0a a la | | | | LABOR SCENE: — Forms change, but content Smarting under a government- union arrangement to load export wheat out of Vancouver, the B.C. Employers Association, B.C. Maritime Association and Board of Trade, are. now accusing the federal gov- ernment of ‘‘discrimination,” ‘“‘strikebreaking,’’ ‘‘unprece- dented behaviour,” etc., and ad infinitum. Unlike the bosses’ Com- mercial and Industrial Research D k Foundation (CIRF) set up some three years ago under the r. Spoc to speak direction of Wm. Strang, (now president of the B.C. Maritime Dr. Benjamin Spock, famed child specialist and Association), ahich posed as author of many books on child care, will speak ata public ‘argely a “‘research”’ meeting at the Queen Elizabeth theatre at 8 p.m. on pg ce the BS Wednesday, November 5. Employers Association have : : : i now discarded all pretences at With Dr. Spock will appear two representatives of the being anything else than a power- Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam; Mr. ful conglomerate of monopoly, Huynh Van Ba, Charge ‘d’ Affaires in Havana, and Mr. Le big business, with one aim in . Psuong from the Vietnamese Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, ™ind— to smash organized labor % Both speak English. by encasing it with the strait- : H : ; : jacket of compulsory arbi The subject will be “End the War in Vietnam Now.” tration. The noted U.S. physician was found guilty last year in The main: similarity between Boston of conspiring to counsel American youth to avoid army both organizations is that they draft regulations. On September 11, 1969, an Appeal Court Te mas pee Seg Us reversed this ruling and exonerated Dr. Spock who had faced a ary ss he and telegram ten year sentence and a heavy fine. to the Trudeau government for- The giant rally is sponsored by a representative group of warded to Federal Labor Vancouver citizens who have formed a Committee for Vietnam Minister Bryce Mackasey, the Tour headed by Dr. Alan Inglis. Chairman of the rally will be BCEA makes:it very clear what prominent Vancouver attorney John Stanton. Net proceeds will ee ea recident go to the Canadian Aid for Vietnam Civilians. F.G. Peskett, the Sea to Tickets are $1.00 each and should be bought well in Ottawa says in part: advance to avoid disappointment as a large turnout is “The Employers’ Council of expected. : British Columbia respectfully Tickets are available from: Mrs. S. Young, 1768 West nie oe ae 11th Ave., Vancouver 9, B.C. Tel. 733-9018. West Coast longshoremen’s Peace Council writes Trudeau The B.C. Peace Council, ina Truce Commission countries to Fulbright, cuts the ground letter to Prime Minister discuss implementation of the completely from under the Trudeau, has suggested that terms of the Geneva Accords of United States ‘‘justification’’ Canada withdraw the minority ~ 1954 in the present conditions. for their aggression in Vietnam. reports of the International Basis for this request is a The Council also this week Control Commission’in Vietnam report in the Vancouver Sun of announced that they had and convene a meeting of the Wednesday, September 25 in launched a series of meetings to Sat Neo, which Washington corres- discuss world peace from many pondent Murrey Hardin stated: angles. . GRACE STEVENS “The Nixon administration has This month, Ben Swankey, Report on the searched records in vain for labor journalist who recently TWO WORLD CONGRESSES} ¢Vidence that South Vietnam returned from East Germany, hoden made any formal lion for will speak on ‘‘The Germany U.S. combat troops before the Canadians Don’t Know.’’ The So SS gs first American battalions meeting will be held at 339 W. reached there in March 1965, Pender St., on Sunday, Oct. 19 at CLOVERDALE officials acknowledged 8 p.m. Slides taken when THURSDAY Tuesday.”’ Swankey and his wife toured OCT. 23—8 P.M. The Council feels that this many of East Germany’s leading Wsisest Excise Woolas ee revelation which was wrung _ cities such as Berlin, Leipzig, “ Comank ma from the U.S. State Department Dresden and Weimar, will be u with great difficulty, by Senator — shown. strike. Having already intruded into this dispute in an unpre- - cedented manner ( by arranging with the ILWU for the unin- terrupted loading of wheat during the strike, Ed.), the gov- ernment should be prepared to follow through. “The present impasses under- _ lines the need for federal legis- lation comparable to British Columbia’s Bill 33 (Mediation Act) which can send disputants to binding arbitration when the public interest is jeopardized’. There it is in a nutshell, sticking out hard and clear from among all the other bilge in the B.C: Employers’ Association telegram to the federal gov- ernment: hogtie labor with com- pulsory arbitration, strangle all free collective bargaining, and we'll overlook all else. The ‘“‘public interest’’ (read monopoly interest) demands it.” Meantime, the ILWU now going into its third week of strike action, remains solid. Since the B.C. Maritime Commission sought to sabotage the loading of wheat — and blame it on the ILWU, the federal government has placed loading authority under the Vancouver Harbors Board to end the obstruction. “Wheat is now loading freely, remains fo hog-tie labor with the ILWU honoring 18 — commitment to the full, and the — grain-loaders according t0 reports, turning back their pay envelopes to the Strike Com mittee. Meantime, negotiations b& tween the union and the employer’s representatives a still in progress, with feder@ mediator Kelly sitting in on nee” tiations. This week the Vancouver Board of Trade joined in t telegram tirade to ottawa: primarily ‘‘because of prefere? tial treatment being accorde grain products,’’ and also because, in the opinion of the BOT boys, Canada is developnt “a growing reputation — strike-riddied nation.” While Be opposite is the case of course ft any cursory glance at the pro! balance sheets of big busines? will show, the reasons for SUC wild allegations are not hare” seek out for anyone really inter ested. According to the current edition of the UE News during the period of January to AUC 1969 there were 377 strikes effect. During the same perl0 1968 there was a total of 4 fo drop of 56, which does nothing confirm Vancouver BOT : “alarm”. Safeway profits score new high Quentin Reynolds, president - of Safeway Stores Inc., comment- ing on the company’s latest quarterly report, stated that special sales had reached a record high in the quarter ended September 6. He said that for the full 1969. year that the company is expect- ing record sales of over $4 billions. Sales. for the latest quarter were $944.5 million, an increase of 7.6 percent over sales of $877.6 million for the same period of 1968. This was the highest third period in the company’s history. Canada Safeway is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Cali- fornia company. A breakdown of this operation’s earnings were _ not given, but, in the nine month period ended September 6th, consolidated sales were $2.8 billions, up from $2.5 billion last year. Net income was $35 million. Net income for the three months ended September 6 was $9.6 million. the “The report noted that company had experienced ¢ rf major strikes, all of which ine been settled at the time of 1” report. see * * * : ve% ae Likewise, and almost simul taneously with the Safewa report, Ogilvie Flour Mills oe Ltd., reports net income a $2,283,000 for the quarter ende” July 1, 1969. Up from $623,0004% the corresponding period : 1968. in The report attempts to expl! the unprecendented differen by stating that this difference » as a result of earnings {f° other investments, fixed asse! etc. t It would seem strange ie they show these earnings in Ie against 1968 but, did not mention earnings from fixed assets, etc. for 1968. NIXON SAID “FUNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL I BE AFFECTED WHAT! TRIBUNE—OCTOBER 17, 1969—Page 12 PACIFIC % EVER” BY OPPOSITION To THE WAR IN VIETNAM. —-