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“Yense moment'as Chatham Maroons-score in first game
‘with Soviet team.

Friendship won’ says
Manuck hockey coach

By MARK FRANK

. MOSCOW. — “The time is
enot too far away when Rus-
#sian hockey squads will be
yplaying Canada’s top  profes-
sional teams,’’ is the prediction
sof Jack Roxborough, president
of the Canadian Amateur
tHeckey Association, who ac-
companied the Chatham Ma-
wroons, last year’s Allen Cup

hampions, on their just con-
cluded tour of the Soviet

Union.

‘5,300,000 Jobless
Forecast in U.S.

Unemployment in the Unit-
ed States, already at 6.4 per-
cent of the labor force, the
highest rate since the war, is
expected to rise to 5,300,000
by February, according to a
report of the U.S. department
of labor.

He told- me this in the corri-
dor outside the Canadian
team’s: ‘dressing rooms follow-
ing one of the seven games the
Maroons played: against. Soviet

} teams.

The Canadians lost five of
the seven games, drew one and
only took one from the Soviet
hockeyists.. Among the’ teams
that .conquered the. Canadian
were junior level upcoming
teams. and players.

On the eve of the final game,

{Tem Jacks, chief coach of the

Maroons, wrote an article in
Pravda titled ‘Friendship
Won” in which he said:

“We have lost several games
but, notwithstanding the re-
sults, friendship between Can-
adian and Soviet sportsmen
really was the winner.”

“Frankly speaking,” he said,
“we did-not expect to find the
Soviet hockeyists in such ex-
cellent sporting form.”

Support for Cuba becomes
big issue in labor ranks

By WILLIAM STEWART | their own steam.

Support for the Cuban peo-
ple is shaping up as a major
issue in the labor movement.
This is finding sharp expres-
sion in B.C. where both the
pro-U.S. cold war line of the
leadership’ and. the growing
progressive sentiments are
mirrored in the: developing de-
bate.

Beginning with the. B.C.
Federation of Labor conven-
tion decision to send a delega-
tion to Cuba the. debate has
hit-a high level. ~Six local
unions wrote, in response to

the B.C. Federation-.decision,:

expressing interest and asking
more detailed information.
The Canadian. Labor Con:
gress immediately. applied
pressure to stop the delega-
tion. Obviously intent ~ on
carrying out the line of the
International Confederation of
Free Trade Unions the CLC
has: threatened. to take. action
against local unions defying
their edict. ;
The extent_of the movement
from below for friendly rela-
tions with the Cuban. people
is shown by the fact that a
number of leaders of big. local
unions in B.C. have ~ ‘stated
their intention of ignoring the
CLC and, if the B.C. Federa-
tion capitulates to the Con-
gress, heading up a delegation
of local unions operating on

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multiple sclerosis for many
years, passed away last week.

| Funeral services were held on

Tuesday.

An active member of the
old Canadian Seamen’s Union
and also a member of the La-
bor - Progressive party, in
health or sickness: Jack Neese
was a devoted worker for the
cause of socialism and peace.

Those seamen and others
who knew Jack will remem-

‘ber him for his indomitable

spirit, his cheerfulness and de-
votion, and his boundless con-
fidence in the victory of the
workingclass, to which he
gave the best years of his life.
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During the past week fun-
eral services were also con-
ducted for Dymtro Kassian of
Cloverdale in his 73rd year at
the AUUC Hall in Vancouver.

Well ‘known in Kimberley
where he worked in the mines
after coming. to ~ B.C. from
Vegreville, Alberta, Dymtro
Kassian was a.long-time mem-
ber of the Workers. Benevo-
lent Association and an active
supporter of all ‘progressive
causes,

The last meeting of the
Vancouver Labor Council
pried the matter widé’ open
and showed overwhelming
support: of the delegates for
friendly. relations with the
Cuban: people:

With the excevtion. of a
small group: with a highly de-
veloped anti-communist mania
the division:in the council was
around a ‘walk before you
run” argument.

At the centre of this argu-
ment stood the opinion of .the
executive: of the VLC that a
fact finding-delegation should
first. visit’ Cuba .to ‘see .what
the situation was there: On the
basis-of the reports: of such a
delegation, they argued, we
could. decide whether -or not
we were in favor of Canadian
workers going. to . Cuba (as
proposed by the Oil Workers
Union whose unemployed
workers are prepared to. man
Cuban oil wells.) . :

Delegates rejected ‘the exec-
utive proposition and support-

ed the proposal of the Oil and}

Chemical Workers, indicating
that the rank and file have in
large measure already made
up their minds on “how mat-
ters stand in Cuba.”

Erupting in this debate is a
long smoldering discontent at
many levels in the labor move-
ment with the high-handed
autocratic, cold-war leadership
emanating from Congress.

Many of.the delegates said so_

in just those terms.

Here are some of the quotes
from speakers in the debate:

Sid Thompson, president of
local 1-217 (largest local in
the IWA): “I can’t for the life
of me see why anyone in the
CLC should oppose the send-
ing of such a delegation. [I
think we should do everything
possible to build up friendship
between the Cuban people and
‘the labor movement of B:C. I

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don’t agree with the policy. of
isolating ourselves from our
brother. workers in Cuba.’’.
Orville Braaten, — editor of —
Pulp and Sulphite paper and.”
business agent: “The stand of

Conservative Party on this

matter. Our local'is going to

go to Cuba and no Congress
is going to stop.us.”

Wm. Stewart, Marine Work-
ers: “‘This council should ask |

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the CLC which side are you | \ 4

on? Let us pass this resolution |

of the Oil and Chemical Work: | ;

ers and put the Congress “ent
on.the spot.” :

Wm, | eieud: Automative -
Local I1.A.M.: “How much |
longer can we. stand. by and |

allow the CLC to carry out |
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the policy of the
which is. that
imperialism? The

people of Canada

working

teen peopie. in. Ottawa must |
not be allowed to dictate other.”
wise.”

Larry Anderson, business
agent local 452, Carpenters: —
“The. executive of our local
has recommended to the mem-

bership that we strongly pro-

test the action of the CLC in
interfering with the decision °
of the B.C. Federation to send ©
a delegation to Cuba. We
should go ahead and carry out
the democratic decision of the
365 delegates at the B.C. Fed-
eration of Labor convention.”
A check by the Pacific Trib-
une has indicated that there
are six unions at different
stages of organizing delegates.
They are, Local 1-217 of the

IWA; Marine and Boilermak- ©

ers Union; Oil, Atomic and
Chemical Workers Local 16-

601; Carpenters Local 452;
Converters Local, Pulp and
Sulphite Union; Longshore-

men
Union representing 12 locals.

Photo show Cuban economic minister Major
Guevara shaking hands with Li Hsien-nien,

Ernesto Che
vice-premier

of China, after signing a joint communique. A direct re-
sult of the- talks was the extension of a large credit totall-
ing more than $60 million to Cuba.

December 16, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 14

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