" Wi) ut a eR Ahoy eu Ssh ' Orsh 3 Strike a Hill, chairman of Vancouver non-ops strike committee mans ‘tikebreg ‘quarters telephone as government prepares to bring down ing legislation. —Sean Griffin photo Morgan stresses right wing lefeat in Okanagan-South Commarite the fact that the ting _ USt Party is not nomina- Oka a Candidate: in South leet; San in the coming by- Stake “here ismuchmoreat Simpje 4” Siving the NDP a Neres electoral victory and Bo. epi epresentation in the leader ne Stature”, provincial Adress «°°! Morgan declared in “Rig, Ment this week. theg ess was alarmed at Usting Hey suffered with the *g0”” Social Credit a year sy Said; “The auto Bas a °¢ industry, U.S.-owned Monopole and the telephone Para) . are attempting to Mise Re DP, stave-off 6°vernment-take- the,’ 2nd s iti er eee B.C. politics to 5 ‘ top bonuole Who elected the atblac €rnment, and in the ae Bhat Working people of Site ban’ amily farmers, the ee en ayers, the ‘young ' ‘people, pensioners and those existing below the poverty level -havea big stake inthe outcome of this byelection”, Morgan stated. “The Communist Party hailed the defeat of the reactionary Socred government — led for twenty years by father of the present Social Credit candidate — we greeted the election of the NDP, declaring that it opened the way to achieve real gains for the working people. We pointed out, however, that this could only be doneif the NDP government adopted a firm anti-monopoly program and if the organized tradeunionand people’s move- ments played a key role in influencing government poli- cies. ‘“The last year’s record has fully vindicated that evalua- tion’’ Morgan said ‘‘The NDP see ELECTION pg. 11 FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1973 strikers determined o win decent settlement While the rail companies stub- bornly refused to bargain in good faith with the non-opera- ting rail workers waiting instead for Parliament to reconvene and bring downstrikebreaking legislation, rail workers in British Columbia remained solid in their determination to bring rational wages and conditions to their industry. © In the Vancouver strike head- quarters which was teeming with activity, Marshall Hill, chairman of the strike commit- tee stated firmly that ‘‘the time of legislating us back to work is gone.”’ The members of the strike committee present at the strike headquarters were unanimous in condemning the tactics of the companies as _ ‘‘blackmail Vol. 34, No. 35 tactics’’— refusing to bargainin good faith knowing that ultimately the government would move in and try to impose a settlement on the rail workers. “‘The companies have not made any honest attempt to negotiate a realistic settle- ment,’’ Nick Zapantis, strike committee co-chairman said, “in fact, they have never bargained in good faith.”’ The last national rail walkout came in 1966 and the companies waited then for government legislation to break the strike. Many workers, however, bitter over the sham that the com- panies had made of collective bargaining, stayed off the job for some days after the back-to- work order. see COMPANIES pg. 11 B.C. railworkers meet Amass meeting of morethan 1,000 striking non-ops at Vancou- ver’s John Oliver High School auditorium sent a strong mes- sage to the federal government Wednesday afternoon, in antici- pation of back to work orders when Parliament meets 2 o’clock, Thursday. The spirited and boisterous crowd that packed the audi- torium erupted into a thunder- ous approval of chairman Mar- shall Hill’s opening remarks. ‘We do not want to be legislated back to work,’’ Hill said, ‘‘and I’ll say this to the government and the press that are here: Take a good look at this packed hall— these people mean busi- ness. If we don’t get ajustsettle- ment, be prepared for the con- sequences. If we’re essential, ‘then we should be paid for it. We want a decent wage that is in line with what other workersin this country receive.”’ The rail workers put their na- tional negotiating committee on the line to make thedecision as to whether they will defy or accept legislation to end the strike. ‘‘We’re paying the na- tional leaders from $35,000 up to $100,000 a year to make these de- cisions,’’ Hill said, ‘‘and we’re not going to take the pressure off them for one minute. They will make the decision and then we will either reject it: or ap- prove it.”’ IWA convention see page 12 Tribune expanding again to 12 pages With this special Labor Day edition, the Tribune will expand from the summer schedule of eight pages and will again goto 12 pages to give fuller coverage to local, national and interna- tional events. In addition, next week’s issue will include five B.C. pages and some use of color on certain is- sues. It.is the hope of the edi- torial staff that the fifth page will be continued until the end of the year. While the inclusion of the extra page from September to Decem- ber was made possible by the over-subscription of the spring financial drive, maintaining it will be, in a large measure, dependent on the success of the fall circulation drive which be- gins in a short two weeks. The increased goals of this year’s drive follows the growth in ‘the Tribune’s readership over the past year, and the ex- pectations of further growth. (Drive details, page 11.) ion (flag at lower left) joins the throngs of young people in the stands at the Berlin —Paul Bjarnason photo