samen: eyes eT (ES 2 INI i Lge i sed, ] 3) a ru il il U2 ; i | hensectasraeeenttll| inoee snot HEEinssesl tavacan Friday, June 16, 1950 . * EDITORIAL its initial offer. ‘crease, for , security of any kind. +. of 1949, ' TWA scores victory “s(CNONFRONTED with the solidarity of over 32,000 lumberworkers around .the International Weod- workers’ demands for a 17-cent an hour wage increase across the board, the 40-hour week and the union shop, Forest Industrial Relations, bargaining agent for 164 lumber operators, this week drastically revised First counter-proposal to IWA demands from the “boss loggers’ representatives was a 9¥%4-cent wage in- certain classifications of ‘tling’ of the statutory 40-hour week and introduction of the 48-hour week in the B.C. woods, and no union “Faced with a strong rank-and-file unity, which ‘tthe “cold-war” propagandists of the Canadian Manufac- ‘turers Associatiom with their press advertisements and © radio blurbs were unable to break, and which was also ‘expressed in an overwhelming strike vote, the bosses’ bargaining agents upped their offers to a 12%-cent _wage increase for all workers in the indystry, a stra- ight. 5-day-40-hour week with time-and-half for Satur- day and Sunday work, and a “maintenance of mémber- “ship” clause, which stipulated that union members on ‘the job must remain in the union, and that new em- ployees will be “expected” to join the union after a “ given period of employment. : An eleventh-hour acceptance of the employers’ latest r-. offer by the IWA policy committee represents a big® wictory for the IWA on the Canadian wage front, a . victory which would not have been possible had it not .,.been for the splendid rank-and-file unity of both IWA ..and WIU men on the job, and continued pressure on othe IWA leadership not to repeat the contract fiasco txcluded from the eleventh-hour acceptance of the “new contract terms’ are 2,500 lumberworkers in the “"’Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Operations, who were not “represented by Forest Industrial Relations, and whose ‘ employees were slated to “hit the bricks’ unless IWA terms were met. ; The unity of lumberworkers on the job, regardless -ef. affiliation has been the prime factor in scoring the -June 15 wage gains, in protecting the 40-hour week, “sand greater union security, Consolidation and streng- thening of this unity can result in a one hundred ‘percent unionization of the lumber industry and greater ‘gains for all lumberworkers in 1951. workers, scut- ’ at press time B.C. CCF opposes | admission to UN of Franco Spain A clearly stated stand against admission of Franco Spain to the United Nations and against diplomatic recognition is contained: in two resolutions unanimously adopted by the CCF provincial council at its recent “meeting to prepare resolutions for presentation to the CCF national convention next month. One resolution called upon “‘the Canadian representative on the UN Assembly to use his influence and vote to stop Franco Spain from gaining admit!ance to the United Nations.” The other resolution demanded “that diplomatic recognition be withheld until the people of Spain shall have elected a government by free and democratic vote.” Fishermen reject operators’ offer, set strike date F. ishermen are voting better than six to one in favor of rejecting the latest salmon price offer put forward by the Salmon Canners’ Operating Committee, and hhave set July 9 as the deadline for settle- ment of the agreement. If a contract is not signed by that tifne, there Continuing rank-and-file pres- sure upon the CCF provincial lea- dership against the North Atlan- tic pact was reflected in a resolu- ‘tion which would have commit- ted the CCF to an appeal to the UN Assembly and Security Coun- cil for ‘‘an advisory opinion on the legality of the North Atlantic pact” from the International Court of Justice. Although the resolution was rejected, it precipi- tated a lengthy debate among council members. i Compromised by official CCF policies of supporting the “cold war” through the North Atlantic pact, arms expenditures and other government war measures, the re- solution on atomic energy weakly suggested that a session of the UN atomic energy committee should be open to the press and that “‘the publicity agency of the UN should be given full access to the’ Canadian press and radio in order that the public would be enabled to keep informed on all aspects of this issue . . . ” — as though the commercial press, which the CCF leaders themselves denounce;, could be expected to give any more than a “‘cold war’ account of UN proceedings. The resolution did, howevdr, propose that Canada “should urge the UN to start out afresh to dis- cuss the problem’ of atomic ener- Bet i —_ menaces entire block, warning went unheeded | A ps * Another flash fire of undetermined origin in the West End forced a woman to leap for her life from a second storey window and left eignt other persons homeless as flames raced through buildings at 303,305 and 307,West Georgia on Tuesday night this week. Only prompt action of firefight- ers from two halls prevented the fire destroying a solid