Buck says socialism
‘greatest influence’

“Socialism has become the greatest single force influencing men’s minds. Peace-
ful coexistence is the overwhelming demand of people everywhere. Because of this fact all
the policies adopted by the St. Laurent government since 1947 may be brought into

question.”

This was the keynote of a speech given by Tim Buck, LPP national leader, to an

audience of some 1500 in Ex-
hibition Gardens here Friday
last week, in the course of which
he contrasted Soviet advances
and the aid being given to social-
ist and non-socialist countries
with U.S. domination of Canada
and the resultant policies of
national betrayal epitomized in
the Liberal government’s pipe-
line bill. S

Speaking of the Soviet Union,
Buck said that its people were
now beginning to realize the
achievements of years of hard
work and sacrifice.

‘“They do not yet have many
of the consumer goods we con-
sider mecessary, but their stan-
dards already are higher than

any other country of Europe, in-
cluding Britain, and they are
now is a position to raise their
standards rapidly.”

Soviet aid to other countries,
including countries not yet with-
in the socialist orbit, he said, had
created “a new factor in world
affairs — the factor of genuine
mutual assistance that respects
the independence of the recipient
country.”

Soviet aid to other countries—
and there were now 290 such aid
agreements from providing an
entire auto plant to building an
800-mile railway —- was to be
paid for in goods produced by
the countries receiving aid, Buck
noted, pointing out that the Soviet

VILC delegates speak up

Vancouver, Lower Mainland
Trades and Labor Council can-
not interfere in the dispute be-
tween Tunnel and Rock Work-
ers Local 118 and its internation-
al brass, but delegates attending
the new merged council’s second
meeting Tuesday night made it
clear that they are opposed .to
the way U.S. union chiefs poke
their noses into B.C. affairs.

Local 118 was placed under a
trusteeship because it rejected a
Washington-signed contract at
low wages and fought for and
won B.C. wage rates on the pipe-
line job.

“IT trust we won't have trustee-
ships lasting for years, interfer-
ing with the democratic rights of

B.C. unionists,” said John Hay-|-

ward, Street Railwaymen’s Union.

“It sets a dangerous precedent
when attempts are made to force
B.C. workers to accept contracts
based on lower standards than
are customary in this province,
said delegate Ev King.

-‘We can’t interfere, but no one
regrets that more than I do,” com-
mented VTLC president Lloyd
Whalen.

Council was compelled to bar
Local 168 delegates under in-
structicns from the union’s “ad-
ministrator” Stacey Warner, but
offered its services to try and
settle the dispute.

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‘Delegates decided not to enter
a candidate in the June 27 alder-
manic byelection, because dead-
line for nominations is June 13
and there would not be time to
poll affiliated unions. A labor
candidate will likely run next
December, however. ;

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Council will ask the Canadian
Labor Congress executive board
to put pressure on federal Justice
Minister Stuart Garson to stop
injunctions in labor disputes.

“More injunctions have been
granted against trade unions in
B.C. than in any other province,
said George Home, secretary of
B.C. Federation of Labor.

A leaflet handed to delegates
by members of Retail Wholesale
AFL-CIO quoted a circular let-
ter sent out by the Industrial
Association of B.C. which gloated

*

City unions resent
U.S. interference

over an injunction granted against
the union preventing picketing of
the Grinnell Company.

“Never before has such scope
been given in prohibiting a union
from interfering with a com-
pany’s business,” said the letter.
“It would be of tremendous and
far-reaching value to“all indus-
try to have the principles involv-
ed in this case established by
law.”

Council will back a local cam-!
paign against the growing use of |
court injuctions ‘to halt picketin

Male version of a Bikini is worn by Fishermen’s Union
member Guy Gagen, shown here winning a bet by sitting
in the snow at 2700 feet above sea level at Kemano. Union
paper, The Fisherman ran the picture, commenting tongue in
cheek that Gagen was cooling off his ire after hearing that the

UFAWU was being investigated

Union was training technicians
of the various countries to run
the new industries so that they
would not be dependent on
Soviet technicians.

“When countries can develop
their. own industries run by
their own people,” Buck declar-
ed, “there is the material of
real independence. Then they
can be fully sovereign.

