UBOR'S STAND ON-UNEMPLOYMENT } Y JOBL NTIL WORK PROVIDE ey (att! Bart Susy Mo) 1g, No, 44 Phone MUtual 5-5288 Authorised as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa 10c VANCOUVER, B.C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1958 y RoRGE McEACHERN Beg N.S. — Could the Tee Saster at Springhill| last Be VE been avoided? Was hy thing of the danger Mga .2Bt time to have pre- The ‘ € terrible loss of life? Mi, ere the questions I y, ““teran miners in Glace h : On first question the the . an emphatic “Yes.” st €cond, reference was «the % © report of a “bump” Ni hag pit less than two tig cf to the one which alt Ning Re be the worst in Neq ‘Story, the seventh re- | si : %, *Mce March of this ls : Nchaies of “bumps,” it ating Should have been Mea web that the strata op ,. ting and was in dan- ‘ous Sling Way in a more 4 iy Dheaval. wee a is a condition ata x Sale of pressure iteg the € removal of coal iy log Toof to collapse or pihich to rise, depending I Gq] 1S the weaker &ce Bay miner. ex- ye The company engin- _— : ould mining disaster live been prevented? eers must have known the na- ture of the strata, top sand- bottom, and should have seen to it that proper supports were provided to compensate for the coal. which was re- Continued on back page See SPRINGHILL Draegerme day’s disaster had survive trapped in the mine, n worked round the cloc at Springhill, spurred by discovery 93 have been rescue Continuous payment of unemployment insurance to all jobless until they are again em- ployed was advocated by an overwhelming majority of delegates attending the third annual B.C. Federation of Labor convention here last week. Despite scattered opposition from a handful of delegates who thought the “no limit” plan might “sabotage labor’s hard-won insurance scheme” and “turn the plan into nothing more than a dole,” the resolu- tion won endorsation from the great majority of 350 delegates present. It. calls for “all persons cut off unemployment insurznce to be immediately made eligible for benefits and no- person to be cut off such benefits until our enormously gich country can gainfully employ them.” “Where will all the money come from?” asked one dele- gate. “From what the government is spending on missiles,” re- torted Bill Stewart (Marine Workers). The BCFL also called. for amendment of the Unemploy- ment Insurance Act to ensure that when a strike is called by a legitimate trade union, work- ers: who refuse to cross the picket line shall not be dis- qualified from receiving bene- fits The problem of unemploy- ment ‘“‘is no longer a seasonal one,” said the report of a spe- cial committee on unemploy- ment. Continued on back page See UNEMPLOYMENT HARRY BELAFONTE nap JACKIE ROBINSON Ike plays golf. ducks integration delegation WASHINGTON — Singer Harry Belafonte, heading a delegation to the White House of white and Negro students —— k this week to clear debris from the levels of No. 2 mine that 12 of 69 miners still unaccounted for in last Thurs- @ six day’s entombment on the 13,000-foot level. Of 174 miners d, and bodies ‘of 26 have been recovered, seeking racial integration, has appealed to President Eisen- hower, to “end the reign. of terror in the South.” Belafonte and other Negro .leaders at an integration rally at the memorial statue of Abraham ‘Lincoln last Sat- urday criticised Eisenhower for not~ attending the rally and for not receiving the delegation.. He was away playing golf. The singer, whose white wife was with him, said Eisenhower’s gesture was full of meaning to millions around the world. The delegation left a statement.at the White House. Jackie Robinson, former baseball star, told the crowd estimated at nearly 10,000: “Tm only sorry that the pres- ident demonstrated by his ac- tion that he has not agreed with what we are doing this afternoon.”