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Leslie Morris says
BC economy fragile

“Winning unity of labor to defeat the war parties in the coming
I elections is the key task of our’movement at this time,” declared

eslie Morris, national publicity ‘director of ‘the’ Labor-Progressive
arty, speaking to the sixth annual convention of the British Columbia-

Yukon ‘section of the LPP annual
convention over the weekend.

“This unity,” said. Morris,” in-
Cludes unity with a large body of
CCF’ers and CCF supporters —
the Coldwells and Millards and
Lewises—are definitely a part of
the war camp.

“It Will be unity won or einad the
fight for the needs of the Canadian
People. It will be unity based on
‘Support for our economic program
Which in turn. is directly. connected
With ‘the fight against »war:

“Here in B.C. you have suffered

from |
om _widespread unemployment

~ Frame-up on
Dea charge

SPOKANE, Wash.

A death chargé frame-up is ‘be-
ing Pushed by agents of the labor-
hating American .. Zine Company,
against nine’ striking members of
CIO Mine, Mill and Smetler Work-
ers’ at Métaline Mine.

“(Mine Mill spokesman Chase
Powers told the Mine-Mill’s dist-
viet convention in Vancouver that
the President of American Zine
is the president of the Mining
Congress of North America,
Which includes Canadian as well
28 American companies. The Met-
aline affair is considered a. policy
lead-off by big operators against

: Mine-Mill. )

The unionists are charged: with}.
first degree . kidnapping, burglary }
and assault. The charges were rig-|

Sed after asserted altercations be-
tween union men and paid strike-

breakers, imported by the company,

© Smash the 37-week-old strike.

‘Mine-mi has won a change of
venue from Pend O’reille county to
Pokane, to prevent the case com-
“ng before Judge Lon Johnson,

Owner of extensive Pend ‘o'reille’

Mining Property: »

Five hundred businessmen, far-
Mers and others in Pend O’reille
are protesting use’ of taxpayers’
‘unds to prosecute union men. «+

Defense’ committee |
widespread ‘pressure’ for ‘dismissal

and have won support of AFL la-

or leaders,

jSitike is still tight, Local ‘S18's"
50 members e out of the
8round July 1, 1948 over refusal
‘of Anieriedy

Mine-Mill;

. Right, of: Sane Rec are. war
eterans, The. ninth, has, spent, 20
years in, the metal mines.

‘sixth annual

is stirring

Zinc sto bargeln gsi

rohihbs |

this “winter—a “foretaste of things
to come. Because of the nature of
its basic industries, the economy
of B.C, is the most fragile, most
vulnérable of any province in, Can-
ada. You have no large-scale man-
ufacturing plants which would, to
a certain limited degree, soften the
effects of unemployment in your

basic industries caused by the ap-|/

plication of the Marshall Plan.

j “4 stormy. period lies ahead for
the labor movement. Some ver-
sion of the Lacroix, Bill may. be
introduced by the government in
April. This. would be the first, step
.towards the. establishment, of..a
police state. We must rally the
Canadian ‘people to fight against
the introduction. of ‘any resurrec-
tion of, Section 98. Qur struggle
against. the infamous, Section 98
played a large part. in bringing
down the Bennett government in
1935, We must, defeat all attempts
to bring in similar repressive leg-
dslation in 1949. ge &

“The election of Tim Buck in
Trinity is the, national concentre-
tion task of the LPP, said Morris.
“Concentration means, above all,
doorbell ringing. We've got huh-
dreds of canvassers visiting the
electors in Trinity every day, and
‘we fully intend to send Tim Buck
to the House of Commons.”

_HA ROLD PRITCHETT

WIUC to plan united fight

for jobs, wages and =

“We ‘will face the-job of ‘laying out’ a program to meet the’ im-

mediate’ needs of ‘all B.C. woodworkers,”

Woodworkers’

Industrial

Union ‘president Harold Pritchett announced this week in commenting

on the WIUC convention to be held April 2 and 3.

“And: just. as important. will’ be
working, out the means. to win
all woodworkers throughout. the
industry for united action to win
that program against the offensive
of the’ employers and their agents.

“With some of the camps open-
ing up that program is being dis-
cussed in the camps and mills as

well as among the unemployed
| woodworkers: fighting for their
jobs.

“Jobs and markets, speedup,
militant defense of the 40-hour
week, safety, free labor laws,
security, national and interna-
tional solidarity of labor, and
peace—these are major problems
with, which the woodworkers are
most concerned.’

“Wood-

Convention. call. says,

President, ‘now |WIUC€ Vice. Presi-
dent, who cited instructions to
safeguard the funds—instructions
given. October, 3. by delegates: rep-
resenting 30,000 woodworkers.

The woodworrxer!’ leaders point

Movement without press |

like dance without band |

Rachlzink. ‘the; decisive import-
ance of a strong labor press in the
fight for peace, delegates to the
convention of the
BO-Yukon' section of the’ Labor
Progressive Party passed, a reso-
lution pledging full support to the
Pacific Tribune’s financial ‘drive
for $15,000’ and agreed to work. to
ensure ‘a steadily increasing ay
lation for the paper, ;

In: his press: report: to the ‘con-
vention, delegate Bert Whyte quot-
ed a statement made, by :the late
George Drayton, first editor of the
Workers’ News back in 1935, who
said that! “a political» ‘movement
without a) press is like;sa dance
without an orchestra.”

