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HRAF ANTINA! Nal RAWIFA

\STRESS NEED FOR TAX RELIEF, WARDS

Halt nuclear tests, expand
trade urged at CP parley

By JERRY SHACK
A demonstration at the U.S. consulate highlighted
last weekends Greater Vancouver convention of the

Communist Party.
Carrying placards with
slogans such as “Defend Free
Speech in U.S.,”" “Stop perse-
cution of U.S. Communists,”
“Uphold the Constitution of
U.S.” and -others,. over 20
people marched from the
scene of the convention (Fish-
érmen’s Hall) to-the U.S. con-

‘| solate, located at the corner

of Burrard and Georgia Sts.
The demonstration received
wide TV and radio coverage.
The convention itself was
spirited and-~ enthusiastic,
with delegate after delegate

Commenting on the now-
famous wheat. trade -with
People’s China, Stewart
showed that if this correct
policy were applied to other
B.C. commodities like | fin-
ished lumber, fish fruits and
vegetables etc. the end re-
sult: would. inevitably benefit
|every prson. residing in the
province, in one way or an-
other.

CIVIC POLITICS

Turning to the civic scene,
he explained that there now

pointing out the need for anj exists a very real possibility
ever-increasing flow of public! of providing a democratic al-
work and. illustrating in) ternative to the NPA-Big
practical terms how this ob-| Business domination of City)
jective can best be carried Council, but that this possi-
out. | bility would come to nought

Bak} ach sere

“Will be submitted to the next

ps mets,

_. PROTEST PERSECUTION IN U.S. Above are some of
- < the 80 pickets who marched around the U.S. consulate in
: © -Nancouver last Saturday to protest attacks on democ-

~ Faey and to demand a halt

Uis;. Communist ‘Party.

to the persecution of the

-In -his main. report, City)
Secretary Bill Stewart. aptly
presented the objective con-
ditions of the day and out-
lined the possibilities . that;
exist to strengthen the Party|
and extending its influence in|
the community. -

Promoting peace.

nae appeal, made by Jack
., 4€nderson, » council . delegate.

‘© CAPRI, drew the largest.
@pplause, of the entire eve-

Couneil delegates also
called for a hike in social
&Ssistance payments of 20.
Per cent and urged all union’
members to press for this)
objective. Criticism was di-.
rected at present low ‘pay-.
Ments as being insufficient to:
€ven provide a bare subsis-
tence.

In reply to a question,
Council secretary Paddy
Neale said a brief on taxa-
tion is being prepared which

Council meeting. |
* os *

Elsewhere on the labor
front, Vancouver unemployed
“report: back in the
Eeniple on March. 2, to,
“work, so far, and to

a for. the March 15
Meeting with Premier Ben-
bee -and: the cabinet.

*man for the unemployed said

| Des-Brisay has been appoint-

‘of the insistent demands of

: VL C delegates back peace appeal,
Jobless delegation to meet Bennett —

Vancouver Labor Council delegates Tuesday” warmly applauded an appeal
for union members to join in the fight for peace and to support any organization

Plans were laid to make
the delegation as representa-|
tive as possible, and a spokes-

that an attempt would be:
made to have all the major |
unions in BC. represented |
on the delegation.

Unemployed demands will
be based on an 11-point brief}
(summarized in a recent edi-
tion of the PT) and it is ex-
pected that particular em-!
phasis will be placed on the
question of increased social
aid and the restoration of
medical cards.

* * *

Mr. Chief Justice AS e:

ed as a one-man royal com-

mission to
into the Workmen’s Compen-

sation Board.

The appointment of the
commission, (the first since
1952), came about as a result

April 24,

Of nuclear arms by Canada.

Canada to take part world-
wide peace action April 24

The Canadian Committee for Nuclear Disarmament,
meeting in a two day conference in Toronto last week,
decided to participate in a world-wide peace march on

The conference also’ decided to ask candidates in the
next federal election to state their stand on the acquisition

; A-questionnare will be sent to all candidates on nuc
ae Policy andthe answers will be published.

conduct hearings) ,

organized labor that .it was}

time for-a careful study of

unless it was seized by the
organized labor movement
and the widest possible sec-
tions of the people.

