News of the nation Ship inquiry ordered OTTAWA—Justice F. W. Bar- w of the Supreme Court of On- lo has been appointed commis- ieeG to conduct a formal inves- ea on, as demanded by the Ca- ae Seamen’s Union, into the 6 ng of S.S. Emperor in Lake Ser on June 4, with the loss a é lives, Transport Minister fet Chevrier announced here. He investigation will open at ieee on July 2. Demand for ee ey into the sinking of 2s year-old bulk carrier fol- he Statements made by res- crew members. ee, crewmen claim all 12 men a Ould have been saved had es Precautions been taken by s 4 officers and had the safety he tions of the Canada Steam- P Act been enforced. Sio: lo Miners launch drive Ss A campaign for eee organization of the Por- aa ag g0ld. mines is being launch- spa by the Mine, Mill and nie r Workers union it was an- fed this week by Maurice vy Tavis, international president of 8 union. Cooperative Day July 5 ag -AWA—International Cooper- Day, July 5 ill be cele- b y 5, will be feat Canada with a 15-min- eres, 10 program on the Trans- Bina network of the Canadian cial Ups Corporation. A spe- henin: Ort-wave program will be re €d to Europe, and a special °8ram will be broadcast to Bri- tain pb y the British Broadcastin rPoration, - es ; Police attack parade MONTREAL — Police attempts eo a demonstration of house- t Protesting against the high Saty mas living failed twice last the Se to halt a parade through OwK Teets of Montreal's down- Of tye roping district. In spite ‘antic, attacks by city police and cloth we versive’ squad plain- een on the women, thous- mt People witnessed the de- . © against high prices. The € signalled the start of the TS strike, — was °° Officials claimed that’ it unlawsy illegal assembly and an NO pe ul parade. They said that by ‘Syuiiate had been applied for © consumers. the ‘8. Ethel. Leigh, chairman of tion ‘Ontreal Consumers’ Federa- saig gene led the demonstration, unde at “the police gave us to tp «Stand they were not opposed with, Patade, so we went ahead h Our plans.” RCMP sent fo Sherridon [ag PAS — RCMP reinfroce- Sher mere ben despatched to the on “Gordon Mines at Sherri- Mme’ 85 miles north of here. followin t= called in RCMPolice union AE their refusal to grant Wage j €mands for a 36c an hour (209-49 orease and a MMSW vote thea ) for strike action unless Ncrease were granted. @ », OTTAWA—Norman Dowd, ex- ecutive secretary of the Canadian Moneress of Labor, announced last "“veekend that all affiliated unions are being asked to par- ticipate in a country-wide dis- cussion of the new federal labor legislation Bill 338. Copies of the bill with an ap- pended list of approximately ten specific objections are being sent for study to all locals embracing some 300,000 organized workers. Pending submission of final declarations to the industrial re- lations committee of the House of Commong, the Congress will attempt to check the views of its member locals. Main items singled out for study and particularly condemned by the Congress leadership are: 1. Limited coverage of the bill. It should have wider application CCL denounces proposed new labor bill 2. Power to revoke certifica- tion is described as “an invita- tion to unscrupulous employers to undermine unions, drag out ne- gotiations, discourage workers in its power to call for a fresh vote.” It is especially aimed “at small unions getting under way.” 3. Serious objection is made to the “cooling off’ period which was termed a “freeze out.” 4, The wide powers given to courts of law in the judgment of industrial disputes would result in many “violations” said Dowd. “There are going to be a lot of bad judgments through this po- lice court procedure. The courts are not familiar with labor legi- slation.” 5. Loopholes for punishment of unions are to be seen in section 43 covering complaints from a collective bargaining unit. They must apply to the minister before appearing is granted. Dowd thought a complaint. should go “directly to a board” and not be side tracked. 6. Objection is taken to section 9 providing for consent of all em- ployers in a particular industry before certification is granted a union. Any one employer could thus block certification. 7. Crown companies should not have been excluded from the terms of the bill. 8. Lack of a provision for union security or the check off. If ma- jority of workers want the check off it should be automatic in the bill was Dowd’s opinion. The board should be given the power to order the union shop where this has been the case in the specific industry. US labor protests Taft-Hartley bill In the United States labor is fighting unitedly against the oppressive Taft-Hartley anti-labor bill which the House of Representatives and the Senate have passed over President Truman’s veto, despite efforts of a minority in both houses to defeat it. Above is shown a CIO protest parade in New York, as National Health Minister Members of all opposition par- ties and at least two Liberal back- benchers, David Croll and James Sinclair, united in condemning the proposed legislation. It is inadequate, both in absv- lute amount and in view of ris- ing living costs. It is limited in scope and does not provide for the age range between 60 and 70. It continues:‘the ‘means test’ dis- carded in family allowance legi- slation. It defaults on a promise to assume complete responsibility for a wider and more generous plan proposed in 1945. It precipi- e— OTTAWA —National Health ‘OW cost. Basing himself on cost of Cal, hospital, optical and dental *% plan, thillion dollars Pension of $30 a month only. Ser Could have included health Minister Paul Martin, in pre- Senting his pill to amend the Old