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Petitions similar to the One printed on this page are being distributed by various or- WE WA NT PRICE
ganizations in many parts of the country. The Pacific Tribune is reprinting the peti- 7

tion for the convenience of those readers who wish to take part in the campaigns for
a million signatures initiated by the Toronto Housewives’ Consumer Association,
but who have not received a petition form. When completed, mail to the Pacific Trib-
une, 650 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C. Duplicate copies of this petition can easily

Rt. Hon, William Lyon Mackenzie King, M.P.

Prime Minister of Canada and
Members of the Government of Canada
Ottawa

Petition

be made, or printed petition forms can be obtained from the B.C. Housewives’ Con-
sumer Association, 9 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C.

Coal monopoly’s propaganda drive
fails to shake Island miners’ stand

BY ALF DEWHURST

NANAIMO, B.C.—Vancouver Island miners, now in the fourth week of a work stop-
page to back up their UMWA district negotiating committee for substantial wage increases, | . 4 mi
| : elimination of the vicious piece-work system and other contract demands, remain solid
despite employer provocation. ADDRESS @2 5 cc Nave eee ie eee eocaee aires

Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) share of the domestic coal market | mailed directly to every employee. | NAME
Ltd., a giant octopus that controls|in the province, is conducting aj The bulletin clearly exposes the

We respectfully petition you to restore price ceilings
on essential foods, at the level of January 1946, and to

introduce subsidies where necessary.

Signed:

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Annual Dance Quiz

Thurs. February 19 - -

All stubs, money,

Hastings Auditorium
unused tickets, must be in by
February 18, at 214 Holden Building

828 East Hastings St. ©

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1948

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fund for the mine-owners.

It: was this attitude that pro-
voked the work stoppage: and un-
til public opinion forces the com-
pany to recognize its. public
responsibility in meeting the min-
ers’ just demands the way to
settlement is barred. :

New Soviet picture —
portrays Kharkov trials

The Soviet picture, “We Ac-
cuse,” which opens at the State
Theater here next week, in a
sense is complementary to the
Soviet documentary film on- the
Nuremberg trials which recently
enjoyed a successful run here.

“We Accuse” tells the story of
the justice meted out at the Khar-
kov trials to three Nazis and a
Russian traitor who were person-
ally responsible for the deaths of
300,000 civilians. Approaching the
subject in a manner different to
the film on the Nuremberg trials,

it includes some brilliant scenes.

of the German assault~ on the
Soviet Union and then of the
Russian counter-attack, showing
what the Red Army found in lib-
erated territory.

CONSTANTINE

FINE CUSTOM TAILORING
For Ladies and Genti
501 Granville St.

all coal production on Vancouver | propaganda campaign aseinsts sem a ah eee ent ADDRESS ........... Grin Pees on ee eps Foe oe
’slunion through a daily bulletin/ee attitude, purpose is to cre-
: Island and has cornered the Hon's ate an anti-leadership sentiment | NAMB ...........c ee ce cece een ceneteee iis sare Se oe sere aed « BS Er OE 8 ay i
i “ among the rank and file membet»s
: ; 4 . e @ - @ of the union, defeating the con- AD DRAGS © 50/i Senko deolinn saeRe eee os NRA ot eee a i
rence ca é in ictor id tract demands of the union and t
A on then smashing the union itself. NAMI sui sn eG conan oan sup pete ae eee Snes eek edad cee ee ;
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-e Os... “Certainly men have a right to| §§ ~ ADDRESS ................... sau ic eee eM en ae i
rol pa ac rive strike. But it is a right to be |
0 ac pri & guarded very carefully. More and AE tsps cotacs toes wep ae se Dh gan ieee ree ad wien ee :
more people are coming to realize ADD :
VICTORIA, B.C.—Labor, housewives, and other organ-| that ais ass es ee ESS 4003 a0ete, tatu aes wns RO aa ee iE
a . : usually,
izations in the capital were preparing this week to take pet res Wink attitce te AN arGtSRa see TAME eee MES dea Rao lacs ceria naa erie oF .
in the nation-wide drive for a million signatures on the/ 04 a. a first resort instead of ee
petition demanding that the government roll back prices. a last resort, it hurts him far SRAGGS 4 kG ise. s STAN pkg 9 pans hp Ce ep oo i
Victoria Labor Council endorsed | “yyowever, Victoria Trades and gens herr adem thiar ie Agi INANE ee cc eee RTO 5 LEO Ng ce :
the petition campaign this week|y anor Council wired Ottawa from] 4° of his nose anyway, that’s {
and petition forms are already it, ast meeting, following UP} 15. pusiness. But if someone else
being circulated among CCl eartier demands with a fresh Pro-| aecides for him, that’s a different
unions. test against rising living costs story.” :
The council is also taking stepS}and urging reimposition of price} qy3:45, men in Nanaimo and
to convene a city-wide conference | controls and a roll-back in prices. Cumberland have a vivid recollec- ih
S bevel one aoa tes tion of the 1912-13 strike which I
e living costs. e the company smashed by the use ce
Tr a pee SE ae ie eehien P opular city dentist of troops and professional -peabe /
rades an : : The man ho, remember
CCL's call for the re-convening of to resume practice Ri Bae nionnet TORE igus /
the Vancouver Island Joint Labor : ; Too” and the “Tipple,” the union I
Conference on the price issue, but| A popular city dentist who is) (> nizationat bulletins and the if
the local CCL feels the issue is| widely known in Vancouver labor scores of secret meetings that cul- 4
too urgent to brook further delay | circles has decided Ae ore minated in the building of the i
in extending and coordinating the|the practice from te spies Ane present powerful UMWA locals. } {
campaign tired last year an reopening! Rank and file miners likewise
; offices at 49 West Hastings Street. Aas codain aes conion
It is believed that George Wil- : Lave pak recall the conditions under whic
kinson, Victoria Trades and Labor| He is Dr. W. J. Currie, & they worked when they had no
Councit secretary who was recent-} liar figure to two. generations of}union, That period was highlight-
ly appointed by the provincial |trade unionists and others in the ed by the blacklist, intimidation,
government to its labor pear * labor movement with which he oop ans wages with long
ear, is using ; 2 :
Se ee eee bicgk efforts $n, mecesc nis aasonlarions «DRC QYe" || Last November 2 UMWA nee
nference together. the past 40 years. otiating committee met company t
call the confere ~~ | representatives to negotiate terms F
~ of a new working agreement.
The company put forward | de-
mands, which have not yet been ‘
, withdrawn, for lower wages and i:
oe ema contributions from employees to :
4 a fund for exploratory and mine 4
e ela i0 development work — a welfare '
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