He stated that the first in-
dispensable step would be for
labor’ to. re-enter the civic
elections and lead the fight
for a ward system which
would make it impossible for
the west end of Vancouver to
have the final say as to the}

the Board’s. administration,

its decisions, its appeal Rro-|

cedure, and.all other phases.,
- Many large unions are ex-,
pected to submit briefs, in-|
cluding the _IWA, the)
UFAWU, Mine Mill, and the |

B.C. Federation of Labor. |

1
* & ®

Latest word from Mine}
Mill sources is that 10,000)
workers: cast “ballots on the)
first day of voting in Sud-}
bury. Results will not be
known until sometime after
March 16, which incidentally,
is also the date’ of the hearing
of Mine Mill charges against
local president Don Gillis.

¢ we *
The Civic Employees Union,
Outside Workers,
for a 10 cent an hour increase
(with other benefits), ‘has

-Fequest' of city officials, the
pointed -J. A. ‘Laffling ‘as

conciliator.

cy uk *

demands!

gone‘ into Contiliation. At the!”

provincial Dept. of Labor ap-,

U-2 spy pilot Francis Powers
was shot down by a Soviet
ground - to - air missile at
68,000 feet. This was admit-
ted by the CIA this week.
The U.S. had previously in-
sisted no such missile existed.

composition of the Council.

Until this was done, it
would seriously restrict any
concerted campaign to relieve
homeowners of the stagger-
ing tax load now borne by
them. This and other related
struggles would receive a
tremendous. lift the moment
that the people elected a rep-
resentative that would raise
these issues in the City Coun-
cil,;-he pointed out.

The convention marked the
40th Anniversary of the
Party with a special contri-
bution by PT’ Associaté Edi-
tor . Maurice Rush: Rush
showed that during its entire
history the Party has consis-
tently. been at the heart of
all the major struggles of the
people, and ‘this would un-
doubtedly continue to be the
case.

RESOLUTIONS

On Sunday afternoon the
delegates répresenting all
city clubs elected a City Com-
mittee of 12 and adopted the
following resolutions.

®@ Called on City Council
to press for acceptance. of the
MacNaughton Plan for Co-
lumbia River development
and scrapping the present
treaty. :

@ Urged setting up a
Seven Hour Day Educational
League.

@ Advocated obtaining the

harbor from federal au-

thorities and the setting up
of a Civic Port Authority. °
@ Condemned the persecu-
tion of the Communist Party
of the USA and demanded
the repeal of the infamous
Smith and McCarran Acts.:
@ Opposed the resumption
of nuclear testing by any and
all nations, and called on
Diefenbaker to do the same.
Resolutions were also
adopted on trade with China

' | and Cuba, independence for

Algeria, the restoration of
full bargaining rights to B.C.
Electric employees, the rais-
ing of social assistance by
20%, and a revision in the
assessment of property owned
by pensioners. es

AT CITY RALLY

The UFAWU has an-
nounced that its Annual Con-
vention will’ commence on
March 17° and will last for
approximately one. Wee k.
Union sources
record number of delegates
are expected. Highlighting
the deliberations will be a
searching look into the entire
future. of . the Coast fishing

industry. _

say ,that aj.

RABBI A. FEINBERG, who
will speak at a mass peace
rally in Vancouver's Exihibi-
tion Gardens.

RABBI FEINBERG TO SPEAK:

MARCH 29 .

The B.C. Committee on
Radiation Hazards -announc-

(ed this week that the well-

known. religious leader and
public figure, Rabbi Abraham

‘Le Feinberg of Toronto, will

speak at a large public rally
in the Exhibition Gardens on
Thursday, March 29 at 8:30
p.m. ;
Feinberg is national vice-

chairman of the Canadian

Committee for Nuclear Dis-
armament, He was head of
Toronto's leading synagogue,
Holy Blossom Temple; for 18
years. ,
His subject will be “The
War For Peace: A Message
From London, Berlin and

Moscow.” He recently return-
ed from Europe.

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