Age Pensions Act, could Ye provided free medical care as part of the legislation at This was the view of S. H. Knowles (CCF, Winnipeg North- ter), as given during the debate. medical services in Saskatche- Wan of $33.70 per person, Knowles said it would cost Canaan $16,850,000 to give free medical care to all its citizens over 70. These were estimated at 50,000—a round figure. Free medi- care would be included in such Present bill calis for expenditure of approximately twenty without medical care and assuring a basic FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1947 Gov't pension proposals draw fire of opposition By MARK FRANK OTTAWA—FPrime Minister King’s promise of a “new social order” after the war met its sternest test last week Paul Martin introduced: the government’s amendments to the Old Age Pensions Act. tates inter-provincial warfare by shifting responsibility for bring- ing pension rates up to reason- able levels over to the provinces. These were the main criticisms of the bill voiced by opposition members. Labor Minister Humphrey Mit- chell came to his fellow cabinet minister’s defence, but, contribu- ted little to strengthen the gov- ernment’s position. He pointed out that it was-the trade union movement which had pioneered old age pensions in Candda and that he himself had. been. long associated with the labor movement. é S. H. Knowles, CCF, Winni- peg North Center, retorted that the trade union movement to- day was asking $50 a month pensions. Knowles termed it a crime “the way in which our old people are simply tossed back and forth from dominion to province. and made the victims of a political football game.” Dominion-provincial warfare had made “victims” of our old people, continued Knowles. According to Rowell-Sirois report recommenda- tions, responsibility on a national basis for pensions lay with the Dominion government. Present terms of the proposed bill avoid- ed this responsibility. US shares station OTTAWA — Canada has es- tablished two weather stations in northern territories based at Baker Lake and Eureka Sound, it is revealed here. Answering a question regard- ing setting-up of the northern weather stations since V-E day, Reconstruction Minister C. D. Howe told Commons that the U.S. is supplying. half of the personnel and supplies neces- sary for the maintenance of the stations. The Eureaka Sound station has a Caradian in charge. Food supplies, technical equip- ment, and trained personnel amounting to a 50 percent share is supplied by the U.S. weather bureau. a ; Union heads score Bill 39 Support for the 30 Nanaimo laundry workers, who face court charges for their strike action in defending two locked-out union members, was pledged this week by leaders of several large AFL and CIO unions interviewed by the Pacific Tribune. Bert Wybrew, organizer for the Building Service Employees Union (AFL), Local 244, declared: “The rank-and-file members of our union do not recognize affiliation when it comes to fighting Bill 39” because this Act “affects all trade unions.” Although his union had not met since Premier Hart. announced the Nanaimo strikers would be. prosecuted, Wybrew stated: “I am sure our union will go all out in support of the Nanaimo strikers, and give them moral and financial aid.” “The ICA Act will not work in our industry,” stated George Gee, business agent of the Bro- therhood of Electrical Workers (AFL), Local 213. “The majority of jobs in the building trades take an average of 60 days to complete, while conciliation under the Act takes at least 90 days.” Gee stated that his union and the AFL Building Trades Coun- cil have both endorsed resolu- tions pledging full support to any union in the council affected by restrictive features in the ICA Act. Predicting that “all trade unions will feel the effect of this at- tack” on the Imperial Laundry strikers at Nanaimo, Gee express- ed the opinion. that united action by the trade union movement was needed to defend itself. * * me Last Sunday, James Thomp- son, deputy labor minister, as- Sserted at the St. John’s Church Forum that “the oldest unions in B.C. do not condemr Bill 39 - ..” But A. Bevis, president of Vancouver Local 226, Interna- tional Typographical Union _ (AFL), one: of the oldest estab-— lished unions in Canada, stat- . ed that “the. ITU. membership is in complete sympathy with the Nanaimo strikers.” : United Fishermen and Allied Workers. Union (TLC) President George, Miller stated: -“Bill 39 hampers. collective bargaining in the fishing industry. The cooling -|off period, under the new act, would block any effort to ne gotiate a fair settlement to our demands, as the fishing ’ season would. be over by the time the government handed down a de- cision. We don’t feel we come under the act ‘at all. Our union has not reached an agreement yet with the salmon fishing com- panies. If one is not signed by June 29, we will cease fishing.” ee See The Canadian Seamen’s Union (TLC), at its last membership meeting, passed a resolution con-' demning Bill 89 “as interference with the rights of free trade unionism” and pledging “full sup- ‘port to any organization which finds it necessary to fight the Bill.” The CSU executive was also. “instructed to support any inde- pendent political action movement pledged to work for the repeal of Bill 39, and the defeat of those government members who supported it at the. last session of the legislature.” ~ Ukrainian PIC Sunday, July 6 Association of United Grand Annual Provincial SPORTS — CONCERT — GAMES Meals Will Be Served On Grounds CONFEDERATION PARK (NORTH BURNABY) Canadians NIC. T p.m. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 38