‘Shipbuilding industry

hit by unemployment

One of the industries hardest
hit by unemployment in B.C. is
shipbuilding.

Jeff Powers, in Ship and Shop
put out by the Marine and

Boilermakers’ Union, says that
In the 1950’s the work force in
Burrard shipyards exceeded
1500. In 1965 it was ‘approxi-
mately 1300, and in March, 1970
it went down to 850.

In June of this year the work

force stood at. approximately
400.

The Marine and Boiler-
makers’ Union recently sent a
wire to Prime Minister Trudeau
in which they pointed out that a
critical situation exists at
Burrard Dry Dock.

“Over 400 men have been laid
off”’, the wire said, ‘“‘and the com

pany states there is no work in
sight.”

0 LOVELY LAND
(With apologies to J.W.)

Thos. Bardal, Vancouver,
sends the following poem:

O Lovely Land that could have been,
If Natives never Whites had seen.
Canadians the Whites became,

The Natives lost their land and name.

O Lovely land that used to be,
The land of Canucks, never free.
Our heritage of riches sold,

To Yankees for their filthy gold.

O Canada, O ravished land.

This is what our statesmen planned;
To barter, sell, to integrate,

And make our land a Yankee state.

The lovely fields of waving wheat,
Lie fallow in the summer heat.

No royal ease or banquet fare,

Doth grace the farmers kitchen bare.

vf

Our mountains seldom see the sun,

For mining dust and blasting gun.

We build them dams and flood our fields,
From drought and thirst the Yankee shield.

O Lovely land be this your fate?

Your sons must rise, tis not too late.,
To break the chains the Quislings made,
Our freedom not for gold will trade.

There is a road that we must take,
As Lenin showed, the yoke to break.
And then our land will lovely be,
And all its people shall be free.

DECLINE

A Reader, Vancouver, writes:

— I see by the Progressive
- Workers Movement Newsletter
(Maoist) that it has made a

Major reassessment of its

activities and ‘‘in the light of

dwindling resources” and “‘the

resignation of several members

to the point where we are now a |

Sroup of seven people,” it has
- decided to cut back on activities.

The last issue of the
Newsletter for June and July
says that “the reasons for our
decline did not flow from our
political line.”’ :

What else, I would like to
know, could their decline flow
from? Obviously, as is always
the case, ultra-leftism leads
eventually to disintegration and
oblivion.

253-1221

The Trip of a Lifetime!
EXPO 70 &
- Trans-Siberian Railway

- Contact:

GLOBE TOURS

2679 E. Hastings St.,
Vancouver 6, B.C.

254-2313

“We urge the government to
take immediate steps to
alleviate the situation. Suggest
government, company and
union get together to solve the
problem. There is a necessity
for Canada to have her own Mer-
chant Fleet...”

The usual courtesy reply was
all the reaction the union
received from Mr. Trudeau.

Ship and Shop says that
hundreds of young people,
students and young workers have
come into the union office this
summer looking for employ
ment.

“Our Prime Minister recently
returned from Japan and other
countries, a tour presumably
made to expand Canadian trade.
We would naturally assume that
such expansion would mean
more work for Canadian ship-
yards, but does it?

“We look out at the harbour
and see the H. R. MacMillan
and J. V. Clyne ships sitting
there — ships which were built in
Japan, and registered in
Bermuda, (a method of cheating
the income tax department) —
all for the purpose of hauling
away our natural resources.

‘“‘Maybe we should tell the
government we have decided not
to pay Canadian income tax,”
says union spokesman Powers,
‘and that we have registered
ourselves in Bermuda. I wonder
how far we would get? No doubt
we would end up in Oakalla.

“Nothing is being done to bring
the work back home, but ship-
building is a booming industry.
in Japan. As unionists.and respon
sible members of society we

_ demand the right to full employ-

ment in our industry.”

‘‘We in Burrard are not the
only ones; all Canadian ship-
yards are in the same boat. We
must fight to bring about a Cana-
dian Merchant Fleet to haul
Canadian goods around the
world.”

OUTER SPACE
FOR GASTOWN
TENANTS?

Maple Tree Square, in Gas-
town, will be the scene of an
open air meeting scheduled for
Sunday, August 2, when
Alderman Harry Rankin and
Bruce Yorke will speak to
tenants and other interested
people on the housing situation in
the Gastown and downtown
areas.

