* Milifant By OBSERVER Militant trade unionists need ae is the act of realisation. ue, the engineers, ah and workers who bring j color television set ? a. 0 reality certain theories this by many scientists in the a related fields. Theory is Dye Owledge of things we want alise, mete wine workers need a D ach of reasoning as a ‘guide Cvaltatine and as a means of alreag hg the results of action y taken, Mion ests in the trade mg while they have no monop- i. one power, have a Vorkin Contribution to make in OSitione out new theoretical prop- ‘ aa that will stand the test RS fre fact that they are a, the advanced science Sy eo nism means that ‘help Play a creative role in i hg to chart a course for MNized labor, Big Org | baivigneet this obligation, the | Strive ; Communist should | Iormea be well-read and well- Patty pre. He should read the loumnals and main theoretical edveat; and participate in the Zs Ssio Onal and’ theoretical dis- testing of the party — always terms Program and policies in Connecti, the reality of mass add sha and mass work, In | 10 rea : € should find the time | ang the € classics of socialism Standin Current works of out- Wants . Reacts. The man who q student, each must himself be Ago be read b €xample of what should is pj Y every left-wing work- Cavan, Buck's 98-page booklet yoLon oN? THE RUSSIAN . The y | this By cader learns much from ry} the ent monograph about 1} ton of the Russian Revolu- L Meriog. anadian politics of that The j | Me Western Labor Confer- W ’ he On . , ineg € Big Union and the ‘ ih 4 s weneral Strike are seen f Man re istorical perspective. x app SONs are gained which fi val €d political setting. The | that Pankruptey of the idea ‘ ql Bee onary unions”? evo} y pulling out all gh ~ pamtary and radical : r aig the conservatively- i, a inns thoroughly exposed ‘ i One a Syndicalist devia- ; yet a SO learns from this f Bs - W the Communist Party i tiny 4nd of the remarkable gt] Mopog,,” 82d validity of the key a Meare Ns adopted in its early Bia of ( wick ee Main contributions nish . to clarity in the nit , lumbia labor move- y Dtive rely define the dis- kan. - Of the Progressive Ovement: he Un, Bethe character of the Uence of the Great Sa of fz ag oo a. ‘ nt “evolution upon the Ca- mi 4 is Movement is ex- the’ * ake unanimity with te, Pres rking class rejects a4 De re adventurism yeaa . Bated today, in Can- the the ey other countries, any Mhtincs leadership of a thejp ist Party of China %the, _ SUPporter Sh r Countries,» < ere and > Some mie on fory to guide them in practice, . licable today, in amore - as Unionists Need Advanced Ideas The booklet draws attention to the increasing economic and political subordination of our country to United States’ im- perialism. ‘‘More and more Ca- nadians are recognizing the grim portent of the hard-faced drive by U.S. imperialism to stop the great historic democratic change now in progress on a world scale and the devastating consequences it will bring to Canada if it is allowed to continue unchecked,’’ This is not a book review. My point is that such books should be read and studied by all Com- munist and progressive-minded union members who are search- ing for new perspectives and new policies, Many labor leaders in both Canada and the U.S.A. are now saying ‘(off the record in most cases) that the labor movement has suffered too much because of the cold war persecution of Com- munists. Organized labor needs the stimulation of a strong left- wing current with its challenging ideas, its bold projections and its unselfish dedication to voluntary service. The closed shop on poli- tical ideas, all too prevalent in some labor circles, must be smashed, The mounting opposition to anti-Communism as a Sterile, negative dogma is exemplified in the decision of the recent con- vention of the Quebec Federation of Labor to remove the anti- Communist clauses from its con- stitution, Here, in British Colum- bia, where there isa long tradition of socialist and radical thought in the labor movement, we have been unable in recent years to do what Quebec did, The combined strength of right-wing Social Democracy and the right-wing craft union leadership has block- ed such a development. On the other hand, those who ‘have blocked this development ‘have had to go along with many © of the important ideas the left has advanced, Further, Com- munists hold some important positions in the trade unions and the right-wing bureaucrats have been unable to dislodge them because of the standing they enjoy among the workers they serve. In short, many Communists in B.C. enjoy democratic rights in fact, despite unfair restric- tions in certain trade union con- stitutions, All the indications are that the official policy of excluding Communists from holding office is becoming inoperative and will, before too long, be rescinded, This is tied up with the rising militancy in the labor movement and the new searching for per- spectives and policies. In the next article I shall deal with the kind of resurgence that our time calls’ for, and with what Communists and progres~ sive-minded' workers can do in the development of new ‘goals, forms and tactics, RENEW YOUR SUB TODAY Se ee Oe yorbdaiw iw LABOR SCENE: PACIFIC PRESS SCAB HERDING ‘NEW LOW’ SAYS BCFL HEAD Pacific Press, publishers of the Vancouver Sun and Province, have been served a 48-hour strike notice by the Typographical Un- ion, the Vancouver Mailers Union, Stereotypers Union, and the Newspaper Guild, the latter covering the editorial, advertis- ing, circulation, etc. staff, Under B.C. labor laws such a notice is mandatory on the part of the unions involved, but does not necessarily mean that strike action follows immediately when the time notice expires. At PT press time there was no indication that Pacific Press intended to consider ITU proposi- tions for a return to the negotia- ting table, Some 400 workers through their respective unions are