-Kuzychs, "a, Of ¢) : an lng of the Combines Investigation Act all Le sbira int mon. Lay.» cy contrary to the Com Tom McEwen | MUCTCR Te Renee RET tt UP ee en bee hh ny don’t know where the notorious Myron Kuzych got all the money to carry on a protracted legal ‘battle in the courts against a Vancouver Shipyard union. but like a Jot of other folk. we have a strong suspicion. Tf the decision of ‘the Canadian Con- —8ress of Labor ‘convention demanding an investigation into the source of the Kuzych funds is pushed to the limit. at investigation could reveal a lot ‘of union-busting in high iplaces—the Sb@nding of tens of thousands of dol- lars by our “captains of industry” to Wreck unions by hired stooges, and ‘Dleed the unions to death with costly Court litigation. Th fact, such an investigation, carried ©n by the CCL and backed by all un- tons, might not ‘only uncover the fin- ancing of Kuzych, but might also show Who is ‘behind the attempt to “dis- Solve” the United ‘Fishermen and Al died Workers Union, utilizing as new two Japanese fishermen Tamed Yamasaki and Hamaura.: Since Japan thas now become an fishermen against the UFAWU enter- ‘€d in the ‘Supreme Court ‘of British ‘olumbia is not only a remarkable Ocument to say the least, ‘but carries ‘With it a significant omen of the pos-- Slble shape of things to come if cer- ‘ain interests have their way! , Not only did these Japanese “‘claim- nts” against the UFAWU get an in- Junction again. union pickets, which eed enable them to scab without iindrance . during the fishermen’s Strike earlier in the summer, but they demang from the court the total wip- Mg out of trade union organization in ene fishing industry ‘on the B.C. coast! Boiled down, the “claim” contends: That the UFAWU, its officers and €mbers “, . . do not constitute a € union within the meaning of the Tade Unions Act of Canada, and do snot Constitute a labor organization Within the meaning of the Industrial Bo Liation and Arbitration Act of th * +...” and so are “not entitled to the benefits of the said Acts or any of em,” That the UFAWU are “parties to i unlawful conspiracy or combine, ntrary to the provisions of Sect. 498 he Criminal Code of Canada.” That the UFAWU are “members of Unlawful combine within the mean- of Canada.” That the URAWU “are and have at Material times been parties to a With a tot more of the same, these ee Chamber of Commerce Japanese om Zychs demand a court order “dis- as, Ving the said unlawful conspiracy, oetion and combine.” : his attack against the UFAWU is rage ne in scope. It menaces every RB. € union organization. not only in ™: but in Canada. While it is quite” DULTC TCO Ge ne REMC Te EC OE A ee ally” in 'the war ideology of big ‘busi- ” ess, the “claim” of these Japanese possible that Yamasaki and Hamaura may have more personal finances at their disposal than had Kuzych, there isn’t the shadow ‘of a doubt that the big monopolists, who lhave wrecked B:C. markets with their greed for pro- fit and their Yankee-designed war poli. cies, are behind this latest attack | Ol: a long established trade unton, utiliz- ~ing these Japanese fishermen as they utilized Kuzych, as a battering-ram against progressive trade union org- anization, ‘ Hence the urgent need of a real investigation, sparked by a unit- ed ‘trade union movement, and along the lines suggested by the CCL, which will uncover the real conspiracy —— against organized labor in British Col- _umbia. ® . Almost daily some one drops into the PT office to ‘tell us of his or her experiences with U.S. immigration of- icials when desiring to enter U.S. ter- ritory for a few hours’ or a few days visit. : ; Trade unionists on the way to in- ternational conventions of ‘their unions; housewives from Vancouver who have planned a few hours’ ‘shopping in Blaine or Bellingham; young folks out for a holiday and nothing much else in particular—all come back with mix- ‘ed feelings about our “unguarded bor- der,” after having tried to go through this U.S. immigration mill — a mill powered by hysteria, bigotry and fear, and which daily adds to its “question- aire” the current politics of thought ontrol. - i With guns on each hip, this U.S. thought-control machine wants to know of Canadians: “Where you were born — and why?” “Who was your grandfather?” “Do you believe germ warfare is )eing used in Korea?” “What do you think of the Soviet Un- ion, its policies, its people, its gov- ernment?” “Have you any ideas of overthrowing the U.S. government? (This is asked of a Canadian house- wife whose main foolishness is that she wants to spend a ‘few ‘hours win- - dow shopping in Bellingham.) Then, a change of strategy, rom thé ‘business of asking asinine ques- ‘tions, the U.S. “‘supermen” (go over to ‘tthe offensive ‘in the fullest meaning of ithe term: “You subscribe, or you read the Pacilfic Tribune.” “‘You attended a meeting addressed by Dr. Endicott. “you read Soviet literature.” “You were down here at the Paul Robeson peace tbusiness last summer.” “You are a member of the Labor-Progressive party—or the 'CCF.” “You donated towards sending trade union delegates to the Soviet Union.” “You gio to labor picnics.” ; ‘Cartoonist Norris of the Vancouver Sun has added the ‘latest ‘crime of which Canadians may be adjudged guilty of “subversive”. motives, inim- jeal ‘to the U/S. “supermen. ~ ever laugh at Charlie Chaplin?” If