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Civic affairs

December 9 will be civic election day in towns and
municipalities all over B.C. The PT will bring our readers reports
‘covering the issues and candidates in these elections.

George McKnight seeking
re-election in Alberni

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — George

McKnight, former alderman who .

was dropped from office as a result

of amalgamation recently, is waging,

a strong campaign for re-election on
December 9 to the new council.

Elected last March with 1,266
votes, a 600 vote majority over his
nearest rival, McKnight initiated
many actions for civic betterment
and distinguished himself as a
fighting working class alderman in
the months he served on council.
Some campaigns he led, such as the
fight against pollution, won province-
wide attention.

Announcing his campaign for re-
election, McKnight outlined the
program on which he will stand.
Major points in his program call for
removal of school costs from civic
taxes on property, hospital and
ambulance services to be financed in
larger part from provincial
revenues, low cost housing for Port
Alberni and aid from Provincial
Highways Department to build the
Roger Creek crossing.

A recent circular signed by
McKnight and former Ald. Mark
Ivisitch, urges citizens to organize

into ratepayers groups to promote
progressive civic policies.

Also running in the Alberni district
is popular trade unionist and
community leader Mark Mosher.
Mosher, who is an official of the
Alberni local of the Longshoremens
Unions, and a leading community
worker, is running for school board
district No. 70.

MARK MOSHER

Ball and McLaren run for
civic office in Surrey

Two outstanding civic workers in
Surrey are running for office in the
December 9 municipal election.
Harry Ball, a retired CNR engineer:
and former councillor in Burnaby, is
contesting a seat for council.
Running for school trustee is Bob
McLaren, a veteran community
worker.

Both candidates were endorsed by
the Vancouver and District Labor
Council in the 1965 election.

A seven-point program for Surrey

development was announced
recently by Ball. This program
includes the demand for an
immediate start on senior citizens
housing, an area system of

government which calls for half of
council to be elected from wards and
‘the other half at large, Federal aid
for sidewalks, sewers and water
works.

Waging a strong fight for school
trustee, McLaren has made his
number one plank the demand that
senior governments assume a larger
"share of education costs. He calls for
a federal grant on the basis of
population to cover the cost of all
elementary education, for a
provincial grant equal to the cost of
secondary schools and district
colleges and other places of higher
learning, and that Victoria cover 100
percent of the cost of capital school
construction.

LABOR SCENE:

Rejection UFAWU appet
big threat to all labor

The B.C. Appeal Court Tuesday
rejected the sentence appeal of the
United Fishermen & Allied Workers
Union and its two leading officers,
president Steve Stavenes and
secretary Homer Stevens.

Arising out of alleged contempt
charges for disregarding the
provisions of exparte Court
injunctions levelled against the
UFAWU during the Prince Rupert
fish strike earlier this year, the B.C.
Supreme Court under Mr. Justice
Thomas Dohm sentenced Stavenes,
Stevens and UFAWU Business Agent
Jack Nichol to one year in prison and
a fine levied against the union of
$25,000. The contempt case against
Nichol was later quashed for lack of
evidence.

This latest ruling by judges Davey,
Lord and Tysoe of the B.C. Appeal
Court, not only denies the UFAWU
appeal, but in reality constitutes a
double-barrelled warning and threat
to all organized labor in B.C., which
may be engaged in strike struggles
for increased wages or improved
working conditions. In essence the
"B.C. Appeal Court ruling renders the

PACIFIC PRESS

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Douglas (owned by Weston), vice-
chairman of Straits Towing;
president of Union Steamships and
Inland Natural Gas. He is also vice-
president of the Bank of Nova Scotia,
a director of Nelsons Laundries,
Capilano Timber, Burns, North
American Life Assurance and B.C.
Telephone.

Other Sun directors are connected »_

with the following big companies:
Commonwealth Trust, Nelsons
Laundries, B.C. Telephone, National
Trust, Cunningham Drugs Stores,
B.C., Bearing Engineers, Burrard
Building Operations and Monarch
Life Insurance.

Two of the most powerful men on
the Board of Directors of Southam
are Gordon T. Southam, who is a
director of MacMillan Bloedel and
Powell River, B.C. Packers, Pioneer
Envelopes and B.C. Leather Co., and

_ J.S. Glasscow.

Glassco is a director of the
Imperial Bank of Commerce,
Manufacturers Life, National Trust,
Investors Syndicate and Texaco.

The story of the Pacific Press is
the story of big business monopoly.
How free can the press really be with
this kind of set-up?

Communist Party

freeway

By CHARLES CARON
Vancouver Sec’y, C.P.

The Vancouver City Committee of
the Communist Party of Canada is
opposed to the recently adopted
freeway plan of City Council.

In a letter to the City Council on
Oct. 24, 1967 we stated the following:

“Our organization is very
concerned over the decision of the
City Council to approve freeways
recommended by the firm of Parson,
Brinckerhoff, Claude and Douglas. _

“On June 28, 1967 we made a
submission to City Council in which
we dealt with various aspects of the
transportation problem. It was our

plan at

contention that a new crossing
between the North Shore and
Vancouver entailed a composite
planned study of the whole of
Greater Vancouver.

“Unfortunately this is not the
approach the City Council has

followed. The Council has approved a,

plan based on a survey with limited
terms of reference, thus restricting
itself to piece-meal development.

