VLC calls conference on anti-labor measure Steps were taken to launch a broad public campaign to defeat the anti-labor clauses in the provincial govern- Ment’s Bill 39, when delegates. at the Vancouver Labor an immediate conference of all Council (CCL) met this Tuesday. A resolution calling for Fishermen now facing ‘lock out’ LUNENBERG, N.S. — An attempt to smash the Can- agian Fishermen’s Union to by refusing to re-hire mari- ae fishermen until they ‘clean ‘s © was made by the National iS Products monopoly this week. a a Maritime. fishermen termin- Bina their ll-week strike last the He and the latest move by Chiba Ih companies has been des- M d by union secretary H. C. fade as a “lock-out.” ce companies’ reference fe house” is taken to mean M the resignation of Secretary We is being called for. The une however, have voted ie animously at a mass member- can Meeting last week, to place rete confidence in the union’s ership, to officers and shop stewards of af- _|filiates to the council for the pur- pose of launching the campaign wen the unanimous backing of the 69 delegates present. The resolution was submitted hy VLC vice-president Fraser Wilson. on behalf of the council’s five man delegation on the labor lobby. In discussing the resolution, Garry Culhane, secretary, Ship- yard General Workers’ Federa- tion declared that the bill “takes the labor movement back over 40 years. We are not going back. We are out to resist to the last any attempt to impose this legis- lation on labor in 1947.” Harold Pritchett, IWA district president described the bill as “a most in- acceptable document .. . with the yellow thread of company unionism running through it.” Delegates instructed Presidient William White and Secretary John Turner to proceed to Victoria on Wednesday to join the executive of the B.C. Federation of Labor with a watching brief when Bill 39 comes before the legislature this week for second reading. Wismer BCER stand an attack on labor by : Sharp criticism of Attorney-General Wismer was voiced Maurice Rush, provincial. organizer of the Labor-Progres- Sive Party this week, Rush charged Wismer with “acting for the BCElectric monopoly against the people’s best interests,” ~ Style Value Quality Always at the Home of UNION MADE CLOTHING — and Friendly Service Established For Over 40 Years Phone PAc. 8645 by opposing a “plebiscite of Van- couver citizens on the proposed 20-year exclusive franchise by which means the company is seeking to. tighten its monopolis- tic grip.” “The statement made by the attorney-general in the legislu- ture attacking labor and ‘other organizations for seeking a demo- cratic expression of the citizens on this vital question shows the extent to which the present Hart- Anscomb coalition has moved away from its election pledges to ‘support public ownership of the power utility,” said Rush. Rush, who was Vancowevr Centre candidate for his party in the last provincial election, said that “the people of Vancouver Centre will remember Wismer’s stand and will know that through his action in the legislature, he would have one of the worst transportation systems in Ameri- ca continue to operate in Van- couver at great inconvenience to the people and to the greater en- richment of the B.C. Power Corp- oration. Apparently the influence of this company does not stop at URGENT APPEAL BY this organization to collect funds to finance an urgently needed operation, to prevent H. McGregor, Spanish war vet ‘nd seaman from losing his ®*yesight, This Man is suffering from a Slandular trouble which has fen traced to the hardship ae he. underwent while a Ng in the ranks of the In- National Brigade. We ask your immediate and generous “Upport in aid of this veteran. Kannan Veterans of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion B.C. SECTION William Kallin, 430 Princess Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. & E, Hastings — Vancouver the Vancouver council chambers put reaches into the Coalition cab- ~~ . inet as well,” concluded Rush, Rae ae rr ” Petition against freight boost REGINA — Petitions containing 14,500 names have been forward- eq to the chairman of the Board of ‘Transport Commissioners, ask- ing the board to reject the ap- plication of the raiiways for a 80 percent increase in freight rates. The petition, ‘which has been circulated by the Labor-Progres- sive Party in Manitoba, Saskat- chewan and Alberta, also calls upon the board “to readjust the freight rate structure for the na- tion so os to eliminate the dis- crimination that exists at present against the West.” More petitions will be going forward as they are received from LPP branches throughout the West, Nelson Clarke, Saskat- chewan