nects the world’s two greatest oceans,
treading countries. The Big Ditch is 1,200

of Plorida.

The Bosphorus, Black Sea en-
trance to the Straits which empty
into the Mediterranean through the
Dardanelles, is 350 miles from
Odessa, This is the only exit from
the Black Sea, which washes some

Expect strike
in meat plants

This strategic waterway con-
and is used by all
miles from the tip

of the key raw material centers
ef the Soviet Union. Perhaps as
much as half of Soviet foreign

ports.

Another “terrible” Soviet demand
has now been Placed befere the
Powers. In a note to Turkey, sent
in accordance with a Potsdam deci-
Sion, the Soviets propose free access
to the Straits. They are ready to
permit free passage for the mer-

trade passes through Black Sea

Lake seamen
win pay boost
Union security

The Pacific Coast District
of the Canadian Seamen’s
Union has-been advised by
Wire of a signal victory of
the CSU on the Great Lakes.
Nearing the strike deadline
of the union, which would
have tied up lake shipping
for the second time in the
last four months, three major

PPAR

shipping companies signed
union agreements with the
CSU.

Canada Steamship Lines, Patter-

chantmen of alj other countries,
but would restrict the warships of
non-Black Sea powers.

Again there is an outcry about
Soviet “expansion.” As always,
this outery is intended to conceal
the aggressive intentions of other
powers upon the Black Sea area.

Britain and the United States are
recreating an anti-Soviet encirele-

Son, Sarnia and Colonial Signed up
with the CSU. The new agreement
provides for a 20% wage increase,
the right of CSU patrolmen to board
all ships and other union conces-
sions. Harry Davis, national secre
tary of the CSU declared the new
agreement with the big shipping
companies the ‘greatest victory im
the history of our union.” The new

after 5-cent bid

TORONTO, Ont.—The big
packers, Burns Company and
Canada Packers, have refus_
ed to grant adequate wage in-
creases to their employees de-

spite the fact they have made
millions of profits at all times
and particularly during the
War. :

it will be remembered how the

big packers just recently went on
a sitdown strike and refused to
buy cattle until they got the price
increases they wanted.
_ This week they offered a five
cent increase which the union has
rejected. The locals will take votes
on whether-to accept this offer.
Fhe union’s demands are for a
$233.60 minimum weekly suaranteed
wage (based upon the present 37314
hour week), 2 minimum work
week of 40 hours and the union
shop.

In Prince Albert, Local 234 of
the Packinghouse Workers Union,
has voted unanimously for strike
action in the Burns plant there.
At Hull, Quebec, packinghouse
wockers voted in favor of strike
action. The same is true of other
areas where this wage has been
offered. George Bickerton, pub-

* licity director of the United Farm-
ers of Canada has written Labor
Minister Humphrey Mitchell and
told him that the packinghouse
workers demands for a basic wage
were justified.

Fred Dowling, national director,
Packinghouse Workers Union, said
the unions negotiating committee
had “unanimously recommended
rejection” of the offer of the five
eents an hour. Strike action is ex-
pected.

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An OQOttawa press dispatch in-
forms us that time lost through
strikes in the first seven months
of 1946 totalled 2,544,581 man-days,
compared with 128,208 days in the
corresponding period of 1945. The
Source of the information is La-
ber Minister Humphrey Mitchell.
The regret is that Mitchel] can-
not yet be included in the loss.

ment in this area. Britain has air
and naval bases in Greece and on
the Aegean Islands. Large forces
are stationed in Iraq and Trans-
jerdan. Palestine is to be parti-
tioned and turned into a2 powerful
base to protect Suez.

But it is considered a hostile act
for the Soviet Union to want to
Share control of a strategic pas-
Sageway at her very door-step that
from time immemorial has been
used against Russia.

During World War 1 when Tur-
Key was defeated, the Allies occu-
pied all strategic points along this
waterway. They sent their battle
ships and troops through the
Straits in their intervention war
against the Soviets.

During World War iW, Turkey
permitted armed German ships to
Pass through the Straits, in viola-
tion of the Montrieux Treaty of
1936.

The revision of the treaty is now
due, and the Soviet Union Proposes
that only Black Sea Powers regu-
late the Straits. This would include
the USSR, Turkey, Bulgaria and
Romania.

Backed, however, by Britain and
the US., Turkey is putting up a
“bold” front, and is all set to play
the role of another brave little
nation. The new cabinet is com-
posed exclusively of mil#arists
and the extreme right-wing of the
ruling People’s Party.

This “bold” front was entirely
absent when Germany overran the
Balkans. Only when the Red Army
had driven the Germans out of
Bulgaria, did the Turks declare
war. During the war Turkey sup-
plied strategic war materials to
Germany. On the eve of Hitler’s

Struck vessels set up shop

feeds 150 strikers daily.

Cooks from one of the Natl. Maritime Union’s (CIO)

at Local 600, United Auto

Workers (CIO) in Detroit, Mich. Cecil Brown peels the
spuds and Fred Butler tastes the

soup. This kitchen

Canvassers are now makin
elections;

campaign.

The committee's announcement
pointed out that at last weekend
only 79 applications had been re-
ceived by the voters’ list division
of the city clerk’s office, 42 from
tenants and 37 from owners.

“Qur canvassers have been vis-—
iting that many homes every night
this weelc end, on the whole, they
have been very well received.” El-
gin Ruddell, committee chairman,
told the Pacific Tribune.’ “People
seem to be taking more of an in-
terest in civic affairs this year
and they are generally disgusted
with the Non-Partisan adminis-
tration which has increased their
taxes 43 percent since it first took
office and allowed civic services

attack on the Soviet Wnion she
Signed a non-aggression pact with
the’ Reich; assuring the German
flank. Documents recently dis-
covered in Berlin reveal that the
Turkish leaders fully supported the
Nazi aims for the partition of the

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money to maintain them could
not be fouhd.” :

Ruddell reported that the city
clerk's office had been reluctant
to supply registration forms for
the canvass and the forms were
only released after John Stanton,
noted labor attorney, had taken
the question up at the city hall.

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union contract paves the way for
completing negotiations with the
small ship operators om the Great

Lakes.

In recent weeks the big ship
operators have tried every scheme
to block the CSU; even to the ex-
tent of making magnanimous ‘of
fers’ of hiring halis, jurisdiction,
ete, if CSU officials would go for
a company union set-up. This ‘buy-
ing off? of the union was roundly
rejected by Pres. (Gerry McManus
of the CSU.

In Vancouver several hundred
seamen and employees of the Union
Steamship Ibines are voting to
choose as bargaining agency either
the CSU or the Seafarers’ Inter-
national Wnion. All indications
point to a big majority in favor
of the CSU.

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