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fishermen reject association's
Proposals for 1958 -contract

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_ Prices offered by the Fisheries Association for tft 1958 contract with the United
men and Allied Workers Union have been rejected by a union referendum vote. The
fishermen on record against acceptance of the associa-

tion demands for this season’s catch are 30 cents a pound for sockeye, 18 cents for cohoes,

¢
a for chum salmon and
Mts for pinks. Packers’

: Posals to date have been
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ast. year’s prices.
ee. for the fisher-
fi Point out that while the
ee Seek to make drastic
to fs hs On prices returns
ae € fishermen, the cost of

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: maintenance, and
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Sperational and living

costs are steadily rising.
Another UFAWU vote to
strengthen the bargaining po-
sition of its negotiating, com-
mittee was well over 90 per-
cent in support of its commit-
tee standing solid “on last
year’s prices or better.”
Homer Stevens, UFAWU
secretary, said that these votes
rejecting the Fisheries Asso-

ciation offers, and supporting
its bargaining committee, “are
not necessarily strike votes,’

A recommendation of a con-
ciliation board for a 5% per-
cent wage increase covering
some 6,000 UFAWU shore-
workers and tendermen will
be considered later this week
by the union’s policy commit-
tee.

to a feast always used
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Pani “held in Confederation

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JOHN deWEVER

Pacific Tribune, as he is a
devoted supporter of the la-
bor press—he is always will-
ing to engage in a friendly
chat.

DeWever has been for
many years an Honor Press
Builder during Pacific Tri-
bune financial campaigns —
that means that he had raised
or donated more than $100
annually.

“Supporting working class
papers is not something new
for me,’ he said. In 1913 I
was a steel worker in a loco-
motive plant in Holland, and
a local union chairman. It
was always a source of joy
to me to sell the socialist
paper on the job.

“I was 34 years old when
I came to Canada in 1924. I
was a farm worker for a time,
but during the Hungry Thir-
ties I wound up in one of
R. B. Bennett’s slave camps
(Relief camps where workers
were paid 20 cents a day)
where I soon found myself
selling working class _litera-
ture.

labor Picnic will honor
John deWever as

pioneer

“The unemployed were be-
ginning to organize in Cal-
gary, and I joined their ranks.
When the police began a ser-
ies of arrests we saw that a
defense organization was need-
ed, so a branch of the Can-
adian Labor Defense League
was formed. I joined the CLDL
in 1935, and took an active
part in its work.

“It was in Winnipeg, after
all my years of struggling as
a worker for the rights of the
working class, that I finally
took my political position in
the ranks of the Communist
party. That was a great day
in my life. .

‘In 1942 I moved to Van-
couver, and as a member of
the Boilermakers Union I
worked in the shipyards.. I
was a shop steward for some
time.

“Ag a member of the Grand-
view club of the LPP — a
club which has always done
outstanding work in support-
ing the Pacific Tribune — I
have continued my work for
the progressive press, raising
money during financial drives
and signing up new readers
all the year round.”

John deWever is one of a
score of labor veterans who
will be honored at the An-
nual Labor - Picnic, Some of
the others, and the clubs they
represent, are: Norman Smith
(Broadway); Walter Wiggins
(Mt. Pleasant); Sid Zarkin
(Olgin); George Truscott (Pt.
Grey); George Koshowsky
(Strathcona); Jack Brown
(Victory Square); Fred Bas-
sanoff (Advance); Helen Ma-
thieson (Hastings East); Don
Barbour (Waterfront); John
MeCuish (Electrical); Alf
Padgham (Norquay); Julius
Stelpe (North Burnaby);
Bob Towle (South Burnaby);
Bill Christie (Drydock) and
Bill Stoneman (North Van

City).

Bent White's

SPORTLIGHT

(Guest column by
BRUCE YORK)

HE big question in local

baseball fans minds is —
will the Mounties hang on to
bring Vancouveer its first
PCL pennant? Its quite dif-
ficult to venture an opinion
especially since their chief
opponents (Phoenix, San Diego
and Salt Lake City). have
played only a few games with
the Mounties.