“We recommend to City Council a
review of the approved freeway
planned, and we would appreciate an
opportunity to appear before Council
when such a review is made.”

On Nov. 9, 1967 we were noti-
fied that “a public meeting will

November 24, 1967—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 12

to Oppose
Council

be held at which consultants and
administrative officials concerned
will explain transportation plans to
the city delegations . . . ”’ City
Secretary Charles Caron replied to
this effect. ‘‘We thank you for your
letter of Nov. 9, 1967 notifying us of
the public meeting to be held
Thursday, Nov. 23 in the Council
Chamber, City Hall. Our
organization is pleased to have the
opportunity to be present at the
meeting to submit our views.”’

It is expected that the Communist
delegation will take a strong stand
for Council to rescind its present
plan and will be urged to consider
alternative proposals the Communist
Party will advance.

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processes of free collective
bargaining a legal plaything of the
courts.

Excerpts frort? the 5-page
judgement of the B.C. Appeal. Court
Justices underscores the point:

“Since the purpose of the
sentences was to deter and restrain
the repetition of similar offences, the
good reputation and record of public
service of the appellants became
relatively unimportant and a minor
consideration. In fact their general
good reputation was belied in this
particular field by their wrong
headed opinion that judgements of
the Court are subordinate to the
interests of the union.

“The punishment imposed here is
more severe than any heretofore
imposed in Canada for similar
offences, but it is not
disproportionate to the lesser
penalties recently imposed in this
Province in a vain effort to restrain
this type of contempt. There is
obviously a point where the benfits to
be anticipated by a union and
‘unionists from their illegal conduct
will not justify the punishment likely
to be suffered for contempt of Court.
When that point is reached this type
of contempt will stop. If that point
has not yet been reached, the
punishment must be progressively
increased until it is’’.

This B.C. Appeal Court ruling with
its threatened escalation of prison
sentences for all trade unionists who
may challenge the vicious and
undemocratic processes of exparte
injunctions as a strike-breaking
weapon, will serve to drive home the
lesson that while the UF&AWU is the
current victim of such a ruling, it is

basically designed to intimidate
labor in B.C. fe

**

The national convention of
Canadian Union of Public Employ
is in session this week, Nov. #7
Montreal, Quebec. This is CUE
third all-Canada convention si!
was formed by the merger ° ue
public employees’ unions some yer"

ago.

Over 600 delegates represeti ‘
approximately 112,000 Pu
employees from 10 provinces,
is one of the largest union
Canada, with jurisdiction cov
municipal, school board, ht
public utilities an
corporation workers.

Since merging with CUP’
August, 1966, the former inde
Vancouver Civic Employees |
(Outside Workers) has
discriminated against by the sf
of the Canadian Labor Cone
accept per capita from E
Vancouver Local 1004.

A resolution aimed at end
discrimination waS unanim?
adopted by the CUPE. conver
The resolution says in pall
this convention declare
forthright oppo
discrimination, com
national executive of
representations to the C
of Local 1004, and is
incoming national exe
further press for full righ :
given to Local 1004 by the C tio!

_ that the incoming na
executive be empower sie
necessary steps to remedy ie
injustice, up to and inclu” ne
withholding of all per capit®
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‘U.S. cant win in Vietnall

Mrs. Dagmar Wilson, founder of
the U.S. Women Strike for Peace
movement, told a capacity audience
of over 200 in Vancouver last Sunday
that the U.S. could not win the war in

Rankin speaks
on arms sales

Alderman Harry Rankin and
others will speak on “‘Canada’s
Involvement in the U.S. War in

Auditorium, 339 W. Pender St., on
Monday, Nov. 27 at 8 p.m.

Rankin, who was a main
speaker at the October 21 Court
House rally, said at that time that
“Canadians must oppose and stop
the production, sale and transport
of war materials from Canada
bound for the U.S. war in
Vietnam.”

The meeting is being sponsored
by the Committee Against
Canadian Production for U.S.
War, which. recently called for
picketing of Dow Chemical
offices at 796 Granville St., on
Nov. 4, 11, 18. Another picket is
scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 25
at 12 noon to protest Dow’s
production of napalm used in the
Vietnam war.

The Committee is also urging
the public to boycott Dow
Chemical products such as Saran
Wrap, Hand Wrap and Oven
Cleaner.

For further information call
Mrs. Lynne MacFarlan at 255-
1216.

Vietnam’’ in the Pender |

Vietnam. She said as ton a
bombing continued to kill be not! f
children the Vietnames€ wil : wt
like negotiating but only fi.
back with greater determin

Mrs. Wilson spoke of Nee
trip to North Vietnam W etna
spoke to leaders of North vi f
well as representatives
National Liberation Front: od ye
her trip further _conil
convictions that the
aggressor and that the
the Vietnam problem coul
if the Geneva Agreeme?”
implemented.

Mrs. Wilson said she nad
seen that bombing wasn
to strategic targets, an
when expressing conce
women of Vietnam,

“Do not be concerned 4
look frail but we are $ a
send your sons as we do

kill them.”’ a

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made in education, "ities:
spite of great diffier ed
Vietnamese people be oh
freedom and democracy the
said, could not be said emo"
when people had 1
against violence of @ A
nation against a weak one

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begin to understand ¢ ‘
face death if they acetal if
and go to. Vi
refuse. They shoul
laws when their gové ‘
the laws of humanity: