VANCOUVER’S DONALDA GREENWELL stands at the base of the monument which stands in front of the Georgi Dimitrov school in Cuba which she and other young people from 27 nations of the world helped to build. Solidarity is spelled out on the wings of the monument in the many languages of the youth who created and constructed the project. Labor demands land takeover for senior citizens project Delegates to the Tuesday meeting of the Vancouver Labor Council (reacted) angrily to the news story that land promoters had picked up property at 7th and Yew which had been earmarked for a senior citizens housing project. They endorsed a motion which “insists that city council expropiate the land in question and that it be acquired from the promoters at no more than its assessed value.”’ Speaking to the motion, secretary Paddy Neale said it was one more case of ‘‘rip-off ARE YOU ON VOTERS LIST? The voters’ lists for the federal election will soon be out. The list of voters in each polling station in urban areas is supposed to be sent to each household so the citizen can check to see if his name is on the list. If it is NOT, and he or she is 18 years of age or more; is a Cana- dian citizen; or a British subject who has lived in Canada since June 25, 1967 and was at least 20 years old on that date, he or she may Call the returning officer, or go to the court of revision, the place and time which is supposed to be printed on the voters list for each polling division. If you live in a rural area, and your name is not on the list, see the person or persons who did the enumeration. In rural areas as well, people whose names are not on the list can be sworn in (or vouched for) by another elector who knows you and is on the list for your polling division. HITS LIBERAL “COME- ON” Eric Waugh calls for modern port facilities Eric Waugh, Communist Candi- date in Burnaby-Seymour charged this week that the piece- meal development of the port by the Liberal Government is a mere drop in the bucket, and that the election ‘‘come-ons’’ do not begin to meet the requirements, such as a modern container terminal. ‘‘Seattle is now becoming a major terminal for the handling of Canadian goods. Vancouver is losing roughly 30 percent of the cargo business, jobs and revenues through the short- Sightedness of the Liberal Government. This trend is increasing. Fesco, the Soviet shipping company, is the latest in making Seattle its North American terminal for container ships. Speedy action urged Cont'd. from pg. 1 move by the new government, and create another reactionary right coalition in the hopes of reversing the serious setback they have suffered in this last election. “The big job now is to press Beaver Transfer * Moving * Packing * Storage 790 Powell St. Phone 254-3711 SS aa ee ae = Workers Benevolent Assn. Of Canada Progressive Fraternal Society Caters to all your needs in the Life Insurance field LIFE INSURANCE ENDOWMENTS PENSION PLANS WEEKLY BENEFITS Apply to: B.C. office at 905 East Pender St. or National Office at 595 Pritchard Ave. Winnipeg 4, Manitoba SS A cn ce ee a a eee | for broad unity in action around the peoples urgent needs— jobs; tax reforms; raising the education, health, welfare, pensions and other services to people to their rightful priority. In this, action that will strengthen the role of the- working class particularly, and bring democratic and pro- gressive circles in the municipal arena, farmers, pensioners ratepayers, tenants, teachers, government em- ployees, students and young people into action to spur the NDP forward, will be decisive’’ Morgan concluded. ‘‘Premier Barrett’s fulsome praise of the ‘‘twenty years Premier Bennett gave to B.C.” and his indication of postponement in bringing B.C. Tel under public ownership are warnings”’ Morgan pointed out. “There are two dangers— on one hand to fail to recognize the significance of the rout of the Socreds, and on the other, the danger of taking the NDP for granted and failing to driveina positive way for fulfillment of all the election promises and more by the new NDP administration. A new and extremely important chapter in B.C. politics has opened. Big gains can be made, but the mobilization of the people to defend and advance these gains is of the utmost importance to the people’s welfare.” PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1972—-PAGE 12 “The Communist Party calls for the immediate implementa- tion of plans for the develop- ment of cargo-handling facili- ties to end the slow death of Vancouver as a major port on the pacific coast. ‘“‘A modern dry-dock, capable of handling any tonnage coming into the harbor is necessary. Present facilities limited to 11,000 tons result in the loss of many thousands of jobs to shipyard workers and_ allied trades. ““Modern port facilities anda dry-dock are only part of a pro- gram necessary to put Canada and Vancouver back into the shipping business,’’ he said. Waugh also called for the estab- lishment of a Crown Corpora- tion to build a Canadian