TLC backs electrical workers’ wage demands | All MLA's have been invited to attend a meeting at the Seamen’s Hall on February 26th to hear the report on the presentation of a legislative brief which will be presented to the provincial cabinet on February 24th by the provincial committee of the Trades and La- bor Congress of Canada. This was reported at the regular meet- ing of the TLC this week by sec- retary R. K. Gervin. 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Long, Ph.D, ent of Pathology, » University of Chicago. -} Should you wish the three (3) z above-mentioned books, simply > enclose fifty-cents (.50) in coin or postal note together with your name and address plainly written and they will be mailed postpaid to any address in ; Canada, Newfoundland or USA ‘ BLUE BOOK COMPANY 2, T19 West Georgia Street Vancouver, B.C. A resolution from the Pulp and Sulphite Workers’ Union, urging Trades Congress pressure on Ot- tawa on the sharp rise in unem- ployment, and recommending the halting of immigration until full employment is reached, was refer- red to the Council executive for action. In its presentation of a brief to the Public Utilities Commission on the issue of increased fares by the BCElectric, the TLC body ag- reed to seek the aid of the Trade Union Research Bureau in its fac- tual presentation. George Gee, business agent for the Electrical Workers’ Union reported that in the event of a failure of the present conciliation proceedings to favorably consider the union’s demand for a 25 cents an hour wage increase, the 40- hour week, health and sick bene- fits, etc., that Vancouver faced the possibility of a power stoppage. President Showler stated that the TLC would ‘automatically’ support the electrical workers in their wage and other demands. Gee pointed out that wage nego- tiations had started back in July 11947 and charged that the BCElec- tric, supported by the local press yi had followed a policy of ‘stalling’. “Press reports in some of the lo- cal newspapers,” said Delegate Gee, “have deliberately misrepre- sented the case for the electrical workers.” : Delegate Tom Alsbury sought to mitigate the press coverage ‘mis- takes’ and thought if ‘proper rela- tions’ were established, and writ- ten press statements issued by the TLC, that the mistakes would end. Mexican labor leader's plane sabotaged | MEXICO CITY.—President Vi- cente Lombardo Toledano of the Latin American Federation of La- bor arrived safely in the province of Sinaloa after a private plane in which he was supposed to be travelling was sabotaged at the Culiacon airport. The pilot told police the plane’s left motor_had been hacked with axes. CLASSIFIED ' A chargé of 50 cents for each insertion of five lines or less with 10 cents for each additional line ts made for notices ‘appearing in this column: No notices will be accepted: later than Monday noon of the week of publication. NOTICES - Oldtime Dancing To Alf Carlson’s Orchestra Every Wednesday and Saturday: {| 888 East Hastings “Phone HAstings 1248 ASH™ BROS. CARTAGE. ~ \,G16 West Seventh Ave...” ‘PRA 042 FA. 0469 2605 East Pender. Dance -every Saturday night. Modern and _ Old-Time. 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Toronto riding nominates Buck for federal election contest TORONTO.—Tim Buck, National Leader of the Labor- Progressive Party was nominated on February 16 to, contest the federal riding of Trinity. A well-represented constituency convention unanimously endorsed the LPP leader as their ‘ttandard bearer in the next Dom-| nion election. In his acceptance speech Buck outlined the gravity of the crisis facing Canada, as a result of the policies pursued by the King gov- ernment. 4 “The LPP is out to win the Trinity riding, to win several seats in the House of Commons. In order to eontribute our utmost to the great national need of de- feating both old-line parties of big business and war, the LPP will | actively campaign for the election of a CCF government in this fed- eral election. “Trinity is a typical urban rid- ing and what is happening here is happening all over Canada. The cup of the people’s wrath is over- flowing. .Massey-Harris down on King Street is making millions of dollars profit, speeding up its workers, exploiting the farmers, ¢mnjoying freedom from excess-pro- its tax. But the average family ‘n Trinity is staggering, -abso- ‘utely unable to keep up with the rising cost of living. “King’s sweet 1945 speeches »yromised to control prices and profits and to build homes for dur veterans. But for the past two years the Liberals and Tories have conspired and combined to xecuttle price controls, to give big business freedom for the worst orgy of ruthless profiteering. “They have carried on a piti- ‘ess offensive against the people’s bread, milk and meat. Instead of yomes, our veterans are shoved into converted barracks. “Uniess these Liberal- Tory policies are fought and changed _ Our country will be thrust into the crisis of closed factories, mass unemployment and bread- lines. The people cannot buy enough food today, tomorrow _their jobs will be taken away. “Unless the present course at Ottawa is. fought-and changed, they will be coming again before “ TIM BUCK long to conscript your sons and daughters for war. For reaction- ary, aggressive war of destruction against the peoples of the New Democracies and the Soviet Union, who ask only to be left alone in peace to make good the awful devastation of the war. Mackenzie King, with the tacit support of the Tories, has com- mitted Canada to a ‘made-in-the- U.S.A. plan for imperialist war behind the back of Parliament. Parliament has not voted permis- sion, but U.S. bases have been es- tablished in our Arctic. US. bombers fly back and forth ac- ross our northlands; our uranium is shipped to the United States where they use it for atom bombs; our armed forces actually operate under a joint U.S.-British general staff. Canadians must stop this ugly war game. Our country’s indepen- Bosses boost phoneys in effort to split IWA VICTORIA—IWA millworkers in the capital this week saw glaring evidence of the way in which lumber operators are linked with efforts to unseat the union’s district leader- ship in an effort to halt their continuing gains in organization, wages, conditions and union sec- urity. As they punched out of Crowe Gonnason’s mill, employees dis- covered an intriguing window display heside the time clock. Under the heading, “Latest Broadcasts in Union Battle” were pasted the full texts of radiv speeches made by George Brown, IWA international director of or- ganization, and George Mitchell, official of IWA Local 1-357. Both speeches were made over Van- ecouver radio stations and directed towards destroying confidence in the present district leadership. In the center, on the company’s letterhead, was a letter dated Feb- ruary 10 which read: “Are you aware a bitter battle is waging among the present executive of the CIO-IWA union (Dalskog, Pritchett, Bergren, Forbes and Kennedy) against a group headed by J. Stewart Alsbury, Lloyd Whalen, William Lynch, Andy Smith, George H.. Mitchell and Ted Day. The first group, as you know, The second group is endeavoring to fire the first group. “The trouble appears to have started when the present officers refused to answer the question, Are you a communist?” or a statement to that effect. This is one of the main points in the American Taft-Hartley bill, which after much consideration both the big parent unions in the U.S. (AFL and CIO) decided should be are the present officers. | answered by all union executives and organizers. “For the benefit of those who have not heard any of the weekly broadcasts here is the latest from both sides. (Signed) The Manage- ment.” Whether from ignorance or design, George Brown was er roneously listed as speaking “for” the present district exec- utive, amd George Mitchell cor- rectly as speaking “against.” Union members noted from the mimeographed broadcast texts that employers throughout the industry are being supplied with the speeches of the present antt- leadership group. They also wondered how it was that in a display dated February 10, a speech could be included by George Brown which was delivered on the air Monday, February 9 at 8.15 p.m. Significantly enough the dis- Play also included two advertise- ments by the so-called ‘“Commut- tee for Industrial Progress” on the theme “Why Bill 39 is Labor's Bill of Rights.” ® dence must be defended against, not sacrificed to, the warmongers of Wall Street. “Across in Europe, the people are building their New Demo- cracies. They want peace. So do Canadians. In peace we can make our democracy work to make life better and fuller for the people. Unity, democracy, peace—that is the road ahead to keep Canada independent, strong and free!” Alta coal Miners return to pit This week all miners in the bituminous coal fields of Al- berta are returning to produc- tion, while miners in the dom- estic coal pits are still awaiting final settlement of contract de- mands. Bituminous coal miners voted to accept the majority report of the Alberta Coneiliation Board recommendations, providing for a $2.00 a day wage increase, retro- active to December 3. First re- ports of the vote coming in from Alberta. show 2540 to 610 in favor of the board’s recommendations. Should the Alberta domestic coal miners settle on similar terms to that of the other fields, it is likely that Vancouver Island miners will return to work on a similar contract. Civic union to vote on offer Local 28, Civic Workers Union (outside section) will meet in Pender Auditorium, Friday, to vote on the City’s proposals to the union’s wage demands. The nature of these proposals has so far not been disclosed. Last meeting of the local union approximately 800 workers attend- ed. This time it is expected 1000 or more will turn out. New Trotskyite sheet ' The Vancouver Committee of the Labor-Progressive Party this week charged four individ- uals as being engaged “in dis- ruptive activities harmful to the working class,” and announced that “they are not now, nor have they been for some time, members of the Labor-Progres- Sive Party.” The four individ- uals named, George Black, Mar- garet Black, Pat Driscoll and Renee Nelissen, have constitut- ed themselves as the editorial board of a mimeographed sheet, the Communist Voice, which follows a typical Trotskyist pol- icy of raising divisive and dis- ruptive issues. MEN’S WEAR 64 W. 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