‘Stop the bombing’ Rabbi Feinberg urges An audience of about 800 satin hushed and shocked silence Tues- day night at Eric Hamber Sec- ondary School as Rabbi A. Fein- berg related how he saw Hanoi residences which had been re- duced to dust and rubble by U.S, bombings and described some of the victims he visited in a hos- pital, He lashed out at the anti-per- sonal bombs used by American bombers which are “deliberately fashioned to kill and mutilate hu- man beings.” Civilians in North Vietnam are being killed and wounded at a rate at least four times that of military casualties, he charged. Rabbi Feinberg said thatnever from the beginning of time has so much military might been gather- ed by one country to subjugate another small country. “But the Vietnamese will never accept the loss of their independence.” -- ae called on Canadians to press Ottawa to protest against the bombing of North Vietnam. A resolution unanimously approved by the audience said that contin- ued escalation can only bring greater destruction and calledon the Canadian government to ban: RABBI FEINBERG arms to all beligerent states, It asked for a de-escalation of the war and cessation of bombing of North Vietnam. Chairman Paddy Neale, who is secretary ofthe Vancouver Labor Council, said it was time labor spoke out against the war in Viet- nam, Also taking partin the program were Father Roberts, a Catholic priest from Burnaby, Ray Haynes, secretary of the B.C, Federation) of Labor, and Mrs. Teresa Gal- loway. — : Hydro rates should be cut Cont'd from pg. 1 “rates to serve monopoly inter- ests and their foreign overlords. “B.C. Hydro doesn’t need to hoist its hydro rates, The fact that it reports for 1965-66 a $7,470,000 increase in gross rev- enues, a 15.8 percent growth in kilowatt sales, and even by its own statement over seven and a half million dollars in net in- come after providing for all ex- penses — is proof of that.” Morgan said united action is needed to insist that the full bene- fits of public ownership be passed on to the public in the form of lower rates, He called on muni- cipal and city councils, trade unions, ratepayers, the NDP and Communist Parties to join inop- posing any increase in hydro rates, The Communist Party in B.C. has put forward the following three-point program of action to meet the threat of rising hydro rates: ®Instead of an increase, rates should be cut. @A Natural Resources Surtax should be imposed onall foreign- controlled monopolies exploiting our resources to meet the deficit on Columbia and Peace River financing. ®All forms of energy produc- tion and transmission should be brought under one single au- thority, with provision on it for genuine labor, consumer and people’s representatives who would guarantee that B,C.’s re- sources are developed -and util- ized to bring maximum benefit to the people of B.C, 2 Enjoy Good, Home-Cooked Meals at Jennie’s Cafe 335 Main St. @ Modern equipment @ Dining room service We buy and sell Used Furniture Sporting Goods We are Reasonable We are at 573 E. HASTINGS ST. Beaver Transfer 254-3711 CANADIAN JEWISH WEEKLY BANQUET Guest Speaker— J. GERSHMAN, SUNDAY — APRIL 2nd — 6 P.M. PERETZ AUDITORIUM 6184 ASH Street. eFull Chicken Dinner — $2.00 © Program Editor LABOR SCENE: VLC outlines changes needed in CLC struct! Delegates to last week’s ses- sion of the Vancouver and Dis- trict Labor Council (VLC) gave unanimous approval to a VLC Executive draft submission to the Commission on Constitution and Structure of the Canadian Labor Congress (CLC). In the 10-point synopsis of the VLC submission outlined by VLC Secretary C,P, “Paddy” Neale, | some of these proposals include: ®CLC Constitution amendment to allow for an additional execu- tive officer by the addition ofa © third executive vice-president, ®A CLC constitutional change in such a manner that geo- graphical vice-presidents willbe ~ elected from each provincial fed- eration at the provincial federa- tion conventions, and that such geographical vice-presidents would become in effect, pro- vincial regional directors of the CLC, and responsible directly to : the CLC. ®That the CLC make a con- tinuing effort to encourage all chartered unions to merge with their respective national or in- ternational