LPP this week. Robinson resigns post in IUMM&S CHICAGO — In a move} designed to frustrate a split in the CIO Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers’ union, Reid Rob- inson resigned the union presiden- cy On March 10 to become a rank and file member. Opposition ele- ments within the union have charged that Robinson solicited a $5000 loan from a company ex- ecutive, in violation of the union’s constitution. In tendering his resignation the progressive union leader declar- ed: “I shall now, as I have always done, refuse to permit the ene- mies of unionism to camouflage their evil designs behind false issues. I refuse today to allow them to interpret an error and a mistake of mine as a weapon to destroy this union, to which I have given so much.” Robinson is succeeded by Vice- president Maurice Travis, a 36- year-old miner from the Sierra Nevada mountains. Travis receiv- eq the vast majority of the votes from the B.C. District IMM&SW, as a candidate for vice-president || at the last referendum ballot. LPP disclaims responsibility The following statement has been issued by the Vancouver Committee of the Labor-Progres- sive Party: “In answer to numerous en- quiries the Vancouver Commit- tee of the LPP wishes to an- nounce that for some time Sam Shearer has not been a member of our party. Further, the* party has been critical of his actions in labor ang other organizations. It is our opinion that some of his actions have contributed to confusion and division in the la- bor movement, and_ therefore cannot be condoned. leader, announced | Fishermen’s leader says: ‘You need the Tribune’ By IVAN BIRCHARD Bill 39, reaction’s attempt to put labor in a ‘strait- jacket,’ to divide the labor unions and to cripple working class papers ‘condoning militant action of the trade union movement’ have met fitting response. Trade unionists are rallying to the defense. Seri- ; ous leaders of the trade | unions are fully aware that the working .class press is vital in their fight against all the implications of Bill 39. This week Bill Rigby took time out from his many duties in the fishermen’s struggle to plug for the Tribune. Said Rigby: “To get the news that isn’t printed by the com- mercial press, to distingusih true from false in the news, to understand what’s be- hind the news, you need the Pacific Tribune.” OS kek Grand total this week, $3,- 760.01. Vancouver: $779.00 Donations, $1,280 Subs. WILLIAM RIGBY Secretary, UFAWU Outside Vancouver, $844.56 Donations, $856.45 Subs. Total, $1701.01. Total $2059.00. Quota Raised *OVSR SS Short. Jabs se. 31. moe ot $150.00 $170.00 SGIDSON 8 PanGing scenes aac ee ne 40.00 100.24 eos ee ae Oe ES eee 100.00 ‘97.00 GAN NB yer Tae Sein ie ee ae ee 50.00 -« 41.50 Powells-Rivers-At kee ey ee 70.00 56.40 Cowichan! Tigke yaa es aay cg see ae 200.00 182.10 TStudents:-Non 1: Vans. ee ee ee 40.00 53.20 tStudents: “Nov .2 Van. 83. 4 2.232%... 5. Se 37.00 52.95 Harry Allison of Sea and Shore Club qualified as a No. 1 press builder with 20 subs this week. The shipyard workers have several hustlers in subs, but Cinits and Purkiss are running. well in the lead. Kay Posen boosts Rossland’s score with a whole flock of subs while Bill Hreherchuk now touring in the Kootenays | has sent $160.00 to us in the past two weeks. Our thanks to the Doukhobor committee who gave the Tribune $28.00 and also to the Finnish organization for their donation of $17.25, ang to the Swedish Finnish organization for a ten spot. Honorable mention must also be given to A. Mchitch of Youbou who with the help of his wife has raised $34.50 in subs and donations without a quota. Also to Osoyoos where boosters have sent in $52.00. The splendid effort made by these clubs and individuals must not be jeopardised by slackness in other points. The Tribune drive must reach all objectives. Time is passing and there is $11,000.00 still to go. * * * : Victoria hit the street with the Labor Lobby edition of the Pacific Tribune and is rapidly building its regular street sales. Nora Culhane and little Garry led the sales with over. 320 between them. Bundle orders for street and shop sales are the key to sharply increased circulation. Order your -bundle now. Order early for special May Day sales. *Over both objectives reached. “yOver one objective reached. BES od —_ SS ee PACIFIC TRIBUNE, 650 HOWE ST. mnclosed « find) S$. x53 otek ak cacao senda eae payment for subscriptions. One year: $2.50; . half year: $1.35. BOOM Se eee ne ie SETS OE ee, ee ee ee ae (name) nee seh meta iprane ee yet ae BUN GIS CON eats. hea ee So ek eee eae ' each week. Donation’ cs. 3. os 2 ee Rae ae ee to press drive fund. 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