CC. Trade Union Congress formed; hits Bill O, calls for Bill of Rights = mut ! T is > Pa ut mcilll a k esseserrannettl | is RR fige _ B.C. Trade ERs Congress officers Top officers of the B.C. Trade Union Con shown above. Left to right: Georg Tom Alsbury, Vancouver; Doreen Fowler, New Westminster; e Gee, Vancouver; John Barton, Vancouver and R. K. Gervin, Vancouver. ‘Save the Rosenbergs’ rally A Vancouver “Save the Ros- enbergs” rally will be held this coming Sunday, December 21, at 8 p.m. in Swedish Community Hall, 1320 East Hastings, it was announced this week by the League for Democratic Rights. Speakers will be Rev. A. Hodg- kins, Miss Elspeth Munro and Alex Dorland. Time is running short for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the young American parents of two boys, who have been sentenced to die in the electric chair dur- ing the week of January 12 in circumstances which justify com- parison with the historical Drey- fus case. The issue of the Rosenbergs AANA SANNA ANN SA UPAR RARE PARRA PARA I WwOSK’ THE LARGEST SUPPLY HOUSE OF RANGES IN WESTERN CANADA SAREE SE EE AR BG S LTD. SESE PIR ERE IRE EE BEE YORE WERE PERE PIE SS is —10Ei10r —ACEI0L —OmIKS ——org = The LONG and ~ The HUB has sold the SHORT of itis... fe) = (2): Union-Made Men’s Wear and extended friendly ser- t { : t on6e———————0 0 01 “lt 45 E. Hastings —ornoSSoro vice for over 50 years. Vancouver, B.C. oro _——————=aoN105E—— ° | A B.C. Trade Union Congress, representing more than 300 AFL - TLS unions, was set up here at the concluding session of a three-day provincial confer- The new Congress, ence of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. speaks for more than 70,000 workers, ed officers for the coming year. Vancouver, was elected president, and Tom Alsbury, Trades and Labor ,Council, was named vice-president. provincial chairman, is full-time secretary-treasurer. Executive board members are Charles Peck, IBEW, Victoria; George Gee, IBEW, Vancouver; John Soprovich, Pulp and Sulphite Workers, Ocean Falls; Bryan Cooney, Fruit and Vegetable Work: ers, Kelowna; and Doreen Fowler, BCElectric Office Employees, gress (TLC) established last week in Nanaimo, are Charles Peck, Victoria; Bryan Cooney, Kelowna; Soprovich, Ocean Falls; James will be held in city Sunday will be brought before thous- ands of Canadians in the next two weeks through the medium of newspapers: leaflets and pub- lic meetings. ‘A mass rally of Toronto citi- zens to urge executive clemency for the Rosenbergs will be held in Massey Hall on January 4. The Rosenbergs, now the centre of world-wide attention, were accused of having given American “atom secrets” to the Soviet Union. Thousands of people throughout the world have protested the death sen- tence as being barbaric in peace- time. The trial itself is also under scrutiny, it being charged it took place in an atmosphere of political hysteria and the Ros- enbergs were convicted of a crime with no evidence against them. Jewellers’ strike in second week Pickets patrolled up and down the sidewalks in front of six struck jewelry manufacturing firms this week, as a strike called by Local 42, International Jewelry Workers Union, went into its second week with no sign of an early settle- ment. 4 The union is asking that the public respect its picket lines un- til a settlement is reached with these firms: Zuker Jewelry Com- pany; Hawken and Company; Grimson and Sons; Jacoby Broth- ers; E. J. Trayling and Trayling and Waters. James New Westminster. The TUC decided on a straight flat levy to finance its opera’ tions in the coming year, and will apply for a charter from the national Trades and Labor Congress. The 135 delegates attending the conference went on record opposing proposed amendments to the Criminal Code, with delegates rising one after another to con- demn the “go-easy” attitude taken by national TLC officials. ’The Bill O (formerly Bill H-8) amend- ments are now before a senate ‘committee. Bill © amendments aimed at “communists” are a “smoke screen behind which they are trying to smash the trade union movement,” said George Gee, IBEW. The resolution, which was adopt- . ed unanimously, declared: ‘Some sections were aimed at prohibiting and restricting the rights of work- ers to strike and picket, especially those industries coming undef the general heading of utilities, trans~ port and other public services — a direct threat to organized labor.” It asked that these sections be struck out. : The conference also called on the federal government to enact a Bill of Rights to safeguard citizens, regardless of race, sect or national origin. It charged that discrim- ination exists in securing employ- ment. (During the convention the manager of the Malaspina hotel agreed to remove an “all white help employed” notice on its menus after delegates staying at the hotel raised the issue with him.) A resolution.on television regis- tered definite opposition to charges that would lessen the con- trol of the CBC in the field of TV. Delegates called for more ef- fective labor political action in future — not by supporting any particular party, but by getting workers out to vote and in peti- tioning for legislative voting re- cords. The conference agreed to press for a 40-hour maximum work week; protested to Ottawa against the low rate of 85 cents an hour being paid by the Post Office to extra Christmas help; and called for several amendments to the ICA Act: drew up a 15-point constitution and elect- Barton, AFL Plumbers and Pipefitters, NANAIMO, B.C. which president of Vancouver R. K. Gervin, TLC Charging that B.C. insurance companies have turned auto insur ance into a “major financia! racket,” delegates decided to ask the Social Credit government t? probe the whole question of aut? insurance and to consider the es tablishment of a new compulsory government plan for B.C. ‘ Shop for Christmas subs too Christmas shopping obviouslY interfered wish shopping for subs this week, for the total numbet of subscriptions turned in to the Pacific Tribune office by our pres workers amounted to only ad Kamloops, North Burnaby and Kitsilano tied for “Club of the Week” honors with 3 subs ea” followed by A. E. Smith press club 2; Alberni, 2; Electrical, 2; Geor gia, 2; Grandview, 2; Langley Prairie, 2; Moberly, 2; and Tra 2 Right after the New Year well publish’ the record of all press clubs for 1952, along with PY? posed sub targets for 1958. WE hope each press club will discus methods of surpassing these Pf? posed targets early in January? and get off to a flying start bs 1953. We wish heartiest season’s st ings to all our press clubs &” press workers, and salute them : the driving force which make publication of the Pacific Tribur? et possible. 1 os on a — | PUBLIC Save the Rosenbergs! MUST THESE YOUNG PARENTS DIE? RALLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21 : 8 p.m- SWEDISH COMMUNITY HALL 1320 East Hastings Auspices League for Democratic Rights _ PACIFIC TRIBUNE — DECEMBER 19, 1952 — PAG