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S. Photo shows paratroops of the
Laotian government which recently
Ces ao cut the U.S. directed right wing
S and brought on the ceasefire in Laos.

Sit in front is Prince Souvanna Phou-

ma, neutralist leader, who will head the
new government. On his left is Prince Soup-
hanouvong, head of the Neo Lao Haksat:
party. He will occupy cone of the vice-
premier posts.

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] Sai “Neouver Labor Coun-
Hany S Pledged “full moral
Mancial support” to

: Strikers of
4 :
y appt last Tuesday on an
cl on ae the Oil, Chemi-
It Union Atomic Workers
Urgeg’ poral 16-601, council
sp the aa its affiliates to flood
Pot €rs and other workers
Solida, In with messages of
: Dossinn and the “largest
tions» € financial contribu-
Shear:
¢ teen ting on the executive

Sizeg. addy Neale empha-

Wor €ver a strike was
Poin °f SuPPort, this it is.”
Condition Cut the deplorable
Worke Ms of the Spanish
the ;*S 8nd lashing out at
Ship *aNco fascist dictator-

. "ich prevented the ex-
of the most element-
tor 4 pan rights, he called
Indiyig s22ds of messages and
Additig, | Contributions — in
Mffijing °© action by every

te of the VLC.

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| took “Ae at the same time
1p Garity ‘PS to improve the soli-
fF ign > @ the ranks of Cana-
rf Mor, °F by admitting two
rf the pens: Local 1-97 of
.f als | "Workers Internation-

Was prancst for re-affiliation
¢ 'o affine as was a request

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if Ie ang © Made by Oil Atom-
It Local hemical Workers
Wag 16-697, ‘4 resolution

Crnaai, ® Passed endorsing the
and ¢ a1 Maritime Union

; demning the S.1.U.
rp to Prey Peal for action now
fF tom Dt Premier Bennett

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{ ‘lout opbleting his proposed

by 4 the Columbia River
en - arine Workers Un-
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0} Win he Tmly applauded) and
ff} Pega © Sent on to the B.C.

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Hon, "ON of Labor for ac-

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trop, neil also heard a letter
1 Reres © Canadian Labor
Mhalg } ypigned by secretary
‘ cDonald, which

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‘PADDY NEALE, Vancouver

a} Tetar Mendation, council sec-

‘ber of women workers

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oi ROUND-UP: |

Olidarity with Spanish
| Strongly recommended

Labor Council Secretary.
who Tuesday night blasted
the Franco dictatorship.

commended the VLC for its
stand against the resumption
of nuclear testing by the WES.
The VLC had taken this
stand on May 1 and had for-
warded a letter to the CLC,
asking it to take a similar
position.

In his letter, McDonald
stated that the CLC was 1n
full agreement with this con-
demnation of further poison-
ing of the atmosphere:

*

In other happenings at the
meeting, the Organizing Com-
mittee of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers union in-
formed council that they
were launchingg 4 massive
organizing drive in the gar-
ment industry on the Lower
Mainland.

Charging that a large num-
“are
working long hours for 60c
an hour under primitive con-
ditions,” the committee made
the point that “as long as this
situation is allowed to exist,
it will undermine the bar-
gaining position of trade
unionists throughou t the

vince.”
pat appealed for a large
force of volunteer organizers
to aid the drive, and all those
wishing to help in this under-
taking are urged to attend
the organizing meeting which
has been called for Thurs-

‘day, June 8, in Room Beat

2475 Manitoba. St. Time of

fe 2% Sy?

strikers

by VLC

the meeting is 7:30 p.m.
* *

Local 452 of the Carpen-
ters union reported that it
will be taking a strike vote
among its membership. next
week.

Business aggent Lorne Rob-
son told thé delegates that
between 1950 and 1959 in-
creased production through
automation and mechaniza-
tion had cut the ranks of the
carpenters by 25%. Since
1959, a further decrease of
800 men had been experi-
enced due to the stagnation
of Canada’s economy and the
resulting unemployment.

In view of these facts, the
carpenters felt that they are
fully justified in their de-

mands, which include a 25c .

an hour wage boost, change-
over to a 7\4-hour-day, travel
time consideration and other
fringe benefits. _

Robson pointed out that
his union was the only one
that was still actively en-
gaged in the struggle for a
shorter work day.

* * 3

The vaunted IWA formula
for cutting unemployment —-
a five week vacation in the
industry — has gone out the

‘window as the membership,

ufder terrific right wing
leadership pressure, has
voted to accept the Perry pro-
posals which provide for a
16c an hour raise, spread
over two years, with no
change in the work week and
practically none in vacations.

