adians.

financial drive objectives.”

| C ongratulations from
the Canadian Tribune

TORONTO—The Canadian Tribune this wetk paid
this tribute to the Pacific Tribune and its supporters:

“The Canadian Tribune extends its warmest congratu-
lations to its sister paper in British Columbia—the Pacifie
Tribune—which has just gone ever the top in its drive
for a $15,000 sustaining fund. At last reports a grand
total of-$16,079 had been rolled up by the paper’s loyal
supporters. Thus, they have paid a glowing tribute to the
fight the Pacific Tribune is conducting against the sell-out
of rich and beautiful B.C. by the Social Credit govern-
ment, to its battle for the unity of labor and its struggle
on all the great issues of peace and independence which
face the people on the West coast, equally with all Can-

“It is no small task these days to maintain a fighting
Communist paper in one province of this country. The
supporters of the Pacific Tribune have. once again dem-
onstrated their determination to keep their paper’s banner
flying. Their success will be a further inspiration to the
supporters of the Canadian Tribune in the building of
circulation ,and the successful completion of our own 1959

Mrs. Henderson hacked
by labor in North Van.

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C.—Labor in “North Van-
couver, through its year-round labor election committee
sponsored by Vancouver Labor Council, is backing: Mrs.
Winnifred Henderson in the June 11 byelection to fill the
council seat left vacant by the death of Ald. Ken Ratcliff.

Other candidates are Pat
Burns, John Chadwick, Donald
Cowley, David Eggo, Mark
Howard, Carmine Perri and

Andrew Ryttersgaard.

Mrs. Henderson was runner.
up in the last civic electien
and is conceded an excellent
chance to win the seat.

At a May 27 meeting called
by Vancouver Labor Council,
with VLC vice-president Ed
Sims attending, the North

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Vancouver labor election com-
mittee elected the following
five-man executive: chairman,
Reg Bullock (Marine Work-
ers): vice - chairman, Ken
Woods (Electrical); secretary,
Frank Kennedy (Longshore-
men); treasurer, Jim McCall
(Government Employees); and
Cy Norman (Carpenters).

The meeting unanimously
endorsed Mrs. Henderson in
the coming byelection.

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determined to stick to its “hold
the line’ policy, come what
may.

Is it a strange coincidence
that while the government sits
on its hands, a back-to-work

- movement was sparked direct-

ed at breaking the strike?
Whose fine hand was involved
in this operation which failed
because of the solidarity of the
majority of women with their
menfolk and the solidarity of
the trade union movement?

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Nor is the publicly -. owned
CNR any better. It teo is striv-
ing to establish a pattern —
on the front of automation.
Much has been said about auto-
mation and its potential bene-
fit to the people. So far, how-

ever, automation has merely
resulted in the firing of work-
ers because capitalism operates
for profit, not the good and
welfare of the people. ;

In the publicly-owned CNR
over 11,000 workers have al-
ready lost their jobs through
automation and technological
developments of one kind or
another. More recently the
CNR imposed a settlement on
the locomotive firemen which
will remove h elpers from
freight and yard service, a
settlement widely greeted by
employers who recognize a
good thing when they see it.

-CNR’s President Gordon in-
timated that automation is just
beginning, a clear warning
that many more lay-offs can

. be expected.

HOPES RISE AT GENEVA.

On to Summit meet

or back

By SAM RUSSELL

to cold war

GENEVA—The Big Four foreign ministers. back from the funeral of John Fe
Dulles last week, now stand on the brink: in one direction an advance to Summit tal

the other a return to the worst of the cold-war era. As t

hey met in private and informal

hopes rose here that the coming crucial days would bring agreement on some points and, wo
lead to Summit talks later in the summer.

Though the exchanges of
nearly four weeks of talks

_here now show that agreement

is not likely at the moment
on any overall plan, observers
here believe a basis could now
be found for agreement on the
following points:

@ An interim plan for West
Berlin. This would probably
be followed by the Soviet
Union signing a peace treaty
with the German Democratic
Republic, while access to the
city for the West would be
assured. Gromyko has, of
course, made it quite clear that
schemes to deprive the Ger-
man Democratic Republic of

its East Berlin capital are not
acceptable.

@ Passing the question of a
ban on nuclear tests to the
Heads of Government.

@ The holding of Summit
talks.

No one here discounts the
difficulties still ahead. But
the atmosphere is such that
given a minimum of good will
on the Western side, agreement
is possible.

It now appears that even the
French delegation, which was
right from the start the most
irreconcilable, has now come
round to the point of view that
this conference of foreign min_

Four LPP candidates
in Alberta elections

EDMONTON — The follow-
ing lLabor-Progressive Party
candidates are contesting seats
in the Alberta provincial elec-
tion on June 14: |

John Harry—In Athabaska.
Farms in the area (at Nestow).
Active in the Farmers’ Union.
Represented his locality on
the farm, delegation to Ottawa
last March. Is councillor in the
Westlock municipal district.

John P. Hocaluk—In Ver-
milion, Well-known. business-
man in Myrnam. Active in

the local cooperative move-
ment. Served on-the Two
Hills enlarged school district
board for years as trustee for
the Myrnam area.

William Harasym—In Ed-
monton - North East. Well-
known in progressive Ukrain-
ian cultural circles in the
provinge. Member of the LPP
provincial executive,

William Tuomi —In Edmon-
ton Norwood. Provincial lead-
er of the Labor-Progressive
Party. as,

isters must not be allowe@
fail.

Only the West German &
ernment led by Chancellor Ad
enauer and represented here

‘py its Foreign Minister Hi

von Bretano, is still fight
a rearguard action to prevé
any agreement whatever. —

CCW sponsors
writing contest

TORONTO — The national
executive of the Congress
Canadian Women is spon
ing a competition for childrep
to mark International Chil
ren’s Day. :

Children are invited 1
write their own ideas on

_ Prizes of $5 will be award
ed “to the best entry in eat
of three age groups: (a) for
children up to age eight; ()) —
for children age nine to”
(c) ages 12 and 13. :
National judges will
Mrs. Mary Endicott, Mrs.»
Laakso and Miss Livia Jary.
Where local organizations —
are conducting their own pre
liminary. competitions,
sre invited to send in thet
prize-winning submissions ©
the national office of the
gress of Canadian Women,
Collier Street, Toronto,
later than Juné 15.

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