“End War In Vietnam” sign greets U.S. tourist as he steps off boat at Victoria har-

ber on independence Day holiday.

End Vietnam war appeal
greets American tourists

American tourists arriving in
Victoria, B.C, on the July 4th
Independence Day holiday, were
greeted by youths carrying pla-
cards urging an end to the warin
Vietnam, Leaflets handed out by
eight young men and women of
the Peace Action League. were
headed: “Anappealto America —
Stop war in Vietnam,”’

**We are notasking you to lister
to a sermon, a press release or
a moral talk,” said the leaflet,
“We simply express to you our

committed in your name by the
U.S. government in Vietnam.”

The leaflet added that as Can-
adian citizens “with strong feel-
ings of affection for the great
American people, we appeal to
you today to stop this horrible
crime being committed in Viet-

U.S. water
pressure up

Cont'd. from Pg. 1

sellout in that it would turn con-
trol of what is mainly a Canadian
river over the U.S. and use Can-
adian territory for water storage,

The U.S, Army Corps of En-
gineers estimated that the Ram-
part Dam would produce five
million kilowatts of electric
power. Their study says that
*tthis is the largest untapped
source of hydro-electric power
at the lowest cost of any power
source now known to be avail-
able to the U.S.”

nam by your government, Amer-
ican visitors were urged to join
thousands of their countrymen
‘traising their voices for sanity
and reason in the place of blind
anti- Communism,’’

The youthful peace pickets met
the American tourists on the
Causeway of the Inner Harbor,
Bob Munro, chairman of the
Peace Action League, said the
demonstration was prompted by
the U.S. bombings of oil depots

i in Hanoi and Haiphong.
concern over the crime being ‘

Munro also announced that his
groups were Starting a door-to-
door canvass for contributions to
be raised to go to the Canadian
Aid for Vietnam Civilians for
medical supplies. He said the-
group hoped to have 100 can-
vassers take part.

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LABOR SCENE:

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CLC calls national
meet on injunctions

President Claude Jodoin of the
Canadian Labor Congress an-
nounced last Thursday that the
CLC’s executive council is call-
ing a national conference in Otta-
wa on September 27-28 to deal
with anti-labor injunctions and
the threat of compulsory arbi-
tration,

The action of the CLC execu-
tive council came after the use
of anti-labor injunctions and
threats of compulsory arbitra-
tion led to strong protests and
the jailing of 25 workers in
Peterborough, Ontario and 10
longshore leaders in British Col-
umbia.

The calling of such an emer-
gency conference is unusual for
the CLC nation body, but it
shows how serious all Canadian
labor now views the widespread
use of injunctions to smash un-
ions, and the seriousness with
which labor views the threat of
compulsory arbitration, In re-
cent weeks provincial labor fed-
erations, labor councils and local
unions have been urging emer-
gency action to mobilize labor to
fight for its rights,

Jodoin said that besides dealing
with injunctions and compulsory
arbitration the conference will

also consider the whole issue of _

management rights and labor’s
role, There has been a growing
demand across Canada that labor
must have a say in technical in-
novations during the life of agree-

ments which affect production _

and employment.

There is a growing demand in
labor circles that legislation
along the lines of that proposed
by the: Freedman Report be
adopted federally and by provin-
cial legislatures. Mr. Justice
Freedman in his report on the
CNR-run-through controversy
gave his unqualified support to
the principle that organized la-
bor. must have a legal voice in
the introduction of new work
procedures made possible by
modern technology,

All provincial federations and
affiliated unions are being invited
to send two-man delegations to
the Ottawa parley. About 250

delegates are expected to attend,
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More than 200 trade unionists
in Vancouver’s Fisherman’s Hall
last Friday held an impromptu
welcome-home party for the 10
longshore leaders who were re-
leased from jail after winning
their fight to have statutory hol-
idays designated under the Can-

Nigel Morgan on
leave of absence

The B.C. Executive of the Com-
munist Party announced this week
that Nigel Morgan, provincial
party leader, has been given two
months leave of absence from his
duties for health reasons, Mor-
gan has been off work for anum-

him a speedy recovery.

FH)

ada Labor Code apply to B.C.
longshoremen.

The 10 union leaders chose to
go to jail on June 17th for three
months each, rather than pay fines
arising out of an _ injunction
brought by the shipping com-
panies against them as officials
of the Longshoremen’s and Ware-
housemen’s Union,

Early last Friday federal labor
Minister Nicholson sent a tele-
gram to the ILGWU in which he
said: “I am of the view that
benefits intended by code should
apply and will undertake recom-
mendation of amendment to leg-
islation to such effect, if neces-
Sarye?

The B.C. Federation of Labor
agreed to pay the fines totalling

$4,100 to get the men released_.

immediately after Nicholson gave
his undertaking,

Negotiations for anew contract’

are expected to resume now be-
tween the ILGWU and the B.C,

Maritime Employers’ Associa-—

tion, These talks were held up
because leading union officials
were in jail at Chilliwack. The
present contract expires July 31.

The union’s Canadian area
president Roy Smith, told the
assembled unionists at the Fish-
ermen’s Hall that “We consider
our stay in jail a tremendous
victory.” This sentiment was
echoed by Stan Ball, president
of the Victoria Local, and one
of the 10 released. He said it
had been “a great victory for
the union,”

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Kamloops Outside civic work-
ers have asked for a govern-
ment-supervised strike vote this
week following their rejection
of a conciliation board’s recom-
mendation for a renewal of their
present collective agreement.

The civic workers who cover
parks, arena, cemeteries, gar-
bage and public works depart-
ments, are asking for wage par-
ity with the civic workers on
the coast. They are members
of Local 900, Canadian Union of.
Public Employees.

The union claims there is no
justification for the large dis-
parity that exists between the.
coast and Kamloops workers, It
maintains that the workers cannot
live on what has been offered by
the city..

LONGSHOREMEN WIN THEIR FIGHT. Picture shown Longsnore leaders being re-
ber of weeks due toill-healthand eased from jail last week after winning assurances from Ottawa that Longshore-
all his friends join in wishing men will be covered by statutory holiday provision of the Federal Labor Code. In
the centre, waving, is Roy Smith, the union’s Canadian area president.

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