a “ TESINIEY TRITON irimaerdlinsnmnaneatill aostttUinesetlberecnss | anineee FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1952 Crisis threatens fisheries Last year British Columbia’s sea harvest amounted to $90,- 000,000. The salmon pack was close to 2,000,000 cases, but nearly 500,000C cases remain unsold because trade restrictions have drastically curtailed world markets. $ § OF. DOLLARS _ MILLION IWA fo seek Demand for resignation 35 cent hour of Malan gov't spreads wageincrease British Columbia’s biggest un- ion, International Woodworkers of America, will go after a 35- eent hourly across-the-board wage increase ‘this “year, plus other demands which include a health and welfare iplan,‘ paid: statutory holidays, travel time and union shop security. These demands, which will be placed before Coast operators when contract negotiations open in mid-April, were worked out by delegates attending the B.C. District IWA two-day wage con- ference last weekend. Rank-and- file pressure prevented right- (In the Canadian House of Commons this week, several MP’s, in the course of discus- sing a resolution for a Bill of Rights submitted by John Die- ‘fenbacker (PC - Lake Centre). condemning the Malen govern- ment’s racial legislation, Alist- air Stewart (CCF - Winnipeg precipitate a constitutional crisis by its refusal to against its key “aparthéid” (segr white and black, which agree with “white supremacy” laws dishonor the name of Sout h Africa. egation) law wing groups from sidetracking the wages issue in favor of long debate on fringe demands, and the fighting wages program finally adopted represented a victory for the militant majority of delegates at the parley. North), termed it “dreadful and shocking.” The St. Laurent gov- ernment, it was suggested, ‘should not remain silent on the_ Malan government’s policy.) On Thursday last week, the South African Supreme Court ——noonms—omoror DUNSMUIR| . 519 DUNSMUIR ST. 10% Discount off with This Ad VARIETIES * LUGGAGE £ ono S06 E010 : : : ; « throughout South Africa CAPE TOWN The Nationalist government of pro-fascist Prime Minister Daniel Malan has done-more than accept a South African Supreme Court ruling it has united against it al! those popular forces, ‘A. G. “Sailor’ Malan, Torch Commando leader, that its Nazi-like threw out as unconstitutional, the Malan government’s legisla- tion to remove half a million col- ‘ored citizens from ‘the common voters’ roll ‘for the first. time since 1853. The Malan government promptly announced its defiance of the supreme court ruling, de- claring that it would enact leg- islation to prohibit the courts from ruling. on the validity of legislation passed by parlia- ment. J. G. N. Strauss, leader of the opposition United party, im- mediately called on the govern- ment to resign. The demand was echoed by war veterans. The powerful Torch Commanda- os organized a demonstration of 25,000 people in Johannesburg. Similar parades were held in other cities. — Organizations — representing South Africa’s 6,000,000 Negro people and 300,000 Indians had already .announced that they avould initiate a civil disobedi- ence campaign against the Ma- jan government’s policies, start- ing April 6. . ‘At the same time, in North- ern Rhodesia, leaders of the Af- rican people are organizing a mass. resistance movement against British plans to enforce federation of Northern Rhod- esia, Southern Rhodesia and Ny- asaland. — = ‘PRIME MINISTER MALAN One Demand: Resign May Day Committee plans annual parade An initial conference of the 1952 May Day Committee was held in Pender Auditorium on Wednesday this week and plans were made ‘to hold Vancouver’s traditional parade on Sunday, May 4, from the Post Office to Staniey Park, where the annual rally will take place. The conference elected John Hines executive secretary of ithe May Day Committee; Ted Foort, chairman; and Bill Stewart, vice- chairman. The committee meets again at Pender Auditorium on April 9: PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MARCH 238, 1952 — PAGE ‘Peace, world trade basis of program adopt ed by UFAWU The fight: for higher living standards, world trade 4 world peace, conservation ane” development of the country’s natural resources was advan -.as a program for action for 1952 in the officers’ report pre sented to the eight annual com vention of ‘United Fisherme! and Allied Workers Union this week. On the vital question ° trade and ‘peace, the repo stressed that union members “must work harder than evé before to convince our gover ment. that ‘present restrictiv! trade policies leading to eco? omic disaster must be repla¢ iby a genufne program of trad with all nations involving the. use of long-term credits, parte exchange of goods’ and removs of restrictions between ithe us of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ currency.” The report-recalled Lester Pearson’s promise to the No Atlantic Treaty Organizati that Canada would spend $2 bi lion every year until 1954 rearmament. “This means that every Can dian family will pay $560 i? taxes every year for the next three years-in order to carly out this program,” it continuee “This irresponsible and disa& trous policy will not only pla vhavoe with Canadian _ livi standards but will also inevit ably lead to a situation whe war is the only alternative 1 an economic collapse. The hot rors of a third world war até too terrible to describe in wore” and we are convinced that our meinbers, like the working pe? ple all over the world, want © avoid such a catastrophe. ‘ “Humanity wants peace 4 we should not hesitate to Ww? and shout for peace until world leaders and our gove merit leaders realize that pe® is their only course. Our uni should speak out strongly £2 the prohibition of all weap? of mass destruction, for ©? ‘tinuous, simultaneous arms ~~ duction by all nations and the conclusion of peace treaties © tween all nations of ‘the world We must realize that while i a world of peace we will sti have to struggle for a pete! life; in a world at war we will be lucky to preserve any numa life.” Dealing with conservation 4 development of our natural 1 sources, the report said: ~ _ “We must continue our Yorts ‘to place the entire fishing industry under proP planned conservation and se habilitation programs. Such P!, grams require funds but — . cannot accept excuses about ve of funds in pressing for | much needed programs desig™ to assure maximum product ‘in perpetuity. policy designed ‘to pro offshore fisheries agains encroachments by foreign ers and against limitless e tation by U.S. ‘fishing vess must be developed more £U “In addition, we should operate\ with other labor farmer organizations 28% the seliing of our raw and natural resources to fore capital. We should join wi organizations willing to for a policy of Canadian de opment of Canadian res0'