1OTE SHOWS LABOR mJ GHYIG FORGE Rolling up a consistently big vote for all offices, labor emerged from the Vancouver Sacoventeenenrrtiver RIBUNE 702 1B EDS progressive demands. board contests- In addition, Tom Alsbury, Civic Voters Association can- didate who had the endorsation of Vancouver Labor Council, toppled Mayor Fred Hume from the office he has held for the past eight years by an upset vote of 41,401 to 30,175. Successful labor candidates Meese Xotiny) Phone MUtual 5-5288 Authorised as second class mail by 10c the Post Office Department, Ottawa Vol. 16, No. 50 VANCOUVER, B.C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1958 ‘een ‘All-inclusive’ unit y Kootenay parley aim ) NELSON, B.C. — Unanimous support of “all-inclusive” bor unity in the field of political action and endorsation of € principle set out in\the political action resoluton endorsed 2 the Canadan Labor Congress at its Winnipeg convention 8t April highlighted proceedings of the second Kootenay hast Saturday. Tntroducing the political ac- °n resolution unanimously } Spted by the conference, N Savage, secretary of the mnie local of* the Brewery orkers and Labor aldermanic ap cate in Fernie, explained the his union had written to Hast CLC urging it to move fe in implementing the _ Mipeg resolution. * Was disappointed that the J€cted Creston conference ttt® CLC and CCF fell tig 8 for some reason, he pee Brewery Workers’ reso- yy 2 Noted that the CLC was Mtoe for creation of an LObo6 Ive alternative political "7 based on a realignment bor, farmers and other _Continuea on back page + +See POLITICAL Made union conference held in Canadian Legion Hall here Jingles NELSON, B.C.—One piece of election material (sponsor- ship unacknowledged, author- ship unknown) that is being avidly read by voters in the hotly-contested Rossland-Trail byelection is a mimeographed sheet of verses headed “Pro- cessional for Trail Voters,” re- produced below. O come all you voters and start up your motors, And hurry along to the poll. For Socredisation is good for the nation, And obviously good for the soul. All glory and: honor to good Robert Bonner, were E..A. Jamieson, who won a council seat with CVA en- dorsation, running fifth in a field of 13 candidates contest- ing five two-year -vacancies. John Henderson, who topped the school board poll with NPA, CVA and Labor support, and John Hayward, Labor candidate -who also had CVA endorsation for school board. -All Labor candidates showed strongly in the aldermanic contest and it was significant that Sam Jenkins, straight La- bor candidate, who was denied CVA endorsation because of his left-wing views, ran. well up among those who had CVA endorsation. Independents campaigning on labor platforms also made a strong ‘showing. Continued on page 6 See VOTE jeers set Impervious to slander and smears; Was shipped to Great Britain on a phoney trade mission To evade his duty two years. Perhaps a bit tardy; but surely Gaglardi Is worthy of national renown. By efforts prodigious he’s built many bridges Especially around his home town. He flies the blue skyways, and roars down the high- ways, : Completely unhampered by nerves, | elections this week as a major force in civic pol itics, This was apparent alike in the support won by labor, labor-endorsed and independent candidates whose platforms advanced labor and When the final votes were’ tallied late Wednesday night, labor and labor-endorsed can- didates had won one aldermanic seat and two school board seats, with other labor candidates pressing hard on the heels of the NPA and CVA victors in the aldermanic, school and parks By JACK PHILLIPS “Our main problem is financ- ing the strike. We have spent more than $700,000 on strike relief. With the public pressure and support that is building up now, we can compel the International Nickel Com- pany to settle in the next couple of weeks. If there is anything you can do to help us financially, it will be greatly appreciated. It is costing us ‘ about. $70,000 a week to issue strike relief in Sudbury and Port Colborne —on the basis of need.’ This urgent message came from Mike Solski, president of Mine-Mill’s Sudbury Local 598. He delivered it person- ally to a Vancouver conference of trade unionists held Mon- day this week. The emergency Socreds To charge him with speeding is false and misleading, We know he’s just testing the curves. The Commons and Senate dis- like Mr. Bennett, But he’ll fix those envious men; The Movement is gaining, and soon those complaining Will all work for A. Wenner- Gren. We'll build a new Eden, (a suburb of Sweden), With farmers, and cattle, and pigs, And costlier power by the kilowatt hour, You can help Inco strikers to win conference was convened to discuss ways and means of assisting the 15,000 workers on strike against International Nickel Company in Sudbury and Port Colborne. Solski reported on the fight- back program recently adopted by the strikers and described the motorcade to Toronto and the picketing of parliament buildings and Inco’s office. As a result of such demon- Strative action and because of the mounting pressure on the Ontario provincial government to bring about a settlement, the company recently made an offer to the strikers. It pro- posed a wage increase of ap- proximately 5.3 percent over Continued on back page See INCO on ears And pay no attention -to Briggs. O what could be finer than Grauer and Einar Devoted.to serving just us! Our Leader has said it. Let’s vote Social Credit! Let’s go—or we'll all miss bus! For SOCREDISATION is GOOD FOR THE NA- TION! Let’s vote from the heart— not the head! Don’t listen to reason, it’s just not in season, Let’s all be plain stupid in- stead!