corps ta U.S. viola by try to run in. of newsmen ted ; It is noted here that the attempt on the part of the U.S. negotiators in Korea to run in a corps of _ Newspaper correspondents was in violation of an earlier agreement with the Korean People’s Army and _ Chinese volunteer negotiating team. Radio Peking declared after the American jeeps were stopped and the U.S. broke off negotiations: ‘The U.S: ignored the notification of our liason officer that reporters from both sides would be allowed to work in Kaesong when the armistice negotiations got under way.” . - him of Negro Labor Council Million members 4 y SAN FRANCISCO The National Negro Labor Coun- (Cil is aiming for one milion mem- _ bers by the time of its first nation- al convention in Cincinatti in late October. @ __-Such an objective would over- _ wWhelm most year - old organiza- tions. But the council is one of , € most ambitious, fast-growing _ yearlings to appear on the Ameri- €n scene in recent years. Al Thibodeaux, chairman of the Bay Area Negro Labor Council ere regards the membership aims Calmly, . , “It might seem over-ambitious,” eae; he said, “but we believe there are ~™ore than a million Negroes in trade unions who accept our pro- i sate and are willing to fight with Councils now exist in most big _ Cities with Chicago, Detroit, New ‘York, Los Angeles and San Fran- Sisco leading the way. Organiza- ion is already proceeding in 23 States and rapidly being extended _ %© others. + The ci National Negro Zabor Coun- l was formed at Chicago in June, “90 primarily to give voice and °'8anizational strength to thous- oe of Negroes in the, trade un- °n movement. sie y a The organization has ‘sought, in ..*°-Operation’ with white unionists, © cope with the problems that be- Set Negro. workers — and most ‘egroes are workers. : It has taken an active part in the fight for fair employment prac- ‘tices legislation, in combatting dis- “timination and sponsoring public _~4SCussion of many vital issues. ea Among high points of a recent SP gage Meeting in Chicago were 2PPearances of William Patterson, _ Secretary of the Civil Rights Con- §ess now facing jail; Dr. W. E. _ 2ubois, the famous Negro scholar, 8nd Paul Robeson. ae convention oe October will Sect Permanent officers, id peu. and objectives, and miark ae formal organization of the *Oup on a : UEP on a national basis, : UAW local asks — trade with all’ eo sao Aah OSHAWA Pull trade relations “with coun- Maintains what amounts to an : “conomic: blockade” was ‘demanded ; aes % a resolution adopted by the — ywecutive of Local 222, United Auto U Workers, ; . re : { : bone e ae of some 6,000 General Mo- th. 2nd other workers, said that on . auto industry is in a crisis " that cTProduction” and charged ren. Credit restrictions and in- blow ed taxes on autos was the ah that brought the situation to ~ ‘ead and accentuated it.” wee resolution, directed to Prime ; rah oe St. Laurent, urged trade as th all countries willing to do m usiness with us.” lay down | Ties against whom Canada now) Xecutive, which speaks on | ear | IEIIEUE Living costs rising fastest in Montreal MONTREAL The cost of living in Montreal is going up at a faster rate than anywhere else in Canada — and this in a province where wages are generally lower than in most other ‘provinces. ‘. Apes The government cost of living index went up 21.4 points in Mon- treal in the past year, compared with 17.8 in. Toronto and 18.3 in Vancouver. At June 1, the index stood at 190.4 against the national average of 184.1. Hal HETEL Half America’s” families earn below minimum WASHINGTON More than half of America’s families are in a spot where they eannot pay higher taxes and still have enough food, clothing and medical care, the U.S. Senate was told’ last week. | { The witness was Russ Nixon, Washington representative of the United Electrical Union, who ap- neared before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on a bill to boost taxes. a, Nixon cited.a studv by the Joint Committee on the Feonomic Re- vort showing that 53 percent of American families have been get- ting less than $3000 a year. Yet the. “necessary minimum” standard of living, excluding money for federal income tax, as fixed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, is $1700 for a single per- son, $2400 for a married couple and $8700 for a married couple with two children. : | Chinese or North Korean news- as an agreement was reached dur- a truce OTTAWA This was understood to have been behind General Ridgway’s earlier statement that U.S. re- porters would not be permitted on’ the scene at the. beginning. No papermen were at Kaesong. The attempt to violate this agreement became the U.S. pretext for break- ing off the talks preliminary to a new set of demands from Gen. Ridgway for a party of 150 and a “neutral zone”, Observers here are puzzled by the demand for 150 people when less than half dozen are needed to negotiate. It was clearly under- stood that not until the agenda had been agreed upon would cor- respondents be admitted to Kae- song. Five photographers jfrom each side had been permitted by agreement. i The Korean People’s Army head- quarters gave Chinese newspaper- men in Pyongyang details of the discussion concerning the entry of the press to Kaesong: “During yesterday’s (Wednesday, July 11) meeting the delegates from the American side raised the question of news correspondents covering the conference and de- manded’ that 20 reporters be al- lowed to travel to Kaesong on the next day in order to report on the conference. “On the basis of the just prin- eipal thet all questions concerning the conference must be agreed on by both parties, the Korean Peo- ple’s Army and the Chintse peo- ple’s volunteers delegates agreed that the press corespondents of both parties might go to Kaesong to report at the proper time. Re- porters would be welcomed as soon ing’ the armistice negotiations. “But disregarding this formal reply, the American side in viola- tion of the principle of mutual agreement resorted to bluff and pressure