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Next Week we SAOn Greater Meanwhile, let’ Set out a Rewals! ae ‘ll publish the fig- Vancouver, : all do our best Pick up those re- away Plan. e Bare Will hold articles. = iscount to all Trib- = he R Bring this ad = U Sw aders = With Sp AS Cast | _ Sastle Jew — Eanes s | tionist, B.C. Workers’ News, =| stand out as the work LABOR BRIEFS Members of Copper Mountain Miners’ Union have voted over- whelmingly in favor of Great Pow- er negotiations to save world peace, George Anderson, business agent, announced this week. A referendum vote was taken in the union on the question, “Do you favor a meeting: of the leading powers of the world?” % Results of the vote were: 333 “Yes”: 34 “No”; 12 abstentions and one spoiled ballot. * * * Three more Canadian deepsea ships, one from Vancouver, were transferred to foreign registry this week, bringing the complete ex- tinction of the Canadian merchant marine one step closer. The war- time high of 215 cargo ships has now shrunk to 30. The Vancouver ship, SS. Lake Pennask, is being turned over to a Greek firm and will be registered in Panama. Shipowners say that unless the federal government gives aid in the form of subsidies, the Cana- dian fleet is doomed to disappear entirely. * * * In a government conducted vote October 28, workers at the Mackeno Mine, in the Yukon, voted by more than ten to one to have Mine-Mill local 924 act as their collective bargaining agent. , Upon receipt of official certi- fication from the Canada Labor Relations Board, contract de- Clarke, in the lumber industry, workers. “The British want our lumber and will pay for it in sterling. But our government stubbornly insists on dollars. So we lose markets and jobs. Britain buys $7 million wood, because the Russians will accept sterling. : “Acceptance of sterling would secure other markets besides Brit- ain. All the Commonwealth coun- tries (India, South Africa, Aust- ralia, etc.) deal in sterling. So will China with its 450,000,000 people. “The British and other markets are needed as a safeguard against our dangerous dependence on the American market. For the first seven months of this year the Am- erican market took 743,803,000 board feet — 63 percent of all B.C. lumber exported. i “This dependence on the Am- erican market will lead to ruin. Already there is powerful talk in the U.S. for placing a tariff on B.C. lumber. “Mm the Vancouver Sun of Oc- tober 24 it is reported that: ‘H. V. worth of high-priced Russian ply-|% Simpson of Portland, Oregon, ex- 2 “Over 60 percent of B.C. lumber production is currently exported,” writes Clarke. Britain are down 200 million board feet over the first seven months of last year. Ona yearly basis this rep- resents a market loss of one-eighth of all lumber produced in B.C. 3 TOM CLARKE ecutive vice-president of the West Coast Lumbermen’s_ Association, blamed skidding U.S. lumber prices in part on B.C. timber coming into the U.S. ‘We can’t appeal to Con- gress for a duty on Canadian lum- ber until we have substantial un- mands calling for higher wages and improved conditions will be presented to the company. i * * * op officials of the Pulp, Sul- phite and Paper Mill Workers and the International Brotherhood of Paper Markers met this week wit management in a last-ditch attempt to settle the wage dispute which 5,000 workers. Company and union spokesmen met Monday and Tuesday this week but both sides refused to say if any headway in negotiations had been made. Dr. W. Curry passes at 87 A link with the early days of the socialist movement in British Columbia has been severed by the death, on Friday last week, of Dr. William Jameson Curry, Vancou- ver dentist known to thousands of workers throughout this province as “Doc” Curry. He was In his 87th year. A pioneer of the socialist move- ment, Dr. Curry was justly proud of his more than half a century devoted. to progressive causes. From his first active support of B.C. strike struggles around the turn of the century until he was compelled by failing health to limit his activities some two years ago, Dr. Curry had consistently supported the labor and socialist movement. In the pages of B.C. labor papers —Western Clarion, B.C. Federa- contributions of a militant socialist giving unstintingly of his energies and tinanéial resources to the cause of labor. Through the years, trom the triumph of the newborn Soviet Union in 1917 to the victory of the Chinese people in 1949, wherever peoples strug: gled to advance, Dr. Curry stood in tite vanguard of their supporters. Funeral services were held on Tuesday this week from Mount Pleasant Funeral Chapel, followed ple’s Advocate — his by cremation. P , brated the may lead to a walkout of SOME! tate, Peo-|' its inception the So 36 years of its said Maurice Rush, _ speaking to an audience of 1,000 i The concert-meeting, held under LPP auspices, cele- the founding of the world’s first socialist night this weeek. ° 36th anniversary of “The leading role of the Soviet Union in the fight for peace 1s based on the fact that the Soviet people have no economic reason for war,” said Rush. “They are 4 socialist : people building a society in which ex- ploitation of man by man has been abolished. They have no imperial- ist interests to protect, no foreign investments to safeguard — no British Guianas, Malayas or Indo- chinas to hold in colonial subjec- tion. : ; “They want peace to build up their country toward the great goal of communism. The peace policies of the Soviet govern- ment cannot but reflect the wishes of all the people of the world for peace, “because they express the genuine interests of the 200 million people ne the Soviet Union for peace.’ : sh outlined the tremendous ara growth in the Soviet Union since 1917 and predicted i f that “given a few more years 0 eaceful labor ney Tht i heir high stan world with t ee ‘ving. He exposed rene propaganda ich is seek- ing a way out of its economic. dif- ficulties through ¢ war against socialism. ; “while the people of the Soviet Union are building up their coun- try without fear of economic de- pression, there are growing signs ployment, sold manuf : ing to nearly four bi point to the risin of overproduction. “ppis crisis can There is no reason be averted. why a ee is job. e worker should lose his jo . defeating the threa LPP plan for segs of depression shows Canada,” |. Soviet stand for . eace consistent “The Russian revolution grew out of the struggle for peace; from viet Union has stood for peace, and through the existence it has championed the cause for peace,” Vancouver secretary of the Labor-Progressive party, at Pender Auditorium on Sunday. which the Canadian working class can win leadership of the nation, prevent economic ruin for Canada and restore our independence. “The year 1953 is not 1929. The working class, in alliance with other sections of the population, can force such changes in national policy as would put Canada first, open the doors to trade with the Soviet Union and other nations of the world, and implement such plans as would defeat the threat of depression.” The meeting unanimously passed a resolution demanding ~ federal government action “to protect the jobs and payrolls of Canadians by accepting sterling from the British Commonwealth in exchange for Canadian goods” and calling on Ottawa to “send trade missions to the Soviet Union, People’s China and other new democratic states with a view to signing trade agree- ments.” : A one-hour program of music and dance numbers preceded the main speech. Three numbers by the choir of the Federation of Russian Cana- dians, under the direction of Helen Chackowsky, were well received by the audience. : A new quintet directed by Arne Jonsson pleased with such favor- ites as Sing Along and Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, and an amusing take-off of Gilbert and Sullivan. Dance numbers by the senior dance group of the Association of | United Ukrainian Canadians under the direction of Beatrice Andrus- chak, drew heavy applause. . Well-known soprano Margaret Rudkevich sang two delightful solos, a modern Russian lullaby and a Tartar song. ! Searle Friedman recited How- ard Fast’s stirring poem, October Revolution. Millworker outlines plan to halt layoffs “Accept Sterling and Save Our Jobs!” is the title of a four-page leaflet published this week by Tom IWA plant chairman at Canadian White Pine. The leaflet outlines a plan to prevent present layoffs and charges that employers are trying to solve the crisis at the expense of the “Exports to employment and busted mills,’ he said.’ “This is a very clear warning. When the Americans feel it neces- sary they will be prepared to place a duty on Canadian lumber. “This danger can be averted by securing markets elsewhere. This means acceptance of sterl- ing.” Clarke goes on to explain how ¢|the home market for lumber could be expanded, if the federal govern- ment would embark on a plan to build the 750,000 new - housing units that are needed now. “On a three year basis this means 250,000 housing units per year. It takes 7,000 board feet to build an average house. A national housing program would consume 1,750,000,000 board feet a year for three years, well over half of all B.C. lumber produced. “Where’s the money coming from? The government always seems to find the money when it needs it, especially for exten- sive armament purposes. But un- like armament expenditures, homes are lastingassets and the initial cost is self-liquidating. The government would get the money back in the form of low rents or low payments as the case may be.” The plan for markets and hdus- ing will take time, says Clarke. There must be public pressure in the form of petitions, delegations and meetings. Meanwhile, what about lumber workers who have already been laid off? “There’s over $1 billion in the unempioyment insurance pool,” he writes. “The present inadequate payment must be raised to 75 per- cent of wages, payments to begin immediately and continue until a new job is found.” Clarke advocates a shorter work week in the lumber industry, and cites productivity figures to show this is possible. » “It now takes but 145 man hours to produce 1,000 board feet — whereas 28 years ago it took 25 man hours. “The employers can well af- ford a seven-hour day with eight hours pay. Their profits are still very high. For example, under this proposal McMillan and Bloe- del would still have made $12 million profit fast year.” Charging that employers are trying to solve the crisis that faces them at the expense of their em- ployees, Clarke points out that “before long the entire structure of hard-won union gains and con- ditions will be undermined. “I say then, that the plan to get the Canadian government to ac- cept sterling, to launch a full- scale housing program, etc., not only means saving our jobs and wage standards, it also means saving the union.” Tom Clarke is plant chairman at the Canadian White Pine mill (McMillan. and Bloedel) employing close to 800 workers. In the com- ing union elections he is contest- ing the post of second vice- presi- dent. AUDITORIUM (Marine Workers) 339 West Pender LARGE & SMALL HALLS FOR RENTALS Phone PA. 9481 PACIFIC TRIBUNE — NOVEMBER 13, 1953 — PAGE 7 teen