Pea

Peace

IT DOWN AT COMOX. Photo shows some of the fifty

main marchers who staged a sitdown in front of the
“a Gate at the Comox base on Saturday, June 5 to

Laid nuclear warheads. During the demonstration five

LABOR ROUND-UP:

Labor backs NDP stand
against troops to Vietnam

eae Union Newsbulletin, organ
Uni € Vancouver Civic Employees
on (Outside Workers), reports
© Proceedings and decisions of
coe convention of the Cana-
(cup Nion of Public Employees
Cia held June 4-5-6 at the
ae House Inn, North Van-
Ver,
ae the convention deci-
, the following are featured

J e Newsbulletin by editor
Phillips;

: Urged upon the federal gov-
ee to “remove all nuclear
sai pads from our Canadian
aan respect to Vietnam the
« Borie went on record as
& a Cease fire, withdraw-

i all foreign troops and a
a Ment based on the genuine

€s of the people,”

meet upon municipal gov-
i €nts to guarantee no reduc-
“” in availability of ambulances

Urged the provincial govern-

t to include this vital serv-
aS part of BCHIS,

Men;

*
Ving: PPorted the demand of Pro-
tor ial Government Employees
Collective bargaining rights.

*
the Went on record supporting
. Objectives of the Civil Rights
Yement in the U,S.

*
> Pledge support to campaign
sae Labor Congress to
ny € Hall Commission Report
€alth Services implemented,

*
a eda Pension Plan: voted
or of maintaining full cov-
pee Under Municipal Super-
ition Act in addition to Cana-
€Nsion Plan,

Sr;

*
me Municipal Loan and Develop-
a Bank. Called for a- per-
lation. bank under federal legis-
* * x

None ding to a June 9 Asian
22,000 €rvice release, more than
on i dockers went

= € On April 21 at sixports.
, eSt against their govern-

ni
Vi a Eo Spaton of troops toSouth

Th
bay Melbourne, Sydney, Bris-

Protecr™ other ports, the strikers
Sted in particular against

Judge Gallagher’s May 25 state-
ment that dockers who stopped
work on such issues as Vietnam,
were unfit to work and were
liable to prosecution for con-
spiracy. It was estimated that
135 ships were kept idle in ports

during the strike.
ide

At its regular meeting Tues-
day of this week on recommenda~
tion of its executive the Vancou-
ver and District Labor Council
(VLC) endorsed the statement of
policy of the NDP (see page 1)on
the danger of involvement of
Canadian troops in Vietnam,
Three opposing votes were re-
corded,

In the lively discussion on the
NDP statement delegate Les Mc-
Donald (electrical workers)
pointed out that External Affairs
Minister Martin’s recent speech,
with Diefenbaker joining in ap-
proval of government support of
U.S, war policies. “This bi-parti-
san feeling that we should get into
Vietnam indicates considerable
kite flying for the sending of Ca-
nadian troops. We welcome the
NDP statement which also has
the approval of our union.”

Frank Kennedy (ILWU), cited
the case of the Australian and
New Zealand dock workers who
struck in protest oftheir govern-
ments sending troops to Vietnam
to aid U.S, aggression; a strike
involving 22,000 dockers and

which tied up more than 135 ships. ©

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Despite VLC executive efforts
in collaboration with the striking
Bookbinders Union at Mitchell
Press, Dr. Pitt, registrar of the
B.C, Medical College, informed
the VLC that the planned book
“History of B.C, Medicine” to be
published by the medical pro-
fession, had been contracted with
the Mitchell press two years ago
and “no change can be made.”

At a recent meeting of big
business in Seattle, Mitchell was
declared honorary “business-
man-of-the-year.” Seattle union-
ists in solidarity with the strike-
bound Mitchell Press Bookbind-
ers distributed a leaflet at the

of the eleven entrances to the base were blocked. RCMP
can be seen guarding the entrance. Inside the nuclear
warheads are guarded by U.S. personnel.

gathering, Mitchell has protested
this leaflet to the Department of
Labor, A delegate described
Mitchell, not as “man of the
year” but “fink of the year.”

* x *

VLC Secretary Paddy Neale
gave notice of motion to “under-
write the cost of a meeting on
Vietnam” being organized. by an
ad hoc committee of labor, church
groups, UBC Women’s Club and
others in the Queen Elizabeth
Theatre early in July. Neale ex=-
plained that it had been intended
to have U.S, Senator Wayne Morse
as the guest speaker, but, stated
Neale, “He is not allowed to
criticize U.S, government poli-
cies outside the U.S,” It is now
planned to bring Rabbi Feinberg
of Toronto as the speaker.

* * *

The delegate from the Paint-
ers, Local 138 reported that
UBC students are undercutting
wage standards in the industry.
“Three.of these students,” stated
the delegate, “have gone in for
free enterprise in a big way, and
are now seeking to hire high
school students to do the paint-
ing.” :
Kee Ok

VLC President and delegate
for the Grainhandlers, Ed Sims,
reported on the strike at the
Alberta Wheat Pool Terminal,
In conjunction with all water-
front unions and the B,C, Feder-
ation of Labor, the Grainholders
have made every effort to reach
a satisfactory settlement, hav-
ing the interests of the com-
munity, the unions and the farm-

‘ers in mind.