Nevertheless I’m going to
stick my neck out and say
that the Mounties will have
to perform quite a bit bet-
ter than they did in the first
half in order to stay out in
front.

Last year the Mounties had
the best pitching staff in the
minors, excellent defense
through the middle of the
diamond and rather mediocre
hitting. This year their mound
staff is the best in the league
but it is considerably weaker
than last year. Defensively
they are still tops but again
they are weaker than last
year with one notable excep-
tion. The big bright spot has
been the improved hitting, es-
pecially by the outfielders.

Let’s look at the pitching
first. Gone are Morrie Mar-
tin, Charlie Beamon, Don Fer-
raresse and Sandy Conse-
quera. This foursome has
been very difficult to: replace,
especially Sandy.

This year the Mountie re-
liefing has been less than
average. Martin and Ferrar-
esse were the two top left-
handers in the league last
year and there is no one on
the Mountie staff who is cap-
able of matching their per-
formances. Palica, Cecerelli,
Held, Sundin, Bamberger and
Moeller are good though they
have been inconsistent. Man-
ager Charlie Metro has got
to make up his mind about
a number one relief man. In
my opinion Russ Heman is
best fittted for the job.

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Now let’s take a look at the
defence. Who can forget Len-
nie Green in center field last
year. Well, most of the Van-
couver baseball writers said
that we would forget Green
when we saw Barry Shetrone.
Shefjrone undoubtedly has
potential ability, but so far
he is definitely notin Green’s
class or Vada Pinson’s either.
Shetrone is shaky in the out-
field, does not seem to get
the jump on the ball, is hesi-
tant and consequently his
great speed is not fully until-
ied. At the plate he was hit-
ting well over 300 for quite
a Spell but he has now drop-
ped well below.

Who can forget Jim Mar-
shall at first base last year.

July 4, 1958 —

This year this position is the
real weakness on the club.
Charlie Metro has insisted on
playing Ray Barker who is
less than average as a fielder
and is hitting an anaemic 200.
Marshall on the other hand
was the fanciest fielding first
baseman in, the league and
a potent long ball hitter.
Metro has played Bill Lajoie
off and on. In my opinion if
he wants to win the pennant
he must stick with Lajoie.

Buddy Peterson is not the
Buddy of 1957. He is hitting
40 points lower than last year
and has seemed to lack the
hustle and sure handedness
of last year.

On the other hand Jim
Briedweiser has shown him-
self to be the best second
baseman in the league. He is
a very smooth fielder and has
hit close to 290.

And now for the improve-
ments. The major improve-
ment is in the outfield and in
the hitting generally. This
year the Mounties have an
abundance of good hitting
outfielders, led by Joe Dur-
ham and Joe Frazier who are
one-two in r.b.i’s and home
runs for the club. Both are
hitting close to 300. Metro has
played Frazier irregularly.
How he can keep him on the
bench is a big mystery, des-
pite Joe’s slow footedness in
the outfield. In my opinion
it would be a good idea to
put Durham in center and
Frazier in left to get all the
power into the line up as
possible. Durham is fast, not
as fast as Shetrone, but seems
to be more sure of himself
defensively. Frazier has done
more at the plate than Shet-
rone while playing far less
games. In right field Dick
DiTusa has shown good pow-
er at‘ times. I would suggest
that Metro two-platoon Di-
Tusa with Shetrone, using
Barry against right handers
and Di Tusa against lefties.

Charlie White has been the
big hitting improvement over
last year, some 60 points up
on his 277 mark. He contin-
nues to handle the pitchers
well and is by far the best
catcher in the league.

Phoenix, San Diego or Salt
Lake City could easily over-
take the Mounties, especially
if the Vancouver pitching
shows any more signs of de-
teriorating. (Bamberger and
Sundin have failed to last their
three or four games). The
Mounties must come up with
a number one relief man. They
must plug the big gap at first
base. And finally they must
hang on in the next three
weeks when they will be play-
ing Phoenix for fourteen games
and San Diego for seven.

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