merchant fleet. ‘‘Ships built in Canada, manned by Canadians, mean jobs. One shipbuilder requires five workers in allied trades to provide components,”’ he pointed out. “The building of a steel mill in British Columbia to utilize our raw materials — iron-ore, coal, natural gas, etc. — is an integral part of the industrial develop- ment of Canada and specifically shipbuilding.” Waugh calls for a new approach to meet the numerous problems of the Canadian people — _ unemployment, housing, old age pensions, and foreign relations; for policies and legislation to end the foreign take-over of industry and to make Canada a _ truly independent and peace-loving country. Sale nets $300 The young people in the Viet- nam Children’s Hospital Com- mittee have now raised over half their quota of $5,000. A very successful rummage sale on Saturday netted the committee over $300. Under chairman Chris Shelton the committee has sponsored dances, a garden fair and other events to raise the funds which will go towards building a hospital for the children injured and crippled by U.S. bombs and napalm. The committee wishes to thank all those who so gen- erously helped to make the rummage sale a success. artists’? in land promotion getting ahead of city council. He said TEAM and NPA council members had .allowed the acquisition of the land by private interests even though the plans of city council to acquire the property for the senior citizens housing scheme was initiated in December, 1971. * KOK Several delegates said that labor-backed candidates in the federal election should put a little more ‘‘fire’’ into the campaign. NDP candidate Paddy Neale was told not to take a negative attitude; that it is possible to make great gains for ’ labor in this election. ‘‘We should go in with high hopes’’, said Bill Stewart of the Marine Workers. ‘‘The issues are here. The worker is the only one who pays the full shot in income tax; big business is given every tax break. Every man has a basic right to a job, yet unemployment grows. Food prices alone should move every housewife out to work for the defeat of the old line parties.” The Vancouver Labor Council and the B.C. Federation of Labor were urged to get into the campaign and prepare articles and publicity on the issues vital to labor. ** * LONGSHOREMEN ““As far as the union goes we are still on strike’, said Frank Kennedy, president of Local 500, ILWU. He reminded delegates his union was forced back to work by decision of all parties in the federal parliament via Bill C231 which was shuffled through in six hours, and passed the Senate, where “‘Labor Senator’? Lawson sits in 60 minutes. “‘We’re still waiting to find out where the emergency is’’, he said during his report to the meeting, ‘‘because we are still working at 50 percent of capacity. Grain is not moving as fast as it did the first part of the year.” Kennedy said he thought the emergency, so-called, was not on the docks but within the ranks of George Nelson, reporting for the Merchant’s Service Guild, said no progress has been made « in getting federal legislation to improve the noise hazard in crew quarters on tugboats. He said one tugboat owner had employed acoustical engineers to investigate, and the union waited patiently. The company reported it would cost $25,000 to improve the noise situation, plus the cost of the survey, and asked for federal assistance. He said the towboat industry had already received federal subsides of $70 million to build the vessels. Since 1969 the union has put forward the demand to the federal government that legislation be drafted to cover the noise hazards. ‘‘In view of the lack of action on their part, we will all be dead before any solution is provided,”’ he said. * KOK During the executive report, it was recommended the V.L.C. write to Labor Minister King asking him to postpone any decision until he has met with organized labor and received their views on the minimum wage. In the meantime, at the hearing in Vancouver, the Board heard submissions from labor 12 which Pat O’Neal, of the pulP workers, said anything less that $2.50 an hour is an insult to labor- Ray Haynes, of the B.C. Federation of Labor, said a rate of $2.50 an hour is less than the amount declared necessary bY the Croll Commission on poverlY for a family of five. ‘‘Peoplé working for $1.50 an hour aren't working; they’re surviving” hé pointed out. On hand, to protest increases were businesses in which it }§ well known the pay rates azé low. These businesses includé restaurant owners, and a drycleaners, as well as fru! packing plants. Most astom ishing, however, was thé ~ presence of Cominco, one of the wealthiest companies in Canade which said any change ! minimum wage __ should “ce ” moderate. aa the Liberal party. & THE SLOGAN in this picture adequately expresses labor's reaction to the J.V. Clynes, the mining magnates and manu- re facturers associations who / crying the blues about ProP erie tax increases, minimum wie creases, and better labor law +e