half block of old frame dwellings on Georgia. It is less than a month since West End Tenants League sent a delegation to city hall to warn civic officials that such a disaster was an imminent possibility. Their plea for greater fire protection and double fire-escapes was rejected. “Mrs, Monica Walsh, 303 West Georgia, told how she had to leap to safety when trapped by the flames. “I turned around in ‘my suite and saw flames coming from the bathroom. First I tried to get down the back stairs, was driven back and forced to the window. Luckily someone outside had roll- ed down the awning of the Hamil- ton Grocery below, so when 'I jumped it broke my fall.” Mr. and Mrs. John Kushnirak, 807 West Georgia, had time to run to the children’s bedroom and take them out of the house, seconds --before flames swept through their home. July 21 set as deadline for Trades Congress resolutions July 21 is the last day on which resolutions to be presented to the 65th annual convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada may reach Congress head- quarters in Ottawa, it was an- nounced this week. Resolutions are restricted to 150 words. The Congress convention will open in the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreai on Monday, September 11, and continue daily until the business of the convention is com- pleted. Representation will be on a new basis this year. In line with con- stitutional changes made at the 1949 Calgary convention, local unions with 199 members or less will be entitled to one delegate; with 200 to 399 members, two dele- *' gates; with 400 to 599 members, ‘three delegates; and for each ad- ditional 500 members, one addi- tional delegate. y Provincial federations are en- titled to three delegates. Trades and Labor Councils are entitled to one delegate where they have 49 delegates or less seated; and to two convention delegates where the seated delegates range from 50 to 99. Councils seating 100 dele- gates or more are entitled to three convention delegates. Arrangements have been made for reduced railway fares for dele- gates and their families, as in prior ‘years, will be a tie-up. Homer Stevens, secretary of the United Fishermen and _ Allied Workers Union, and Ed Nahaney, business agent for the Native Brotherhood, outlined reasons. why the negotiating committee recom- mended rejection, in letters to their respective memberships. “While there is agreement be- tween the negotiating committee and the canners on the price to be paid for sockeye, cohoe and sum- mer chums, there is a difference of one-half cent per pound on. pink prices and one cent per pound on fall chum prices,” said Stevens. “In the case of fall chums, this would mean a cut of one cent from last year. ; “Secondly, on the welfare fund, while we were not opposed _to giving a four-year commitment - from the union not to ask for more than one cent per case, we would very strongly object to the Suggestion that 1949 reserves be. utilized to make up the one cent per case on the 1950 pack. *“In other words, our committee feels very strongly that the com- panies should pay one cent per case on the 1950 pack and in addi- tion, should turn over to the union and the Brotherhood the sum of $7,000 which remains from last year’s operation of the fund.” Meeting in the Fishermen’s Hall last Saturday, tendermen voted unanimously by secret bal- - lot to reject the latest wage bid put forward by Operators, and set July 17 as a deadline after, ‘which crews will leave the boats if no agreement ‘is arrived at. Tendermen are demanding a five percent wage increase, five cents per hour increase in supple- mentary rates, $5 monthly increase in \the differential paid to crews on packers tending trolling camps, and other concessions. Russian-Canadians hold annual picnic Annual provincial picnic of the Federation of Russian Canadians well take place on Sunday, June 25, at Confederation Park, starting at 1 p.m. A star-studded musical program has been arranged. Guest speaker will be Silka Olchovitz. Net proce- eds will be used to help pay off debt on Russian People’s Home. \ _ PACIFIC TRIBUNE—JUNE 16, 1950—PAGE . a * TIM BUCK REPORTS ON EUROPE Buck back ° in Canada - TORONTO Tim Buck, national leader of the Labor-Progressive party, haS returned to Canada after a three- month trip which took him to Britain, France, Hungary, Czecho- slovakia, Poland and the Soviet Union, the LPP national office an- nounced here this week. Buck’s last trip to Europe was in 1947, On this tour he witnessed the remarkable changes of reconstruc- tion and reorganization which have taken place in the war-torn countries of Eastern Europe, and the profound desire for peace which dominates the thinking of the peoples of Europe. Buck was to make his first pub- lic speech this Friday in the Mont real- Cartier by-election, which Harry Binder «is contesting ®° LPP candidate. He will spe¢k at an LPP picnic in Windsor on this Sunday, June 18, and at a Massey Hall meeting in Toronto the fol lowing day. i After speaking in many eastern points, Buck will go through the country to British Columbia, ad- dressing meetings at all main points in western Canada.