oe Sah * TS fhe Oo bee ttc 7 om oe oe tO eT K —| with joy, with hope. Ordinary people through- out the world are smiling with satisfaction. And only the grim remarks of certain Bonn politicians warning against “dangerous illu- sions” stand out; this, how- ad home 7 Hit LN Authorized as second class mail by _ - the Post Office Department, Ottawa. Phone MUtual 5-5288 10° FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1959 VOL. 18, NO. 36 Mico lae Nas B.C. VOL hikes per capita for political education By BERT WHYTE By a Sate of 154-67, well over the two- thirds jajuaite lean hardly learn the life of required, Vancouver Labor Council this week voted to | amend its constitution to permit raising monthly per capita dues from five to six cents, with the extra cent being ear- marked for political education. - It was~one of the more im- portant votes taken in the VLC in some time, for it guarantees more than $9000 annually for the work of council’s political education committee. Had right-wing opposition suc- ceeded in defeating the move; it would have reduced politi- cal work to a mere gesture. Introduced at the VLC a fortnight ago by Plumbers Local 170, the motion called for amendment of Section 2, Article 9 of the constitution to read “each affiliated local union pay six cents per mem- ber -per month, of which one cent is to be used for political education purposes.” ‘An amendment adding the words” “and action” after steed Wical education”’ was accepted by council. president. Lloyd Whalen at the time, but on Sday he ruled the amend- # out of order, stating that ‘had erred in accepting it, the «constitutions of some filiated unions bar ‘political AC on.” ) Whalen’s ruling was chal- enged by Reg Bullock (Mar- oa held the chair by a large ma- Rority in a standing vote. he Workers) but delegates up- Discussion on the motion was heated. Syd Thompson (IWA) de- clared he supported it because “political education is an ab- sOlute necessity. I also believe in political action but in order to have the motion passed I think it correct that the word ‘action’ be deleted. I have no fear when election time rolls around where this council will stand, for yOu can’t separate education and action.” Sam Jenkins (Marine Work- ers) said council had proved in the past couple of years that labor could be elected at the fees cs level, the ‘job now s “to keep bulldozing: until we sweep out the gang at Vic- toria, and then at Ottawa.’”* Wyman Trineer (IWA 1-357) vice-chairman of the political education committee, opposed Bie move on the grounds that “one cent isn’t enough to do an effective job in civic elec- tions in the many municipal- ities we deal with.” He advo- cated that. an examination of | other. “ways: and means” to Continued on back page ever, is due rather to their biographies (which we, un- fortunately, know too well) than the events themselves. The communique modestly says that N. S. Khrushchev will be able to acquaint him- self personally with the life of the American people, and President Eisenhower will have a similar opportunity on his visit to the Seviet Union. It is not, however, a matter of tourism: even one possessing a rare power of observation } another people in the space of two weeks. : Throughout the world or- dinary people are fired with hope not by roadside impres- sions of the distinguished trav- ellers, but by that which in the communique is still more modestly called “unofficial KE MEETING RAISES HOPE FOR WORLD PEACE By ILYA EHRENBURG On all radio waves, long, medium and short, one now “ee two names: Khrushchev and Eisenhower. The announcement of the coming visits of the head of the Soviet government and the Presi-« ident of the United States has been received everywhere with relief, PRESIDENT DWIGHT. EISENHOWER talks.’ The meetings of the two statesmen heading the two greatest powers in the world can lay the beginning for a new era in international rela- tions and, consequently, can alter the life of any person in any country. It is clear to everyOne that the proposed meetings should Continued on Page 3 SEE K-IKE _ See LABOR COUNCIL 4 PREMIER KHRUSHCHEV LABOR FRONT| WOODWORKERS On Wednesday this week Labor Minister Lyle Wicks released some sections of the report of Prof. John Deutsch on the nine-week strike of 27,000 IWA woodworkers in the coast forest industry. At press time full details were not available. Previous reports that the union would be offered 20 cents over a two-year period brought strong retorts from IWA heads that such an offer would be unacceptable, The strike is still 100 percent solid. IWA originally asked 20 percent pay hike this year and a plywood job evaluation —-- BLECTRICIANS Some 1,100 inside wiremen have voted 68 percent in favor of strike action. The United Brotherhood of Elec- .| trical Workers is seeking 24 cents over two years; manage- ment offers 16!4 cents. A conciliation officer is trying te bring the parties together. RETAIL, WHOLESALE Motor Car Parts and Equipment House Ltd., claiming a picket line had not been removed from outside its prem« ises at 220 West First in defiance of an injunction issued last Saturday by Mr. Justice Norris, was given permission to notify the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union that it would move Thursday to have the union officers and members cited for contempt.