City women launch
\chain letter for peace

The B.C. Women’s Committee for World Friendship has
started a chain letter in the hope that “its links will help
strengthen the growing demand for an end to the war in

Vietnam’’.
THE CHAIN LETTER FOLLOWS:

The Honorable L.B. Pearson
Prime Minister of Canada
Ottawa, Canada
‘Dear Sir:
We Canadians want no part of the inhuman U.S. war in
“Vietnam. Bombing, burning, defoliation of one of the world’s
smallest nations by one of the biggest, is morally despicable.

Mr. Martin’s statement calling for an end to the bombing of
North Vietnam was a welcome one. To be meaningful words
must be matched by deeds. Canada is still shipping war material
to the United States.

If our economy depends on war materials production

‘Canadians will suffer the consequences of such a policy.
Demand for use of war equipment is made by those who profit
by its production.

We Canadians say enough of war.

Canada, with its great resources, could be decisive in
finding a NEW road to PEACE. We could have more schools,
hospitals, cultural centres, by turning our production to
PEACEFUL purposes, away from U.S. war aims. | ask the

government to:

Vietnam,

NAME

@ press more strongly for an end to bombing of North

@ end all association with U.S. policies in Vietnam.
@ insist that nuclear weapons not be used.

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ADDRESS

Around the theme, ‘‘The Women

Tomorrow”, more than 200 guests
celebrated International Women’s
- Day in Vancouver last Sunday.

Mrs. Mickey Beagle, chairman of
the B.C. Women’s Committee For
World Friendship, which sponsored
the meeting, introduced the guests at
the head table. These included two
young women from a visiting ship
from the U.S.S.R., currently docked
at Vancouver harbor.

Greetings were read from Mrs.
Eileen Daily, NDP Member of the
B.C. Legislature, and from the
Women’s Council of the Ass’n of
United Ukrainian Canadians.

Highlight of the afternoon was a
film “Women On The March’’, which
showed the struggle of women to
obtain the right to vote, prior to and
following World War One; their
Contribution to the winning of both
World wars, as well as pointing upa
Whole host of problems related
Particularly to working women —
qual pay for equal work, etc. etc.

One of the Soviet guests brought
8reetings to the gathering on behalf
Of the women of her country.

1 Guest Speaker was Vancouver
awyer, Elspeth Munro Gardner.
Pointing out that throughout history
women have always taken part in the
Struggle for peace, Mrs. Gardner
Said that the fight for peace today is

€ central issue uniting women all

audience what the struggle for

dependence, peace and freedom
Means to the women of Vietnam, she

Weary,” she said, ‘‘until the war is

+ 28gression and withdraws from
letnam.”’

} She urged the audience to pressure
© Canadian Government to speak

Of Yesterday, Today, and’

©mphasized that Canadian women ,
Can help to bring that misery to an ,
end. “We have no right to become °

Over and the United States ceases its

| Fight for peace stressed
at Int'l Women's Day fete

out against the war policies of the
United States, and to demand that no
Canadian materials be sent to assist
the U.S. in its war of aggression. She
also urged that protest be made
directly to the U.S. government.

Touching briefly on the future
facing Canadian children, Mrs.
Gardner stated, ‘‘We must carry
forward from generation to

generation the ideals and ideas to ©

help build a better Canada. This
needs continued action,” she said.
Mrs. Gardner concluded her
remarks by appealing to all present
to sign the chain letter prepared by
the sponsoring committee,
addressed to Prime Minister
Pearson, urging action to stop the
war in Vietnam. ‘‘This would be an
expression of solidarity with the

Valley unions strike two plants

By BOB McLAREN
New Westminster — Delta
Correspondent
‘Following the B.C. Federation of
Labor conference on Bill 33 in New
Westminster last week many union

members in the Valley are’

discussing this legislation and are
going to raise the issue for full
discussion in their locals to ask full
support for defeat of Bill 33.

In Surrey there are two unions on
strike for better working conditions:
The United Steel Workers of
America, Local 6613 are striking
against Gearmatic, an American-
owned company making winches.
The company is trying. to do away
with journeymen and attempting to
set up the grouping system. This is
the second time in four years the
workers have hit the bricks.

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Reflecting the ferment on most of the country’s college campuses, the Ontario
College of Arts students staged a 2,000-strong protest demonstration, shown
above, at Queen’s Park in Toronto recently. The Ontario government was forced

tate teachers who had been fired and

to overrule the college's principal and

agree to demands for greater student participation in college government.

WHAT’S HAPPENING TO
B.C.’'S LABOR FORCE?

The following table prepared by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, shows
where B.C.’s labor force was to be found as of September 15, 1967.

Some significant changes in the labor force.are to be noted. Among those
is the fact that employees in “‘trade’’, “service-commercial’’, and ‘finance
and real estate’’, account for 41 percent of the total labor force.

The International Moulders, Local
280, AFL-CIO, have been on strike
for two months against Ocean
Foundry, a subsidiary of Noranda
Mines. They produce grinding balls
for the mining industry. Noranda is
bringing in the products from the
east by railway and shipping them to
mines in B.C. The men are at present
rates 42¢ an hour behind other
comparable workers in other
foundries.

The union is asking for one dollar
an hour in a one year contract so as
to bring their contract in line with
other foundries. The company is
offering 35¢ over two years.,Some
children have broken into the plant,
and the union informed the company,
but the company hotly. told the union
that they would look after things.

The company has purchased a dog
to patrol the inside of the plant.
There are no signs to warn people of
the dog inside the plant. Trade
unionists and neighbors should drop
around to visit the pickets and give
them moral support and let them

‘know that the people of the valley

support their just cause.

As part of its campaign to arouse
the public to defeat Bill 33 The
Communist Party clubs in the valley
held a public meeting in the Kennedy
Hall Tuesday night. Speakers were
B.C. Communist Party leader Nigel

: Morgan and trade union leader

William Stewart.

April peace
actions set

The National Mobilization
Committee to End the War in
Vietnam, the large U.S. peace body
which sponsored last year’s giant
demonstration in Washington and
across the U.S., announced last week

, Number Percent of
Industry (thousands) Total it was joining the Students for a
Trade 95.5. 20.5% Democratic Society in calling for 10
Transportation 78.1 16.8 days of local and regional
Manufacturing (durable) 75.0 16.1 demonstrations April 21 to 30.
Service-commercial 70.2 15.2
Manufacturing (non-dur.) 51.9 1 In Vancouver, and other centres
Construction 40.5 8.7 across Canada, preparations are
Finance & real estate 24.9 5.3 underway by various peace groups to
Forestry 19.7 42 stage protests on the weekend of
Mining & Oil 9.9 21 April 27-28.
Total 465.7 100.0

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forces in the world” she said.

Resolutions” passed unanimously
by the meeting dealt with peace in
Vietnam; high prices; day care
centres; income tax exemptions, and
one opposing anti-labor Bill 33,
currently being discussed by the B.C.
Legislature.

: A greeting card, addressed to two

Poa

imprisoned labor leaders, Homer

Stevens and Steve Stavenes of the —

Fishermen’s Union, was signed by
those present.

Carole Claus sang a number of
songs accompanied by Ted Campbell
on guitar.

Net proceeds of the event were

Over the world. Picturing for the gonated to the Committee to Aid the

people of Vietnam.

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