“But,” stated Sims, “the ele-
vator operators seem determined
to re-write the agreement on the
waterfront, and that can’t be
done.”

Dr, G, Neil Perry, appointed
by the federal government as a
“one man industrial inquiry
commission” to seek a Settle-
ment of the Grainhandlers’ dis-
pute, was scheduled to meet again
Wednesday of this week with the
elevator representatives,

_“Benicare leaves most
- people at mercy of

insurance companies’

, “Premier Bennett’s new medi-
care proposals represent very
little advance over that adopted
by the Legislature last spring
for the great majority of Bri-
tish Columbians,” Nigel Morgan,
Provincial Leader of the Com-
munist Party stated last week.

“It?s an obvious publicity stunt
aimed at softening the blow his
Socred government’s image suf-.
fered as a result of the William-
son-Gunderson scandal,”

“The essential difference is
that the scheme is to be opened
to all — providing they pay for
it. However, it is still coverage
by private companies and nothing
has been done to bring the ex-
isting exhorbitant rates down,
This is the main problem most of
us face, and Premier Bennett
has done nothing to solve it,’’
he continued, ;

“Existing private insurance
plans already cover an estimated
75% of the population of the prov-
ince, Pensioners and a very
small percentage of the really
low-income brackets will derive
some benefit, but most of us are
to be left at the mercy of the
private insurance racket, That’s
precisely where. the Bennett
scheme falls short,

“Popular pressure needs to
be directed to amending B,C,

Medicare Plan so that it will
conform to the recommendations
of the Hall Royal Commission —
all inclusive, comprehensive
government-sponsored coverage
which would eliminate un-
necessary duplication and ad-
ministrative costs.”

GUNDERSON MUST GO! This is the
demand being raised by political
leaders in B.C. this week following
disclosures at the ‘.Dear Hal” letter
trial that Gunderson is the man in
charge of collections for the Socred
“slush fund" while at the same time
holding many top government posts.
Although rejected in elections by the
public, Gunderson wields great poli-
tical power in B.C.

Labor demands city probe

of Gestapo police methods

It?s not an uncommon occur-
ance to have someone “put the
‘bite on you” on Hastings Street,
between Main and Columbia, but
for Ernie Fulton, it was a very
serious matter,

Ernie had the bite put on him
by a police dog last Saturday
morning at 1:10 a.m, as he was
walking along Hastings Street,
minding his own business, To
make the matter more appetizing
the police threw him into jail for
the night and charged him with
creating a disturbance,

Fulton, who is B,C, wrestling
champion, is a 31 year old elec-
trician and very mad about the
whole affair. He is still off work

as aresult of lacerations inflicted
by the dog.

On Tuesday night the Van-
couver Labor Council called for
an investigation by the Mayor’s
office of the whole sordid affair,

Public feeling, which reacted
sharply when police dogs were
first used on picket lines in
Vancouver, is running very high
against this latest outrage.

William Stewart, City Secre-
tary of the Communist Party,
joined the demand of the Van-
couver Labor Council for an
investigation, and termed the
operation in which 117 people
were jailed as a provocation
involving many innocent people,

Vietnam

Cont'd from pg. 1!

Caron said it was a *callous
attempt to justify the Minister’s
intention to involve Canada’s
armed forces in the carnage of
U.S, imperialism in Vietnam,
The people of Canada must not
allow it to happen, We must see
to it that Paul Martin and those
he speaks for are restrained,
Canada must not be allowed to
play such a despicable role,
There must be no troops sent to
Vietnam,”

Also this week, B,C,’s Minister
of Education, Leslie Peterson,
came under sharp fire for his
statements at the’ Peace Arch

. last Sunday, supporting U,S, poli-

cies, Nigel Morgan, provincial
leader of the Communist Party
said Peterson’s statements ex-
posed him “as the naked tool of
U.S, imperialism,”

Morgan said: *His speech
desecrated the whole spirit and

concept of the school children
of B,C, and Washington who four
decades ago contributed -to the
building of the Peace Arch,

“While Washington State
representative Leeds used the
occasion to place the demand for
economic integration, Peterson
curried favor with U.S, annex-
ationists by placing himself and
the B,C, Socred government on
record for military and political
integration,

“Instead of the Peace Arch
anniversary speaking out for
peace at this critical stage of
world affairs, it was used by
B.C.’s Minister of Education to

beat the drums for U.S. aggres--

Sion and war, The people of

~ B.C, should not let this occasion

pass without registering both with
Mr, Peterson and Prime Minister
Pearson, their revulsion at these
latest attempts to involve us in
the madness of U.S, aggression,”

June 18, 1965—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 3