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IWA PICKETS AT FROLEK MILL. Picture shows a group of
Pickets at the Kamloops mill who have veaged a long
militant fight to win their rights. A special four-page is-

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Communist Party urges |
public hospital enquiry

Amidst a rising storm of
Criticism of the inadequacy of
B.C, Hospital services from NDP
and Liberal benches in the Leg-
islature, the B.C. Provincial
Executive of the Communist
Party Called this week for an
immediate public inquiry into
the provinces hospital and
chronic care facilities,

“It is several years since;
: government expert brought
Tom the U.S, to make a special
Study of our hospital needs, re-
eed B.C, required a minimum
ae beds per thousand pop-
iy on”, Nigel Morgan, B.C,
Bec. of the Communist Party

ared. “Today the number

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«Despite all Mr. Martin’s as-

surances and fancy figures, the
fact is that there are long lists

of persons in allthe main centres

waiting for hospital beds for
‘operations,” he charged. “And
many of our old folks who need
nursing and chronic care facil-
ities are being pushed around
and ruthlessly exploited by cer-
tain private nursing homes.”

“The Canada Year Book (1963-
1964) shows that B.C, has only
6.5 beds per thousand -- and
that’s even below the national
average; 1.9 beds below our
neighboring province of Alberta,
and 1.7 below Saskatchewan,”
Morgan said.

«The B.C. Hospital system
needs a thorough-going exam-
ination and overhaul. Chronic
and nursing care facilities con-
stitute a major problem in every
hospital district, Financing and
administration are archaic,un-

democratic and sorely in need -

of improvement. Nothing short
of a full public enquiry can do
the job and clean up the present
intolerable state of affairs,” he
concluded.**

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sue of the “Lumber Worker” is being widely distributed
outlining the issues involved in the dispute.

Medicare cards
swamp Bennett

Pat O’Neal, secretary-
treasurer of the B,C, Feder-
ation of Labor, said this week
that 50,000 cards issued by
his organization have been
sent to Premier Bennett in
support of full medicare, He
said he expects the Premier
will ultimately receive nearly
- 100,000 cards from B,C, citi-
zens, Those who have not yet
sent their card are asked to
do so without delay.

REJECT U.S. POLICY, MP’S SAY:

Act for Vietnam peace
Wilson urged by labor

The British Labor government
was challenged in the House of
Commons last week to act for
peace in Vietnam, A Labor back-
bench motion was drafted calling
on Prime Minister Wilson to
publicly denounce the American
bombing raids on North Vietnam
and demanding negotiations to end
the situation there,

The motion said that “in view
of the recent extension of the
war by the U,S, in North Vietnam
and of the U,S, declaration that
its hostilities are no longer by
way of retaliation it is of urgent
importance to the peace of the
world that while Her Majesty’s
Government sincerely desires to
preserve her alliance with the
U,S, it is unable to support the
U,S, in that war.”

It was reported that about 60
MP’s were expected to sign the
motion, Supporters of the move
said there would be many more
but were reluctant to sign at this
stage, Among them were Minis-
ters’ Parliamentary PrivateSec-
retaries who had been ordered
not to sign any motion,

Sponsors of the motion said
that the American attacks amount
to an undeclared war which, un-
less stopped, could involve the
whole world, They contend that
if Wilson acted openly those same
elements in the U,S, that are
calling for peace in Vietnam
would be greatly encouraged,

There were denials that Wil-

son had told President Johnson
he backed the bombing raids but
these were accompanied by con-
firmation that the government
stood by the Americans, Govern-
ment circles supported U.S, de-
mands that the Vietnam National
Liberation Front, which they
called the Viet Cong should cease
its efforts to free its country,

Such arguments failed to satis-
fy anxious MP’s andthe dominant
view was that now was the time
for open public statements, Un-
less the government came out
into the open it would share re-
sponsibility with the Americans
for what was developing,

Meanwhile, Sir Alec Douglas-
Home heaped congratulations on
the Prime Minister and said that
he had taken over the Tory nu-
clear weapon policy lock, stock
and barrel,

