We'll run our- own affairs Says UFAWU “We will not abandon the gov- ernment of this union by its mem- ers to any: outside organization,” the United Fishermen yvand Allied orkers Union declared in a reso- lution unanimously endorsed by the Seventh annual convention of the Union last week, Headed “Policy on TLC” the re- Solution pledged support to the arnes and Labor Congress of anada “in all efforts designed to advance the living standards, so- Clal welfare, and basic interests of Our imembership and the trade union movement as a whole,” ‘but, tL Stressed, “this union will main- Aa the fundamental right to cri- aeee and oppose Congress policy me fre such policy does not ad- vance the fundamental rights and Interests of our membership as ex- Pressed in our constitution: and laid down by our annual conven- tion,” ; The resolution went on to de- Clare its opposition to “the present undemocratic policies of the Con- Btess officials” and declared the in- _fention of the union to “strive for € elimination of the undemocratic restrictions in the Congress con- Stitution which were passed at the ontreal convention.” Captain Reg Payne, long line 4nd troll fisherman from Sidney, ancouver Island, was elected union president at the annual election of officers. forge Miller, foundation presi- dent ‘of the UFAWU, who had Previously announced his inten- jon to retire this year. tere entering the fishing in- ustry in 1944, Captain Payne was 3 tow boat man and represented hat section of the shipping indus- a On the executive of the Cana- an Merchant Service Guild for a number of years. In addition to his new office, Reg ayne is vice president of the Sid- hey. local of the United Fishermen bam Allied Workers Union and has Holes an executive member of the cal since its formation. He has held the positions of trustee and *xecutive board member of the UFawu ; First vice-president named by Convention delegates was James cLellan, gillnet fisherman from br Westminster. He is president the New Westminster local. Second vice-president is Fred Gon who also holds‘the posi- Lek f president of the Vancouver al Workers local, which includes ™m _Plant workers in the lower Staand with “the exception of €veston, eben officers include Alex Gor- Sta. business agent, and Homer 4 vens, general secretary-treas- rer, both of whom were re-elected Y acclamation, tig tlance of the general execu- . © board consists of Anne Ben- ett, Mickey Beagle, Aagoht Kop- Perud, Elsie Pearce, Eva Vasel- nak, Buck Suzuki, Bob Ekrem, an Cordoni, Harry Allison, Mark tian Angus Neish, George Teq 2 Bob Hannah, Bill Rigby, €d Foort and Archie Kaario. Board of trustee members are Gp Ute: Geenaert, Elgin Neish and au Palmgren, , Proposes labor head protests tet think the CCL, the AFL and leag railway brotherhoods should boos: * Mass protest against the lums , 2 hospital insurance prem- |, j a delegation of South Van- co a ae Citizens were told last Sun- As Y Arthur Turner, MLA. haq ting the delegation that he comm ted against the bill, Turner br ens that “no bill has ever dignation pout so much popular in- Followin fan nde Han, 8 the meeting with Tur- embers of the delegation at- @ protest meeting in Rio ‘He replaces ~ May Day conference io be held April 11 in Pender Auditorium The 1951 May Day conference will be held at Pender Auditor- ium, Wednesday, April 11, 8 p.m., conference committee secretary Sam Jenkins announced this week. Jenkins reported that Jean Pare, vice-president of United Electrical Workers, would be the guest speaker at the traditional May Day rally in Stanley Park. Labor, fraternal, women’s and youth organizations are invited to send delegates to the April 11 conference, and contributions to help finance preparations for this year’s parade and rally should be forwarded to Sam Jen- kins, secretary, May Day Commit- tee, Pender Auditorium, 339 West Pender. TOURER Eee Steel Helmet’ lasts two days at Royal City NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. Frollywood’s most blatant war propaganda film,The Steel Helmet, opened, at the Columbia theater here last Sunday midnight «and closed Tuesday after youth pickets from the National Federation of Labor Youth staged a demonstra- tion against showing of the picture. Gn Monday night NFLY pickets paraded in front of the. theater handing out leaflets to the holiday crowds. The leaflets said, in part: “Ban this film. The Steel Helmet is a war propaganda film. It pro- motes racial hatred against Asiatic peoples, shows disrespect for their