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pete of the Labor-Pro-
candidat Party towards CCF
Other ae in ‘constituencies
testeq a those being con-
outlin Y LPP candidates was
Morgan this week by Nigel
er. » LPP provincial lead-

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couver @ncouver Centre, Van-
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tay ~ Richmond: The
Oar date, Robert Prittie,
Winning € Within 536 votes of
the € constituency in
taken « federal election, has
Sta Strong and consistent
and Lj < eae Conservative
€ral cold war policies.
coexist called for peaceful
ms ay a reduction in
‘ ee ending of the
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lance Re NATO military al-
Maintai Tough which the U.S.
encroach. its dominance and
territory's upon Canadian
Crete] Y, he has shown con-
White | how taxes can be cut
~ Mcreased social security
* ‘mproved living standards
B € made available.
one eeY - Richmond “LPP
up ituency Committee has
Ported Prittie’s campaign
for “ urging electors to vote
B ‘mon March 31.
eigen PY-Coquitiam: Erhart
« .. CCF candidate, who
¢ “presented this constitu-
me in the last two parlia-
to a ‘ and who was a delegate
as _técent NATO conference
cee LorMed the LPP that he
a pat support NATO “as
bir: itary alliance.” He has
hat cly condemned the fact
leay US. planes carry nuc-
tery; Warheads over Canadian
seins without reference to
oo authorities. He 1s
Core, {oF admission of all
ul: Atries to the UN, in partic-
ole, China; for expanded trade
h all countries; for reduc-
‘rms spending and peace-
pre Competition in place of the
Sent suicidal arms race.

Burnaby - Coquitlam LPP

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Constituency Committee is re-
commending support for him.

Nanaimo: Colin Cameron,
CCF MP in the last parliament
has taken a_ strong stand
against U-S. economic and
political domination of Cana-
da.. When questioned by the
LPP constituency committee
as to his position on the key
peace issues, Cameron stated
he was in favor of banning
flights of U.S. atomic bombers
over Canadian territory, re-
moval of U.S. military bases
from Canada, outlawing tests
and use of A-bombs. He also
said he would agree with gen-
eral controlled disarmament
and dissolving the NATO and
Warsaw pacts (provided an
agreement on disarmament
were reached).

While the LPP has found it
necessary to be sharply criti-
cal of Cameron’s position many
times in the past, it welcomes
his position at this time, and
because of the danger of the
Tories recapturing Nanaimo,
the LPP constituency commit-
tee is urging voters to use their
ballots to prevent such a pos-
sibility.

MP in the last parliament,

Comox - Alberni: The CCF
Tom Barnett has a generally
good record on domestic and
foreign policy questions. He
has ‘taken a good stand on
German rearmament, H-bomb
tests, peace, and has spoken
up for an immediate Summit
conference.

While his position on labor
unity at the polls is deserving
of considérable criticism, ‘and
actually endangers labor’s po-

‘stion in this election, in view

of the fact that the Conserva-
tive candidate only needs an
addiional 2,124 votes, the LPP
constituency committee is ad-
vising electors to vote for
Barnett.

Coast Capilano: Hugh Clif-
ford, CCF candidate, supports
the need of a new national
policy. based on peace to pro-
vide employment. Toward that
end he has spoken up for rec-
ognition and trade with China,
for banning H-bomb tests,
against U.S. missile bases 1n
Canada, and for a drastic cut-
back in arms expenditures to
make possible the necessary
reallocation of funds needed
for expansion of socia] serv-
ices.

Like the LPP, he has callea
upon Ottawa to take over and
operate Britannia Mine.

In light of this, and since
the LPP is not itself contest-
ing this constituency, the LPP

running

constituency committee is urg-
ing electors to vote for Clif-
ford.

Fraser Valley: Wes Watson,
CCF candidate, has taken a
generally good stand on peace
and progressive issues, He has
spoken out for new policies
based on peace and friendship
between countries, trade and
recognition of the People’s Re-
public of “China, halting of
testing and use of atomic weap-
ons, and for Candian leader-
ship toward agreement for dis-
armament. The LPP constitu-
ency committee recommends
supporting him.

Vancouver - Kingsway: Alex
MacDonald, CCF MP in the
last parliament, has spoken in
favor of trade with and recog-
nition of China.

He favors the convening of
a summit meeting to reach
agreement on disarmament,
and the banning of further
tests or use of atomic weapons
immediately. He told a dele-
gation of LPP constituents that
he will advocate and support
renunciation of the military
features of the NATO and
Warsaw pacts. ‘

His qualification about the
“military features of NATO”
(as if it were anything but
the military arm of U.S. cold
war policy) and reference in
recent issues of Hansard
where he is quoted as speak-
ing about “Soviet dictator-
ship” show that he is. still
influenced by cold war think-
ing.