unions; that the CLC should organize those groups of workers where national or inter- national unions fail to exercise their jurisdiction, and that small unorganized groups of workers in outlying areas should be encour- aged to be organized into the unions, ®On the issue of trade union unity in Canada, point 10 in the VLC synopsis purposes, “that a great deal more consideration be given to the possible entry of non-affiliates into the fold of the CLC than has been given in the past; that a great deal more emphasis can be and should be immediately placed on political and educational programs of the CLC so that the political needs of Canadian workers canbe more clearly expressed at the ballot box through the election at all levels of government of repre- sentatives of the working people of this country.” ®The CLC should encourage unions to merge along industrial lines, and where this isnot prac- tical, the encouragement of fed- erations along similar lines; to allow more freedom of accessi- bility wherever possible for non- affiliates to merge or amalga- mate with CLC affiliates as one means of encouraging entry into the CLC, Dealing with many of the prob- lems affecting the growth of the CLC, its low membership per- centage of the Canadian labor force, duality of affiliation, juris- dictional warfare, internecine union raiding, etc. “the CLC must find ways and means of increasing its individual and affiliated mem- bership, . .and ensure that Can- adian workers and trade unionists who are members of international unions have a greater degree of at ee political and economic autonomy to cope with the continuing needs of their membership and their organizations.” Unfortunately the VLC sub- mission failed to come to grips with Article 11, Section 10 of the CLC Constitution, which par- odies many of the international union constitutions, not only in proscribing so-called “Com- munist, Fascist and all other totalitarian agencies,” but in the use of these “brand names” as a pretext to raid and disrupt long- established independent Canadian unions, The general tone of the VLC submission however, indi- cates that anti-communism and similar destructive ideologies which have served to keep labor divided, are probably on the way out, * OK OK VLC delegates gave full en- dorsation to a letter from the B.C. Federation of Labor (BCFL) to the federal and provincial gov- ernments on the Columbia River Treaty, urging “that the Treaty be fully reviewed and all aspects of financing connected with the Treaty closely studied,” A motion submitted by Long- shore delegates to the effect that “the table officers of the BCFL take immediate action against any increases of Hydro power rates” was unanimously approved. * OK O* Thirteen Prince Rupert trawl- ers are tied up because of the refusal of the Prince Rupert Vessel Owners’ Association to DUNDAS _ SERVICE B-A ‘ (WALL & DUNDAS ST.) Complete Auto Repair and Service for All Makes Government Certified Mechanic and Vv. W. SPECIALIST H. Lee Ph. 255-6828 March 31, Determined UFAWU pickets are shown patrolling the entr' Avenue dock seeking their first signed trawl contract. -meet United Fish? ‘the UFAWU stated Cs 1967--PACIFIC TRIBUNE co Tribu 4 —Jonn ance Allied Workers Unio® demands for 2 ® A agreement for traw j Five of these aockel / each with anything ah to 100,000 fish ° off unable to unload sine® iff shoreworkers hav fish “hot,” with helt” taining a tight picke loading docks. ae Meantime, vessel oye noisily demanding pel from the UFAWU ES ‘ the “hot” fish. reo vessel owners secu preme Court ex-Pa! Z ordering UFAWU ot tatives and union — ¢ cease alleged action sey the unloading of 1% gl representatives Of net Rupert have bee? yet” latest ex-parte inj? “damages,” Union press release y the “unsavory” T° 0s | Deep Sea Fisherm? 1i8" (DSFU) is playing «The DSFU in Pra eh is being used a5 4° 4! ing tool by the vee #h to prevent negotiatl? UFAWU, apy” ore “This little knowl, is an affiliate of tye Labor Congress pe? the first time it be f as a tool of the |g) last week to al eB labor councils, and eration of Labor issues in the dispute if Meantime, te vot maintaining a tight Fi i trawlers and theif ph and have the widest ° gp Prince Rupert /@ pot citizens generally: