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VOL. 18, NO. 45 VANCOUVER, B.C.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1959

Ironworkers win appeal—
what about George North?

Court of Appeal this week quashed convictions of
Ironworkers Local 97 and three of its officers for contempt
of court, and fines of $3,000 each imposed on the union
officers and a $10,000 fine on the union will be refunded.

The fines were imposed by
Mr. Justice Manson on July 30
during the Ironworkers strike.
The convictions for contempt
of court followed an order by
Mr. Justice Manson on July
26, when he ordered the union
to direct its men to return to
work on the south end of the
Second Narrows Bridge.

The union obeyed the order
but no workers returned to the
job until the strike was set-
tled.

“Now,
North?” is the question union-
ists are asking.

North, editor of The Fisher-
man, was convicted of con-
temp for writing an editorial
entitled ‘Injunctions _ Won’t
Catch Fish Nor Build Bridges”
and is currently serving a 30-
day sentence at Oakalla. (See
story on page 2.)

what about George §

Mona Morgan (above) an-
nounced this week that she
will again: contest an alder-
manic seat in Vancouver
civic elections next month.
Last year she polled 12,000
votes, running as an inde-

pendent candidate.

A hectic two-hour debate
on the issue followed accept-
ance of a report by VLC
executive and political edu-
cation committee to table a
report on labor candidates
until the November 13 meet-
ing.

Although this move — will
seriously cripple labor’s abil-
ity to wage an effective civic
election campaign in Vancou-
ver and surrounding: muni-
cipalities (because action on
the part of local political com-
mittees has been ‘‘frozen’’. for
the next fortnight). it roused
delegates to defense of labor

a serious setback for Whalen
and his supporters. :
Rising to urge adoption of
Lawson’s. motion. from the
floor “that the VLC. withdraw.
from any activity in civic elee-
tions this. year,’”’ Whalen spoke
of the “lack of participation”
in political action and showed
his fear of activity by the
“left.”

Delegate after delegate rose
to pour scorn on Whalen’s posi-
tion, and demand that VLC
even at this late date, name
candidates and contest muni-
cipal elections.

“To quit now, after we at-
tained a measure of success
last year, would be a defeat,”
said Syd Thompson (IWA).

“Tf we fail to run candidates
we'll do a great disservice to
the people who look to labor
for leadership,” said Orville
Braaten.

“We need labor men at city
hall and we won’t elect them
by turning our backs and run-
ning away,” said Sam Jenkins
(Marine Workers).

Only about 35 of 300 dele-
gates rose to support the
“withdraw” motion when a
standing vote was taken.

“From the Tsars to the Stars”

hear TOM McEWEN speak on

The 42nd Anniversary of the Russian Revolution
PENDER AUDITORIUM
Sunday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m.

Auspices Communist Party of Canada

political action and resulted-in| .

Angry Vancouver Labor Council delegates this week quashed
an attempt on the part.of several top officers to scuttle participa-
tion in civic elections and rejected by an overwhelming majority a
motion to this effect proposed by Ed Lawson (Teamsters) and pas-
sionately supported by VLC president Lloyd Whalen.

Vy. I. Lenin. founder of the Soviet government, submits
the famous decree on peace to the Second Congress of the
Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Soviets in 1917.

42 YEARS

ORTY-TWO years ago, on November 7, 1917, the
workers of Russia, led by: Lenin and the Bolshevik
(Communist) party, and supported by other laboring
strata of town and village, established their Soviet republic
and proceeded to build a new society: socialism.

Today, socialism is triumphant not only in the Soviet
Union, but also in other countries with a population of over
one billion people, and the U.S.S.R. is beginning to build
the higher stage: communism.

Truly, that revolution 42 years ago had world signifi-
cance, was the beginning of a world transformation.
© The Great October Revolution proved that the people
could govern themselves instead of being governed by
capitalists, aristocrats and bourgeois politicians. And, as
the Soviet people proved in the Civil War against the
various counter-revolutionary armies and the invading
forces of 14 foreign states after 1917 — and the people of
Korea and Viet Nam reaffirmed more recently — the
working people are capable of defending their state.

@ The Revolution proved that it was possible to establish
a new, socialist democracy, which is a thousand times
more democratic than the most liberal capitalist demo-
cracy, because the organs of power and the ownership of
the means of life are in the hands of the people; the press.
radio, meeting halls and other media of public propaganda
are turned over to the working people’s organizations for
their use; the many millions of workers, farmers, women
and people previously deprived of rights are directly
brought into the administration of public affairs.

© By the factories, mines, railroads, banks, ete. — which

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