The LPP welcomes his more
recent statements, however,
and appeals to the electors of
Vancouver-Kingsway to re-
ject the strong bid being made
by tae Conservatives to pick
up the 2,147 votes they need
to defeat MacDonald on the
basis of last year’s results.

Similarily in Skeena, where
only 179 votes separated the
CCF candidate, who was elect-
ed, from his Liberal opponent
last year, the LPP urges the
voters to prevent the con-
stituency from going back into
the hands of the old line
parties.

And in Okanagan-Boundary
where the former CCF MP,
Owen Jones, missed re-elec-
tion in 1957 and was defeated
by a Social Crediter by 128
votes, and East Kootenay,
where CCF candidate Dave
Bjerstedt is reported to be
taking a good stand on the
decisive peace issues (in com-
parison with his Liberal op-
ponent, who won last time by
only 683 votes) two seats can
be taken out of the old-line
party camp by the switch of a
few votes,

Province strike story
Morgan outlines stand toward refuted by unionists

Opinion of a Vancouver Province labor reporter that the
trade union movement regarded the recent electricians’ strike
as “a bad strike’ which was settled “when the IBEW found
their friends backing away” and had to “try and get out of
the situation as best they could,” was rejected by labor leaders

this week.

“Collins is away off in his
estimation of the labor move-
ment,” said Homer Stevens,
secretary - treasurer of the
United Fishermen and Allied
Workers Union. “Our conven-
tion last week passed a strong
resolution in support of the
IBEW strike.

“Our union, along with
others, went on record as
being opposed to compulsory
arbitration as lauded by many
big business groups and pro-
posed in the legislature by
Liberal MLA George Gregory.

“It is not true that the
IBEW had no choice but ‘to
try and get out of the situa-
tion as best they could.” In
fact its action in going to arbi-
tration, which could be seen
as setting a pattern, will be
rejected by the labor move-
ment,

“Rather than labor courts
and arbitration we need joint
action by all unions to com-
bat the present conspiracy
against labor, which is aimed
at hog-tying the unions. Most
of all the labor movement
must unite to fight for wage
increases and full employ-
ment..” :

Charles Stewart, business
agent for Street Railwaymen’s
Union, stressed that “the
labor movement always gives
full backing to any union en-

gaged in a strike struggle for
higher wages.

“The settlement reached by
the electricians is probably as
good as it was possible to
achieve in the given circum-
stances,” he said. “It is not
arbitration in the normal
sense, as’ a wage floor has
been set below which the final
settlement cannot go. What
was given by the conciliation
board cannot be taken away.
In addition, the union has’won
some important concessions.

“The trade unions must
make sure that this type of
settlement must not become
the method for resolving all
disputes. The labor movement
is unalterably opposed to the
use of compulsory arbitration,”

“Our union gave its full
support to the sirike,” said
Bill Stewart, secretary of Ma-
rine Workers Union. “Vancou-
ver Labor Council asked the
B.C, Federation of Labor to
call a meeting of representa-
tives of all B.C. unions to
consider the strike situation,
and they unanimously en-
dorsed the struggle of the
electrians for better wages
end working conditions.

“The unions felt that the
BCE could well afford to pay
the wage increases sought by
the IBEW.”

Liberal - Tory failure
on China trade hit

“Before the war our trade with China averaged $370 mil-
lion annually, but in thé past 10 years, under Liberal and Con-
servative governments, it has averaged olny $2 million,’ Mau-
rice Rush, LPP candidate for Vancouver Centre, said in a radio
broadeast over station CKWX Thursday this week.

Rush recalled that orders
from China for Canadian cars,
ball bearings and other pro-
ducts had been vetoed by the
U.S. state department.

“Thousands of Canadian
workers are without jobs be-
cause Liberal and Conserva-
tive governments have _ re-
fused to recognize China and
continue to follow the line of
John Foster Dulles in foreign
affairs,’ he charged.

“We must recognize that the
main solution to unemploy-
ment in Canada lies in opening
new markets for our goods.
Public works will relieve un-
employment — but this step
will not be enough. One out of
every three Canadian jobs de-
pends on trade.

“Much of our unemployment
is ‘Made in the USA’. Policies
such as rejecting trade with
China, subordinating our ec-
onomy to the US. trusts, plae-
ing a one-sided dependence
on the U.S. market, and ex-
porting our raw materials to
the U.S. instead of processing
them here, have deepened the
economic crisis for Canada.

The Hungarian Academy
of Sciences, with the help of
Soviet experts, is making its
first automatic calculating
machine. It will be able to
carry out any sort of mathe-
matical calculation and to
translate from foreign
languages.

March 28, 1958 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 7

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