Results of voting showed
roughly 11,500 workers in
favor of accepting the Perry
formula, and 7,500 opposed.
Operators have also accepted.

In the fishing industry,
shoreworkers and salmon ten-
dermen are awaiting a con-
ciliation board report. Com-
panies have offered salmon
fishermen a Ic a lb. increase
on sockeye and cohoe, and
negotiations are continuing.

In the meantime, the fish-
ing fleet: has gone -out.

Election results reveal
deep crisis of policy

Cont’d from page 1
fundamental alternative pro-
gram than the NDP leaders
were ready to offer them.
SOCREDS IN QUEBEC

“The Social Credit break-
through in Quebec in a dis-
torted way is an expression
of a desire for a change. The
tragic thing is that unscrupu-
lous and reactionary ultra-
right forces are exploiting
this mood, helped by the fact
that the NDP did not fight
for Quebec support by com-
ing out as labor’s voice for
national equality for the
French - Canadian people.
While the Social Credit gains
in Quebec could be menac-
ing, it would be wrong to con-
demn as ultra-rights the peo-
ple who voted for the Social
Credit candidates.

*‘*The Maritimes and Al-
berta, Saskatchewan and
rural Manitoba have not yet
come into this stream of poli-
tical change; that is a weak-
ness which the labor move-
ment must recognize, and
take steps to correct.

“It was the working peo-
ple of the industrial prov-
inces, Quebec, Ontario and
British Columbia which
showed their discontent with
present conditions in the
most unmistakable way by
their defeat of the Tories and

their votes for the NDP, as

well as in a certain sense by
the vote for the Socred can-
didates — and even by their
votes for Liberal candidates
as a protest against the
Tories.

“Co-operation between la-
bor and the farmers, which
made advances in the past
years, was poorly developed
in this election, as was shown
on the prairies and in Quebec

‘Save Columbia’
carcade planned

Plans for a “SAVE-THE-
COLUMBIA” cavalcade _ to
Castelgar were’ announced
this week by the B.C. Execu-
tive of the Communist Party.

It will leave Vancouver
(C.N.R. Station) Saturday,
June 30 at 8 a.m., distribut-
ing posters and leaflets en
route to Grand Forks, where
it will encamp overnight.
Sunday it will continue to
Castlegar for a picnic and
meeting, returningg that eve-
ning to Vernon. Monday
morning the cavalcade will
start back to Vancouver via
Kamloops and the Fraser
Canyon.

Anyone wishing to take
part should phone MU 4-1451.

rural constituencies. The_la-
bor movement must take this
into account in the future and
work harder for that co-oper-
ation. :

COMMUNIST VOTE

“As for the Communist
vote, it was of the highest
and most conscious political
character and we are proud
of our party and its support-
ers who stuck to their guns
and fought a good campaign..
The Communist vote and in-
fluence will grow as the poli-
tical situation develops.

“The political - educational
work our party conducted in
hundreds of meetings and by
distributing many thousands
of pieces of literature, helped
the labor movement.

“Our over-all policy of sup-
port for the NDP has been
proved correct by the results.

“Our fight to make our
party a part of the people’s
movement by selecting a
number of constituencies for
our Own Candidates, contrib-
uted to the campaign. Our
vote did not grow, and in the
present situation that would
perhaps be too much to ex-
pect. But we found that many
Canadians, especially young
people, are ready to listen to
our point of view. These are
favorable circumstances for
the work of the Communist
Party.

“The election -has settled
nothing. The main issue re-
mains—the issue of survival,
as our party said: the survival
of people in a world at peace;
the survival of our country
as an independent state of
French-Canadians and Eng-
lish-Canadians living together
on new terms of equality in
a new Constitution: economic
survival of the Canadian peo-
ple in a country liberated
from U.S. economic ‘control.

“In a peculiar way this
found expression in the elec-
tion, in its very indecisive
outcome. People are still
seeking a powerful democra-
tic alternative.

“It is the labor movement
in politics through the NDP,
and united around a common
program of peace, independ-
ence and economic security,
which alone can provide such
an alternative. —

“There may be another el-
ection before very long and
labor will have a new oppor-
tunity to fight for the lead-
ership of Canada,” concluded
Morris. —

Novels published last year.
in the Soviet Union totalled
over 318 million copies of
about. 7,500 works — seven
times the 1940 total. _

THE “FREE WORLD”

YOURE TO BLAME
FOR INFLATION!

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June 22, 196

Fred Wright in the U.E, News (U.S.A.
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