Seateratia IWA districts in Washington reach merger SEATTLE Years of effort to unify all IWA sawmill workers and loggers in Western Washington into a single; powerful district council came nearer to reality here with the counting of referendum ballots on the proposal. The proposal was approved by a better than 214 to 1 vote, the tabulating committee reported. It met with approval of the mem- bership of both the Southern (No. 3) and Northern (No, 2) Washing- ton district councils of the International ‘Woodworkers. In brief ceremonies IWA inter- national president A. F. Hartung KARLY LARSEN gave the obligation to the slate of officers elected without oppo- sition. They are: James Falding, Aberdeen, president; Karly Larsen, East Stanford, first vice-president; Brighton Erwin, Chehalis, second vice-presi- dent, and Walter Belka, Seattle, secretary-treasurer, All that remains now is for the international executive board to approve the constitution, and bylaws and issue a_ charter. Headquarters for the new West- ern Washington district council ‘will be in Olympia. Amalgamation of the two dis- tricts, with a combined member- ship of some 14,000 became a certainty as the result of the unity developed during the suc- cessful strike last summer. The unity proposal met with bitter employer opposition. The single council greatly strength- ens the IWA’s hitting power. Drive ecahed far With the official ballot title 70,000 signatures | to peace initiative SEATTLE due from Washington state at- torney general's office. the Committee for Peace Initiative 183 has announced that it intends to rush launch its drive for 70.000 signers the measure to the printers and “while the ink is drying.” The initiative to the Washington legislature, along the lines of Initiative 183. will constitute a “popular p@ace referendum”’ for a policy of peaceful coexist- ence and an end to ‘‘wasting our economic and human resources” for destruction, sponsors explain- ed. The three Bellingham moth- — ers of sons in uniform who conceived the idea of using the patent initiative method of tak- ing peace to the people, joined a trade unionist and a Seattle- businessman in filing the meas- ee Peo UL s WEST END COMMUNITY CLUB CABARET DANCE FRIDAY, SEPI. 26 8:30 p.m. ° FLOOR SHOW REFRESHMENTS DE RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME 600 Campbell Avenue Tickets $1.00 BELLE LL CT et Davis, ure with the secretary of state last week, . Phe mothers are Mrs. Ruby Mrs. Mona Thomas and Mrs. Patricia Cary/ They and Seattle Marine Cooks and Stew- ards’ port agent Robert Ward and Seattle florist Roy F. Ever- rett signed the measure which is now before Attorney General Smith Troy for a ballot title. In a statement issued as the measure was filed, sponsors said they had considered several al- ternative methods of following up the 183 campaign, which net- ted 30,000 signatures. “The little-used method of an initiative to the legislature was chosen- as the most effective in- strument to achieve more har-| monious relationships in the fam- ily of nations, and, more parti- cularly, to effect an armistice in Korea and the return of Ameri- acn soldiers, now fighting futile and useless battles,’ the state- ment said. — Pointing out that had the 183 Campaign continued another two weeks the required 50,000 valid signatures would almost certain- ly have been obtained, the com- mittee said: “A new campaign. better or- ganized, more representatively staffed, more adequately fi- nanced, can achieve the objec-. tives of the previous campaign.” ‘ Cd Peace poll taken at Marine Workers picnic British Columbia Peace Coun- cil’s peace poll take at the recent Marine Workers and Boilermak- ers picnic shows that 93 percent of those questioned feel that the promotion of trading relations with all countries would help provide jobs and strengthen the cause of peace, In announcing results of: the poll, the council said that union +members and their families voted overwhelming support for the ‘proposals put forward by the world peace movement. Ninety percent favored an im- mediate cease-fire in Korea while only,5 percent were opposed. Five percent had no opinion. The majority — 70 percent — favored taking the truce talks out of the hands of the military and placing them in the hands of leading statesmen from all coun- tries involved, Twenty percent felt the military leaders should cent had no opinion. remain in charge while 10 per-|' The majority felt the arms race would harm the chances ‘of peace and that disarmament would strengthen peace. Sev- enty-three percent felt the Canadians against | e : e . union with U.S., Gallop poll shows TORONTO Fifty-three percent of Cana- dians want to stay in the Com- monwealth, 31 percent want complete independence while only nine ‘percent would like to see Canada become part of the US., according to a recent Gal- lup poll, The same poll