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the huge crovd. Harry Sharpe (second from right) tells the

story below. BOTTOM: A section of the demonstration,

BRITISH WORKERS BACK CSU STRUGGLE

LUMBER PROFIT COUGE

Canadian seamen parade in London

On June 27 this year the crews
°f seven Canadian ships in port
at London, members of the Can-
adian Seamen’s Union, marched

Trafalgar Square in a demon-
Stration to protest the company-
°rganized and government-con-
doned violence against their fel-
low union members on the Great

es. The story of this demon-
hasta the first ever held in the
historic London square by citizens
of another country, is told below
by Harry Sharpe, one of the lead-
ers, who is now back in Vancou-

ver,
* * *

That Saturday afternoon, when

I stood on the steps of Nelson’s
column and looked out across the
blur of faces stretching towards
Canada House, I was proud of
my union and my fellow mem-
bers who make it the fighting or-
ganization it is.

(Continued on back page)
See SEAMEN

The gilded crests of Vancouver’s panelled appeal court
looked down this week on such a case as had not been heard
there before—IWA spokesmen laid down the claim of 30,000
Coast woodworkers for decent living standards and security
against a handful of lumber barons whose profits, the union
proved, are garnered at the expense of the whole province.

IWA District President Ernie Dalskog presented to a
conciliation board the union’s demands for 35 cents an hour
across the board, union shop, strict 40-hour week, and a
welfare fund- To date the operators’ position as outlined by
W. Heffernan, lawyer, and R. V. Stuart, employers’ agent,
is to give 11 cents or 8 percent, refuse all other demands,
and ask the union to post a million and a half dollar bond
“to guarantee fulfilment. of contract.”

The board is presided over by Justice H. I. Bird, with
barrister J. MacDonald representing the operators.and min-
ers’ organizer Harvey Murphy representing the IWA. It
was set up after four months of stalling by employers who
had hoped to see the union delivered into their hands by the
anti-labor Act and inner-union disruption by IWA _ Inter-
national President Jas. E. Fadling and his followers.

The cold, unanswerable statistics read to the board by
Trade Union Resarch Bureau Director Emil Bjarnason

(Continued on back page) 1. uf
SEE IWA

BCE prepares for
new fare hikes

On the opening day of the Public Utilities Commission
hearings on BCElectric fares and rates in:the lower main-
land, PUC chairman Dr. W. Carrothers flatly rejected a
request for a month’s adjournment, and BCE president. Dr.
“Dal” Grauer unwittingly revealed BCE plans for further
boosts in transit fares and rates for electricity and gas.

John Stanton, counsel for the Civic Reform Association,

outlined his reasons for seeking adjournment: “Notice of
hearings was given July 28. We received recognition of our
right‘to be heard and a copy of the BCE submission August
17. August 21 we teceived a copy of the order in council
governing the hearings, but were told other information we
sought was not available.

“That leit us 9 days—actually’ 4 days—to prepare a case
on a subject which the BCE has had six months to prepare
and the PUC three months to study. Also, it would be
unfortunate if the impression were left that this commission
were deliberately holding hearings right after trolley buses
have been introduced and at a time when the BCE admits
its costs are temporarily at an all-time high.”

(Continued on back page)

" SEE BCELECTRIC

Six B.C. youths win labor

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honors in Europe

—SEE PAGE 12