you did, that is a sure sign you have sinister designs upon the “peace, or- der, and good .government (?) of these United States,” and are therefore Si non grata. eons of our ‘B/C. housewives who had her shopping plans scuttled by this ‘thought control hysteria said she “felt like crying” when Uncle Sam’s *super- men” ‘hung out the Verboten sign. We an understand that too. It does move one to tears to see ‘the virus of a creep- ing insanity fasten itself ‘upon the gov- ernment of a great nation; to see hys- - teria, ‘bigotry and ‘fear supplant com- mion sense. \- *Ppid= you ever Ghanian 9 laugh at ‘Charlie eofe Pacific Published Weekly at Room 6 Tom, McEwen, Editor — One Year $3.00 Australia, ' * One Year $4.00 - Printed by. Union Printers Ltd., 950 Pow . ‘Authorized as second class mail, Post T , 426 Main Street, Vancouver 4, B.C. ; Subscription Rates: > Canada and British Commonwealth countries RIBUNE Hal Griffin, Associate Editor « (except. Australia) Six Months $1.60 United States and all other countries Six Months $2.50 ell Street, Vancouver 4, BC.. Office Department, Ottawa “Did you - a. The answer is ‘No’ | bee Liberal campaign’ to lease and ultimately to “sell’’ the Second Narrows Bridge to the Canadian National Railways will be de- cided this Friday by plebiscite. An attempt is being made to stam- pede the electors into casting a ““Yes’’ vote on an issue upon which even the Liberal salesmen of the bridge are none too well informed, and particularly upon what handing the bridge over to the CNR may ultimately mean to people of the North Shore in restricted traffic and higher tolls. The indecent haste with which the Sowdens and Goldsworthys have rushed this plebiscite for October 3, instead of leaving it to the December municipal elections (thus saving the taxpayers the cost of an additional vote) is designed to capitalize on the con- fusion they have themselves created. They hope that there will be a small vote with the majority favoring their proposal to give the bridge away to the CNR. Even the Vancouver Daily Province was compelled on September 17 to term the CNR bridge deal “‘complicated’’ and suggest that the electors should have... . . more time to discuss it and think about it.’ Perhaps the most anti-democratic piece of insolence of the North Shore Liberal machine in this deal is its use of taxpayers’ money to drape North Vancouver with large streamers urging a “Yes” vote—at the same time arrogantly denying those opposing _ this bridge giveaway the right to hang up similar banners support- ' ing a “No” vote. Reeve Sowden, front man for the North Shore Liberal machine, must think that North Vancouver is already part of the United States, where such concepts of “democracy”’ are, unfortunately. part of the prevailing electoral procedure. Can- adians want no part of them. ae Beis The nature of the bridge deal, the complicated agreement covering it, the unseemly haste to rush it to a vote, and above all the unconvincing sales talks of its promoters — all call for a majority ‘No’ vote this Friday. The Second Narrows Bridge belongs to the people of North Vancouver. They should keep it that way, by voting “No” in the plebiscite. No Yankee hysteria here THE storm-in-a-teacup deliberately ‘blown up last week by the Vancouver Suni oven the incident of a wife accompanying her husband to an important peace conference, should serve as a reminder of how close we here in Canada are to the insane hysteria which now grips U.S. official circles. ‘ That the wife in this case happens to be an employee of the Vancouver Public Library on leave of absence to “go abroad” only emphasizes the fact that Jack Webster, a Sun staff reporter, is degrading his journalistic profession to the level of a finger man by his snide attack on a former Sun employee. What a “discovery” that, she has gone toa peace conference instead of to a holiday resort on the French Riviera! Had she gone to the latter the fact would have been totally unnoticed, like Mayor's Hume’s many junkets abroad of which most tax- ' payers were ignorant until he fell into or out of a bathtub or met up with other hazards of the travelling gladhander. i It just seems that the very word “Peace,” when mentioned in certain quar- ters, is sufficient to throw all reason and sanity to the winds, producing a deluge © of U.S.approved “super-patriotism,” and cold war intimidation and threats of “thought-control,” better known in polite official circles as “screening.” Do the people of Vancouver—of Canada—fear what one Canadian house- wife might hear or ‘see in Peking that bears out their own, the universal, desire for peace? We hardly think so. On the other hand it is obvious that those who conform to Yankee-inspired cold war thinking, do fear the realization of world peace. Hence their hysterical outcry when they hear a leading churchman, a leading scientist, an eminent educationalist—or a humble housewife (with a job in our city library)—engage in a mission for peace. Most citizens will agree with us that the Sun’s front page space would have been better devoted to a campaign — for the long-promised new city library. : Unlike the ancient Cicero who declared he preferred *. . . the most unfair peace to the most righteous war,” the Sun uses peace as a pretext for war on nations—and individuals. ¢ - PACIFIC TRIBUNE — OCTOBER 8, 1952 — PAGE 5 .