That’s how many subs we to pick up. q OUR CURRENT DRIVE. FINAL CLEAN UP WEEK As these lines are written it is Monday and we have one week left to make our Fall sub drive a success . . . - | 375 IS THE MAGIC FIGURE. 1400 — and that’s exactly the number of expired subs 1 ; PEAJOR EFFORT THIS WEEKEND TO PICK EVERY EXPIRY CAN BRING SUCCESS FOR WON’ T YOU HELP? need to reach our goal of NEVER LEARN aa Saskatoon, Sask. writes: Sept . Eastern Newsletter of age oe a7 the last sentence on of S: “It is the supreme duty ag accepts even part of ci ‘ee act now, to act with Biss ct to force a change of itis too'late.”’ Veryon analy : Who Polic b U 50 becom, danger of the Vietnam war ate . third nuclear war. There Netican Ms to believe that even tai alism, perhaps the Id not ety power on earth, around “me of the area was Br oe | Pei Sy, : Insteg Fy oe, Pee fey . . Months the U.S. found IT PAYS to sell the Pacific Tribune a TRY IT — Call E. Crist Circulation 685-5288 they could no more get the Chinese out of their positions than Hitler could bomb the Russians out of their dug-in poisitions in the rubble where Stalingrad had been in 1943. So the war in North Korea ended more or less in a draw. Again the American imperialists could have learned a lesson. They did work out another plan, to keep Asian fighting other Asians in Vietnam. Xmas Notions Sale & SMORGASBORD SUPPER SAT. —DEC.2 from 3 P.M. SUPPER — 5 to 7P.M. at 3440 Fromme Road North Vancouver SPECIAL EVENING FEATURE REFRESHMENTS Militant unionists need — to discuss vital issues By OBSERVER The real strength of organized labor lies in the membership. Too many bureaucrats have forgotten this fact. The strength of ‘the rank and file has been hobbled for two long by restrictive legislation, court injunctions, collective agreements that favor the employers and bureaucratic practices by the leadership of some unions. What is needed is united, militant action. The rank and file have shown, in many hard-fought battles for new agreements, and in many solidarity actions, that they are prepared to fight for their class needs, when they understand the issues or when a trade union principle is involved. Caucuses have become common at all major conventions and printed slates are issued. Caucuses have also - sprung up in a number of local unions. This trend should be encouraged, but the progressives should work to join with others in caucus on the basis of program and policy. It is not enough to be against the program and policy of another group, or to create a machine that will disappear the day after the union election. What are some of the problems a caucus should discuss? 1. Peace in Vietnam. Every local should pass a resolution calling for an end to the bombing of North Vietnam, the withdrawal of all foreign troops and a settlement based on the Geneva Accords of 1954. Ways and means must be found to involve the membership in action. Petitions urging the Canadian government to act, collections for medical aid, prominent peace speakers at local meetings, circulation of literature on Vietnam — all these and other forms should be used. Above all, practical steps should be taken to set up labor committees for peace in Vietnam, to work in co-operation with the peace movement, but with the main emphasis on involving trade union members in peace action. 2. Unite the labor- movement around such issues as the Fishermen’s Defence Fund, the coming round of wage negotiations MURPHY TOUR Following his meeting this Sunday, Dec. 3 at Vancouver’s Hastings ‘Auditorium at 8 p.m., Rae Murphy, editor of the Canadian Tribune, will continue his tour of B.C. to report on his recent visit to North Vietnam. He will speak in the following places: Kamloops, Mon. Dec. 4, Plaza Hotel Blue Room, 8 p.m. Vernon, Tues. Dec. 5, Elk’s Hall, 8 p.m. Riondel, Wed. Dec. 6, United Steelworkers of America, 8 p.m. Castlegar, Thur. Dec. 7, West Kootenay Regional College, noon. Trail, Thur. Dec. 7, United Steel Workers-Hall, 8 p.m. and in support of strikes. The British Columbia Federation of Labor and the Labor Councils should be the co- ordinating bodies. Further, there must be a no-exclusion policy in organizing support for strikes. The help of unions outside the C.L.C. must be solicited and they must be given an appropriate voice. 3. Organize the unorganized. Less than half the work force is organized in B.C. Nationally, it is less than one third. The Labor Councils must become the collective organizers, behind agreed-upon unions. Paid organizers have a key role to play, but they are no substitute for hundreds of volunteer organizers. Particular attention must be shown to low-paid service workers, office and technical employees and retail and wholesale workers in large establishments. 4. Fight the projected wage freeze. Every trade union journal, every trade union convention and meeting must be used to thoroughly expose how the high interest rate for housing loans and mortgages, the pressure for wage ceilings and the postponement of Medicare all flow from the economic and _ political subordination of our country to the US.A. Now, the Liberal and Conservative Parties in Ottawa, and the Socred Party in B.C., want to extricate themselves from a developing crisis situation by holding down necessary government expenditures for social purposes and limiting wage increases. There is no plan to control prices or reduce profits. Organized labor must refuse to accept any wage restraints in this situation and must demand that the most urgent social needs be met by sharply reducing national expenditures on armaments. Provincially there should be more tax revenue from the corporations who exploit our natural resources, in too many cases to manufacture the finished product in another country. 5. Autonomy for the labor- movement. The demand for autonomy must be stepped up. But we must never forget that the goal is a united labor movement, not a fractured movement. Neither must we forget that the target must be for more international co-operation and solidarity with other national trade union bodies, not less. We have much more in common with our brothers in the U.S.A. who oppose the war in Vietam than we have with those Canadian brothers who refuse to be counted in opposition to that war. Much more could be said on these matters than space will permit. However, it can be summed up by saying that there are tremendous opportunities for advances by organized labor; and that the progressives are called upon to do more than voice opposition to other trends and groupings. They must come forward with positive, constructive proposals, as a basis for united action. : ORCHESTRA AVAILABLE! 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