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nets mits major city,Van- promotion. He pointed out
he ¢o, farmers got only about 45
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Well, bressities went up as He said farmers’ share of
. “lothing he transportation, the Canadian food dollar is in
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- tog em Atastic profits of the from a loaf of bread that costs
two mene Were publicised the consumer .21 cents, .17 cents
Tribune Bree in the Pacific from a .35 cent quart of milk and
Commons . the House of  .25 cents from a .47 cent box of a
Membors og S| Week N.D.P. dozen eggs.

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CUPE parley moves to unite
all government employees

The annual convention of the
B.C. Division of the Canadian
Union of Public Employees was
held June 2 to 4 at Prince
George. Attended by 150 dele-
gates representing 15,000
municipal and school board
employees, the convention
reflected the new militancy
developing among public em-
ployees.

In his report to the conven-
tion, Division President, Harry
Greene of North Vancouver,
said, ‘‘There is a deliberate plot
py the federal, provincial and
local governments to impose
wage controls on public
employees as the first step in
imposing wage controls on all
workers.’ ‘“‘At a time,’ said
Greene, ‘“‘when public employees
are suffering the effects of the
high cost of living, increased
taxes and depressed wages,
these attacks against their
bargaining rights have put them
in a mood to fight.”

A report on the civic strikes in
the Metro Vancouver area by
Dave Werlin, Division Execu-
tive Board member from Van-
couver and Secretary of Van-
couver outside workers local,
brought the delegates to their

OBITUARY

(a we ie See
Dr. D.L. Johnson

Dr. Dwight L. Johnson, aged 74
years, passed away in Van-
couver on June 3 after a lengthy
illness. Well known in Manitoba
and in B.C., Dr. Johnson was a
veteran of the first world war, a
medical missionary in the Phili-
ppines for five years, a member
of the Manitoba Legislature,
and for the past decade a
devoted member of the Com-
munist Party. ‘

He served with the 226th Infan-
try Battalion, and at the end of
the war entered the university
of Manitoba where he graduated
in medicine, later serving as
superintendent of a hospital in
Illoilo, Philippine Islands.

He practised medicine in
Brandon, Manitoba, coming to
Gibsons, B.C. in 1960, where he
continued in- practise until
illness forced his retirement.

He is survived by his wife
Dorothy, of Gibsons; a daughter
Mrs. G.A._ Stone,. (Beth),
Burlington, Ont.; a son, Dr:
Vernon Johnson of Prince
George; a sister, Mrs. L.B.
Blaine, Dauphin, Manitoba, and
two brothers, Carl of Sedgwick,
Alta. and W.P. Johnson,
Winnipeg.

Shee : the years Dwight
Johnson energetically fought for
improved medical facilities in
the provinces where he lived and,
was a staunch advocate of
government-operated health
plans long before they went into
operation in several provinces.
During his term in the Manitoba
legislature he fought hard for ex-

‘tended teaching services in the

university medical faculty, and
exposed the favoritism which
was at that time rife in the
university’s acceptance of stu;
dents who wished to train -In
medicine.

Through his activities and his
writing he kept in the forefront
of the fight for world peace and
against imperialism. —

His many friends in the pro-
gressive movement across
Canada join in extending their
sympathy and sense of loss to his

family.

feet. Following a standing
ovation for the striking workers
in Vancouver, Burnaby, Rich-
mond, New Westminster and
Delta, the delegates unani-
mously adopted a resolution
pledging full support and con-
tinued financial assistance. The
B.C. Division has its own
defence fund which supplements
strike pay from the CUPE
national defence fund.

The delegates then went on to
unanimously support a resolu-
tion, submitted by the Division
Executive Board, calling for dis-
cussions with officers of other
public employee unions and asso-
ciations with a view to forming a
Provincial Council of Public
Employees. The resolution
included a $3,000 fund to cover
expenses incurred in setting up
such an organization. It was
made clear that this public
employees’ council will in no

way be set up as an alternative-

to the B.C. Federation of
Labor but as a means of co-
ordinating the struggle of public
employees at a time when they

have serious common problems. _

Speakers at the convention
included Jack Adams of the B.C.
Government Employees Union
and Terry Mullen of the B.C.
Teachers Federation who spoke
of the attack by. government on
their bargaining rights and the
fighting mood of their member-
ship. Ray Haynes, Secretary
Treasurer of the B.C. Fed-
eration of Labor reviewed the
sharp attack upon labor by
monopoly and government and
the tremendous fight back by the
trade union movement. He
congratulated CUPE for uphold-
ing the B.C. Federation of Labor
policy of boycotting the Media-

tion Commission hearing and_

pledged the full support of
organized labor in their fight.

Grace Hartman, CUPE
National Secretary-Treasurer,
in swearing in the new officers,
said the convention had given
them a new mandate. Harry
Greene was re-elected as Presi-
dent, Verna King of Surrey was
elected to the position of Secre-
tary and Phil Anderson of
Victoria. was returned as
Treasurer.

“And | would ask your Lordship to treat this case leniently, my client

assures me he is not a member of a trade union!’

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