tactics by arbitrarily sending a motor convoy with 20 pressmen and 65 members of the Aimerican delegation .. .” HEUER RUBBER BIELEL! BBE EU EVES Poll shows majority of American people want peace in Korea NEW YORK The majority of Americans are in favor of cessation of hostil- ities in Korea at the 38th paral- lel, according to 2a Gallup poll (public opinion survey), conduct- ed prior to the announcement of” projected negogiations. Fifty-one percent of those poll- ed, whether Republicans or Democrats, were in favor of an armistice, 37 percent against and the remainder of “no opinion”. American public opinion “ex- perts”, notorious for their delib- erate underestimation of the peace sentiment, believe that now - negotiations have been opened the percentage in favor of an armistice will rise to 75 percent. Ontario Union of Woodworkers asks wage falks PORT ARTHUR The three Ontario locals of the independent Canadian Union of Woodworkers have forwarded registered letters to all employers in, the pulpwood-logging industry asking for immediate negotiations on the issues of wages and work- ing conditions. The CUW is also circulating petitions in all camps; it asks for immediate recogniton of the union by employers and for negotiationss to be opened. ; The CUW, which replaces the defunct AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers "Union is growing at a rapid rate. It has, for the first time in lumber history, united bushworkers in Ontario and Que- beec*by establishment of CUW Local 4 at Quebec City which has a membership of over 2,000. fl Main economic demands of the CUW include: @ A 30 percent increase in basic piece-work' rates with a guar-* antee daily wage for piece-workers. e' A $2 a day increase for all day labor in camps with a mini- imum daily wage of $10 for a seven hour day. @! No increase in board I ‘and lodging rates. @ A system of regular pay days in all camps. Send Yankee froops home, demands union LONDON The executive council of the Am- algamated Engineering Union has asked the Labor party and the Trades Union Congress to support ‘a demand to send American forces in Britain back home. A report on the council’s cor- respondence with the two bodies was adopted without opposition at the closing session of the ginion’s national committee meeting at Brighton this month. - In its letter to the Labor party the council stressed that the pres- ence of U.S. forces in Britain could be “construed as provocation and a threat to peace.” The sites and buildings occupied by the troops could be more use- fully employed in the service of Britain, the council wrote. After considering a reply from the Labor party that the Ameri- cans were in Britain in conse- quence of treaty obligations, the Lcouncil again wrote to Morgan Phillips, general secretary of the Labor party. It ‘pointed out that there ap- peared to be a “firm desire on the part of many Americans for the complete destruction of Com- munism by foree of arms.’ ; The council contended that in the event of America declaring war on any “Communist-domin- ated” counjry, that country would be within its rights in ~ “seeking to destroy American, — bases in Britain, even though Britain itself might not be an active participant in such a war.” Starkey contests Verdun council _ Len Starkey will contest the al-_ dermanic seat left vacant in Ward _ 3 Verdun by the death of Ald. Guerin. in civic election three months ago. Running on a labor platform Star- key aims to increase his vote in: the by-election July 30 to secure the seat for Verdun working peo-— ple. : He is demanding immediate ac- tion by city hall for amendment to | Duplessis’ rent law to protect hard-. | pressed tenants by institution of a |complete rent freeze. x MEL COLBY) Be crane ae abe NTO The growing rank-and-file move- ment in the rail unions to have contracts reopened to. win an im-~ mediate wage boost of 25-30 cents an hour is worrying big) business. eat ' ed to admit: last week that the rank-and-file movement “may be making headway.’ The Post also ‘admitted that the 12 percent in- terim freight rate increase just |given the rail companies “is ex- pected to redouble union pressure for another raise.” ; pressure | Here’s ‘MAY BE MAKING HEADWAY’ SAYS FINANCIAL POST Rail wage demand worries big business Actually there is no “union pres- sure’ on the’ government or the companies from the top; but the is on the Mosher-Hall leadership from the rank-and-file and it is expected that it will be compelled to take action. how the rank-and-file The Financial Post was compell- -- Railroaders- "two-year contract. whose cartoon. is ee % ' a Nickel Anymore” — What's T# Werth? ont a 7 cents an hour wage increase last year but their “Open un the contract,” declares the Rail reproduced above. a roaders’ Voice, Toronto LPP shop paper, <7 Wages are frozen in a sees the issue: the miserly seven- | cent increase won last year was _ wiped out by increased prices be- fore it reached the pay envelope. ‘In the meantime profiteering price raises have cut further into the steadily shrinking wages of rail- — roaders. While railroaders’ wages remain frozen to a two-year con-— tract other unions have been win- | ning interim wage boosts or ob- | taining good contract settlements. ‘Mine-Mill,,|United Electrical Work- ers, United Auto Workers, build- | railroaders of what can be won if a stiff fight is put up by the lead- ership. : : 2 : envelopes the railroaders also see steadliy increasing profits for the | companies. : ; The latest interim freight rate — increase will provide the com- panies with another $54 million _ annually, And this is only an — interim increase. An additional 8 percent increase is expected’ to — be granted in November or De- | cember after the Board of Trans- port Commissioners again re- _ views company demands for in- creased revenues, Freight rates have increased 62 percent since PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JULY 20, 1951 — PAGE Te “1 i Starkey polled 800 votes _ ing trades unions are examples to As against their shrinking pay —