Must ‘end US. interference
to get All-Canadian Seaway,
Buck tells Lakehead meet

PORT ARTHUR

“An All-Canadian Seaway, ad-
vocated by William Lyon Macken-
zie 120 years ago, won’t be built
unless the people rise up and stop
the interference of the U.S. in-
terests in this project,” declared
Tim Buck in an address prepared
for delivery July 17 in support of
Bruce Magnuson, LPP candidate
in Port Arthur-Thunder Bay East,
and Mrs. Nan Powell, LPP candi-
date in Fort William.

The LPP national leader said
that Trade Minister C. D. Howe,
who represented Port Arthur, and
Rev. Dan MclIvor, who sat for Fort
William, “have played ducks and
drakes with this project. I pre-
dict that their so-called enthusi-
asm for the seaway will disappear
after election day. It is an ob-
vious trick, practised by deceitful
politicians for many years.

“Yet the seaway is necessary
for Canada’s industrial growth
and her independence. It is a
part of a policy of expansion of
Canadian trade with all coun-
tries. But it is not so vitally
necessary if our trade is to be .
dependent on the shaky U.S.
market, as it now is by Liberal
decree.

“The seaway must be the open
road to new markets, to new coun-
tries. The blockade of the great
socialist market of the world, and
of the Commonwealth markets,
which we have largely lost, must
be broken. The seaway would
help to do it.

“That is what the Labor-Progres-
sive party stands for. We are the
only party consistently fighting for
the seaway and opposing U.S. in-
terference, because we are the on-
ly party to ‘Put Canada First.’

“Industrialization of the Head
of the Lakes, starting with a steel
industry, is part of the seaway
problem. They go together.

“T urge the voters of this im-
portant economic area, whose real
prosperity still lies in the future,
to vote on August 10 for Bruce
Magnuson and Mrs. Nan Powell
—the candidates who fight for the
forward advance of Canada, free

from foreign domination, and in

a world at peace.”

Tim Buck, LPP national lead-
er, is sceptical about preliminary
work (above) on the St. Lawrence
Seaway. Candidate for Port
Arthur-Thunder Bay East is
Bruce Magnuson (below).

Civic Employees rally

to aid of strikers

The current Union Newsbulletin
of Vancouver Civic Employees’
Union—Outside Workers is rally-

ing financial assistance for strik-
ers at Slade and Stewart, mem-
bers of the CIO Wholesale and Re-
tail union, now in their sixth week
on the picket line.

“These men and women,” says
the Union Newsbulletin, “are Can-
adian workers, on strike against |
an arrogant, profit-hungry Ameri-
can corporation.

_ “When a delegation from this
- union went down to the picket line,
we met men on strike who had 10
to 15 years seniority. Questioned
about their wages, they told us
they were making 30 to 50 cents
‘an hour less than our men when
they went on.strike.

“What are the strikers demand-

ing? They want wage increases

for different categories ranging
from $30 to $50 a month, a wel-
fare plan and union security.

“They négotiated for almost a
year before going on strike and
took strike action only after an un-
satisfactory award by a concilia-
tion board.

“The way it lodks now, the com-
pany is digging in for a long
Stuke. i. <3

The July 10 issue of the Union
Newsbulletin reported.

\

“A delegation of strikers from
Slade and Stewart came to our
last union meeting. . . . The union
voted a donation of $25 from its
treasury and instructed its officers
to circulate a collection sheet
among the members.”

The current issue of the Union
Newsbulletin records a generous
response to the appeal.

United Labor
Picnic set
for August 9

Labor’s annual event, the 12th
annual United Labor Picnic, will
be held this year on August 9, as
in previous years in Confederation
Park, North Burnaby, it was. an-
nounced this week.

This year, however, there will
be a change. Instead of serving
meals on the grounds the picnic
committee is arranging for a bas-
ket picnic as more in keeping with
the family outing this annual event
has become over the years.

The picnic promises to be the
usual bang-up affair — races for

children and adults, a tug-of-war
between youngsters and _ not-so-
youngsters, entertainment and
light refreshments. And, with an
eye to the large very young gen-
eration of the last few years, the
committee is promising free hbal-
loons to all children accompanied
by their parents who are on the
grounds by 1 o’clock.

All that’s required now is for
our lost summer, of which we’ve
had only tantalizing glimpses so
far, to make its belated arrival be-
fore August — and the picnic com-
mittee has yet to collect on its rain
insurance. :

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Tragedy spurs delegation

BURNABY, B.C.

Reminding councillors that they
had submitted their plea for a
swimming pool in Burnaby a year
ago and that no action had been
taken, members of the National
Federation of Labor Youth, appear-
ing as a delegation before Burnaby
Municipal Council this week, ask-
ed for adequate supervision of
Brunette Creek, following the
tragic. drowning of two young sis-
ters there on July 9.

Spokesman for the delegation
was Alex Kucher, a leading mem-
ber of the youth organization and
Labor-Progressive candidate for
Burnaby-Coquitlam in the forth-
coming federal election.

“This regrettable happening
serves to point up the absolute

Rush hits
strikebound

U.S. firm

“The strike at Slade and Stewart
is a glaring example of what U.S.
domination means to Canadian
workers,” is the comment made by
Maurice Rush, Labor-Progressive
candidate for Vancouver East, who
points out that the city fruit and
vegetable distributing firm is a
subsidiary of Pacific Fruit of Se-
attle, which operates across Can-
ada under different names.

ae

“When women work for as little
as 65 cents an hour and men get
$195 a month, with a 44-hour week,
something is wrong.

“The strikers’ demand for sub-
stantial wage increases is justi-
fied. So is their demand for the
40-hour week.”

Rush states it is high time Can-
adian workers demonstrated to
U.S. big business that they will
not work for sub-standard wages
and under poor conditions in or-
der to send bigger dividends south
of the border.

“I have been told that there is
no welfare plan at Sladé and Stew-
art, although the company has
been promising one for years,” he
reports. “What is the excuse giv-
en? That the company_had to
wait for an American expert to
set one up.

“What’s the matter with a Can-
adian welfare plan, set up by Can-
adian experts in cooperation with
Canadian workers?”

The strike at Slade and Stewart,
called by CIO Retail and Whole-
sale union, is now in its sixth
week, with the city’s organized la-
bor movement solidly behind the
strikers. Defeated in its attempts
to smash picket lines, the company
has now closed the plant down.

NELY seeks Burnaby |

swimming facilities —

lack of decent swimming facilities —
in Burnaby,” Kucher said. |

“Many of our 10,000 school ag¢
youngsters are forced to trave
to Vancouver beaches or else Us¢ —
places like Brunette Creek, whic?
are death traps for children Uh
less they are protected. The coun
cil must recognize this deplorable
situation and take immediate steP>
to remedy it.” ce

Calling council’s attention
the National Federation of Labor
Youth’s earlier representations fo"
provision of adequate swimminé
facilities, Kucher said: ;

“Surely we don’t have to wait
for more tragedies before som
thing is done about it. We t©
commend that the council put 0?
a lifeguard at Brunette Creek.

Councillor Patricia Wilks told
the delegation, “We are aware
the situation at Brunette Creek
but the tragedy would not havé
been avoided even if a guard wel®
there. There was no warn
given, ” A

Only action taken by council
was to place a ban on swimm
in the creek and order war?
signs posted around the area.

But, as Kucher pointed out #2
a press statement issued by |
delegation following the meet
“closing the creek to swimmiDe
is not likely to be effective un d
council provides alternative 2”
safe swimming facilities

“The National Federation is
Labor Youth will continue to Pre
for action until this, or 2 me
responsive council, is compelle
to recognize our demand. :

“It’s absurd to think that BUY —
aby, with miles of waterfront,
no adequate swimming facilit®
for its younsters.”

Walters runs
in Kamloops

_ KAMLOOPS, BO

Gwyn Walters who, at 21, He
the youngest candidate nomin@
in the recent provincial ele¢ the
has again been nominated DY ne
Labor-Progressive party, this cy
to contest the federal constitu”
of Kamloops. ink
Nomination of Walters, salm
Arm logger, brings to 17 the ®
ber of LPP candidates now i

field in B.C. a
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