taken in 1943 showed that 24 percent favored joining the U.S. In Quebec, 56 percent of the peo- ple polled, voted for complete independence; TTT ee Eee a \J apanese war criminals freed a pected to expedite the release review of their sentences. Former Lieut. General Rensuke Isogai of the Japanese Im- perial Army acts as a spokesman for 88 of his fellow war crim- inals on their release from Tokyo’s Sugamo prison. Truman’s order creating a ‘‘clemency and parole” board is ex- However, 390 major war criminals were sentenced by the Inter- national Military Tribunal and consent of the majority of gov- ernments represented on that tribunal is required to obtain President of war criminals still in jail. Ninety percent favor world trade armament race would bring war closer, 16 percent felt it | would bring peace closer and i percent had no opinion. « Seventy-five percent felt dis armament would bring peace lo er, 10 percent felt it would pring war closer and 15 pereent ha opinion, : Fifty-nine percent said the rearmament program had Jow ered their standard of living: 20 percent said it had their living standard and ® percent said it had had no ef fect. Sixteen percent had 1° opinion. cause of peace would. be strene thened if the nations agreed outlaw all weapons of mass’ struction. Seven percent * this would weaken the chances i peace and 14 percent had opinion, ; While 93, percent, felt “oF trade would help provide J° de- felt it woula not and 5 perce? had no opinion. —— O death -- Sting. is! at cemeteries nee “OQ death, where is thy sting, O grave, where is thy victory" —Corinthians XV, 55. These lines were written course, several centuries be Vancouver’s privately - oW wo Ocean View and Forest Lie cemeteries began acting in ee fashion and ‘boosting but 7 charges skyhigh. The dead ie not care, but relatives get Ss plenty. Exposure of these firms’ ue tices by Alderman Archie P¥ He tor (who runs a real estate Penis ness in private life) brought ©. angry reply ‘from lawyer Arnold, spokesman for the © teries, in city council this W c “Ald. Proctor gets rantastl prices for temporary place? (4+ residence—why shouldn’t W i high prices for permanent pla of residence?” ene eek: by showing A Varmcouver man and his wife walked into the beer parlor of the Melbourne Hotel, Main and Powell, and sat down to have a drink. The waiter looked them over, then asked the woman to step up to the bar and have a word with the manager, The man went instead, and was told they would not be served. The reason? He was a Negro, and his wife was white. Mrs. Thelma State, 633 Gore, the wife in the case, called up the Pacific Tribune to report this in- ‘cident of racial discrimination, A PT reporter visited her and was told this story: “A few weeks abo I went into the Melbourne with James Thom- as, a Negro friend, and we were refused service on the grounds that the hotel’s policy is not to serve ‘mixed couples.’ At the time there were several other couples in the bar, including Na- tive Indians and white friends and East Indians and white marriage certificate! — friends. When I pointed this out I was distinctly told that the policy applied only to Negroes and whites. “My husband, Rand, found it hard to believe this story, for we had been served in the Melbourne last year. So last week we went in together to make a second test. The same thing happened.” ‘Checking on the story, the PT reporter visited. the hotel and talked with the bar manager. “Yes,’? he said, “I refused to serve them, because I did not know them and I have found that when Negroes and whites drink together, trouble starts. On two occasions there have been knife fights and I have had to call the police. If they had shown me their marriage license, I would have served them, because I do not believe in racial discrimina- tion.’ : “Do you ask other men and women customers to produce marriage certificates?” PACIFIC TRIBUNE — SEPTEMBER 19, 1952 — PAGE ? “put i “No,” he admitted, wh only. when Negroes and mix that trouble starts.” _ “Are Negroes the only © ites sto ers that start trouble?” spor't “No, no,’? he protested. nt t get me wrong. I don't we two discriminate, but I have }@ 00 bad experiences when Nee and whites mixed, and I jxed want any more,.so I couples .unless they they are married. ‘there is to it.” js 1° But that isn’t all there sD it. The case of the MelbO oy Hotel (which is only one ue oli era] hotels which enforce ® 1e8) cy of barring “mixed” ¢07% 9s shows that while Canadia? ith give Negroes equal rights eid” whites, a policy of (ape jp (the Malan separation por ised South Africa) is often PY@ in our country. ut 10 It is time an end was Poi such practices of racial dis?” ination, can P nat’s | all ad 0 Seventy-nine percent felt thé felt and strengthen peace, 2 percer” of ee Hotel disciiminates against Negro - white couples oat Couple could have been served -- ban 7% ve ~ t