Tenants who have lived in
Gastown for many years are

being evicted or having their

rents increased due to the
development taking place with
no provision being made to
provide other accommodation.
The meeting is sponsored by

the Downtown Tenants and the

Vancouver Tenants Council.
The time will be 2:00 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENT —
OPTOMETRIST

ANTHONY H.J. LEE, BSc.,
O.D., graduate of University of
Waterloo, Ontario announces the
opening of his practice for eye
examination, contact lens fitting &
visual training. Phone for appoint-
ment 687-1018.

253 - B. East Hastings St.

Vancouver 4, B.C.

sunt

COMMUNIST CAMPAIGN FOR MILLION NEW JOBS. Photo shows B.C.
Communist leader Nigel Morgan and members of the Victory Square
club handing out the party's special leaflet urging a program for a
million new jobs now, at the Unemployment Insurance Commission
offices on Robson St. Unemployed lines every Saturday morning are
three and four abreast and stretch three to four blocks. Thousands of
leaflets are being distributed by Communist Party members at UIC
offices, union meetings, and at industrial plants across the province.

City drug store employees
fight for union security

For 15 weeks a determined
group of women have been
picketing C. H. Hosken Whole-
sale firm at 1038 Homer St.

' This firm, according to the
union, is a wholly-owned sub-
sidiary of Western Wholesale
Drugs, which in turn is a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Cun-
ningham Drug Stores, Ltd. ~

Hosken employees want union
security. Their fellow workers in
Western Wholesale Drug are
members of the Retail, Whole-
sale and Department Store
Union but though the same union
has been certified at Hoskens,
the company chose to make
what the employees call a
‘‘flippant’’ offer for a first
contract, and they had no alter-
native but to strike.

These women have been
walking the picket line since the
20th day of April, and they need
the support of all union members
and other progressive people.
Boycott Cunningham Drugs, the
parent company, until they make
a fair settlement, urge the
drugstore employees.

YCL BAZAAR
SAT. AUG. I

The Young Communist
League Summer Bazaar will
be held from 12 noon Satur-
day, August Ist, at the Rus-
sian People’s Home, 600
Campbell Ave., Vancouver,
B.C.

There will be something
for everyone — so don’t miss
this opportunity to stock up
on ‘‘Home Baking’’, jams,
preserves, etc. Your kiddies
will enjoy the Fish Pond
while you play a few cards of
bingo, or take a chance on a_
cake at the ‘‘Cake Walk.”’

There will also be a White
Elephant Sale of ‘‘every-
thing’’— books, records, cloth-
ing, etc. Coffee and snacks
will be available.

If anyone still wishes to
donate anything please phone
684-1451 (days) or 988-5021
(evenings), or bring to
Russian Hall on Saturday
morning.

Classified advertising

COMING EVENTS

AUG. 2 REGIONAL PICNIC
of FEDERAION of RUSSIAN
CANADIANS (Vancouver,
Victoria, New Westminster
& Richmond Branches)
SUNDAY - AUG. 2 from 12
noon on. CONFEDERATION
PARK, NORTH BURNABY.
Full course Russian Meals,
Games, Refreshments, Guest
Speaker. Plan now to attend
and bring the family.

AUG 16—-KEEP THIS DATE
OPEN for the Annual

FRASER VALLEY PICNIC at .

the PEACE ARCH PARK.

Special Events. Further de- .

tails next week’s ‘PT’.
HAVE YOU BEEN to a weiner.
roast lately? Well, — we have
one planned, all you can eat.
With games, and prizes for all,
short and tall. Also a raffle.
Sunday Aug. 2nd. Time 2-7 p.m.
Place Hendry Park, Trout Lake.
Kingsway Club. .

HALLS FOR RENT:

CLINTON HALL,

2605 East’
Available for ban-
weddings,

Pender.
quets, meetings,
etc. Phone 253-7414.

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN
CULTURAL CENTRE —
805 East Pender St., Vancou-
ver 4. Available for Banquets,
Weddings, Meetings. Phone:

_ 254-3436 or 876-9693

RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME—
Available for meetings, ban-:
quets and weddings at rea-
sonable rates. 600. Campbell
Ave. 254-3430.

BUSINESS PERSONALS

NOW OPEN
POLITANO’S BARBER SHOP
132 East Hastings St.
(Closed Wednesday )

REGENT TAILORS LTD. —
Custom Tailors and Ready-
to-Wear, 324 W. Hastings St.
MU 1-8456 or 4441 E. Hastings
— CY 8-2030. See Henry Ran-
kin for personal service.

DRY CLEANING
& LAUNDRY
Also Coin-op
LAUNDRETTE
2633 Commercial Dr.
879-9956

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