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letter said, is a U.S. sergeant

LABOR ROUNDUP:

New labor council step
backward say unionists

The issuance of a charter by

the Canadian Labor Congress
(CLC) to establish a Fraser
Walley labor council is being
regarded by labor circles in
Greater Vancouver as a retro-
€Tessive step,

An issue of long-standing de-
bate among trade unionists, a
Seneral opinion held is that the

CLC decision will greatly weak--

€n the affiliated membership and
Prestige of the Vancouver and
District Labor Council,

Coming at this particular time
when the progressive influence
of the VLC has been a major
factor in winning big concessions
for numerous of its affiliates
engaged in strike action to win

_improved wage contracts, the
CLC decision to charter another
central labor council in the
Fraser Valley, is seen asa mea-
Sure to weaken the unity, authori-

ty and “left” trend in VLC poli-
cies,

The general opinion among
those trade unionists welcoming
the CLC decision, is based large-
ly on the argument that Vancou-
ver was “too far away” for at~
tending VLC sessions, and that
problems of VLC affiliates out-
Side of Vancouver were often
relegated to the background, Sid

Thompson, president of Local

4-217 IWA described the CLC
decision as “a big mistake”,

* OK

A delegation of 22 members of
the United Fishermen and Allied
Workers Union are presently in

- Ottawa presenting their views

to the government on the crisis
existing in the British Columbia
fishing industry and relative
matters,

The delegation headed by union
secretary Homer Stevens, and
including representatives from
all major points on the B,C,
coast will present an extensive
brief on problems affecting the
fishing industry to Fisheries
Minister Robichaud, A meeting
with the Minister has already

_been held and others are expect- ©

ed,

The UFAWU delegation will
also present a brief to Works
Minister Mcllraith on the urgent
need of breakwaters, mooring
basins and other facilities, while
another Brief will be presented
to Transport Minister Pickers-
gill on the urgency of greater
safety-at-sea regulations,

Delegates will buttonhole Mem-
bers of Parliament to impress
upon them the seriousness of the
crisis facing B,C, salmon in-
dustry; a crisis shown in part by

at.

the 1965 catch of 953-million
pounds, something less than half
of the annual average during the
years 1951-54,

Contributing to this crisis in
the industry, the UFAWU brief
also points to a number of con-
tributing factors such as ‘‘indis-
criminate logging and pollution
by mining, pulp mill, and chemi-
cal operations, poisonous sewage
and insecticides, etc,

The union also points out that
Japanese fishing for salmon on
the high seas poses a threat to
B.C, stocks, as does interception
of salmon bound for northern B,C,
streams: by Alaskan fishermen,

* * O*
. Unconfirmed reports in some
labor circles indicate the possi-
bility of an early return of the
Seafarers International Union
(SIU) to the Canadian Labor Con-
gress, Placed under. a govern-
ment-sponsored trusteeship for

alleged union racketeering, graft,

violence and other misdemean-
ors, the SIU and its leadership
under the notorious Hal Banks,
were expelled from the CLC,
Other maritime unions in Can-
ada were also placed under the
trusteeship recommended by the
Norris Commission report,

If these reports are accurate,
an early return of the SIU to
the CLC may be expected.

U.S. violates test ban
treaty with overtlights

The Soviet Union charged last
week at the 17-nation Disarma-
ment Conference at Geneva that
the United States is letting loose
the danger of radioactive con-
tamination from the nuclear
bomber crash in Spain last
month, It called the incident a
violation of the 1963 partial nu-
clear test ban treaty,

The 1963 treaty prohibits ex;
plosions in the air, atmosphere
and outer space where there is
a risk of radioactive pollution,
The Soviet Union called for an
immediate end to flights of planes
carrying nuclear or hydrogen
bombs outside national borders,

According to official U,S,
statements and press reports
the detonation device of one hy-
drogen-bomb exploded and radio-
active substances were emitted,
Danger of contamination also’
stemmed from the bomb that fell
into the sea which has not yet
been recovered,

Overflights in Canada by U,S,
nuclear bombers have never been
denied by the Canadian govern-
ment,

RANK AND FILE
VOICE ABSENT

Following AFL-CIO Executive
unqualified support of U.S, ag-
gression in Vietnam, three U.S,
maritime unions have advised
President Johnson that they plan
waterfront demonstrations
agains the ships of all countries
trading with North Vietnam or
what they describe as “the
enemy.”

These unions are the Inter-
national Longshore Association
(ILA), the National Maritime
Union (NMU) and the Seafarers
International Union (SIU), The
leaders of these unions have ad-
vised President Johnson, State
Secretary Dean Rusk and other
Johnson officials that they “plan
action to discourage the flow of
supplies which strengthen North
Vietnam and their puppets. .. .”

In neither of these unions have
the rank-and-file any say in re-
spect to such a policy, but ac-
cording to some opinion coming
from the ranks “we'll also have
something to say on this,”

Parties join to condemn
Socred riding changes

Abandonment by Premier Ben-
nett of several of the key recom-
mendations of the Angus royal
commission, which he appointed,
has run into sharp and united
condemnation of all opposition
parties in B,C,

«Premier Bennett is using the
power of government to juggle
provincial electoral boundaries
as he wants” Nigel Morgan, pro-
vincial leader of the Communist
Party declared on the weekly
broadcast “The Legislature and
You” Sunday, “Considerable
sums of taxpayer’s money was
used in sorting the opinions of
all political groups in B.C, and
preparing recommendations, but
the real decision is. being made
in Socred Party backrooms,’’ he
said. ;

Particularly sharp criticism
was levelled at the Socred pro-
posal to retain two-member rid-

Barney Blakey

The PT regrets to inform its
readers that Mrs, Barney Blakey,
well known in progressive and
labor circles and a supporter of
this newspaper for many years,
has been ‘seriously injured in an
automobile accident.

While all details are not yet
available, it is known she ané¢
another woman were returning
from work at the Simon Fraser
University in the early morning
hours of February 22 when her
small car was involvedinacolli-

ings in Vancouver and Victoria,
“Present multiple ridings in Van-
couver and Victoria were re-
jected by the Commission and for
good reason, Premier Bennett’s
reversion is aimed at protecting
weak government candidates and
helping them to ride in on the
coattails of some cabinet minis-
ter and prolong big business
domination of the political life
of B,C,” the broadcast charged,

‘*Continuation of the inequality
of representation between rural
and urban centres means con-
tinuation of the barefaced gerry-
mander;. the key to the present
Socred majority in the Legis-
lature,’’ Morgan said, He added
that ‘*Premier Bennett’s excuse
that the ‘growth potential’ of the
north justifies his Party’s switch,
just doesn’t hold water because
there is a greater immediate
population growth potential in
the Lower Mainland,”

hurt in crash

sion with another vehicle, The
other woman died as a result of
the accident,

The extent of Barney’s injur-
ies were not available at press
time, but she is definitely suffer-
ing from fractured bones and is
recovering at Vancouver General
Hospital,

Also in General Hospital, in
critical condition, is another vet-
eran PT subscriber and support-
er, Alf Padgham,

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