ANAS te LEY I bal for miners ‘solution’ EDMONTON As they had in the thirties, em- ployers in industries already feel- ing the effect of the creeping eco- nomic crisis, have a “solution” to their problem—wage cuts. The wages of coal miners in Al- berta must come down if the mines are going to stay in business, ac- cording to A. C. Dunn, managing director of the Great West Coal Company here. He predicts that < the companies “are going to take an awful licking in the next year LPP candidates or two as a result of decreased buying power and from oil.” “We may have to cut our sea- son to five or six months a year,” . he states. “It is a question of how Many companies can remain in business without hoisting a ton of coal for five months a year.” Dunn claims that coal companies are losing thousands of dollars a month and that even with only four mines working, his company has to pay out huge sums in wages and Salaries. Dunn considers that the indus- try can be saved by conversion of coal to by-products, as has been done in all British mines. There is some by-products industry in the Crow’s Nest Pass and there is talk of a plastics industry being established in Alberta which would use coal as its basic raw material. The United Mine Workers is Said to favor development of a coal by-products industry as a so- lution to the coal crisis. : A serious competitor to coal is natural gas and it is reported that the great smelter at Trail is anxi- ous to convert from coal to gas. competition Both are Ontario seats. Here are two of the 17 candidates running under the LPP banner in this month’s federal election—Cyril Prince (left), who is contesting Essex East, and Mel Doig, candidate in Welland. man for mining magnates, entitled the ultimate hopes of the Though the Congress tactic of throwing out the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers and sending CCL organ- izers to raid established Mine-Mill locals is pleasing to the mine own- ers at the moment, it is obvious from the tone of the editorial that the Bay Street mining barons will be satisfied with nothing less than complete annihilation of: industrial unions in favor of narrow craft unions, which can then be smashed in‘ turn, Smugly observing that “in Mani- CLASSIFIED]: — A charge of 50 cents for each insertion of five lines or less with 10 cents for each additional line is made for notices appearing in this column. No notices will be accepted later than Monday noon of the week of publication. 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Good meals; swimming; hiking; fishing. Reasonable rates, Bring: your bedding. Apply Irene How- ard: FA. 3650L, evenings. Write 339 West Pender St, Vancouver. Mine-owners hope to smash industrial unions —TORONTO An editorial in the current issue of the Northern Miner, spokes- “Craft unions fashionable,’ reveals bosses now that the Canadian Congress of Labor’s raiding of Mine-Mill locals has caused a split in union ranks. toba mines craft unions have re- placed industrial unions.” the ed- itorial adds that AFL carpenters and electrical unions won certifi- cation in voting a’ week ago at Helen iron mine in Michipicoten “after having been represented on an industrial basis by CIO Steel- workers,” “The movement now has spread to Porcupine,” the editorial goes on, “and an application is being made by AFL electrical workers for certification at Hollinger. It is being contested by Porcupine Mine Workers (CCL).” The mine operators’ scheme is revealed in a final observation: “The new fashion in mine union- ism may have only a.passing pop- ularity,” In plain English, the mining barons are saying to One another: “First we'll let the CCL do a job for us by wrecking Mine-Mill; next we'll replace the CCL gang with little craft unions; finally we'll -be able to dispose of the craft unions individually, at our leisure.” Rush answers Young at meeting Sunday Maurice Rush, LPP federal can- didate for Vancouver Center, will speak on “Peace or War?” at a public meeting Sunday at 8 o'clock, in Powell Street grounds. Rush has announced his inten- tion of answering at this meeting repeated statements of support for the North Atlantic Pact made at public meetings by CCF candidate Rod Young. Viola Bianco, LPP provincial candidate, and Charles Stewart, LPP federal candidate for Vancou- ver East, will also speak. 