Rr a By-election shakes Govt. ‘SOCRED POLICIES ; REJECTE A: ges r [was FRIDA Y, ECEMBER 21, 1962 SS 10¢ VOL. 22, No. 50 VANCOUVER, B.C. ans NB. An rdf ht Ke Ba. oa E. oie ox {Sek QRS ed Rai Be Hf a i a Season’s Greetings = ag editors and staff of the Pacific Tribune extend Season’s Greetings to all our readers and supporters. May. 1963 usher in a new era of. Peace and happiness for all. In the coming year we on the Pacific Tribune pledge to redouble our efforts to make our paper play an even bigger role than it did in 1962 to ensure lasting peace, independence and security. We thank our readers for the support they Zave us in 1962 and we look forward to that support growing in the year ahead. : In. keeping with previous years the Tribune appear on January 4 to launch the twenty-eighth year of continuous publication of the Communist ‘press in B.C. \ will not publish next week. Our next issue will | SO Ne bs Sad SC SAA Sk NOL NI IK a NaC A Se SI ak SA Keep nuclear arms out’ labor demand fo Cabinef The Canadian government has been urged by the Canadian Labor Congress to oppose the spread of nuclear Weapons to countries which do not have them and to refuse to permit nuclear weapons on Canadian soil or in the hands of Canadian forces. The appeal was part of a CLC SIx-point program on internation- al affairs included in the annual Submission by the labor congress to the federal cabinet. The international affairs pro- 8ram included: ® Support efforts for complete 8nd general disarmament under effective international control. oA treaty for a non-nuclear Club of nations which would not Manufacture, store or permit Nuclear weapons on their soil or Use such weapons at any time. ® Oppose the spread of nuclear Weapons and renounce them for anadian territory or in the hands of Canadian forces. * Eliminate frills and waste i defence spending to use the ney for development of the ae sector at home and: in- 8sed aid abroad. ae _ critical examination — of ing aS. commitments to -exist- ich, Tegional defence alliances = as NATO, taking into ac- a changing world situation. * A national plan for gradual || channelling of defence expendi- tures into constructive peace pro- jects to avoid sudden economic dislocation in case of universal disarmament. “PEACE ON EARTH”. our readers is this exce Searle Freidman. The a Martin Amiabe D BY VOTE The overwhelming defeat of the Socreds in last Monday’s Point Grey by-election reflected widespread public demand for a new tax deal for municipalities, and dissatisfaction with Premier Bennett's hydro policy and anti-labor measures. This was the statement made by B.C. Communist Party leader Nigel Morgan, in a post-election analysis this week. The voters in Point Grey, long considered an impregnable Social Credit seat, placed the Socred candidate, Eve’ Burns-Miller in third place with a cut in the Socred popular vote from 41 per- cent in 1960 to 19 percent. * ‘arge middle-class riding, Point Grey was before the advent of Social Credit a strong Coali- tion seat returning key govern- ment figures. It is a three-seat riding, and all three seats were held by Socreds, included among them Attorney-General Bonner. The NDP or CCF have never been elected in Point Grey. The vote Monday gave Liberal Patrick McGeer 21,669 votes, Tory Reg. Atherton 8,784 votes, Socred Eve Burns-Miller 8,447, and NDP Anthony Holland 5,203. NEED UNITY Morgan‘s statement warned that “results. of the Point Grey by- election underscore the absolute need for development of an anti- monopoly program around which all labor and progressive forces in the province could be united if the NDP is to form the next government. “Point Grey demonstrates the grave danger of a Liberal Party comeback in spite of its record of anti-labor legislation (Bill 37), its giveaway of natural resources (Forest Management Licenses), and its financial squeeze on BG municipalities which brought about their ouster ten years ago. “The sharp drop in the NDP vote from 21 to 12 percent shows the danger of taking, as the right wing leadership does, a psuedo- liberal line instead of speaking out decisively for peace and peo- ple’s interests. No doubt Strac- The PT’s Christmas card to all lent photo by our photographer bove scene is at the home of ] at 4280 Kingsway in South Burnaby. han’s recent statements attribut- ing the present labor unrest to certain union ieaders and nam- ing specifically three leading members of his own party, cost the NDP thousands of labor votes.” Referring to the issues on which the Socreds were defeated in Point Grey, Morgan said: ‘‘The only solution to these problems, and the only way to ensure that an NDP majority instead of an- other big business Liberal gov- ernment replaces the Socreds at the next election, lies in the devel- opment of all-inclusive united ac- tion of the working people and progressive farm and small busi- ness forces in B.C.” B.C. Labor urged fo meet, broaden peoples struggle B.C. labor is moving to consolidate recent gains and broaden out the struggle to rid the province of its ultra- reactionary Bills 42 and 43, initiated by the Social Credit government. Vancouver and District Labor Council agreed last Tuesday night te request the B.C. Feder- ation of Labor to call a confer- ence of all. B.C. Fed. unions in order to discuss collectively the next steps in labor’s campaign to win a better deal for the workers of this province. The action came on the heels of the reading of a letter from’ provincial NDP leader, Robert Strachan, pledg- ing all-out support in the legis- lature in the fight against anti- labor legislation. Council’s decision to seek the conference came as a result of a letter from the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers union. Speaking in support of the letter’s recommendations, several dele- gates pointed out that many unions all over the province had written to locals on the Lower Mainland, expressing solidarity with recent militant labor actions here and regretting that they were unable to get into the fight in a more positive way. In addition, the point was made that labor traditionally has been the spearhead of the people’s struggles for a better life, rang- ing from the struggles to win un- employment insurance to the plight. of unemployed and - old age pensioners. Today, in addition to fighting Bills 42 and 43, the drive to have the Columbia treaty scrapped, the need for securing the rights of the working class, the need for many more legislative changes— all require labor action in one form or another. : A provincial conference (pos- sibly to be held in Victoria) will do much to crystallize the strug- gle on all these fronts, it was said. _The Australian Wheat Board recently completed negotiations for the sale of another 25 million bushels of wheat to People’s China. This. brings Australia’s re- cent wheat sale to China to around 140 million bushels valued at approximately £100 milion. The colorful and brightly-lit Christmas display on the theme of peace is attracting wide attention from pedes- trians and passing motorists.