man atrocities, violates Brotherhood Week and principles of the United Nations.” A gang of hoodlums from a pool- room across the street, either act- ing on their own or as*the result of incitement from an unknown source, attempted to break up the anti-war youth demonstration and provoke a street brawl. , They tore placards worn by the picketers and attempted to grab bundles of leaf- lets. On Tuesday night the line-up at the box office dwindled and the film was withdrawn. Vigilantes attack home of Communist leader SEATTLE An attack on his home by vigil- antes, who smashed five window panes and ripped off a fuel oil pipe connection in what may have been an attempt to set fire to the house, was branded by Henry Huff, Wash- ington state chairman of the Com- munist party, as an outgrowth of the campaign agains : and living standards of the Ameri- can. people. customs and: beliefs, glorifies hu- the rights. Conscription ‘dead end’ for young men — “Reactionary politicians and army brass hats are seeking to impose conscription on ‘Canada’s youth in order to provide more cannon fod- der for MacArthur and _ LEisen- hower,”’ charged Maurice Ruth, Canadian army veteran and ex- POW, speaking at a “No Con- scription” rally of 150 Vancouver citizens in Pender Auditorium last week. “Behind this conscription con- spiracy is *the. U.S. government, which seeks to dominate the world and needs soldiers from other countries to die for deat old Wall Street,” said Rush. Steve Endicott, of the National Federation of Labor Youth, urged all young people to “join the fight against conscription and defeat this plot to substitute a military way of life for a chance at a job, security and education.” Kndicott termed conscription “a dead end” for the young men of this country. A resolution opposing conscrip- tion was passed by the meeting, which was one of a series organ- ized jointly by the Labor-Progres- sive party and the National Feder- ation of Labor Youth. Mine-Mill grown stronger, Gordon fells auxiliary KINNAIRD, B.C. “In spite of continuous attempts of the Steel raiders our union is stronger now than it has . ever been,” Mine-Mill international rep- resentative John Gordon told an organizational meeting of Local 131 ladies’ auxiliary last week in Kinn- council. In the only standing convention, debate in which strong criticism was levelled at the provincial coun- cil resolution. The resolution went counter to growing peace opinion in the coun- try by declaring that “events of the last five years have made it abun- dantly clear that Soviet imperial- ism and the aggressive designs of Russian communism to dominate the world constitute today the main threat of war.” It pledged full support to the “unified system of military defense strong enough to discourage ag- gression” through the Atlantic Pact and declared that “Canada must play its full part” in this military scheme. : The resolution laid heavy em- phasis upon the “Colombo” plan of British imperialism, to increase in- vestments in the colonial countries as a means of “combatting com- munism.,” ‘ e. ' Larry Sefton was the most vig- orous exponent of the resolution, while Ontario leader Ted Joliffe in his address to the convention in- dulged heavily in anti-Communist tirades. : Mrs. Eva Sanderson, delegate) from High Park, spoke strongly for unity in the fight for peace rand declared that thé CCF must learn to work with the Commun- ists for an end to war. She op- posed the _ resolution. Several other speakers pointed to U.S. imperialism as the main source of the war danger. When the standing vote, was aird Community Hall. Guest speaker Dotothy Lynas, of the Congress of Canadian Women, outlined the work that organization is doing in the fight for the rights of women, and reported on the re- cent ‘CCW lobby to Victoria pro- testing against highér hospital in- surance rates. Mrs. Irene Vetere outlined the work of union auxiliaries - and stressed their importance in fut- thering the cause labor. Following the speakers, new members were initiated by Mrs. Ahrens, chairman of the Castlegar branch, U.S. poll continuing : WASHINGTON The American Peace Crusade’s national poll on the Korean war will be continued until the national peace congress, to be held in Chi- cago, June 1. of organized \ called about a quarter of the 234 registered delegates rose to oppose the resolution. Others left the hall while several hesitantly rose in their seats only to sit down before their “nay” vote was registered. Younger delegates were