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Hastings Hastings Steam Baths OPEN DAY and NIGHT Expert Masseurs in Attendance disguise,” continued Morgan. “At present there is very little dif- ference between them.” He presented some examples to prove his ‘point. @ The Coalition imposed the sales tax; the CCF is not for re- peal. @ The Coalition favors fixed as- sessments on big industrial plants; the CCF remains quiet on this vital question. @ The Coalition shackled or- ganized labor with Bill 39; CCF MLA’s failed to move against this anti-labor legislation at the last session of the legislature. . @ The Coalition gives to Ameri- can and Canadian capitalists our forest and water power resour- ces; the CCF assures these com.. panies that if nationalization comes a CCF government would buy back these Coalition gifts. @ The Coalition supports the Marshall Plan which is drying up market outlets for B.C. lumber, fish and apples; so does the CCF. @ The Coalition endorses the Atlantic Pact which commits ' Canada to aggressive war against. other peoples; so does the CCE leadership. @ The Coalition champions free enterprise (monopoly capital); the CCF goes out of its way to assure free enterprise that it has nothing to fear from a CCF gov- ernment, “As a member of the legislature I would support the formation of a CCF government over that of Coal- ition,” said Morgan. “I would do So because rank and, file CCF sup- porters can be rallied to bring pressure on the leadership of that party for correct working class policies. I would vote with a CCF government on all matters which would advance the interests of the people, and against it om all mat- ters that were detrimental to the interests of the people. “As a member of the legisla- ture I would work to force the CCF politiciahs away from their pres- ent pasition of going along with Coalition big business policies, and Strive to prod them into action’ on behalf of the people, “I would promptly raise with de- partment ministers the needs of my constituents. And if any govern- ment minister refused to meet a legitimate demand of my constitu- ents, I would mobilize the people involved to press for immediate government action. . “I say, one man can do plenty for a constituency providing he is an honest, intelligent fighter. One man not tied to a corrupt political machine is better than 30 politicians who only speak. or move, when the big machine bosses give them the word.” INO real aitterenc in Coalitio stand--Morgan “If the LPP were not in these elections it would be hard to distinguish the CCF politicians from the Coalition,” | gan, LPP provincial candidate in Alberni riding, this week. : “The top leadership of the CCF are no more than Liberals |to elect direct representatio? n, CCF said Nigel Mor Morgan will aid Natives Commenting on the significan¢? of the victory of Native Indians in’ winning the provincial fraf chise, Nigel Morgan, LPP provi cial leader, has issuied the follow- ing message to the Native people of the province: Coalition candidates claim that the Coalition government gave you the vote. That is nonsense. Th Native people, their organizatio® and their leaders won this co! cession from a reluctant gover ment by virtue of the splendid fight they waged for the right of franchise. oe The Coalition is a combinatio® of Conservatives and Liberals There are two candidates rul- ning in the Alberni constituency who support Coalition. The offi i Coalition candidate is T, W. Chris tie. The other is Jim Mowat, run- ning as an Independent, but wh? sat in the legisalture for the past i eight years as a Coalitionist. AS* these two men why it took 9 long to give the Native Indians thé right to vote. 7 My boyhood years spent i close association with the India® people on the Gulf Islands madé a lasting impression on my mind: | I am deeply conscious of thé a: needs of the-Natives. And I know — as you do, that many more vie tories will have to be won before P the Indian people enjoy © status with the whites. ; As the provincial leader of th® Labor-Progressive Party JI 34 running for the legislative asse™ — bly in Alberni constituency. AS if member of the legislature I ni fight hard for legislation that W give the Native Indians: ; —Old age pensions of $50 | month in cash for widowed and e : serted mothers; pensions $50" a sliding scale commencing at a a month for a mother with °% —Equal educational opportun™ ties, ending the separate school sy tem; Governmental assistance ton the development of Native cultt of 8 and art, —Restoration and protectio? traditional fishing grounds, if ticularly in rivers and stream —Equal job opportunities gis- full protection against present | get criminatory practices. } —Equal civil rights and an on to discriminatory laws such 45 ~— present liquor laws. i pise —The extension of: the frane nt to the federal field and the the legislature and parliament. 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