Last weekend leaders of nearly
two million British workers
called on Wilson to move at once™

‘to end the war in Vietnam, The

call came from the executive
committee of the 1,500,000-
strong Transport and General
Workers’ Union and the National
Union of Railwaymen,

The T.G,W.U, executive ex-
pressed “grave alarm” at the
deteriorating situation in Viet-
nam and said it felt called to ex-
press “serious alarm” at the
possibility of the conflict devel-
oping and endangering world
peace, :

City steel workers protest
raid by national officers

The current raiding by the
United Steelworkers Union (USW)
upon the membership of the
United Electrical Workers (UE)
in this Alberta centre is not going
unchallenged, A leaflet issued by
the Camrose UE Local 551 ad-
dressed to USW workers, and
being circulated in Vancouver,
puts the case of Steel raiding in
a nutshell,

“There are still thousands of
unorganized workers in Canada

that need and want a union, We _
suggest that you tell your union

representatives that they should
spend your dues money to better
purpose, by attending to your
problems, and by helping to set up
unions of unorganized workers,
instead of raiding.

“your Canadian directors Ma-
honey and Sefton get $16,000
(salary) and over $10,000 in ex-
penses, We are not suggesting to
you how to run your union, We
are sure you are able to do this
in your own way, But... these
are pretty fancy salaries to pay
for raiding,

“At least four of the Steel-
workers’ representatives, whom
you pay, have been in Camrose
for the past few weeks, They are
wasting your dues and their time
raiding us, Our union (the UE)
represents about two-thirds of
the people in pipe manufacturing
across Canada, Our union is a
pona-fide legitimate union, rec-
ognized under the Alberta Labor
Act.”

To this appeal of the Camrose
UE workers, Vancouver Local
3302 of the Steelworkers have
already given a fitting reply, Ata
recent meeting of this local, the
raiding by Steel brass at Cam-
rose was fully condemned, A
wire was also forwarded to Steel

director Larry Sefton protesting’

the raiding at Camrose, while
another wire expressed solidari-

Kamloops strike

still on

The IWA strike at the Frolek
Sawmills in Kamloops for the
right to union organization and
collective bargaining, and
against the organized scab-
bery by the Frolek operators,
is still on,

March 6th the Western Ca-
nadian Council of the IWA
published a four-page illus-
trated “flier” on the strike,
vividly portraying the struggle
in pictures, including those of
the scabs, with its message
to all trade unionists: *Tell
These Scabs to Quit” together
with the Oxford Dictionary
definition of a scab,

Three thousand of the IWA
illustrated fliers have been
distributed in the Kamloops
district, The Retail Clerks
Union are sponsoring a big
rally and dance on Saturday
at the Stockman’s Hotel, all
proceeds to goto aid the Frolek
strikers,

March 12, 1965—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3 ©

ty with the Camrose pipe
workers,

Steel Local 3302 is a foundation
local of the Steelworkers Union
in Canada, and is the second
largest local after Kitimat in the
province of B,C,

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Under the sponsorship of the
Mine- Mill Unionamemorial
service will be held in the Queen
Elizabeth Playhouse, March 21,
for the 26 workers who lost their
lives in the recent Granduc mine
disaster, The memorial services
will begin at 2 p.m,

Many of the 120 workers who
survived the avalanche disaster,
together with the widows and
children of the victims, will be
in attendance, At the resumption
of search operations last week
the body of Aldege Davis of Bur-
quitlam was recovered, Five
others are still missing at the
disaster site.

The “Disaster Fund” initiated
by Mine-Mill of $10,000 is now
under way and is building up
steadily, Mine-Mill urges that
all donations to this Fund be for-
warded to the Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce, corner of
Broadway and Main, Vancouver.

Terms of the agreement finally
reached between Mine-Mill and
the Anaconda Mining Company of
Britannia were voted on last
Thursday by the Britannia local
and accepted by a vote of 90 to
eight in favor, thus terminating
a long and bitterly fought battle of
29 weeks.

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