—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 8

Three ste wardesses, on
strike at Pacific Western Air-
lines and fired from their
jobs, received a standing ova-
tion at the Vancouver Labor
Council meeting last Tuesday
night.

Beverley Dame, speaking
to council on behalf of the
striking Canadian Air Line
Flight Attendants Association,
told delegates that PWA em-
ployees were receiving up to
25 percent less wages than
CPA employees — who work-
ed out of the same building,
only ten feet away.

She added that “10 stew-
ardesses have been fired for
calling a scab — a scab” on
the picket line. In addition,
six pilots, with seniority

City assessment
board acts hit

Vancouver City Council
should demand the removal
of the present members of
the Assessment Court of Re-
vision and their replacement
by people who are represen-
tative of the citizens of Van-
couver, William Stewart.
Vancouver secretary of the
Communist Party, said in a
statement to the press.

The actions of the Court of
Revision in knocking more
than $3 million off the assess-
ments of five Vancouver golf
courses and other business
property is consistent with
the long record of big-busi-
ness favouritism by the Court
of Revision.

Vancouver homeowners, on
the other hand, appealing
high assessments, have met
with harassment and down-
right intimidation on appeal-
ing to the Board, which is
made up entirely of represen-
tatives of the business com-
munity including real estate
dealers.

Women’s Day in
New Westminster

International Women’s Day
will be celebrated in New
Westminster on Sunday,
March 10, with a Tea and
Concert at 2 p.m. at the
Dreamland Dance Hall
(Church off Columbia).

Featured speaker will be
Mrs. Dorothy Steeves, former
MLA and member of the
CCND.

Ba,

This is the Soviet Union's “flying saucer,”
the Disco-plane-2, recently test flown for
the first time near Moscow. It weighs a quar-

ranging from 10 to 17 years

‘and all World War II veter-

ans, were also fired for re-
fusing to cross the picket line.

Council. pledged solidarity
and assistance to the strikers
after William Stewart (Boil-
ermakers) stated that ‘we
have to promise these people
solidarity not only against the
employer, but against any
government sponsored at-
tempt to force an agreement
upon their union on company
terms.” _

Council also heard Brian

Johnson of the RC Govern-

ment Employees state that
the province's civil servauts
were demanding “full bar-
gaining rights and the re-in-
statement of the dues check-
off.’ A recent meeting of
Essondale and Woodlands em-
ployees voted 610 to 1 in
favor of strike action to win
these and other demands.

Johnson assured council
that in the event of a strike
a picket line of 1,000 peopte
would be set up and was in
turn assured that VLC back-
ing would be forthcoming.

pendence.

ection day.

your party.

and 10 p.m.

Make sure you are
on the voters list |

WHO IS ENTITLED TO VOTE IN THE APRIL 8th
FEDERAL ELECTION? Every person in Canada who is; (a)
twenty-one years of age and will attain such age on or be-
fore election day (April 8th next); (b) a Canadian citizen
or British subject; And (c) has been ordinarily resident in
Canada for the twelve months immediately preceeding el-

HOW CAN ONE BE SURE OF BEING ON THE VOT-
ERS LIST? If you live in an urban riding, you should have
an enumerator’s recejpt. A list will be posted on a tele-.
phone pole in your immediate vicinity for checking. A list
will be delivered to your household for checking your div-
ision. If in doubt phone the Returning Officer for your
constituency, or the candidate or campaign headquarters of

REVISION OF VOTERS LISTS. Names left off the ur-
ban voter’s list can be added on March 21, 22 and 23 at
revising offices advertised in each constituency. An elec-
tor can fill out Form 18 for this purpose which can be tak-
en to the revising officer by an agent. The agent can of
course be a person acting on behalf of a party committee
in the riding. Objection can also be taken to any names
wrongfully on the list. In rural constituencies the Court of
Revision sits on Thurs., March 21 ONLY, between 10 a.m.

Victoria students hear
first Communist speaker

More than 500 students packed
the main auditorium at Victoria
University last Tuesday to listen
to what is believed to be the first
Communist speaker to appear on
campus there.

William Stewart, Vancouver
secretary of the Communist
Party, speaking on behalf. of
Nigel Morgan, who had_ been
scheduled to address the meet-
ing, told the student body that
their extra - curricular efforts
should be directed towards the
securing of world peace and the
-winning back of Canadian inde-

ter of a ton and has a wing-span of 16 feet.

v

“April 8, 1963 is one of the
watersheds of Canadian history,
and will either point Canada in
the direction of world peace and
the strengthening of our sov-
ereignty, or entangle us even
deeper in cold-war alliances and
surrender even further our na-
tional independence to the U.S..”

he told the students.
Remarks made by Stewart con-

cerning world disarmament and
in opposition to Canadian aquisi-
tion of nuclear arms, were re-
ceived with applause.

A number of students met with
the speaker after the meeting:

A feature of its flight, making for safer
landings, is the “air cushion” achieved by

the saucer shape.

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