“This is causing more pertur-
bation in sections of the capital-
ist world than all the accomplish-
ments of the Soviet Union in its
capacity for self-defense.”

Buck.contrasted this with U.S.
policy toward Canada, carried
out through the St. Laurent
government, which made this
country economically dependent
on the U.S., exploited its re-
sources for U.S. gain and robbed
it of real independence — all in
the name of cold war preparations.

“Canadians are coming to see
what a disastrous mistake was
made when our overseas markets
were sacrificed to U.S. cold war
demands,” he said.

Buck’s demand that “the gov-
ernment spend $90 million of
your credit to build a_ public
pipeline for Canada instead of
using your credit to hand $80
million to a gang of American
promoters to exploit our natural
gas” was embodied in a resolu-
tion’ calling for a publicly-owned
pipeline adopted by the meeting
and sent. to Prime Minister St.
Laurent, Conservative Opposition
leader George Drew, CCF national
leader M. J. Coldwell and Socred
national leader Solon Low.

under the Combines Act.

Pictured as he concluded his keynote speech to an extra-
ordinary session of World Council of Peace, held at
Stockholm in April, is Dr. James E: Endicott, chairman of the
Canadian Peace Congress, who will speak here this coming

Wednesday, June 13. Subject

of Dr. Endicott’s speech, to be

given at a public meeting in Rio Theatre, is “Disarmament —

How can we zet it started 2?”

Six provinces have

Fair Practices acts

New fair practices legislation
appeared on the statute books of
three provinces this year—Sas-
katchewan leading the field with
a Fair Employment Practices Act
and a Fair Accommodation Prac-
tices Act. The legislatures of
British Columbia and New
Brunswick each gave approval to
Fair Employment Practices acts.

With this new legislation pass-
ed at spring sessions of the three
legislatures, Canada
seven Fair Employment Practices
acts in force: six provincial and
one federal.

In addition to the Canada FEP
Act (1953) they are: Nova Scotia

(1955), New Brunswick (1956),
Ontario (1951), Manitoba (1953),

Saskatchewan (1956) and British

Columbia (1956).

Discrimination in public ac-
commodation is prohibited by
Fair Accommodation Practices
acts in Ontario (1954) and Sas-
katchewan (1956). -

Other anti-discrimination meas-
ures include Saskatchewan’s Bill
of Rights (1947); prohibition of

racial and religious bias by fed-'

eral government contractors and
in operations of the National Em-
ployment Service; measures out-
lawing racial restrictive coven-
ants in property deeds in On-

tario and Manitoba; and prohibi- |
_ | tion of racial restrictions in in-

surance, in Ontario.

“This is the picture today, look-
ing from a favorable angle,” says
the publication Canadian Labor
Reports.

“From a less favorable angle,”
it continues, “the picture reveals
pockets of discrimination, disap-

proved by the public, yet surviv-/

ing on ignorance or negligence.

“Prejudice no longer operates’
in the open; it shrinks from view
because it is no longer acceptable
or even tolerable. Still it takes
its toll — a job here, a family’s

now has'

pride there; and losses in pur-
chasing -power that cannot be
itemized in the nation’s accounts.”

Labor, says the publication, has
a responsibility in seeing that the
existing laws against discrimina-
tion are made to work.

City ratepayers
ask ward system

Vancouver Central Council of
Ratepayers wrote Vancouver City
Council this week proposing that
aldermen be elected on a ward
system and four controllers be
voted on by Vancouver at large
—a system patterned after that
of Toronto.

But council, which voted for a
four-man board of administration
last week, decided instead to
increase the number of aldermen
from eight to ten — five to be
elected each year for two- year
terms. The city charter will have
to be amended to allow this, and
_it will likely not come into effect
until 1958.

Soviet seamen in port
to be guests at social

Seamen from several Soviet
freighters now loading grain here
‘for Siberia will be guests at a
dance and social at the Russian
People’s Home, 600 Campbell
| Avenue, on Saturday, June 16,
from 9 p.m. to midnight. The
social is sponsored by Canadian-
, Soviet Friendship Society.

All local citizens wishing to
; extend a welcome to the young
, Soviet seamen are invited to at-
-tend. Tickets are available at
People’s Co-operative Bookstore,
| 337 West Pender, and at the door
‘on the evening of June 16.

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