in the forefront of criticism of the for- eign policy of the CCF leadership and several farm delegates voted against it. One of three resolutions from Greenwood and Welland clubs call- ing for UN seating of People’s China on the Security Council, was passed. A strong Welland reésolu- tion “heartily” condemning “the Canadian Minister for External Affairs for his apparent approval of the U.S. State Department in its attitude of no compromise” and “its obvious desire for\the Korean situation to develop into a full- scale war with China labelled the aggressor,’ was withdrawn follow- ing passage of the main resolution on international affairs. The recent speech of CCF Pre- mier Douglas of Saskatchewan in which he condemned U.S, and ° Women sponsor forum on hospital insurance N The local’ branch of the Congress of Canadian Women is sponsoring a public forum on hospital in- surance this Friday, March 30, 8 p.m., at the Medical Dental Auditorium, 925 West Georgia. Speakers will be George Home, president of Vancouver Labor Council; Roy Jacques, CKMO news commentator; and Mrs. Doris Hartley, CCW vice-president and leader of the recent women’s delegation to Victoria (above) which lobbied MLA’s against any increase in hospital insurance premiums. «© Strong opposition to pro-war policy at CCF pariey At least 60 delegates to the 17th annual convention of the Ontario CCF voted against an anti-Soviet, pro-war reso- lution on international affairs submitted by the provincial TORONTO vote of-the three-day Easter the resolution .was carried after a two-hour te et a Lake Cowichan poll shows 92 percent against conscription LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. A public opinion poll on con- scription conducted here by the newly-formed National Federation. of Labor Youth club showed 92 ,Dercent of the citizens of this lumber town opposed and only 8 percent in favor of drafting youth for war, “The tight for peace, which for young people centers particular- ly around the fight against con- scription, is the main thing we intend to tackle this year,” said an NFELY spokesman. “The re- sults ‘of our poll were encourag- ing.” UT EE YS TD dT Canadian’ foreign policy was avoided by Ontario party/ offi- cials. Enquiries at the literature table for copies of the Douglas speech, published in Saskatchew- an under the title, “Bread, Not Bombs,” revealed that none was available. The main labor resolutions of the convention referred to an “annual wage,” -compulsory check-off and condemnation of company union- ism, but did not give support for the wage drive of the unions. Sharp criticism. was .vaiced of the CCF News, which is subscrib- ed to in the’ $2 annual dues to the Ontario party. Several resolutions urged the opening of the paper to controversial views, York West’s resolution on this point being car- ried. High Park Club demande@ space in the CCF News for “self- criticism.” : Although the report of the pro- vincial council declared that the people of Ontario “need, and want, a CCF government” and that the CCF is “ready to fight and win an election” which it believed will come after “not more than one more session. of the Ontario legis- lature,” delegates complained that party strength is not increasing, although no figures were given. Several speakers complained that the membership increases and is fully active only during election times, following which activity and members drop away. A large body of dissatisfaction with the work of the party and its policy was in evidence at the meeting. The CCF youth movement, the CCYM, has 12 groups in Ontario with 160 members. Only one uni- versity student attended as a dele- gate. Trade union representation was small. While the CCF seeks affi- liations of unions to the party only 15 official union delegates attend- ed. No mention was made of civil liberties. . E. B. Joliffe was re-eleted pro- vincial leader. M.. J, Coldwell, na- tional CCF leader, spoke at the convention but did not meet the critical reception he experienced at the recent Saskatchewan conven= tion, gi y* Concessions given to Alcan worth millions “The Coalition government is giv- ing away concessions’ worth mil- lions of dollars to the Aluminum Company of Canada,” charged Van- couver Labor Council (CCL). this week. Terming Alcan “one of the big- gest monopolies in Canada” the re- solution protested government ac- tion in granting power rights in northern B.C. to the company. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MARCH 30, 1951 — PAGE 7