involved in the dispute, In the event of a strike approxi- mately 1,000 employees of Pa-. cific Press will be affected. The Printing Pressmen’s Union is not involved in the present ITU dis- pute, It has its own wage dis- pute with the company and the ‘latter is demanding that it must be settled by negotiation or bind- ing arbitration before Pacific Press seeks a settlement with the ITU and the other mechanical unions, : Meantime BCFL secretary Ray Haynes stated this week that the management of Pacific Press is employing ‘‘antiquated labor policies’? in present-day collec-. tive bargaining processes, and accused it of ‘‘recruiting strike breakers’’ to replace its 1,000 or more employees in the event of a strike. This Haynes char- acterized as ‘‘a new low in em- ployer-employee relations,” In the event of a strike at Pa- cific Press, Haynes declared that ‘tthe workers of B.C, will not tolerate scab-produced news- papers’’ but on the contrary, will exert the maximum labor unity and support to all Pacific Press unions involved in the struggle for a satisfactory wage contract in keeping with the de- mands of the unions affected, This much-needed unity will however be greatly strengthened by a full comprehension of what they face in a showdown with Pacific Press, In the Pacific Tribune edition UBC SIT-IN. More than 300 students Dow Chemical Co. repr duces napalm w staged a sit-in Tuesday at UBC to block tatives from recruiting students. Dow Chemical pro- hich is used extensively in the Vietnam war. Simon Fraser Uni- versity students also took part in the protest which was backed by the Univers- ity Teachers’ Committee on Vietnam. of April 7, 1966 when the ‘‘Com- mercial & Industrial Research Foundation’’ (CIRF) was launched Associate Editor Maurice Rush wrote a full expose of this mon- opoly union-busting conglomera- tion, together with the identity of a number of its key pro- moters, Most vocal among these was Ed Benson, vice-president and general manager of Pacific Press, Some of the key objectives of CIRF included the gathering of data designed to serve mon- opoly concerns faced with pos- sible strike actions; how best to shift taxation in toto onto the backs of working people;’ to influence public opinion on ‘‘un- reasonable’’ union demands; a greater use of the court (injunc-. tions) during ‘‘labor unrest,’’ etc., etc. The exparte injunction epidemic directed against labor in the exercise of its right to withold-its labor, indicates con- siderable success by CIRF in that direction. The financial assets of mon- opolies connected with CIRF, as studied by editor Rush totalled close to 10 billion dollars, with sufficient millions earmarked to enable these big monopolists on its leading directorate ‘‘to put labor inits place,’’ viz, tothrottle its wage and working demands. With such a setup arrayed against them in the Pacific Press dispute, the ITU, the Guild and other printing trades unions will require all the unity, support, and militant assistance the BCFL can muster. Anything short of that could end up with a similar disaster as took place over a year ago when the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail and Toronto Tele- gram, with the aid of union wreck- ers like CIRF — and a divided labor movement, all but smashed the printing trades unions in that long and bitter dispute, In the event of strike action at Pacific Press to win a new wage contract satisfactory to the unions involved, the lessons of the Toronto newspapers’ strike — and the origin and purpose of CIRF and its founders, are of vital importance for the ultimate victory of the unions concerned, CENTENNIAL AWARD OR CENSURE? MacFarlan fights school freeze Jim MacFarlan, Vancouver School Trustee and Burnaby teacher has been awarded the Centennial Medal by the Canadian Government, The citation accompanying the award reads as follows: ‘On the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the Confederation of Canada the Centennial Medal is conferred on James D. MacFarlan Esq. in recognition of valuable service to the nation.’’ MacFarlan is believed to be the first Vancouver Trustee to be so honored. Ironically, MacFarlan was threatened with censure by two NPA backed Trustees at last Monday’s Board meeting. MacFarlan told the Board that he would continue to attack the new government freeze on school construction and would seek support of all P-TA, community and labor groups, Trustees Fred Rowell and Con- stance Spring threatened MacFarlan with censure if he acted ‘‘unilaterally.’’ Mrs. Spring, unlike the Canadian government, suggested that MacFar- lan ‘‘did not have the Board’s best interests at heart.’’ \téria ad refused permission to. two badly-needed school annexes — Nelson- Begbie and John Henderson, MacFarlan moved that the Board ‘‘deplore the new freeze.’’ The motion failed to receive a seconder from the NPAa run Board, A second motion to enlist P-TA support was defeated by the right wing majority. The Board did accept MacFarlan’s third motion to contact Education Minister Peterson and request that the freeze be lifted, In an interview with the PT MacFarlan said, ¢‘Rowell and Spring can threaten all they like. The answer to this type of personal threatisa vigorous protest campaign on the part of the people of Vancouver against Victoria, The Provincial Government listens only to mass pressure, Asked about his Centennial Medal he com- mented, ‘‘It is a very great honor and I’m proud to be regarded by Ottawa if not by the NPA as having made a modest contribution to education,”’ In addition to serving during the past year on the Vancouver School Board, MacFarlan has been active in B.C. Teachers Federation affairs for some eight years, He has held executive office Debate broke out over announcement that Vic- at local and provincial levels in the Teachers th. - organization, Isfl ead oi HAD ~*"~"November 17 proceed: wi bile Oa 1967—PACIFIC TRIBU Kite sue ont