“The commercial press: Pea: is
an important cog in the state ma-
chine,” continued Whyte. “It is the

| chief propaganda — mouthpiece of

imperialism jn “its insane drive to-

wards a new world war.
“Opposing ° the’ Big” ‘Business

dailies we have the Pacific’ Tri-

, bune—a working class David chal-

lenging, the capitalist Goliaths,
“We must look to: the; future and

plan. for a, bigger and better paper.

Increased, , circulation and | adyer-

ine = we

“Dress Up~

Crean and Sietson

HATS $6 and on 50

tor Spring <

to enlarging the present paper, but
we must ever have the future in
mind. se ,

The: convention, pedged itself to
support the paper financially, to
build circulation and Bd versie
and use _the press as @ weapon
in all

against reaction political

campaigns.

Protest Nanaimo ban
(CCL)

is asking Nanaimo city council to

Nanaimo: : Labor, Council

rescind. a bylaw ‘under which , 7a
Nanaimo’ man’ ‘was recently fined
for giving out peace leaflets on, the
avesteo : 2

A member of Jehovah's Witness-
es has. ‘also. been charged under
the anti-handbill edict, and. it is

understood ‘the’ religious '’’ group
plans a legal battle for its rights.

720 W. Hastings»
. Upstairs:

tising are necessary prerequisites “

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Strike fake held

intact for union men

Six. months .of anti-labor smears by the boss press were exploded
this week’ by release of a.statement that the woodworkers’ district strike
fund is completely: intact and. has been held in trust. ¢

Statement ‘was? signed by: Emie Dalskog, former IWA District | n

to negotiations shortly to ‘open for
industry: contracts, and the need
to fight for. living. standards and
job. security. They pledge to use
every means to advance the wood-
workers in this struggle.

And they state that the strike
fund, which has been: “held invio-
late,” will be returned to its con-
tributors regardless of union af-
filiation.

workers throughout Canada will
be watching our convention with
close attention, for. (it) holds the
hope of a program dedicated to
the interests of (B.C.) yigeiwsied
ers.”

Westminster
fund queried

IWA sawmill workers, and other
Members are showing concern in
increasing numbers over New 'West-
minster IWA secretary. George
Mitchell’s . recent , act. in: Joaning
$25000 in strike funds collected. in
New Westminster to IWA, district
officers in January. as

The question is being asked,
was this money used to finance
strikebreaking at Iron’ ‘Rivér,
where seab-herders were known
to. have. been: paid in | PWA
cheques?

Mitchell’s January financial
statement reveals ‘that the $2500
had been collected last year.’

But this money had ‘never been
paid. into,.the district strike fund
at..a time when critical .contract

negotiations. were under way. .

Only New Westminster contribu-
tion to that fund was $12 paid by
New Westminster president J. Stu-
art Alsbury at a district ‘council
meeting.

The rest’ had apparently’ been
held in reserve until the. present
unexplained loan was made.

At the time the money was col-
lected local offigers were vocifer-
ously insisting; that the fund be

used only for strike purposes,

” Have you raised your two one-
year subscriptions (or four six-
months) to qualify for a copy of
Tim Buck’s “Canada,- The Com-
munist, Viewpoint’?

GREATER VANCOUVER
Roy Lawryniuk (E. End 2) ...7
Percy Rudd (Commercial Dr.) ..7
D. Hogan (Northands)
D. Lynas (Northlands)
J. Yurichuk (Metal Products) . o
R. J. Poulin (Forest Products) .
Dulce’ Smith (Fair-Mt. Pleas.) 4
Elsie Bratidon (Northlands) ....3
Lottie Foster (Moberley) :
F. Smith (Civic Workers)... .3
K. Falk (Niilo Makela) |
H. W. McConneli (Victory Sq-) 2
Fred Sapach. (Capitol Hill) ....2
Nick Covale (East End,1) ....2
Domenic Lizzul (Georgia) ....2

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TOM McEWEN -
LPP federal —

boot -BURNABY-RICHMOND
- Editor of the Pacific fiihane:

“"HOW THE MONOPOLY PRESS TREATS LABOR’

PENDER AUDITORIUM
(Lower Hall)
SUNDAY, MARCH 27,8 P.M.

DISCUSSION. linia

I, _Auspices: LPP LABOR FORUM COMMITTEE.

Honor Roll

Winona Zuker (Hastings E.) 4.2
Jean Bird ‘(Hastings £.)
Art Siven (Niilo Makela) ..:.

Agnes Roderique (Moberley) . .2

Maude Stehr (Norquay) .. “ines =
Olga Turple (Bill Bennett
Bert Bird (Maritime) ........ me

W. Hreherchuk (East End‘ yD: 2
T. Kangrga (Georgia) 200) 7...2
Frank Politano (Grandview) ..2
Elgin Ruddell (Fair.-Mt. Pleas.) 2

Sania Audekeon (N. Westmin.) . .9
Allen Kovish (N. Westmin.) — rye |
Phil Zander (Nth: Surrey) = /..3
Ze adroit) mica
_ FR. Ayres (Langley Prairie). .2
Geo. Stevens ‘Wgeaent :

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